checks. where are we with this annmarie? >> it's fascinating no question. the prosecution is clearly trying to painted wards as this awful, awful human being, so that the jury really dislikes him, has a visceral dislike for him, and it's not hard to do with the evidence that there is. the question is going to be, though, can they actually prove that he did know that the money was being used. so far we haven't seen that link yet. martha: the central issue here is whether or not they can prove to this jury that, yes, john edwards was, you know, using money from bunny melon and fred baron to cover up his affair but only because he wanted to save his family, wanted to protect the whole thing from elizabeth edwards his wife who was cancer-stricken and the money did not have anything to do with keeping that campaign going. richard, can they prove that? >> that's the point. the point here is you have to take the following off the table. take off the table that he's a sinner, unethical, immoral. what he did in connection with