short reorientation. an effort to give students and staff what might feel like a far-off sense of normalcy. >> my son is still scared, he was crying about three nights ago about this. you know he wants to go back to school he just wants to know he will be safe. >> the attorney for the family of alleged shooter, responded to today's allegations and the news of the lawsuit with an email to cnn saying the family of the boy, continues to pray for abby, they said the gun had been secured home with a trigger lock and was kept on the top shelf of the mothers bedroom closet. >> thank you very much. and to our viewers, thank you very much for watching. i am in the situation room. >> out front next, the sounds of air raid sirens,

ring out across ukraine as russia steps up the assault in the east. tonight, drive ukraine out of one town that is key to russia's plans to take a crucial city plus, breaking news, trump invited back, face facebook and instagram inviting him back. mr. war george sanchez got his money is deepening tonight. the embattled congressman suggest the $700,000 personal loan was not personal at all. details ahead. let's go out front. >> good evening i'm aaron burnett. at front sight, ukraine sounding the alarm. air sirens blaring across much of central and eastern ukraine today. as forces wrap up. forces are making gains in the east but, any small gains are becoming a great cost. just take a solo door. no one knows the number of dead there, except that it

is unbearably high, not strategically located town. tonight russia controls this so take a look at this what does it mean to control the town? there is new video that you can see, a total wasteland. total total destruction. and it's only five square miles. all of the death for that. tonight, the battle is raging on nearby were to follow to the situation the city is incredibly alarming. here's the audio that will play for you. this is a ukrainian soldier on the ground. >> the city is constantly under artillery and airstrikes. the russians are now using armored vehicles and tanks and making minor advances. there climbing like cockroaches. units are holding the ground and holding the line of defense. >> the word cockroaches of course, multilayered.

but the image is of swarms of russian soldiers. and it does add to vladimir putin push an image of a massive escalation. just take a look at this image from today. as they wash and worship hypersonic missiles training with russian allies, china and south africa. they want everyone to see these images but the force that is a powerful system and ukraine defense minister tonight, is proclaiming, the ukrainians now have more to fight back. the iron fist to break russian lights. the speaker ukrainians of course, now formally have us and german tanks. both sending top-of-the-line tanks to ukraine. the is providing let ms. lenski with 31 tanks. >> today announcement builds on hard work and commitment from those on the world that's what this is about. helping ukraine defend, protect ukrainian land. >> tanks are significant development for ukraine. while russian state tv

tries to downplay the tanks, one russian reporter on the front lines warned vladimir putin not to dismiss the help and this report is saying is significant again because the context of state television they said even without air support such vehicles are a very serious threat . they were absolutely elated to hear that the battle tanks could be coming to ukraine in the not-too-distant future. they say tanks have been absolutely essential to help them hold for this long.of course, they

understand it will be a loyal before tanks actually get here but they say right now, they need all the help they can get because the russians are making a huge push to take the area. >> the russian army claims it is overwhelming firepower decimating ukrainian defenses in the most brutal front around the town of -- >> 50 men just ran into the house. target hit, the managed collapse -- ukraine is now acknowledged losing his last foothold in the small town of soledar just north. russians there, mostly mercenaries, from the private military company, judging by their own claims. >> we were fastest left target charge up and hit it. we hit it precisely we had the building right in the place where the atg m was

located. but despite sources telling cnn the us has advised ukraine to withdraw from bakhmut, even commanders admit, give forces are fighting back. >> the enemy puts a fierce resistance to our fighters. the enemy is holding on and is getting additional reserves and military supplies. >> ukrainians continue probing other areas far from bakhmut. the military release in the city of a daring raid across the river in south ukraine, taking out a russian command facility there. but to go on the offensive, ukrainian needs hundreds of main battle tanks. so far, western partners have pledged about 100. moscow has vowed to hit those tanks when they enter ukraine, and is conducting a show of force of its own. sending the frigate madam role -- that carries hypersonic missiles to ocean drills but the

chinese and south african navies. but for now, bakhmut is the epicenter of the conflict, and ukrainian soldiers hearsay, they will fight for every inch. >> wondered artillery wrecks and the next time the infantry -- is a big difficult time but our boys keep standing their ground. >> as you can see is tough and ukrainian soldiers in the front line right now. we also hear from senior military commanders, that the russians are bringing more and more personnel but also, a lot of heavy equipment to the front line. it seems as though they really want to take bakhmut and also some of the surrounding areas as well. in fact, ukrainians are same as almost constant shillings and a lot of tenants by the russians to try and reach the front lines. >> thank you very much. i want to go now to the former cia director and retired army general david petraeus.

thank you for your time. we were watching the and talking but ukraine wants 3 to 400 tanks but they getting about 100 of the combined, also with leopards, each of which have their own attributes. 31 abrams and 80 leopards, then the uk also sending challenger tanks. so, you look at what's been promised. what does it mean? how significant does that change the battle? >> is huge is significant. and symbolically, the next step is being taken. it is very significant substantively. on the battlefield, the take is the centerpiece of combined arms operations, which are what will be necessary to have successful offensives this summer. maybe late spring by ukraine. to take back, to liberate more of the territory that russia has occupied since 24 february. the tank is a piece of which everything else will be built. fighting vehicles, already providing those. training them in germany. there will be artillery, we provide a lot of that. air defense, engineers, electronic warfare.

eod, drones out front. but all of this exists, to get that tank to the decisive point on the battlefield. and to keep it essential, invulnerable from various thoughts it could be presented. >> the tank is the centerpiece and this one is an impenetrable as a vehicle exist. >> is extraordinary. in a fight about that i was a two star general. you keep the enemy infantry away with the missiles, you clear the obstacles and mines and so forth. that one 20 millimeter cannon is enormously powerful, and effective. and it will take out anything else that is out there. but the key is, you have to have those of the centerpiece, of course, you have to train on those and it will be an effort i'm sure very quickly, if not already ongoing perhaps training in our text before

these tanks are procured by general dynamics and then the others will come from germany, poland and other european countries. as well as the challenges. and again, is only one third of what it is that ukraine would like to have a perfect case. this is quite a powerful -- this is a lot. this is multiple values, probably two brigades at least, of armored and mechanized infantry forces. with all the other elements around it. and that can be a very powerful punch, and it could enable them to break through in key areas, and ideally, deny russia that opportunity to support elements in crimea, directed from russia. >> you think this does put crimea on the table? >> i think it puts a support for crimea. i don't think it puts crimea, that's a whole different military problem. it could enable ukrainian forces to get the multiple armed rocket system with precision missiles in nature take out some of the very important air and naval bases and so forth in crimea. but to sever the ability to

support crimea, would be of enormous value and enormous support. >> absolutely. rest is they call those tanks extremely dangerous. saying it takes conflict to a new level confrontation. that was the defense ministry. vladimir putin said, this today, let me play it. >> i have no doubt, that one way or another, sovereignty will be returned to europe. judging by the look of things, it will take a little while longer. >> all right, in it for the long haul. what do you hear, when they say they're getting ready for offensive and you hear those words. do you think a real escalation of a nuclear situation, is on or off the table right now? >> i think it is highly unlikely, i think we've communicated effectively to him that this will put him in a worse situation. after the use, then before. and it has to continue to be the message. look, we had to do

everything we can as quickly as we can, to enable ukraine to show russia, and to show putin, that this is not sustainable. but this war is not sustainable in the battlefield where they've already lost eight times a soldiers 11 months if they lost in nearly 10 years in afghanistan. and also by the way, there are financial, economic and personal sanctions and controls which we need to tighten further. to show putin it is unsustainable at home. quickly becomes unstable, people watching will say hundreds of thousands of russians have been mobilized. many of them, some large number of them killed already. hundreds of thousands of young men, the first mobilization started flood russia. then we hear about massive use of prisoners as fighters, right? so it gives the impression that things are falling apart in russia and they're running out of men. >> but he is actually doubling down. he just announced in his minister of defense, they've confirmed they want increased size of armed forces by 150 to 200,000

soldiers. >> he's got those numbers. >> again, we had to convince him, that this is not going to achieve the progress. this is going to be a losing proposition because until then, it will not be meaningful negotiations. >> on this though, his willingness to continue with this. the fact that there are numbers of people thatyou will throw them out there, to die , to do it. and a lot more people in russia. >> which is what they're doing by the way. the not well trained or equipped, they are just pushing them into these battles.taking massive casualties for their incremental gains. and what they eventually take control of, is largely destroyed in the process. >> we looking at soledar. but does ukraine need boots on the ground to win or not? >> we are not going to do that. it is not in the cards whatsoever.that will not be that kind support. designs have been drawn very clearly by president biden and the

secretary-general and other leaders of nato countries. we should be doing everything we can to enable ukraine. keep in mind, ukraine eight country one third the publisher russia has out generated forces. in other words, it is done but recruiting, training, equipping and employing additional combat capabilities. supporting $27 billion in arms assistance from the united states alone, as well as others. >> thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> wonderful to have you here and be together with you. >> thank you. >> breaking news, former president trump allowed to return to facebook and instagram. why, and would he do it? plus qanon promoter and elections in our congressman marjorie taylor green, gaining power and influence in washington. now there is even talk of her trying to become trumps running mate. in the body cam video said to show police beating -- nichols of course.at the hospital. o your mwhat more does the vide show.? the family attorney, seeing the video and we will be out front tonight.

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politically so different now than it was. at the time when they bent in the capitals on fire. there was a lot of upset around the country. right now, things are a lot, and if they reinstate him it will not cause the political shockwaves that it did back two years ago. >> it's interesting, many would disagree with that but you know, that's interesting is their thinking. did the trump team know this was coming? and the crucial question because of course, he has not come back to twitter. even though elon musk said he could.is he going to take advantage of this? >> the trump team had no idea this is coming. they found that when we publish the article. i was told, that they did not meet with timor associates despite the fact that the trump team was trying to meet with them and trying to make it happen. is going to come back? i put five he will come back. simply because, like twitter, facebook is a critical platform for fundraising. if you want a lot of ads on facebook, you can get a lot

of data. he'll need that for a competitive race in 2024. >> interesting is that there are lobbying and trying. so that is important to know that was happening. sarah, thank you very much. sarah is reporting there. now, lester david axelrod, former senior advisor to president obama and emma senior political commentator. to the point, you bet he will come back. but trumps reach on the platforms is huge. on his current social media platform, that he is part of, 5 million followers but facebook was 34,000,020 3 million on instagram, which are the two getting reinstated, if you want to take advantage of that in the coming weeks. how significant is this decision at the time and he is the only declared candidate in 2024? >> i think it is significant because the tools he's used very effectively in the past. to raise large amounts of money and i think the trump campaign sergeant 2016, proved themselves to be very effective at communicating with their basic support is largely through facebook. many of whom they cannot

communicate with through truth social. these people are not on truth social.one limitation will be to work to his deal on truth socially is a contract with funders of social that you know, prescribe how he can appear in other platforms. that is something you have to work out but as a political matter, this is a great utility. one of the things that strikes me, and i don't know if this came to play but facebook was also acting, meda was also at the end of time we have a new house republican majority and one of the things that they've made clear, is that they want to go after the social media platforms for perceived political bias. and you better believe that trumps permanent banning were seemingly permanent banning from facebook would be one of the issues. they may be getting out ahead of that by announcing this decision. >> right, there's always self interest. i suppose that is a cynical

thing to say but many may share that sentiment in this case. at the time that trump was suspended from these platforms, there were some world leaders that spoke out to criticize the decision, even in the heat of the terrifying moment. he then german chancellor angela merkel said is problematic. the french president, criticize the company is responsible. he was really aggressive about it. here he is. >> i don't want to leave in a democracy where the key decisions and decision to be sure that is not a situation to speak anymore because of speech. is decided by a private player, a private social network. >> does he have a point? >> yeah. >> i think, this is what is so troubling about the issue and it speaks to the influence of the social

media platforms. they are not public entities.they are not public utilities. they're not under public control. they are private entities and so, and they have enormous amount of power. look, i think we are still trying to get our arms around that reality. and this is a reflection of that.one thing, erin, this seems a little disingenuous to me, was the assessment that things are calmer now and therefore, it is okay to bring this incendiary voice and nothing about trumps choice on truth social that suggests he is any less incendiary now. so, we will see how he behaves moving forward. >> thank you very much, david. i want everyone to know, david's new podcast is the new -- a interview with anthony blinkin. doesn't matter who you

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campaign finances, facing more troubles. the new campaign treasurer on his campaign finance records, that person had actually turned down the job. santa has made so changes to campaign finance reports. including backtracking the hundreds of thousands of dollars he gave to his campaign. i learned this to my campaign but maybe not. >> reports say -- >> new questions surrounding congressman george santos campaign finances. classes make it very clear, i don't touch any of my fcc stuff. don't be disingenuous and report that i did because you know we campaign hires fiduciaries. >> santos trying to judge reporters after his campaign felt updated finance reports.with federal regulators linked tuesday. the new york republican claimed that he lent the campaign funds. those would appear to indicate most of the loan, did not come from him after

all. but still listed as a source of the loans elsewhere in his filings. deepening the confusion about the source of the substantial sum. >> what was a source of your funds? why can't you just divulge? >> a loan of $500,000 and $125,000. previously checked in box saying they had come from personal funds were now, there were left unchecked. confounding campaign-finance experts. >> this incredibly sloppy bookkeeping, where he is saying this wasn't really his money. and in that case, there is a legal question of whether this is an illegal pastor contribution, is an illegal corporate contribution? there are a number of ways that he could have pushed money if it is not actually his, to the campaign but they are not legal. >> was not unusual to update campaign finance report, george santos has routinely amended filings, multiple times. >> this week, and one very

short period, he amended filing from i believe, they were the last 10 filings his campaign made. the filings date back to i believe april 2021. so, something quick and they went back and redid everything. >> of the present questions remain about the dozens of disbursements. just under $200. one penny below the threshold of which campaigns are required to retain receipts. and just how george santos acquired so much wealth in such a short amount of time remains a mystery. something that george santos has declined to answer. >> is the equity of my hard-working self and i invested inside of me. >> federal officials launched investigation into his finances. >> if any of one of his books need to be audited, it's probably george santos. >> a new filing today, campaign officials listed

thomas -- as a treasurer of several of george santos committees. but his lawyer telling us tonight, he declined the role, and did not authorize the filings made by george santos team. so the treasurer billeted documents today, says, is not the treasurer. >> thank you very much. as eva was talking mention committees, george santos is serving on committees. there are others were also getting massive committee assignments. there are calls growth for house speaker kevin mccarthy, take action against george santos but, the other part republican gaining influence reportedly telling steve bannon even that trump is eyeing her for his vp. marjorie taylor green. the congressman who supported mccarthy in all 15 rounds of voting for speaker. even calling trump to try and convince hold us to support mccarthy. you can zoom in on the picture and see for yourself. after the support, mccarthy rewarded her with spots of the oversight committee and homeland security. this is a serious deal!

someone it was banned from committees not long ago. and a huge assent. right now, harry, how surprising is marjorie taylor greene's. given her past record? >> i think is quite surprising. we are following along the speakership they went on and on. we know the republicans with most conservatives opposing. after the 10 most conservative republicans in congress and only two of them supported kevin mccarthy on all 15 ballots. one was the former trump official, -- >> doctor. >> exactly right. he is a big party establishment. but marjorie taylor greene was anyone. that's a shocker! you asked me when you go who would be leading the charge against establishment, you would say marjorie taylor greene. the fact that she was with kevin mccarthy and all 15 ballots, quite a shocker! >> right and whatever it is, it paid off. the committee signs are crcme de la crcme. and it comes as longtime

trump ally steve bannon, tells nbc news, that marjorie taylor greene believes, all this which is interesting, has her on the short list to be the vp nominee of the short list for trump's vp pick. so, she's obviously won twice in her district. what do voters think of her? >> look nationally. in her own district, trump won and look nationally compared to past gop vps at the time of nomination. internet favorability rating now.look at her, she is far more unpopular than any of those gop vps were at the time of their nomination. this strikes me. why would trump put her on the ticket? she's very unpopular, shall not gain many balls in the center of the electorate. is just bizarre given how unpopular she is nationally. >> is very interesting. a lot of people did not know who she was but she has that name recognition. >> not in a good way.

>> was she help trump with any republicans that he is vulnerable with or no? she is in his corner. >> where trump has problems among republican voters in the middle appeared among moderates. that's his low share of the vote at this point. among very conservatives, where she struggles, that's where he is from this. it just doesn't make any sense to me why would donald trump pick some of that is already in part of the party strong within he needs help with moderates in the general election and primary. it doesn't make sense. >> it doesn't. although moderates choose to take that number to seek the trump doesn't make sense either. all right harry, thank you next, calls for peaceful protest tonight, as we rate the release of body cam video in the case of tyre nichols. the 29 two according by his family was beaten by police for three minutes, and later died.today, speak to the family attorney who describes the beating as nonstop. elon musk accused buckley to the indian government. twitter reportedly moving a documentary that was critical of india's prime e ministerera . what happened to hisis vows to protect free speech? even ma.

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>> tonight, extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. those of the unassuming independent autopsy ordered by the family of 29-year-old, tyre nichols. he died after his arrest in memphis tennessee. police say tyre nichols was pulled over for reckless driving january 7 and tried to flee the scene before a quote confrontation occurred. the confrontation according to attorneys for his family, was him being be in nonstop for three minutes.

they've seen the footage of the arrest. police say nichols complained of shortness of breath and was taken to the hospital. he died there three days later. all five memphis police officers involved, or black, have a car. the community is demanding more transparency. >> we pay for these cameras. we want to see what is going on. we want the footage now. want to know, are we really employing people that think it's okay to beat -- out of folks! >> now, antonio romanucci representing the family. people in the community are demanded to see the police footage. the da says it could be released in days. you've seen and you were able to watch it with the nichols family. he said it showed three minutes of quote nonstop beating. sounds absolutely horrific. can you tell us more about what is on that footage? >> well, as i said, this,

what we have to start from the top, this was the result of a traffic stop, which turned into a death. so now, we have to put the pieces together, as to why this happened and what we do know from what we saw, that in the time that tyre nichols was in custody, and control of these officers, for about a three or three and half minute time period, he was severely beaten. and as i have said, our independent medical examiner said that his injuries are consistent with a severe beating. and that is what happened for those three, three and half minutes. i mean, his, his bleeding was so deep, the hemorrhaging was deep, that is only consistent, with that type of physical contact that those officers make. >> you have to watch for three minutes with his family, that is just a horror. i know unfortunately or

fortunately for transparency, but obviously, it will be hard for everyone to watch. it will hopefully be released soon. did the video give you any clarity, the family any clarity, about why? you talk about a traffic stop how it started. the video give you clarity why police would start to use such force?>> so, i'll answer this in two ways. the first answer is no. the video will not tell you why. but let's take a step back and understand who these police officers were. they were all young police officers, relatively inexperienced. two years and about five years of experience in each. they were all part of the scorpion unit. the scorpion unit, is, you can call it whatever name you want. they've had other names all over the country. what they really are, our

saturation units. suppression type units. and what we see from these type of units, across the country, and they've been disbanded before. is that they typically, perform pretextual stocks, in order to prevent crime. well, what are they really trying to do? they're trying to find guns and stolen cars. but they wind up stopping innocent people, and they want to be using brute force to do it. so, does the video tell why it happened? no. >> the is attorney investigating the death and oppress, say, said there is a criminal civil rights investigation going on, but it will take time. what does the family want to see? >> the family wants nothing but the absolute, most charge that they can bring. and what they want, or murder charges. there is no doubt, they want to see that. that i can relate to. the family is quite clear that they want to see murder charges brought against these officers. and i would support those charges if they can be brought. >> tony, thank you very much. i appreciate your time.

>> thank you, erin. >> next, elon musk, promised to promote free speech on twitter under fire for reportedly, bowing to the indian government. removing post about a bbc documentary that is critical of the autocratic prime minister there. plus, ousedisturbing details of the case of alex murdoch. a prominent the south carolina a prominent the south carolina attorney his rerealwife and son. what we learned todaday app during opening arguments. whwho don't know what they're talking about. realtor.com to each their home.

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struggles coming as elon musk has turned a bunch of focus to twitter, which he bought for $44 billion last year. now reports he may need to refinance it and is focused on that. look what happened to tessa shares after he took over twitter. not good. the cofounder, president and ceo of gerber kawasaki investment management. major tesla investor. ross, hopefully you're smiling because obviously, this is a good news day today for tesla you are a major shareholder. last year you blamed your funds performance down 32 percent on tesla. he said elon musk was not suited to run both tesla and twitter and everything else he's doing. tonight of the controversy. when elon musk took over twitter he called himself a free speech advocate. do you think that he is still capable or should be running twitter and tesla as well as everything else he's doing? >> well, sadly, this issue which you brought up, is

exactly the challenges he faces being ceo of twitter. these are really complicated issues and and in this case, you talk about entertainment, even or territory leader is a disaster supporting genocide in ukraine and so, if you're really free speech absolutist, absolutely you don't block anything and he said no problem adding on many right wing people that i find the speech quite offensive. to me, this was exactly why they shouldn't have waited in to be in the business because it is of interest like tesla and has affected tessa in many ways. there are others involved in owning these businesses a perfect example. >> right in a want to ask you about tesla. one of our producers on the test and he draws it regularly from new york city, to plymouth massachusetts, regularly.

that's about one hour south of boston. the trip takes a little more than four hours per night on tessa and he left his car but he has a stop in charge halfway through the trip, can't even get all the way. and he is to take the long way because there are no charger stations on the long route. and he cannot do this in the city and listen is to make a point. there were no problems. tessa had to cut the cost of cars because of something sales but how significant are these basic logistical issues that we are talking about? people say i really want one of those cars but i gotta take a long way and i cannot charge? >> first of all, new york city's unique place for cars anyway. so, >> that is a fair point! >> but in california, there is no issue with charging. example and allow the country. most cars that you drive, actually will not drive for hours without needing gas either. so, we look at the range of a typical test that is similar to a typical car.

>> battle have to go the long way. >> well, that will change. they have a supercharger network about 35 percent this year and northeast corridor i had to say, is not the main market for tesla really.is a good market but you know, is not really their main market. they will get there. but charting has gotten really good. you can charge the car now in 15 or 20 minutes. it is good to get out of your car every three hours anyway but i make the drive about three and half hours up to san luis obispo and i can do it on one charge. but after three and half hours you have to stop. >> was the bottom line message to elon musk right now? >> i think, i'm pretty pleased with his adjustments after our discussion in december on twitter spaces and i still think that getting a new ceo of twitter should be a priority for him. you know, i'm not sure but it would be great to have somebody else be face of twitter for exactly these reasons. there are complex issues with the youtube and so

forth. we are hopeful that they will find the new ceo and tesla will continue to have a great performance. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time, thanks forsens being with me. >> thank you. >> next it ipass-a-grille >> next it ipass-a-grille seminar prominent south carolinaly o attorney, alex murdaugh at his home, minutes before his wife and son were killedoe. and calms the nerve. and my patents say: “you knknow doc, it really works."

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underway in the double murder of wife and son were once prominent south carolina attorney.accused of killing both of them. that man, alex murdaugh, pleading not guilty. during openingstatements today, prosecutor suggested there is video evidence , placing him at the house just minutes before the killings. diane gallagher is out front. i want to warn that what you are about to hear, may be disturbing. >>reporter: 52-year-old alex murdaugh thinning trial for the murder of his wife maggie and his son, paul. >> either one of them having defensive wounds. as if they didn't see a threat coming from their attacker. all that was left was the front of his face. everything else was gone. they found upstairs, they find a very large raincoat.

looked like a tarp. you hear evidence that it was coated with gunshot residue. on the inside. >> prosecutor say, alex murdaugh is trying to conceal years of financial crimes, with defense already working to poke holes in the case. >> there is no eyewitness. there is no forensics tying him to murder. and as a antics, fingerprints, blood, whatever, tying him to shooting anybody that night. alex murdaugh now disbarred attorney from a prominent legal family in south carolina lowcountry, facing life in prison if convicted for shooting and killing his wife and son. for the first time, the only surviving son, buster, sitting behind his father in court with other family members. all listed as potential witnesses. attorneys gave glances into their versions of what happened. we didn't, not that maggie and paul were murdered at the family's hunting property.

>> powell powell, two shots. took her down. quickly prosecutor, creighton waters, laying up the states case which he says involves ballistics evidence, for me still accounted for gun, and appears to lean heavily on information found on all three of the phones. >> will show that alex murdaugh over there told anyone that would listen, that he was never at this alex murdaugh but the evidence is also going to show, from these things everyone of us carry around in our pockets, that he was there. and he was there, just minutes before with maggie and paul, just minutes before their cell phones go silent. forever. >> the state claimant, there is also video evidence from paul's phone at the dog kennels, taken 8:44 pm that met with alec and maggie's voice is pretty say paul and maggie

were murdered sometime between 8:30 pm and 5:50 pm. the defense attorney told the jury the talent is a work request cell phone records indicate he would've had less than 10 minutes to kill them, get up to the house, get in the car and he would be covered in blood. >> we also learned from the opening arguments, the prosecution saying that paul was killed before maggie. also a lot of discussion about circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt. more specifically, prosecution literally providing definitions for these comments on the jury that circumstantial evidence is still evidence and reasonable doubt does not mean there is no doubt, the defense attorney of course still a trial lawyer, likely to continue trying to poke holes in the case saying, that the state doesn't have one. >> diane gallagher, thank you so much. on the ground report