dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
taylor greene who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you are in town be on your best behavior. okay, then, new york city mayor eric adams control yourself. just going right there with that warning ahead of a historic day in manhattan. donald trump, former president, will become the first former president to face criminal charges. we will get a live report from outside the courthouse in just a moment meanwhile, there is new reporting this morning on how the manhattan grand jury is impacting the fulton county da s investigation into election interference in georgia. also ahead, we will break down what is at stake today in wisconsin as voters head to the polls for an election that many are calling the most consequential in decades. that is a huge state supreme court race that has national implications regarding gerrymandering, regarding just the laws of that state, which has become the most consequential swin
Spoke, please keep yourself and your team as safe as you can. Thanks, jim im jim sciutto. The news continues the source with kaitlan collins, starts now these, cnn Breaking News ive got some Breaking News for you tonight. Ive been speaking with sources and can now report a key attorney has left Donald Trumps legal team that lawyer happens to be a major witness in the classified documents case against him. Tonight, ive learned that Evan Corcoran, his quietly departed trumps legal team. This matters because corcoran is potentially going to be a critical a witness against trump if that case ever goes to trial he was the one who went through the storage room at maralago about two summers ago, looking for classified documents after they received a subpoena from the Justice Department. Trump allegedly misled him about the whereabouts of those documents, and also encouraged him, his attorney to lie to the Justice Department remember, corporate actually had to go and testify before a grand jur
The century. [sirens sounding] the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We begin tonight with the death of o. J. Simpson at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. The former Football Star turned sportscaster, pitchman, and actor saw his career and legacy come crashing down after he was accused of Double Murder. Simpson was famously acquitted for the brutal stabbing deaths of his exwife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend, ron goldman, in 1995. There was never another suspect and prosecutors presented 62 incidents of abusive behavior by simpson towards his exwife. The tv networks followed every moment of the case. Its estimated that 95 Million People watched the infamous slowspeed chase along a california freeway, and many remember to this day where they were when they heard the jurys not guilty verdict. It was a shock to the nation. Simpsons fall from grace captivated the country and much of the world, but his legal troubles were
Oj simpson, one of the most controversial people six. Were going to look back at his life, his murder trial, and how it changed the nation and the fight over fisa, the battle over the controversial surveillance program, threatening speaker Mike Johnsons short tenure at the helm of the house. Were falling following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central the breaking news today, oj simpson is dead at 76 after losing his battle to cancer, according to social media posts by his family, he was a celebrated Football Star. He won the Heisman Trophy and college. He then transition into acting as a pitch man who was then later accused standard acquitted, and the Double Murder Trial of his exwife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman simpson gripped the nation after taking police on that slow Speed Police Chase scene here. And of course, the highprofile trial that followed his eventual acquittal becoming a Landmark Moment In Eric i