dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
pressure is still with us on sunday and the sunny areas and the cloudy areas will move around the uk with subtle changes in the wind direction. perhaps a shade cooler, not that you will notice, around about ten or 11 degrees. the high pressure will eventually shift towards eastern parts of europe in the middle of the week and that will give way to weather fronts off the atlantic. that is the next time we are anticipating rain. until about tuesday or wednesday many areas are staying dry and certainly from wednesday evening onwards into thursday we will be getting our first dose of rain. that s it but the news of course continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good evening. hello, i m olly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. scotland danced past england to keep their hands on the calcutta cup. what can they do against wales? ireland caught the eye on the opening weekend, can
Now almost 30 years later chilling new details. Evidence never broadcast before a letter, hinting at secrets too dark to imagine. This is so outside of the norm something is going on in that house. Did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear . Oh man it was gutwrenching. I wanted to bust the door down. They spoke the truth about what had happened. Tonight, hear from the brothers themselves. People were afraid of him. Lets go through this bit by bit. There was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. Silence destroyed our whole family. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with unthinkable the menendez murders. Reporter here it was the shining symbol of their success. Here, finally, an address worthy of their long struggle their amazing rise. Beverly hills, california. Beverly hills emergency. Reporter careful what you wish for. Someone killed my parents reporter 28 years later its still the case that has the power to shock. Its Beverly Hills. Its the movie
A troubling statistic i discussed in the book is 40 of the sons born to fathers in the lowest quintile of income remain in lowest quintile of income and so demography is often destiny. If you are born to a father who was very polar, theres a very good chance, not overwhelming chance, but a very good chance youre going to be poor as well. To the discussion that poverty relates to blacks and i discuss why that is the case then why much of this discussion can be very misleading. The poverty rate is slightly lower than that of native americans and alaska natives. But more important point is more than 75 of blacks are not poor so the kinds of generalizations and images with warm are unfortunately quite inaccurate, though it is the case that many, too many blacks are born into poverty and will remain in poverty. The most important conclusion that i think analysts of poverty have come through in trying to determine what the trend is is that today, the class gap is even greater than the racial
All of those restraints and still coming out on top. In southeastern wisconsin america tonights liss sa fletcher met the most popular girl at school. Ari is a celebrity. Thats who ari is. Shes extremely smart and overall shes a very sweet little girl. Reporter shes in the first grade. As her dad helps her get ready for school get your glasses on. Reporter things are noticeably different. Are you ready . Im so pumped up. All right here we go whoo ari has whats calmed sma, spinal muscular aatrophy. Its a disease linked in with muscular dystrophy. Basically her muscles will get weaker as time goes on. Time is up. Up, up, up. She, unfortunately, cant sit up and cant walk and cant crawl. Even breathing problems. She has a hard time breathing. Reporter despite her rare health condition, ari is still able to go to school with her peers. Ari, what word did you write . Dream. Dream. Nice job. This is how she sees her teacher. Whats your word and aris word . Ruby. They both have long a sounds. T