0 morning, joe scarborough? i wanted to go to the rev, he s on fire today. the commissioner rev, come on, you know, preacher s kids can be tough, right? a lot of pressur but a carpenter and a preacher, i don t know how he did it. that s a rough combination, we actually had a candidate quoting the bible this morning. we re going to have a great day deacon scarborough. sfwr amen, reverend sharpton. that does it for us this morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now. it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser. right now all eyes are on this courtroom in south carolina as the closely watched double murder trial of alex murdaugh s its final stages. the defense has begun its closing arguments just after a juror was dismissed. let s listen. alex murdaugh innocent of these charges and frankly, as he explained that s not natural when you hear on the news that a crime has occurred, an arrest has been made, you feel a little bit relieved, thank god they caught him, and f
i pointed them to my office, to the call log, to the key card like we talked about or my onstar. when you told the agents that you thought you got to the office at 8:30, 9:00 on that morning of june 7, you were wrong, right? i was wrong. were you lying? no, i wasn t lying. okay. when deputy green drove up and first you had the first encounter with him, i believe you told him that you had been gone to your mom s house for an hour, 1 1/2 hours. is that right? we just heard it? the last one? yes, sir. yeah, 1 1/2 hours. i think that is what i told him. 1 1/2 hours. and that the last time that you
believe you told him you had been gone to your mom s house for an hour, hour and a half, is that right? he with j we just heard it. the last one? yes, sir. yeah. hour and a half i think that is what i told him. hour and a half. and that the last time you saw maggie and paul was 45 minutes before that? yeah. that s what i said. and when you spoke to agent green, i mean deputy green, it was about i think the record shows they didn t arrive on the scene until 10:22 or something like that. is that right? that sounds right. i mean i think that s what the records show. that sounds right. and that were you lying to agent excuse me deputy green
saw maggie and paul was 45 minutes before that. yeah, that s what i said. when you spoke to agent green deputy green, it was about i think the record shows that they didn t arrive on the scene until 10:22 or something like that. is that right? that sounds right. i mean, i think that s what the records show. that sounds right. and were you lying to agent deputy green when you told him what time how long you thought you had been at your mothers and the last time you saw maggie and paul? no, sir. i wasn t lying to him. were you trying to mislead him in any way? no, sir. not when mr. green got there. now, you ve admitted with the
were you lying to agent owens or anybody when you said paul got there at 5:00 p.m.? no. i wasn t lying to them. i mean, i thought that at the time. and when you most of the times or a lot of times when i gave times i qualified them and say, you know, you can look at this, pointed them to my office, to the call log, to the key card, like we talked about, or my phone or my onstar. and when you told the agents that you thought you got to the office at 8:30, 9:00 on that morning of june 7th, you were wrong, right? i was wrong. were you lying? i wasn t lying. and when deputy green drove up and first you had your first encounter with him, i