as you said, three months ago maggie and paul murdoch were found murdered by the husband or alex murdochterday allegedly changing a tire by the side of the road and was shot in the head and expected to recover. this investigation has been going on for three months and there's so many unanswered questions. for instance, alex murdoch, was he actually involved, was someone else involved? did paul, who also was shot and killed, what was the circumstances? because paul in 19 -- in 2019 had been charged in the death of a young lady by the name of miley -- molly beach, a real life mystery murder going on in south carolina right now, alicia. griff: let me jump in. you and i have covered dozens upon dozens of murder mysteries and i was covering the murdoch murder, double murder in june. but back in june the state law enforcement division, sled, south carolina's version of a state fbi, they did not release a motive in the double murder, they did not name persons of interest, and they made no arrests yet they assured in a public statement that the community was safe. do you believe now, whatever th

paul murdoch bought beer and more drinks at a bar. everyone gets into a boat.ing. investigators say the boat struck a bridge at high speed. 19-year-old valerie was thrown into the water. >> there is six of us, and one is missing. >> it would take a week to find her body. >> paul murdoch was charged with boating under the influence resulting in death facing up to 25 years in prison. he pleaded not guilty. despite serious charges still pending, the night of the crash, this dash camera captured the voice of a passenger on the boat suggesting paul wasn't likely to face serious consequences. >> you all know alex murdoch? that's his son. good luck. >> it wouldn't the first time someone suggested the murdoch name could influence the outcome of an investigation. the south carolina law enforcement division made a stunning announcement. during their investigation, they said they found something. they didn't say what. but as a result, they were going to reopen an investigation into another unvsolved death from 2015. >> what is your emergency. >> somebody laying out. >> we

paul murdoch was awaiting trial as i understand it.murdoch fall family is within the community. is there any sense that that prominence has impacted any of the investigations? >> see, that is really why i think this story has gripped this state so much. i think that there is a lot of trepidation and suspicion not only about these ongoing investigations but also the family itself. so like you just said, you talk about their prominence, for 86 years three generations of this family served as elected prosecutors in the five county fourth judicial circuit which is where my newspaper is located. so there have been rumors about that. at this point we think it is best to stick with what we reported. the story is received a lot of interest and obviously there is a lot of rumors going on around right now at this point. there are a lot of accusations but right now we're sticking to what we reported. >> absolutely. well that is why it is good to have you with us to cut through some of that so we could understand what is happening on the grounds,

the murdochs have a long and powerful history in the south carolina lowcountry. served as region's top 3 prosecutor for nearly a century including his father. some wondering if the family's prominence may have influ we think soed these investigations. alex murdoch's brothers refuted that on "good morning america". >> i see words like dynasty used and power and i don't know exactly how people use those words, but we're just regular people. >> reporter: and erin, in a statement obtained by cnn from his attorney, alex murdoch says in part that he is immensely sorry to everyone he has hurt and he's made a lot of decisions he truly regrets. he has entered a rehabilitation facility to be treated for an opioid addiction according to his attorney and also, his license to practice law has been suspended by the south carolina supreme court, and as you mentioned, there are no arrests made, no suspects named in the shooting of alex murdoch and the double-murders of his wife and son. erin? >> thank you very much. with all these details there, i want to go to jake shore a seni

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attorneys for this guy, this is alex murdoch.h may help explain why he asked a man to kill him after his wife and son were murdered. cnn's diane gallagher is in charlotte for us. murdoch is a prominent attorney in south carolina who survived this plot he apparently orchestrated. this is to bizarre. explain how this came to be zbl. >> reporter: look, according to an affidavit, this was basically a way for murdoch to take care of his only surviving son. because the motive here seemed to be getting a $10 million life insurance payout for that son. now, follow with me here because it is a bit confusing. alex murdoch, a prominent attorney in south carolina, was shot in the head at the beginning of this month on the side of the road while he was basically dealing with some car trouble. it turns out, according to authorities, murdoch admitted on tuesday that he had set the whole thing up, that he had asked a former client, a man that he had represented as his attorney in the past, 61-year-old curtis edward smith to shoot him in the head

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prominent south carolina attorney alex murdoch surrendering to law enforcement to face charges in anarrant for his arrest detailed the botched murder attempt that was meant to provide his son millions of dollars of life insurance money, attorneys say. according to court documents, murdoch arranged for curtis smith, a former client, to shoot and kill him. but the plan failed because the shot wasn't fatal. smith has been charged with assisted suicide, assault, and battery, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. so far, he's not entered a plea and has asked for a court-appointed attorney. and now another twist. a south carolina law enforcement division announcing the opening of another investigation involving the murdochs. the 2018 death of the family's longtime housekeeper, gloria satterfield, who died in what was described as a trip and fall accident on the murdoch property. >> it was alec murdoch who told the story that she had tripped and fell down the stairs over his dogs. and so they trusted him. >> at the time, her death was

thank you. >> that alex murdoch survey, please clarifying that murdoch did have an injury.ther incident report. >> here's the new one, and it states specifically that the purported victim of this attempted murder on saturday on the rural south carolina road alex murdoch did in fact have a visible injury, so that fox wen from no to a checkmark of yes i as for alcohol or drugs present on the victim, initial reports said the answer was no, and now it says now it's not no. they are getting a lot of phone calls. and initially it appeared, well if the victim, alex murdoch had no injuries, why was he flown b helicopter to a haas will isn't savannah. so many calls came in that the sheriff's department has determined the initial incident report was errantly filled out and that in fact murdoch did have some sort of visible injur from this gunshot which claimed only grazed his gold. >> got with cup copies here i'm not going to share the original one just at the gates they go back. one of the most important jobs our next guest has alex greenwald is the sql. she joins us now as we 20th

as for this most recent shooting, a murdoch family spokesperson saying the murdoch family has suffered ever imagine. we expect alec to recover. we ask for your privacy while he recovers. a very complicated story. a lot of families in pain. >> so many tentacles to this story. thank you for covering it, eva. i'm sure you'll stay on it. >>> we'll switch gears and check the weather once again. rob marciano out in westchester county where they're still cleaning up after ida. rob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the cleanup continues for sure and will continue for quite sometime for really millions of americans after this flood from hurricane ida which came ashore one week ago today in grand isle, louisiana. here's new drone video for you. they're used to getting flooded, they're built on stilts, but these kinds of winds is like a big tornado going through the area. they're dealing with heat and humidity. we mentioned that. it's suffocating humidity in new orleans let alone without power. pensacola beach, nice beach day. it's labor day weekend. here's your labor day forecast. if you

will we see rupert murdoch, who was a theranos investor, and what about the text messages we heard about with her ex-boyfriend also accused of fraud. joining us, paula canny, part of some big trials throughout the years, scott peterson of course. nice to have you back on the program, paula. you've watched a lot of these high-profile trials unfold, what stands out at this point? i know it's early, but what stands out to you? >> this trial has a little bit of everything. as you said, there's greed, thievery, a lot of really rich people lost a lot of money. there's a little bit of love for her boyfriend, sonny balwani was initially charged as a co-defendant, but elizabeth holmes got the case severed. that means they're he being tried separately, and she's saying all the thing the she did is because how mean he was to her. elizabeth holmes saying you are my breeze in the desert, my ocean, my everything. so that kind of, exactly, flies in the face of her being an abused person. i mean, it's an amazing marketing scheme. she started this at the age of 19. 19. she wasn't even old enough to have

elec murdoch discovered the gruesome scene. take a listen to 911 dispatchers. >> it's bad. >> okay.reathing? >> no, ma'am. >> you said it's your wife and your son? >> my wife and my son. >> are they in a vehicle? >> no, ma'am, they are on the ground out at my kennel. >> the case has gone unsolved and raised questions of families ties to local law enforcement. last month former prosecutor rescued himself because of his long-standing friendship and work relationship with the murdoch family a well-known family with 3 generations of lawyers who were once elected prosecutors in the same jurisdiction and mike at the time of the double murder the younger murdoch, paul, was set to stand trial in connection to a deadly voting accident that killed a 19-year-old girl. those charges have since been dropped but a strange string of circumstances for this family in the last few months and a lot of questions, mike. mike: quite a mystery. charles watson live in atlanta, charles, thank you very much. the number of migrants coming across the border still ticking up, a live report from laredo, texas co

>> well, alex murdoch was shot.n is, the burning question is: who planned the shooting? is it related to the unsolved deaths we referred to? >> do you think this is targeted? was this random? what are the law enforcement officials say about motives? >> if this was random, it would be hard to grasp. murdoch is very recognizable especially in hampton county. we is a gentleman with red hair and distinctive features. if this was random, he has the absolute worst luck of anyone i have ever known. i have lived here my entire life. i practiced law here. i have never seen anything like this. ever. >> let's quickly try and do a timeline. 2015 a young gentlemen named smith died in a hit and run. murdoch's name came up. in 2019 a young teenaged woman was killed in a drunken both incidents. paul murdoch was charged with that death but that was reversed. is there a possibility all of these things are tied to mr. murdoch shot in the head? >> that's the burning question. is this the same people going around shooting members of the

alex murdoch is in jail. someone shot and killed his wife and son back in june.ut it's not that case that has him behind bars. his attorney admits the attorney hired a hit man to shoot him in the head for his son to collect life insurance but that failed and the setup is not half the story. martin savidge starts us off from south carolina. >> reporter: his life in a scandalous spiral. alex murdoch surrenders to law enforcement to face charges in a scheme in which he was the target a warrant for arrest detailed the botched murder attempt meant to provide millions of dollars of life insurance money attorneys say. murdoch arranged for cur missmith to shoot and kill him but the plan failed because the shot wasn't fatal. smith is charged with an assisted suicide, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. he has asked for a court-appointed attorney. now another twist. south carolina law enforcement division announcing the opening of another investigation involving the murdoches. the 2018 death of the family's long time

we expect to be murdoch later today for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud before the judge. whose wife and son were brutally gunned down outside of the family's hunting lodge the summer. murdoch himself has been busy this summer, checked into rehab and forced out of his family's law firm for stealing money and then tried to fake his own murder. keep in mind to sum up with this family, to family members murdered, three investigations now of outside deaths linked to the family on the latest one is a housekeeper, gloria satterfield. they said it was a trip and fall into thousand 18 and now coroner says those injuries were not consistent with the trip and fall and the latest case of course is murdoch himself trying to arrange and stage his own murder. >> dana: this get stranger and stranger, but we are glad that you can all explain it to us. >> bill: did you know that u.s. civilians on spacex. 100 miles higher than the international space station. the first time it happened with only civilians on board. phil, good morning. >> we do have a stowaway on board, and for the first tim

>> my name is alec murdoch. please hurry, neither one of them is moving. >> we will have the very latest coming up at 7:00 a.m.. antony blinken will be testifying in front of the house foreign affairs committee for the first time since the evacuation from afghanistan. over the weekend, protesters took part in a number of rallies across the nation, calling on the government to provide humanitarian aid to refugees who are still in afghanistan. one of those protests took place at san francisco's union square. organizers say the need is urgent and the time is now. they are fearing that refugees will not only be ignored by the taliban, but will become targets. >> the taliban recognizes a terrorist -- is recognized as a terrorist organization throughout the world. humanitarian aid is blocked. we need our leaders and the american people to push our leaders to try to find whatever way we can to get humanitarian aid to the country. >> protesters also called on the u.s. government to do more to help refugees leave, especi

reporter: new developments in the murdoch family murder mystery.rutally murdered in june, their color never found, now himself recovering after he said someone shot him in the head this weekend in broad daylight. the south carolina law enforcement division saying himself call 911 shortly after 1:30 saturday afternoon to report he had been shot. the murdoch family, part of a legal dynasty in the south carolina country, going back almost a century. three generations of murdochs held solicitor job in the region for decades. murdochs brother sitting down with us back in june come asking for the public's help. >> it is hard to imagine someone can be so sick as to do this, intentionally kill people. >> much more on this deepening mystery coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> falling from a trail at the top of a bluff in pacifica. the body of a woman was found on the beach. witnesses reported seeing the victim trip and fall. >> san francisco firefighters revived a man who fell into the bay you're the ferry building. fire crews performed cpr on him after he was pulled

it was alex murdoch that sort of guided the whole process, even though the lawsuit was against alex murdochts the sadderfield family spoke out about the conflicts. here's what he said. >> but don't kid yourself. this is a murdoch office. they control the civil court system down there. they control the criminal court system. they know all the jurors, because they've -- they've woven themselves into the fabric of the town. this is a very powerful family you don't see in many jurisdictions. >> reporter: the coroner also has questions about the death. it was listed as natural causes as she tripped and fell. that's not natural. they've been asked to look into that issue as well. >> thank you. >>> a new twist in the case of a missing youtuber. there is now body camera footage of police responding to an alleged physical altercation when she and her boyfriend weeks before they disappeared. police haven't been able to question the boyfriend since he returned home from the couple's cross country trip alone. >> two people went on a trip. one person returned. and that person that returned isn't providi

the family says they reached a partial settlement with murdoch for wrongful death.eceived the money they say they were due. the family attorney. >> he hand walked them to his best friend and college roommate to bring a lawsuit against himself on behalf of the estate. as a lawyer 33 years, i never heard where you encourage something and take them to a lawyer you hand pick and have that lawyer bring claims against you. >> reporter: this new development as he was struggling with the unsolved murders of his wife and son in june. allegations that he stole money from his family's law firm and his own admission of a decade's long opioid addiction. all of this playing out in a very public downfall. >> martin joins us from south carolina. what's the next step to try to untangle all of these threads? >> yeah. be foolish to guess what's next. look at all the investigations. the insurance fraud investigation. that continues. the investigation into the murders of his wife and son. they have named no suspects, no motive. you have the investigation into the death of the housekeepe

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if rudy so much as tried to speak to murdoch at a dinner, murdoch would simply nod to one of his henchmene rudy thrown into a watery pit full of crocodiles "why are you taking me to the pools? i don't have my swimming trunks." [ laughter ] while i'm sure -- while i'm sure getting fox news on time warner was a huge deal at the time, it now sounds like the shadiest of "sopranos" "b" plots "rudy's mad because he helped us out with that time warner thing. free pay channels and the like." [ light laughter ] perhaps the biggest sting of all, was not the banning itself, but when and how rudy found out, and what show he was banned on >> giuliani was banned for nearly three months, but he only learned of the move the day before he was set to appear on "fox and friends" on september 11th >> seth: imagine getting told you're not credible enough to appear on "fox and friends." that show doesn't exactly have the highest journalistic standards. you remember how every so often there's an octopus who predicts what teams are going to win the super bowl or the world cup? "fox and friends" has it on to talk

after he replied, she said murdoch was shot.dent report saying alec murdoch had no visible injuries. they later said that was a typo and check the other box saying he did have a visible injury. we will keep following all of this through all of its twists and turns. sandra, every day there's another twist and another turn. >> sandra: that story just continues and we will be following it. 20 years after 9/11 and the taliban is now in control, total control of afghanistan. next up, steve harrigan was there when the u.s. invaded and he will tell us the moment he knew things had changed for the worst. ♪ ♪ i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. there's no other snack like a planters cashew. what else can go from your car's cup holder to a crystal bowl and seem equally at home? i guess the most well-rounded

last month the prosecutor in charge step down citing his relationship with the murdoch. is connected to at least two other investigations including the death of a 19-year-old woman who was killed in a boating accident involving the son paul and recently re-open investigation into the hit-and-run of a 19-year-old man in 2015. the police have not made any arrest in connection to the shooting of alex murdaugh tonight by asking for the public prayer. mike. >> mike: charles watson, thank you very much. up next the status of afghan refugees and stranded americans facing roadblocks from the u.s. government. first, the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in san diego u.s. navy releases the names of the five sailors killed when a helicopter crash into the sea off the coast of san diego last week. the fallen service members were identified as: fox 40 in sacramento where evacuation orders like tocco and other lakeside areas have been lifted, tens of thousands of people who fled the wildfire ren home as crews managed to stall the flames from the town. and t

. >> reporter: prominent attorney alex murdoch in a tan jump suit appearing before a judge today. >>s had an extraordinary effect on him. >> reporter: becoming emotional at times, as his lawyer argued he be released on bond. >> he cooperated, given his current mental and physical condition. >> reporter: the 53-year-old is charged with insurance fraud and filing a police report, posting bond and leaving jail to be confined to a drug rehab facility hours after turning himself in this afternoon, with his role for conspiring to have a client shoot and kill him. it was a scheme to leave behind $10 million life insurance policy for his only surviving son. but he survived. instead, attorneys say it left him with a fractured skull and brain bleed. the man accused of shooting him, curtis edward smith, also appeared in court today. smith posting his $55,000 bond for several charges, including assisted suicide and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. the alleged self-arranged attempt on his life a desperate move amidst turmoil. one day before the september 4 shooting, he resigned from his law

even though that company doesn't own facebook, right. rupert murdoch doesn't on facebook, yields the sydney morning herald. and yet he is responsible, according to this court, for whatever people write on facebook. facebook is not responsible, but the media companies who created the page are well, and it's very interesting this entire story because when you look at the landscape of social media and how it relates to traditional media, where they're trying to get more content out there, they rely on those comments because the comments push the algorithm that push it out to further more further, more people. so this could become a huge problem because a lot of companies, especially in the media have transition to be so social media heavy. now, why does the court believe that media companies are responsible for comments left on these stories? what they're saying is that essentially the companies themselves have become publishers, which is a fascinating kind of take on it. because if you think about this, that's been ahead in the united states of whether or not social media platforms the

a family friend says alec murdoch was changing a tire on the side of the road when a pickup truck came in the pickup opened fire. investigators stay wound was superficial. it is unclear really whether there is any suspected connection to the unsolved double murder of murdoch's wife and son. in another bizarre twist, murdoch said he was resigning from his law firm and entering rehab after the firm accused him of misappropriate ing funds. >> this is a family mystery that continue to generate a lot of questions but no semiblanks of answers. the south carolina law enforcement division has released very few details about the most recent incident but is investigating. the day before he was shot in the head, he resigned from his private law firm after the claim discovered he misappropriated funds. he didn't address the allegations but announced he would enter rehab and added, i've made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. i'm immensely sorry to everyone i hurt including my family, friends and colleagues three months ago he was hit by personal tragedy when he found his wife maggie and son s

mariannette miller-meeks, senator roger marshall, ford o'connell, congresswoman beth van duyne, deroy murdochtexas attorney general ken paxton. we have a whole lot of show for you tonight. this coming in, the far left new flip-flop on evictions. they're against evict shuns and want the government to stop them but not when it comes to the unvaccinated. a new senate gop fight against the white house for going full metal bureaucrat, a thicket of new rationing rules on the states on vital antibody treatments. and this, will the durham criminal probe lead to hillary clinton and her campaign team? we have a new media focus on biden national security advisor jake sullivan. he is a former top advisor to hillary's campaign who hyped that false trump russia story that was cooked up, bought and paid for by hillary's campaign and democrats, then put inside of the fbi. now watch this story, hold on to your wallets, we have the new update on gas prices set to rise even more due to a new white house crackdown. and we've got the latest in the tedious orgy of self-rightousness from the media, the vice preside

alec murdoch speaking out after the mysterious murders of his wife and son, just two days after police say a bullet grazed his head. >>> tonight, millions of americans losing their jobless benefits. a safety net now gone for those struggling during the pandemic. >>> plus the breaking news from new york city tonight. the famous actor known for his roles in "the wire" and "boardwalk empire," has died. what we're learning about the passing of michael k. williams. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this busy labor day. i'm whit johnson, in for david tonight. and we have a lot to cover. the situation growing more desperate in louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane ida. the sweltering heat and new tropical threats. but we begin tonight with the urgent concerns about the summer covid surge. cases rising nationwide. daily deaths at their highest levels in six months, as americans head home from the long holiday weekend. nearly 40 million people on the move hitting the roads and the skies. this after massive crowds packed beaches and sporting events now at full capacity. but h

she was in the murdoch house field and considered a member of the family.n 2018, it was portrayed as a trip and fall. with the increased scrutiny to murdoch family is undercut some irregularities have come to light. the court nor does core -- cornerback. so really a lot of digging now by police into this case as well. this as murdoch's attorneys are really speaking out in defense of the brookline. they said the reason behavior has been caused by a 20-year addiction to opioids. and they say's next step will be rehab. >> is going back to rehab today. and once he has been through rehab, i think we can move on to move forward with the case. >> reporter: they work successful in getting murdaugh free. the man who murdaugh hard to shoot him in the head was free trunk $55,000 bond. back to you. >> john: steve, thank you. judgy? >> jacqui: . democratic leaders are trying to push forward a massive bending plan. but not everyone in the book party is falling in line. >> john: chris wallace is on deck on why democrats may be bracing for the book yet. is now a good time

we have had gb news lost to the summer and of course rupert murdoch only a few months ago was sayingtechnical troubles and disappearance from his airwaves of its lead presenter and chairman andrew neil this week. all suggesting that maybe things are in flux, so they have announced that there would be in january or sometime early next year this new talktv. it will be streaming, it will be in america on fox nation which is the fox news streaming service and will even be in australia. this is the piers morgan programme in particular. so they are looking at a global side of things as well but also trying to reach an audience that it feels maybe is not being served entirely ljy maybe is not being served entirely by the existing landscape. and of course you can look at it another way. it's been a torrid time in the news business. the newspapers have been struggling and losing print readers over the years. this is a great way of combining radio and tv and newspapers together to create sort of a product that feeds off one another. the phrase is synergy and i think that's what they're looking

it happened months after murdoch's wife and son were shot to death on the family's property. the hour. you saw police confirm officers call for an incident involving gabby's disappearance. jillian: the boyfriend breaks his silence for the first time. >> reporter: police say they were called to incident involving gabby and her boyfriend two weeks before she was last seen at the end of august. brian laundry on a cross-country trip in july. she posted pictures in utah. police issuing a statement saying officers did respond to incident on 12 august 2021 but neither brian or gabrielle where the reporting policy. they determined insufficient evidence existed to justify criminal charges. her mother reported her missing on september 11th after her daughter, an avid social media user went off the grid. laundry drove her white fan back to florida alone. it is our hope the search is successful and that she's reunited with her family on the advice of counsel the laundry families remaining in the background at this juncture. the petite a family shocked at the lack of detail, brian is refu

the broadcaster piers morgan is to join rupert murdoch's news corp to host a new television show fromssex during her interview with oprah winfrey. 0ur media and arts correspondent, david sillito explained the background to the appointment. you could be excused for being a bit confused by all of this because it wasn't that long ago that people were saying, tvs are in terminal decline, people are just not watching it, and suddenly, we get a plethora of new news channels, we've had gb news launched in the summer, and of course, rupert murdoch, only a few months ago, was saying that he didn't think there was a business case for a new news channel in the united kingdom. but things have changed. maybe looking a little bit at what happened to gb news with that slightly declining audience, its technical troubles and the disappearance from its airwaves, of its lead presenter and chairman andrew neil this week. it all suggests that maybe things are in flux, so they have announced that there will be injanuary, or maybe early next year, this new talk tv, it will be streaming, in america on a fox

back with murdoch, where he started. thank you very much. the rise of so-called influencers, where those on social media platforms offer a variety of advice and insights on personal finance. more on that, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to the open peer rid 22 minutes into the trading day, optimism in europe. gains across the european benchmark, up 0.6%. a more positive readthrough from the asian session. futures in the u.s. clinging onto modest gains. maybe the taper will be pushed back. a lyrical wrangling in d.c. bloomberg's big take is on influencers, and twentysomethings who can steer online conversations. they are blazing their way into american finance. influencers have climbed up the ranks to become some of the most sought out content creators on the internet. charlie wells has been looking into this. how significant of a shift is this? what are these girls and boys, these young people, doing? charlie: they are really important to some big financial firms. they know that maybe to tap this gen z audience. they will reach

a deeply felt thank you to paul and melina murdoch, who are with us today, and to their entire team forrations to come. once again, thank you to paul and melina and their entire team. [ applause ] thank you, sir. how could we not embrace, to my left, the incredible men and women of the president's own united states marine band? [ applause ] formed in 1798, it's america's oldest continuously active professional musical organization. think about that. its mission is to perform for the united states president and the marine corps. we are truly privileged to enjoy this national treasure. ladies and gentlemen, please once again join me in thanking and appreciating the incredible president's own. [ applause ] thank you, colonel. at this time, i am proud to welcome the secretary of the united states department of the interior, deb holland. the 54th person entrusted with that responsibility. >> we're going to continue to monitor this very, very moving ceremony that's going on right now. dana, let's talk a little bit, first of all, about the, i thought, extremely timely, critically important, ve

could be 55-year-old rupert murdoch.complete. and rupert murdoch having disrupted the newspaper business in australia, the television business in britain. he arrives in america. i don't see why there should only be three broadcast networks. he says i'm going to make another broadcast network. >> he is going to have to be an american citizen if he is to own tv stations here, something murdoch says he is willing to do. >> some people are saying it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on par with the big three. are you prepared to wait that long? >> sure, i intend to live that long, but i don't believe in the 20 years. >> the reaction to murdoch's idea of a fourth network was like ted turner starting cnn. it's ridiculous. what does he know about television? >> we don't have to reach everyone. there's no question we have an inferior lineup of stations to our counterparts. it means we have to work harder to get our message across and get shows sampled. >> they had an idea that in order to succeed, we have to differe

murdoch's attorney said he was shot on a back road while changing his tire saturday.dialed 911 himself to say he was shot by a passing vehicle, then made a call to his brother. authorities say he suffered a superficial head wound. he is expected to fully recover. police have not named a suspect. there still have been no arrests in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. at the time of paul's death, he was awaiting trial for a 2019 boat crash that left one person dead. ashley: california governor newsom's critics say soft on crime policies have caught up with him. one of his recall opponents, larry elder, says the time for change is now. take a listen. >> the number one responsibility of government is to protect people and property. under this governor, some 20,000 convicted felons were released early and based upon statistics they're likely to reof fend. what could possibly go wrong. ashley: cynthia zimmer joins me to discuss. cynthia, you heard larry elder there. what could go wrong with this? i couldn't imagine. >> well, good morning. everything has gone wrong in c

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we have learned prominent south carolina attorney, alex murdoch, resigned from his firm on friday onee an unidentified person shot him on the side of the road. he's now accused of misusing funds at his law firm. catie beck has more on the person that shot him and the person or people who also killed his wife and son back in june. >> reporter: this morning, alex murdaugh is out of the hospital and out of a job and entering rehab. he resigned from his law firm on friday after the firm discovered alex misappropriated funds. it's yet another twist in a stunning series of events devastating the well-known family. the resignation from the firm named in part for the murdoch family coming days after alex said he was shot in the head, and three months after his wife and son were killed in a mysterious murder. he did not comment on the firm's allegations. he wrote he's entering rehab, adding i made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. i am immensely sorry to everybody i have hurt, including my family and colleagues. he said he was shot by somebody in a truck. he was airlifted and treated sat

. >>> and once again piers morgan working for rupert murdoch he has signed a deal to host a show on a british channel being launched by the murdoch media empire morgan left itv after controversy comments about meghan markle. you are now up to date >>> thank you very much. august surprise retail sales jump is a good sign for the economic recovery. but changing consumer could be a new retail crop. one sure to be in style for investors no matter what happens. let's welcome in gerald storch, former ceo of toys 'r' us. it's great to have you back. always in style makes me think of tjx what do you say? >> the value-based players are in a long-term winning strike and will continue doing great. during the pandemic, whatever, they're going to do great. we already have seen big increases in stock prices at target and at costco so it's kind of a little late to bounce into those names. having said that they perform great. you have a bunch of other value players where the companies are fundamentally sound and they're doing great in this economy where all boats are rising including tjmaxx and dolla

coming weeks including former united states secretary of state henry kissinger and media mogur rupert murdoch. we will will have a lot to watch. >> thank you. vote a bay ea ondahe ns ewis ft the same thing. >> and getting treat for meth a heavy price tag. we are looking at how much americans have spent on preventable hospitalizations. >>> and let's get a look at thing to market this afternoon. live look at the big board. the dow is down 280 points. we will be right back. >>> all is at stake for the governor today looking live at the state capitol. will he be recalled or keep his job? county by county results on kpix.com. >>> a north bay da could be voted out of office today. rer llet the dahe. h a local leader is bank rolling it. the da sued him in connection with the abandonment of crescents of an assisted living facility during a fire in 2017. the case was settled. >>> and we will have special coverage of the recall election beginning tonight at seven. updates on the returns will continue through the evening on cbsn bay area and we will have all the latest election news beginning tomorrow m

more bizarre twists in the case of the prominent south carolina lawyer alex murdoch.e and son were gunned down in an unsolved double murder in june that he says somebody shot him or shot at him in a rural highway over labor day weekend when he stopped to change a tire. there are a lot of new questions including a knife that belong to him. an amended police report. what's going on? garrett tenney is digging into the details. good evening. >> good evening. the questions for the story keep piling up here and we obtained two very different incident reports from the hampden county sheriff's office about what officers saw when they responded to saturday shooting. the initial report says prominent attorney alex murdoch had no visible injuries conquered what he end police had previously said, that he had a gunshot wound to the head which prompted them to be airlifted to a hospital in savannah. when we asked the sheriff about the discrepancy, he said it was in error and provided an updated report indicating that he had a major injury. a change in previous answers whether offic

a deeply felt thank you to paul and melina murdoch, who are with us here today, and to their entire teamsioning the memorial that is literally sculpted the landscape in an unforgettable manner, which will be visited by millions of people for generations to come. once again, thank you to paul and melina. [applause] thank you sir. how did we -- could we not embrace, to my left, the incredible men and women of the president's own united states marine band? [applause] formed in 1798, it is america's oldest continuously active professional musical organization. think about that. its mission is to perform for the united states president and the commandant of the marine corps. we are truly privileged to enjoy this national treasure. leis and jonah, please -- ladies and gentlemen, please thank me -- join me in thanking the president's own band. [applause] thank you, colonel. at this time, i am proud to welcome the secretary of the united states department of interior, deb haaland. she leads a department which employs more than 70,000 people, whose mission it is to protect this country's natural

i've never heard of -- by the way, it's not murdoch like media murdochs. it's a totally different family. i have never heard anything like it. and i am confused at how your senators -- how the senators believe that they can get righteous about milley for deciding to do something about an obvious risk that they ignored. and now, they don't want to give the benefit of the facts that he followed protocol and worked with the secretary of defense and had a roomful of people when he made these calls. and they still want to say he went rogue. so, you want to misrepresent what he did when he did the right thing and you did nothing and you think you are going to be the righteous agent? >> yeah. well, two things. number one, i hope that the families of the young people -- i hope they figure out what happened to everyone. i hope there is a resolution -- um -- to all of it. um -- you can't bring people back. but i hope -- hopefully, that works out. now, moving onto the political part. um, there have been so many people who have been an apologist for this president. yo

how about this rupert murdoch. he was one of the investors in her company.he's expected to testify and former secretary of state henry kissinger. he was part of her board for theranos. he is expected to testify as well. so that's why this case has been anticipated for quite some time for many reasons. just 37 years old. so a huge success story. a massive fall from grace and then we got a lot of big names like kissinger, like murdoch and silicon valley all going on right behind me for the next 3 months. back to you. all right. thanks a lot. we'll. >> time now is 8.36 switching gears here. san francisco's high covid-19 vaccination rate appears to be paying off and it could be an example now to other cities. the latest data from the new york times shows that your chances of contracting the virus in san francisco, provided you're vaccinated is one in 10,000. that's extremely small. fact, nearly 80% of people living in the city or at least partially vaccinated having received at least one dose and that means the chances of breakthrough cases are much lower. infec