so right now, we know that alex murdaugh is in custody in orange county, florida. carolina, here to appear in a bond hearing sometime early next week. that is what his attorney is telling abc news. now, this is the second time alex murdaugh has been arrested just this past month. he now faces two new felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. these charges, as you were mentioning, focus on his housekeeper, his late housekeeper of 25 years, gloria satterfield, who died in 2018 after what was described as a trip-and-fall accident in the murdaugh family home. the allegation is he stole more than $4 million in insurance settlement funds that were supposed to go to satterfield's family. this is according to the attorney for gloria satterfield's estate. now, we heard from one of alex murdaugh's attorneys on "good morning america" a few moments ago, and he said that his client intends to cooperate in this investigation. >> he has indicated clearly that he is going to try to right every wrong, financial wrong, and others that he may have committed. he's reconc

alex murdaugh expected to be in court tomorrow. >> remind the audience, murdaugh was accused of a suicide been found dead. what's the status of those investigations? >> okay. big breath. here we go. so the murders of his son and wife, which occurred in june of this year, when alex murdaugh found them shot to death on his own property. recently, by his own admission, the attorney that represents -- one of the attorneys that represents alex murdaugh implied that alex murdaugh is a person of interest. he then went on to say he can't be a person of interest because he has an alibi. he alleges that alex murdaugh at the time, that his wife and son were murdered were with his mom and there is another witness to verify time and place. meanwhile, on september 4th you have another strange twist, which is when alex murdaugh reports he had been shot in the head as he was attempting to replace a tire on the side of the road. we now know he confessed to saying, no, it was an attempt to pull off on insurance fraud, he would be killed by a man he hired and thereby his one surviving son would get millions

once worked for announced last month that it is suing alex murdaugh to recover money.ly stole from clients of the firm. they say for many years to use on his own personal expenses. alex murdaugh's attorney, jim griffin, released a statement saying that this was a sad development. that they would cooperate with the law firm's investigation. and by the way, this is a law firm that alex murdaugh's great grandfather founded back in the early 1900s. another bond hearing is set, by the way, for next week, anderson. >> incredible. amara, thanks very much. up next, what the gang behind the kidnapping of the 16 american and one canadian missionaries is demanding for their release. the latest from haiti, ahead. gh. get decision tech. for insights on when to buy and sell. and proactive alerts on market events. that's decision tech. only from fidelity. ♪ (vo) subaru presents... the underdogs. they may have lost an eye, or their hearing, or their youthful good looks. but there's a lot of things these remarkable dogs haven't lost... like their ability to lick, wag, and love with the

but the plot went wrong when alex murdaugh survived. insurance fraud, the whole scheme, and now he's facing even more charges. fredricka, we will see alex murdaugh back in court on tuesday as all of these mysterious scandals surrounding him and his family continue. >> boy, that one is hard to keep up with. you did a great job keeping us going, because i saw the beginning, middle and end there. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> coming up, a showdown between chicago police and the city's mayor over vaccine mandates. the latest straight ahead. ♪ i've always been running. to meetings. errands. now i'm running for me. i've always dreamed of seeing the world. but i'm not chasing my dream anymore. i made a financial plan to live it every day. ♪ there was a dream ♪ ♪ and one day i could see it ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the fle

once worked for announced last month that it is suing alex murdaugh to recover money. years to use on his own personal expenses. alex murdaugh's attorney, jim griffin, released a statement saying that this was a sad development. that they would cooperate with the law firm's investigation. and by the way, this is a law firm that alex murdaugh's great grandfather founded back in the early 1900s. another bond hearing is set, by the way, for next week, anderson. >> incredible. amara, thanks very much. up next, what the gang behind the kidnapping of the 16 american and one canadian missionaries is demanding for their release. the latest from haiti, ahead. vig a little extra. worth is knowing it's never too late to start - or too early. ♪ ♪ wealth helps you retire. worth is knowing why. ♪ ♪ principal. for all it's worth. it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. only comcast business' secure network solutions give you the power of sd-wan and advanced security

all have pled not guilty. >>> embattled attorney alex murdaugh is back in south carolina as we're learningegal scandal swirling around him. >> murdaugh was arrested in orlando, now charged with fraud, according to an affidavit murdaugh coordinated with the family of his long-time housekeeper to, quote, sue himself to get an insurance settlement with the intention of giving the money to the family for funeral expenses and compensation. ultimately more than $4 million were paid out to the family of gloria satterfield but the family says they never saw a penny. here's cnn's nadya ramiro. >> reporter: christi and boris, mort we learn about alex murdaugh the more questions we seem to have. we know that he was arrested in orlando, florida, on thursday, charges stemming to the settlement mun that was supposed to go to the family of his late maid, gloria satterfield worked for the family for some 20 years and she died in 2018. alex murdaugh said she tripped on the family's dogs, went stumbling down the stairs and fell to her death. there was never an autopsy done on her body and now there's an inv

for alex murdaugh, he's charged with fraud and theft at work and home.son of interest in the murder of his own wife and son. back to you. >> trace: thanks, steve. a lot of questions. let's bring in john douglas a retired fbi criminal profiler. he showed "the killer next door" that airs here at 10:00 p.m. on fox. alex murdaugh's attorney says he has done some bad things but he's not a bad man. he's not a killer. you have a lot of criminal analysts saying he might be a killer. the police might have their suspicions right. he might be killing people. >> that's right. any time you look at a case, whether it's this case or the case on my show, simply formula, why plus equals who. you have to assess the players involved, looking for -- if you star targeting anyone, looking for a triggering event that got this all going. and a broad span, he's tried to classified the crimes, whether it's a personal cause, a homicide, whether it's sexually motivated, a group cause or criminal enterprise. the more i begin to look at this particular case, it certainly appears to b

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it is impossible to burn that kind of money in hampton, south carolina >> on october 14th, alex murdaughn settlement.sett he has not yet entered a plea. but the plan that landed his family i national headlines, the murder of murdaugh's wife and son, remains unsolved so that's just one part of the murdaugh saga. you've got five bodies that can be attached, albeit in some cases looses can be attached to alex murdaugh directly or a member of his family over the last six years and gloria satterfield, unfortunately, is just one of those deaths >> and those two boys, their mother, when she passed, they were left alone. >> left alone and, again, alex murdaugh pulls one of them aside and says on the day of the funeral, hey, we've been family for so long, i'm going to take care of you. they never got a dime. >> and it's revealed a few weeks ago that not only was there insurance money, there was about $4.3 million worth of insurance money. >> oh, wow >> anyway, we'll have more tonight. it's a story with so many twist. we're going to bring you all of temperature. the latest on th investigation and

now, these particular charges against that once-prominent attorney, alex murdaugh, are for obtaining of the family housekeeper, gloria satterfield. her family was in the courtroom as the bond hearing was taking place. according to the state attorneys, they say that murdaugh set up the satterfield family with an attorney who brokered a $4.3 million settlement, $3 million of which was supposed to go to the satterfield family. but instead, that money was put in an account that alex murdaugh ran, and they claimed that he used some of that money for personal expenses. the satterfields never saw a dime of that money. now, the judge did add some stipulations, saying that he wanted to require alex murdaugh to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, and at that point, at a later date perhaps, they could reconsider bond. he has been in drug treatment facilities in both south carolina and florida. he was arrested at a drug rehab center in florida over the weekend for these charges, and his attorneys say that is something they think they're going to be able to get done by the end of the week or early

>> reporter: many threads to the story surrounding alex murdaugh. clifton newman denied bond to alex murdaugh saying he must undergo a psychiatric evaluation before bond could be considered at a later date. these charges were on obtaining property under false pretenses related to the 2018 death of the murdaugh housekeeper gloria satterfield. according to the state prosecutors, murdaugh came to the satterfield family at the funeral saying she could sue him after she died following a trip and fall accident at the murdaugh family home. now, he set them up with an attorney, according to state prosecutors, who then brokered a $4.3 million settlement agreement. roughly $3 million of that was supposed to go to the satterfield family, but according to families they didn't see any of it. instead, that attorney put checks in an account that shared a name with an insurance settlement firm that deals with these kinds of things in south carolina except it was one that was run by alex murdaugh. he made the name similar according to attorneys and they say that he

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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 in prin cousins to life in prison without parole prosecutors say he abused his power as a serving o

>> no. >> in a recent interview in greenville, one of murdaugh's attorneys says alex was identified bye interview, the attorney says his client was visiting his mother at the time of the murder. murdaugh had not been charged in the death of his wife and son. >> it's cyou have been called a hill-billie hit man, how does it make you feel? >> i laugh at it. >> smith says on september 4th, murdaugh called him for help. murdaugh pointed a gun at smith. >> you got to take care of it. i can't do it. >> you want me to kill him? >> smith says he never shot murdaugh. murdaugh's attorney describing something different. murdaugh confessed that he hopes by dying would collect a $10 million life insurance policy. murdaugh was free on bond when he was arrested again. alex murdaugh is expected to hear tomorrow in a courtroom. it remains to be seen if he'll be allowed to go free on bond again. erin? >> martin, thank you. i want to go now to eric bland, attorney for the family of gloria satterfield. area eric, what was the family's reaction when they learned murdaugh was charged? >> it was surreal. they

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that is coming up, george. >> it is. >>> right now the latest from alex murdaugh.tiple scandals now accused of stealing millions from an insurance payment meant for the sons of his deceased housekeeper. we'll speak to his attorney after this report from amy robach. good morning, amy. >> good morning to you, george. alex murdaugh is, yes, back in the headlines this morning arrested on suspicion of misappropriating settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his family's longtime housekeeper. alex murdaugh under arrest, the 53-year-old taken into custody in florida thursday morning upon his release from a drug rehab facility in orlando. authorities charging him with two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses relating to a recent lawsuit accusing him of stealing millions in insurance money which was meant to go to the sons of gloria satterfield, his family's longtime housekeeper who died after a purported trip and fall incident at the murdaughs' south carolina home in 2018. in a statement to abc news, an attorney for satterfield's son says, i

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wrongdoing and is expected to be arraigned today >>> "usa today" says embattled south carolina attorney alex murdaugh was denied bond and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. murdaugh is accused of stealing more than $3 million of insurance money intended for his late housekeeper's sons. she died after falling at murdaugh's home in 2018. authorities are investigating her death. in june, murdaugh's wife and son were found shot to death on their south carolina property. murdaugh's attorney says that he is a person of interest in that case, as well. >>> and the "lexington herald leader" reports on the death of a university of kentucky student. 18-year-old thomas "lofton" hazelwood was found unresponsive at the farmhouse fraternity on monday. attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. the coroner says he likely died of alcohol poisoning. the school says foul play is not suspected. students remembered hazelwood. >> he came here three months ago thinking it was going to be the best time of his life. then this happens.u ihem. he unirsity suspended activities at the frat while the student's death is u

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the saga of alex murdaugh has in chapters.ribed a bizarre attempt to commit suicide by staging his own murder. now? well, now he finds himself in jail accused of a very different crime. this one involves insurance proceeds from the death of a woman who served his family for years. i spoke exclusively to her family this week. >> she worked hard at what she did. she loved what she did. she took honor in the job that she did. >> reporter: gloria was the long-time housekeeper. his sister ginger told me the families were close. >> we thought of them as an extended family also because gloria did. >> in february of 2018 gloria stopped by the murdaugh home and there was an accident. what were you told about what had happened? >> just that she had fell. that she was tripped by the dogs. and that they thought she had a head injury because they saw blood. that was about it. until we got to the hospital. >> gloria languishes in icu for 21 days. ginger will always remember the last one. >> i just said, gloria, i'll be back tomorrow, and i

♪ ♪ >>> a brand-new development in the saga of south carolina legal scion alex murdaugh. n his second arrest in two months, and just the latest complication in a series of baffling mysteries in the prominent legal family's past. it started with the murder of murdaugh's wife and son, their deaths still unsolved. but that hatched investigations into other wild alleged crimes including murdaugh's own suicide for hire and related insurance fraud. he copped to that one. he's also charged with embezzling money from his former law firm his lawyers haven't denied that charge well, now prosecutors are taking a second look at another death in the family's orbit. here's cnbc's perry russell. >> south carolina law enforcement division say alex murdaugh has been arrested in orlando, florida, on two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. those charges are linked to an investigation into misappropriated settlement funds in the death of gloria satyrfield satyrfield was the murdaugh family housekeeper for decades she died in 2018 after the murdaughs said she tripped over t

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. >>> there's new legal trouble for former prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he's being sued by his former firm. it claims murdaugh illegally funneled money from clients and the firm into a fake bank account. murdaugh is also facing charges for allegedly hiring a man to kill him so his son could collect $10 million in life insurance payout. murdaugh's wife and the other son were found dead in june on family property. >> another plot twist in that murder mystery. >>> coming up, the woman who is totally out of this world. we're checking in with hayley arceneaux just one month after she made history in space. what she's telling our own will ganss was the scariest part of her mission. >>> later in our "weird science," the newly crowned four-time winner of fat bear week. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news now. [female narrator] a message for children: it's hard to be stuck at home right now... but we want to say thank you... because you're being a big helper. when you stay home... you're protecting other people from getting sick. by calli

investigation continues to unravel, there are simply more questions than answers this morning, alex murdaughngful death lawsuit of his former housekeeper, gloria satterfield. gloria's sons allege murdaugh had millions of dollars in an insurance settlement, money they say was intended for them. >> it's not a day that they're relishing, but they have grace and a lot of appreciation towards law enforcement. says their client intends to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation. last month's lawsuit opened a criminal investigation into satterfield's death. court documents say satterfield died as a result of trip and fall injuries. one on of three active investigation easy murdaugh has been tied to in recent months, including the unsolved murders of hi wife and younger son in june and the investigation into murdaugh's assisted suicide attempt in september although law enforcement has never publicly identified murdaugh as a person of interest in the june double murder, headlines were made this week. >> they said from the get-go that alex was a punch of interest >> reporter: griffin added it's l

this morning, alex murdaugh is due back in court.ted last week accused of stealing millions of dollars in insurance money which was meant to go to the sons of his family's long-time housekeeper gloria satterfield. one of murdaugh's attorneys exclusively spoke to "gma" after he was arrested. >> does he admit that he stole this $3 million in settlement money? it was supposed to go to the sons of his housekeeper. >> he has indicated clearly he's going to try to right every wrong, every financial wrong and others that he may have committed. he's reconciled to the fact he's going to prison. he understands that. he's a lawyer, and he was a lawyer for 25 years. he gets it. >> reporter: satterfield died after a purported trip and fall incident at the murdaugh south carolina home in 2018. according to the arrest warrant, murdaugh recommended a lawyer for satterfield's children to use to sue him for monetary compensation, but never told the family about the $4.3 million settlement that was negotiated on their behalf, most of which was put into

mona: new charges against alex murdaugh.year-old taken into custody thursday morning upon his release from a drug rehab facility in orlando. authorities charging him with two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses relating to a recent lawsuit accusing him of stealing millions in insurance money which was meant to go to the sons of his family's longtime housekeeper after -- who died after a reported trip and fall institute. the attorney says the charges are good start to holding everyone accountable. the bottom line is nobody is above the law. coming up at 7:00, and abc news exclusive. one of alex murdaugh's talks with george stephanopoulos and exclusive interview.mona york. kumasi: nearly 100 rattlesnakes found living under a home in santa rosa soon be released into sonoma county. this is how all of this started. a homeowner recently spotted a snake going underneath her mountainside house. abc 7 spoke with a professional snake wrangler who rounded up the snakes from properties for more than 30 years. even he

we're talking about $4 million of insurance money that allegedly alex murdaugh appropriated here. ers say -- >> we'll get to the murders in just a minute. you believe he intends to cooperate in this? >> no. quite frankly, it's more spin by alex and his lawyers. we have not been able to serve alex with any pleadings in this case. he was supposedly in georgia in a treatment center. now we find out today he was in florida. alex could have cooperated even when he was in a drug treatment center with giving us information. we had to find our information in documents from other sources. so it's a bitter sweet day for me, my partner and the family. we don't hold any illusions that he's going to cooperate. >> trace: but he did say that he acknowledged that he helped orchestrate his own murder. so the hitman says no, he wasn't a part of this. going back, the whole idea that the satterfield family, the money, they lost their mom, lost the money, does this also maybe reopen the fact that the allegation is she tripped over a dog and fell down a flight of stairs, does this investigation possibly

instead, this is something controlled by alex murdaugh. front of a judge tomorrow in columbia, south carolina on those charges of basically obtaining property by false pretenses. brianna, of course remember last month he appeared before a judge after state law enforcement officials say that he conspired with a former client to have himself killed so his son could get $10 million in life insurance. >> yeah. all right, dianne. many more developments ahead on this i'm sure. live in south carolina. >>> the family of 29-year-old christina nance is demanding efforts after her body was found in a police van. cnn's nadia romero live in huntsville, alabama with the latest on this, i have to say, disturbing story, nadia. >> reporter: it really is. and it's been so heartbreaking, john, for the nance family. they say they reported christina nance missing, but they weren't prepared for the shocking call from police that her body was found in the back of an unused police van. they have spoken with officers and seen video but they are saying it doesn't a

the judge said he denied bond because he considered alex murdaugh could be a danger to himself and otherstric evaluation gloria satterfield was the housekeeper. she died in the murdaughs' home back in february of 2018 after reportedly falling down stairs her sons were supposed to get millions from an insurance settlement but say they never got it cnbc's perry russom now on murdaugh's day in court. >> reporter: a prominent south carolina attorney alex murdaugh once again walked in front of a judge facing two felony counts of obtaining property by false presences. >> this is the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: the state prosecutor detailing the allegations for the first time the new charges are tied to the death of the murdaugh family's long-time housekeeper gloria satterfield who died in 2018 after falling in the murdaughs' home >> this led to a chain of events your honor that i've never seen before. >> reporter: he says murdaugh promised to financially help satterfield's sons with money from a life insurance policy he said murdaugh set up the sons with one of his close friends and old co

alex murdaugh whose wife and son were killed in june allegedly funneling millions of dollars from a wrongful death settlement to himself. now also being sued for allegedly stealing from his law firm. >>> the first trial in the "varsity blues" college admissions scandal heading to the jury. this morning the audio recorded as part of the investigation between ringleader rick singer and the two millionaire parents. >> i can send him your $500,000 that youiredo mypot yoir >>hathe tas ve >>> swing and a drive. >> and wild card walkoff. >> chris taylor! >> the dodgers with the ninth inning fireworks after a nail-biter with the cardinals keeping the dream of a world series repeat alive. ♪ come on ♪ >> how exciting was that? >> that was. >> that was exciting. good morning, america. we are glad you're with us on this busy thursday morning. and what a finish. you know it's a good finish because the l.a. fans did not leave early. >> that's true. >> yes. >> it paid off for them. >>> we have a lot of news to get to this morning. we're watching capitol hill where they're hours away from a vote that could

. >>> south carolina attorney alex murdaugh is behind bars for plotting his own suicide in another scheme they said he is considered a person of interest in the still unsolved fatal shootings of his wife and son in june, he insists he had nothing to do with the killings. >>> a person attempting to sell nuclear secrets, the five engineer and his wife were charged with one count of communicating restricted data and two counts of restrictive data they thought they were the speaking with a representative of another country the pair is due in federal court today, they were speaking to an fbi act. warm weather in the northeast. in the rockies, let's get a glimpse of our wednesday with janessa webb >> hi, good morning, the weather is all over the place. we have a strong storm for some. it's starting to exit. winter weather advisories are put in place for south dakota. what's happening is it's colliding with some warmer air and sea. the transition that's happening right now, it's going into rain. that's what we will deal with from minneapolis to south dakota, all the way into the akron area in oh

the man accused of shooting alex murdaugh now breaking his silence saying the attorney asked him to doter: a series of mysterious deaths including the unsolved murders of murdaugh's wife and son and now accusations of a botched attempt to make his own death look like a murder. this morning, the man police say alex murdaugh hired to help stage his own death is speaking out about what he says happened on the side of that south carolina road last month. >> he's like a brother to me. i would do anything in the world for him, almost anyway. >> reporter: curtis edward smith, a distant cousin of murdaugh tells "the new york times" he arrived on the road to find murdaugh holding a gun, murdaugh asked smith to shoot him in the head. smith says he refused but then suddenly mr. murdaugh moved as if he was going to shoot himself in the head. mr. smith grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. the gun went off. smith said he asked murdaugh if he was okay and then drove away. murdaugh's wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul were brutally murdered outside the family's south carolina hunting lodg

. >>> the dramatic twist involving alex murdaugh.he new charges the south carolina attorney faces and how it is linked to the death of his family's housekeeper >>> the panel investigating the january 6th riot pursuing criminal contempt charges against trump ally steve bannon after he denied a subpoena what it means for the former trump advisers they want to talk to. >>> just in, the sentence handed down for millionaire and convicted murderer robert durst. our nbc news exclusive. >>> what a texas school administrator said about books about the holocaust that left teachers outraged. you'll hear the secretly recorded audio >>> and ready for holiday deals? best buy's ceo on why black friday is starting earlier than ever this year . >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone further acknowledging covid vaccines while incredibly effective lose some of their punch over time, an fda safety panel has just given its endorsement to booster shots for many americans who were fully vaccinated with a two-dose modern

. >>> a judge has denied bail for south carolina attorney alex murdaugh after he was charged with stealing millions of insurance money from the family of his late housekeeper. murdaugh is separately charged with plotting his own killing in another alleged insurance scheme he is also considered a person of interest of the still unsolved fatal shootings of his wife and son in june >>> let's turn now to new developments in a story we first brought you last week. a school board meeting in southlake, texas, getting heated after our reporting on a top administrator's controversial comments on the holocaust caught on tape the firestorm coming after the district gained attention nationally for its diversity plan here is antonia hilton >> you say that i'm divisive you're divisive. >> reporter: in southlake, tensions high yet again at a school board meeting >> i was subject to a rash of bullying, almost all of which was anti-semitic in nature i received everything from jokes about my nose to gas chambers >> reporter: jake berman, former southlake student who is jewish, opened up about past bullying

. >>> south carolina attorney alex murdaugh out of rehab and under arrest for the second time in a month. authorities announcing more charges in the already complex case today two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, charges related to a 2018 wrongful death suit after murdaugh's family housekeeper gloria satterfield allegedly suffered a fall at his home and died a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of her sons alleged that murdaugh pursued an insurance settlement and kept nearly $3 million to himself. >> it is not a day they're relishing, but they do have grace and a lot of appreciation towards law enforcement. >> reporter: last month murdaugh was charged with filing a false police report and insurance fraud after police say he hired a man to kill him so that his son could collect on an insurance policy though, the alleged shooter denies the charges murdaugh's attorneys says their client was depressed and suffering from a severe opoid addiction. >> greed and are deadly sins and they were plenty in this matter. >> reporter: as the accounting of possible financial crimes cont

. >>> the dramatic twist involving alex murdaugh. south carolina attorney faces and how it is linked to the death of his family's housekeeper >>> the panel investigating the january 6th riot pursuing criminal contempt charges against trump ally steve bannon after he denied a subpoena what it means for the former trump advisers they want to talk to. >>> just in, the sentence handed down for millionaire and convicted murderer robert durst. our nbc news exclusive. >>> what a texas school administrator said about books about the holocaust that left teachers outraged. you'll hear the secretly recorded audio >>> and ready for holiday deals? best buy's ceo on why black

alex murdaugh arrested after leaving a drug rehab facility in orlando today.secutors say, quote, he misappropriated more than $4 million in settlement money for the death of his housekeeper. his lawyer revealing he's a person of interest in the deaths of his wife and son. >>> and late today, real estate heir robert durst sentenced to life in prison without parole in los angeles. durst convicted of killing best friend susan berman more than 20 years ago. prosecutors say he shot berman to keep her from talking to police about the reopened investigation into the 1982 disappearance of his wife. the body of kathy durst has never been found. >>> when we come back here tonight, remembering a beloved major league player and broadcaster. don't be fooled by the bike. or judge him by his jacket. while ted's eyes are on the road, his heart stays home. he's got gloria, and 10 grand-babies, to prove it. but his back made weekend rides tough, so ted called on the card that's even tougher. and the medicare coverage trusted by more doctors. medicare from blue cross blue shield

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. >>> today, new insight into the saga involving alex murdaugh just made public, the 911 calls he made immediately after his scheme he's been embroiled in a series of bizarre incident in the last few months, including the death of his wife and son, embezzlement charges, and charges that he stole insurance money from his dead housekeeper's sons the newly released calls are the latest wild twist. here is harry russun >> reporter: newly released 911 calls takes us to the side of a highway in south carolina. alec mur daugh saying someone tried to shoot him. >> i got a flat tire, somebody stopped to help me and when i current my back, they tried to hurt me. >> okay. were you shot? >> yes >> reporter: last month it was murdaugh that set up the shooting. >> they shot me, but -- >> okay. do you need ems? >> well, i mean, yes, i can't drive. >> reporter: murdaugh told the dispatcher he had trouble seeing, and he was bleeding. >> it was a white fella, i would say -- >> a white male? >> a fair amount younger than me, really, really short hair. do you have an ambulance coming, ma'am? >> yes, sir.

another turn in the strange case of south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. >> he's reconciled to the why murdaugh is headed back to court, this time in connection with the mysterious death of his lon

zlvlgt just moments ago a bond areaing wrapped up for alex murdaugh.execution. this was a separate charge for his former housekeeper. katie beck is in south carolina for this hearing, and what is next in this legal battle that murdaugh faces. >> he was denied bond today. many expected he would be walking out. the judge said he didn't trust that he informs a mental state to handle that responsibility safely. they are presenting it back to the court. now this case that you're referencing was a 2018 case, it was a wrongful death suit after his former housekeeper allegedly fell at the moment and died several weeks later. there was about $3 million amount of money that he is accused of stealing out of that settlement that was supposed to go to her former housekeepers sons. he was called a liar and a cheat today. they say he has put a stain on the legal system here in south carolina and that justice needs to be accountable including people in prominent positions and maybe have a lot of means. one of the attorneys spoke about it today. >> laws that mistreat a