have been moved back in court further away from alex murdaugh, further away from that witness box, and they have been warned if this continues to have been, they will be barred from the courtroom. anderson? randi kaye, appreciate. it legal current offense attorney at a former assistant da in new york city defense attorney mark o mara. so, what do you make of this testimony from the friend of mr. murdaugh? i mean, i m not sure i make that much of it. the issue really is about the time, because the question is whether or not he was calling him in order to establish an alibi. one of the things he does say, that is an issue for the prosecution, he says they seem very calm. they seem completely fine, they don t seem excited. so the argument i m sorry, for the defense, if he is not very excited, and that bodes to them he is not reacting. for the prosecution, i mean, that is an issue. all of the prosecution can say he has lied to everyone, his entire life about who he is. for decade
it s going to be a very delicate balance. one, the state can t overplay their hand too much on that level of motive. as vinny said, it s extraordinarily strange motive that we re trying to bring up. what we are trying to say is, look at everything he did wrong. now that he s facing, you know, the fire on that, he s going to defer or try and deflect blame by killing his family. very difficult, plus the judge is going to limit because this type of prior bad acts, as we call it, only gets into try and help prove some motive, but you have to be very careful because you can t just say, that guy with all of this, so guilty guy here. so, it s going to be tough and again, i think the state has to be very careful and very precise how they present not only the motive, but the forensics and everything else in this case because it s going to be a tough one. yeah, mark o mara, vinnie politan, thank you so much, appreciate it. up next, a leader of the wagner mercenary group response to my exclus
reported some that is a confession. the murdaugh defense says that he said they did him so bad. how important is this to the case? you know, i don t think it s very important and this is why. i don t think the prosecution should focus on that as being so significant piece of evidence, because quite honestly, if it was, if it was a confession, how dare the officer not look into it a little bit further? if you had somebody who said, i did him so badly, bring him along. go to the sympathy line of questioning that interrogators know how to do. but the idea that it came up as something that s now considered a confession, but not looked into, quite honestly, not even looked into three months later when they talk to him again, i think this has state has to be careful not to overplay it. i think it s minor. might fit into the rest of the evidence, but not too significant on its own. vinny, you agree with? that is a law enforcement officer who said he heard murdaugh say this. yeah, no,
couple years ago. there s been a lot of negative publicity about that. there s been a lot of people online just really vile stuff. joining us now is the criminal defense attorney and formerly a prosecutor. great to have you, mark. good morning. the boat wreck is where paul drove that boat drunk and in that crash and crashed it and killed was a 19-year-old friend of his, mallory beech. can you explain why prosecution would present this video and as a defense attorney, what do you make of it? well, you know, i would be concerned if i looked at that as my client. it just comes across to me as a bit pretense. he does break down although you don t see any tears. all of a sudden, what i noticed was he breaks down, talking about his son and then immediately is very rational. he s very explanatory.
hard. yet to be seen. we have a long way to go. yes, he s doing a good job of showing it s not perfect. really significant week ahead. mark o mara, thank you. great to be here. great seeing you again. don? tensions boiling over in the mideast after a deadly shooting at a synagogue in jerusalem. we ll take you there live. plus, new arrests made in the plot to kill journalist and critic of the iranian government. she s going to join us here live on set next. find your potential then own it support your immune system with a potent blend of nutrients anand emerge your best every day with emergen-c this valentine s day, give the gift of shine. at zales, the diamond store. afr years of chasing the big idaho potato truck. i finally caught it.