of evidence that the prosecution has. that evidence is supposed to be turned over to the defense by september 27th, we are told, and that is when the next hearing will be in this case. in terms of rex heuermann s demeanor, he was wearing a black jacket, a blue shirt, as well as khaki pants. a black suit jacket. he was staring straight ahead, no emotion whatsoever from what our producer tells us. he said nothing, we were expecting he would not say anything in this type of hearing and the hearing came to an end. so, at this point we have what appears to be obviously the attorneys walking out to our cameras, array of media out here ready to hear what the suffolk county district attorney has to say following this, about a 5 to 10-minute commentary sandra: he is speaking now, thank you.
sandra: there s a lot there, led the suffolk county prosecutor to say the evidence connects him to the killings. we still don t know if he s in the courtroom yet, he very well could be but the judge stepped aside for a moment. these things can move quickly, sometimes slowly, we just don t know. we are sort of on stand by to see what s going to happen there live in riverhead, new york. keep our eye on the scene there. while i m driving and pull me out of car at gunpoint, what are we doing to address this? and how do we solve this? nobody feels safe. sandra: an oakland resident describing her scary encounter with crime. a town hall with the county district attorney. now the naacp is blasting progressive policies and asking for a state of emergency. trace: plus a major step for north dakota governor doug burgum as he secures a spot on
sandra: just a moment ago the live pictures we saw the d.a. exiting the courtroom in riverhead, new york, let s get to bryan live outside the courthouse. we could see somebody step up to a microphone shortly, but what are we learning happened in the courtroom so far, bryan. look, this was supposed to start at 2:00, the attorneys stepped out about 2:07 for a half hour delay, don t know what the discussion was between the attorneys and the judge. they came back into the courtroom and rex heuermann was in the courtroom 5 to 10 minutes in the hearing, and in that hearing the district attorney s office said they will be turning over hundreds of hours of video over to the defense specifically also videos pertaining to the victim megan waterman, and say they have lots of photos, obviously we have talked about the massive amounts
the case, i know it seems damning, it s not open and shut by any stretch of the imagination. trace: fox team coverage with brian foley and phil holloway, but bryan is in riverhead, new york. what can we expect in court today? trace, good afternoon. right now this preliminary hearing is expected to start right now. we know that the suffolk county district attorney and his team have made their way inside of that courtroom. we also know that neighbors that lived in rex heuermann s neighborhood in massapequa park, long island have made their way in, as well as the family of some of the victims, including the sister of melissa barthelmy, the first victim whose remains were found in 2010, and the
murders. there is also the phone calls he allegedly made using the victims phones to the victims own family members to taunt them. here is the suffolk county district attorney discussing this evidence and just how long they have been looking at this evidence since the task force was formed last year. listen. i got on the case in january 2022. we formed our task force in february and we worked, i can t say what happened before me, i can say that the reason why we were real successful, we had a bunch of talented investigators from a bunch of different agencies working together day in and day out. we are just told the judge has taken the bench. we ll give you information as we get it. we have a producer in the courtroom. also a still photographer that will give us photos as soon as this is done. but i think it s important to mention here, trace, the names