wife and son to hide financial crimes. the prosecutor is seeking to go after alex on this comes back to the notion that he did have a motive, he did have a reason and he did have a world that was closing in on him as again, the details of his financial improprieties and embezzling were coming to life and known by his wife and indirectly by his own son and the separate drugs issue, this break will be about 15 minutes or so. i want to get the read from ted williams what he makes of this argument that the prosecutor is making. that this storm got to the point that he did what he did and he outlined the storm. but it dragged on awhile. he s trying to map the storm out for the jury. how do you think it went? you know, neil, i think mr. waters has put on a compelling case here by the prosecution here. he has laid out a road map for this jury to be able to follow. you know, you have to ask yourself, when is alex murdaugh lie something when his lips are moving. i say that to say th
room. i ll see you bright and early tomorrow and around the world to a special report here in the situation room the trump trial today i m wolf blitzer were following breaking news, right now. the prosecution in donald trump s criminal trial is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president s faith prosecutor, joshua steinglass, pressing on with his marathon closing arguments trying to counter attacks. that a star witness, michael cohen made during the trump team s summation earlier today. cnn s kara scannell has been inside the courtroom all day. she s joining us now. she s outside qarrah bring us up to speed on this climactic moment in this truly historic trial what prosecutor joshua steinglass is now entering his third hour of these closing arguments in his focus right now is on the payments. this is the heart of the case. the repayment to michael cohen, and how it was booked in donald trump s company s books and re
and what if sources dangerous drug gang. i object. those were plausible scenarios they were throwing out to you and that you can think up many equally plausible scenarios. but you have to decide the evidence based on the facts that the state puts before you. not theories, not inferences, not speculation, but cold-hard facts. mr. waters also said that alex, the master liar, accused shelly smith, blanca and perhaps another witness of lying. he never did such a thing. he never accused anybody of lying from this witness stand. now, i ve been around long enough to know, long enough to know that witnesses can
0 fraud he had been committing for years, the defense pointing out that doesn t make any sense, all that did was landed him in law enforcement s focus. so, what we see here is the defense trying to eat away at the prosecution s case. they did that earlier by attacking forensic evidence. they spent a lot of time talking about blood splatter evidence and why that might not be a reliable indicator of guilt. and while the prosecution has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecution, in essence, has to convince the jury on each of these points. the defense only has to make that one small inroad, that s their strategy here here. joyce vance, thank you so much. that does it for me this hour. i ll be back tomorrow. jose diaz-balart reports starts right now. and good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we re keeping our eyes on south carolina courtroom where former attorney alex murdaugh stands trial for the murder of his wife maggie and
that s why he lied. when confronted with new evidence that he denied, he backtracks, he pivots and tells a new story from that stand and looks you in the eye. and then when new evidence comes up on cross, he backtracks and pivots and tells another new lie. i m sure if he could get up there let me rephrase that again. he said so many witnesses are lying on him. they re all lying on him. the one thing we know is that he lied to them. mark is lying, shelly is lying, blanca is lying. everybody is lying on the master liar.