yipght shoot my wife or son any time. me and my boys lay face down. done the way and opioids gave me energy. i mean, whatever i was doing it made it more interesting. you know, it made me want to do it longer. and i lied about being down there. and i m so sorry that i did. so there s a lot to unpack from that dramatic testimony so let s dig in i want to start with the attorney suzanne williams she knows south carolina jew judicial system inside and out thanks so much for joining the program so there was a lot of tears emotion why did he take the ?and did he do it because they move location the trial but he has roots in the community. so do you think that he decided to take the stand because of that connection because it s a big risk? well alec murdaugh is fourth generation trial lawyer. and i think having that background he knows that jurors want to hear from the accused. and i think he uses that to his benefit. do you think it was effective because i have to tell you
yipght shoot my wife or son any time. me and my boys lay face down. done the way and opioids gave me energy. i mean, whatever i was doing it made it more interesting. you know, it made me want to do it longer. and i lied about being down there. and i m so sorry that i did. so there s a lot to unpack from that dramatic testimony so let s dig in i want to start with the attorney suzanne williams she knows south carolina jew judicial system inside and out thanks so much for joining the program so there was a lot of tears emotion why did he take the ?and did he do it because they move location the trial but he has roots in the community. so do you think that he decided to take the stand because of that connection because it s a big risk? well alec murdaugh is fourth generation trial lawyer. and i think having that background he knows that jurors want to hear from the accused. and i think he uses that to his benefit. do you think it was effective because i have to tell
and the way he treated and spoke to other people and the fact that he didn t have conversations. he had accusations and he had a way of telling people they didn t know what they were talking about. always politics? yeah. reporter: video appears to show pena at three different trump rallies in d.c. in one clip his name is stitched into his hat and in july 2021, kr, nn video captured a man appears to be pena in the rally crowd. pena would later post a picture of himself as an attendee. a year later pena ran for office as a republican candidate for the state house. he lost last november by a slant sl landslide but pena would not accept an election loss. police say he targeted four democrats to blame finding their addresses and confronting them. so i went to the gate and that s where he was and he seemed agitated. he seemed a little aggressive. i did tell someone about it. they said this guy is a felon. mr. pena orchestrated and made phone calls and hired people to sh
texas, and tulsa, oklahoma and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun manufacturers from prosecution or being sued following mass shootings. it must end. lit there be no mistake about the psychological trauma that gun violence leaves behind. imagine being that little girl, that brave little girl in ub auld, who smeared blood off her murdered friend s body, on her own face, to lie still among the corpses in the classroom and pretend she was dead in order to stay alive. imagine what it would be for her to walk down the hallway of any school again. imagine what it s like for children who experience this kind of trauma everyday in school and streets and communities all across america. imagine what it s li
that s a case of five mass shootings a day, upwards of 10 every week, after three especially deadly acts of gun violence, buffalo, uvalde, texas, and tulsa, oklahoma, and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun manufacturers from prosecution or being sued following mass shootings. it must end. let there be no mistake about the psychological trauma that gun violence leaves behind. imagine being that little girl, that brave little girl in uvalde, who smeared blood off her murdered friend s body, on her own face, to lie still among the corpses in the classroom and pretend she was dead in order to stay alive. imagine what it would be for her to walk down the hallway of any school again. imagine what it s l