cheri young also described bizarre moments with rielle hunter.ant mistress arriveddat hhr house in north carolina mrs. young tth entry way and nnounced, i'm here. at anothee point, she said unter orderrd a reubennsandwiih in a restaurant in colorado and sandwich wasnnt right, young said hunter picked up her cell phhne and called her spiritual advisor in califoonia to ask him to fix it. young said she &pactually wrote thousands of hunter's expenses, inccuding to pay the spiritual advvsor for his services. edwards is facing six felony charges and up to 30 yearr in prison if convicted on all counts. dads are staying home more aad . more.the one thing that's keepinggthem out of the workppacee..and home with their kids. kids.yeah its a fire in the houss. and hey were like its a fire elderly couple from their n - burnnng home!where the fire starttd... and how he was able to alert them of the flamms. &pit's a illmma any ouples face when thhy have children ... ddes it make financial home while the other works? felicia taylor tells us aaout care that may

cheri, how are you feeling? the wife of the government's star witness, andrew young sparred with john edwards' lawyer about whether she hates edwards and blames him for trouble in her marriage. defense lawyer alan duncan. mr. edwards was like a third person in your marriage, and you had a great deal of anger. not about mr. edwards, while acknowledging she had to swallow a lot because of her husband's job. isn't if true you were trying to get john edwards, duncan asked? sir, that is a completely false statement, she shot back. i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences. there's no hatred. i can't live like that, sir. >> cheri young has been a steel magnolia, southern, slender physically, but unyielding in putting the blame for this entire episode squarely on the shoulders of john edwards. >> reporter: young's demeanor was in sharp contrast to yesterday's sometimes tearful testimony. then she recounted an important direct conversation with edwards about how to handle hundreds of thousands of dollars to take c

cheri young will be back on the stand today.ategically, she's a much more credible witness. >>> in light of the secret service prostitution scandal in colombia, get ethics training. 100 agents will take part in two days of training. it was previously scheduled for 20 agents but expanded after it was learned that 12 of the agents hired prostitutes days before the president arrived there for a summit. >>> looking at the bottom of the screen, it says 82 degrees. welcome may. >> and right on time. we had the warm front come in overnight. here we are in the 80s. >> no complaints. >> keeping it going through late this week, maybe cooler by the weekend. take a look first at the conditions outside over the inner harbor, dragging boats out, feeling like a summer day down at the inner harbor, well, an early summer day. 81 at bwi. humidity 40%. winds are west at nine. on the whole pretty quiet weather. some clouds at times today but no rain other than morning showers we were dealing with, especially on del mar va this is our view -- delmar

it was cheri young's turn in the spotlight. in a dramatic, sometimes cheerful testimony, she described her anger about how she, as the wife of campaign aide andrew young, got pulled in to the effort to cover up john edwards' affair with rielle hunter. she said she was intimidated when she first met hunter, because i had a presidential candidate's pregnant mistress come into my house last minute. and she says she wasn't happy when asked to handle hundreds of thousands of dollars in checks to take care of hunter. i cannot tell you how disgusted i was. why me? she said she insisted on talking to edwards directly. i heard mr. john edwards tell me on the phone he had checked with the campaign lawyers, and this was not a campaign donation, and this was legal. get the money in. get the money in. those were his words, she testified. >> cheri young has been a strong witness for the government because she's come across as genuine. she's put edwards back in the middle of the cover-up plot. >> reporter: cheri young broke into tears recount

cheri young was lively, spirited, engaged.t and the human element of a human element case. >> andrew young was john edwards' chief aide, wrote the book "the politician." at one point in this courtroom drama, the defense suggested the couple was motivated by cash, by money. cheri's young response was blunt. she said, income, yeah, i'll take income. that's reasonable. i came here because i had to come here. the only reason my husband had to write the book is because mr. edwards did not come forward and tell the truth. how does all that play out if the prosecution script is this was a family who was all but ruined by the deceit that was inflicted upon them by john edwards? >> cheri young told the story of the young family on the run. she actually made places like aspen and san diego not sound like inviting destinations. she was working and she was working for john edwards. she not only said that she was working and her husband was working but her whole family. so she recast this whole event. it was not about her family. she was s

cheri young will be back on the stand today. she had powerful and emotional testimony yesterday because this case had been turning against the prosecution because of andrew young's testimony, the week before. but now, it seems this momentum might be shifting again in a different direction. on the stand, cheri young said she was so disgusted by the alleged scheme to support rielle hunter, with donations of a wealthy backer of john edwards, she agreed to it, only after demanding that edwards himself assure her it was legal. i heard mr. edwards tell me on the phone, he checked with the campaign lawyers and this was legal. get the money in, cheri young says edwards demanded. he was very shoort short and very angry. over six hours on the stand, young broke down several times, crying tears. crying so hard at one point, the judge had to excuse the jury while she regained her composure. cheri's breakdown happened when she described when andrew young took her to this drive-through, and revealed that john edwards just asked him to lie, to

for sure this sunday will be an emotional moment for chery and her neighbors.today in the bay." >>> time now to check out your weather for a thursday. >> hey, hey, hey. you made it to thursday. so close to the weekend now scoop we've got a good-looking weekend shaping up for you. temperatures this morning are on the mild side. i want to show you what we're going to expect through the next 48 hours. a nice, cool breeze, high pressure moving in from the north. for us, it's going to take a couple days to set up over the great basin. we'll see onshore flow today, tomorrow, as well. and that's going to keep your temperatures on the mild side. just about where they should be for this time of year at the coast. however, those microclimates reallyin. and we're talking about a major warm-up. >> thank you very much. >>> the markets have been on a downhill slide all week. we're going to have a look at what's happening with traders and the rest of the news before the bell. >> what she says, i'm with her. we'll check in with jackie at cnbc world headquarters. good morning.

and cheri young's testimony rings so true. the reuben sapped which of, all things she is talking about. new details you who the money was transferred to one place or the other. you can't roll over one day and figure that out as a lie. to tell it over and over again i think it resonates with jury. jon: she apparently, doug, was responsible, she was asked to, endorse some of these checks, using her maiden name, checks from wealthy donors. use her maiden name. deposit them into an account so they can be swept into the campaign account for rielle hunter. >> jon, no question all kinds of steps were taken to hide this the only legal question will be as i said earlier, were these campaign contributions or were fred baron and bunny mellon providing private gift, you know, to cover up all these nefarious, the affair and child and not wreck his campaign? i think it's a very close case. but i want to make one other point which is when andrew young's wife testified she also said john edwards said he checked with campaign lawyers. i don't

so what sort of impact can we expect cheri young to have on this case? prosecutor joey jackson and former criminal defense attorney jon manwellian. the thought that a former vice presidential candidate could possibly go to prison over this seems rather far fetched but you say maybe not. >> it may seem far fetched but get used to that proposition because it may well occur here. in this case it comes down to common sense. you can attack all you want, you can attack cheri young, andrew young, but there are a couple of things you have to keep in mind. number one, with regard to the attacks of her, there are details that just wouldn't be fabricated. the fact is there's testimony, there's $200 that was placed for her rent, there's testimony about $40,000 in cash given to her, there's testimony about a $28,000 bm wsm, testimony about how she put the money into her account that bunny mellon was funding. the other problem, quite frankly, there will be corroboration. trials cannot be looked at in a vacuum and in isolation. you have to look at any testimony in the

the jif of andrew young, cheri, broke down on the stand.the judge dismissed the jury to allow her to compose herself. testimony was cut short in the afternoon after young suffered a migraine. >>> consumer safety advocates are sounding the alarm on america's cosmetics industry. the average woman applies 12 beauty products to her body every, single day. that's actually 120 chemicals, including formaldehyde and other carcinogens ganed in europe. but they will allow the fda to regulate makeup and shampoos. for now, experts recommend using products with fewer ingredients. >>> and babies born with signs of drug withdrawal have tripled in ten years. researchers say it's because of the surge of painkillers and illegal narcotics by pregnant women between 2000 and 2009. methadone is used to wean drug dependence. it can take months and drive up the cost of health care. >>> more than 1.5 million tons of debris from last year's tsunami in japan, are drifting across the pacific ocean, towards north america. that includes this slightly rusty harley davids

cheri young, the wife of edwards' former aide andrew young, testified edwards made his plan sound as good of the country. fox's jonathan serrie with the latest from greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: the wife of the man who helped john edwards hide his love child dropping a bombshell in court contending former democratic presidential candidate edwards told her it was legal to take money from a rich campaign donor and spend on his mistress. cheri young testified monday that edwards, an attorney before being elected senator, gave her his legal explanation over the phone. it's the second week of the federal corruption trial as john edwards faces $1.5 million in fines and up to 30 years in prison if convicted. got prosecutors con end some $900,000 received from two donors amounted to illegal campaign donations. edwards' defense team claims the money was a personal gift from friends. >> if the government can show edwards knew about it and the money was used just to save him from embarrassment with his wife, that would be an improper use of campaign funds for which he's been indicted

cheri young said she was trying to document what her family was going through. this was proof there really was a rielle hunter. during cross examination cheri young acknowledged she and her husband made money off the scandal. income, i'll take income. that's reasonable. some legal experts say the testimony may hurt the prosecutor's case. >> it showed basically that andrew young and his wife were out for themselves. they were conniving and there was a scheme. i wouldn't be surprised if the jurors are asking themselves why aren't the youngs on trial? >> reporter: it's possible that jurors could have trouble overlooking how much money the youngs made during this whole affair hiding rielle hunter. the prosecution is next expected to call other witnesses who are testimony. charlie and gayle, back to you. >> thank you very much. it is now time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. chicago tribune reports ex-controller of dixon, illinois, is accused of stealing $53 million from the city over the past 22 years. that's nearly twice as much a

[applause] >> well, thank you so much, cherie. that's a quite wonderful introduction made only slightly less wonderful by the fact that i paid my atlantic colleague about $5,000 to write that to me when i departed, but it was worth every penny. [laughter] thank you guys all so much for being here, i was telling cherie i was going to do two extremely risky things in this discussion, the first was to speak without a prepared test which will be a high-wire act which all of you can enjoy, and the second is to provide a kind of overview of the book we're discussing here tonight which is an extremely risky thing for an author to do because it raises the possibility that having heard the overview, some of you might not actually buy it. [laughter] but i see that some of you have it already, so i'm reassured that i won't cost myself too many sales. um, but the first question that any author gets when they set out on this grueling book tour experience is where did you get the idea for this book, and the idea for the book came, i think, from

cheri young also described in nooth carolina mrs..young an said ms. the entry way and announced, i'm here. at another point, reuben sandwich in a restaurant in colorado aadd when the dressing on the sandwich wasn't right, young said hunntr picked up her cell phone and calleddher spiritual advisor in california to aak doollrs in checks for rielle 3 to pay the sppiitual addisor for his services. edwardssis facing six felony chargee and up to 30 years in prison if convictee on all counts. coming up... a warning for dog dog food... that's being recalled in maryland... and the iiger rrason... it's causing concern. youure watchinggfox 45 morning ews.. all local.. all mornnnn. ((break the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. while the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. having one of those days? tired. groggy. can't seem to get anything done. it make

>> thomas, if the jury comes back with a guilty verdict, i think we'll back look at cheri young as the witness. i think the jury saw someone who had taken most of the money, nearly $1 million and kept it for themselves, andrew and his wife, cheri, instead of passing it along to rielle hunter as intended. but this jury could have well have felt there was no amount of money to make up for what john edwards put her and her family through. >> it all comes down to who presented a better case. in your opinion, did the prosecution prove guilt? >> that's always been the hurdle for the prosecution. could they show that john edwards knowingly and willfully violated the federal election campaign act? it's the highest standard in federal criminal law. they never put forward a confession from john edwards, no direct evidence. they really based it on the convoluted money trial. jennifer palmieri may have helped a bit. if it's a conviction, palmieri plus cheri young may have been the difference. >> any gut feelings about the jury returning today? >> i do think that they could well come back today. it

cheri young is expected to face some very tough cross-examination from the defense today.y going to try to tear her down and tear down the validity of the statements she's making, especially when they ask her about the money that the youngs allegedly took? >> reporter: yeah. i think, thomas, that's what we'll see, that cross-examination just beginning in the federal courthouse behind me. i think they'll specifically go after that money trail and refer back to her husband's testimony that a majority of that money from wealthy donors to john edwards to help cover up his affair with rielle hunter actually ended up going to the youngs to help them build their dream home in chapel hill, north carolina. but understand the defense, which was very aggressive with andrew young, has got to use some kid gloves when it comes to his wife. she's been emotional on the stand. she's humanized this case talking about the stress her family was under and how much they gave up for this presidential candidate. she talked extensionively about andrew young doing everything he could to help john e

. -- cheri young. the wife of edwards' former aide andrew young.elieve what she said is hearsay or not admissible. the judge has not ruled on the motion. quote, we were not allowed to touch the baby. my kids were not allowed anywhere near or anywhere they might breathe on the baby, end quote. jonathan serrie is standing by. he is outside the courthouse. we'll check in with him in a couple minutes to see how this is going on. martha: high drama in that one, huh? bill: that's right. martha: for the first time in nearly two years we're getting a chilling look at a disaster on the delaware river and the devastating chain of events on one fateful summer day for almost 40 people who were stranded on this duck boat as this barge approaches. hard to watch this. and it goes right into that duck boat. the families of two of the victims who died in that crash are the ones who have released this video, they want it out there for very good reason. boy, what a horribly tragic site. julie banderas in the newsroom in new york. what do families hope this getting ou

i can't live like that, sir. >> cheri young has been a steel magnolia. southern, slender physically, but unyielding, and putting the blame for this entire episode squarely on the shoulders of john edwards. >> reporter: she defended her husband's tell-all book. insisting the only reason my husband had to write the book is because mr. edwards did not come forward and tell the truth. she pointed out that edwards only admitted paternity of hunter's child just two weeks before the book came out. the admission came in a statement to the "today" show. >> good morning, "today" exclusive. for the first time, former u.s. senator and presidential candidate john edwards admits he is the father of frances quinn hunter, the 22-month-old daughter of his former mistress. >> reporter: edwards is accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions to cover up the affair. a charge edwards denies. even though her husband testified that cheri young handled all the family's finances, she dodged many questions about the money. she testified she could not remember how much they

in the cheri young defended takkng a video of the house and items belonging to edwards' pregnant mistress in 2008.she said it wws tooshow proof that she was taking care of rielle hunter with money giien to her. prosecutors say the monee given to the youngs to take care of hunter were illegal campaign donations.edwards faces uppto 30 years in prison if convicted on all ounts. presidenttobbma made a surprise visittto afghanistan tuesday... on the one-year anniversary of the mission that killed 9-11 mastermind osama bin laden.as mary ellen hopkins explains... he's heading back home now... and is expected back at he white house early this afternoon. afternoon. under the cover of darkness... president obama landed at afghanistan's baggam (bah- grahm') air base.he quickly boarded a heavily armed chinook helicopter forra half-hour rideeto kabul. helicopter gunships provided escort. in kabul, the ppesident signee astrattgic afghan president hamid karzai (haw-mihd kahrz-eye) . it outlines the expected relationship between the countries in the years after theeu-s completes its planned thousand-14.m

cheri young also saying she was "disgusted" by the scheme toohave hee hussand, andrew young, claim paternitydwards, saying quote: "the first thought in my mind was, how in the world could mm. edwards ask one more thing of me, of us. i was mad. i was upset. of course i said, 'absolutely not!' i screamed at him. i cursed at him."while young's family áhas bbená inconvenienced, the defense is urging jurors to "follow the money trail." shanahan ssyy: "much of this alleged one million dollars in fact went to mr young and to his family." (serrie on cam ttg) although the defense team has yet to decide for sureit's possible john edwards himself may take in greensboro, north carolina a chinese human rightss activist who escaped hhuse arress is now reportedly in custooy. the blind chinese lawyer, 40 year-old forced abortions nd exposing sterilizations as a esult of china's one-child policy.he'd been kepp under virtual house-arrest since 2010, formally arrested. sources say - he's nnw under u-s protection in beijing..... but president obama is refusing to talk about the diplomatic standoff obama says: "

cheri young testified yesterday that edwards asked her husband andrew young to take responsibility for his pregnant mistress. she told the jury edwards justified using donor money to hide rielle hunter. young said she decided to live with the lie because she didn't want to jeopardize edwards' presidential campaign. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," a new chapter for barnes & noble and last call for a las vegas casino. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and a whole lot more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, michelle. u.s. economy dragged down the overseas market. tock owe tokyo's nikkei lost 2% while hong kong's hang seng is closed for the holiday. april turned out to be the first losing month of the year on wall street. on monday the dow was down 14 points while the nasdaq fell 22. for the month, the dow slid nearly 1%, the nasdaq dropped almost 1.5%. >>> delta is buying its way into the fuel business. the airline announced it's spending $150 million to acquire an oil refinery near philadelphia. delta is planning to use the facility to make its own jet fuel. the comp

defense attorneys yesterday tried to damage cheri young's credibility, by suggesting migraine headaches may have impaired her memory. >> and they also tried to suggest the youngs made big bucks from the scandal. jurors saw tax documents in which the youngs acknowledge that only $191,000 of the $1.2 million they received went to hunter. >>> five people are expected to face serious charges today in connection with the hazing death of a florida drum major. detectives say robert champion suffered blunt trauma blows and he died from shock, caused by severe bleeding after he was hazed by other band members. florida a&m suspended the band after champion's death. >>> two florida grandparents after under arrest after pulling a dangerous stunt. they were caught towing their 7-year-old granddaughter in a toy car attached to their suv with two dog leashes. the child was not wearing a helmet. both grandparents were sfwox intoxicated. the grandfather was driving about 10 miles per hour on a paved access road. the child was not hurt. >> what were they thinking? >>> a new jersey mom is in trouble with

. >>> a gut-wrenching day on the stand for cheri young, the former wife of andrew young.ismissed the jury early but cheri young is expected back on the stand this morning and the cross-examination may be even tougher. >>> how does romney/christie grab you? chris christie insisted he's not vice president material but not ruling it out. he was speaking to a group of high school students and one intrepid high schooler asked him if he'd consider being mitt romney's running mate. >> i have no interest to be a vice president but if governor roll me know called and asked me to sit down, because you owe the party that level of respect and he might be able to convince me. he's a convincing guy. christie has consistently been mentioned as a top candidate for the number two job along with rob portman, marco rubio and paul ryan. >> he knew the cameras were running. eight minutes past the top of the hour. still ahead on "early start" extremely intense video, take a look at this, a raver who climbed real high and fell real, real low, but the good news is he's okay but how on earth did

his testimony comes after cheri young's turn on the witness stand. she is the wife of edwards' former top aide. edwards is accused of illegally using campaign cash to cover up his affair. diane dimond is a special korcht f correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast and she's joining us for an update on what's happening in court today. fill us in on what's taken place this morning thus far, diane. >> reporter: fred, so far the youngs are in the history books. cheri young, there was about 20 minutes of some cross-examination with her ending with a big flourish from the defense attorney, you agreed to have your husband do the -- claim paternity for edwards' child. you went on the road with rielle hunter. you did all this he said for the money, and she said, no, sir, we did not. and that was that. the next witness on the stand was josh brumburger. all the tension in this courtroom, this is day number eight of testimony, it just left the room. you know, the youngs were very nervous. they answered everything with yes, sir and no, sir, but josh a form

funny lines, but cheri, what's the strategy here.three decades ago. >> there's a couple things here. first of all, it's only been within the past six months that barack obama's approval numbers have been lower since jimmy carter's. i think in some cases obama could hope to do as well as jimmy carter. he's been one of the worst presidents in the history of our country. in a generation from now people will be referring to obama to make those comparisons. people who are senior citizens were raising families during that time, they remember the gas lines. another huge thing happened the year jimmy carter was elected as president. that was the year i got my driver's license and i had to use some of my babysitting money to fill the gas tank. people of all generations remember those years and they see the comparisons. the summer is coming up where people want to take trips, can't afford it because of gas prices. >> i think we all remember those lines down six blocks through our neighborhood, right? waiting for gas. but seriously, what do you

his former aide's wife cheri young getting grilled in court again. you can see why.itted to videotaping rielle hunter's house and possessions to prove a payoff. what's next? joe johns is there. >> reporter: today in the jon edwards campaign finance trial, cheri young is expected to wrap up her testimony. she is the wife of edwards' former right-hand man andrew young. she handled the finances for the young family. she made the case that her husband had to come forward to tell the truth about edwards because edwards hant dodn't don. it was a combative witness under cross-examination. the john edwards defense team asked her how much money she and her husband made from a book and movie deal about the edwards case and she said she could not remember. after cheri young finishes testifying, the next witness expected to take the stand is josh brumburger, a former aide who was reportedly present when he first met his mistress at a hotel in new york city. the question is whether edwards accepted illegal campaign money to cover up the affair. joe johns, cnn, greensboro, north c

cheri young is expected to wrap up her testimony. she handled the finances for the young family. the case that her husband had to come forward to tell the truth about edwards and his affair with rielle hunter because edwards hadn't done it. cheri young was a combative witness under cross examination but her credibility came under attack in the trial. the john edwards' defense team asked her how much money she and her husband made from a book and movie deal about the edwards case. she says she could not remember. after cheri young finishes testifying, the next witness expected to take the stand is a former aide for edwards who was reportedly present when he first met his mistress at a hotel in new york city. the main issue in the case is whether edwards intentionally accepted illegal campaign money to cover up the affair. joe johns, cnn, greensboro, north carolina. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning. what does the resignation of a gay spokesman say about the romney campaign. rick was the mastermind of the mes