that is his daughter kate who has played an increasingly larger role in this trial. the former presidential candidate accused using donor money during his campaign to cover the cost of his mistress s pregnancy and some of her housing costs as well during the 2008 campaign. boy, what a huge fall from grace we have seen in this story for john edwards. we expect we re going to hear again today from his former aide who falsely claimed at one point he was the father of the baby in an effort to cover all this up for john edwards. jonathan serrie live at u.s. district court in greensboro, north carolina, with problems andrew young may pose for the prosecution here. good morning, jonathan. reporter: good morning, martha. the main issue is credibility. andrew young was the guy who initially claimed he was the father of john edwards illegitimate child before edwards claim clean. young was the logistics person who handled one million dollars of donor money to hide edwards
pause i really wanted to continue racing again. it put a pause to me. i just want to continue racing. i got out car quick. i m glad, actually the camera guy, he came running over to me. first thing he said, are you okay, dude? i m like, oh my foodness. you almost hit me. i m like oh my goodness. martha: when you saw the video how close your car came to the camera? that was pretty crazy. martha: what did you your dad say to you? when you got out of the car, what did he say to you? i m glad your okay and he gave me a hug. martha: there is you as a little girl in that picture with your dad. did you ever want to do anything but this in your life? what are your plans? what are your dreams and hopes for future? continue racing. i ve been around so long. i worked at the shop 24/7. i told my dad i will do anything to race a car like him. i worked so hard at the shop. i want to do hand-on stuff. work on engines. martha: do you have brothers? did your family
protect edwards wife elizabeth from finding out about the affair but it was really intended to alter of results of the election, to affect the results of the election by protecting john edwards family man image among voters. yesterday andrew young recalled a meeting with one of those donors which rachel mellon apparently told john edwards i will do everything i can to help you become president. but again the defense is trying to poke holes in andrew young s credibility. martha: boy, from a vice-presidential candidate and somebody who could have been in that spot to walking down steps of the courtroom it has been quite a road for john edwards. jonathan serrie on the scene there. thank you very much, jonathan. bill: you re precisely right. we ll follow that throughout the day, and we ll follow this. cell phone walking and talking. not a very good idea and we ve got the proof. watch here now, and watch very closely. yeah. where did she go?
martha: thank you, university of iowa. very, very, those are not, those states don t happen by accident. they re all swing states of course. some are saying he is basically pandering to the youth vote in his role as president. i suppose you could make that argument. look he is doing initiative aimed at group voted for him two to one the last time and indications they re not voting that big for him and may not turn out in large numbers as they did. he needs to make initiatives this student loan is probably biggest issue for college students and their parents. the interesting thing is, mitt romney has now gone along, me too. i m for that. we ought to keep the student loan rates the way they are. the problem of course, mitt romney is sort of, shackled with the republican congress that needs to do this. congress says they will probably try to get it done, maybe on this one but there will be a lot of others that won t happen that way. martha: andrea, looks like we just in so many areas co
nine minutes before the hour. here s martha. martha: thanks, bill. well a young race car driver is lucky to be alive today after a crash at a tennessee drag strip. and so is the cameraman really who recorded it. she lost control of her chevy camaro. look at that. that is hard to look at that. she is sitting next to me. flew over a fence right into the camera. cameraman is a quick mover. lucky for him, he had seconds to react. he jumped onto the track over the wall and onto the track to get out of the way of that collision that was headed right at him. drag racer, lizzie musi. joins us here in america s newsroom. . howe are you? hi. martha: you re 21 years old? i m 21. martha: does this scare the bejesus out of you? no. i ve been around a while. i ve seen a lot through my life in races and stuff. i know that stuff will happen. i thank god for all the safety equipment you put in those cars and just