it. but a jur: y of his peers disagreed. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering hi s son paul and wifes maggie and sentenced to life in prison. it s, magg a stunning fall for the disgraced attorney whose family not only practice disgrdw in a tiny south carolinain town for a century, they were the lasouth caw. that is at, until alex went fro lawyer to defended the judgefr, tearing down that dynasty.g down your family that , including you,, in have been prosecutinclg people here in this courtroom and many have received the death penalty probab probably for lesser conduclyt. and the question is , when will it end? wh when will it end?en end and it is ended already for the jury because they ve concluded that you continueat yu to lie and lie throughou ct your testimony. ughout judge also had this chilling warning for your testi the convicted murderer. i know you have to see paul and maggie durin see the night times when you re attempting to go to sleep. during i m sure they
you appreciate them, but at the same time you have to beware of them because if something goes down, you re going to be the one in trouble, not them. good evening, everybody. andrew davis out here in hampton county right now with a story that really everybody is talking about. we now know officially that alex murdaugh was shot. alex murdaugh was changing a tire on the side of the road in rural hampton county saturday when a car passed him, turned around, and someone shot him in the head. this is when you wonder if they just started making things up or it was a soap opera somewhere. it seems like it s a tv show more than it seemed like real life, because in this case, how does this get more unusual? and then was it the same person that shot maggie and paul or what may happen as you spin through your mind? murdaugh called the 11 shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon to report he d been shot. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah for treatment. there was an entry an
explosives aboard and a legion flight from lehigh valley from pennsylvania to florida. evan perez joins us now from stanford, florida. evan, who is this guy? he s 40 years old. his name is matt mott free. and he was flying, anderson, from lehigh valley airport, which is in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando. according to the fbi, he checked a bag and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found they found powder. that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so, the question is, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him. while he was still at the airport he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia, don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups
the trials studies, in this primetime special. good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the closing argument today in the alex murdaugh double murder trial will resume tomorrow. they come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. as a jury of 12 in south carolina will soon decide alex murdaugh s face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. we also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. here is how tonight is going to work. we have assembled some of the nation s most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. and which side may have the best argument. on the defense table, mark o mara, who defended george zimmerman. jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. kelly. and lonnie coombs, a former los angeles criminal prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. in ou
happens, is anybody s guess, and today s events only added to the drama. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. the former president kicked off speculation that an indictment may be imminent with a social media post over the weekend stating that it may come tomorrow but he offered no proof of that and his own lawyer told cnn that they are merely repeating what they read in the media but they can t be because everyone is in the dark about what s going on behind the closed doors of the grand jury room and about when they could reach a decision. all we know is that if the former president is charged, it will be historic and not just for the reasons we cited, but also because of the nature of the crime being alleged. a payoff and coverup of an alleged relationship with an adult film actress, something trump has denied. any potential indictment can also be the first of more charges to come for former president trump. those would involve separate investigations out of the justic