mrs. edwards last days before she died of cancer. fighting through tears, she testified that mrs. edwards wor weed when she died, there would no be a man around who loved her. she testified of private meetings about hunter. she said she was in a meeting with edwards and his wife and with a benefactor and his life, whoed a vited flying rielle hunter to los angeles to go shopping.

mr. edwards and mr. winkowski, last year in testimony before the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs, commissioner burson stated and i quote that there is more than tension and friction between cbp ia and dhs iog. so between customs and border and department of homeland security. there was outright confrontation in an unacceptable situation. that's the end of the quote. the fact that cbp and oig are both part of one department of homeland security had to enter into a memorandum of understanding in the first place for oig to perform a function that statutorily belongs to that office raises some grave concerns. has the inclusion of cbp ia employees as required by that memorandum improved that cooperation at all? even though we had to do that to get there, has that improved the situation? >> thank you, senator, for the question. august 11th of last year, i signed the mou with commissioner burson. i can assure you that we have taken every step to work closely in a number of my office

mrs. edwards coped with her husband's infidelity. vividly describing how mrs. edwards confronted her husband at the raleigh airport the day after the "national enquirer" published its first story about the scandal in october, 2007. as he listened, edwards leaned over and put his head in his hand. elizabeth was very upset, reynolds testified. she stormed off and collapsed into a ball in the parking lot. reynolds continued, we took to the bathroom in the hangar. she seemed a little calmer and then stormed out of the bathroom and tried to engage mr. edwards. she said to him, you don't see me anymore. and she took off her shirt and bra. reynolds testified mrs. edwards was mortified and humiliated by the publicity. earlier today, the jury heard from josh brumberger, the candidate's young, trusted traveling aide. their close relationship captured by rielle hunter herself in those campaign webisodes. brumberger was there when edwards and hunter met for the first time. more than once, brumberger confronted his boss and mentor. i said i was worried that some of the staff

mr. edwards, thank you for tending. hist mr. sullivan, you said that you were not aware that this had happened before and that is evidenced by some of the investigations you have done in your long history in the service, correct? >> yes, senator. >> you are still trying to figure it out is something you also said, correct? the most recent incidents? >> yes, sir. >> you are making changes coming ethics training, changing policy, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> you said many times that a majority of the folks serving in the agency -- and i would agree -- do wonderful work and have gone on many missions and serve with great pride and resourcefulness. 147 years of service. is that fair to say? >> yes, senator. >> i know that you set out new guidelines and indicated they were draconian. and that you need to do them but you feel it's necessary. i would ask do you also trust the men and women now that are serving, notwithstanding this individual incident? do you trust them in their sacrifice and service in the job they're doing now? >

mr. edwards, thank you for tending. hist mr. sullivan, you said that you were not aware that this had happened before and that is evidenced by some of the investigations you have done in your long history in the service, correct? >> yes, senator. >> you are still trying to figure it out is something you also said, correct? the most recent incidents? >> yes, sir. >> you are making changes coming ethics training, changing policy, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> you said many times that a majority of the folks serving in the agency -- and i would agree -- do wonderful work and have gone on many missions and serve with great pride and resourcefulness. 147 years of service. is that fair to say? >> yes, senator. >> i know that you set out new guidelines and indicated they were draconian. and that you need to do them but you feel it's necessary. i would ask do you also trust the men and women now that are serving, notwithstanding this individual incident? do you trust them in their sacrifice and service in the job they're doing now? >

mr. edwards had an affair and she believed it might still be going on. reynolds also recounted a dramatic confrontation between the edwards near a raleigh airport hangar the day after the nation nation"national enquirer"'s fir story about the affair. mrs. edwards was very upset and fairly vocal. she stormed off and collapsed into a ball on the ground. reynolds testified a few minutes later, she confronted her husband again, yelling to him, you don't see me anymore and angrily tearing off her blouse and bra. >> there's no question the jury has to be moved hearing about the pain to elizabeth edwards caused by her husband, john edwards. >> kate returned to the courtroom only a few minutes later and shed a few more tears when the witness testify iing f the defense saying she saw john edwards attending to elizabeth a few moments before she died. >>> here is a first look at some other news going on around america today. an arkansas police officer was killed in the line of duty after nearly being shot during a traffic stop. he returned fire but the suspect escap

mr. edwards, thank you for attempting. it to mr.sullivan, listening to your testimony you said you were not aware this had happened before, and that's evidenced by some of the investigation should done in your long history in the service, is that correct? >> yes, senator. >> and you're still can't figure it out. this is something you also said. is that correct? >> this type of behavior, yes, sir. >> and you're making changes it, changing policy, is that also correct? >> yes, sir. >> you have said many times a majority of the folks serving in the agency, and i would agree, the wonderful work. they had many nations. they serve with great pride and resourcefulness over the 100 i believe 47 years of service, is that also a fair statement? >> yes, senator. >> i know you set new guidelines and you indicated on your own come you said they were draconian. as a modified. you wait to do them but you feel it's necessary. i would ask, do you also trust the men and women now that are serving, not withstanding this individual incident? do you tru

mr. edwards and a federal judge. is is so people know who the major officials are better prosecuting this case and defending john edwards. let's listen to a call from granger, indiana, a republican. caller: good morning, over the years, i have learned, starting with clinton that liberals are exceptionally good lawyers. i am starting to think with c- span that i am watching mcnbc. there isn't a day goes by when you have this radical left politico on. next you will have arianna huffington sitting next to you. host: and happy viewer, ashland, ohio, democratic viewer. caller: good morning. i think the best thing to do with these politicians is just outsourced them and get rid of them once and for all and have a whole new party. nothing will get done. things will get worse. americans need to get -- need to wake up. host: next up is a call from corona, mich., a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, i don't think this is a democratic or republican issue. i think you can see this all through washington lot. i think th

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 care of his mistress, rielle hunter, money prosecutors allege amounted to illegal campaign contributions. a charge edwards denies. has cheri young been a stronger witness than her husband? >> cheri young has taken the government's case, which in many ways may have gone into the ditch during the cro

mr. edwards, thank you for tending. hist mr. sullivan, you said that you were not aware that this had happened before and that is evidenced by some of the investigations you have done in your long history in the service, correct? >> yes, senator. >> you are still trying to figure it out is something you also said, correct? the most recent incidents? >> yes, sir. >> you are making changes coming ethics training, changing policy, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> you said many times that a majority of the folks serving in the agency -- and i would agree -- do wonderful work and have gone on many missions and serve with great pride and resourcefulness. 147 years of service. is that fair to say? >> yes, senator. >> i know that you set out new guidelines and indicated they were draconian. and that you need to do them but you feel it's necessary. i would ask do you also trust the men and women now that are serving, notwithstanding this individual incident? do you trust them in their sacrifice and service in the job they're doing now? >

mr. edwards had an affair and she believed it might still be going on. she also accounted a dramatic confrontation between the edwards neararoly airport hangar a day after the national enquirer's first story about his affair. mrs. edwards was very upset and she was fairly vocal. she stormed off and collapsed into a ball on the ground. she testified that a few minutes later, elizabeth confronted her husband again, yelling to him, you don't see me anymore, and angrily tearing off her blouse and bra. >> there's no question that the jury has to be moved hearing about the pain to elizabeth edwards caused by her husband, john edwards. >> kate edwards returned to the courtroom only a few minutes later and shed a few more tears when the witness, under questioning by the defense, testified that she saw john edwards attending to elizabeth in the final moments before she died. lisa myers, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> when we come back, the first pictures have emerged of a big city disaster on the water. >>> newly released video tonight showing the momen

mr. edwards. there is no way of knowing how they will come down.k it's accurate to say as julien did, david, that there is no way the law could support a guilty verdict? >> no he's not. let me say one thing in defense much the justice department for which i had a privilege of working for a number of years, the only reason the public integrity section i believe moved forward with prosecution because they concluded that mr. edwards lied to them during the investigation phase, and that is something that the prosecutors really do not like. that, of course, is captured only in the charges or counts five and six. aside from what is formally in the bill of indictment i just think that if they felt that he was telling them the truth -- and we are not talking about necessarily even how those things were reported, but how he acted during the investigation phase, so to some extent he brought it upon himself. let me be bold and say this. i would be very surprised if he were acquitted on all of the counts. now that -- i would also say, megyn that is not the end

mrs. edwards last days before she died of cancer. fighting through tears, she testified that mrs. edwards wor weed when she died, there would no be a man around who loved her. she testified of private meetings about hunter. she said she was in a meeting with edwards and his wife and with a benefactor and his life, whoed a vited flying rielle hunter to los angeles to go shopping. all of this was new to elizabeth. she was really upset. she didn't understand why they would be helping hunter, since she was under the impression that the affair was long over. according to palmieri, it makes edwards look more and more guilt. a year before, john edwards told me on "nightline" he was in the dark. >> i don't know why he did it or what his reasons were for doing it. >> reporter: the prosecution says it's ending its case tomorrow. the last three witnesses will be three fbi agents and one for financial supporter of edwards' campaign. one that is missing from that list is rielle hunter. now it's up to edwards' defense to call her in to testify. diane? >> if they do, thank you bob woodruff. >>> a

mrs. edwards started grabbing her husband inappropriately is this when you do in new york city. mr. s responded not in front of our friends. mrs. edwards said they are not our friends, they are our staff. that was recounted by matthew nelson former campaign staff. >> what did say about reel's reaction. >> prosecutors asked that very question. what was rielle hunter's reaction when she was confronted by reporters from the national enquirer? and christina reynolds, that former staff says that she wanted to comment that she was abducted by aliens. the followed up. was campaign concerned about what she would say? we didn't know what she would end up saying. all this soap opera testimony seems to be off the key issue of whether john edwards violated campaign finance laws by using donor money to hide his mistress. one law professor says the testimony is keeping jurors' focus. listen. >> the tawdriness definitely keeps them awake, which nice by product they are paying attention to a lot of what is going on even though it's technical court officials believe this trial could continue into ear

mr. charles edward is acting inspector general of the department of homeland security. he is a frequent guest here before the subcommittee. he's assumed this position in february of 2011, served as deputy inspector general at the department of homeland security, has over 20 years of experience in the federal government. next, mr. thomas winkowski. mr. winkowski serves as chief operating officer, overseeing 60,000 employees and managing an operating budget of $11.5 billion. he began work with the u.s. customs service in 1975 as a student. we thank you for your service. next we have mr. james duncan, was appointed as assistant administrator in 2011. mr. duncan has more than 16 years of experience supervising and handling employee miskucondt cases, my alma mater as well. next, mr. tim winahan, the assistant director at the office of professional responsibility at the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. he has more than 23 years of experience working for the u.s. government, has been in his current position since 2009, where he focuses on workforce, integrity, personn

mrs. edwards coped with his infidelity. confronted him at the airport the day after the enquirer first reported the scandal. as he listened, edwards leaned over. elizabeth was very upset, reynolds testified. she stormed off and collapsed into a ball in the parking lot. reynolds continued, we took her to the bathroom in the hangar. she seemed a little calmer and then stormed out of the bathroom and tried to engage mr. edwards. she said to him, you don't see me anymore. and she took off her shirt and bra. reynolds testified mrs. edwards was mortified and humiliated by the testimony. earlier they heard from josh brumberger, the young trusted traveling aide. their close relationship captured by rielle hunter herself in those campaign webisodes. brumberger was there the night edwards and hunter met for the first time. more than once he confronted his boss and mentor. i said i was worried about the way he freeted rielle hunter differently from the rest of the staff. he said edwards replied, i go gotcha, i appreciate it. but nothin

mr. edwards was board. he started in wwth he campaign.s ourrtime...over and mentioned he didn't want his -3 wife elizabeth, hoohad been &prediagnosed with cancer, to find out. cheri young said shhe decided to go along with the cover-up because if she didn't, the edwards presidential campaignnwould explode. cheri young also checks into her acccunt from the wealthy edwards benefactor bunny mmllon which were supposed to be useed o ppy rielle hunter's expenses. i can't tell ou how disgusted i was. but she demanded that edwards himseef tell her thaa it was leeal. she said edwards told her he'd talked to campaign lawyers whoo aid it the money in. he was very short and angry, she said. she aaso described whirlwind private planes with rielle hunter to escape the medda. from raleigh, north carolina toofort lauderdale to illinois po aspen, collrado to san diego and then bacc o aspen. cheri young also described bizarre moments with rielle hunter. whee edwards' regnant mistress arriveddat hhr house in north carolina mrs. young tth entry way and nnoun

mr. edwards responded, not in front of our friend. mrs. edwards said, they're not our friends. they're our staff. another former staffer, christina reynolds says mrs. edwards confronted her husband in a private aircraft hangar where the breast cancer patient pulled her blouse off and skreeled, you don't see me anymore. martha? martha: it is just the most painful exchange to read through and think, cate edwards sitting there next to her dad and also his elderly parents who have been in this courtroom throughout this whole thing as well, really, really rough stuff in there. so what did the witnesses say about rielle hunter's reaction to this national inquirer article when it surfaced and sort of blew this whole thing out in the open during the campaign? >> reporter: yeah, and prompted these arguments by all accounts. christina reynolds was on the stand yesterday when prosecutors asked her how rielle hunter wanted to respond to reporters from the tabloid? according to reynolds, quote, she wanted to comment that she was abducted by aliens. the prosecution followed up and was the ca

mr. edwards and mr. moynihan responsiveness. from fiscal year 2010 to the present, i.c.e. opr has received 26,983 allegations of employee misconduct. some involve corruption. others did not. in any event, this number is extremely high. in addition to the investigation of the matter is, i want to know, does i.c.e. opr work with i.c.e. at large and cbp to incorporate lessons learned learned from these investigations were new standards and procedures? given what you just stated, mr. edwards, having to deal with the budgetary constraints, you know, how does this actually work out? when i.c.e. seems to have a host of their own investigations to conduct. if you add up all the allegations together, i don't even know how personnel is able to manage. but that is for you to answer. >> yes, ma'am. that's a great question. even for opr, the complaints we received so far, 12,648. nonetheless, i think that even before these investigations -- this is -- there needs to be -- and all the components are doing the proactive efforts in terms of the prescreening, the preemployment screening, p

mr. edwards participated in. >> there's real basis for that. this crossed administrations, but for the prosecutors to bring a criminal case when the federal election commission did not see a civil violation raised a serious question. this is like no case ever brought before. this was not edwards selling an ambassador seat. he had to show he had criminal intent. they could not get a conviction. >> bob, do you think, and david said that he felt the end of mr. edward's statement of saying, you know that he wanted to couldn't in some public life, and you mentioned his statement with god is not through with me yet, do you think he may read this in some kind of way of cracking the door that he is not finished? that he comes out of this perceived as some victim of a political vendetta. >> he would be self diluted if he thought that. i don't rule that out. if you step back a little from the legal issues and think about what was at stage in 2008, and this guy was running for president, he has a mistress he was covering up, the technical agree in his inv

mrs. edwards and talks that mrs. edwards spouted out about there and the plot to cover up mishunter was going on but if misedwards know, who do we cover up from? what is common sense, randy, the people. if you cover it up from the people it is a crime. >>shepard: and is that part of the closing argument for the prosecution? >>arthur: that is how they should begin and end. and she is now a spokesman for the president of the united states. >>randy: so glad you brought that up, because the truth if that testimony, all that elizabeth edwards knew was essentially a one night stand, that is what she was so angry about. no proof that she knew of a pregnancy, that this was a long-term affair, so, therefore, her testimony in reality did not hurt john edwards at all. what i found compelling the way the government chose to end the case, is by showing, (a), allowing the proof shown that not one check went to the campaign. this is a case about campaign contribution. they have not proven that. but more important, for john edwards t

mrs. edwards. at times emotional, lowell said for all his wrongs, edwards still can do good. please let this sad chapter end and stop with your verdict of not guilty. the jury begins deliberations tomorrow and will decide whether edwards gets to go on with his life or becomes a convicted felon. if found guilty, he could face up to 30 years in prison, brian. >> lisa myers, greensboro, north carolina, tonight. thanks. >>> in presidential politics, there was an explosive headline this morning. the "new york times" reporting that a republican super pac was considering an expensive anti-obama ad campaign that would have put the issue of race front and center in the campaign and linked the president to some of the more controversial statements by his former pastor, jeremiah wright. tonight, republicans including mitt romney are trying to distance themselves from that strategy. but as nbc's peter alexander reports, it's the latest evidence of the potential power of big money this year in politics. >> campaigning today in florida, mitt romney tried to distance himself from a super pa

mr. edwards? >> good morning, chairman lieberman, ranking member collins, and distinguished members of the committee. i appreciate this opportunity to update you on the inspector general's actions to review and monitor the united states secret service investigation of the incidents in cartagena, colombia, involving secret service interaction with nationals. our role began almost immediately after the incident, when, on april 13, director solomon and i discussed the events. we have since remained in regular contact. director sullivan has repeatedly stated to meet his commitment to conduct the federal investigation. his actions so far have demonstrated that commitment, and the secret service has been completely transparent and cooperatives of the inspectors and investigators since our team started its work. on april 26, i instructed our assistant i.g. and the acting i.g. regarding the incident. the next day, our assistant and the deputy assistant met with officials from the secret service office of

mr. edwards and mr. moynihan responsiveness. from fiscal year 2010 to the present, i.c.e. opr has received 26,983 allegations of employee misconduct. some involve corruption. others did not. in any event, this number is extremely high. in addition to the investigation of the matter is, i want to know does i.c.e. opr work with i.c.e. at large and cbp to incorporate lessons learned learned from these investigations were new standards and procedures? given what you just stated mr. edwards, having to deal with the budgetary constraints you know, how does this actually work out? when i.c.e. seems to have a host of their own investigations to conduct. if you add up all the allegations together, i don't even know how personnel is able to manage. but that is for you to answer. >> yes, ma'am. that's a great question. even for opr, the complaints we received so far 12648. nonetheless, i think that even before these investigations -- this is -- there needs to be -- and all the components are doing the proactive efforts in terms of the prescreening, the preemployment screening, period

mrs. edwards but her friend continued to hold on to her feeling of loss, shep?> shepard: how about the criminal issue in this trial, jonathan? >> yeah, as sad as it is. the criminal issue is not whether john edwards broke his wife's heart but whether the donations used to hide his pregnant mistress were intended to protect his campaign. the defense asked jennifer about a 2007 confrontation at an iowa hotel in which mrs. edwards questioned benefactors, fred and lisa bluebaron on why they had flown hunter on private jets and tea taken her shopping. her mind set was she didn't think john was going to get the nomination and she just wanted to get out of the campaign, keep these details private, and keep her family intact. the defense is trying to portray the botched coverup of edwards' affair as an attempt to protect his family, not his political aspirations, shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie tonight, greensboro, north carolina. two federal lawmakers today proposed brand new legislation that would allow u.s. troops killed or wounded in domestic terror attacks to rec

mr. edwards. >> john edwards facing six felony counts. if counseled guilty, he could potentially face up to 30 years in prison. the jury will have the case tomorrow with instructions from the judge. what will those instructions be? >> well, some of the instructions are pretty critical here. the key phrase that relates to the instructions has to do with trying figure out whether these payments that were made by the two edwards' donors were really campaign contributions. there's really no dispute that the two donors made these payments around $1 million or perhaps more to cover miss hunter, the mistress' expenses, ranging from sort of luxury travel to the rent of a home in california to even her ob/gyn bills for the child that she delivered who was a product of the affair with edwards. so there's no dispute that spending took place. the case really comes down to the question of whether that was a campaign contribution, and the judge is telling the jury or told the jury this afternoon that they have to decide if basically the main purpose, t

mr. edwards believed it important that mrs. clinton not be the nominee and said that would be a disaster, hindry said. he also said a few weeks later, shortly before rielle hunter gave birth, edwards was weighing whether to endorse obomb opor clinton in spite of his disdain for clinton and had him convey his message that edwards for his support would like to be attorney general and he said edwards also discussed with him an elaborate long-term goal which was to be a supreme court justice. >> it came across as john edwards was detached from reality. whether it was because of hubris or he was deluded can be debated. >> prosecutors played for the jury edwards' interview in 2008 in which he admitted the affair but lied about other things, including his own daughter. >> i know it's not possible that this child could be mine because of the timing of events. >> edwards stared at the video, sometimes closing his eyes. some analysts believe there's still a gaping hole in the government's case. and that it has not presented clear evidence

mr. edwards' parents, on his daughter who's in court and even on the jurors. look at what the prosecutors are doing now. they're focusing on john edwards' behavior because they're trying to show, they're trying to reveal his character. this is who john edwards is, these are the things that he did, and they want to make the argument at the end of this trial that this is the person who was not just concerned about his family, obviously, but he wanted to use this money to buttress his chances of becoming president of the united states. harris: i'll get more to what that may have or how it may have effected to see his daughter run out of the courtroom, but, rachel, what i want to know from you now is just how -- and we can put some words up on the screen -- how this comes into play. apparently, the jurors are all about rielle hunter, the prosecution saying yesterday to one of its witnesses, christina reynolds, a former edwards' staffer, wanted to know about ms. hunter. the prosecution said: harris: rachel, why is this key to know? >> well, i think that what they're

mr. edwards having an extramarital aware of of affair? arianna huffington man. no. did he ever tell but the edward was in california? huffman, no. martha: the defense will get up there today and we're likely to hear i would imagine, jonathan, something along the lines it was clearly to sort of protect the family and cover it up from the family, right? >> reporter: exactly. they're also trying to prove, the defense is, that edwards may not have been aware of all the financial wheeling and dealings that his aide, andrew young was up to. and that, as you pointed out, that the money was intended to protect edwards' family, not the campaign. that is what the defense has been trying to underscore throughout this trial. so it's not so much the money trail that's in question, martha but the intent behind the money is what jurors must ultimately decide. listen. martha: yee. >> they see this affair being covered up as part of edwards' presidential aspirations? or is it simply a person who wants to preserve his family and his marriage and is lying about that? >> reporter: profe