tell bus her. >> susan berman was a mob daughter. r dad was davy berman who was partners with bugsy siegel in las vegas. she met robert durst when they both went to ucla. they became fast friends. and she understood him. they both came from money. they were sort of the entitled background. and they stayed friends. and when she graduated she moved up to san francisco, graduated with a master's degree, and then followed robert durst to new york city. >> and in fact, didn't he walk her down the aisle when she got married? >> he sure did. she called him "the brother i never had." and he walked her down the aisle. >> and everybody knew how close they were, but did they ever have a romantic relationship? >> they were never, never that way. she was never interested in him that way and vice versa. but they told each other everything. >> but kathy, did he ever talk to the media? i don't believe he did. >> he never talked to the media. she was -- you know, robert durst had a way of hiding very well. and he hid behind susan. >> i do firmly belie

so why do you believe robert durst killed susan berman? >> because she knew too mumuch. robert durst knew it would be inevitable that i would want to speak to susan. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees with pirro's account here. st month her formerr co-author, lisa dipaulo, filed a lawsuit claiming among other things that pirrfired her when she raised accuracy issues, a claim pirro denies. >> everything in that book was accurate. i know, i was there. >> reporter: following susan's murder in 2000 durst goes underground, moving to texas,s, disguising himself as a mute woman until a fisherman in galveston bay finds a garbage bag washed up on the shore. >> i was shocked to see that there was a torso. no head, no legs, no arms. >> reporter: other bags containing arms and legs were found. the head, still missing. the victim, 71-year-old morris black, robert durst's neighbor. durst was arrested and tried for murder. >> good morning. >> reporteter: at t trial, durst admitted to killing morris black and dismembering his body but claimed that it was all done in self-defense. >> w

the eve of the final episode of "the jinx" durst was arrested in new orleans for the murder of susan berman, where law enforcement found him apparently trying to flee with over $42,000 in cash and a revolver loaded with live rounds. we've reached out to robert durst's legal team but have not received a response. durst has been in prison in new orleans since march and is waiting to be transferred to los angeles to answer to charges that he murdered susan berman. for pirro she says the story isn't over until durst is held responsible for kathleen's disappearance. all. >> some people say that you have robert durst. >> i have a personal vendetta murder. i have a personal vendetta on behalf of women who have been silenced by the men who say they love them. the women who told us they were going to die. proud of it. ryan smith in new york. >> janine pirro's book "he killed them all" available tomorrow. >>> next this couple gave up more than modern conveniences to live the victorian life but why? take us inside their world.re had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clo

so why do you believe robert durst killed susan berman? >> because she knew too much. robert durst knew it would be inevitable that i would want to speak to susan. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees with pirro's account here. last month her former co-author, lisa dipaulo, filed a lawsuit claiming among other things that pirro fired her when she raised accuracy issues, a claim pirro >> everything in that book was accurate. i know, i was there. >> reporter: following susan's murder in 2000 durst goes underground, moving to texas, disguising himself as a mute woman until a fisherman in galveston bay finds a garbage bag washed up on the shore. >> i was shocked to see that there was a torso. no head, no legs, no arms. >> reporter: other bags containing arms and legs were found. the head, still missing. the victim, 71-year-old morris black, robert durst's neighbor. durst was arrested and tried for murder. >> good morning. you may all be seated. >> reporter: at the trial, durst admitted to killing morris black and dismembering his body but claimed that it was all done in se

police say the 71-year-old real estate heir killed hiss longtime friend susan berman in 2000. durst now plans a change of plea to a federal weapon charge in new orleans. his lawyer says that would speed up the start of durst's murder trial in los angeles. >>> 5:52. we have breaking news in russia with word that a bomb caused a plane crash that killed everyone on board. what president putin is vowing to do next. >> and france strikes back at more isis targets in syria overnight. we have a live look at the french consulate on the upper east side where a memorial >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic tailgate here on news -- together here on eyewitness news this morning, we have five minutes before 5:00 a.m. and i'm meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. and we're looking at temperatures this morning starting out around 42 degrees. we're looking at 41 paramus and 42 morristown and 35 around sussex and right over to degrees, but look at the wind. northeast at 24 at laguardia. 42 by 8:00 and 50 by noontime to 2:00 this afternoon and ma

eight months since we last have seen robert durst, the man accused of killing his best friend susan berman, durst is currently sitting in a new orleans jail on a gun charge awaiting to be those murder charges. now former prosecutor jeanine pirro, who investigated the disappearance of durst's first wife, is out with a new book about him called "he killed them ryan smith. >> reporter: for jeanine pirro, the pine barrens here in new jersey is sacred ground where she believes kathleen durst is buried. >> she is here. there's no doubt in my mind she's here. >> reporter: kathleen was the first wife of robert durst, the troubled millionaire scion to a prominent real estate family tied to the killings of morris black, friend susan berman and kathy's 1982 disappearance. his story detailed in the hbo documentary series "the jinx" which ended with durst muttering what many considered a confession to himself over his open microphone. >> what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. >> so when you saw that moment you thought, got 'em. >> oh, got 'em big time got 'em. >> reporter: the documentary

millionaire scion to a prominent real estate family tied to the killings of morris ack, friend susan berman and kathy' 1982 disappearance. his story detailed in the hbo documentary series "the jinx" which ended with durst muttering what many considered a confession to himself over his open microphone. >> what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. >> so when you saw that moment you thought, got 'em. >> reporter: the documentary inspireing pirro to write "he killed them all," an insider's account of d dst saga startg 20 when sherehoped case. >> married to a wealthy guy and he doesn't rort her missing for five days. really? >> reporter: but not everyone agrees with pirro's account. last month her former co-author lisa depaul low filed a lawsuit claimingmong other things pirro fired herer when she raised accuracy issues, i claim pirro denies. in 2003, durst was tried and aquied for the murder of his neighbor pore irs black. >> not guilty. >> reporter: after serving time r three lesser offenses, he was paroled in 2005 and lived mostly out of the public eye. until he decided to participa

>> we are about to speak with susan berman. in 1982 case. i am monitoring the bank it counts.ak with her. not for my office, another agency, shia shot execution style. stuart: this is an interesting story. how much money is involved? how much is that family worth? >> worth billions. billions. for a million and a half dollars you can get away with murder in galveston, texas. that gerri bought that robert durst also killed his neighbor, but he did it in self-defense. here is the problem, he had to chop up the body because he was being chased. none of this would have happened. the jurors said, yeah, i would be afraid of for two. they bought it and it quitted him. stuart: sign that. autograph it. the name stuart. mr. varney and company. >> i did not have to fly in on virgin airlines. anyway. but to be with you. stuart: come back again. >> i will. stuart: a new national poll puts ben carson in front of donald trump. listen to a donald trump at the say about that. this was this morning on fox news. >> he cannot do the job. there's no question about it. he will not be a will to negot

and then when we're going as to visit susan berman, who was his spokesperson and best friend, she endsad. >> before she talkeded to the cops. >> before she talked to us. then you have his neighbor who he chops up and says he kills himself. the jury acquits him. >> you have a special coming up. here's a clip from that. and this, jeanine, is where you visit durst and he may have hidden his wife's body. >> back in 2002, tom and john spent upwards of a week poking around the bridge pointing to nowhere. >> this is all just wetlands. thick, muck, tangled brush. we walked this whole area and you taught me about looking for depressions, because the body decomposes a little bit and there's a decompression. >> up where he killed her, i believe you can't bury a body. down here it doesn't get frozen like that. >> the amazing part is in "the jinx" when you say, what are they looking for in the lake? he says body parts. he doesn't say, mike's wife's body. he chopped her up, too. >> check out her special. it's going to be this weekend saturday and sunday at 9:00 p.m. mike durst or robert durst. >>> y