75 witnesses, 800 photographs and exhibits but yet as you mentioned the jury needed less than three hours to reach its vertex. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant indictment for murder guilty, guilty, indictment for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, guilty, guilty. reporter: alex murdaugh was immediately handcuffed and led from the court. no obvious signs of emotion on his face. as he contemplated the reality that the jury simply did not buy his excuses for the initially lying to the police about his whereabouts and movements on the night is why and youngest son were shot to death. murdaugh was portrayed as a serial liar by the prosecution who painstakingly went through murdaugh s long history of stealing millions of dollars from his law partners and from his clients and the attorney
Right of trial of south carolina attorney alex murdaugh were hoping to poke holes in the defense s case today, and the jurors are getting ready for a bit of a field trip to the crime scene, no less. she correspondent jonathan hunt is live with more on the trial s final days. they could have this very soon, jonathan. very soon, trace. looks like by the end of this week they could be considering their verdict. but a trial that has seen so many courtroom twists and so much drama, likely still has more to come before then. emotions ran high once again today as alex murdaugh s team questioned the accused killer s former law partner, from whom alex murdaugh has admitted stealing millions of dollars. they question ronnie crosby s motives in testifying for the prosecution and it drew a strong response. you are dead wrong. if you think i came in here and told the story something because of money, when we are talking about two people who were brutally murdered, then you are
I m sorry to both of our families. . most of all, i m sorry to max and i would never intentionally do anything to her either one of them ever. ever. so sorry to mags, pop-up, uppity, not talking about the fact that he had been stealing millions and millions of dollars, do you think people are gonna buy that? as i watched it live, and as i watched it now, i said to myself, are you sorry to the people you ripped off to the tune of millions? i couldn t ask but help myself that, that is going to be the question in the minds for the jurors to really think about,
And i would never intentionally do anything to her either one of them ever. ever. so sorry to mags, poppa, mama t, not talking about the fact that he had been stealing millions and millions of dollars, do you think people are gonna buy that? as i watched it live, and as i watched it now, i said to myself, are you sorry to the people you ripped off to the tune of millions? i couldn t ask but help myself that, that is going to be the question in the minds for the jurors to really think about, in terms of whether they believe the sky. his son did not do him any favors because unlike the testimony you saw there, his son was extremely stop at almost to detach throughout this entire testimony. he needed to make a strong rally to try to connect with that jury and that s what you see him do. again, at the end of the day
0 tomorrow night at this hour nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel will host a special report on assignment, ukraine s secret resistance. after spending time with ukrainians who joined a secret resistance effort. that s tomorrow at 10 pm eastern here on msnbc and streaming on peacock. peacock is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight. bombshell testimony from a murder suspect. taking the stand in his own defense, telling the jury he lied and stole, but he didn t kill his wife and son. will they buy? it then the tucker tapes. congressman jamie raskin is here to respond to speaker mccarthy s move to put forward the thousand hours of january 6th footage into the hands of one fox news host. and disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried with four new criminal charges, some related to political donations. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with more movin