this is interesting, because mark was never implicated in this ponzi scheme, was he? reporter: he s never been criminalry charged. he s the suspect of civil lawsuits including the one filed this week by the trustee trying to recover the billions of dollars bilked from investors. did this have something to do with it? was the pressure to much? we may never know, don. do we know what was in this apparent e-mail or suicide note? reporter: in the e-mail he was telling his wife she should go and see if his little boy was all right. that s as much as we know about it. perhaps we have some other indication about what happened here from the lawyer representing mark madoff. he issued a statement today and called the death a senseless strategy then added this. he said that mark madoff was the victim of false innuendos and accusations and so the question is, among many people here, not only him, but people on the street who know the madoff name.
his brother, andrew, were smts in this investigation. neither he or his brother had been notified they were the subjects of the criminal by prosecutors. they had been defendants in a large number of civil lawsuits but never had been any indication they were criminal suspects at all. they have never been charged. mark and andrew turned their father in? they did. their father confessed to their sons after they pressured him about a plan he had to deliver some bonuses to members in the firm about two months ahead of schedule. this was in the aftermath of the great financial crisis. 2008. they thought it was unwise and challenged him about it. and in response he asked them to go with him to the family apartment near the office and it was there he told them the business they thought was the family heritage was a ponzi scheme, the price tag at $50 billion. they were stunned and left
some e-mail notes. there s no note at the scene, but communicated with members of his family. mr. madoff s father-in-law was there, was called by mr. madoff s wife to check on the 2-year-old, who was there and the 2-year-old was fine. performed on mark madoff to officially determine the cause of death on sunday. susan candiotti standing by in new york at bernie madoff s son s apartment where he look his life this morning. more on the suicide is just ahead. we ll speak with a new york times financial writer working on a book on the madoff scandal. also developing, richard holbrooke is in the hospital after a tear in his aorta.
blizzard is blasting the midwest. shutting down air travel. some 600 flights are canceled. it s moving east fast. sub zero temps are making it worse. north carolina remembers one of its most beloved citizens. we re talking about elizabeth edwards, laid to rest today. we ll talk to someone who knew the family well, about her illness, her husband, the scandal and the run for the white house. and at the white house, the president is dealing with the backlash from his own party over taxes and facing questions about why he let the former president steal the spotlight yesterday in a live press conference. the first family is also preparing for a big show tomorrow with some pretty big stars and entertainers, one of them drops by to sing to us. annie lennox tonight on christmas in washington. we begin with new developments in the bernie madoff ponzi scheme. his $50 billion swindle has claimed yet another victim. his grown son, mark, mark madoff was found dead this morning in
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