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week trial, more than 70 witnesses took a south carolina jury less than three hours of deliberations to decide that alec murdaugh was guilty of killing his wife and son. his sentencing is set for tomorrow. we're back with s. e. cupp, patrick mcenroe joins us, -- as well. they've, you are an attorney, what do you think sealed the deal but allow the jury to decide this in three hours. >> the jury's all right through this conman. he lied from day one. he lied to his family. he lied to police. and then when he got caught in a lie, because of his sons video, he changed his story on the spot, the jury didn't believe his new story. ironically, it was his son paul who solved his own murder. >> yes, we've been saying that. paul's cell phone capture the audio of alex murdaugh at the kennels that night, when he said he wasn't. didn't he know -- that he said these in discovery where he would've been tipped off that he had this video?

why was he caught in that lie? didn't he know that they had the cell phone video? >> they knew later, they found it months later. when they found it, i think he thought he could get away with it, because maybe it wasn't clear that his voice was on it. then when his own witness said his team called, admitted yeah, 100 percent, that's alex voice. he was in a lot of trouble. he had to come up with the opioid excuse, the opioid may be paranoid, the jury didn't buy that. >> just to remind everybody, let's listen to some of the lies that alec murdaugh had to admit to on the stand. >> the second that you're confronted with facts that you can't deny you immediately come up with a new lie. isn't that correct? >> -- we as we've established, i have lied many times and mcgee asked me to go to the candles with her. i wasn't going to go. i said i'm not going to go. >> how long after she left did

you specifically go down there? >> it was very quickly. >> did you get on the golf court to do that? >> yeah. >> you had to walk to where it was? >> well, yeah. a few feet, but i did that, yes. >> how long did that take? where a 46 now, how long did that take? >> seconds. >> just seconds? all right. what did you do after that? >> got back on the golf court. did i get on the golf court and leave that second, probably not. did i get on the golf cart and leave very quickly? >> i don't know, natasha, i found when he was speaking in court he'd have a folksy on shucks demeanor, that i thought, it didn't scream liar to me when i was listening. >> maybe that was strategic. he was doing that because this is an experienced professional. and the entire system seem to be working in his favor for many years. i think we got the sense from watching the prosecution at the

end, they were welcomed by this community. it seems that this is a community that felt that justice should have been delivered long ago. but murdaugh thought he was above that. i get the sense that he was doing what he always did in this time, it didn't work. >> that's such a great point. it came out in trial that he had stolen millions from people. and there were bodies, other bodies, that pop up around this family. suspicious circumstances. >> well, as natasha just said, spot on. what i was here about a week ago, i was getting myself familiar with this situation. and i listened to murdaugh on the stand. -- and to our panel at the time. this is a guy who's gotten away with everything throughout his entire life. power, privilege, the family. and the chickens came home to roost, because to natasha's point, and i think the reason the verdict was delivered so quickly, was because these people there knew it. they knew exactly what this guy

had been doing for many years. not just murdering his wife and his kid, but swindling people and lying to people, and manipulating people. throughout many, many years. >> we've been talking about how this is an example of how there's justice for all, they're from a wealthy privileged family. they could afford the best attorneys, keep getting away with it for years. this shows that, you know, rich people can go to prison, haven't we seen that before? are we making too big a deal of that? there's many high-profile cases, phil spector to robert durst, we've gone through the list, don't rich people go to jail a lot? >> sometimes money and fame can make you an example. and put a bull's-eye on you. not the same with those people weren't guilty, absolutely, that can draw attention and make you an example for a judge. or a prosecutor. or even a jury. i think, well i agree with everything that natasha and patrick just said, we should also be careful not to intimate

that this jury had some bias against the murdaugh family. because they maybe knew who they were. i think they did their job. in the prosecutors burden is high. but that burden of reasonable doubt that could've squeaked in anywhere. it just didn't. it didn't in any of these moments of the trial. for them to come back so quickly meant, no reasonable doubt, not one juror said, well, i'm not convinced on this one thing, that's enough to hang a jury or to have an acquittal. and that didn't happen. i think it was so damning. >> what do you think what's going on there for those three hours? three hours, since you're someone who's knows it way around the courtroom, does that mean they all got in there and said, okay, we know is guilty. let's give the some air of legitimacy instead around for three hours? or was there one person who's on the fence? what does that mean, three hours? >> when they go in there after

not talking about it with each other. and they say, let's take a vote. i think they had a liver 11:12 hands right off the bat. and then the next biggest question is, do we wait long enough to get free dinner? because at some point -- >> that's what i would do. >> they're gonna feed. you patrick said something interesting, the chickens came home to roost. think about how close this case came to unraveling if bubba, and you know who bubba's? >> who's? bob >> bob is the family dog. if he hadn't eaten that chicken, alex voice would not have been on the recording. that paul recorded, and i don't think alex even tied to the murders. >> can i add something to this question of, does this prove that we finally have justice. only when certain victims were killed did things come together. again, this is not to speak to whatever process it took to really build this case, but there were certain victims who are helpless. think about all the people who he stole money from. the young man who was a

quadriplegic who had his settlement money stolen from him. those victims, they didn't see justice. -- >> they had to wait. >> exactly. so, you know, the system worked in this instance, i think it's a moment of reflection across the board, what other ways did the system fail, can we make sure that justice is enforced across the board? >> fair enough. i agree, it took a long time for justice to catch up. >> he had to kill people. >> i guess so. >> people did die around him, the housekeeper died under suspicious circumstances. then, of course, his son was going to be i guess on trial for the death of the boat accident. >> steven smith, don't forget stephen smith, the young man who was killed, treated as road kill, essentially. now, they're looking at the family, because there may have been something nefarious going on. it was a young man was killed in the middle of the road, so, this was just a crime family it seems like.

>> just a follow-up quickly, on her point which is spot on, this was not the main reason he was convicted. i think it was a factor. i think it was a significant factor, when i listen to the experts like dave and others that you've had on in the last couple of hours, they all say, there was if you really look at it, there could have been reasonable doubt. there could have been a juror or two that said, wait a minute, there's no one hunted percent proof here. but i think the history was part of why that decision happened, and why it was so emphatic. >> by the way, because there was enough, there was some room for reasonable doubt. where were the bloody close? >> that's right. >> where were the murder weapons? that shows that premeditation, how did he clean that up? in fact, it was his other son, buster, who had to testify on his father's behalf about why his father would have showered that night and changed his clothes. here was buster on the stand. >> he can take them a lot.

working out there, if he goes outside and what a lot, comes back in, takes a shower. >> was that normal routine for him? >> it was. >> and did he sweat a lot? >> yeah, it's hot out there in the summertime. >> was he a lot bigger than the knee is today? >> he was. >> pork in. this guy did a lot of things right in planning this and plotting this. he was methodical, he was very smart. he just didn't get everything right. which i needed to to get out of this. >> maybe to dumb question, i thought you can't be compelled to testify against or for a family member? was that the case here, or did he volunteer to testify? in favor of his death? >> he was called as a witness from the defense side. that's why he voluntarily testified. >> that didn't automatically open him up to scrutiny from the prosecution as well? >> yes, you get a cross examine him, but the only privilege that exists a special privilege,

there is no sun father privilege. >> okay. >> glad i asked. but >> for the viewer. >> yes, and my point is that he was willing to testify for his father, we assume, because he believed his father. now, his father is probably going to prison for life, tomorrow. and he you know -- his father -- the collateral damage of all of this violence is so awful. do you think that it was wise to put alex murdaugh on the stand? >> no, in retrospect. because when he testified, he changed his story that he had for two years, and then his explanation for i was paranoid of law enforcement because of the opioids. well, number one, if you're that paranoid that makes you lie, then maybe, the opioids also made you paranoid enough to kill. so, that's a problem, he gave the state an additional motive. remember, the states hardest part of proving their case was

putting motive, even though they don't have to, the jurors want to know the why. he handed the state an additional and powerful motive. >> so, his motive was, he was covering, i mean what, he handed them. when they came up with was that he needed sympathy, and was covering up his crimes. by testifying, you're saying he handed them i'm so erratic because i'm an opioid addict? his own words, he said get me energized. and make me paranoid. well, energized and paranoid, paranoid enough to kill? energized enough to kill? so, i thought his testimony would really work to his disadvantage. >> have any of you served on a jury? >> no. >> they wouldn't allow me. >> they would not allow me either. >> i want to, i want to meet out justice. >> because of what we do, i was dismissed several times, when you do this for a living, it's hard to imagine that you can be i don't know, unbiased. >> people are always trying to get out of jury duty. i want to get in. >> give me, on allison. >> practically, we need more

diverse juries in this country. we talk about the arc of justice, and there being a time when you can just go into a courtroom and you already knew what the outcome was based on the jury. you didn't see gender diversity, you can see racial diversity, so, i think it's more than just being there to be a part of the process, it's literally how you ensure justice for all. >> there is no way he doesn't get to life sentences here, right? >> no way, the fact that judge tip his hand, at the end he said, overwhelming evidence. he said it twice. he did not say it at all. so, this guy's gonna given to life sentences. and then he's got 99 other counts, which is pretty much already pled guilty to on the stand. so, he's not gonna see the light of day, ever again. >> why wasn't the death penalty option? >> the prosecutors decided to take it off the table. perhaps they thought they couldn't get it, and it would complicate matters. make it harder to get a conviction perhaps. open up to a greater appeals. so, this guy, he had 99 counts of financial crimes that he took the stand when he

testified in his own defense, and admitted to them. so, even if they didn't find him guilty of these crimes, they were going to automatically find him guilty for the other crimes, so, he was going to get life no matter what. >> we saw dave say, at the beginning, this guy is a con man. by taking the stand, i believe it was like a slap in the face to me to that community into those jurors who are from there. i think, to go back to my initial point, that was a huge mistake, and that made that part of it even more important for the jury. and why they said so quickly, this guy's done. >> will the victims ever get the money? >> there's a receiver already in place to get money from the estate over to them. there's not that much left. so, i don't think the victims will be made whole, they will get a measure of justice saying this guy incarcerated, finally, get the justice he deserves. >> okay, friends, thanks very much, everybody stick around. is there too much wokeness in american capitalism. we'll have republicans think so, we're gonna tell you about the investment pool that now has

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the united states postal service. president biden may soon issue his first veto, congress sending a resolution to his desk this week, that would overturn a rule allowing managers of retirement funds to consider environmental and other factors regarding investments. this is the latest salvo in the gop's assault on socially conscious corporations or is they say, woke capitalism. we're back with dave ehrenberg, s.e. cupp, patrick mcenroe and -- natasha alford. is anti-wokeness jumping the shark? every day something else is woke? it's a link, teaching black history's book, gender issues are woke, diversity is woke. disney's woke. now the environment is woke? >> have you noticed this pattern, it has three letters all of a sudden, you can re-branded so crt, esg, this

effort to again to control the narrative and hope that your audience doesn't understand the nuance. you pick this law that's really wonky and specific. as long as you can tie it to wokeness people just say this is a problem. it's interesting, senator mark warner when he was defending the biden position, he was saying there are senators who don't even know how to read a balance sheet who are somehow against this approach to investment. so, it speaks to this larger culture war approach, is it really about what is best for american society? considering environmental issues in your investments, the biden administration is not legislating that, they're just saying you have a right to choose that. when climate change hits, and the business is literally underwater, that's a problem. people who want to make investment decisions related to

the environment, or to care about the environment, i think they have every right to do that. >> starting from 50,000 feet above, and following up on the tasha's comment, i've always felt that in the last ten, 15 years, over the last 50 years in our country, companies and corporations have taken too much power. they've got too much control. they decide who gets elected, they have too much weight. now, you get a situation where when you have a change in technology, that they know is coming, whether it's coal being antiquated, then you have the governor of west virginia, in texas, the legislators they're upset about oil and gas becoming obsolete, we should go into different kinds of powers. with companies, okay, getting to the money side of it, follow the money. follow the capital. follow the people that look long term, what's gonna make us money? now, all of a sudden, you've got these red states jumping into the fray saying, wait a second, you're gonna be getting

rid of the companies and the industries that we've supported, because that's what we do? things change, the economy evolves, some jobs don't work anymore. that's hard for people to digest, in certain parts of the country. that's the reality. i look at it like, actually, this is where companies and corporations do the right thing. they're looking long term, what's gonna be sustainable, what's gonna work? all by a car that's battery operated car, not because it's -- there too expensive. i'm not gonna buy one. now, guess what, the technologies involving, it's better, now they say, okay, maybe i'll buy one of those tests. >> s. e.? >> i'm usually the first to jump on this gop's gone crazy. and everything is a culture war. i don't think this is a culture war. i don't think esg is woke, i do think it's political, i think it's political activism, it happens to be toward the left. -- >> was just environmentally

sound? why is that political activism? not that it's just good for everybody? >> i think it's prioritizing political activism over growing the retirement accounts of 150,000 americans. that's the argument that joe manchin and jon tester made to democrats, who also went along with republicans in vetoing this. i don't think this is like the biggest threat to society. but i am pleased republicans are talking about policies and not mr. potato head, that's one. and to, i think there is a debate to be had about how political the government gets when it comes to your retirement accounts and how that money is invested. i'm not as on the republicans as i normally would be. >> are they threatening the big banks? isn't that the point? to me there, threatening them by bringing -- >> who they? >> the legislators in the states, they're saying they're threatening by going after the funds. the retirement funds. because they want you to stick with companies that they like.

rather than the banks are actually not investing in things that they don't think long term, are going to be workable over ten, 2030 years. and the states, the government there saying in the states, oh no, you have to invest in these. we want you to invest in these. otherwise, we're going to take away letting our banks work for a state. >> oil, gas, fossil fuels. those industries. >> to natasha's point, this isn't mandatory. this is just allowing companies to do that. which i think also makes my point meaningless, -- then it just feels political. >> this whole thing is such weak sauce, it's to allow money managers to consider, it doesn't do anything. this is just a talking point for people who want to campaign on wokeness. as someone who lives in florida, that's the state where woke goes to die according to our governor, i don't know what woke really is, but it's dead and buried. >> it's a law. >> it's almost everything now. >> it's buried somewhere under

south beach. whatever it is, this is just a political -- that's why jon tester and joe manchin voted with republicans, because you know what, they have in common? there democrats, both up for reelection, in republican states. >> sure, absolutely. i do think there's an economic issue here, there is something a policy to debate. so, i'm a little reluctant to lump it in with all the other insane stuff. >> that's what -- senator john -- of wyoming said, what's happened here is the woke and weaponize bureaucracy of performative labor has come up with new regulations on retirement funds. i'm just taking his lead -- >> oh, i know how they're marketing it. i'm cutting through that and saying, at the heart of, it is a real policy here. i think there is an argument, and i don't think we need to hit every nail with anti woke hammer. >> we can consider that a real issue here. >> right, there's one party that is saying you have the

choice to consider the environment, social responsibility, if you want to. and that's the dems, we have the gop saying, we want to prohibit that from being consideration. which one is more concerning? telling you what you can and can't do by? >> you will not get me to argue with you that republicans have become incredibly anti-science and obviously climate change become the new slippery slope they won't consider almost anything. you get no argument from either. i don't think that having a meaningless toothless you're allowed to consider it kind of piece of legislation is actually doing much for the environment either. i think if we had two parties that actually wanted to talk about policy issues, and not just yell at each other and demean each other, we could have a really good conversation about how to be more environmentally conscious. this isn't it. >> don't listen to me on this,

listen till -- the ceo and founder of black rock, one of the largest investors and banks of the world. quote, in his letter that he wrote over a year ago, we focus on sustainability, not because we're environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and judiciary to our clients. >> that is the right. >> absolutely. >> and the gop is saying that they can't necessarily take those things into consideration. as a person who worked at the hedge fund before, i can tell you, it's all about the money. that's the number one thing. >> all right guys, hold on. everybody stick around, you want to talk about jack daniel's. imagine living near the jack daniels barrel house. that sounds cool. according to my next guest, they're suing their county alleging that fungus from the alcohol vaporous is in crusting their house. no

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all right, one tennessee county dealing with a severe case of whiskey fungus. you heard me right. the new york times reports a dark city crust covers almost everything in lincoln county, from homes and cars to bird feeders in street signs. the fungus thrives off the ethanol vapor from the nearby jack daniels distillery. our next guests say they've had enough. kristie long joins me along with her husband patrick and their attorney jason -- thank you so much for being here. we've never heard of this whisky fungus before, kristie,

tell us how it affects your life? what does it look like? >> i think you did a great description of that. it's very crusty, it takes over your plants in your leaves, it just keeps building and building and building. until it just strangles your plants. you're seeing it right there, it's just crazy how it just takes over the plants. the trees. your buildings. iraq's. >> and even strips the paint off a car. >> it strips the paint off your car? how long it has been going on, patrick? >> well, it's been going on since distilleries were first created. they used to find moonshine are looking for trees that were covered in black fungus. it's just with the way bourbon whiskey have exploded over the past decade, we're up to over 100 barrel houses now of jet daniel zones. the sheer amount of ethanol's being produced are just off the charts. jack daniel's actually the single largest polluter of ethanol in the entire country today. >> is that right? i had no idea.

kristie, did you notice when you are moving into this neighborhood into your home? >> so, i knew there were two of the jack daniel's barrel houses. these pair barrel houses are 86,000 square feet. they hold 66,000 gallons of barrels of whisky. imagine that by your home, in the plan and what they're trying to push through, is an additional 20 more. we already have seven, so 20 altogether. can you imagine what we have now, as you can see, this is not just my property, we have generations of farmers, our area is agriculture. there are so many farmers out there, and people of thousands of acres of land, that are being taken over by this black fungus. >> so, these pictures, patrick, that you've sent us, everything that we've seen, in other words, it looks black or gray on the mailbox, on the swing set. that's fungus, basically? >> it is.

that shot there is are born, it's about 100 yards from one of the closest barrel houses. the reason we did the lawsuit was because the county had sort of made a deal with jack daniel's to allow them to waive all zoning and planning permitting. one day, they do started building new barrel houses. we had no idea that they were going to be 20 within a half mile of our location. so, we're asking for a ruffle tracing to be installed, using common systems that are well known in the industry. to prevent it. >> that sounds reasonable, let me bring in your attorney, let me read to you jack daniel's statement on the whiskey fondness. they say, quote, the company complies with a local state, and federal regulations regarding design, construction in permitting of our barrel houses. we are committed to protecting the environment and the safety and health of our employees and neighbors. your response? >> that's just not accurate. and we now have a court ruling that determined that it was not accurate.

in lincoln county, before commercial structures can be built, it has to have a plan of approval from the planning commission. and it has to have a building permit that's applied for and issued. and then before a structure can be used, it has to have use -- in this case, none of those approvals were found. >> in our final minute, christiane patrick, is that we are asking for? are you just asking for some filtration and some air systems? or do you want -- >> that it. that's exactly, alison. it's mind-boggling, the air filtration system we're talking about approximately 200 $300,000 each. per bill burrow house. they would completely eliminate all fungus, completely eliminate the massive amounts of ethanol, which do have health hazards associated with him. we're actually asking the commissioner to require it. if they don't, we're asking the epa to --

the jack daniel's's in violation of the clean air act. >> if they would put the systems on, alison, our county winds, we get the tax money, jack daniel's winds, they become the hero of taking care of our environment, and then district six, the district where my home is, it also winds. our homes will continue to be beautiful. just add filtration, it's just that simple. >> we will continue to follow this, i'm so glad you brought us to our attention. we did reach out to lincoln county, we haven't heard back from them. we'll stay on this, because it doesn't sound unreasonable. what you're asking for. please, please keep us posted on what their responses. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, alison. >> next, something much lighter, are you a fan of trivia? then you might remember the viral game show up, hq trivia. we've got the former host here, next. and he's brought some questions for us. we'll talk to you in a minute. love the confidence.

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all right, before we go, our spelling bee everyone with a mobile device was playing hq trivia. now, the new cnn film, glitch, the rise and fall of hq trivia, reveals the crazy story behind the revolutionary game show app that went viral and then crashed and burned in record time. here's a preview. >> three, two, one. >> this is hq, i'm scott the host. >> hq trivia was everywhere. >> you could actually win real money. >> it got so popular, the app is not ready to work. >> and it crashes.

>> that's when the cracks started showing. >> russ and collin were polar opposites. >> there was jealousy, it leads to chaos. >> joining us now is the original host of hq trivia, scott reendow ski, aka, the quiz daddy. in a minute, he's gonna quiz all of us here in the studio. scott, great to see. >> hi, alison, thanks for having me here. >> what a crazy story. in 2017, this app started with a couple hundred players and within seven months, it had 2 million. so, what was the appeal? what was so great about this game? >> i was the appeal. and of answer. look, it was a confluence of things. a lot of it was the fact that this was new technology at the time, so to speak. it was a livestream, interactive game show, where you could be a contestant. you're not just watching tv, like people watch jeopardy and shouted answers from the coach. a, you don't have to be by your

couch, you weren't locked into a fixed position. you could be walking around town, grocery shopping, going to ball game. whatever you are, you can play this game when it was going live. and you could actually win. you are contested and you can win money. you're not just hearing on someone else what to them when money, you could win money. we were giving out wouldn't of being $7 million in total. >> that's very cool. and then, almost return as it hit the 2 million person mark, the numbers started declining. so, what was going on behind the scenes? that was during that decline and was contributing to that decline? >> i think again after watch the documentary to get the full story. again, it was just multiple factors, a lot of it had to do with the fact there is tension amongst these cofounders. it's a familiar tale, these young guys in tech get a bunch of money from investors and they may have great ideas that may be brilliant voters or designers that can create logos, and brand, but can they actually run a company when it comes down to? it can they manage employees in

this case it turns out the answer was no. there was one guy in particular who is running things, he took this company which had so much promise and potential, we were valued at 100 million dollars, within a matter of months. two years later, this guy took evaluation to zero. went bankrupt. just was not cut out for the job. >> well, i can't wait to watch the special. it has very good promos, the promoter very cool. really intriguing. they look really kind of spicy. okay, scott, you're gonna show us, you're gonna give us a taste of elf on this is? so, you're gonna quiz us. >> it's been a while. alison. >> i don't think you're rusty. i don't believe. it >> four years ago. >> you want to get down to the nitty-gritty, you wanna get some quizzing done here. all right, late night quiz, this one for you, specifically, alison. everyone can answer, you've got some paddles there? >> we have our paddles. >> we're ready. >> perfect. it's about your home state of new jersey, alison. new jersey owns more than what

any other state in the country? diners, gas stations, or tanning salons. >> this is such a tough one, they have so many of those. all of those. they're so good. i guess i'm going to, i want to say diners, i mean assassinations. >> why do you want to stay that? you should've said that, you should've said it. it was diners. >> the reason i said, it was they still have full serve gas stations. you can't pump your own gas. >> that was a logical answer. >> i always pop my gas, it's much cheaper. it's cheaper. >> it's cheaper. >> diners are great there. also next. >> next question, this is for just a general -- this is one of the most savage questions we ever had on the show, this dumped 87% of players when i first asked. which of the states touches the appalachian trail, connecticut, or south carolina. >> how do you pronounce appalachian? >> do you think connecticut?

>> this is savage, remember, it's not gonna be the obvious answer. that is good. >> of course that is obvious. >> most people are choosing kentucky there. connecticut, then makes day. >> okay. >> final question, here we go, another tough one. 81% of players got this, wrong let's see who can get it right. which of these is a very common symptom of heatstroke, muscle cramps, high temperature, or week falls? it, stroke things are heating up here. final question. you have your answers? larkin loaded? it will be be. high temperature? >> high temperature. high temps. >> doesn't even make sense. >> yes it does. >> the body can go to 100 degrees fahrenheit. >> you have outsmarted us,

except for us virtually everyone. >> yes, that was really, that was fun. now i see the appeal, scott. >> check it out. and a sunday, night that is this weekend. yeah. >> okay, we will be doing, that it is the rise and fall of hq trivia only on cnn sunday night, the all new cnn film glitch sunday at ten 9 pm eastern and pacific right here on cnn. scott, thank you so, much that was really, find great to have you here. >> appreciate, you thank, you goodnight. >> we will be right back. experience the exhilaration of the pererformance line at the invitation to lelexus sales event.

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