washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
mind. i think it goes to its consciousness of guilt that he lied about being at the kennels before the murders. but griffin blew up the timeline it s all about this phone. we re all dead because we re not using our phone now. that s effective. is that lie really that material? does it even matter or is it consciousness of guilt if at the same time he s denying the kennels, he s pressing for data that is exculpatory that show he was not with maggie at the time. and on this nonsense about my baby, we don t know what maggie and paul were doing. these are not facts and evidence. this is boarderline prosecutoril misconduct. he s misleading the jury. i think a jury can make an infrempbs that they want to protect her son, but it s not a fact in evidence. and it s very misleading.