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
0 morning, joe scarborough? i wanted to go to the rev, he s on fire today. the commissioner rev, come on, you know, preacher s kids can be tough, right? a lot of pressur but a carpenter and a preacher, i don t know how he did it. that s a rough combination, we actually had a candidate quoting the bible this morning. we re going to have a great day deacon scarborough. sfwr amen, reverend sharpton. that does it for us this morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now. it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey reiser. right now all eyes are on this courtroom in south carolina as the closely watched double murder trial of alex murdaugh s its final stages. the defense has begun its closing arguments just after a juror was dismissed. let s listen. alex murdaugh innocent of these charges and frankly, as he explained that s not natural when you hear on the news that a crime has occurred, an arrest has been made, you feel a little bit relieved, thank god they caught him, and f
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.
according to judge he believes it will be wednesday. do you know what i love at trial,. this is making erin bla aaron bland do a back flip, i love it. everything but them were lying. he said, maggie s sister, is a big fat liar. because she said he lured maggie out to the crime scene. aaron bland who else is a big fat liar according to murdaugh. shelly smith lied because he never brought a blue tarp or a blue h hoodie and never told here he was there and blanca was lying. nancy: miss shelly, was the caregiver for his mother. he tried to
believes it will be wednesday. do you know what i love at trial,. this is making erin bland aaron bland do a back flip, i i love it. everything but them were lying. he said, maggie s sister, is a big fat liar. because she said he lured maggie out to the crime scene. aaron bland who else is a big fat liar according to murdaugh. shelly smith lied because he never brought a blue tarp or a blue hoo hoodie and never told here he was there and blanca was lying. nancy: miss shelly, was the caregiver for his mother. he tried to