investigators got there, she was dead. number two, the los angeles district attorney s office is saying that he was lying in wait. in other words, he was waiting, lying in wait, premeditating to kill susan berman. very serious special circumstances, and the l.a. district attorney s office says that potentially this is a death penalty case. they will determine later. but they want him, and they want him now. anderson, i want to tell you, this is the hotel right behind me where he was arrested on saturday night. and a law enforcement source close to cnn just confirmed that when he was arrested, they found a large amount of cash in his room. they found a .38 smith and wesson revolver, and an amount of marijuana which may lead to why the prosecutor said in court today that before he s extradited to california, they may want to bring some local charges. the defense said they re very upset about this. they want to give him to california. we can see now so does the los angeles county district
interview her about the disappearance of durst s wife. before the los angeles investigators got there, she was dead. number two, the los angeles district attorney s office is saying that he was lying in wait. in other words he was waiting, lying in wait premeditating to kill susan berman. very serious special circumstances, and the l.a. district attorney s office says that potentially this is a death penalty case. they will determine later. but they want him, and they want him now. anderson i want to tell you, this is the hotel right behind me where he was arrested on saturday night. and a law enforcement source close to cnn just confirmed that when he was arrested they found a large amount of cash in his room. they found a .38 smith and wesson revolver and an amount of marijuana which may lead to why the prosecutor said in court today that before he s extradited to california they may want to bring some local charges. the defense said they re very upset about this.
correspondent john roberts joins us live from new orleans. john? where durst is at this very moment greta and probably will be for a little while yet. it was thought that robert durst would probably beat a probably pretty hasty exit los angeles. at this appearance at the courthouse he waived his right to an extradition hearing so the presiding magistrate said that s great fine, thank you. i will call the los angeles police department to come and pick you up. but the new orleans parish district attorney s office had other ideas. they said whoa, wait a minute, not so fast here. we may want to file charges of our own against robert durst. they would not tip their hand as to what those charges might be. it could revolve around. this when durst was arrested at the j.w. marriott hotel on canal street saturday evening he had in his possession a .38 caliber smith and wesson revolver. if he has found to have been convicted in the last 10 years of certain felony convictions. he could be stayin