a former classmate of buster murdaugh, the surviving son.d dead in what was at the time ruled a hit and run. the case reopened after police uncovered new evidence during the investigation into alex murdaugh for the murders of his wife and son. they have not said what that evidence is. the surviving son, buster murdaugh, adamantly denied any involvement. in other news tonight, ncaa women's champs. >> lsu has captured its veryiol! >> the lsu women's basketball team celebrating their first title beating iowa 102-85. the men's championship about to tipoff in houston. san diego state take on number 4 uconn this evening. when we come back here, the mission to the moon and back and the astronauts just announced. you'll meet them right here after the break. introducing astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid-free spray. while flonase takes hours, astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can [ spray, spray ] astepro and go. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, ♪ ♪ but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ it's a

if you're murdaugh had not completely bought the lega strategy in this case he could have purchased a settlemen with dominion without dominion ever reading a sickle text message of anyone who worked a fox or ever giving up a single word under oath of under oat testimony, from anyone at fox. that never had to happen but rupert murdoch and the fox lawyers conducted the single worst defense of a defamatio case that this country has eve seen the reality of how powerful case that is against fox finally landed on the 92 yea old slow reacting rupert murdoch this morning, just thi morning. and then he did everything h possibly could to make sur that no one ever heard the opening statement against fo that stephen shackleford was going to give today at 1:30 pm as the very first words hear when the trial got underway. >> as i was preparing today to give the opening that we never got to give, i was reminded of the held that the dominion employees went through and continue to go through to this day. money is accountability. and we got that today from fox but we are not done yet. >> dominion is not

the surviving murdaugh son has adamantly denied any involvement. at jfk airport tonight, et deadly collapse, a trench caving in on wokes and we have late reporting. the trouble today involving first lady jill biden's plane flying from denver to michigan suddenly returning to the airport and what they noticed. tonight here america's new mission to the moon, nasa now revealing the four astronauts that will make the trip and make history. gio sits down with them here tonight. >>> good evening and great to start another evening with you at home. we start with president trump back here in new york where he'll surveillance vender to authorities tomorrow and -- surrender to authorities tomorrow and face federal charges stemming from the hush money payment to storm stormy ds in the crucial final weeks of 20916 election. it's unclear what the charges will include and the frlorida covered live today onor cable news, his private plane touching down at la guardia airport. a motorcade waiting on the tarmac, traffic cleared through manhattan for the ride to trum

and it's bubbled up through the got the rationale to my connection that's a connection to buster murdaugh and does it look like a connection in the famous family in south carolina. brian walsh has been indicted for his wife's murder help me understand this from a legal perspective this is and second indictment from the juris jurisdiction. i need to tell you this, i need to tell you about the google searches that i have learned about that he, brian walsh performed things like can baking soda make a body smell good that is my personal favorite but they are more how to stop a body from decomposing, how long before body starts to smell there are so many i don't have time to go through them i have notes and notes of his google searches alone. long story short january 1 new year's eve he said the last time he saw her was her leaving the next morning for the logan airport for business. it took four days later before her employers report her mis missing, yes he was arrested earlier now he is been formally indicted the grand jury hansa a formal indictment on which you can be tried you never tried

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convicted double murderer alex murdaugh reportedly transferred to a new prison.he maximum security facility on the south carolina state line has a special management wing. it's more inmates in protective custody. that modify comes as we learned murdaugh has received dozens of messages from fans reaching out to extend friendship or even confess their love. murdaugh is serving two life sentences for the murders of his wife and adult son. the city of oakland is evicting a camp full of homeless people after a years' long battle. bulldozers and garbage trucks are clearing up huge piles of trash and debris roughly to 70 people call that area home. the cleanup could take two weeks. nearby residents say the encampment a source of rampant drug use and violence. a florida family recreates part of gawftd national gulf club in their backyard. set up a miniature version of the -- even hosted a big party last weekend for the ultimate masters viewing experience. and the golf ball used by tiger woods during the 19 # 7 masters sold for more than $64,000 at auction. woods gave the

eight times their profits. 5000 times their profit last year but for murdaugh is about half about foxe the other ones to follow but also insurance premiums ar going to shore up. presumably insurance doesn't cover any of this. they have violated their business judgment rule which is showing the duty of care and a duty of loyalty a managers and directors so that their recklessness is exposing them to perhaps no insurance a all. elon musk has to provide insurance to tesla board members because of his volatil behavior >> so in any other company, yo run it like this, you would be kicked out so fast first for your stupidity on no having your host say if that i true, which in legal safe word -- also your stupid management of this lawsuit if you are going to settle, it settle it before rupert murdoc goes under oath. settle it before tucker carlso goes under oath. settle it before tucker carlso handed over his phone. >> and now the fact that as yo said yesterday, today, tha murdaugh and the matchup was s stupid they put themselves in thi position they can't extract themselve from it. there is

he looks forward to the day of getting out of prison. >> reporter: murdaugh who has always maintainedocence is currently appealing his murder conviction and griffin says he's got support from some who watched the highly publicized trial. >> i have here 90 letters from people in over 28 states. 99% of those are folks who believe in his innocence. >> reporter: his son buster on his mind. buster by his father's side for most of the trial has not yet seen his father in prison. >> he communicates with buster through letters and i relay messages to buster and so that's been the extent of the communication. pretty soon buster will be able to visit him at the correctional institute where he's located. but that hasn't been arranged yet. >> that was valerie castro reporting. >>> coming up, the gas crisis unfolding in south florida and when drivers will get some relief there. you're watching "nbc news daily." ♪ wiwith wet amdmd, sometimems i worrrry my worldld is getetting smallller becacause of my y sight. but now,w, i cacan open up p my world with vababysmo. vavabysmo is t the first fda-apprpr

and certainly that is gonna go all the way up to murdaugh to. i think they feel like they can have their people testif and they can escape the ke thing. actual malice. what is a reckless disregard for the truth. and was there knowing disregar of the truth >> joyce, you are a legal mind here what do you think? >> well the problem that fox has in this lawsuit is that th judge has already ruled that many of these statements wer false. that is one of the elements in the defamation case. so as jim points out what this comes down to is proof of actual malice that means that these show aired either of with reckles disregard for their truth, o falsity, or with actua knowledge. that the information that they were conveying to viewers wa false. and there is evidence of actua malice of that stronger actual malice that they actually knew that these statements were false. throughout the depositions taking from fox hosts an employees. it is a very dangerous case. and although i hear anthon when he says he believes tha there will be a settlement i don't really

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that's alex murdaugh. >> well, we just blew the case wide open.g guy. >> okay, i'll explain later. anyway, rupert murdoch admitted that fox news aired election-fraud conspiracies to get ratings even though everyone at fox knew they were false. >> uh-oh, i didn't. loop a brother in next time. >> now, you may be wondering, if it's such a big story, why haven't i heard about it on fox? >> i think it's because they're suing us for $1.6 billion. >> no. it's 'cause it's complete b.s. the media is taking private texts from fox news hosts and showing them completely out of context. >> yeah, like this one from sean hannity. "rudy giuliani is insane." how could you leave out the rest? it's "rudy giuliani is insanely hot. i just wanna lick that head dye right off." >> ooh-hoo! i mean, who wouldn't? right? and some of the messages they showed at the trial didn't even relate to the lawsuit at all. for example, the texts "mind-blowingly nuts," "off the rails," and "f'ing lunatic" were all sent in response to laura ingraham's text, "what should i put in my tinde

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murdaugh personally confessed to these facts. he said in his deposition quote it is not about blue or red it is about green. now information current events i'm not even a basic single celled organism can survive without access to facts, the truth, to accurate data. even a virus in order to mutate has to operate on factual data. yet this company, fox news has been able to spew lies, toxic propaganda in absolute bs into the public consciousness of this country for 30 years it's operated by a foreign alien murdaugh slithered into the country and made himself a billionaire on being able to con and dupe some of the most uninformed people of the world. >> will meet but in. let's let our guests respond to some of the points you raised. >> there was a question at the very beginning which is awh reay important one. why can't the government regulate the media to get rid of the information allies? that is really the central theme of my book, the right to live. that is because the government, if itt were to regulate many courts have compared

and murdaugh himself has sai is not about red and blue, it' about green.s name to keep federal license to stay on the air? and where is the fcc and frankly, if the fcc remain silent next time fox up for license, they should ban the fcc. who needs them what's the point what's the point you have these licenses, not b the grace of god, and you have no right to keep having them term after term -- >> cable stations do not hav fcc licenses that's not network news. it's a cable station >> he has both >> well, these are big questions. and we need to get answers t it bob torricelli, great to see you. matthew dowd, great, great t see you. i wish you were here in person when we come back -- >> thank you >> there is one story that needs to be spoken about, an american journalist has no been in russian custody for total of seven days. the question, how is the u.s government going to get this guy home when the 11th hour continues >> in my own mind, there's n doubt that he's bein wrongfully detained by russia, which is exactly what i said t foreign minister lavrov when i

. >> body exhumed belonging to a south carolina teenager linked to the murdaugh family. the death eight years ago now considered a homicide. >> on trial. jury selection to begin for lori vallow charged with killing two of her children and her husband's ex-wife. what to expect from her defense. >> palm sunday. pope francis holding sunday mass in st. peter's square eight after being released from the hospital. ♪ ♪ >> and the best around. the buzzerter sending san diego to the ncaa finals, the moment of triumph and heartbreak. uconn easily ceiling their deal. plus, all eyes on the women's championship game, just hours away. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: live from "abc news" in new york, this is "good morning america." >> good morning, america. thank you for starting your sunday morning off with us and of course, this sunday kicks off historically here in new york on tuesday, former president trump is expected to surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges. the charges still sealed in the indictment handed up last week by a manhattan grand jury. >> trump is spending the week at his f

happening in the wake of the alex murdaugh trial.ars. >> eva: that is sotrngt ansth tn $115,000 to exhume his body and have an independent autopsy hoping to find out what happene. this morning, the body of stephen smith exhumed from its grave nearly eight years after the team's mysterious death of officials completing an autopsy after investigators change course ruling his death a homicide. smith. 's mother said deposing this photo showing stephen's body has been returned writing, my baby is back in his final resting place. sandy hopeful for answers. >> i was always fighting that this was a homicide and not a vehicle versus pedestrian. he did not deserve to die this way and i know somebody did it and whoever did it needs to come forward and bring peace. the doors to this family. >> eva: in 2015, smith was found dead in the middle of the road. at the time, his death was ruled a hit and run. but in 2021, the case was reopened by state law enforcement during the murdoch murder investigation. saying they discover new evidence while looki

it was also reported that murdaugh was concerned about carlson's coverage of the january 6th attack, and also carlson's dismissal may be linked to the landmark 787 million dollar defamation settlement, with dominion voting systems. the washington post quoting, quote, the -- demeaning case also played a role in his departure. they said that carlson's final show aired friday, which was a surprise to the former anchor. who signed off on friday with a promise to return tonight. nbc has reached tucker carlson for comment, we haven't heard back yet. let's talk to msnbc, and national news -- he's also the executive producer of showtime circus. john, explain for us if he will. why is this one of the more significant days and cable news history? >> i find it hard to think, will certainly, the history of fox news, was when roger rails got fire in 2016, and we thought that was a big deal. architecture the network. but tucker's show went on a 9:00 in april of 2017. three months into the trump presidency and basically six years it's been running now and if you think about that period in our histo

say you always want to start big and big, i want to be surprise we've heard some reports tha river murdaugh, you coul put somebody like the ceo on and if that happens, you'r gonna have a bag beginning t this trial >> katie phang thank you. you can always see kids report all week live from delaware as she covers the trial also don't forget to tune into her show the katie phang show saturday since sunday's righ here on msnbc starting at eigh a.m. eastern by the way, the sort o something very special tonight here on msnbc. acclaimed actor and -- john leguizamo is taking viewers inside the country's most thriving latino communities in the new leguizamo does america airing tonight right here on msnbc 10 pm eastern. the six-part series to votes each episode to a differen u.s. destination we got miami, los angeles, chicago, new york, washingto d.c. and san juan puerto ric as well. the stories also special appearances by big names celebrities like the rappe federal, comedian georgia lopez, actress tina torres and msnb contributor maria teresa kumar the first episode kicks off in the nation's cultur

murdaugh himself also took shots at giuliani, specificall now that infamous press coli for inspiring hair dried dee disaster, calling it stupid an damaging then you have tucker carlson with one text exchange with an employee set of trump, i hat him passionately in a separate text, carlso even called the ex president demonic force, in a destroyer, as you do. now admittedly, i have personally enjoyed sharing i embarrassing exchanges hypocritical exchanges tha were included in court filings but as brian stelter, the medi commentator pointed and vanity fair, calm day one of the trial, tomorrow, none of those text will actually matter that much quote, what will matter of the circumstances around key moments in november, decembe of 2020. and weeks after the election did fox have actual knowledg it was spreading lies abou dominion did it act with, reckles disregard of the truth to that point, here are th messages we should be paying attention to again, revealing those unseale court documents. for example, shortly after the election, fox eoc and scot sent this email to an executiv blasting t

they desperately want to kee their people, including fo corporation chairman ruper more murdaugh whoated to testify tomorrow, and host tucker carlson, and maria, and sean hannity of having to go under oath they didn't want their executives or their host admitting, in sworn testimony, what they did. that they knowingly an repeatedly pushed one of the most dangerous falsehoods in american history stephen shackelford served a co-counsel for dominion voting systems. mr. shackelford, thanks fo joining us i understand you have on client and one client only and a responsibility to that client i would like you to respond to people who feel that and the public, in a larger way, it wa robbed of an opportunity t learn more and to have som public accountability by not having this trial go forward and the settlement being struc today. >> i get the disappointment, chris. i definitely get it. we were disappointed not to go through with the trial as well i think the first what you mad is the important one our clients as dominion. people, i think, are forgettin what dominion went through we were here

and that's because he seemed to have and enjoyed the backing of both murdaugh's, for all these years. he was with him through all and so many controversies. he would make white nationalist remarks on the show. they would be with him. he would promote conspiracy theories about covid, january six, they really backed him through all of this and so to see him not loose that is -- >> if it was about text messages, about disparaging the leadership of all. that would be kind of stunning if that's what it was, that got him booted as opposed to many of the things he said on air. but, we may never know the full details. darcy, appreciate it. shortly after carlson was ousted, the anti-defamation league tweeted this, quote, it's about time. for far too long, tucker carlson has used his potential dispute antisemitic, racist, xenophobic, and anti lgbtq hate. they have long called for the firing under offensive, a coding spreading the great replacement theory. our gary tucker has more on the conspiracy theories that carlson helped to promote. >> tucker carlson is a broadcasting instigator. the 2020

i don't think anyone, any single individual, with the exception of the murdaugh family perhaps, has had more of an influence on terms of enraging people who feel as though they are being replaced, in the case of one of the themes on a show, white replacement theory. and of course, through repeating the blithely election was stolen, he contributed to what happened on january 6th. and it's just such a shame that fox is not gonna have to apologize for telling that significant lie. >> josh, how do you see it? >> i think there was a lot of talk last week, people of the disappointed about the settlement payment, seeing it as capitulation. i think people had this vision that if this had gone to trial, if fox, lost they would've been forced to apologize and everyone would've had to admit they're lying about this. and that's not how it, works even if you win a multi billion dollar judgment, you don't get to force the defendant to apologize. >> the reason some people thought it was going to happen was because gretchen carlson had reportedly 20 million dollar settlement with fox, and that apologiz

fox news wanted to pay to make this go away the murdaugh's have a record o brushing such things off they can afford the greatest litigators in the country, and have hired them again an again. in this case, winston an strong, late by dan webb, on of the most fearsome corporate litigators in the united states they were happy ultimately t pay, and pay more than the have ever paid in a single settlement just, to stop the bleeding, stop the revelations and to stop the attentions o news organizations, yours, mine, many others from focusing on fox and how they behaved and there knowing presentation of false facts to the millions of yours >> david folkenflik, npr's media correspondent who is inside of the room today david, thank you for your time it's great to see you. joining us now is a man who ha spent several of the past year crisscrossing the country an speaking to conservative voters, many of them likely fox news voters the daily shows jail - taking over the reins as a guest host of the daily show this week. wow indeed jordan, it's great to have you thanks for joining me at this desk. >> t

fox owner rupert murdaugh ma also take a stand.ughlin have been subpoenas as live witnesses. all this, as fox faces yet another lawsuit for repeating big lie. fox investor alleges the networks of election - right in the filing quote, fox was more concerned about short term ratings and market shar then the long term damages o it's failure to tell the truth fox has not commented on the investors lawsuit, fox new denies it acted with actua malice in dominion case. joining me now, attorney chris matty he was the league lead attorney for the - one of the defamation case against alex jones also with us angelo carusone president and ceo form of medi matters. chris, thank you for much fo being with us. >> the libel law equivalent of the super bowl what is the standard of proo in a libel lawsuit, and why is this one just so high stakes >> it's a huge case, it's very difficult to prove defamation libel against a medi organization, what dominion' going to have to prove is that fox news acted with actual malice that is, they spread information

murdaugh and his son loughli have been subpoenas as lie witnesses. oh for repeating the big boy.r shareholders fox was more concerned about short term ratings and marke share then the long turn damages of it's failure to tel the truth. fox has not commented on the investors lawsuit, fox new denies it acted with actua malice in the dominion case. joining me now, attorney chris matty, he was the lead attorne for the sandy hook - against alex jones also with us, angela carson, president ceo of media matters chris, thank you so much for being with us. new york times calls the dominion case quote, a liabl law equivalent of this rubble. what is the standard of proo and a libel lawsuit, and why i this one so high stakes? >> it's a huge case, it's very difficult to prove defamatio or libel against a media organization, what dominion is going to have to prove is that fox news acted with actual malice that is, they spread information they need to b false, or they sprea information with reckles disregard as to whether it was false or for these cases are very difficult to prove, because as f

murdaugh and his son, lachlan, have been subpoenaed as live witnesses.uit for repeatin the big lie. fox investor alleges that th networks electio misinformation harme shareholders, writing th filing, quote, fox was mor concerned about short term ratings and marcus shared in the long term damages of it' failure to tell the truth. fox has not commented on the investors a lawsuit, fox new denies it acted with actua malice into may in case. joining me now, attorney chris matty, he was the need attorne for the sandy hook families in one of the defamation case against alex jones also with us, angela course, o president co of media matters. chris, thank you so much for being with us. new york times calls the dominion case, quote, the li about law equivalent of th super bowl what is the standard of proo in the libel lawsuit and why i this which is so high stakes >> it's a huge case, it is ver difficult to prove defamatio or libel against a media organization what dominion is going out o proof is fox news acted with actual malice, that, is they spread information

> now, over two years later fox tears like tucker carlson, sean hannity, and even found a rupert murdaugh may find themselves on the witnes stand. and the stakes here could no be higher. dominion is seeking 1.6 billio dollars in damages, which coul pose an existential threat t the company. fox, for their part, dismissed the minions allegation and statements, fox says the network in hosts were merely reporting on the extraordinary claims of election fraud b then president donald trump, and his acolyte's, and tha dominion's cases and tack on the first amendment. in their legal filings, th right-wing network is boring defunct, originally pioneere by none other than illiberal new york times in fact, fox's defense request entirely on one specific decision from the suprem court. new york times, versus sullivan you see, back in 1960, the times printed this full page a taken of a civil rights leader who are trying to raise mone for the civil rights movement. the ad describe what it called unprecedented wave of terror, police violence agains peaceful demonstrators i montgomery, alabama. what it de

the murdaugh's have a record o rushing such things off. they can afford such great the greatest litigators in the country, have hired them again and again, winston and stron this time, one of the most feared corporate litigators in the eyed states. but they were happy, ultimately, to pay, and pay more tha they've ever paid in a singl settlement, to stop th bleeding, to stop th revelations, and to stop the intentions of news organizations, yours and min and many others, from focusing on fox and how they behaved an they're knowing presentation o false facts to the millions of viewers. >> david folkenflik, npr's media correspondent, who was inside the room today. david, thank you for your time great to see joining us now is a man who ha spent several of the past year crisscrossing the country an speaking to conservative voters, many of them very likely fox news viewers the daily shows jordan clever, who is taking over the reigns, the guest host of the dail show this week, wow indeed jordan, it is great to hav you. thank you for joining me a t

time to dig into all of the abl above with tom the fifth -- alex murdaugh put a lot of shar with you little a little south from the former vice president mike pence pretty talked about this idea that maybe yet be careful how we frame this but i want you to listen to what the former vp bp had to say. >> congress has every right to ask whatever questions that the want to ask, but i think beginning with the premise that even bad decisions by state and local government are still an element or i just want them to, i want them to temper their inquiries to respect federalism. >> jonathan, this is one of those circumstances where i think if you are an attorney, even if you are not an attorney yet be thinking happily jumped the shark to use the old happy days expression. tell me where we go from here and is the vp right. >> this whole thing is, we are in new territory. and with these investigations o these potential charges for wha we know about, these are misdemeanor charges that occurred seven plus years ago s it really is, you know, an extraordinary thing to be prosecuting for a new prosec

there's volumes of text messages, emails, slack internal messaging where any number of personnel from murdaughre expressing -- i wouldn't say they were down right committing to the fact that the likelihood of falsity is so strong, they should revisit broadcasting it. this was going on real time while the shows were occurring you have the dichotomy of saying these reports, behind the scenes, they were in these dialogues regarding what the falsity issue is and whether they should provide a platform for guest to talk about it and then the next step of the problem, which is embracing what those guests were saying, and i think that's where the problem comes in >> fox news says the first amendment protects their right to air these types of claims just wondering from your perspective, you have so much experience on different, very different cases, but with a depth of experience, what are you seeing in this trial >> it is -- we're in an interesting time this is the fourth high-profile d defamation case in two years speech and the internet age, and the technology lagging -- the law lagging behind techn

according to the murdaugh on wall street journal, sources say quote, carlson found out h was being let go ten minutes before the network announced his departure. then on friday, it was clear h had every intention of being o here tonight >> we will be back on monday in the meantime, have the best we can with the ones that yo love and we will see you then >> tucker carlson's ex it wa just one of the media shakeups that made news today nbc stephanie gosk has more. >> fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to par ways, the network said, in a surprise statement today offering no explanation fo ending the most popular show o cable news the audience tops 3 million on an average night, you ar strong to carlson's far-righ opinions on issues from januar 6th to immigration >> this policy is called the great replacement. the replacement of legac americans with more obedient people from faraway countries. >> carlson leaves just day after fox corporation settled defamation lawsuit wit dominion voting system for 787 point $5 million either the network, nor carlso has responded to requests fo c

investigation after discovering ties between smith and the surviving son of now convicted murderer alex murdaugh police later said the links are not serious. >> both the president and the press secretary say they do not comment on active legal matters, except when they do comment. we're live. good morning. >.>> when it comes to the arrest yesterday, the white house is staying quiet. >> why don't you have more to say? >> it is an ongoing case. i've been clear about that, prudent about that, not commenting on ongoing cases. we're going to stick to that. >> reporters still tried to get the president to weigh in during an event on tuesday, but the president chose not to take questions. he also told reporters last week on the south lawn he wasn't going to talk about it. what we don't know, what kind of impact this will have on next year's presidential race. a quinnipiac poll shows president biden leading over trump, but by a small margin i know, quote, despite overjoyed reactions, many democrats don't want to further emboldening trump or his allies by adding oxygen to an already explosive case. >> i

the times also reported that murdaugh was really concerne about carlson's coverage of th january 6th attack, and also carlson's dismissal may be linked to the landmark 787 million dollar defamatio settlement with dominion votin systems. the president reports quot carson's comments about fo colleagues partly revealed the dominion case played a role in his departure. fox said carlson's final sho aired friday which was a surprise to the anchor who signed off with a promise to return tonight nbc has reached out to tucke carlson for comment. we have not heard back yet let's bring in right now msnbc and nbc news national affair analyst john heilemann he's also the host and executive producer o showtime's the circus. john, explain for us, if you will, we were talking before why is this one of the mor significant days in cable news history? >> i find it hard to think certainly in the history of fo news, the last thing of this consequence was when roger ailes was fired back in 2016 we thought that was a big deal roger ailes architect of the network. in the time since then tucker's show went o

there's to murdaugh type video or evidence where it puts her at the scene 5 minutes before the murder of conduct and 5 people in the immediate circle of these two who are dead on the inside of six months. so they are doing what they can to show that her behavior doesn't make sense in the context of what happened and it's also just completely unbelievable to believe that she wasn't in on these things. it doesn't make sense to believe that her brother and her husband both of whom she was very close to intimately involved with the husband/fiance, very close to the brother that they did this without input and that's a logic. she didn't seem to have a care in the world even though her children were allegedly missing. mike: they point the finger and blame at other folks unrelated or how does that go? >> well, for sure they are going to point the finger and blame alex cox. there's no reason not to. he allegedly died of natural causes in december, two months after tammy daybell died. that's hard to believe also. they are going to go with that. i'm sure they will place blame on him. chad is no

convicted murder alex murdaugh moves to a maximum security prison for his own protection. authorities say he will be isolated in a special unit. and south carolina police are reportedly investigating two persons of interest in the 2015 death of a teen found just a few miles from the murtaugh hunting lodge. one of the men admitted to the killing a few months after the hit and run, but charges were later dropped. >>> new jersey state police racing to the rescue of a little boy lost in the woods with his dog. watch as troopers hug the crying 4-year-old and let him know that he's going on the okay. oh, poor thing. >> come here. you're okay, you're okay. >> i lost my shoe! >> we got him. [inaudible conversations] rachel: so, so frightening for him. we're so glad he's found. the boy was missing for over an hour, and you can see his black lab never left his side. that's awesome. cornell university student assembly unanimously votes to require trigger warnings in the classroom. professors will be responsible for alerting students to course material that might be traumatic. michiga

. >> he recently called murdaugh a rhino. is this just abou ratings?y quit their maga daddy, as they pu it. why can't they let go of donald trump >> i think obviously, it i tied to their ratings. the want to hold on to that maga base. the maga base wants to continue to hold on to donal trump. and donald trump is playing this for all it is worth. even though i think tha he doesn't want to be an indicted former president, h is using both fox news, an elected republicans, and his fundraising apparatus to pla this for all it is worth. and don't know what is in it for fox, but all of those hosts wh have created a bit of distance from donald trump are all righ back in the donald trump cam once again, proving that the republican party simply cannot separate from donald trump >> all right panel, please stick around. we have a lo more to discuss. next, we will turn to one other, one of th other trump legal headaches. the special counsel's 2020 election investigation. don' go anywhere. don't go anywhere. don't go anywhere. don't go anywhere. don't go anywhere. (

. >> he recently called murdaugh a rhino.t. why can't they let go of donal trump? >> i think obviously, it i tied to their ratings. they want to hold on to that maga base. the maga base wants to continu to hold on to donald trump and donald trump is playin this for all it is worth even though i think that h doesn't want to be an indicted former president, he is usin both fox news, and elected republicans, and his fundraising apparatus to pla this for all it is worth and i don't know what is in it for fox, but all of those host who have created a bit o distance from donald trump are all right back in the donald trump camp once again, proving that the republican part simply cannot separate fro donald trump >> all right panel, please stick around we have a lot more to discuss. next, we will turn to one other, one of the other trump legal headaches. the special counsel's 2020 election investigation n'dot go anywhere. a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid-free spray. while flonase takes hours, astepro start

look, like most people in ne york media, they have been approached by murdaugh types for jobs over the years. and the degree to which they show contempt for thei audience and call them robes and called the morons behind closed doors is jaw-dropping and i never thought i would se the day where that actuall came to light. and it has already in the tria that hasn't even started >> kitty, dominion will need to, as i mentioned there a convince the jury that fox acted with quote, actual malice talk to us a little throug what this means, how difficult it will be to prove. >> so, this is why everybody keeps on saying, you are never seeing a case for defamation really go to trial, and yo certainly don't see one that i allegedly the strong on behalf of dominion. actual malice, it is kind of one of these things that you can reel off the legal definition and aim and, you di a great job in your set up t this block in terms of what th definition is. but having a jury really understand it is going to be the nuance trick for dominion. it is the idea, as you said, that fox put forth fruits of you are's

. >> tonight, a cuomo exclusive report alex murdaugh slice behind bars.y jim griffin gives a first-hand account of murdoch's prison life. catch the exclusive one-on-one interview tonight. and bill o'reilly joins chris with his take on the fox settlement. then on dan abrams live dominion settled a defamation case against fox news. now. the voting systems attorney explain what they're with the money that's tonight on dan >> a 31 year-old eagle at the world. bird sanctuary in missouri. got his wish. granted he is now on daddy duties after trying to raise a rock. the eagle. the murphy went viral for trying to incubate a rock. he thought it was an egg. staff said that murphy became fussy whenever anyone tried to approach the rocks and other letting him take care of a 2 week-old injured eaglet that recently arrived at the sanctuary. so murphy is showing the eaglet had even take care of itself. and kyle, i think we have this story on. this 3 of 3 a couple fridays ago when we were saying that the eagle house, how wasn't yet on. it was trying to sit on the rock an

his ruling today, that same judge said he would compel fox cor executives, rupert murdoch loughlin murdaughe plus, fox's attorneys agreed t let host tucker, maria bartiromo, lou dobbs, janine fierro and sean hannity testif live in the case there's a lot they have to answer, for one of the thing i'm most fascinated by, thei commitment over at fox, to booking one specific guest mike lindell, the pillow guy is a major advertiser on fox news, especially tucker's show which has hemorrhaged more respectable advertisers due to the hosts habit of promoting white nationalists talking points we counted one night alone las week, lindell ran three ad during tucker's one hour program. it was always kind of clea now, we have proofg tucker's you see, in addition to bein at the pillow guy, lindell i also a maga conspiracy enthusiast who regularly promotes the mos outlandish and possibl defamatory version of trump' big lie the stolen election. that creates a problematic incentive structure for a show that needs his advertising bucks, thanks to dominion, their lawsuit, which i currently suing fox fo defamati

last october, murdaugh announced a plan to merge ne scored and fox corporation, an then in january, he back and in november, he asked th editor and chief of the wall street journal and then in march, he announce that he was getting married. and then in april, he announce that the engagement was called off. and then, later in april, afte fighting to go to trial with dominion voting systems, h abruptly reversed course and greenlit a massive 800 million dollar settlement with dominion and now, today, he has a abruptly pushed out tucker carlson, the highest rated hos on fox news. joining us now is pence met. he's editor and chief, and als former media columnist for the new york times he's covered this for a while, and his recent book is traffic genius rivalry and delusion in the billion dollar race to g viral. it comes out next week that, it's nice to see you thanks for being here. >> nice to see you, rachel thanks for a head spinning day >> it has been a head spinning day. and in order to cope with it and get my show produced and o the air, i decided to stopping attention to all new devel

the judge has ruled at least fox executives can be forced t testify in person, including rupert murdaughx news denies acting wit actual malice in the case, say it is protecting the rights of a free press dominion is seeking 1.6 billio dollars in compensation seeing a statement today quote, the look forward to trial. joining us now, msnbc legal ac like a lot of these room, an an msnbc and what you la professor melissa murray, so nice when i get to have yo here with me i love it. what do you think that the judge is likely to make of thi letter for fox >> i think it's a little bit too little, too late right one of the things that goe against parties and litigation is not when the part themselves is perceived as being untruthful, certainl that is not helpful, but whe lawyers are perceived as being untruthful with a judge, tha is a really really bad place t be and here, the lawyer representing fox again, an again, have to skirmishes with this judge about misrepresentations that they'v made, about all sorts of thing from, who is an executive of which company, to discover misconduct we learned

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cnn loughlin murdaugh. former republican house speake paul ryan. and a smattering of fox hosts.nnity and brought to bear. what kinds of questions do you think they might face, catie >> they are going to face very high-level of questions it's really going to b interesting to see if dominion calls as witnesses in its case he usually we think as witnesse from fox and fox corporation would actually be a verse. you can call them in your case if you are a dominion. when you put them on the stand what did you know? did you really know that wha was being told to the viewer wasn't true? and what was your role you would recall alex one of the main issues for the menu t prove is fox corporation, as the parent company, actually had involvement with what wa put forth on its airwaves. and if it is able to prove that, if dominion is able to prove that it is not just fox news this on the hook but also fo corporation is the paren company. >> okay, very good distinction you had there. let me ask you about wha happened with the attorneys fo fox news they eat filed a letter of apology for the judge

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