nbc's frances kuo as more. >> reporter: after three weeks of at times gut-wrenching emotional testimony, today the john edwards defense team will get their first chance to present their case to the jury. last thursday the prosecution rested after bringing dozens of witnesses to the stand. they tried to shred the credibility of the former presidential candidate including presenting edwards' 2008 interview in which he denied factoring a child with mistress rielle hunter. analysts say that video puts pressure on edwards to testify. >> i think the heat is really on john edwards to take the stand. >> reporter: the government alleges that funds used to cover up the affair with hunter were actually illegal campaign contributions, a charge edwards denies. >> it's going be up to him to be able to look the skrur in the eye and convince them that he did not violate the campaign finance laws. >> reporter: whether hunter or edwards takes the stand remains to seen. >> the more likely it is we'll see john edwards and rielle hunter and it's rielle hunter who can bring that negative focus back on andrew

nbc's frances kuo has more. >> reporter: after three weeks of at times gut-wrenching emotional testimony, today the john edwards defense team will get their first chance to present their case to the jury. last thursday the prosecution rested after bringing dozens of witnesses to the stand. they tried to shred the credibility of the former presidential candidate, including presenting edwards' 2008 interview in which he denied fathering a child with mistress rielle hunter. analysts say that video puts pressure on edwards to testify. >> i think the heat is really on john edwards to take the stand. >> reporter: the government alleges that funds used to cover up his affair with hunter were actually illegal campaign contributions, a charge edwards denies. >> it's going to be up to him to be able to look this jury in the eye and convince them that he did not violate the campaign finance laws. >> reporter: whether edwards or hunter take the stand remains to be seen. >> the more they're concerned about the jury coming back with a guilty verdict, the more likely it is that we'll see john edwards a

frances kuo, nbc news. >>> first look at all wall street will tick off the day. opens at 12,369, the s&p dropped 1295 and the nasdaq dropped 34. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei added 22 but in hong kong the hang seng was down 29. >>> well, severs start the week with concerns about the new facebook stock and the continuing debt crisis in greece. the leaders at the g-8 summit meeting at camp david in maryland strongly urged greece to stay in the eurozone and promised to do whatever is needed to solve the debt crisis. >>> well, this could be a crucial week for facebook after friday's ipo, which went as high as $45 but quickly faded to close only 23 cents above the $38 opening price. the nasdaq market had troubles and problem s wis with facebook trades and is now promising to revamp its technology systems for handling stock offerings. >>> and facebook founder mark zuckerberg changed his status to married. after a surprise wedding saturday to his longtime girlfriend, dr. priscilla chan, who just graduated from medical school. >>> ya