this trial you set aside your emotion. >> she insisted the doctor did not kill his wife. >> michele macneillied of natural causes. >> the trial is certain to get a lot of attention. nancy grace is covering it on her hln show. the macneills have eight children four of whom were adopted. after michele died, the doctor sent one of them back. >> after michelle macneil died that day if her bathtub -- in her bathtub. dr. macneil wanted a do-over. >> jim moret spoke with macneill's daughter alexis. >> you don't think your mom died from an accident. >> i know my father killed my mother. he's an evil man. >> deborah: macneil who pled not guilty faces life in prison if convicted. >>> he was one of the military's most deadly snipers. credited with 150 kills. but he died not on the battlefield but cops say at the hand of a disturbed fellow veteran. now his wife is speaking out in her first interview since her husband's death. she says she is still trying to make sense of his passing. >> navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle was bigger than life. >> i think about it all the time. the battlefield legend held the u.s.

we got some testimony from the plastic surgeon, who performed the operation on michele macneill. ay that dr. macneill was her primary care physician, and he had recommended more than the usual amount of prescription painkillers for her, mostly because dr. macneill claimed that his wife couldn't handle the nausea after surgery. but also interestingly enough, another physician who did treat michele macneill testified that she had no high blood pressure or she -- excuse me, no heart problems that he could tell. so certainly that punches a hole in the defense's theory that she may have died from a cardiac arrest or some kind of cardiac problem. >> and can you confirm or not confirm that the doctor got married to his girlfriend on the day of his wife's funeral? i saw that, and i was trying to figure out if that's true or not. >> no, it is not. she was -- michele macneill was buried several days after she died, kind of a quick turnaround really for a funeral. and then it was shortly after that that the family was introduced to this woman named gypsy willis, who it turns out and what pro

scott thompson who performed michelle's facelift told the court macneill had great influence on michelle'sescriptions and the combination of drugs given to her could be dangerous if taken together. >> was it your intention that michelle take these drugs together? >> no. >> would you have prescribed this combination to her if martin was not a physician? >> no. >> for months leading up to his wife's death. macneill was telling neighbors and leaders of the church he had chancer and didn't have long to live but prosecutors say it was a roost, one he continued at his dead wife's funeral. >> prior to the funeral, the defendant was seen unloading boxes of michelle's memorabilia and walking around without difficulty. however, when following the casket, the defendant exhibited a profound limp and walked with a cane. >> what did he tell his neighbor just days after her death? >> he told me that she died of some kind of heart problem like the basketball player that just died over on the court. i asked him, i said well, martin, how are you doing because i heard you only had like six months to live? an

yesterday neighbors described what they heard and saw after michele macneill's lifeless body was foundb. here's jean casarez. >> reporter: prosecutors on friday took the jury into the master bathroom of the macneill home. what they actually did was bring a tub and put it in the center of the courtroom and then neighbor after neighbor testified on how they saw an unresponsive michele macneill in that bathtub and what it was actually like to be right next to the frantic now defendant dr. martin macneill neighbor kristi daniels described the tragic moments after michele macneill was found in the bathtub. she had been summoned to the home by the daughter ada. >> i started running and went into the house and followed martin's voice and when i came in to the bathroom, i could tell that we needed to call 911 so i said i'll call 911 and he said i've already called 911. >> we have here in front of us the bathtub. >> reporter: prosecutors brought in a bathtub, similar to the one found in the macneill home so they could demonstrate how michele was found. daniels said she was lying face up, her he

the initial cause of death was ruled as natural causes of michelle macneill, saying her heart diseaseilled her. it wasn't until the macneill children pressed the authorities to do a more thorough toxicology report, they found out she may have had a lethal cocktail of drugness her system that could have exacerbated the problem. now listen to the prosecution's new line offing to the medical examiner. >> if you were to learn that the defendant here had told somebody or others that he had drugged up michelle macneill, and convinced her to get into the tub and held her down for a little bit, and it caused her death, would that see see anywhere -- scenario be tint how michelle macneill may have died here. >> yes, certainly is possible. >> reporter: not just giving her the drugs but actually holding her down and drowning her. that medical examiner will be cross examined in four or five minutes. >> we'll watch for that. >>> some coaches will apparently do just about anything to win. but wait until you hear how a few in louisiana are accused of getting their hands on the too team's playbook, a

macneill is accused of compelling his wife michele to have a facelift.er a laundry list of medications that prosecutors say left her in a weakened stupor. they said that allowed him to drown her so he could marry his long time mistress. they said there was a history of hypertension. under questioning from the prosecution, alexis explained why she was so intent on investigating her mother's suspicious death. >> why were you seeking information as to your my father killed her. >> you wonder is something else going on here if there is motive? >> reporter: the utah state medical examiner said he amended the original cause of death from card vascular disease to indicate the drugs in her system may have played a role in michel michelle's death. >> if you were to learn the defendant here had drugged up michelle macneill and convinced her to get into the tub and held her down for a little bit, and it caused her death, would that scenario be consistent with h houhow michelle macneill dialled? >> yeah, it's possible. >> reporter: he admitted he could not justify d

martin macneill is accused of killing his wife michelle, a mother of eight, to be with his mistress, y. >> the court will call the matter -- >> the sensational murder trial of doctor and lawyer martin macneill began thursday in a provo, utah courtroom. >> he explained to a final witness that he can get away with things and stated that one of the things he had gotten away with was killing his wife. that he was glad the bitch was dead. >> reporter: investigators cherry picked certain parts of martin's life that they perceived to be indicative of guilt. and as a result in their zeal to try to prove their perceptions, the investigators engaged in practices that were not aimed at finding the truth. >> reporter: macneill is accused of killing his wife michelle, a former putty pageant contestant. they lived what seemed to be a charmed life. yet their almost 30 year major came to a tragic end one evening in 2007. >> michelle was found dead in their bathtub by their youngest daughter, aida who was six years old at the time. macneill is accused of killing may wife michelle to be with his mistre

of the courtroom and then neighbor after neighbor testified on how they saw an unresponsive michele macneillhat it was actually like to be right next to the frantic now defendant, dr. martin macneill. neighbor christie daniels described the moments after michele macneill was found unresponsive in the bathtub. she was summoned by their youngest daughter. >> i could hear martin yelling he needed help. i started running into the house, followed martin's voice. and when i came into the bathroom, i could tell that we needed to call 911. so i said i'll call 911. he said i already called 911. >> we have in front of us a bathtub. >> reporter: prosecutors brought in a bathtub similar to the one in the home so they could demonstrate how michele was found. daniel says she was face up, her head at the faucet, her feet inside the tub, with her husband draped over her head. she said there wasn't any water in the tub. another neighbor was in the bathroom, said martin didn't appear to be making any real effort to revive his wife. >> i don't remember him actually blowing into her mouth, i don't, and i did no

this information in a little book she kept near michelle's bed. >> reporter: the motive according to prosecutors, this woman, gypsy willis, with whom macneillair. this was no fling. shortly after michelle's death he moved her into his home and announce she'd would now be the family's new nanny. >> she didn't cook. she didn't clean. she didn't take care of the children in any way. >> reporter: michelle's daughters wrote letters to newspapers and pleaded with authorities. no one would listen. no one that is until they talked to this man. >> investigation. >> reporter: doug whitney at utah county attorney's office reviewed what the women had collected and started to investigate. >> i will simply say that i believe that mark macneill is a sociopath. >> as whitney chipped away he learned troubling details about martin macneill's past. >> his entire career is based upon falsified transcripts from different colleges. >> we found out that our entire lives had been based and surrounded by lies. that everything about our experience with our father was a lie. >> happy birthday! >> reporter: investigators say martin and gypsy teamed up to steal the ide

lifeless and collapsed. >> reporter: the next door neighbors who first rushed to the scene of michelle macneill'sth, took the stand friday, testifying in the case against martin macneill, on trial for his wife's murder. >> were you running? >> i was running. >> reporter: prosecutors called doug and kristi daniels, to describe the bizarre behavior by martin, in the crucial moments after they rushed next door, to find their neighbor standing over his wife's lifeless body in the bathtub. doug daniels telling the court that martin kept stopping the cpr, to criticize michelle's recent plastic surgery. >> he would throw his hands in the air. ty think twice. he would say, why would you do this? all because of a stupid surgery. >> reporter: but a plastic surgeon testified earlier in the week, that it was martin, not michelle, who seemed more intent on the surgery, which prosecutors argue was all part of a plan to overmedicate her. the jury also heard testimony that the utah doctor declined kristi daniels' offer to help move his wife's body from the tub. >> i said, i need some help. i need help to get her

i also heard about the morning that michelle macneill died. testimony. and i heard the way that dr. macneill, according to prosecutors, carry on in front of the emts and neighbors that were there, about how he begged his wife not to have the surgery, that she clearly overdosed on medication, medication that he insisted she had. i heard about her older daughter, alexis, who is a medical student, how she left her dad alone with her mom for just a few hours, came back, and she was oversedated and unconscious for an entire day. at that point, alexis and her mother became so suspicious of dr. macneill and what medications he was giving his wife, her head was bandaged, it was a face-lift, she couldn't see the pills, she begged her doctor to let her feel the pills so she could understand what her husband was putting in her mouth and saying swallow, swallow. i learned this, in the last hour, that at the time she died, she was only on two percoset pills a day. but when they came and pulled her body out of the tub, she had a cocktail of multiple drugs th

prosecutors say michelle macneil was drugged and drowned. defense heart disease. medical examiner cause of death is undetermined. pathologist dr. michael baden joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> hi, greta. >> where are we on this death? was it murder or not? how does a jury sort this one snout. >> well, the district attorney feels it's murder. part of the problem is that three forensic pathologists have examined the body or the records. two for the state of utah and one for the family. none of them have come down with a manner of death being homicide. the part -- other part of this question is that normal adults, whether healthy or not healthy do not die of natural causes with their clothes on in the bathtub. it doesn't look natural. there hasn't been proof, scientifically that it's murder, but the district attorney must have a lot of evidence to put this forth without a homicide or murder classification by his own medical examiners. >> have you ever seen a trial or heard of a trial where there is a conviction where there was no medical examiner testifying that th

went on to say it's a possible that michelle macneill also drowned.t daughter finished her testimony today. she is also a doctor and believes her dad overdosed her mom. yesterday she testified that hours before her mother died she was totally normal, getting ready for her day. then the defense played a tape of her at her mom's funeral where she said her mom was feeling sick on the day she died. listen to this exchange. >> i just don't remember her saying that she was feeling a little sick. remember her being up and getting ready for the day. >> but you remembered it on the day of her funeral. right? three days later. and since that time you have said over and over and over again your mother was feeling great. there was no probable are lemes -- problems on april 11th. >> i just don't remember her feeling bad at all. >> a lot of things you don't remember accurately. >> reporter: alexis summers is the older sister and legal guardian of ada, the younger sister who found her mother in the bathtub. he tonight was not allowed because the judge ruled alexis c

today the prosecution0s main focus is what happened after michelle macneill died. macneill hired gypsy willis as the the family nanny. the prosecution asked, did the sexual experience go on after she was hired. the answer was, yes, and then began looking for wedding rings and he proposed, giving her a 4-1/2 carat diamond. that is when she took on the name jillian macneill so she could go on the military base with martin mcneill, and listen to this. >> what name was used for you? >> jill yap g. macneill. >> did how hold yourself out as married to someone in. >> yes. >> married to whom? >> martin macneill. >> did you have a marriage day on this? marriage day is listed as april 14-inch. >> of what year. >> 2007. >> what is the significance of april 14th of 2007. >> that is the day of the funeral. >> the day of his wife's funeral was the date that she put down for the wetting dade. a that's gypsy willis' mom testifying and she testified that martin macneill never loved his life. they're now playing the tape of the six-year-old daughter who actually found her mom in the

macneill's daughters have sided against him. >> who is in the bathtub? >> my wife! >> shall he is conscious? >> she's not. she's not. i'm a physician! >> reporter: michelle had undergun a facelift and on painkillers. medics and neighbors there the morning of her death have testified dr. macneill was ranting asking why did chef to have the surgery and why taken all of those pills? and behavior that concerned first responders. >> was it going to go from me doing compressions to me having to restrain him or defend myself. >> reporter: martin says he was not at home at the time of his wife's death and pleaded not guilty. his attorney say michelle macneill died of heart disease and insists that martins is not a killer. >>> we want to get another check of the forecast for you now from dylan. >> good morning, erica! we are out here on the plaza. it's dark out here! where did the fall go? we haven't turned the clocks back yet and that comes in november so we still have some more time. we are going to see a chance of rain, especially back across the great lakes into illinois and indiana today. and then it will start to push eastward tomorrow but look at the cold

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prosecutors say that macneill gave his wife michelle a deadly dose of drugs after forcing her to get n drown her in a bathtub. macneill says he may have accidentally overmedicated her, but prosecutors inferred he killed his wife and mother of airth because he wanted to be with his mistress named gypsy. i want to play a clip for you. before i do, a heads up. there's a little bit of foul language you'll hear. >> gypsy willis will tell you that their sexual relationship resumed soon after she came into the macneill home. the older macneill daughters were frustrated with gypsy willis as the nanny because of concerns of an affair. he told another inmate that michelle was a bitch, had drowned, and similarly, never denied or admitted to killing michelle. but stated that things happened, and law enforcement could not prove a case against him. >> nancy grace, all over this case. she joins me in utah. she's all over this one. nancy, let's just begin with what's happen right now. we know this facial plastic surgeon is on the stand. what is he revealing? >> well, he's critical to the case. becaus

his attorneys say michele macneill died from a heart problem. so heard from the girlfriend of their son, damian. >> at the time, it did seem strange, yes. >> reporter: this morning, macneill is expected to come face-to-face with his daughter, rachel, when she takes the stand. she has long believed that her father is guilty. speaking about the case in 2012, on "20/20." >> you just wake up. and you try to do what you can. and it's living a nightmare. >> reporter: another key family member who could take the stand today, little eda macneill, who was 6 when she found michele unconscious in the bathtub. this morning, they will hold a pretrial hearing. >> she was there. she saw the body. she was at the crime scene before the cops got there. so, why she's important is, she can potentially undermine martin's claims. >> reporter: a family divided on both sides of the courtroom. for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> all right. we're going to bring in our legal team now. abc news chief legal affairs anchor, dan abrams. and there i

the defense says michele macneill died from natural causes following this facelift, but prosecutors believed as a nanny afterwards for the couple's ate children. rachel, the oldest child, told jurors how close she had been to her father. >> my father was my best friend. just very -- we had a close -- ah. >> very close to your dad? >> i was close to my dad, yes. >> she was emotional. she was angry. rachel macneill speaking about the suspicions their nanny, seen right here, was a bit more than just a nanny to her father and family. >> did at some point you become aware that the relationship between your father and gypsy willis was something more than a nanny? >> yes. >> okay. without getting into the specifics, approximately when did you become aware of that? >> it was very apparent, just shortly after my mother's death. >> joining me now, vinnie politan, host of "hln after dark." i was talking to jane velez-mitchell last hour, and she said time after time after time listening to her on the stand, total slam dunk for the prosecution. you agree? >> she was a great witness. the two words you us

. >> martin and michele macneil lived what seemed to be a charming life, he a prominent doctor and lawyerr of eight children. yet, their almost 30-year marriage came to a tragic end one april night in 2007. >> fallen in the bathtub. >> in the bathtub? who's in the bathtub? >> my wife. >> okay, is she conscious? >> she's not. >> sir, i need i can't understand you, okay? can you calm down a little bit? >> i need help. >> michele was found dead in her bathtub in their home in pleasant grove, utah by their youngest daughter ada who was 6 years old at the time. today macneil stands accused of murdering his wife six years after her death, allegedly killing her so he could be with his mistress. he says she accidentally died. prosecutors say they will show evidence that he poisoned her with an overdose of medication when she was recovering from a facelift. a facelift prosecutors say he forced her to have. medical examiners found a powerful cocktail of drugs, including valium, percocet, and ambien in her system. >> i will say that we're aware of the challenges that we face in this case. but we mak

michele's death? >> that is correct. >> reporter: but the bombshell of the day did not come from gypsy, it was her mother who took the stand and recounted a conversation she had with martin macneillafter he became engaged to her daughter. >> he said to me that he had never loved michele. then he amended that to say i -- well, i did, i loved her as a sister. but i did not love her the way i love gypsy. >> reporter: jean casarez, cnn, provo, utah. >> wow. >> yeah, that's about the only world to express emotion about that, wow. >>> chris brown, the r&b singer, seeking anger management treatment. this after appearing in court northern assault charge. he's still on probation for a 2009 felony conviction for assaulting his former girlfriend singer rihanna. he could face up to 180 days in jail. >>> it's that time of day, i've been hearing about it all morning. the bulls are playing. >> i'm so excited. >> nba season up and running, lebron james and the heat got things started. andy scholes joins us with the "bleacher report." >> beating my bulls. that's okay, derick looked good. >> it's about lebron and the heat. before they begin their quest for a three -peat, they celebrated, the heat

do you -- >> these maybe the last sounds michele macneill ever heard, the sound of her husband callingin her bathtub. now he is on trial accused of her murder in a case that's ripped may mormon family apart. his mug shot said it all. it's a far cry from the way things used to be. she was a beauty queen. he, a wealthy and dashing doctor. they had eight children. four of their own, four more adopted. but dr. macneill had a secret, a mistress named gypsy willis. a woman he med or online and who prosecutors say was the reason the doctor hatched a plan to kill his wife. they say he pressured michele to get a facelift and then gave her a dangerous mix of drugs as she tried to recover and you wantly drowned her in a tub. not something a 6-year-old child should ever see. >> when i got home from school and i went to go look for my mom, and i went into her room, in the bathroom. and i found her. >> michele had reason to suspect her husband of cheating. she found several late night cell phone calls all to one number. but perhaps the most chilling, this warning to her daughter, which the judge has

that under control if you're going to have the surgery. >> remember, the initial autopsy showed michelle macneill heart disease but the prosecutors dead make headway point ought martin macneill was helping gypsy willis financially through nursing school, and when his wife died, macneill hired gypsy willis as a nanny. she took on the identity of one of his adopt editors who had gone back to the ukraine. prosecutors show that in the days before the wife died, macneill and gypsy willis called and texted dozens upon dozens of times and that their relationship had clearly gotten more serious. listen. >> do you remember e-mailing the potential suitor in march of 2007. >> in the letter i wrote in response to a guy that was asking me on a date. >> okay. so in march 6, 2007, you e-mailed another suitor and said, a good and best friend has become much more than that, and because of that it would be inappropriate for the two of you to meet. >> correct. >> pointing out they were exclusive at that point in time. gypsy willis is back on the stand tomorrow morning. the trial expected to last at least three, may

. >> reporter: neighbor christy daniels described the tragic moments after michelle macneil was found unresponsive in her bathtub. she had been summoned to the home by the youngest daughter, ada. >> could i hear martin yelling that he needed help. i started running and went into the house and followed martin's voice. and when i came in to the bathroom, i could tell that we needed to call 911. i said i'll call 911. and he said i've already called 911. >> prosecutors brought in a bathtub similar to the one in the macneil home so they could demonstrate how she was found. daniels said she was lying face-up. her head at the faucet. her feet in the tub with her husband draped over her head. she said there was not any water in the tub. the neighbor was also in the bathroom and said martin didn't appear to be making any real effort to revive his wife. >> i don't remember him actually blowing into her mouth. i did not see him actually put his mouth on her mouth. >> reporter: prosecutors say he forced his wife to have a facelift, applying her with several different drugs association kobe with h

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medical examiner who performed the autopsy said that michelle macneill, the wife, died of natural causesher heart. but the prosecutors say, not so fast. that dr. macneill drugged his wife and drowned her in their bathtub. and just a short time ago, a very dramatic scene. the prosecutors brought in the same model of the bathtub you're seeing in their bathroom, the same bathtub that she was found drowned in. or was she drowned? they brought that model of a bathtub in the courtroom to show the positioning of the victim's body. and for the first time, the jury was also able to hear what can only be described as an unusual phone call to 911. where he claimed he was giving his wife cpr right there in the batht bathtub. >> sir, this is 911. can i help you? >> i need help. >> sir, they're on their way. is your wife breathing? >> she is not. i am a physician. i'm i've got cpr in progress. >> how old is your wife? >> my wife is 50 years old. she had surgery here a couple days or a week ago. >> what kind of surgery good she have? >> she had a face lift. >> a face lift? >> yes. >> do you know how to

> reporter: despite their hidden relationship, willis denied any involvement in the death of michelle macneillin light of all this information, are you telling us you don't know anything more about michelle's death? >> that is correct. >> reporter: but the bombshell of the day did not come from gypsy, it was her mother who took the stand and recounted a conversation she had with martin macneill shortly after he became engaged to her daughter. >> he said to me that he had never loved michelle. and then he amended that to say, well, i did. i loved her as a sister, but i did not love her the way i love gypsy. >> reporter: the jury also saw a videotaped interview today done in 2008 with then 7-year-old aida macneill. cameras could not capture it as per a judge's orders but in the courtroom i saw ada on that videotape. she had pigtails, bows, a satin head band. she was so nervous she didn't want to talk about her mother, refused to talk about her father at all. but erin, after she was left alone and actually able to just scribble with crayons so aggressively she came back and she said that she and

the defense argues michelle macneil died of heart disease. senator lindsey graham is not backing down. other lawmakers backing graham's attempt to get answers about the benghazi attack. he will block nominations for federal positions until the administration allows benghazi survivors to talk to congress. four americans including ambassador chris stevens were murdered in the benghazi attack. also on capitol hill today. h.h.s. secretary kathleen sebelius taking the blame for the botched obama carrollout. testifying before the house energy and commerce committee, secretary sebelius saying, quote: hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. secretary sebelius also saying she told the president the web site was ready to launch october 1st and admitting she was wrong about that. >> and the minute the hearing ended "on the record" going straight to secretary sebelius to try to get more answers. >> madam secretary, any thought to resigning given the severity of the rollout problems? >> madam secretary, do you actually know the numbers of en

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she told jurors about sending racy pictures to macneill the day after michele's death. >> it's suggestiveshe says macneill proposed to her with an engagement ring three months after michele's death. >> 4.5 carats. >> reporter: ada said little about the defendant. >> do you miss your dad? >> i don't want to talk about it. >> reporter: for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, san francisco. >>> let's bring in dan abrams. you see that little girl. hard to imagine the powerful testimony. >> heart wrenching testimony in that courtroom. at the end, she was asked so many questions she didn't want to answer. how do you feel about your father? the answer was, i don't want to talk about it. and you heard the person questioning her, who is an expert in this, being very careful, trying not to push her. trying to be very gentle and recognizing this is was a 7-year-old she was talking to. >> and the defense, not cross-examining. >> it's smart of them. they could have called her to the stand. this was a tape introduced. they could have called her to the stand at age 12, to cross-examine her. the

michelle macneill was found dead. the defense says she died of heart disease. now to upstate new york the home of former nfl player brian holloway. teens trashed during a party. the only bidder was a bank. holloway was hoping to sell the bank for a million dollars. thousands of dollars of damage was done during that labor day party. 8 people facing charges. today marked one year since super storm sandy pummeled the u.s. devastating parts of new york and new jersey. sandy sending floodwaters into jersey shore and long island. new york city nearly 14-foot warm surge swamping the subway system and knocking out power. sandy is blamed for 181 deaths and $65 billion in property damage. and that's tonight's speed read. >>> it was rough on capitol hill today. republicans on the house ways and means committee grilling medicare chief marilyn tavenor. she heads the agency overseeing healthcare.gov and apoll devised for its botched rollout. >> i want to apologize to you that the web site has not worked as well as it should. >> no one in the entire obama administration has

. >> reporter: macneill is accused of overdosing michele with painkillers while she recovered from plastic he is innocent. >> michele's heart disease was either the cause or the contributing cause to her death. >> reporter: but more than a year before michele's death -- >> did the relationship become sexual? >> it did. >> reporter: willis told jurors she moved into an apartment, paid for by macneill. and she went to michele's funeral. weeks later, willis moved into the macneill home, as the live-in nanny. >> was there a question that you would be hired as the nanny? >> i don't believe martin would have had me come in if the children objected to me. >> my dad was cooking. she was sitting there, staring at my dad. things like that. the children were taking care of themselves. >> reporter: ada, the youngest macneill child was just 6, when she discovered michele unconscious in the bathtub. the judge ruled that the little girl, now 12, could go on the stand. but her testimony will be limited, since she was interviewed by older daughter, alexis, who believes her father is guilty. >> now recess f

if you don't have the surgery now, you're not getting it. >> reporter: macneill says he is innocent. his lawyers argue michelert condition. but prosecutors say macneill killed his wife so he could continue an affair with gypsy willis, the woman who became the live-in nanny shortly after michele's death. >> i was convinced that she wasn't somebody to worry about that my dad might be involved with. >> why is that? >> because she was nothing like my mom. >> reporter: today the defense will continue cross examination examininging alexis, trying to prove she changed her story over the years. >> you got the phone records that were inconsistent with your memory. and you changed your story to harmonize with the phone records. >> i think i was getting the times wrong. i know for a fact, this is when i talked with my mom for the last time. >> reporter: for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, san francisco. >>> time for another check of the weather with sam. sam? >> we're going to back up to the board. come this way. we'll talk about the temperatures. i know it's difficult. a lot of folks spent a lot of time an

martin macneill, testify against her father? it's the moment michele'sed for. prosecutors say ada and her sisters will provide critical testimony against her father. >> ada was the first one to find her mother in the bathtub. she can talk about exactly what she observed. >> reporter: but putting a 12-year-old on the stand, ada was only 6 when she saw her mother die organize dea-- dyingl require sensitivity. >> it will put the young girl in a difficult place. >> reporter: nauls a difficult place, martin macneill, watching his own children try to put him in prison for life. >> it's difficult for him. notwithstanding all of the bad water that's gone under the bridge, he still loves his family. >> reporter: some of that bad water already in open court. the ex-girlfriend of macneill's son, damion, who killed himself in 2012, testifies macneill had him hire someone to be a nanny, which was anything but. >> they were in an intim mat relationship. >> reporter: a relationship macneill's children say were going on long before their mother's death. the er doctor th

macneill can expect another difficult day in court with three more of his daughters set to testify, including his daughter, alexis, the first of the children to suspect he murdered their mother micheleof ada macneill. >> reporter: on tuesday, sniffles were period throughout the courtroom as prosecutors played the emotional interview of the 7-year-old daughter ata struggling to talk about the death of her mother. >> she had kind of straight blopd hair. blond hair and she was very pretty. >> in the video, little ada, a blond girl in braids, fidgeted with toys recounting she was the one she found her mother. >> she was just laying down. >> was she all the way in the bathtub or just part way in the bathtub? >> all the way. >> reporter: ada's testimony conflicted with macneill's version of the position of his wife's body. it also showed what prosecutors was the pain macneill inflicted on his young daughter by intentionally having her find her mother's body as part of his murder scheme. macneill's lover was also on the stand tuesday admitting at one point she was actually sexting macneill the day after his wife died. >> i took pictures of myself whenever i thought i looked okay. there is

his attorneys say michele macneill died from a heart disorder in april of 2007.an gave his wife a fatal dose of painkillers, while she was recovering from a face-lift. one they say he insisted she have. the alleged motive, an affair. rachel told jurors her father's purported mistress became their live-in nanny shortly after her mother's death. >> my dad was cooking. she was sitting there staring at my dad. the children were taking care of themselves. >> reporter: during cross-examination, macneill's attorney tried to point out inconsistencies in her testimony. >> you never said anything about your dad joking about being single at the luncheon, did you? >> again, i don't recall. >> reporter: and questioned her mental health. >> and you've been diagnosed bipolar? >> have i in my lifetime been diagnosed as bipolar? yes. >> reporter: rachel's sister, alexis, testified in a closed jury hearing over whether the youngest macneill, ada, should take the stand. she was 6 when she discovered her mother unconscious in the tub. >> i've never allowed her to be interviewed. i n

. >> reporter: martin and michelle macneill seemed to leave a ch m charming at the he a prominent doctornd lawyer and their end came to a tragic end one april night in april of 2007. >> who is in the bathtub? >> my wife! >> is she conscious? >> she's not. i'm a physician! i need help! >> sir, i can't understand you. can you calm down just a little bit? >> i need help! ied into an ambulance! >> reporter: michelle was found tub in their bathtub by their youngest daughter ada who was 6 at the time. macneill is accused of murdering his wife six years after her death allegedly killing her so he could be with his mistress. he says she accidentally died. prosecutors say they will show evidence he poisoned her with an overdose of medication when she was recovering from a face-lift. a face-lift prosecutors say he forced her to have. medical examiners found a powerful cocktail of drugs including valium, percocet and ambien in her system. >> we are aware of the challenges we face in this case but we make no excuses. >> reporter: since her mysterious death, michelle's two oldest daughters have been