the trial grabbed headlines around the world >> i'm alex murdaugh. >> once head of a prominent south of it? >> probably shouldn't have been surprised. you know, high-profile lawyer, death of a wife, death of a child, accusations of stealing millions of dollars from clients, allegations of a lawyer hooked on drugs. it had all the ingredients for something of major public interest. >> reporter: it all started on the night of june 7th, 2021, when alex murdaugh called police claiming he found his wife and son shot to death on the family's country estate. >> what's your emergency >> i need the police and answer immediately. my wife and child have got shot badly! >> reporter: turns out that call was just one in a long series of lies exposed during his six-week trial. >> i want to give them as much accurate information as i could. >> reporter: turns out that one call turned out to be lies about where he had been the night his wife and son were killed, lies about a staged suicide attempt, admissions about drug abuse and allegations of stealing millions of dollars from his clients. through it

. >> i'm alex murdaugh. >> alex murdaugh once head of a prominent south carolina legal dynasty, standingoverseeing the high-profile case, judge clifton newman. were you surprised by the attention, the extent of it? >> probably shouldn't have been surprised, you know, high-profile lawyer, death of a wife, death of a child, accusations of stealing millions of dollars from clients, allegations of a lawyer hooked on drugs. it had all the ingredients for something of major public interest. >> reporter: it all started on the night of june 7th, 2021 when alex murdaugh called police claiming he found his wife maggie and son paul shot to death on the family's country estate. >> what's your emergency? >> yes, i need the police and ambulance immediately. my wife and child have been shot badly. >> reporter: turns out that call was just one in a long series of lies exposed during murdaugh's six-week trial. >> i wanted to give them as much accurate information as i could. >> reporter: lies about where he'd been the night his wife and son were killed. lies about a staged suicide attempt, admissions abo

he said he feels sorry for alex murdaugh in an interview he did.. >> i feel sorry for him. i cannot imagine him having a peaceful night knowing what he did. i'm sure if he had an opportunity to do it over again, he would never do it. >> martha: what do you think of that, nancy? >> i met judge newman and he was on the bench, as you see him there, methodical, well thought out, merciful but he did not let his empathy for alex murdaugh get in the way of his empathy for the victims. he followed the letter of the law. so i firmly believe he did feel pity for murdaugh but it did not affect the sentence. >> martha: thank you very much. what a case that is as it continues with the mother adjunct related cases to play out in the future. thank you very much. >> bill: thanks, nancy. 24 past now. the leader of the world's biggest democracy about to arrive at the white house for a meeting with president biden. we're talking india, talking about 1.4 billion people that he represents. stay with us for that all-important visit there. plus we have fierce backlash ou

now we're gonna turn to the alex murdaugh. for the first time since convicted of murdering his wife and son pleading not guilty to 22 federal financial crimes. but his lawyer says the plea could soon change. eva pilgrim is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning. alex murdaugh back in court facing new federal charges. his lawyers say he's been cooperating with the federal investigation and hinting at changes to come. convicted murderer alex murdaugh is back in front of a judge for the first time since he was found guilty of killing his wife maggie and son paul at their home in south carolina. the disgraced lawyer pleading not guilty to federal charges. 22 new counts including bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. his lawyers indicating that plea will change but when our affiliate asked when that could happen, his attorney refusing to answer. >> i know you said you reserve the right to change the plea. what kind of time frame might you be looking at for that? >> no comment. we believe that comments should be const

no brake tapping, that is good news. >>> today the judge who presided over the alex murdaugh murder trialspeaking out. murdaugh was a high profile attorney from a prominent south carolina family who was convicted earlier this year in the murder of his wife and son. and recently he is fighting accusations that he stole money from his former clients. and the judge in the murder trial talked with craig melvin about the intense media coverage. >> were you surprised by the attention, the extent of it? >> probably shouldn't have been surprised. you know, high profile lawyer, death of a wife, death of a child, accusations of stealing millions from clients. allegations of lawyer hooked on drugs. it had all the ingredients for something of major public interest. >> murdaugh is still facing incidence of theft charges on the state level. and his attorney already talking about a plea charge to avoid another criminal trial. >>> president biden called the president of china a dictator. >> and scott mcgrew, the chinese aren't very happy about that. >> yeah, and it is tough timing as well. secretary of s

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