guilty on all counts, after six week trial, more than 70 witnesses took a south carolina jury less than three hours of deliberations to decide that alec murdaugh was guilty of killing his wife and son. his sentencing is set for tomorrow. we re back with s. e. cupp, patrick mcenroe joins us, as well. they ve, you are an attorney, what do you think sealed the deal but allow the jury to decide this in three hours. the jury s all right through this conman. he lied from day one. he lied to his family. he lied to police. and then when he got caught in a lie, because of his sons video, he changed his story on the spot, the jury didn t believe his new story. ironically, it was his son paul who solved his own murder. yes, we ve been saying that. paul s cell phone capture the audio of alex murdaugh at the kennels that night, when he said he wasn t. didn t he know that he said these in discovery where he would ve been tipped off that he had this video? why was he caught in that
in tennessee, the fumes from the jack daniels whiskey warehouses have spawned a black fungus that has overtaken much of the area. kathy park reports. reporter: in this small tennessee town, a layer of thick, black residue is covering up street signs, clinging on to roofs and trees. look, that is fungus that is growing on the side of this branch see? reporter: it s called whiskey fungus. like on these branches, you see for sure, that s definitely whiskey fungus reporter: and it s being fueled by one of the most popular whiskey brands in the world, jack daniels, which operates six barrel houses here in lincoln county. those alcohol vapors released during the aging process of whiskey can travel hundreds of
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harmful to individuals or their property. vanderbilt university professor antones rockis is an expert on fun guy. we don t know of any patients that have acquired an infection with the whiskey fungus. i would add to that that no clinical studies have been done. reporter: some now are suing. patrick and christy long are arguing jack daniels didn t have the required permits for its expansion. currently, there are six operational barrel houses with eight more in the works. but jack daniels tells nbc news about plans to push ahead with their expansion, which they say will bring $1 million in annual tax revenue to the county. we ll be looking at somewhere between 30 and $40,000 a year to clean the mess they re creating. reporter: problems pouring over from one of the state s most famous products kathy park, nbc news, lincoln county, tennessee. we are back in a moment with why it is so hard to find a primary care fit
tell us how it affects your life? what does it look like? i think you did a great description of that. it s very crusty, it takes over your plants in your leaves, it just keeps building and building and building. until it just strangles your plants. you re seeing it right there, it s just crazy how it just takes over the plants. the trees. your buildings. iraq s. and even strips the paint off a car. it strips the paint off your car? how long it has been going on, patrick? well, it s been going on since distilleries were first created. they used to find moonshine are looking for trees that were covered in black fungus. it s just with the way bourbon whiskey have exploded over the past decade, we re up to over 100 barrel houses now of jet daniel zones. the sheer amount of ethanol s being produced are just off the charts. jack daniel s actually the single largest polluter of ethanol in the entire country today. is that right? i had no idea.