during the cross-examination the defense asked this point. i want to read it to make sure i get it right. he said, quote, you really hate mr. edwards don t you? he responded, i have mixed feelings about that. it s been tense in the courtrooms. most analysts feel the defense is making inroads. they have to tread lightly, chris. during his two and a half days of testimony for the prosecution he actually talked about some very important subjects in this trial that could ultimately help the defense. he said that bunny melon, the donor who gave $900,000 to edwards, that money used to help his mistress you understood it was for personal reasons and didn t expect anything in return for it. that could help ultimately. he did say several times that john edwards repeatedly said he did not feel he was doing anything illegal. be interesting to see how that plays ow as they continue here. back to you, chris. jay gray, thank you so much. i want to bring in savannah
guthrie, nbc news chief legal correspondent. nice to see you. nice to see you. all this sordid b movie type stuff. let s face it, it s fascinating. how much is likability, how much is legality. how much of the stuff we ve heard so far is pertinent for jurors? it s one of the times when salacious stuff is part of the case. these are facts of the case, whether or not these contributions bunny melon made were political contributions or money to help john edwards in any way she saw fit. bunny melon, the donor said she didn t know what the money went for. she just wanted to help a friend. this is down to a credibility contest between two people who have almost no credibility left. andrew young is an acknowledged liar. john edwards is an acknowledged liar. the prosecution s case to some degree rises and falls on andrew young s testimony.
world over its support for israel in its conflicts over palestine. the palestinian conflict has dominated 70% of israel s existence as a nation, and it s the reason given for animosity in the arab world against america. but that conflict could be coming to an end if you believe what israeli prime manager benjamin netanyahu told me this week. i think there s one other thing. i think that i could deliver a peace agreement. i could get the israeli people to follow me, if i believed that i have a serious partner on the other side willing to make the necessary compromises on the palestinian side. would you accept their belief, though, that they should have a country which is contiguous? yes. not islands here, islands here, but one space? yeah. no checkpoints? i don t want to govern the palestinians. i don t want them as subjects of israel or citizens of israel. i want them to have their own independent state, but a demilitaryized state. those words, contiguous and
presidential campaign. she tells her husband john edwards. fire hunter. that s when the problem starts. that s when they have to come up with the money, to keep hunter quiet, to keep her from going to the press. megyn: what andrew young is telling this jury is then sudden think thereafter reille hunter is pregnant and she calls up andrew young in the middle of the night and she said somebody better be pregnant or dying and she responded nobody is dying. it was at that point he went to john edwards, and said she is pregnant with your baby. he responded she is a crazy absolute and there is a one in five chance it s my child. there was a attempt to get bunny melon to fund reille hunter s secret lifestyle.
let s suppose john edwards says, that s what happened. the crux of his defense is all that money is not a campaign contribution. it wasn t done to cover anything up from my campaign, it was done to cover it up so my dying wife who i was dispickably cheating on wants finds out. thee knew about it. she picked up that cell phone and said fire hunter. she did. and he fired her. but the affair was still going on and he needed to continue to cover it up. lucky for john edwards, the on person we hate more than him is andrew young. because he s just as slimy in my opinion. are you telling me that edwards his defense is yes bunny melon, this woman who supported me and had a lot of money, yes, she cut a lot of checks, i concede it all. the reason we did it, checks