north carolina. the defense had this line up of high profile witnesses ready to go today. why rest? reporter: yeah, a sudden change. it appears they may have been look for leverage. they had been attacking the credibility of andrew young, the key witness for the prosecution, and then they were threatening to bring him on with these other witnesses. they have been trying to get the prosecution to agree to some unspecified stipulations, and today they announced, just before they rested, that if the prosecution would agree to these stipulations they would rest their case without calling andrew young to the stand. so, perhaps they used the leverage moving forward as we look for closing arguments to begin tomorrow morning. jon: they got what they wanted apparent leave. how strong is the defense case? reporter: the defense attorneys for edwards appear fairly confident, although they have repeatedly been frustrated in their attempts to introduce testimony from federal election officials g
listed yesterday, but the defense also saying that if they did not call these witnesses that they would rest their case. legal experts tell us that this is intended to keep the prosecution guessing. listen. okay, i m sorry, we don t have that sound. but if the defense does indeed rest today it remains unclear how it will affect the other witnesses in this case, whether they are going to call from that list of four high profile witnesses, which includes cate edwards, john edwards himself, his mistress, reille hunter and andrew young his former am pain aide, bill. bill: the defense indicates young might be on the stand. what purpose would he serve at this point, jonathan? the defense is trying to poke holes in his testimony. andrew young is after all the prosecution s key witness in this case. if they brought him back they d be trying to question some of
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kate edwards has never spoken publicly about this scandal. legal experts say she could be a very powerful witness for her father and maybe the one person who can humanize john edwards in the eyes of this jury. jonathan serrie has been covering the trial for us. is he live again tonight for us at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. kate edwards, john edwards, and his mistress rielle hunter could all take the stand, what, tomorrow? yeah, possibly tomorrow and, also, andrew young, also on that list of some very high profile witnesses. you know, when you talk about john edwards daughter, kate, being by his side every day of the trial, it s really in keeping with something that she said at her mother s funeral, we are still a family. now, edwards lawyer, while keeping open the possibility of calling these high profile witnesses to the stand tomorrow also said that if they don t call these witnesses, they will rest their case on wednesday.
what about anybody else in the list? do you see anybody breaking through, especially if the focus is newt gingrich and mitt romney? if i had to guess it would be ron paul who is has passionate supporters. right now in iowa, it looks like gingrich. there are several weeks to go. a lot can happen. gingrich is writing a big wave. bret: join us for the next debate as pete mentioned it happens thursday december 15, 9:00 p.m. eastern from souse city, iowa. be able to get instant analysis and participate in a live chat with the fox news contributors at foxnews.com/debate. next up, high profile witnesses. attorney general eric holder, jon corzine giving testimony