feel sympathetic for him as if the dope was the cause of the money and the cause of his issues when the reality is it wasn t. this had been going on for a long time and the finances prove differently. but what else about this? you have seen the interviews. and we are going to play some clips of these interviews but i m not going to play them all for you again, you have watched them. but if you have any question, go back and watch them. he talks about being paranoid. watch those interviews when he s with dave owen. he doesn t look like he s withdrawing from any drugs. his responses are appropriate. he s not displaying any paranoia. he s smooth. he s focused on the events, focused on trying to get information about the case from law enforcement officers, which is interesting in its own right, why is he so focused on that. and in savanah, where supposedly he was detoxing, he sat down as you heard the testimony with a composite sketch artist and went through the whole process to
wife and son to hide financial crimes. the prosecutor is seeking to go after alex on this comes back to the notion that he did have a motive, he did have a reason and he did have a world that was closing in on him as again, the details of his financial improprieties and embezzling were coming to life and known by his wife and indirectly by his own son and the separate drugs issue, this break will be about 15 minutes or so. i want to get the read from ted williams what he makes of this argument that the prosecutor is making. that this storm got to the point that he did what he did and he outlined the storm. but it dragged on awhile. he s trying to map the storm out for the jury. how do you think it went? you know, neil, i think mr. waters has put on a compelling case here by the prosecution here. he has laid out a road map for this jury to be able to follow. you know, you have to ask yourself, when is alex murdaugh lie something when his lips are moving. i say that to say th
gillian: very busy, if the first hour is anything to go by. thanks for sticking with us. gillian turner in for sandra. we ll take you live to the trial in the low country as soon as it resumes, but until then, a lot of news we want to get in for you. start with a fox news alert. oxycodone, morphine, testosterone, hgh, you name it, i got it, homey, 40% off on any medication. john: tell me what you need, i ll tell you what you want. supposed to be a sales pitch to americans in mexico but turns out it could be a death sentence instead. the drug peddler one of many hawking on behalf of mexican pharmacies to entice tourists just as spring breakers are about to flock south of the border. gillian: the cdc says do not fall for that. warn a high chance the pill that those guys are buying may kill you. talking about legal pharmacies, not shady street dealers like that guy. john: a study reveals nearly half the pills bought in pharmacies were laced with fentanyl and other dead
to religious bias. frantic search for survivors, the latest on a fiery and fatal train crash that left at least 36 people dead and 66 hospitalized in greece. an inside look at intelligence on the mysterious so called havana syndrome, and what caused it. but first, that new video just in of the murdaugh murder crime scene and the same scene the jurors toured this morning, and closing arguments are set to resume just about 20 minutes from now. our nbc news reporters are here following all the latest developments, and we begin with what has truly been a fascinating day at the murdaugh murder trial. ellison barber is outside the courthouse for us. i know you ve had a little bit of a chance to sift through some of the footage of the crime scene. what does it tell you? what might the jurors have learned from being there? reporter: they were able to see and we see in moments of this video the pool reporter when the press was able to see what the jury saw outside pointing out e
who built those brings in record time, i m send them to the southern border to do the wall. come on, joe, let us get it done. martha: that s a taste of it there. the former president trump heads to iowa monday. iowans like to see the candidates and they re getting a good look in the early going. he s virtually tied with desantis in iowa in terms of favor ability among republicans. more and more we ll see these two on the debate stage in five months, folks. it s far away until it s not. let me tell you, it s not really far away anymore. let s bring in jason chaffetz, joe concha and robert wolf, former economic adviser to president obama. all are fox news contributors. great to have you on set, gentlemen. this does feel like the kickoff. this thing is in motion. i m sure. it s a coincidence that he s going to iowa and nevada. just happened to be in the first four that they get to vote. he s formidable. he had the best election in 2022 with tim scott. i think it shows republ