>> my name is alex murdaugh. please hurry. neither one of them's moving. >> reporter: murdaugh calling 911 after finding their bodies. no suspects have been named and no arrests have been made. murdaugh's brothers sitting down with us over the summer asking the public for help. do you think they will find who did this? >> we certainly hope so. >> hope so. >> reporter: the family is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in those double murders. whit? >> complicated investigation. eva, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, the man accused of killing four family members in florida appearing in court. me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable

>> my name is alex murdaugh.ase hurry. >> we're getting someone out there to you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this area where we are right now, which is murdaugh country. their name is only revered but feared. depending on who you talk to. that means nothing to me at all. what does matter to me would be all of the forensic evidence and what we know so far. so far we connection five death bodies to the murdaugh family. that are. >> joining us dr. michelle dupree. forensic expert. and author and former detective with south carolina sheriff department. matt harris, a reporter with sources across the state, creator of murdaugh family murders impact of influence podcast and also clay first responder with beaufort water search and rescue. ♪ ♪ >> jim: start with most recent death that is paul. and maggie murdaugh. >> both found dead. at the murdaugh hunting long . this is your neck of the woods, you are familiar with this area. i want to talk to you about multiple cases all connected to the same family. the murdaugh family. i want to ta

voice of a passenger suggesting paul wasn't likely to face serious consequences. >> you all know alex murdaughe outcome of an invest. in the aftermath of the mother and son murders there was a stunning announcement. during the investigation they said they found something. they wouldn't say what but they were going to reopen an investigation into another unsolved death from 20158. >> where is your emergency? >> i was going down the -- i seen someone laying out. >> we'll see what's going on. >> not moving. somebody going to hit it. somebody going to hit it. >> reporter: 19-year-old steven smith was found death in the middle of the road in the middle of the night just outside hampton. there were no witnesses but a lot of talk police files show. and one family name kept surfacing, a name many reluctant to talk about to police leaving investigators frustrated. >> a lot of people seem nervous to say the name murdaugh. >> yeah. sure. >> yeah. you know? i understand they're big down there in hampton but i'm out of charleston and that name doesn't mean anything to me. >> i see. >> i want you to feel li

. >> i have alex murdaugh on the line.elle road, he said his wife and child was shot. >> sir, give me the address again. >> 4147 moselle road, i have been up to it now, it is bad. >> are they breaking. >> no, ma'am. >> you said your wife and your son? >> my wife and my son. >> are they in a vehicle? >> no, ma'am they are on the ground. >> did you see anyone? >> okay. is he breathing at all. >> no. nobody is -- >> is she. >> do you see anyone in the purchase due to. that means nothing to me at all. what does matter to me would be all of the forensic evidence and what we know so far. so far we connection five death bodies to the murdaugh family. that are. >> joining us dr. michelle dupree. forensic expert. and author and former detective with south carolina sheriff department. matt harris, a reporter with sources across the state, creator of murdaugh family murders impact of influence podcast and also clay first responder with beaufort water search and rescue. ♪ ♪ >> jim: start with most recent death that is paul. and maggie

prominent lawyer alex murdaugh shot in the head on side to have road, raising questions about the unsolvedmore of his wife and son who were gunned down nearly three months ago. and the death toll rising as states comb through the catastrophic damage from hurricane ida. officials say it could be weeks before power's back in some parts of louisiana. griff: we begin with afghanistan. republicans putting pressure on the biden administration as the white house defends its exit strategy. >> we should have never let the military leave, we should have maintained control of multiple air bases so we would have operational control of afghanistan until everyone was out, at least citizens were and noncombatants. but now we have diplomatic relations going through doha, qatar, and we can't even get directly there. so this is a position of weakness that the biden administration has chosen. griff: we have fox team coverage. trey yingst in qatar on the situation with afghan scrapping wees, but first to -- evacuees, but first to david spunt in where president biden is spending the holiday weekend. hey, david

andrea fujii has new details. >> reporter: this morning, alex murdaugh, the south carolina lawyer whose wife and son were murdered three months ago, is expected to surrender to police in connection with a botched suicide attempt. mr. murdaugh directed him to shoot him in the head. for the purpose of his son collecting a life insurance policy valued at approximately $10 million. murdaugh survived the shooting. calling 911 himself. he later admitted to the plat. it was back in june, when he found his wife, maggie and son, paul. murdered at their hunting lodge shot several times. the deaths remained unsolved. and murdaugh denies any involvement. >> are they breathing? >> no. my wife and my son. >> reporter: the day before murgd attempted suicide this month, he left his law firm amid allegations he misappropriated funds. his lawyer said he was in solitude. in the meantime, several other mysterious tragedies continue to swirl around the murdaugh family. authorities have opened an investigation in the 2018 death of the housekeeper, glorious satterfield. her death was initially described as a

murdaugh is not just alex murdaugh. there's generations of them. is he still there?this and matt is going to be a part of it. matt harris. he's been following it. you can go look at his podcast and you'll see what he's been able to piece together. it all resolves around that this one family. but how? we still don't know. now the latest chapter is where we are going pick up our coverage. 2018, 20-plus year housekeeper dies. how? we're not exactly sure because the way it was described does not match the death certificate. then the family brings a wrongful death claim. there's a settlement but it's never paid. now the police are reopening it and looking at it. you'll hear sled, that's the state investigative entity. that's what it is in south carolina. we have the attorney for the estate of the housekeeper, has questions of his own and things he wants you to know about this family and how this place works next. t-minus two minutes and counting. ♪ um, she's eating the rocket. -copy that, she's eating the rocket. i assume we needed that? [chomping sound] ♪ lunchables! bui

and alex murdaugh. what do you make of the shooting of alex murdaugh?dously complicate the investigators' job, both for that shooting and, also, for the shooting of his wife and son. it introduces a set of possibilities and facts that investigators are going to have to spend a tremendous amount of time and effort winnowing through to figure out if they are connected, whether they are not connected. >> reporter: with so many new questions and so few answers from investigators, many who thought they knew the friendly, wealthy, successful lawyer, big red, now wonder if they ever really knew him at all. >> we reached out to every entity and every one who is connected to this case -- we are talking family, friends, law enforcement, lawyers, we even tried to reach political acquaintances -- no one would sit down for an on-camera interview. it just goes to show you how people here have been so shocked by recent events. in fact, some people told us had we showed up ten days earlier, before the allegations of embezzlement, before the admission of a drug addictio

dick harpootlian is alex murdaugh's attorney. >> reporter: law enforcement officials have opened an investigation into the death of 57-year-old gloria satterfield. murdaugh's housekeeper died after a trip-and-fall accident at their home in 2018. an autopsy was never performed. alex murdaugh is also under investigation for reportedly embezzling millions of dollars from his own family's law firm, and he entered drug rehab for an opioid addiction. norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. tonight, police body cam video provides a new clue in a young woman's disappearance that sparked a nationwide search. 22-year-old gabrielle petito is seen sobbing after an altercation with her fiance, brian laundrie, in utah. that was last month. they were on a cross-country drive, and she vanished soon after that incident. well, he drove home to florida, and is not cooperating with investigators. all right, tonight, school districts all over the country face a growing problem-- listen to this-- a severe shortage of school bus drivers. it's actually forcing states and parents to make some difficult choices. w

alex murdaugh was on the side of a rural road changing a tire when someone drove by, turned around andhot him. murdaugh now in the hospital suffering a superficial gunshot wound to the head. in june the bodies of murdaugh's wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul were found at the family's hunting lodge. abc's eva pilgrim spoke to alex's brothers after the murders. >> i don't know of anybody that would truly be an enemy, actually want to harm them. >> reporter: at the time of maggie and paul's double murder paul was qae. questions have been raised as to how the investigation was handled. >> if people tried to cover up what happened, they're offended and they want that out. it shouldn't be that way. >> reporter: there's questions about a 2015 cold case which authorities are now re-opening based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation. that case involved steven smith who was found in the middle of a road more than six years ago. >> they said he was shot in the head. then it turned out it was a hit and run. then he was beat up. so the story just kept ch

some areas getting an inch of rain in just 20 minutes >>> alex murdaugh surrendering to police, the south carolina attorney accused in a bizarre suicide-for-hire plot. what happened at his first court appearance late today >>> new body cam of a 22-year-old woman and her fiance weeks before she disappeared on a cross-country trip what it shows. >>> border showdown. the governor of texas demanding border crossings shut down as thousands of migrants wait under a bridge to be processed. and the heartbreaking image of baby and toddler found abandoned. >>> the first all-civilian crew orbiting the earth inside spacex's historic mission >>> the holiday shopping crunch arriving early >>> and "rolling stone" updating its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time what do you think about the brand-new number one >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone the debate over covid booster shots may be coming to a head an fda advisory panel set to meet tomorrow to examine key questions. whether a third dose of the pfizer vaccine is safe or even necessary for everyo

the story kept changing, over and over. >> reporter: alex murdaugh remains in stable condition. the person or people responsible for his wife and son's death are still unknown. megan tevrizian, abc news. >>> democrats are flying into california from washington in an effort to help governor gavin newsom keep his job. with the recall election just eight days away, the governor and one of his high-profile out-of-state supporters spoke with abc's zohreen shah about what's at stake. >> reporter: with early voting under way in california's recall election, some of the top democrats stumping for governor gavin newsom. >> the consequences of california have impacts all across america. >> reporter: sitting down in an joint interview, saying a recall could mean that democrats lose senate control. >> the leading republican, larry elder, said if he gets a chance, he will replace any democratic california senator with a republican. that means everything. i'm fighting for everything governor newsom is fighting for. >> reporter: the recall effort, bolstered by critics unhappy how the governor

i know you believe this will bring alex murdaugh down.nd have you back on. thanks for being here today. thanks. >> thanks for having us. >> martha: you bet. we'll be watching it. get ready for a big day tomorrow. general milley will face congress over the handing of the exit from afghanistan and questions and his conversations with chinese leadership during the last days of the trump administration. veteran homeowners, mortgage rates are still near all time lows. and home values are at all time highs. that makes right now the best time in history to use your va refi benefit and get cash. you could take out $50,000 or more because the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. use that cash to pay high rate credit card debt or plan for retirement. the newday 100 va loan. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® there is no place like home y'all! and these

alex murdaugh found the body, and although nobody has yet been arrested for those murders, alex murdaughul murdaugh was shot and killed on that hunting ranch, he was on trial for driving and crashing a boat while drunk, a 19-year-old woman died in that crash. and in 2015, another murdaugh son was investigated and cleared in the death of a 19-year-old mao was found with his skull crushed. a tangled web, indeed, but legal analysts now say if alex murdaugh has now admitted that he hired someone to kill him, other admissions might soon be coming, lawrence. >> lawrence: what a mess. thanks, trace. joining me now, criminal defense attorney mark eichler's. mark, this is a tangled web. i need you to put your criminal defense attorney hat on. why is he cooperating right now? did someone confess? what is the motive right now? >> because they got him. there is no "who done it," they got him. night to defend people, it's either "my client did not do it, he or she was framed like the mona lisa" or "okay, he did it, she did it, let's sit down at the table and cooperate, add to that, my client has a 20

. >>> the case involving the shooting of south carolina attorney alex murdaugh has become more complicated. he is facing a judge after indicating he tried to have himself killed after his wife and one of his sons were murdered. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: a once-prominent south carolina lawyer's stunning fall from grace. >> all rise. >> reporter: alex murdaugh, for -- turning himself in for allegedly planning his own murder nearly two weeks ago. police say the goal, to get his son a $10 million life insurance payout. >> anyone wants to see the face of what opioid addiction does, you're looking at it. this is a horrible disease. >> reporter: murdaugh's alleged accomplice, former client curtis edward smith, also appears in court on multiple charges includes assisted suicide. murdaugh's life coming under scrutiny, after the brutal unsolved murders of his wife, maggie, and 22-year-old son, paul, this past june. >> is he moving at all, your son? >> they're not -- neither one of them is moving. >> reporter: police have not identified any uspects but probes into that case now launching sever

police a prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh was shot in the head three months after hisson were shot and killed. charles watson is live in atlanta with his ongoing mystery. >> a family member tells us that alex murdaugh is expected to survive after being shot once in the head on saturday. this unfolding around 140 yesterday afternoon on a rural road west of charleston in hampton county south carolina in an attorney tells multiple outlets that alex murdaugh was traveling to charleston when he had car issues, the 53-year-old had a flat tire when a truck drove past that vehicle circling back with someone inside shooting the prominent south carolina lawyer in the head. south carolina law enforcement division said he was airlifted with the superficial head wound in savannah georgia but he is reportedly awake and talking, this estate investigators actively probe the murders of his wife and son maggie and paul shot to death on the families property in south carolina in june and the 911 audio you hear alex murdaugh after he discovered. >> it's bad i've been up through. >> are th

your honor, alex murdaugh spent his entire life in this country. no prior record. actually involved in all aspects of this community. up until a discharge had no blemish on his character whatsoever. he has and we would -- has had a significant opioid addiction, which has led him in to some financial issues and there's no question to this situation where he finds himself charged. let me make a couple points first of all. this crime involved his attempt to have himself shot so his son could collect insurance money. the only violence he's been involved in is this, which was to have himself executed. so he's not a danger to the community. the only person he's a danger to is himself. he immediately surrendered and went to rehab after this incident as soon as he got out of the hospital, shot in the back of the head, a bullet. didn't penetrate his skull. he made have had a minor skull infrastructure and some minor bleeding on the brain. as soon as released, he went to detox. he was there for almost a week before he was ready to go to rehab. unfortunately the place he was

attorney for the saterfield family said that this defense that appears to be laid out right now by alex murdaugh'sar opioid addiction, they don't buy it. >> that is just nothing but lawyer spin casting a defense that doesn't exist. the murdaugh family has been throughout this whole process not transparent. they have, with this family, the saterfield field, they have lied to them, they have taken money from them, they have misled them. >> now, in talking about taking money, the attorney there is referencing a settlement payout over a wrongful death settlement that he said that family did not receive from alex murdaugh. in the meantime the prominent south carolina attorney who comes from a prominent legal family that goes back almost a century in the low country in south carolina, he's in an out of state drug rehabilitation facility. his attorneys said he had a 20-year opioid addition exacerbated by the murder of his wife and son. he also left his law firm which was founded by his family after he was accused of misappropriated funds. the state is investigating that as well, jim and poppy, saying he'

cbs' nikki battiste is following this increasingly bizarre case. >> reporter: 53-year-old alex murdaugh and his family of powerful prosecutors once held a commanding presence at this hampton county, south carolina, courthouse. but toght, he's a defet acinchae fraud and filing a false police report. murdaugh is accused of hiring s 61-year old curtis smith to shoot him in the head with hopes of leaving a $10 million insurance windfall to his older son. when the alleged plot failed, murdaugh told police he was shot while changing a flat tire. earlier today, a $55,000 bond was set for smith, who faces five charges ranging from assisted suicide to insurance fraud. it's the latest twist in a string of ongoing criminal investigations connected to murdaugh. his wife maggie and 22-year-old son, paul, were shot and killed on the family's property in june. dick harpootlian is murdaugh's attorney. >> reporter: law enforcement officials have opened an investigation into the death of 57-year-old gloria satterfield. murdaugh's housekeeper diedtter. after a trip-and-fall accident at their home in 2018.

. >>> disgraced south carolina attorney alex murdaugh is out of jail on bail tonight after he made hisrges related to a botched assisted suicide fraud scheme. more now on this bizarre story from martin savidge. >> reporter: wearing a jail outfit and shackled at the wrist and ankles, alex murdaugh broke down in tears as he appeared before the magistrate judge. the once powerful and wealthy attorney, his lawyers say, is no longer a man of means. >> he has fallen from grace. >> reporter: a warrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, murdaugh arranged for curtis smith, a former client, to shoot and kill him. but the plan failed because the shot wasn't fatal. smith has been charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. so far he's not entered a plea and has asked for a court-appointed attorney. and now another twist. the south carolina law enforcement divis

and alex murdaugh is out of jail tonight on $20,000 bond. his lawyers say he will be going back to that rehab facility for his opioid addiction. david. >> eva pilgrim who has been following this case for us, eva, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight news this evening about convicted former police officer derek chauvin. his plea tonight in another case. >>> then later here the two people who will be hosting "jeopardy!" for the rest of the season. got a couple of bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. what do you say we see what this bird can do? woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. looks like we're walking, kid. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 an

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. >>> there are new developments this evening involving a prominent south carolina attorney, alex murdaugh, surrendering to authorities today accused of allegedly planning his own murder as part of a insurance fraud scheme. and it comes after the mysterious murder of his wife and one of his sons. here's abc's eva pilgrim now. >> reporter: tonight, a once prominent south carolina lawyer's stunning fall from grace. >> all rise. >> reporter: alex murdaugh turning himself in today accused of insurance fraud and other charges for allegedly planning his own murder nearly two weeks ago. police say the plan, to get his son a nearly $10 million insurance payout. >> if anyone wants to see the face of what opioid addiction does, you're looking at it. this is a horrible, horrible disease. >> reporter: murdaugh's alleged accomplice, former client curtis edward smith, also appearing in court on multiple charges including assisted suicide. murdaugh's life coming under scrutiny after the brutal unsolved murders of his wife, maggie, and 22-year-old son, paul, this past june. >> is he moving at all, your so

he will now be transferred to hampton county for charges in the alex murdaugh case. s show the connection between murdaugh and his alleged shooter going back more than a decade to when murdaugh represented smith in court. first, in a personal-injury suit. and then, for a traffic infraction. murdaugh's lawyer says he spoke to murdaugh at a first in a personal injury suit and then for a traffic infraction. murdaugh's lawyers said he spoke to him at a detention center on monday and explains why he finally came forward. >> he didn't want law enforcement spending more time on this fake crime instead of focusing on solving the murders of maggie and paul. >> this is so bizarre. they're now investigating. he had a house deeper who died in his house. then his son and wife were shot to death in the house. that is still unsolved. and now he allegedly hired somebody to shoot himself in the head for his one surviving son. where is he now? >> reporter: well, right now he is said to be in a drug rehabilitation program. i got a phone call from one of his attorneys. he said it is thei

another twist in the south carolina murder mystery we've been following "people" magazine reports alex murdaugh'sth a divorce attorney and was looking into the family's finances just six weeks before somebody gunned her down along with one of their sons at the family's hunting lodge. murdaugh's lawyer denied those claims in a statement saying "the couple had a loving relationship." alex murdaugh is the disgraced lawyer accused of hiring a hit man to kill him so that his surviving son could collect millions of dollars in life insurance money. his lawyers say he was hooked on opioids and distraught over the unsolved murders of his wife and son. police have not identified any suspects or talked at all about a motive of the killings of maggie and paul murdaugh alex murdaugh's attorney has insisted he did nothing and had nothing to do with their deaths. >>> a former british police officer who kidnapped, raped and murdered a young woman will die in prison. today a judge in london sentenced this man, wade cousins, to live in prison without parole prosecutors say he abused his power as a serving officer

gloria in part it's due to quote information gathered in the course of the ongoing invests with alex murdaughm injuries in whaft described as a trip and fall accident at the murdaugh home but an autopsy was never done. a letter was sent ordering them to reexamine the death noting on the death certificate the manner is ruled natural which is inconsistent with injuries sustained in a trip and fall accident. >> certainly there were questions by my clients because after she unfortunately fell she was air lifted to a hospital and she had a traumatic brain injury and never was able to communicate for them until she died. >> reporter: alex murdaugh quickly leaving a few minutes ago. rushing in to a vehicle presumably on the way back to an out of state drug rehabilitation facility, required to stay in that facility. if he leaves there's a bench warrant out for his arrest. >> what a wild case. all right. dianne gallagher, thank you. let's get more on this bizarre case with paul callan. have you ever seen a case like this before? this one is wild. >> i have seen similar cases in terms of people staging

. >> reporter: this morning, alex murdaugh, the south carolina lawyer whose wife and son were murdered three months ago, is expected to surrender to police in connection with the botched suicide attempt. investigators say murdaugh hired a hit man, curtis edward smith, to kill him as part of a life insurance scam. mr. murdaugh provided mr. smith with a firearm and directed mr. smith to shoot him in the head for the purpose of his son collecting a life insurance policy valued at approximately $10 million. but murdaugh survived the shooting calling 911 himself. police say he later admitted to the plot. it was back in june when murdaugh found his wife, maggie, and 22-year-old son paul murdered at their hunting lodge shot multiple times. the deaths remain unsolved and murdaugh denies any involvement. >> are they breathing? >> no, ma'am. my wife and my son. >> reporter: the day before murdaugh's attempted suicide earlier this month he left his law firm amid allegations he misappropriated funds. murdaugh's lawyer says he suffered from depression and had checked into rehab. for the last 20 yea

here is alex murdaugh statement.ed an incredibly difficult time in my life. i have made a lot of decisions i truly regret. i am redesigning and entering rehab after a long battle that has been exacerbated by these murders. i ask for prayers as i rehabilitate myself and my relationships." when do you think we will know more and get the true story as to what happened here? >> well, for one, law enforcement is keeping it close to the vest. i think they know a lot more than we are giving them credit for, but i can tell you this. the trajectory path of that bullet is going to tell whether that was self-inflicted or not. and another thing, the first thing that came out of his mouth was "this was not self-inflicted." well, up until then, nobody said that it was. another thing about the rural route, that is not the best way to charleston. i can tell you that. what is he doing out on this route to get to charleston all gone? and he happens to have a flat tire right there. and this person happens to go by and shoot him. very c

catie beck has the latest >> reporter: in a tan jumpsuit, handcuffed and shackled, alex murdaugh faced a judge and criminal charges twitching and looking uncomfortable, the prominent south carolina attorney now a defendant in the low country court system he knows all too well. murdaugh surrendered the authorities in hampden county before noon thursday, booked and charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report charges stemming from what investigators believe was a staged suicide attempt on september 4th, claiming murdaugh instructed 61-year-old curtis smith to kill him, a plot to ensure murdaugh's son could collect on a $10 million insurance claim after his death. >> he is not a danger to the community the only person he is a danger to is himself. >> reporter: at his bond hearing, prosecutors argue murdaugh was a flight risk with significant means who should be tracked by gps >> sometimes those who have everything and who are suffering a possible fall from grace are actually more of a concern than a hardened criminal. >> reporter: th

prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh is now recovering after being shot this weekend.sturbing events coming just three months after the double murder of murdaugh's wife and son. many in the area closely following the case the family is legendary in south carolina, with its members previously serving as the region's top prosecutor for generations. on saturday murdaugh pulled his car over to change a flat tire, according to a family friend, when a pickup truck drove by, turned around and approached again. seconds later, someone inside opened fire. authorities say murdaugh called 911 and was treated for a superficial gunshot wound to the head south carolina police are still investigating the june murder of his wife and son >> my wife and my son -- >> are they in a vehicle >> no, ma'am, they're on the ground out at my kennel. >> reporter: alex murdaugh came home to his estate on june 7th to discover his wife, maggie, and their son, paul, fatally shot near the dog kennels on their family property. alex murdaugh's brother speaking out shortly after the murders. >> the person

so it was alex murdaugh who told the story of she had tripped and fell down the stairs over his dogs.e was part of the fabric of this family. and they trusted him, and amazingly, chris, he hand walked them to his best friend and college roommate to bring a lawsuit against himself on behalf of the estate. now, you know, as a lawyer 33 years i've never heard that where you encourage somebody and take them to a lawyer who you hand pick and then have that lawyer bring claims against you. this was not a lawsuit. these were claims. so a demand was made by his best friend and a whole bunch of different types of insurance, primary insurance and excess insurance, they all contributed to a settlement. none of these settlements ever ended up in court except one, the one that's attached today our lawsuit for $505,000. it's required under the law if you have a wrongful death or survival case a judge has to approve these settlements. none of that exists in the court record. and our clients never found out that these cases had settled, these claims until it was printed in the paper by investigative

>> my name is alex murdaugh. g. >> reporter: murdaugh calling 911 after finding their bodies. both shot multiple times near the family's hunting lodge. his brothers speaking to us at the time asking for the public's help. >> my brother loved maggie, loved paul like nothing else on this earth. >> i can tell you he was willing and still is willing to do anything that's asked of him. he wants this solved. >> reporter: as for alex murdaugh, he has not been charged in this shooting at this time. more charges are expected. his lawyers telling us alex is fully cooperating with s.l.e.d. in their investigations into his shooting, opioid use and the search to find the person or people responsible for the murder of his wife and son. alex is not without fault, but he's just one of the many whose life has been devastated by opioid addiction. >> what a story. >> wow. >>> we are going to move on now to a shark encounter. 16-year-old surfer bitten in the arm and this morning, the teen is speaking out on "gma." will reeve has the

alex murdaugh, it was basically insurance fraud and he took the money? them to a lawyer. it is unheard of in the legal business, erin, for a lawyer to take clients to another lawyer and then ask that lawyer to sue me. that's exactly what alex murdaugh did. he took them to his best friend, his college roommate, and he told that lawyer, sue me, i will have all of my different insurance policies, home owners, excess, umbrella coverage, and i will admit liability, and in return i will give money to the estate. it never happened. he used his friend and his friend went along with it, corey fleming, and they selected a personal representative who wasn't even a family member, erin. they selected a banker who had no relationship to the family. it is uncustomary to select somebody who is not a family member to be a pr. our clients were never notified of any proceedings, of any claims made, of any settlements made. they only found out after the boating accident when reporters like you and investigators like your -- like cnn went and started inve started investigatin

he will now be transferred to hampton county for charges in the alex murdaugh case. ords show the connection between murdaugh and his alleged shooter going back more than a decade when murdaugh represented some itd in court, first in a personal injury suit and then for a traffic infraction. murdaugh's lawyer says he spoke to murdaugh at a detention center on monday and explains why he finally came forward. >> he didn't want law enforcement spending more time on this fake crime instead of focusing on solving the murders of magee and paul. >> at the risk of sounding like a broken record, there is yet another twist late this afternoon, and it is coming from the south carolina law enforcement division, they put out a statement saying based on a request from the hampton county coroner earlier today as well as information gathered during the course of our other ongoing investigations involving alex murdaugh, they are opening a criminal investigation into the death of gloria satterfield. gloria was a housekeeper that worked for the murdaughs. she reportedly tripped and fell

alex murdaugh's arrest is now imminent. news he plans to voluntarily surrender to south carolina officials today on charges of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. the news coming one day after authorities arrested 61-year-old curtis edward smith, a former client of murdaugh charging him with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several other charges. according to the police affidavit, murdaugh and smith staged a flat tire and planned for mr. smith to murder murdaugh on a rural road on september 4th leaving his only remaining son buster to collect a life insurance policy valued at approximately $10 million, but murdaugh survived the shooting calling 911 himself. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah, georgia, for a superficial gunshot wound to the head. the shooting happening just one day after murdaugh left the prestigious law firm his family helped build accused of stealing money. murdaugh's life has been under scrutiny following the brutal unsolved murders of his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul this past june

alex murdaugh may be on the road to recovery, but he is followed by so many questions.ory just keeps twist after twist. thank you for that. >>> france is furious over the new security partnership between the u.s., uk and australia. the tri-lateral deal replaces a long standing submarine contract between australia and france, french officials accusing president biden of back stabbing and acting like donald trump. cyril vanier is live in paris with more. french even canceling a big event in washington over this. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. look, france is sooetseething. they lost $65 billion, referred to by the french press as the contract of the century. they lost face because they had been negotiating the contract for multiple years at the very highest levels of state and they didn't even get the courtesy of a head's up that the deal was going south. they lost some influence in the strategic regioned indo-pacific because now australia will be switching to american technology and subs as opposed to french technology. but long term to answer your question, the french a

their biggest clue is that alex murdaugh lived.e able to provide some additional pieces to this puzzle. for example, did somebody try to steal his wallet? maybe it is not connected at all, and it was a robbery gone bad. or did somebody really have a target on his entire families back? that is really the crux of the issue. >> anita: let's give our viewers a little bit of a history here. there is a lot of history with his family. we have a timeline up on the screen. beginning july 8th, the body of a 19-year-old stephen smith found dead. no arrests made. then we jump to you, let's see. april 18, 2019. paul murdaugh indicted on felony charges of boating under the influence related to that. then we come to june 23rd 2021, or rather june 7th, 2021, when alex murdaugh discovers paul and maggie shot at the family hunting lodge, and finally over the weekend, alex murdaugh, shot in the head while changing a car tire. i have been doing a little bit of reading about this family. they have been a fixture in south carolina in the legal community

. >> reporter: his life in a scandalous spiral, prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh respondingo face charges in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in which he was the target. a warrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, murdaugh arranged for tcurtis smith to shoot and kill him, but the plan failed because the shot wasn't fatal. he has been accused of assisted suicide, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. now another twist. the south carolina law enforcement division announcing the opening of another investigation involving the murdaughs. the 2018 death of the family's longtime housekeeper, gloria satterfield, who died in what was described as a trip and fall accident on the murdaugh family. >> it was alex murdaugh who told the story that she had tripped and fell down the stairs over his dogs. so they trusted him. >> reporter: at the time, her death was said due to natural causes. but angela topper told investigators in a

maggie and son, paul, murdered in june. >> his voice to fear, he was just distraught. >> reporter: alex murdaughily release aid statement saying alex hopes that his conduct does not distract from law enforcement in the murder of his wife and son, paul. here along this did he say late country road is where alex murdaugh said he was shot after getting a flat tire. as it turns out, there's a church nearby with a surveillance camera pointed near the incident. church leaders tell us that investigators confiscated that videotape before anyone had a chance to watch it. it's unclear what, if anything, the video showed. state authorities are still investigating the alleged shooting and have not named any suspects or made any arrests. this summer's string of shocking events is shining new light on old incidents involving the murdaugh family, including the 2018 wrongful death settlement of gloria satterfield who, according to nbc affiliate wcbd, was murdaugh's house keeper. court documents say the 57-year-old woman died as a result of a trip and fall accident in hampton county. alex murdaugh was listed as

on wednesday alec murdaugh's brother randy speaking out, saying in a statement released by his law firm he was shocked to learn of alex'secovery, i do not support, condone or excuse his conduct in stealing, by manipulating his most trusted relationships. randy murdaugh, who has never been accused of wrongdoing, spoke out in support of his brother earlier this year after alec told police he discovered his wife maggie and son paul murdered in june. >> his voice, the fear, he was just distraught. >> reporter: alec murdaugh announced this week he was leaving the law firm his family has been part of for generations and entering rehab after the firm accused him of misappropriating funds. alec murdaugh's legal team released a new statement saying, alec hopes his conduct does not distract from law enforcement's efforts to find who murdered his wife maggie and son paul and bring anyone responsible to justice. nbc news learning there could be video of saturday's alleged road side incident that left alex murdaugh hospitalized. here along this desolate country rode is where he says he was shot on saturday after getting a flat tire.

we got a glimpse of alex murdaugh's attorney walking in. alex was in a t-shirt. his hands were cuffed. he will make his first court appearance at 4:00. he stands accused of insurance fraud, filing a false police report. he tried to get a former client to shoot him in the head and kill him for a $10 million insurance policy for his surviving son. the alleged shooter was released on bond earlier today, curtis smith. as you mentioned, murdaugh's wife and son were brutally murdered outside the family's hunting lodge this summer. police have reopened a new investigation to the family housekeeper, gloria satterfield died in the house. the 57-year-old. murdaugh said this was a trip and fall accident. the coroner said no autopsy was performed. look at the family. six separate criminal investigations involving the deaths of five people. as yet, nobody punished. back to you. >> martha: the beginning of understanding what is going on there. thanks, steve. so also breaking this hour, fox in the white house briefing room, this is ongoing trying to get answers from jen psaki o

this morning alex murdaugh's brother is making a rare statement and we are learning that alleged shootingay have been captured on video. the mystery surrounding the murdaugh family taking several new turns. on wednesday, alex murdaugh's brother randy speaking out saying in a statement released by his las firm he was shocked to learn of alex's alleged drug addiction and suspected financial crimes adding, while i will support him in his recovery i do not excuse his contact manipulating his most trusted relationships. randy murdaugh never accused of any wrongdoing spoke out in support of his brother earlier this year after alex discovered this wife maggie and son paul murdered in june. >> his voice, the fear -- he was just distraught. >> reporter: alex announced this week he was leaving the law firm his family has been a part of for generations and entering rehab after the firm accused him of misappropriating funds. a statement released, the effort to find who murdered his wife maggie and son paul and bring anyone responsible to justice. nbc news learning there could be video of the roadside

smith, charged with assisted suicide and insurance fraud after authorities say prominent attorney alex murdaugh directed a scheme for smith to kill him this comes after the unsolved murder of alex's wife and son at the family home in june alex has denied any involvement in the crime. murdaugh's attorney telling "today" show his client, in rehab for opioid addiction, wanted his son to collect on a $10 million life insurance claim. >> he was in a dark, dark, dark place and wanted to help his son. >> reporter: the staged shooting came one day after murdaugh had resigned from his family firm facing allegations he misappropriated millions but for murdaugh it's the latest in a chain of devastating events. a 2015 cold case into the death of 19-year-old stephen smith recently reopened due to evidence gathered while investigating the murdaugh double murder no member of the murdaugh family has been named a suspect police also investigating the 2018 death of gloria satterfield, the murdaugh's housekeeper, who allegedly suffered a fall at their home in 2019 alex's son paul murdaugh, now deceased was charge

state investigators say they charges are just a first step against alex murdaugh as they pursue more this morning, our first glimpse of alec murdaugh in a hampton county courtroom the once prominent attorney emerging in a beige jumpsuit his wrists and ankles shackled the 53-year-old charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report >> the only violence he's ever been involved in is this, which was to have himself executed >> law enforcement says murdaugh enlisted a former client, curtis edward smith, to shoot and kill him so murdaugh's son could collect payment on a $10 million life insurance policy. >> total bond, $55,000 >> reporter: 61-year-old smith appearing at his own bond hearing thursday, charged with several counts including assisting a person with committing suicide and insurance misrepresentation. the failed suicide for hire plot left murdaugh temporarily hospitalized with what law enforcement describes as a super ficial gunshot wound to the head murdaugh's attorneys say his client believed the only answer was his death. a

lara: we know the opioids have played a role, alex murdaugh has been in treatment for opioid addictionmy father-in-law was president and running for president opioids was the real focus in making sure that we address the opioid epidemic happening in america i haven't heard anything about that from the biden administration from joe biden we have an open southern border we know these products are flowing over but it's a real problem in the united states and it doesn't get talked about enough and they clearly played a role in the situation. >> clearly and obviously in a lot of ways president trump is the first president and certainly decades who recognized the profound importance of drug abuse like opioids and went to great links to do something about it, it is something that has been largely ignored by presidents from both parties for a long time in washington. but i have to piggyback a little vm boy is him of what alicia was saying and not to make it a political but when you look at the reporting that we've seen out of south carolina and florida with the laundrie potato case, when you c

>> my name is alex murdaugh. please hurry. oth shot multiple times near the family's hunting lodge. his brothers speaking to us at the time saying their brother is searching for answers. >> i can tell you he was willing and still is willing to do anything that's asked of him. he wants this -- he wants this solved. >> reporter: just one day before alex murdaugh said he was shot the law firm that his family spent decades building announced it had reported to law enforcement and the state bar that alex had stolen money from the firm. the south carolina supreme court suspending his license. and the confusion around this most recent shooting really just adding to the mystery around this story and this family leaving a lot of people in the community asking what really happened and wondering if we will ever really know. the murdaugh family spokesperson saying we know that they're continuing to work diligently to find this person from that saturday shooting and person or people responsible for murdering maggie and paul murdaugh. but ju