what are you referring to? i said, paul paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul paul got so many threats. didn t take it serious. think twice about it. just telling him, paul paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that. but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got he got the most vile threats. i mean, the stuff that was on social media, i mean, it was you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top. truthfully, we didn t think anybody about it. i mean, it was just so crazy that, you know people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him. i mean, it s stuff you really i mean, we disregarded it. it was so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going, please. okay. what is her name? maggie. maggie is her name? yes, ma am. okay. when is the last
You got the flashers on for me? i do. okay. all right. whenever you see them, put your gun up for me. okay? okay. how old is your son? 22. okay. all right. we re getting them out there to you. okay? alex, did you call family after you got off the call with the operator? yes. who did you call? i called my brother randy. i know i called my brother john. i know i tried to call ro-ro. ro-ro is not family. but i called randy and john. i called randy and john. you mentioned ro-ro? rogan.
Those 99 financial crime charges are still pending. those have not been decided. anything he says about that is obviously going to be admissible. it s under oath. he voluntarily took the stand. it does open the door to questions on all kinds of other things, not just the murders. that s exactly why the defense wanted to try and limit that from coming in. the judge saying, i can t predetermine what the prosecution is going to ask, where those boundary lines are before they are stepped over or up to. he said he will be ruling when the defense objects but not setting parameters ahead of time. i do think the defense scored a few points by sort of making alex murdaugh a human person that had a real human social family life. they sort of had him back up to a few days before this murder. he said he spent the night in the hospital with miss his ailing father and went to a baseball game and his wife spent
We are back now with continuing coverage of the testimony of alex murdaugh, who is on trial for the murder of his wife and son. joining us again, catie beck, who has been there since the beginning of the trial, danny sovalis and harry lipman. the decision to take the stand, as you have signalled, it was an unusual introduction by his own lawyer. they had significant issues with him agreeing to testify. it s very clear from the judge s prior ruling in this case that once he testifies, he can be asked about all of the financial alleged wrongdoing that s been going on with his law firm and the rest. that would include hiring someone to take a shot at him. reporter: right. it is a mountain of evidence that s presented over five weeks. this really does open the door.
Please do not discuss the case. stay put, mr. murdaugh. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. you have been watching breaking news from south carolina throughout the morning. alex murdaugh taking the stand in his own defense in the double murder trial of the deaths of his 52-year-old wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul. claiming that he did not shoot his family members. for the first time admitting he has been lying to law enforcement about not being at the kennels and about his whereabouts at different points throughout the night of the shooting. joining me now, nbc s catie beck in south carolina and danny sovalis and harry lipman. emotional testimony. a very high risk position to take the stand by this defendant who admitted in his opening comments that he had been lying about where he had been that night. reporter: andrea, i think he had no choice.