i heard a name, and that name was, he goes by buster murdaugh. >> i went to school with buster.n we were younger, stephen played baseball with buster and a few classmates. and buster's grandfather and dad were the coaches of the team. he was, how do i put it, like you could tell he had money by the way he acted, and like privileged but not like a snobby, privileged person. he was quiet when i was around him. >> i don't really know buster that well. i mean, we see him, you know, whenever he's down with john or that sort of thing. >> that's very rare. >> right. i mean, i haven't had conversations about his life goals or where he sees himself in 20 years. >> you just don't really hear a lot about buster. he's paul's older brother. he went to wofford college in south carolina. he was kind of slated to follow in his father's footsteps. >> paul and buster were night and day. jacob and esau. paul was the outdoor guy. buster liked to hunt, but he was a studious person and took his studies seriously. what i'm told by people who were close to him that, you know, buster was the favorite ch

what about buster? what about buster? can y'all get a police officer? buddy, can you get a police officer for my oldest son, that is buddy hill. they want to tell you he wasn't concerned for buster's safety? once again, i'm grateful, the sheriff's department had body cams. because now you know, you know alex was concerned. you know alex asked for a police officer for his son in columbia, buster. now i'm almost -- almost done, i promise, but i do want to talk about alex misstatement about time. alex told deputy owen during interviews that -- first alex statement about time are not lies, they are just misstatements and even like i said, deputy owens said people make mistakes -- agent owen, they make mistakes about time all the time and they do. now mr. waters is critical, because alex was wrong every time he gave a time estimate. turns out, i think mr. waters is probably right about that. whether time period is inconsukweshl or consequential, he is wrong about it. and the -- we had brought in alex had deputies in an interview he got home at 5:00 and that

they want to come in here and tell you he wasn't concerned for buster's safety. once again, i'm grateful the sheriff's department had bodycam. now you know. you know alex was concerned. you know alex asked for a police officer for his son in columbia, buster. i'm almost done. i promise. i do want to talk about alex's misstatements about time. alex told deputy owen during interviews that -- first, alex's statements about time are not lies. they were misstatements. like i said, deputy owen said people make mistakes -- i'm sorry, agent owen. they make mistakes about time all the time. they do. mr. waters is critical because alex was wrong every time he gave a time estimate. turns out, i think mr. waters is probably right about that. whether the time period is inconsequential or consequential, he was wrong about it. alex had told the deputies in an interview he got home at 5:00. that's not true. he went to work that day at 8:30. that's not true. so he is just wrong on times. what was consistent, whenever he had an interview, he said, you get the records. you get the

and now his younger son buster, stephanie gosk has details. >> reporter: buster murdaugh is 26 yearsediate family gone, mother and brother murdered by a father who will be in prison for the rest of his life. the murdaugh name once powerful and influential is now just infamous. the impact of his crimes stretches wide, but few would deny buster is the one who will shoulder the worst of it. buster murdaugh was at his father's trial every day, the unmistakable red hair hard to miss. >> guilty verdict. >> reporter: now that alex murdaugh has been sent away for life for killing his wife maggie and youngest son paul, his oldest son is the only member of the immediate family left. but he's not entirely alone. >> buster's world will never be the same. he does have a very loving family and support group. i can't even imagine to lose everything in your life that you've known, everything in your life that you've ever known. >> reporter: and it is all happening under a relentless spotlight. on sunday, according to a police report, buster murdaugh called the sheriff's office, after seeing this pho

if buster didn't like you, he'd try to hurt you any way he could. >> i knew buster personally growinges about buster taking care of people -- very real. and a lot of people will tell you, yeah, buster would have somebody taken out in a minute. >> you didn't want to get on the murdaughs' bad side. it would be beneficial to stay out of the murdaughs' radar. >> the murdaughs were like the mafia. you know you -- you just don't mess with them. >> we will be seeking the death penalty. the south carolina code provides that, under certain circumstances, that you can -- >> they're the ones who determine who gets prosecuted, who gets tried. is the death penalty sought? so not only do you have the power over the people, you've got power over the system. >> when you combine that with the fact that, for a number of these decades, the murdaughs were allowed to have a civil practice while they had the criminal authority. >> peters, murdaugh, parker, eltzroth & detrick has been helping families in hampton county and the south carolina low country since 1910. if you or someone in your family has suffe

and stephen went to school with buster. >> buster is alex murdaugh's eldest son.reopened by s.l.e.d. as a result of something that was found at the double murder scene for maggie and paul murdaugh. >> so stephen died. and he was found july 7th of 2015. rumors were everywhere. everywhere. this is a small county. it's impossible that people didn't know what happened. people talk. >> what the talk has always been was that stephen had some sort of a relationship with a murdaugh. and that was going to get out. >> so they took him out? >> think how courageous stephen was. you're talking about a young man who is homosexual, who isn't hiding it, is very proud of who he is. you're talking about a small southern town. >> it's taboo. >> it's taboo. and he's wearing it proud. and somebody didn't like it. it clearly had to have been related to his sexuality. don't you believe, mike? >> 100%. 100%. south carolina and wyoming are the only two states that have no hate crimes law. >> we have no hate crimes law? >> no. we can't get one passed. and we have been trying and begging an

buster murdoch has broken his silence to deny involvement in the death of a classmate. abc s eva pilgrim, has the details. that frenzy surrounding alex murdoch's double murder trial now turning the spotlight onto the unsolved death of his surviving son busters. one time classmate, the family of stephen smith raising over $70,000 to exhume the 19 year old body for an independent autopsy. my hope is that we can find the right people that we need to just start from the beginning and to get us answer. police classifying him as a victim of a hit and run after his body was found in 2015 on a south carolina road, nearly six miles from the murdoch home, but authorities investigating the murdoch murders later announcing they found new evidence in smith's death. they did not say what that evidence is. lawyers for the smith family rejecting that hit and run theory, it just makes no sense to us. that he could be struck in that fashion badly enough to cause his death and there'll be no vehicle debris and buster murdoch, who went to high school with smith, breaking his silence to add

what a new report says must be done plow to avoid the worst of climate change >>> buster murdaugh breaking his silence what he now says about the death of a high school classmate >>> and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that's inspiring america. >>> this nbc news nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight vo involving former president trump somewhat in that the growing expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that we be that he would be arrested on tuesday. the office has not commented on the timing of a decision on whether to prosecute. in the absence of news, key republicans have been rushing to mr. trump's defense and vilifying democrat prosecutor alvin bragg. but tonight even many of his loyalists are discouraging trump supporters from taking up the former president's call to protest. it's where we start tonight, with garrett hake >> reporter: the manhattan d.a.'s office tonight on the verge of a fateful decision, whether to indict a for

buster murdaugh is 26 years old.ered by a father who will be in prison for the rest of his life. the murdaugh name once powerful and influential is now just infamous the impact of alex murdaugh's crimes stretches wide but few would deny buster is the one who shouldered the worst of it buster murdaugh was at his father's trial every day, the unmistakable red hair hard to miss. >> guilty verdict. >> reporter: now that alex murdaugh has been sent away for life for killing his wife maggie and youngest son paul, his oldest son is the only family member left. but he's not entirely alone. >> his world will never be the same he had a loving family and i can't even imagine to lose everything in your life. but you've lost everything in your life, everything that you've ever known. >> reporter: all happening under a relentless spotlight on sunday, according to a police report, buster murdaugh called the sheriff's office after seeing this photo published in an article, telling police he observed a suspicious grey dodge challenge

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just happened to talk to buster posey. >> it's weird to say for sure. honor. >> he will be with the team when the giants' season begins thursday at the yankees. >> smart. get in that position. >> and, hey, if i had buster posey's number i would brag about it too. >> let's get him on speed dial right now. >> hey, buster. >> face time. >> all right. thank you, vern. >> still ahead, a final farewell to a well known landmark. we'll show you. give your small business one tech solution that checks all the boxes. it's all here with the comcast business complete connectivity solution. peace of mind with cyberthreat security. the power of the largest, fastest reliable network. plus, save up to 75% a year with comcast business mobile. the complete connectivity solution. from the company powered by the next generation 10g network. get started for just $49 a month. and ask about an $800 prepaid card. comcast business. powering possibilities™. numbers move you. but some can stop you in your tracks. like the tens of thousands of people who were diagnosed with certain

i'm not saying it is buster at all. i don't think it would be buster murdaugh.anyone trying to shape a case, it would be alex murdaugh. that's something for him to think about while he is sitting in jail wondering what correctional institute he is headed to. >> gillian: i always learn something from talking to you. thank you for taking time with us this morning. >> thank you for inviting me. i want justice for this boy's mother. >> gillian: thank you. john. >> if you're somebody that wants to earn a paycheck and contribute to the greater good in the countries working in the crafts, there is nothing more rewarding than that. >> john: a drop in skilled worker. why it is becoming harder and harder to find a plumber or electrician. it is not just you, it's true. a massive teachers union laying down the gauntlet against ron desantis and how the fight could offer a preview of 2024. >> democrats believe government and they are better deciding of your family and children than you. you want to best for your children in this country. ployed and how much we want to put dow

buster murdaugh was never interviewed by police about the 2015 case.en smith's mother eric bland says he plans to petition a judge to exhume smith's body and get an independent autopsy conducted. he also said the murdaugh name had high influence in the area and possibly intimidated witnesses. he hopes they'll speak more freely now. back to you. >> c thank you for that. here to discuss, carol lamb, in studio, great to see you in person. i wonder a cold case like this, and the entire tv show dedicated to cold case, and eight years later, what are the challenges for prosecutors? >> as we have all seen on tv, chris, there are obviously challenges both forensic and witness challenges. forensic evidence obviously dissipates over time. it's a little bit harder to find murder weapons, and the body is not in the same condition anymore. but witness testimony is also critical in these cases, and you have people who have died. you have people who are incapacitated, memories fade over time. i think one of the interesting things here is a lot of potential witnesses

he didn't kill buster. if hi killed anybody, he killed maggie and paul and you would have thought that he would have also wanted to kill buster as a part of this cover up in this embarrassment of having stolen money. so the motive part of this is all over the page. i think that the prosecution needs to understand that the jury, if there's anything in this case, that is very weak for the prosecution it is this motive part, this story that he had this financial problem and because he had this financial problem he wound up killing his wife and his child but he leaves one of them alive. it doesn't -- doesn't pass the smell test. >> neil: it's leaving one alive. if you're trying to deflect, deflect all the way as brutal as that sounds. the other thing, this lying. there's no doubt that murdaugh lied about a lot and taken it back and readjusted his story. let's assume that he's looking at jail the rest of his life. he's 64 years old. it's very likely. so what is the upside here to denying a murder that is ultimat

>> he went to school with buster.ague ball together. >> reporter: during interviews released by highway patrol to cnn, the murdoch name is mentioned by both witnesses and investigators, including the name of alec murdoch's surviving son, buster. during one audio interview, todd proctor says this. >> buster was -- was on our radar. the murdochs know that. >> reporter: why exactly buster was on their radar is still unclear. neither he nor anyone else has been charged in the case and for the first time buster murdoch is commenting publicly about this case. he released this statement, these base lgs rumors of my involvement with stephen and his death are false. my heart goes out to the smith family. >> reporter: pam, years ago, sandy smith told investigators that her son stephen had been acting very secretive in the months before he died. she plans to find out why. they hope to look at who he was in contact with before he died, also where he was. they can look at the steps that were taken, and they're also hoping, of cour

you know, the family members, buster, we showed that earlier. and alex cried a lot. can cry for a lot of reasons. and i guess the jurors could see that as well. you can cry because you're guilty, you can cry because this is awful what you're going through. you know, it's not just -- they didn't see it as a crying because he lost his wife and son. they obviously didn't see it that way. >> john, you've been on a lot of the crime scenes. i don't know why i harp on this. the police don't clean up crime scenes. family cleans up -- families mop up the blood of their loved ones all the time. >> i mean, the building, the -- there are companies, literally companies you can hire that do crime scene cleanup. but, you know, families do it. it's the police, you know -- they collect the evidence. what they leave behind, they leave behind. but it's a bigger picture. >> what the defense was attempting to establish is that's one more thing that sled did inappropriately. what are they talking about? the lack of getting any type of prints at all. the lack of looking and investigating a

that buster murdered aldo's that buster murdered the older son of alec murdaugh involved.ally deny any involvement in his death. >> it's a big deal, it's pursued as a hit-and-run and largely forgotten until the murdaugh trial. and that generated new interest. >> reporter: nikki battiste, cbs news. new york. >> norah: officials are% investigating the cause of an explosive fire at a plant near houston. surveillance cameras captured a huge fireball rising from the facility. officials say a tanker trunk transferring liquid petroleum gas when it went up in flames. one person was taken to the hospital. back here in washington, senators grilled norfolk southern ceo about his company's safety record. it is shaw's second appearance before congress following last month's toxic trail derailment. cbs roxana saberi reporting tonight from east palestine, ohio. >> this was a preventable accident. do you agree? >> yes, i do agree. >> reporter: back in the senate hot seat. >> for decades the railroads have lobbied to undermine safety rules. they are still at it. >> reporter: and nearly sev

carolina authorities have been investigating the death of a former classmate of the surviving son buster of homicide. why the family of stephen smith hopes they could finally get answers about his death. . >>> starting us off gabe gutierrez outside the d.a.'s office, vaughn hillyard outside mar-a-lago in west palm beach florida, joined by peter baker chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," msnbc analyst, and co-author of "the divider: trump in the white house 2017 through 2021" and then with me on set is danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. gabe, start us off if you will, talk us through the grand jury's schedule today and expectations we have here in new york. >> reporter: good morning, yasmin. all eyes as you mentioned are on that courthouse behind me, and we expect the grand jurors to reconvene sometime this afternoon. they have been reconvening at about 2:00 p.m. eastern time on wednesdays, and right now the big question is will there with potentially another witness as part of this grand jury investigation. that is unclear at this mome

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pete: good morning. >> buster's in a very difficult spot.s mother and his brother. and, you know, he just lost his father, essentially, on friday when he was sentenced to counsel life in prison. but there's been a long-rumored involvement somehow of a murdaugh whether it's him or somebody else in the family that has knowledge at least of the death of stephen smith. stephen was a gay young man, a good student, was going to go to college, wanted to be a nurse, and he was found in the middle of a country road in hampton county. and they said, well, the highway department said he was hit by a car. but there was no broken glass, no car parts, his clothes were intact, his shoes were on, and he had a, you know, a clear head trauma injury that looked like it was done by something other than a car. and his death went, you know, it was investigated initially, but it was just deemed a car accident. and when in 2021 when they opened the investigation into the death of my client, gloria satterfield, they opened the death and investigation into the death

. >> we have heard so much about buster murdaugh, but we really haven't heard from him. >> buster talkedwas he crying? >> yes, sir. >> the defense seemed to want to humanize alex with buster's testimony to try to illustrate that there was no major tension in the family. >> the big question everyone was talking about -- would alex murdaugh take the stand in his own defense? we were literally talking about it from week one. >> and it kept changing by the hour. >> have you made a decision as to whether you're gonna testify? >> yes, sir. >> all right. and what is your decision? >> i am going to testify. i want to testify. >> when alex said in the courtroom that he wanted to testify, there was an audible gasp. >> we have breaking news. alex murdaugh, the disgraced south carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son, is taking the witness stand in his own defense. >> it's really tricky for a defendant to take the stand, but if that person can explain away the things that don't make sense to the jury, you can get an acquittal. >> i'm alex murdaugh, m-u-r-d-a-u-g-h. good morning. >> mr.

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he is a former classmate of buster murdaugh. buster is the son of convicted murderer alex murdaugh.y continues their search for the truth. blayne alexander has the report. >> reporter: steven smith's death was brought back into the spotlight as part of the murder investigation into the deaths of alex murdaugh's wife and son. police say new evidence prompted them to reopen the case. buster murdaugh denies any involvement in smith's death. a heartbroken mother may be closer to answers. eight years after the mysterious death of her teenage son. overnight, the south carolina law enforcement division known as s.l.e.d. confirms steven smith's death is being investigated as a homicide. >> based upon their review of the forensic evidence that they are convinced that this was not a hit and run. >> reporter: s.l.e.d. agreed to work with them and participate in exhuming his body for a private autopsy to gather more evidence. it's validation for sandy smith. she never believed her 19-year-old son's death was an accident. >> in my heart, this was not a hit and run. i think he was murdered. i jus

buster writes, "these baseless rumors of stephen's death are false.deny any involvement in stephen's death and my heart goes out to his family." ." but attorneys for smith's family say this is not about the murdaughs. >> this is about stephen smith and get answers to questions his mother desperately needs answers for. so there is no reason to discuss buster murdaugh and no, it to be made back to murdaugh. god willing, court willing what was stephen smith's true cause of death? >> in the meantime, the sons of the murdaugh's former housekeeper calling for justice for their mother who died on the front steps of the family's homes. her death was ruled an accident but an autopsy was never conducted. the prosecutors say the disgraced lawyers secured $4.3 million in insurance settlements for the families, but kept most of it, todd, ashley. >> todd: the intrigue continues, jackie, thank you. the fbi offering 20,000 reward on maria del carmen lopez. an american citizen and mother of seven who was kidnapped at her home in mexico. >> ashley: family members say a

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buster murdaugh now denying he had any role in smith's death.t warning tonight about contaminated eye drops. the cdc now reporting the death toll linked to some common drops has now risen to at least three. more people also reporting vision loss, at least eight people have gone blind. more than ten different brands of artificial tears have now been recalled, most made by global pharma health care. we have more on their website. when we come back here tonight, the news on actor dick van dyke. '? or what if i can do diabetes differently? (avo) now you can with once-weekly mounjaro. mounjaro helps your body regulate blood sugar, and mounjaro can help decrease how much food you eat. 3 out of 4 people reached an a1c of less than 7%. plus people taking mounjaro lost up to 25 pounds. mounjaro is not for people with type 1 diabetes or children. don't take mounjaro, if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop mounjaro, and call your doctor right away, if you have an all

case making national headlines, after his father was sentenced to life in prison, the surviving son, buster murdoch tonight, breaking his silence, involving another suspicious death. one of his own classmates. that student's family tonight pushing to have his body exhumed. >>> in new york city tonight, the horrific and deadly images. the car losing control, up onto a sidewalk, hitting several people. >>> after six years in captivity, an american kidnapped and held prisoner in niger finally freed tonight. >>> and bruce willis celebrating his birthday, and what his family is saying tonight, after hearing from so many other families in this country who have helped a love one through dementia. >>> good evening and it's great to start another week with all of you at home. and we begin tonight with former president trump, who said his own arrest is imminent. a grand jury here in new york city weighing the evidence. could trump become the first former president ever to face criminal charges? outside the courthouse in manhattan today, police have now set up metal barricades. overthe weekend, the fo

. >>> the new twist in the unsolved death of stephen smith, the classmate of buster murdaugh. what police have ut the investigation. >>> the fed's decision today on interest rates in the wake of those bank collapses. >>> our new series, "ai revolution." could it advance beyond human control, and is there anything to stop it? >>> and stranded at sea. the friends who waited hours for rescue after they say a whale sank their sailboat. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. we begin with another shooting and another sad commentary on violence in our nation's schools. in denver tonight, two high school administrators are hospitalized with gunshot wounds. the suspect, a student, who had apparently already been under special scrutiny and was being searched for weapons at the time under a safety plan when a gun was produced. according to police, the two staffers were shot, and the suspected shooter left the area. the tragedy comes just over a month after a deadly shooting outside that very same school that left a student dead. tonight

. >>> a second look, new scrutiny over a cold case linked to alex murdaugh's surviving son buster. it might lead to a body be exhumed. >>> we begin this hour here in new york city where a grand jury is hearing another day of testimony as it considers whether it will indict former president donald trump. >> it's not known what exact charges are being considered, but the case involves hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 presidential election. >> over the weekend, mr. trump predicted he would be arrested on tuesday and he called for protests. >> the decision to indict has not been made, but multiple law enforcement agencies are making preparations in case it happens. that is according to senior officials familiar with the plans. >> nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez is in new york city. also with us, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. gabe, i'll start with you. just give us a sense of what's happening at the manhattan d.a.'s office today and tell us about whether an indictment could be coming. >> reporter: kate, good afternoon. there is an increased

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, expressed sorrow for busters losses and mentioned busters grandfather, i will leave, and how the prosecutor had worked under him in the office. he was very good to. me there were a number of references to family members throughout the trial. i thought that was a fascinating layer. it showed the local aspect of this and how important this family had been ingrained in law enforcement for so many generations. >> as somebody who's been involved in investigations, when you see the series of events that took place before these killings from his son paul crashing a boat in which somebody was killed, then there was questions about wh o was driving the boat, was it paul, was it somebody else? that law enforcement kind of protect paul in a way? did they not do a good job ascertaining who was driving, the dead body of a young gay man in the road, some perhaps connection to the murdaugh family? >> the housekeeper falling down the stairs. the money being stolen from the insurance company. >> when allegedly pink somebody to shoot him in the head who turned out to be a distant cousin and it wasn't as pres

buster writes these baseless movements in my involvement in steven's death are quote. deny any involvement in smith's death and my heart goes out to the smith's family. the sons of murdaugh's former housekeeper are also calling for justice. their mother died on the front steps of the murdaugh family home, her death ruled an accident, but, an autopsy was never conducted. their attorney says, quote: they want to see that he has to pay just like everybody else does to get their full cup of justice when they commit a crime. prosecutors say the disgraced lawyer and now convicted murderer alex murdaugh secured $4.3 million in insurance settlements for their family but he kept most of it. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. >> steve: all right, todd, thank you very much. regarding stephen smith, his mother had started a go fund me page to raise enough money to exhume his body to prove that he was murdered raised $60,000. the cops said we don't need to exhume the body. we have figured out and looked at all the stuff there were no bodily injuries from the torso down. no car par

you know, i i can't speak. >> busters failings. i can tell you this. there's a lot of effort by the state to convince the family that alex is the murder. the family came to trial every day for 6 weeks, expecting to hear. proof positive that he killed maggie and paul, something that they had not heard before after 6 weeks of trial, they came away more convinced that he did not do this. >> that was brian entin reporting for us tonight. next here on kron, 4 news at 6 honored for >> being a hero. a vietnam war veteran receives the presidential medal of honor. why you had to wait nearly 60 decades skews me 6 decades or 60 years for the award. ♪ ♪ [ cat purrs ] [ phone vibrates ] introducing astepro allergy. steroid-free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. now with astepro fast allergy relief, [ spray, spray ] you can astepro and go. lift your lashes to the next level. l'oreal paris presents new telescopic lift mascara with our first ever double hook brush. to get real lift. more volume. up to 5 millimeter

but let's not, you know, hold buster accountable for the acts of his father.'s capable of doing anything nefarious like this. he enjoys the presumption of innocence unless there is solid evidence he did something here and possibly being involved is not enough. so i will zealously defend him unless he was the last person that saw smith and might have contributed to his demise. >> john: the latest sell brit -- celebrity trial, gwyneth paltrow, accused of running into someone who suffered a traumatic brain injury and broken ribs. yesterday a friend of his was on the stand and said oh, no, i saw gwyneth paltrow run into him and then this happened under cross examination. listen here. >> terry was wearing a helmet, true? >> true. >> the person he collided with was not wearing a helmet, is that true? that's your memory? >> i don't know. >> did you tell me she was not wearing a helmet? >> i'm not -- i don't remember what she was wearing. >> john: he was comparing what ramon said in a deposition five years ago to what he was saying on the stand there and according to

he was a classmate of buster, murdaugh and has denied any involvement in the case.awyers for the smith family say they have no evidence that murdaugh with his death. >> buster has nothing to do with this as we know. whatever is mentioned in the records are what investigators will look at. we have no knowledge at all about buster or the murdaughs having anything to do with this right now. >> the smith family was always skeptical of the hit and run theory. all of the victim's injuries were shoulders up. below that and his clothes, they say, showed no signs he was pushed or dragged by any vehicle, john. >> john: the investigation will continue anew. jonathan serrie for us in atlanta. >> dana: the 1-2 punch against law and order in new york city. nypd has blown past its overtime budget by nearly $1 hundred million this fiscal year that sets the pace for a new record. the police force is facing a staffing crunch. more than 3700 officers retired last year, the highest number in decades. joining us now is retired nypd inspector paul morrow. you might have set a trend. the

buster may be in trouble and let me be clear buster is not seeing any of that money.uster is totally underfire now because the death of stephen smith the 2015 homicide has been reopened and all eyes are on buster murdaugh at this point. >> unbelievable what this family has gotten away with for so many years if we're on it but we're on it lauren thank you so much for joining the program. >> yes, no problem tharntion for having me lawrence. >> you've got it another installment of bad athlete behavior. that's next on cross country. (dr. aaron king) if you have diabetes, getting on dexcom is the single most important thing you can do, and it's covered by medicare. before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. my a1c was stuck. (female announcer) dexcom g7 sends your glucose numbers to your phone or receiver without painful finger sticks so you can make better decisions in the moment. so easy to use, and my a1c has never been lower. (female announcer) dexcom g7 is the most accurate cgm. call now to get started. >> so the university of memphis giving a new meaning to

>> he went to school with buster.together. >> during interviews in the case file, released by highway patrol to cnn, the murdaugh name is mentioned dozens of times by both the witnesses and investigators. including the name of alex murdaugh surviving son, buster. during one audio interview, then south carolina state trooper, todd proctor, says this. >> he was on our raider. the murdochs know that. >> why exactly buster was on the radar is still unclear. neither here nor anybody else has been charged in this case. and, now, for the first time, buster murdaugh is commenting publicly about the case. he released this statement, which reads in part, these baseless rumors of my involvement with stephen's death are false. i unequivocally deny any involvement in his death. and my heart goes out to the smith family. randi kaye, cnn, -- the los angeles unified school district has canceled school today. ahead of a three-day strike, set to begin in the coming hours. the service in plea international union, local 19, nine says mon

buster may be in trouble and let me be clear buster is not seeing any of that money. underfire now because the death of stephen smith the 2015 homicide has been reopened and all eyes are on buster murdaugh at this point. >> unbelievable what this family has gotten away with for so many years if we're on it but we're on it lauren thank you so much for joining the program. >> yes, no problem tharntion for having me lawrence. >> you've got it another installment of bad athlete behavior. that's next on cross country. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calculations guaranteed. the new chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card... like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more... plus unlimited 2% cash back on all other purchases! and with greater spending potential, sam can kee

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on sunday buster spoke out for the first time saying i unequivocally deny any involvement in his death. >> it's a big deal. it was being pursued as a hit-and-run and largely forgotten until the murdaugh trial. and that generated new interest. >> reporter: nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long enough. we are getting that $9.95 plan, today. (jonathan) is it time for you to call about the $9.95 plan? i'm jonathan from colonial penn life insurance company. sometimes we just need a reminder not to take today for granted. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance starting at just $9.95 a month. there are no health quest

the young man said buster threatened to kill him if he ever spoke up.itness testimony was given to law enforcement, but nothing came of it. she accused of protecting buster murdaugh as her attorney continued to investigation what really happened to stephen. >> obviously people have talked over the last eight years and it is critical we ride this wave of momentum. if people reach folks with information to track down the leads to find out what happened to stephen. >> auction of the murdaugh family estate will begin today, items for sale include the family's couch and mongrammed pillows. >> todd: louisiana senator john kennedy stumping president biden judicial nominee with a question on a legal proceeding, watch. >> tell me how you analyze a brady motion. >> how i analyze a brady motion? >> yes. >> senator, in my four and a half years on the bench, i don't believe i have the occasion to address a brady motion in my career. >> do you know what a brady motion is? >> senator, in my time on the bench, i've not had occasion to address that, so it is not coming

the stuff related to buster is all rumors still. there is this they did know each other.school teacher of theirs said there was a relationship between them where in steven smith tutored buster. we know they did have a relationship, smith no mother contends they were at a baseball game together. so, a lot of stuff to go through, you have to put someone at the scene, i'm not suri. >> suffice it to say, sled is now conducting the investigation, if anyone knows anything, no matter how small, get in touch with sled, tell them what you have, paul mauro thank you. >> thank you. trey: up next, iran has been implicated in poisoning of girls attending school. a u.s. military leader said isis k could launch an attack in 6 months, house gop conference chair stefanik and kellogg joiningies us in on sunday night in america. (psst psst) flonase. all good. (tony hawk) skating for over 45 years has taken a toll on my body. i take qunol turmeric because it helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. why qunol? it has superior absorption compared to regular turmeric. qunol. the bran

buster murdaugh issued a statement saying these baseless rumors of my involvement with steven and his. i unequivocally deny any involvement in his death and my heart goes out to the smith family. >> i wish his heart went out to the smith family a couple years ago when i was involved and tried interview buster and i was told by the law firm they are not submitting to any interviews. >> state authorities determined steven was the victim of a hit and run and we opened the case in 2021 while investigating the fatal shootings of busters' maggie and brother paul. convicted of murders but smith's death remains unsolved. smith's family has secured enough donations to commission an independent autopsy on their go fund me site their mother writes thank you for not allowing steven's story to be swept under a rug. we will pursue the, you assume immigration immediately and provide updates along the way. >> it's very difficult for me to conceive how this many years later if we bring that body up we are going to get any additional trace evidence or he other things that might answer those questions.

and her best friend buster. trafficking of animals in asia. these two labradors have been trained by london's metropolitan police. their next stop, thailand. and a new life sniffing out crime, one pangolin at the time. live and critically endangered and, indeed, one of the most trafficked animals in the world. we reckon one is poached every five minutes. so, really horrific numbers they are being trafficked in. by one estimate, nearly 3 million of them are poached each year. and there not that many of them left. there are eight types of pangolin, and all of them are on the so—called red list of endangered species at risk of extinction. their meat is regarded as a delicacy in parts of asia, and their skills are said to have powerful medicinal qualities. beth and buster will be used airports, ports and along thailand's road network, and this is a lifetime commitment for the pair of them. they'll have a working life of about seven to eight years, and then they'll be retired and cared for in thailand. so, yeah, we'r

stephen was a classmate of alec murdaugh's oldest and only surviving son, buster. >> smith was foundad in 2015, 15 miles from the murdaugh estate. investigators ruled the death as a hit-and-run but in 2021 the state law enforcement agency opened a homicide investigation after finding new information during the investigation into the deaths of paul and maggie murdaugh. to catie beck in south carolina. >> reporter: the homicide investigation was officially opened in june of 2021. that's the same month and year maggie and paul murdaugh were murdered. it is now shift to go stephen smith's investigation and investigators are making it a top priority. they say it is ongoing, active and designated a homicide. they will be dedicating new detectives, new resources to solving this crime. smith's mother has always advocated her son was not killed by a hit-and-run, that this was a homicide case. she wants an independent review and has hired someone to get an exhumation. the murdaugh name did yield high influence in this area and potentially intimidated witnesses. she as well as investigators hop

any chance that buster murdaugh gets questioned this time by investigators?letely denied it. i think it's really hard. this is all sort of based on rumor and innuendo. and even you can see in katie's piece, the detectives are saying that he's been on our radar. why? there's just no hard evidence. and without that, you can imagine buster doesn't have a great relationship with authorities right now. they just managed to get a murder conviction against his dad. i don't see any incentive for him to come in and talk. >> that being said, where does the investigation then go from here? >> it's interesting, you know, detectives put out this statement yesterday, and one thing that did catch my eye, they say, progress has been made. what progress? what have they found? they're clearly hoping more people a serviceces you no longger want. that t story next, rright hehe "todayy." stst, it was j just a . now, i c can't t imagine my l life withouout them. man: that coaoach changeded our . on t the field man: that coaoach changeded our . and off.f. boy: when t the season n s