guinn: manson knew that neighborhood.ht his killers there. ♪ ♪ wiehl: charles manson goes up, looks into the window of the labianca home, sees leno in the home. dr. jordan: manson and watson enter through the backdoor. the labiancas are tied up and pillowcases put over their heads. manson then left the house, returning to the car. manson came back, and he pointed at pat and i and told us to get out and go do what tex said, and then -- do whatever tex said? yeah. he said to tex to make sure that everybody did something. charlie left before the actual murders. he was not going to be there while murder was committed. man: you came in the house with tex, and decided to leave and go elsewhere. i walked with tex. what tex did was tex' business. what you do is yours. i don't tell you what to do. rick: manson had other people he could weaponize to do whatever it was that he wanted done, rather than to take on the responsibility himself. pat and i went in the kitchen. i think tex said to get knives. and pat and i took mrs. labianc

guinn: abigail folger had been wearing a white nightgown.rd to tell his facial features at all. wiehl: when the police look in the driveway, they see a car. in the car, there is a body of a young man who has been both shot and stabbed. roberts: it was inexplicable because there was no apparent motive. ♪ sidner: as lapd investigators attempt to make sense of all this death, they suddenly hear a sign of life. [ dog barks ] they hear a dog barking. [ barking continues ] so that alerts them to the guesthouse. ibly19-year-old [william garretson, ] the fill-in caretaker, had been just 25 yards away in the guesthouse when these five people were murdered the night before. at first they thought, well, here is this person alive. he had to know what was going on. wiehl: their first order of business is to take william garretson into custody, and he becomes suspect number one. ♪ ♪ sidner: after killing sharon tate and her friends the night before, family members tex watson, susan atkins, patty krenwinkel, and linda kasabian had returned to spahn ranch.

joining us is author jeff guinn. he has written extensively about the murders.ur reaction to governor newsom potentially allowing van houten to get out on parole? >> i have to admit i'm surprised. i did not think that any california governor would risk public backlash by letting any member of the manson family out of prison. he was not cooperating on letting her out three times previously, but now she might be free. >> what is different this time? >> van houten has been in prison now for just over 53 years. during that time she completed an undergraduate college degree and graduate degree and she has taught classes to inmates at the prison where she's confined. she hadn't shown any disinclination to take blame for what happened back in 1969. she was even briefly released in 1976 while there was a retrial for her. so when she was much younger, she was out and free for several months and nothing untoward happened. it's certainly not likely to happen now. >> for those who may not be familiar with her role with the manson family, what did leslie van houten actually

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the clerk: guinn east a. wilcox to be a member. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 260, gwynne a. wilcox of new york to be a member of the national labor relations board signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 255. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, federal reserve sys