guantanamo bay, cuba. it sounds like a scene out of of a movie, two brothers charged in connection with the biggest pharmaceutical theft in history. federal officials say they cut the hole in a connecticut eli lilly wearehouse and used a forklift to load the drugs into a getaway car. they were arrested during an fbi probe into a drug theft ring. we expect to hear about funeral arrangements for football great junior seau who committed suicide on wednesday. his family has agreed to have his brain studied for football related injuries. prosecutors have been following the money trail in the john edwards trial this time with a charming colorful decorator for a major edwards donor. brian huffman back on the stand today, he was used to funnel money to cover up an affair with staffer rielle hunter, nbc investigative correspondent lisa
it was personal support. for the defense, brian huffman said on cross-examination that bunny mellon had a genuine fondness and friendship with john edwards and that could help the defense s theory of this case. let s talk about the refusal to sign the affidavit, denying the affair and paternity. how significant is that? well, it is certainly significant in that it was a surprise to the prosecution. you rarely see the government attorneys caught flat-footed. they ve been able to stalk to these witnesses ahead of time, bring them under oath before a grand jury, so just the fact that they didn t know that john edwards refused to sign an affidavit saying he wasn t the child of the love child with his mistress rielle hunter, it shows that john edwards was not willing to lie, not willing to break the law in order to cover up this affair. on the other hand, he was lying to just about everybody about the affair, calling rielle hunter as we heard in lisa s package, crazy. is there a fine
myers has the latest from gre s greensboro, north carolina. reporter: prosecutors showed how far john edwards went to cover up ace hihis affair. it s a great speech. can you read it? yes, i can read it. you can? yes. reporter: later that day, davis said hunter knocked on his door. she told me that she and senator edwards were very much in love. then the next day davis, said, edwards denied he was having an affair with hunter. he told me she was crazy and that we should make sure she didn t talk to him. davis testified. but edwards press aide caught the government by surprise, revealing that for all of edwards lies, he had refused to lie under oath. he testified that a tabloid has