that meant, a motive for murder. and, did one kill the other to steal his wife? i wouldn t do that to my brother. in court it all came out. scandalous passions, jealousy, greed, lust. he said, he was the black sheep of the family. a family saga, turned riveting courtroom drama. i cried the whole time. the time we received the call was around three. effingham 9-1-1? help, please. what s wrong? gun. shot. you re shot? yes. where you at? the sheriff s office 9-1-1 operator, could barely understand the voice on the other end of the call. how did you get shot ma am? i don t know. you don t know? no. andré, get james, 10-18, hurry up. the dispatcher, calling for sergeant james to help out. where did you get shot at? face. in your face? yes. it was difficult to hear what she was saying. you could hear her gargling, due to blood in her throat. it sounded as though, she was not the only victim. husband. shot. too. your husband s
it s 4:00. we ve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice department s investigation into the ex-president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former president s possession of classified documents after leaving office that s according to two people briefed on the decision. evan corcoran had refused to answer investigators questions about his interactions with trump. prosecutors sought to show the chief u.s. guess strict judge beryla.howell of washington that there were grounds of a crime-fraud exception. they spoke anonymously because this is under seal this breaking news is is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends jackie alamany is here her by-line is on that neil is here
ac 360 starts now. fwgood evening, we begin wi the alex murdaugh double trial and his attempt to convince the jury that being a serial liar and being at the scene disease not make him a killer. having admitted yesterday on the witness stand to telling a string of lies, most significantly about being at the scene of the crime near the time it happened, he spent another day today under tough questioning. alex, it you murder maggie? i would never hurt maggie. did you murder paul? i would never hurt paul. court adjourned late today capping a stunning week by any measure. cnn s randi kaye joins us with the latest. it like in court today? reporter: well, anderson, this was first time we got to see the prosecutor question alex murdaugh about the night of the murder. he presed him on the details. he asked him what time he got to the kennels, how long he was there, what he talked about with his wife and son. he asked him these questions repeatedly, presumably to try an
did you murder paul? i would never hurt paul. court adjourned late today capping a stunning week by my measure. so what was it like in court today? well anderson, this was the first time we got to see the prosecutor question alex murdaugh about the night of the murders. he asked him what time he got to the kennels where the murder took place. and he asked them these questions repeatedly presumably to try to trip him up. but he kept coming back to the same theme. don t believe what alex murdaugh tells you. i have lied well over a decade. reporter: that is what he was trying to propose on the stand. i told a lie about being down there and got myself wed to that. reporter: waters tried to box murdaugh into a corner using cell phone data and time line evidence from the night of the murders. i m still not absolutely certain how they ended up at the kennel. reporter: murdaugh told the jury he drove his golf cart to meet his wife and son at the kennels. he said t
it looks like it will run dry within the next ten years. that would automatically cut benefits from 23% for every single american who needs those programs. medicare funding is vanishing even faster. the timing of all of this of trying to figure out what to do comes during a fierce battle that s happening in the nation s capital over spending. the debt growing precipitously. the stand-off between republican lawmakers and white house over raising the borrowing limits. democrats want to spend, spend, spend. republicans want to slash and save. speaker mccarthy says we had better find a way to check off the spending fast. i want to look the president in the eye and tell me there is not $1 of wasteful spending in government? who believes that? the american public doesn t believe that. our whole government is designed to have compromise, let s find common ground and let s eliminate the wasteful spending to protect the hard-working taxpayers and protect the future of america.