martha raddatz with new reporting. scooverseas tonight, and to turkey, where today, 182 hours after the earthquake hit, the extraordinary story of survival. a 13-year-old boy pulled from the rubble. how did he survive a week? and the other teenager discovered alive, as well, the mother kissing his head after he is pulled out from the rubble. and tonight, more than 100 arrest warrants now issued for shoddy construction. marcus moore in turkey. here at home, for the first time in the alex murdaugh murder trial, the police body camera video now made public. police arriving on that scene and what alex murdaugh says to them, saying, it s bad, it s bad, i checked their pulses. the war in ukraine tonight. the u.s. state department is now urging any remaining americans in russia to leave the country immediately or risk getting drafted to fight against ukraine. and did russia already begin a major new offense? what nato is now saying tonight, and what the pentagon believes. tom
reporter: within a minute, murdaugh tells police their deaths are linked to threats against his son paul after he was in a boat crash. my son was in a boat wreck a few months back. he s been getting threats, most of it s been benign stuff we you know, he s been getting, like, punched. i know somebody i know that s what it is. reporter: officers cover the bodies outside the family s dog kennel with sheets and mark shell casings at the scene. they are dead aren t they? yes, sir, that s what it looks like. reporter: late today, alex murdaugh growing visibly upset in court, wiping his eyes as the pathologist walked the jury through graphic images of the gunshot wounds. son paul murdaugh, she said, was first shot in the chest at close range, turning to face his killer when he was fatally shot. his head was facing in the direction from where the shotgun was being fired. reporter: the pathologist said maggie murdaugh was shot multiple times with an assault
will go to live with her father s sister now. so many of you at home reached out to me on social media, instagram, twitter, we were so appreciative of your kind works and many asked how to help. can you go to unicef usa.org/abc news and we re grateful to all of you at home who have helped already. we continue with the news this monday night, and back here in the u.s., new body cam footage in the trial of the once prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. the court releasing video of police arriving at the scene of the crime shortly after he called 911. murdaugh saying, it s bad, it s bad, i checked their pulses. again tonight, eva pilgrim. > both gunshot wounds to the head. reporter: tonight, for the first time, we re seeing bodycam footage showing police arrive at the crime scene minutes after alex murdaugh called 911 to report his wife maggie and son paul had been found shot to death. an officer doing a brief pat-down. it s bad. it s bad. i checked their pulses.
killing so his son could reap millions, all of it involving the same family, and causing a sensation in south carolina and there is much more to all this. catie beck is there tonight. reporter: tonight, police shedding new light on a bizarre and violent string of crimes in south carolina s low country. overnight, the arrest of 61-year-old curtis edward smith, charged with assisted suicide and insurance fraud after authorities say prominent attorney alex murdaugh directed a scheme for smith to kill him this comes after the unsolved murder of alex s wife and son at the family home in june alex has denied any involvement in the crime. murdaugh s attorney telling today show his client, in rehab for opioid addiction, wanted his son to collect on a $10 million life insurance claim. he was in a dark, dark, dark place and wanted to help his son. reporter: the staged shooting came one day after murdaugh had resigned from his family firm facing allegations he misappropriated millions
but for murdaugh it s the latest in a chain of devastating events. a 2015 cold case into the death of 19-year-old stephen smith recently reopened due to evidence gathered while investigating the murdaugh double murder no member of the murdaugh family has been named a suspect police also investigating the 2018 death of gloria satterfield, the murdaugh s housekeeper, who allegedly suffered a fall at their home in 2019 alex s son paul murdaugh, now deceased was charged with boating under the influence after a crash in 2019 that left 19-year-old mallory beach dead mark tinsley, attorney for beech says crimes like these are being overlooked i think the common thread here is wealth and influence. there are two systems of justice one way the haves have a certain level of accountability and the have-nots have a different level of accountability reporter: many unanswered questions a community eager for answers. catie beck, nbc news, columbia, south carolina also tonight, the historic laun