overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
president, not george w. bush, his father. i m christine romans, this is early start. just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. i m 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went jim, thank you for those comments. i hear you. i m terribly sorry that this has happened to this community. what i can do and what i will do is make it right. we ll get the cleanup right. we re going to reimburse the citizens, we ll invest in the long term health of this community. miguel marquez has more from east palestine. reporter: a massive effort under way to clean up creeks and water flowing in an
not switched on yet. we can go back now to daniel sanford who can explain to us just the process behind these cameras being switched on, when and where that happens. having done the experimentation, the appeal court in the supreme court, the decision was made eventually last year, that we should go back and start thinking about whether there should be cameras allowed in there should be cameras allowed in the criminal courts, the crown courts, the place where the most serious cases are heard. and so eventually a decision was made. that yes, cameras should be allowed in court but only for that very last bit of the process, the final bit for thejudge passed bit of the process, the final bit for the judge passed sentence. bit of the process, the final bit for thejudge passed sentence. no cameras for the evidence, witnesses, lawyers making their arguments in court and no cameras for any of those victim impact statements that are going on at the moment at manchester crown court, bu
point of 30. there is a very significant minimum term. that is what he will spend in jail, significant minimum term. that is what he will spend injail, meaning he will be an old man, if he is ever to be released. immediately after the judge had left, immediately after thejudge had left, police officers and the family were crying and hugging cosmo then those 42 years is the meaning of some kind ofjustice. those 42 years is the meaning of some kind ofjustice. some kind of “ustice. thank you for that, mark. some kind ofjustice. thank you for that, mark. just some kind ofjustice. thank you for that, mark. just marking some kind ofjustice. thank you for that, mark. just marking your- some kind ofjustice. thank you for that, mark. just marking your card | that, mark. just marking your card if you re watching at home, there is a live pictures from manchester crown court, where we have just heard that sentencing. 0ur correspondent is there, we will be back with rowan in a mo