i want to say thank you to creighton water, creighton he did a fantastic job. another attorney in south carolina let this herculean effort. creighton will be the first to tell, you he did not do it alone, because he had a team of people. the first thing -- i want to thank -- was actually creighton's boss, he is the deputy attorney general, and the attorney general office for over 40 is sitting here to my immediate last don salika, thank you so much. john matters, many of you got to see him in the closing arguments today, john, thank, you you have done a phenomenal add to our team. i will go quickly through the names, but as i read the names, please raise your, hand you know creighton, you saw don, and you see john, david fernandez, john conrad, johnny james. savannah gal, lazio alida, shane ysidro, carly jewell, carson bernie, daniel cologne, and our victims advocate trisha allen, i also want to say thank you to the south carolina law enforcement division, mark kiel, listen, some amazing men and women, when i say it was an agency wide effort on behalf, i can't

creighton's coach was furious. trammell made one of two free throws. full-court heave bounces away. the bay area kid, moving on 57-56. trammell was named south region m.v.p.. will be the last team to punch the ticket of the final four? look like the longhorns for marcus carr. led by as much as 13. here come the canes. a big com isaiah wong scored 12 of his 14 in the second half. miami wins 88-81. three of the four teams going to houston, they first timers. they spell it is back in the bay over the next two days. a's and giants. exhibition game before opening day. to the coliseum we go today. tailgating should give me one of those. two run homerun. the backflip is in midseason form. bases-loaded for tony kemp. brett wisely trying to track him down. cannot make the play. ends up being a bases clearing triple. the a's tied at three. giant scores six unanswered. joc pederson getting all that one. 9-3 on the solo shot to center. the a's, little bit of fireworks. there that thing goes. solo blast to left. carlos perez gives him a low five. that was how the s

creighton waters saying he used both guns. he used the shotgun and he used the rifle. one man, two guns. does that hold water? ted williams back with us right now. mark eiglarsh as well. ted, what do you think? >> you know, it is certainly something that i think the defense is going to hop on, is that there were two guns. they're going to further harp on the fact that neither of the two guns were ever found, neil. but i got to tell you, i did feel that mr. waters did his job here this afternoon. but if i was him and i was not, i would have ended with maggie and paul speaking from the grave to that jury. they could have done that with the video. the video where maggie and paul and we now know alex initially lied and now we know that he was on that video. maggie and paul, that is their best evidence because this is clearly a circumstantial evidence case. but what is also very strong in this case, neil, is the fact that alex murdaugh took the stand and guess what? he lied to the jury itself. he told them about this blue light and that there was this sheriff that allowed a

i was watching nancy grace the other night and i heard her call creighton pale and gone, because creighton wasn't eating and sleeping. he really wasn't, folks. i'm serious. we would have to bring him kind bars and things to eat during breaks. but creighton, herculean effort, my friend. and i am truly honored to have you on or team. thanks for being a great leader and great chief prosecutor, and i would like to invite you to come up and make some remarks to the folks tonight. >> thanks, everybody. [ applause ] i want to start by thanking this guy who has given me and all these folks behind us opportunities to do justice, which is what we want to do with our careers. it is very tough and demanding, but it's rewarding for moments like these. the general stole a lot of my lines, but i also want to thank the jurors for their long and arduous service. and we had no doubt that if we had a chance to present our case in a court of law, that they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull, and they did. and we're so grateful for that. i get to lead the state grand jury

you can see the defender grabbing his waist creighton's coach was just furious tremel made one of hisl court heave and it bounces away and the aztecs win 5756 their first ever final four tremel was named south region mvp. the moment wasn't too big for me do everything. i've been through. i feel like the opportunity was just set there for me. it was god's timing and i just had to believe in that and just having that confidence that yeah i missed the first one, but i definitely wasn't the second one and i'm sure there were people doubted we could do it, but we never doubted for a minute and not to say it's easy to get there that we would ever get there, but we're there now and we're gonna go go and try to win the thing. one more spot in the final four. who would it be miami or texas look like the longhorns marcus carr. love them for dylan mitchell, texas led by as many as 13 in the second half but mccain's with a big comeback isaiah wong. look at this move 12 of his 14 in the second half in miami wins, 88-81 their first final four as well three of the four teams going to houston our fir

. >> well, tonight our exclusive interview with creighton water, lead prosecutor in the case who made it plain in his remarks exactly who alex murdaugh was to him. >> no one who thought they were close to this manu who he really was and, your honor, that's chilling and i've looked in his eyes and he liked to stare me down as he would walk by me during this trial and i could see the real alex murdaugh when he looked at me. >> mr. water, thanks for joining us. we just heard you say that you knew alex murdaugh was the killer as soon as you looked into his eyes. when you heard him today continuing to declare his innocence i'm wondering what went through your mind. >> nothing more than the same. i think after he said that, i got up and said words to the effect of what more needs to be said? you know, the truth is not in this man and i think that was a big part of what the jury saw and certainly a part of i believe what led them to the right verdict that they reached. >> were you surprised by the speed of the jury's deliberations? >> well, i've always said that, you know, trial lawyers tend

he led creighton with 22 points as they cruised to an 86 75 win. what an incredible showing by princeton. this postseason, truly the best fairytale run of this year's tournament. >> our final game of the night, former arizona head coach sean miller and his 3 seed xavier squad meeting up with to see texas. there's a longhorn. no surprises in this game. long words in control from the start. marcus carr gets denied with his 3 point shot, gets it back and then hits the crazy trey to beat the clock. texas up 17 at the break and more the same in the 2nd half texas car with the ball inside throws up the alley-oop pass to christian bishop who throws down the jam that put xavier and its fans right to sleep. longhorns. take down the musketeers. 83 to in spring training giants and royals down in arizona. the game was pretty much over in the bottom of the first inning, mj melendez. it's a solo home run over one of the fences, at least that's what the announcer said. you really can't tell from this shot one, nothing roils later in the inning. edward olivares cr

back to what creighton was talking about.was none for he's ability to connect with jurors. this is his final closing argument to the jury. he believes just like the other jurors that he had appealed to in years past probably in the same courtroom, he thought he could do that one last time. from what i've heard from the jurors that have been on the media talking about how he deliberated, they saw through it. they felt like through all the way through including testimony that he gave. creighton did an amazing job letting him run with his own closing argument and ultimately hung him. >> martha: so we went on to talk about the guns that were put in the back of a pickup truck, if you've seen that video that aired on netflix. we also talked about the blood and the shirts, all the times that he changed his shirts. so for all of this conversation, which was riveting with these two gentlemen, you can get that on the podcast that will drop tomorrow, the untold story and boy is this untoll story at foxnewspodcasts.com. tune in for that.

today we are celebrating their big game tonight against creighton. we will see.uld be in the elite 8 by tomorrow morning, guys. >> brian: i remember pete co correl. >> ainsley: saw a picture of care line with a horse and thought it was sweet and sang it for her at her 50th birthday party years later because she was 16 at the time. >> brian: so much for my story. >> ainsley: u.s. military conducting airstrikes against syrian group. >> brian: killed contractor and injured five u.s. service members and officials say the unmanned aircraft originated from, drum roll, please, iran. >> pete: peter doocy is live from the white house with more. peter? >> peter: so, overnight, one-way suicide drone that u.s. spies saying was controlled by the iran revolutionary guard attacked a u.s. outpost in syria. the doe tails are that a u.s. contractor was killed and five troops plus another u.s. contractor were hurt. the u.s. then responded with what they say were precision airstrikes, also in syria. and the defense secretary lloyd austin has a statement about this. he says airstrike

marin city is celebrating san diego state went to the final four with a 57-56 wind over creighton. --ghed over this afternoon they cheered him on at the rec cenr,hiinnge th w second left -- left to punch there taken to houston. >> i'm blessed and he's blessed, we worked hard for this. he played again, but we put a lot of work into it. >> here's a humble boy with a great story and he is really going to take it all away. it is a good person just like he is a player and he loves you. >> you can't help but be happy for his family. he graduated from saint ignatius before graduate -- playing at the city college of san francisco, he also played at seattle university before transferring to sdsu before this season. by the time tomorrow, spencer says we will be dealing with another round of rain. spencer. >> it's on the way, a nice day today, but the storm is closing in on us, all the details coming up when we continue. >> also dealing with the devastation, hear from those just coming to terms with the loss after a you can make the stars align. because when we come together, hope and joy will s

the 2 hand jam. >> and the he led creighton with 22 points. they win it. 86 to 75. but we've got to say what incredible showing by princeton truly the best fairytale run of this year's tournament to go to. meanwhile, former arizona head coach sean miller and his 3 seed xavier squad meeting up with 2 seed texas. there's vivo no surprises in this game. >> longhorns in control from the start. marcus carr gets tonight with his 3 point shot, gets it back and then hits the crazy train to beat the clock. texas up 17 at the break and just more the same in the 2nd half car with the ball inside throws up the alley pass to christian bishop throws down the jam. that puts a pure and its fans right to sleep. longhorns. take down the musketeers. 83 to 71. >> more great games, hopefully on the way tomorrow as the ncaa tournament continues. that's it for sports kron. 4 news at 10 is back after the news at 10 is back after the break. how does mint mobile afford to give you premium wireless for just $15 a month? it's because we sublet our ads. ♪♪ this is now a j

but creighton's baylor sharman. he's had his head on the global entire time.ll the inbound pass was able to lay it up. ties the game with 32 seconds left still tied here. 6 seconds and 6 with the ball and darian to mail a local kid from california able to get the drive and the fast now he doesn't hit that shot. there. he also misses the first free throw, but it's this one that counts. he's able to make that one fall. they get the leak rate rise for hail. mary pass downcourt. but one out of bounds in the essex. will they move on to the school's first ever final 4 appearance? 57 56. they will play florida atlantic in houston on saturday for a spot at title game. now the giants and a's. this is game one of the bay bridge series at the coliseum with the diet. they had 2 on 2 out in the second. when david bre hits of many home run here to left and this one goes all the way up. the stairwell was no one was there to catch it. dion's go up 3 to 0. then we go to the bottom of the second. the a's. they load the bases here for tony kemp who lost a high fly ball to center

baylor shyman scored it and tied it for creighton. final seconds. trammell would be fouled on this shot. controversial call. well was he -- trammell out of st. ignatious for the lead no but the second attempt he did not miss. san diego state had to sweat out a creighton final second play with the lead. tipped out of bounds and that's it. after a lengthy referee discussion, san diego state won the game 57-56. won the south region system the aztecs first ever trip to the final four and trammell the marin city kid was the hero. >> it's all about believing in yourself. it's just a game. i'm doing it for my family. doing it for people back home. my brother who i lost. i'm doing it for them. >> where do these emotions come from? >> it's my journey. what i've been through. it's just a blessing to be here. to be able to have that opportunity to knock down -- so we can celebrate. >> texas interim head coach rodney terry looking to lead the long horns to the final four. nine minutes left against miami marcus carr. >> they led by 13. but back came the canes. f

san diego state defeated creighton after referee called a foul with one second left.hrow put san diego state ahead by one point. creighton's coach reacted to that late call. it doesn't take away and i won't allow it. to take away from what these guys have accomplished. he went with class and you lose with class and that's what we're going to do. we had opportunities. yes pn says only 37 out of the 20 million brackets on their website picked the final four. correctly three of the four schools are making their first ever final four appearance. as for the women's tournament, l s u and i will punch their ticket to the final four. the last two spots will be determined tonight. next, a growing number of colleges are eliminating the conventional a through f grades for freshman supporters of the movement, told npr that many students get so preoccupied with grades. they don't actually learn much. this idea could help solve that problem, but critics call it a college level versions of participation trophies. next new details on the controversy involving michelangelo's statue of

but creighton's baylor, shireman steals the inbound pass.ys tie the game six seconds to go now, and aztecs, darien tremmel looking for the win, but creighton's called for the foul look at the hand on the hip, jim ah! just 1.2 seconds ago. tremmel misses his first shot pressures on now , but the senior locks in and nails the game winner, creighton's last chance to go flying out of reach game over tremmel played in front of fewer than 1000 fans at seattle university last year. but now jessica and jamie send san diego state to their first final four and he was emotional after the game. it's all about believing in yourself. i feel like i put in the work. i had nothing to be nervous about. in the game. it's just it's just a game. i'm doing it to my family. back home. my grandpa. my brother. my loss. doing it today. i saw you get your tissues out. jim don't ever turn your back on the hurricanes down by 13 to texas in the second half until this and inbound pass against the longhorns right off the rear of the steer for the emphatic dunk that becomes

spoke with attorney general allen wilson who was not the lead prosecutor on this case, that was creightoneral wilson did do some cross-examination during this and he said that he was happy to allow creighton waters to do this. he had been diligent about this case for more than a year. he described to me sort of staying at the same hotel in walterboro that all of us are staying at right now, this hampton inn, calling it almost like a dorm room life where they were staying up to midnight, going over the case, revising how they were going to do things. he acknowledged as they have the entire time, the defense tried to create this idea that there would be too much reasonable doubt, because much of the case was built on circumstantial evidence, but attorney general wilson says that even though there was circumstantial evidence, alex murdaugh choosing to get on the stand, coupled with that video found on paul's phone with alex's voice putting him at the kennels before the state says paul and maggie were murdered is what he believes got them this guilty verdict. >> this was a circumstantial evid

aztecs face faced his brother of creighton. second half johnson made some noise. of san leandro high school. san diego state down one. next possession marin city's the floater put the aztecs up by one. tied at 54. two minute mark. bigman nathan mintsa short range is good. san diego state had a 2-point lead. then, an overthrown inbound pass baylor grabbed it and scored it and tied it for creighton. ball in the hands he would be fouled on this shot. controversial call because look at the defender's left hand is it -- well -- no. with the second attempt he did not miss. san diego state had the lead and they had to sweat out a creighton final second play here which was tipped out of bounds and after a lengthy referee discussion, san diego state won the game 57-56. they won the south region it is the aztecs first ever final four and tramel the marin city sid was the hero. >> it's all about believing in yourself. i feeling like i put in the work. i'm doing it to my family. my grandpa, i'm doing it for them. >> where do these emotions come from? >> this is my journey lik

creighton took a five point lead at the half and led most of the second half.er for the jam, plus the falcon brenner had 17 after the free throw the blue jays by seven, but the aztecs picked it up down the stretch. 54 there, adam seiko to nathan mega hits the three midrange jumper with a minute half left aztecs inbounding late, they turn it over. baylor sharman grabs the inbound pass hits the time basket 56 all still anti game in the final seconds. darien tremmel's shot won't go, but a foul called on ryan embarked, it wouldn't be unheard of for the ref to swallow the whistle on a play like that, but there's no question tremmel was pushed as he went up for the shot. the marin city native went to s i in san francisco, he missed his first free throw but made this second gave the aztecs at one point lead and all the blue jays could do was try that length of the floor inbound pass that was tipped. went out of bounds. they reviewed that play. it was decided that was it. san diego state of 57 56 winner as textile face florida atlantic in the final 42 teams that have n

tonight's action for more games on tap, including cinderella 15th seed princeton, facing six seed creighton tell you as a princeton alum. i cannot wait for this game. i haven't been this excited for basketball game, probably since the last time, for instance, peter, run anything like this. and i got to talk about it all with the princeton head men's basketball coach mitch henderson. just a couple of hours from now. the princeton tigers will be playing their first week. 16 since 1967 . how have you avoided for you and the team? just happy to be there vibe, i think. appreciate first, just just the newness of it and be present when we were in school together. we had that 96 game and i always heard about the campus and how it erupted. um yeah, that game and we got to feel for that the first couple of days. just a real joy from all of our alums. and if that's the case, then why? why shouldn't we enjoy it, too? and also, then the second part is what got us here was like playing together playing tough and, um, we cant forget what that is and that that's what's gonna get us forward. if we want to k

we do understand there may be what looks to be alive press her with a prosecutor, creighton waters they have been setting up microphones. obviously if he comes to the microphones we will take that life. her diane say she had a chance to briefly speak to the defense team when they left often loquacious they had nothing to say. but we do anticipate hearing from the lead prosecutor in just a few moments. as we await that the legal experts are back in defense attorney misty marriage joins us. i want to begin with justin diane finished he was saying on a certain level no murder weapon no witnesses as diane was going to the things that they did not have but it incredibly quick and firm and clear verdict. does that surprise you? >> i was shocked the verdict came back so quickly with all of the witnesses 70 witnesses in a three-week trial there was so much to parse through, this comes down to one thing the jury determines cut ability and they clearly did not believe alex murdaugh. the minute he got understand and he said believe me now after he told a calculated inconsistent lie about the most

but the senior locks in and nails the game winner, creighton, they have one last chance, but it goes flying out of reach. game over tremmel played in front of fewer than 1000 fans at seattle university last year, but now, he says, san diego state to their first ever final four. and don't ever turn your backs on the hurricanes down by 13 to texas in the second half until this camera oh, my goodness, the inbound pass against the longhorns right off the rear of the steer for the emphatic dunk , which becomes the impetus for a 37 17 run that gets the job done. come back completely took out one c houston, now two seed texas. and how about 73 year old coach jim leiria naga, check him dancing amra. oh, yeah, yeah. don't hurt yourself, big fella. they're going miami to their first ever final four as well dancing all the way there now iowa's katelyn polantz rewriting the record books against louisville. leads the hawkeyes to their first final four and 30 years. the front runner for national player of the year. 41 points, 10 rebounds. 12 assists first player ever to record a 40 point triple do

aztecs darien trammell looking for the win, but creighton's called for a foul look at the hand on thep there. it was just 1.2 seconds left. trammell though, misses his first shot pressures on baby , but the senior locks in and nails the game winner, creighton's last chance goes flying out of reach game over, trammell played in front of fewer than 1000 fans at seattle university last year. now he said, san diego state to their first ever final four. it's all about believing in yourself. i feel like i put in the work had nothing to be nervous about. again. it's just it's just a game. i'm doing this with my family. back home. my grandpa. my brother. what loss? doing this for them. that's love miami down by as many as 13 to texas in the second half, but comes roaring back tied at 79 with a minute to go. texas called for the foul boxing out for the rebound is sent miami to the line and they made both free throws to take the lead. 81 79, then the canes defense steps up . let's go on that next possession, they get the steel and seal the deal. comeback complete. they took out one seed houston

of maggie, and the brother to paul and also the son of alec, and hearing him speak or certainly creighton water's office did an excellent job advocating for maggie and paul asking for the life sentence which the judge newman did sentence alec to. but listening to judge newman, the words were chilling and poetic, and so thoughtful, and really poetic to hear. >> and briefly, sarah ford, could he have ordered a sentence greater than life in prison? could he have gone beyond? >> the state would have had to file a petition for that, and the second nature of that which the judge did impose. >> and dianne brought up the comments of the judge, and i almost stopped taking notes at one point when he said, i am sure that maggie and paul visit you at night, and he said all day, everyday and you must reflect on the way they look you in the eye. and from what we heard from that juror and the prosecutor at all, and alec murdaugh, and when people would look him in the eye, and what they are seeing in the moments of the courtroom as they look him in the eye, and all of those words, joey, they paint such a

. >> san diego state still dancing as they beat creighton in the elite 8. now heading to the final 4 against florida atlantic. we have reaction from the fans. >> have fun we're going jump handles. >> this weekend, 60 girls from lincoln high school in san francisco attended an all-girls basketball clinic at the warriors oakland facility. the clinic was for women's empowerment month. that was hosted by the thompson family foundation and warriors basketball academy. klay thompson surprising the young players going through several drills with them before they played a few five-on-five games. the entire cost of the clinic was covered by the thompson family foundation. >> the timberwolves and warriors battling for playoff position tonight at chase center next in sports, too many turnovers. but the gave the visitors a very important victory. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> well, turnovers from the warriors are not new, but tonight it was definitely a big reason. we saw something here in the bay area that we've not seen for a while or at least in the last 9 home games

of course the prosecution presenting these closing arguments led by chief prosecutor creighton waters. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. really going through the case in the last couple of hours, starting at midday or so, presenting of course reasonable doubt knowing that the jury very much could foil the prosecution's arguments here by reasonable doubt, going into the motive here. this was a man in incredible financial distress, a man that was going through withdrawal because of his drug addictions, the time line, and then of course the lies. the discovery of that snapchat video and then the discovery that, in fact, alec murdaugh was the man who was the third voice that was heard in the snapchat video. i want to bring in nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett, and south carolina criminal defense attorney jack swirly as well, a close associate of murdaugh defense attorney, dick harpootlian. we have been watching this thing all day. what has stood out to you so far in the defense's closing arguments? or the prosecution's i should say? >> we're finally now getting to th

welcomed into the madness minute, san diego state reached its first-ever final for after a win over creighton. the first census stanford did it in 1988. while some may be surprised by the run their head coach believed they could reach basketballs biggest game all along. >> i walked in and i told them to turn it down. sing, dance or get out of the way. aztecs are going to thefile . we are making the next step it's something we all talked about and there were some who doubted we could do it. not to say it's easy to get there or that we would ever get there but where theyare now . >> for the madness minute i'm charlie roach . >> let's switch over to baseball, last night we saw the final game spring training between the giants and the a's. last night was about tipping your account to one of the all-time fan favorites. >> your attention please ptchior. >> sergio romo coming out of the bullpen for the giants one last time. he can officially retire in san francisco. the three-time champ was unable to record an outgoing into theseventh but look o famavokeri tte .ut t a special moment as romo walks of

and mississippi state toppling creighton.emember last year's men's tournament st. peter's peacocks. they are also from new jersey and also beat purdue in the big dance. new jersey natives like this guy are hoping that another garden state team can make a big run. plenty of basketball to watch. joe, you and i will watch closely tonight wearing something purple? >> i would say, i spy your purple there. northwestern wildcats play ucla. 7 against 2. we are excited about that one. >> i know you guys are excited. guess who else is excited? peter, yes, he is off. there he is, though, in his 'cats regalia. he will be watching the game tonight and cheering along. >> #go cats. >>> thanks, jesse. >> time for the first check of the forecast with meteorologist angie lassman. >> i'm with you, joe. you know, we're in march and you might think it is spring, but it doesn't feel like it across the parts of the southeast. we officially have one last weekend of winter. we have alerts in effect from texas to the carolinas. temperatures this morni

creighton waters brought the emotion trying to explain in their view explaining that alex murdaugh isand a thief, and he cannot be trusted. >> maggie sees what happens and she comes running over there, running to her baby. probably the last thing on her mind thinking that it was him who had done this. she's running to her baby while he's gotten picked up the blackout and opens fire at close range, again with no defensive wounds. everyone who thought they knew who he was, he's fooled them all, and he fooled mag fgie and paul too. and they paid for it with their lives. don't let him fool you too. >> reporter: now creighton waters talked about all the evidence they presented but he also had to talk to the jury about the fact this is circumstantial evidence, while they say there is a lot of it, he tried to explain circumstantial evidence can still get them to a guilty verdict. he spent a substantial amount of time explaining what reasonable doubt means. here's the thing, alex murdaugh has admitted to a lot on the stand, both lying and stealing. what he has not admitted to is killing his w

he led creighton with 22 points. they win. 86 to 75. but hey, got a shout out. princeton, incredible showing truly the best fairytale run of this year's tournament. let's talk some spring training giants and royals down in arizona. this much over in the bottom of the first inning when mj melendez hit a solo home run over one of the fence is a little hard to tell which you can't really tell by the camera one u.s. nothing field. >> royals lead later in the inning. edward olivares cranks a 2 run. homer again over one of the fences we can see which one again, 3, nothing royals. both homers were off. tristan back royals in bit of a snoozer 3. nothing win. white sox visiting the a's at camp park. we go to the top of the first man on for you on moncada slices, a shot out to right center. that's no chance for a stay so that is a 2 run. homer. watch the stocks up. 2, nothing in the caught again tags. a low liner to center. but ruiz makes a great diving catch to rob of the run. look at it again. sox is 12, nothing out. both the a's and the giants shut out today. when i go

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. >> san diego state is going to the final four for the first time after beating creighton on sunday. >> knocking down the game winning free throw with one second left. it was a huge weekend for tremel. >> it's all about believing in yourself. i put in the work, so i had nothing to be nervous about. >> it's a game, and thank you to my family and -- [inaudible] . >> where do these emotions come from? >> it's my journey, what i've been through. it's a blessing to be here and to have the ton to knock down the free throws so we can celebrate. >> straight from the heart there. hey, governor gavin newsom is cheering on the aztecs tweeting california represents with the hash tag, the time is now. the final four going up the owls of florida atlantic. miami and uconn closed the night after that and both final four games you can find here on kpix. >> hey, a bay area youth hockey team won the state championship, and we caught up with the golden state elite. >> it's fast, physical and competitive. the word we keep hearing from the players on the sunday practice in cupertino is buzz, attacking the

i can tell you we are in the thick of prosecutor creighton waters' closing arguments right now.e's been speaking about an hour and a half. he's right now speaking about the murders themselves. focusing hard on 8:39 p.m. the last time there was any activity on paul or maggie murdaugh's phones before they locked forever. noting they have no defensive wounds. pointing to alex murdaugh in the courtroom, because it's him, referring to who the killer was. now, up until this point, waters has been going through the background as he's been doing nearly six weeks into the financial crimes that s s that murdaugh was accused of, trying to build forth why this man was accused of murdering his wife and son. explains it's all there, for the jury, who just have to put the pieces together. >> and that's the situation that was arriving in june of 2021. when he was at the scene, with the victims. minutes before they died and lied to everyone who would listen. >> reporter: now, the state actually opened their opening statements back when the trial began, acknowledging that the majority of their ca

state is going to the final four for the first time after beating consider reighton on dawn dawn creighton on sunday. >> tremmell knocked down the winning shot. it was a huge weekend for him. he lead with 21 points on friday's upset win over number one alabama. >> it is all about believing in yourself. i feel like i put in the work and nothing to be nervous about. it is just a game. i am doing this for family and doing it for people back home. for my grandpa and my brother i lost, i'm go -- i'm doing it for them. >> where does this emotion come from? >> it is a journey i have been through and blessed to be here and to have an opportunity to knockdown those free throws for my brother so we can celebrate. >> that's the madness minute. >> san diego state gets the final four and going with their match up against the owls at florida atlantic and that's at . miami uconn closed the night out with both final four games here on kpix. >>> happening today the giants and a's will play their second bay bridge spring training game at oracle park. yesterday the giants beat the a's 9-5. first pitch tonigh

. >> reporter: with a fiery tone, lead prosecutor creighton waters gave his closing argument in a packed courtroom. >> the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending, and the defendant is a person where his own storm would actually mean consequences for maggie and paul. >> reporter: according to the prosecutor, that storm was murdaugh's lies and opioid addiction and stealing millions of dollars about to be revealed. >> and after an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity, to commit these crimes. >> reporter: prosecutors say murdaugh murdered his wife maggie and 22-year-old son, paul, in june, 2021, to distract from his financial crimes. >> she was running to her baby when she got mowed down by the only person that we have conclusive proof was at that scene just minutes before. >> reporter: the prosecution's case has relied on circumstantial evidence. investigators never found the murder weapons or bloody clothes, and there were no eyewitnesses. >> we couldn't bring you any eyewitnesses because they wer

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here we know kansas state lost to florida, atlantic, we've got san diego state creighton today so two in, two to go for your final four. everybody put them up today. >> i will for will. up for will. >> all right. rachel over to you i'll make the last one. yes. there it was. you saw it on tv. >> both of you need to talk to khloe kardashian about some of your picture photoshop fails because your face is perfect and then sweat on your neck and then your face did not match skin color. >> that's how we live. >> coming up next how a handyman turntable only squatters who took over his mother's house he joins us live next what he did to get them out. ♪ ♪ what the? good morning hallow makes it easy to build a daily habit of prayer and meditation want to start with a five minute daily gospel? sure. take a deep breath and focus your attention on god in the name of the father, and and of the son and of the holy spirit. amen. - [female narrator] they line up by the thousands. each one with a story that breaks your heart. like ravette... every step, brought her pain. their only hope: mercy ships. t

. >> san diego state was going to the final four for the first time after beating creighton on sunday. -- knocking down the game-winning free throw with one second left. it was a huge weekend for him. he also led the aztecs with 21 point in friday's offset when off of number one alabama. >> is all about believing yourself, i'm nothing to be nervous about. it's a game i'm doing it for my family. [inaudible] my grandpa, my brother -- i'm doing it for them. >> word is emotions come from? >> courses majority would've been through. i'm just blessed to be here. and to have the opportunity for this for my brothers. so we can celebrate. >> of the madness minute. >> the women squats have advanced to the final four. in one game, louisville put on an offensive display, kayla clark scored 20 points and the first trip 11 tournament history, 12 assists and 10 rebounds final score i went to seven and louisville 83, earlier lsu topped miami -- each teammate slightly more than 80 percent of their shots. also today, the a's and giants will play their spring training game at 645. tonight will be special

but according to creighton waters, the pieces fit to create the puzzle to convict alex murdaugh. we will obviously hear the opposite from the defense. i anticipate we're also going to hear them talk a lot about reasonable doubt, as well. whether or not they'll get to begin their closing arguments today, that's still to be seen. we are in the homestretch here as the like murdaugh double-murder trial is beginning to end. >> all right. dianne gallagher, thank you so much. . let's bring in joey jackson and misty maris. joey, what stood out to you so far from the prosecution's closing arguments? >> motive, means, and opportunity, jake. that's what they are centering the closing arguments about. while i am not bought into the motive issue with respect to this financial motivation and the world closing in and him feeling that, mr. murdaugh, he needed to kill his family, let's remember that motive is not something the prosecution must prove. prosecutors like to talk about motive because it lets the jury know and identify with the purpose, the basis, the reason why a person may act in the

creighton took a five point lead at the half led most of the second half. arthur kalamata.for the g. m plus the foul after the free throw. the blue jays were up by seven, but the aztecs picked it up down the stretch tied at 54 here, adam sicko to nathan mansoa put san diego state up to with the minute and a half left aztecs inbounding late to turn it over. baylor sharman hits the tying basket is 56 all still a tie game in the final seconds? darien tremmel shot won't go, but a foul is called on ryan nam heart. it wouldn't be unheard of for this to be a no call this late, but there's no question trammell was pushed as he went up for the shot. city native missed his first free throw, but made the second given the assets of one point lead. all the blue jays could do was try and lengthen the floor inbound pass that was tipped and went out of bounds. they reviewed the play decided that was it. san diego state 57 56 winner. the aztecs will face florida atlantic in the final four. two teams who have never been there before. well it may have snuck up on you. but the giants and aids

. >> creighton waters, the prosecutor. what took three hours was a long time in coming. before we talk about details of the testimony and the verdict and what comes next, our randi kaye has a quick look at how we got here. >> i need the police. my wife and child have been shot badly. >> reporter: june 7th, 2021, alex murdaugh says he called 911 after finding his wife and youngest son dead at their hunting property known as moselle. >> did you touch maggie at all? >> i did, i touched them both. i tried to take -- i mean, i tried to do it as limited as possible, but i tried to take their pulse on both of them. >> reporter: 52-year-old maggie purchase murdaugh had been shot four or 5 times. paul murdaugh, 22, had been shot twice with a shotgun. >> she fell to the ground, and that's when the first fatal wound was delivered. his brain exploded out of his head, hit the ceiling in the shed, and dropped to his feet. horrendous. horrible. butchering. >> reporter: both were murdered near the dog pennels on the family's property not far from the main house where alex murdaugh said

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. >> john: let's play about what prosecutor creighton waters said earlier today, when you take a look at what happened there and the potential suspect, it really only comes down to one person, that's alec murdaugh. how he put it. >> after an exhaustive investigation there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes, and also whose guilty conduct after the crimes portrays him. defendant is a person where his own storm would mean consequences for maggie and paul, and consequences for those who trusted him. and that person is the defendant, richard alexander murdaugh. >> john: only one person had the motive, means, opportunity, etc., to commit these crimes. however, there's no blood, there's no dna, there's a little bit of gunshot residue but that would be expected given the circumstances and no murder weapons. so, how do you pin it on him? >> other than -- yeah, there's problems. listen, kudos to the prosecutor for making that necessary and compelling argument. he's the only one. but wait a second, in recent time literally a c

i would say, chris, that creighton has a great opportunity to do that out of the big east.te, at least i thought they were, at the start of the year. but they ran into some difficulties and had a rough patch the middle of the season. but they've got a shot blocker in ryan. they've got an outstanding point guard in ryan nemhard, andrew's younger brother. i wouldn't be surprised to see creighton make a move. >> jay will, less than a minute left. you have a long shot? >> you know, they're a three seed but i think they got beat up in the big 12. i love guards when it comes to tournament play. baylor. scott drew and this team has national pedigree, elite guard in adam flagler and two other guards. who can knock down shots and one of the best freshman in the country in keonte george. he'll be a lottery pick. that's a trio of guards that can cause a lot of havoc in the ncaa tournament. >> kenny and the two jays, sounds like a rock band, thank you guys so much. it's a busy week. we appreciate you're taking the time. >>> coming up, we turn to the women's game and the ncaa's continui

creighton's last chance goes flying out of reach .e over, y'all tremble played in front of fewer than 1000 fans at seattle university last year. now he's sending the aztecs to their first ever final four. here he is. it's all about believing in yourself. i feel like i put in the work had nothing to be nervous about. it's just it's just a game. i'm doing this with my family. back home. my grandpa. my brother. what loss? doing it for them. now. how about the u miami down by as many as 13 to texas in the second half, but comes roaring back tied at 79 with a minute to go. texas called for the foul boxing out for the rebound. but look at this. this sends miami to the line. they make both free throws to take the lead. 81 79, then that cain's defense, they step up, they skipped the steel and seal the deal. come back completely take out the one seed houston. now to cede texas and now 73 year old coach jim leary and mega looking like don after he buys a new tie. look out, baby. don't hurt yourself. big man. miami headed to the final four for t

cathy creighton for being with us on al jazeera nail king charles is in germany, and his 1st state visit as burkins monarch. he was welcome to the brandenburg gate with a german president. charles is on a 3 day visit with his wife, queen, consult camilla. we had planned to travel to france, but that trip was postponed because of ongoing protests against pension reforms. don't mccain has more from berlin. one of the things that stands out here is the sense in germany, certainly in berlin amongst the political lead, but also the wider chattering classes as it were suddenly in them. the news media, the press that they feel there's this, the opportunity now for a re sets in relations, not just between the 2 capitals to countries, but also between the u. k and the european union, the president of germany, frank radish fine maya, who was receiving the king and queen at the brandenburg gate. well thereafter, they were at his official residence where one of the 1st things he said to his royal guests was that it's in his view to day 6 years of the day since britain began its official journey afte

is the creighton authorities might think that they benefit by prosecuting ukrainian orthodox church. but in long terms, it, they'll bring careless and terrible things in ukraine. if there's a threat today over ukrainian people. it is a tragedy of ukrainian authorities. and i think it's a big political mistake making by a ukrainian authorities. it doesn't bring any attention of any international law organizations and political organizations or human rights organizations, despite the fact that the russian orthodox church addressed those organizations many times and petra carroll at rest, the political leaders international organizational leaders. and she has addressed them recently about the situation with a kiva cave on lava, but there was no result. and no response, panda, it is absurd because people are arrested at because of having, i'm like congressional letters from a russian high rex. it's nothing but it is considered to be a crime in contemporary democratic ukraine. it is a very said and terrible fact, and it is a violation of human rights. definitely, absolutely. several membe

. >> reporter: lead prosecutor creighton waters. >> a verdict like this does not give paul and maggiest that jury gave them a voice. >> reporter: the defense team told me they plan to appeal the guilty verdict, but regardless of that outcome, murdaugh could face life in prison for his alleged financial crimes, some of which he admitted to during this trial. i spoke with two of maggie murdaugh's close friends today, who told me this verdict was the justice they have been hoping for. margaret? >> margaret: nikki, thank you. now to the dangerous night of weather from the deep south to the northeast. at least seven people have died from a line of powerful storms. pounding rain flooded alabama today, along with hurricane-strength winds. three people were killed by falling trees in that state alone. the storm also knocked trees on to homes in the nashville area. kentucky's governor declared a state of emergency, as the storms headed east from louisiana and texas, where several tornadoes were reported last night. this weather threat continues into the night. let's get the forecast now from m

action for more games on tap, including the cinderella of the tournament . 15 seed princeton facing creightoneton's first trip to the sweet 16 and more than half a century and earlier, i spoke with coach mitch henderson, who happens to be my former classmates at princeton. when we were in school together. we had that 96 game and i always heard about the campus and how it erupted. um yeah, game and, um, we got to feel for that the first couple of days. um but you know our guys, i don't think we have any seniors that have that haven't started writing their thesis. tonight's game was only the second time, for instance, has ever played creating the first time we're back in 1961, creating one time for some revenge to your team. next more states are pushing to require recess at school states currently require schools provide recess every day, and now california and washington are considering new rules to make it mandatory. researchers say recess should not be considered a treat. they say it's actually a key factor in childhood development and also social interaction. next some rumors about the retu

tournament number 15 seed princeton looking to keep their cinderella story alive against number six seed creightonecond half crating up four when ryan printer put zach martini on a poster seven ft one junior elevating for the slam, plus the foul. it was all crichton tonight, winning this 1 86 75 blue jays will face off against san diego state in the elite eight. number two seed texas longhorns taking on number three seed xavier musketeers, texas out to an early lead in this one up 39 25 timmy allen bags in the half court shot at the buzzer to end the half. are you kidding, texas going to the breakup? 17 they did not look back bruising to us 83 71 victory. longhorns advanced to the elite eight they will face off against miami this sunday. some really good games and close games and exciting games this time of year. you see a leg. gonzaga last night was great. alright alright. thank you and quickly sports before we go beautiful day today today nicest weekend rain by monday night. alright, mark. thanks thanks everybody for watching ktvu news at 11. have a great night and a great weekend. good night. p