Morning rising. Shy. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, october im amara walker. Guesses back with a new skip in his step, a new song. It is hard looking, relaxed, and refresh you know, victor. Hello. This is, you know, how it is when you have some time off, you come back, you feel like you can do anything. I get you youre radiating happiness, dry braiding with theyre do so if im a little extra today is because im back from two weeks off, but we must do. Thank you very much. It is a good morning and good to be back heres what were working on for you this morning. Both President Ial Candidates are on the ground in Battleground States this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina, former President Trump returns to pennsylvania the side of the July Assassination attempt on his life and The Middle East is on edge. This morning as the region awaits a possible retaliation from iran strike on israel, the rising concerns, as israels is days away from marking th
Print to the election. The u. S. Adding more than 250,000 new jobs in september, blowing past expectations. It comes as Dock Workers return to work, averting a potential economic disaster. But with the election just over four weeks away, our american consumers are feeling a difference. Also tonight, eight days after Helene Hit the hopes fading for Finding Hundreds still unaccounted for as deaths soar to more than 220. The race for the White House. Donald trump visiting the Storm Zone in georgia as the White House slams claims hes made about Fema Relief Money going to migrants as, quote, baldfaced lies. Kamala harris meantime revealing former President Obama will hit the trail for her next week. And mr. Trump set to return to the same site in butler, pennsylvania, where he was nearly assassinated in july. How the Secret Service is tightening security. Irans supreme leader making a new threat as israel prepares to mark one year since the October 7th terror attack. And art in the aftermat
were ready for the cameras. it was the first televiseda courtroom drama that captivated the united states. it was a huge deal. spoke erik and lyle menendez convicted of murdering their own parents. i shut my mom. it wasn t real. it just wasn t real. they are sociopaths. and big ones. chilling details. a letter ending in secrets, too dark to imagine. this is so out of the norm. did they kill in cold blood? or in crippling fear? it was gut wrenching. they spoke the truth about what happened. here from the brothers themselves. let s go through this bit by bit. there was no way he was going to let this secret get out. silence destroyed our s whole family. . symbol of their success. here ait was, the shining symbol of their success. here finally an address for the of their long struggle, their amazing rise, beverly hills, california. careful what you wish for. all these years later, it s still the case that has the power to shock. it s beverly hills, th
unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable nationwide network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to $500 a year. and it s only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business: powering possibilities. reporter: in 2005, after years of failed appeals, the menendez brothers case went to federal court. it was their last chance. the court denied it, maintaining the state court made reasonable rulings in light of the facts and did not violate federal law. lyle menendez was 49 years old. has spent nearly half his life in prison. when he agreed to talk with us.
about abuse in the first place. in between the two trials, there were allegations that he was asking people to fabricate testimony. letters surfaced after the first trial in which lyle was alleged to have encouraged people to lie for the defense. so the defense decided they couldn t put him on the witness stand, so erik menendez had to carry the ball for both brothers. and he was a good witness, but he was not as strong as lyle menendez had been at the first trial. reporter: and that expert testimony about the impact of the alleged abuse on the brothers state of mind? judge weisberg severely limited the number of experts because he felt their testimony was repetitive. one not allowed to testify was dr. vicary. i was shocked. and i said, well, they ve gutted the defense. i mean, there is no defense without that. reporter: that specific ruling was in large part due to the objections raised by the new prosecutor leading the people s case. deputy d-a david conn.