six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge char
deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge charged the jury and sent them back. we did know that they were going to deliberate creed we were told until at least 10:00 p.m. tonight that they were not ordering dinner at this point, they did have snacks and coffee and according to randy k a colleague inside the courtroom as soon as we saw the flurry of activity she rushed in there. they did request some materials including monitors to watch some of the videos. but shortly after we were told that that s when the jury verdict notification came in i tell you a few moments ago right before we came on your show the defense attorney jim griffin, maggie fox, they ll walk behind me and actually we are hearing order called in the court at this moment. we are going to be seen, judge newman walking up to his dais