>> well, i think it was the beckwiths.ower that they have in that community, and i believe that they were putting political pressure on the state to prosecute this. >> the suggestion that there was some sort of political pressure that was put on my office to push this case forward or to charge it is absolute nonsense. it didn't happen. >> as alex waited for trial, things got worse. his 5-year-old daughter coco was diagnosed with cancer and underwent a bone marrow transplant. >> his daughter's illness took a huge toll on our family. but i will say this about my son. i saw him as very strong. you know, he was handling things that i don't think most people could. >> it had taken four years after his wife's death, but finally, alex fazzino went on trial for her murder. >> please rise. >> because of pretrial publicity and the high-profile beckwith name, the case was moved out of boone, 200 miles away to decorah, iowa, where the fazzinos and the beckwiths were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor t

florida international cruzrsity's is a miguel cruzjose -- jose miguel and david beckwith will be here to discuss his piece in "the national review." that is all for "washington journal" today. we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. have a great saturday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> coming up next, a look at efforts to combat isis in iraq. then committee discussions about the motivations and tactics used by lone wolf terrorists. >> we have been on the road coming meeting winners of this year's studentcam documentary competition. jack, kyle and handed $1500 for their documentary on environmental justice. honorable mention winners received $250 for their documentary on health care. in concord, massachusetts, a ,econd prize award for cara for theiraroline documentary on the wage gap. in massachusetts, students from won anpton high honorable mention prize of $250 for their documentary on sanctuary cities and i

dean beckwith here with the second.ago, but qualifying for this season's competition got underway today and the bbc is following it from the beginning. our cameras were on merseyside. litherland won 2—0 after a goalless first half, the game got into life. colin mcdonald was on the right place at the right time. a moment of class here, making sure litherland were through to the next round. south korea's kim has a comfortable lead after three rounds at kingsbarns in fife. she finished on a17 kingsbarns in fife. she finished on a 17 under par, six shots clear of england's georgia hall who was tied for second. she was three shots behind by a double bogeyed at houles 16 and 17 which meant kim extended her lead. rory mcilroyrory mcilroy. his opponent, the belgian, is eight under par there. alfie hewett is to do the final of the british open wheelchair tennis championships in nottingham for the first time in the event it was an all british semifinal and hewitt beat gordon reedin semifinal and hewitt beat gordon reed in three s