John Edwards' trial resumes

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Your testimony in the United States vs Johnny Reid Edwards we have heard from that aid to the former presidential candidate his name is Andrew Young.

Now we will hear from young's wife.

Jonathan series at the courthouse in Greensboro, North Carolina what's expected today Jonathan good morning.

Yet a good morning to you bill Cheri young with another active participate in an efforts to hide -- hunter John Edwards pregnant mistress.

During the 2008 presidential campaign.

She co signed the donor checks from philanthropist Rachel bunny Mellon that were funneled to -- young to keep real hunter in hiding.

And she allowed hunter to move in with her family and live with the young for several months.

On Friday Cheri young went into detail about the long hours that her husband Andrew put in.

Catering to edwards' family and talked about the -- it took on her husband and his family let's.

She is corroborating the story of Andrew Young.

And she shows also how much he was committed to his former boss John Edwards she's a really important for the prosecution.

Not only to corroborate but also to add extra details and background information.

Obviously the prosecution is trying to do -- -- undo some of the damage it did the defense may have inflicted on her husband.

Andrew during cross examination.

Edwards' attorneys trying to portray Andrew Young as an opportunist who profited from all of the controversy.

Surrounding edwards' affair -- so do we expect her to face over the same intense crops questions.

Better husband received.

But would that is definitely a possibility because -- when we go into cross examination the defense is going to try to discredit her.

Just as they did Andrew young and because she was such an active participant in May be a very intense line of questioning.

Also at issue is whether the defense can bring up that the sex tape that the -- apparently discovered.

-- wall looking through real hunters belongings in one of the rental properties where she had been in hiding the defense would like to bring this up among.

All of the pieces of evidence that Andrew Young was apparently.

Collecting about the affair.

During cross examination Andrew Young were called a contentious.

Meeting in which he threatened to go public in less Edwards came clean.

During that cross examination lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell last did you panic then.

Andrew Young replied I -- long before that lol laughs were you afraid of mr.

Edwards to which young replied yes I was up against two billionaires on millionaire.

And a presidential candidate bill -- area of the courthouse there in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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