edwards allegedly unhatched the scheme spending $1 million to cover up his affair with rielle during the presidential campaign. >> details about the assassination of robert f. kennedy. a witness tois murder claims she heard two guns firing during the 1968 shooting. not one and authorities changed her account in their official report. sirhan sirhan, the only person arrested, tried and convicted in kennedy's shooting currently seing a life sentence in california prison. the u.s. district court in los angeles now set to rule on a request by sirhan, he wants to be released or granted a new hearing based on the new evidence including the woman's first-hand account. >> and you no doubt remember this rare glimpse inside the situation room just a year ago during the navy seal team six on bin laden's compound. secretary of state hillary clinton poking some fun at her unforgettable shocking expression in the photo. >> that's the way i usually look when my husband drags me to an action movie. you know, what it conjures up is all the emotions that were running through my and every other person i

a guy who took credit for fathering rielle hunter's child. well, today in the courtroom had some very interesting sfauk about andrew young. and some of this is incomplete because we haven't heard from him. he's on the stand right now, but i think the important thing to say is the judge indicated that not once, not twice, but three times apparently andrew young attempted to allegedly contact certain witnesses who were on the list to testify in this trial. which in and of itself would generally be considered a no-no. she also indicated, the judge did, that apparently of those three witnesses he allegedly tried to contact, one of those witnesses apparently was a woman he had, what was described as, some type of a one-night stand with in 2007. so why is that important? it's important because if he's the key and critical witness for the prosecution, the defense is going to be very much about the notion of trying to tear down the credibility of andrew young. >> dilute his testimony a little bit. this shows you a little bit about whether they're goi

pictures of one of the houses in north carolina where john edwards's mistress rielle hunter sayed after she moved from the new york areaato escape houndinggby the media. phone records, transcripts of phone calls, and there was more painful cross pxamination with pposecution star witness andrew young on phe stand: a former rightthand mmnnto edwards who helpedd raise mmney to conceal the wroteea book to tell about it. edwards deeense lawyer abbe lowell continuee trying to ccip aaay at young's credibility and his recollection of dates timess ppaces conversatiins he had witt edwards. young, often sparring with lowell, saying he was not ble to reeall certain specific ddaes and times, or even the seqqence of events, not able to rememberr whether he wrote a check to buy a car for edwards' mistrees rielle hunter, or paid or it some other way. lowell asked if he useddhunter as a way to get money for himseef..oung said no.most of given by a wealthh edwards benefactor, bunny mellon of northern virginia.mellon's checks- rrleased publicly had been endorsed by young'ss young family account.mellon -3

abbe lowell pushed the point the first check came more than a month before young was aware of rielle was carrying his child. >> the defense tried to say at the time andrew young was soliciting money from bunny mellon he didn't know, couldn't know, rielle hunter was pregnant. >> reporter: it strikes to the core of this case. who knew what and when and if any of it was illegal. jay gray, greensboro, north carolina, for nbc news. >>> george zimmerman the man accused of murder in the death of an unarmed florida teenager raised more than $200,000 for his defense fund. his lawyer said donors contributed through a website and plans to inform the judge overseeing the case at a hearing today. zimmerman released on bail is now in hiding due to concerns for his safety. >>> two out of three guns are recovered by mexican authorities after a crime there came from the united states. 68,000 weapons over the past five years including many used by violent drug cartels were traced back to the u.s. mexico says the u.s. needs to do more to stop the flood of assault weapons and guns that have killed more

hunter or was he getting these campaign donors to just cover rielle hunter's expenses? and were they doing that because he was a friend of theirs in trouble with his wife or were they doing it because he was the presidential candidate? >> joe, you were in the courtroom today as young testified about edwards' alleged behavior during this affair with rielle hunter. the elaborate process of funneling money from bunny mellon and others to her. what was edwards' reaction to young's testimony listening to the things he was saying? >> i've got to tell you, the time i spent in that courtroom, anderson, i sat right behind him. i really haven't seen much reaction from john edwards at all. he is a trained trial lawyer and he acts like one sitting there at the defense table, even though, of course, he's the client. he doesn't show any emotion, unless he does it for effect. so he's been pretty stone cold silent except for an occasional smile at an appropriate time. and that's just what you'd expect from a guy who spent so much time at the defense table. >> joe, i mean, young testifi

rielle hunter has immunity. >> i did not break the law, and i never, ever thought i was breaking theorter: experts say the government has a tough unprecedented case to prove in the arena of campaign finance, but no matter what the outcome, it is the ultimate fall from grace for edwards who was once adored as a son of the south. joe johns, cnn. >>> some help for our planet by way of a very different kind of hobby. we'll meet a beekeeper and find out more about her unique passion. the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. >>> it's stormy right now in some parts and jacqui jeras will deliver more bad news. carry your umbrella with you? >> through tomorrow

the mistress, rielle hunter, is expected to be the star witness at the trial. she has immunity. edwards and his attorneys say he did nothing wrong. we'll have much more on the case later this hour. >>> and to syria now. the united nations security council has decided to increase their involvement from 30 observers to 300. now, you may think that sending in 300 unarmed monitors doesn't seem like much, but listen to the reaction in homs syria when the first monitors arrived there yesterday. >> today is the first day since two months without shooting, without killing, without fire. it's very important for us, at least understand, because of that we want you to stay. please stay. this is what we want. this is our interest. when you can, killing stop. >> a cease-fire that went into effect earlier this month has nod henot held. at least seven people were killed across syria today. >>> one senator is now calling the white house into question over the secret service scandal. iowa republican chuck grassley asked the secret service director if any white house employees shared hotel rooms

this is rielle hunter.witness stand, a former edwards aide was recounting the moment when he broke the news to edwards that rielle hunter was pregnant. according to this aide, edwards said, quote, she's a crazy person. although he didn't use the word "person." he used a word that starts with s-l. 5 eh said there was just a 1 in 3 chance the child belonged to edwards. racy testimony. tell me what else did you hear from the former aid, andrew young. >> there's just a lot of stuff here, a lot of detail. a bunch of this is in andrew young's book when he sort of recounted his relationship with both senator edwards and rielle hunter. she called to disclose to him that she was pregnant with edwar edwards' child. when he finally got her on the phone, he answered it by saying it's so important, somebody's got to be pregnant or dead. she said nobody was dead. this is really a story about money, politics and sex in a lot of ways and campaign finance, of course. so there's bonnie melon from northern virginia, who agree

he said rielle could be very demanding. more than once he said rielle said if she didn't talk to edwards, she was going public. and how did his wife feel about all of this? young said she was scared to death. we were scared to death. edwards was a viable presidential candidate and this was a truckload of money. they asked the trial lawyer, edwards, if it was okay to do this. young said edwards told them it was completely legal. young said he communicated in code with edwards because there was concern that knowledge of these matters could implicate edwards if he were to become attorney general. so far it's all been about andrew young's version of events. as a star witness for the prosecution. but as early as wednesday, he's expected to get a challenge as the edwards' defense team gets its first opportunity to cross-examine him. joe johns, cnn, greensboro, north carolina. >> diane dimond has been in court actually watching the edwards' trial. she's joining us from north carolina. diane, it's good to see you. you have watched

he couldn't know that rielle was pregnant. >> reporter: it strikes to the core of this case, who knew what and when, and if any of it was illegal. jay gray, nbc news, greens borrow, north carolina. >>> george zimmerman, the man accused of murder in the death of an unarmed florida teenager has raised more than $200,000 for his defense fund. zimmerman's lawyer told cnn donors had contributed the money through a web site which has since been shut down. he plans to inform the judge overseeing the case at a hearing today. zimmerman, who was released this week on bail, is now in hiding, due to concern for his safety. >>> two out of every three guns recovered by mexican authorities are a crime there. it came from the united states. 68,000 weapons over the past five years, including many used by vie lenlt drug cartels were traced back to the u.s. mexico says the u.s. needs to do more to stop the flood of assault weapons and other guns that have killed more than 47,000 people south of the border. >>> one of the most controversial issues in the 2012 election campaign is the role being played by

in his book, he said that the money only started going to rielle after she became pregnant. today he did not say that, he said the money came before that. so the judge was annoyed. the prosecution was annoyed with him. the prosecution kept saying that's not what i asked you, sir. so it was not a great day for the prosecution. >> the person that was there today -- let me get to the heart of this, so many people understand this case emotionally. >> elizabeth edwards was a beloved figure. there she is in the film we are supporting. she was in fact a very supportive wife, a very likeable person in her public life. very intelligent. certainly as intelligent as her husband and yet she was the one who was cheated upon and died of cancer. in the midst of all of this, how that she was, in fact, a victim. how did her personality play in that courtroom? i notice they decided to have only seven women out of the 16 jurors. a very few number of women. what was that about in terms of her, late elizabeth edwards? hampton. >> to my mind, elizabeth edwards has come off worse in game change or

and it all started with this woman, rielle hunter.ards hired her to shoot webisodes for furthering his am impositions. it became apparent to insiders that she was more than a film maker to edwards. >> so glad you like it. >> i like it. why don't you hear me give it live? >> reporter: immediately those close to edwards expected an affair. a tabloid exposed his affair. but edwards became a near serial denier. >> when you were running for president you flat out denied having your relationship with rielle hunter, were you telling the truth then? >> yes. >> reporter: edwards' closest aide andrew young would claim he fathered the child as reporters closed in on the truth. eventually edwards admitted personal failure. >> there's no question i've done wrong. i take full responsibility for having done wrong. and i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i've caused to others. >> reporter: federal prosecutors have accused the 58-year-old of causing a coverup. once a prominent politician preaching to americas, edwards hims

the prosecution's star witness andrew young told how he concealed his affair with retail rielle hunter. what edwards did to keep his presidential dreams alive. that's if you believe a word with it. we have the latest atted top of the show 37 also a first of its kind look at who mitt romney might pick at his running mate. each candidate addresses a particular problem romney may have. cloth coat republicans, catholics, la tinos, women. but here's the bigger problem. doesn't all this suggest that romney has a lot of problems? plus one reason barack obama won four years ago, is that voters aged 1 to 29 came out in big numbers. and he won two thirds of them, 66%. but enthusiasm among young voters is obviously down and that's why the president is now making his big pitch to college students today. and if you've been listening to the republican candidates for president, you'd think the southern door of the country has been left open to immigration. he hasn't. the total number of mexicans living illegally in the united states right now is actually down a million. and that report comes just as

pkk-as folllws -- &pstarted at a bar in new york city where edwardssmet self- proclaimed filmmakkr rielleunter in early 2006.she was quickly ired by edwards to film "webisodes"--asual online videos offthe former senator. the videos ssowed just how close edwards and hunter had become.nats "that's a great speech.""i'm &pso glad you like it.""i like those close to edwards suspected an affair. behind the scenes, the government orchestrating a massive cover up.loyal and wealthy donors paid forrhis pregnant mistress to relocate, and peesonal aide paternity.in the fall of 2007, &pa ttbloid publiised a story o the affair. immediatell the cammaiin went into defense flat out deeied having a t you relationshippwith rielle huntee. did you give a truthful annwee? were you telling me the truth?edwards: "yes". after being ccased by reporters, eventually he confessed"there is no question i've ddne wrong. i take full responsibility for having done wrong."onne a promiient politiiian preaccing two americas, edwards himself was living two livvs. he had fathered a child with his missress, while his wwie, eliz

for a time the former john edwards aide falsely claimed he was the father of rielle hunter's baby and later admitted he was not and wrote a book about it. today the former aide says john edwards asked him to keep the mistress on a leash, as he put it, of course, the prosecution says john edwards used almost $1 million in campaign cash during the run for the white house, to hide his affair with this woman, rielle hunter, and john edwards later admitted he fathered a child with this woman while his wife, less both, was dying of cancer. the defense attorney says john edwards has committed many sins. but in crimes. and now the news like from the courthouse in north carolina this afternoon. andrew young testified, again, today. what went down in court? >>reporter: well, he did. andrew young describing in great detail how he would receive checks from the wealthy benefact or, through her interior decorator, and, then, how young would then funnel the money to rielle hunter to pay for her accommodations, travel, and even a bmw and says john edwards insisted on discussing the check in code but

by this time she was using an alias, young says, going by the name of jaya james.young said rielle alsoed in his house with him and his wife and kids for about three weeks, which he called very difficult. he said rrelle could be very demanding. more than once he talk to edwards she was going public.and how did his wife feel about all of this? young said she was scared to death. we wwrr scarrd to death, edwards was a viable presidential candidate nd thhs was a truckload of money. they asked the trial lawyer, edwards, if it was ok to do this...young says edwards told them it was completely legal. young said he communicated in code with edwards, because there was conccrn that knowledge of these matters could implicate edwards, if he were to becooe attorney- general."so far it's all been of events as a star witness for the prosecution. but as early as wednesday, he's expected tt get a challenge as tte edwards' defense team gets cross-examine him.------nd----- cnn.ssript----- save on big ticcet items... itemm...the one thing you need to have...to cash in on great deals for electronics. 3 hav

rielle could be very demanding.e said if she didn't talk to edwards, she was going public. how did his wife feel? young says she was scared to death. we were scared to death. edwards was a viable presidential candidate and this was a truckload of money. they asked if it was okay to do it. edwards said it was completely legal. they spoke in code. knowledge of this could hurt him if he were to become attorney general. it's andrew young's version of events. today, he's expected to get challenged as the edwards defense team gets to cross examine him. carol? >> joe johns reporting live for us. >>> this just in to cnn. we have confirmed newt gingrich will drop out of the presidential race next week. shannon travis, he's in north carolina. that's our reporter where gingrich had a campaign event. shannon will join us later to talk about this decision that a lot of people didn't think would come. as you know, gingrich said he would go all the way to the convention. hees changed his mind due to his showing in north carolina w

that it was john edwards' idea to go to bunny melon to ask for funds that could wind up supporting rielle hunter that edwards knew and gave guy ans how the money flow should take place to cover the tracks. >> reporter: when discussing plan that funneled through the bank account young said "it was crazy we were all scared to death and felt extremely uneasy about it." he talked about confronts edwards. he called young crazy, harsh words analysts could come back to haunt the defense if jurors believe edwards spoke that way about the mother of his child. jay gray, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> the secret service is done with the probe in the colombian prostitution scandal. there are signs of more trouble ahead. three more secret service employees lost their jobs with two resigning and a third losing his national security clearance. this morning's "washington post" reports several secret service employees who resigned last week are considering fighting to keep their job may detail how senior managers tolerated similar behavior on previous official trips. >>> defense secretary leon

. >> when we were running for president, you flat out denied having a relationship with rielle huntergive me a truthful answer? are you telling the truth then? >> yes. >> reporter: after being chased by reporters, eventually he admitted personal failure. >> there's no question that i have done wrong, and i take full responsibility for having done wrong. >> reporter: once a prominent politician preaching two americas, waeshdz himself was living two lives. he had fathered a child with his mistress while his wife, elizabeth edwards, was dying of cancer. it got worse. in 2011 the government indicted edwards on six counts, including conspiracy, issuing false statements, and violating campaign finance laws. he faces up to 30 years in prison. >> we're conditioned to say the same things. we're conditioned to say what to say. we're conditioned to be political. it's hard to shed thaul. >> reporter: edwards has spent the last year preparing for his trial, shuffling his legal team and undergoing surgery for a heart condition. former top aides are expected to testify at his trial. rielle hunter ha

john edwards claims he didn't know about the payments that helped keep rielle hunter and her baby and his out of sight. prosecutors say most of the money went to former campaign aide andrew young. he once pretended to be the far of that -- father of that baby. even let her move in with him and his wife. today prosecutors released transcripts of voice mail messages, including one that rielle hunter left for the former aide after seeing john edwards and his wife on on tv. and i quote, johnny and elizabeth couldn't be further apart from each other, laughter. on either side of the driveway. so yeah, interesting. marital problems confirmed. but at itch in court from whom john edwards was hiding the affair. from his wife is no crime, but hiding it from the country from president could land john edwards in prison for 30 years. jonathan serrie is on fox top story live at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. what else did the prosecutors release today, jonathan. >> shep, they released some of the checks that rachel bunny melon funneled to andrew young through her interior decorator br

that was a time when the media was really closing in on rielle hunter.age from john edwards to andrew young indicating he's going to call back in a little while, but if his wife elizabeth edwards was there, he's going to feign he didn't know what was going on. what happened? what's going on? one more indication of the texture of the communications between andrew young and the former senator from north carolina. john? >> joe johns, thanks so much. >>> another important story breaking in washington today. a high-ranking administrator for the environmental protection agency has set off a political fire storm about these words on how to handle polluters. >> a little turkish town somewhere, they found the first five guys they found and crucified them. that town was really easy to manage for the next five years -- >> that video talking about crucifying is from 2010 and the administrator has now apologized for what he calls his "poor choice of words." but that's not enough to satisfy the republican senator who is launching an investigation. he says the problem

edwards made an excuse to cover it up but asked young to handle rielle's finances after that. >> john edwards needs to convince the jury that either andrew young is lying and therefore can't be trusted on the stand or that he has some reason to dislike john edwards. >> reporter: young has avoided eye contact throughout his testimony while edwards stairs directly at him. >> it is clear andrew young versus john edwards is the turning point of the trial. >> reporter: in cross- examination, the defense asked young if he was the source for the national enquirer which broke the story. young said he was not. young testified that edwards asked him to pretend to be the father of hunter's baby and keep the affair a secret but he said it became a nightmare running errands for hunter and let her stay in his house. he had access to nearly a million dollars in donations to cover the cost. the critical question is whether that was a gift from supporters used to hide a mistress or whether it was campaign money to keep edwards in the race. dick brennan for cbs news, greensboro, north carolina. >> the

the her was rielle hunter.t suggested the affair was continuing even after edwards' wife found out about it. this is the john edwards that we all saw at the time. campaigning in iowa with his wife of more than 30 years. the jurors also heard about young's crumbling relationship with edwards. young testified the two men came close to throwing punches at each other in 2008. at the time young was pretending to be the father of hunter's child. after pictures surfaced with hunter and their daughter, edwards promised to admit the affair publicly, but in an interview he flat-out lied about the baby that he fathered. >> i need to ask about the most controversial allegation. which is that a report has been published that the baby of miss hunter is your baby. true? >> not true. not true. it's a supermarket tabloid. that is absolutely not true. >> have you taken a paternity test? >> i have not. we would welcome participating in a paternity test. i would be happy to participate in one. i know that it's not possible that th

former top aides are expecting to testify at his trial rielle hunter has immunity. >> i will regret for my life the harm that i have caused others. but i did not break the law, and i never, ever, thought i was breaking the law. >> reporter: inters say the government has a tough, unprecedented case, but no matter the outcome, it is the ultimate fall from grace for edwards within who was once adored as a son of the south. >>> not a bad day for the earth day in san francisco. we had the fog, an temperatures were cool. we never really got out of the 50s, but still, a nice day for dancing, so i'm told. and right now, live, we'll take tow the freeway in san francisco. we have lots of fog in san francisco, and that fog is moving into the pay bai. it's going to make for a cool day. by the time tomorrow afternoon rolls around, you may forget what a beautiful weekend it has been. 64-degrees. we're in the 60s for santa clara. the sea breeze is pushing in. it's 10 to 20 miles per hour. this fog will go all the way inland. here are we are at 7 a.m., cloudy skies across the entire map, and it's going

had broken his promise to tell the truth, that he was the father of the daughter of his mistress, rielle hunter. >> andrew young in his testimony today showed some passion and fire about how badly he was hurt and betrayed by senator john edwards. >>> in what experts say was a blow to the prosecution, young admitted he pocketed about 80% of the money the government claims were illegal campaign contributions to edwards to cover up his affair, a charge edwards denied. much of the money went towards this $1.5 million house for young. "about $1 million, that's the money you kept?" lowell asked. "that's the money that was left over after paying rielle hunter's expenses," young shot back. >> i think the government's theory of the case is in serious jeopardy. >> lowell closed by asking young if he was a cold blooded schemer motivated by ego and greed or the desire for power. young, looking lowell in the eye, said he was not. lisa myers, nbc news, greensboro, north carolina. >>> as you may know, there was a scare last night at chicago midway airport. emergency vehicles surrounded a delta flight t