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Edwards' ex-aide's wife breaks down on witness stand

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    Judge removes jury after emotional testimony

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Iowa high emotion in the criminal trial against John Edwards folks.

The Weiss of Edwards aide Andrew Young.

Facing more questions today and boy yesterday was a very rough day for that young lady in the middle of your screen she broke down on the stand yesterday.

To say it's a great extent that they had to send the jury out.

So that she could pull itself back together.

Jonathan Serrie has been watching all of this play out boy what a -- he's cat app for this incredibly dramatic tryout Jonathan what happened in there yesterday.

Yeah it was a very busy day and we anticipate another emotional day of testimony John Edwards just arrived here at the federal courthouse.

In Greensboro -- -- hearing should be under -- in just a matter of moments but yesterday Cheri young broke down several times on the witness stand at one time crying so much the jury -- the that are the judge sent the jury out of the courtroom until she could regain.

Composure and then as soon as the hearing resumed young explained.

How she was in a McDonald's drive through.

When she found out John Edwards won at her husband.

To claim he.

Was the father of the politicians young -- love child mrs.

young said the first thought in my mind was.

How in the world could mr.

Edwards asked one more thing -- me -- I was mad I was upset of course I said absolutely not I screamed at him I cursed him.

Mrs.

young -- says she eventually agreed to go along with the plan after speaking with Edwards personally.

On the phone she said she didn't want to bring down the campaign.

Or her husband's career mark them.

Make you believe their testimony.

And that's -- the jury will decide he was able to talk them into some pretty incredible things so how effective.

Was all of this for the prosecution giants and.

And it seems like it was effective the -- been trying to portray your husband Andrew Young as an opportunist -- Profited from edwards' affair but -- -- young.

Has been able to speak to the sacrifices.

That her family made.

While keeping Edwards pregnant mistress -- -- hunter in hiding she describes hunter as high maintenance and demanding.

And she says it only got worse after her child was born.

Mrs.

young told the court we were not allowed to touch the baby my kids were not allowed anywhere they might -- Mrs.

young also described an incident at a diner in Aspen Colorado where she was.

Eating -- real hunter hunter apparently.

Bid in to a Rubin -- which began complaining that the shaft that.

Place the wrong sauce on her -- -- and is said she need to -- -- spiritual advisor and healer to deal with the incident she called the spiritual advisor and healer according to mrs.

young.

Left the detailed message and the -- apparently.

Paid thousands of dollars to the spiritual.

Advisor.

On the behalf of real hunter Martha.

Why that's as a house gets using -- just -- -- then thank you very much.

I'm -- I mean -- you know we --

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