he had been asleep in myrtle beach with bambi.t saw it, the most challenging part of the case was the blood on rick's shoe. to explain how it got there, rick took the stand. he pointed out that on the morning the bodies were discovered, police had examined him thoroughly and found nothing. >> if there was blood on my shoes that morning, i would have been arrested right then and there. there was no blood on my shoes that morning. >> that came later, he said, when he stepped into the blood-soaked bathroom. despite that police photo, he insisted the window blinds were open, and he had worried simply that bambi might see the horror inside. >> i went in an enshut the blind. i didn't think she needed to see that. >> he testified the blood got on his shoe at that moment, not before. >> did you go into the house and kill big charlie and diane at the instigation of bambi? >> absolutely not. >> you two in a conspiracy to kill those people? >> no, sir. >> so who did kill the couple? we don't know, said the defense. but it wasn't rick gagnon.

you will be able to fly directly to jacksonville, florida and nashville, along with charleston and myrtleile the flights don't take off for a few more months you can book your tickets with fares as low as $39 each way. >>> it is now 5:50. experts say this flu season is going from bad, to worse, and the centers for disease control saying one out of every 13 visits to the doctor last week, was for flu symptoms. ironically, health experts say that one thing that may be contributing to the flu season could be the vaccine. >> we know that many people have been vaccinated, but we don't know yet exactly how well the vaccine is working against all of the different types of flu strains that are circulating here. >> man, can you win? experts say anyone hoist more than six months old should still get vaccination, more data on the flu vaccine expected later next week. >>> daily walk or any kind of aerobic exercise may be best way to prevent alzheimer's disease, that is word from the new study done by researchers at the university of connecticut. they have discovered that older adults who did aerobic

myrtle beach. >> stephen: wow, that was an emotional rollercoaster.he entirety of sherman's march through the south just now with you. okay. >> i'm sorry. yes. >> stephen: do you get how many to your mom and dad? are your home and dad back in kentucky? >> yes, everybody's still in kentucky. i have a lot of nephews, one niece who are getting to the age where they start asking why my sister and law and i are putting garbage bags on the windows and i'm, like, what's going on and i said, remember what i told you about aunt jen's job and it's weird and people think they know aunt jen but they don't? and the 3-year-old said if someone tries to take a picture i'll shoot them with my nerf gun. and they wanted to put bubble wrap attend of the driveway to tell when someone's coming. hi, guys! aunt jen's drunk. i feel like i should tell you. ( applause ) >> stephen: "red sparrow" is in theaters this friday! jennifer lawrence, everybody! we'll be right back! with patton oswalt! art. it can be sculpted, bringing to life beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious st

beach.ony myrtle go ahead. caller: you speak a good game reality is, g, the it ain't that at all.been in the construction and i have totally een and you talk about apprenticeships and views of people, they have been here, a long time jobs ago here in myrtle beach. s far as all this infrastructure projects and things like that, this guy's a conduit n is just for money to get to politicians lifetime, they've had the same asphalt company in myrtle 40 or 50 the last years. it's unfair and it is not true you're talking. it used to be you could go get a a painting, now they want college education for you to be a painter here. joke. host: michael bellaman, last minute. uest: having to get a college education, as i mentioned before, 30% of high school graduates don't go to college. interest high level of in the -- in career necessary technical education, we need to people that opportunity. pell grants will help them get scholarships to get that. career necessary technical education will find its way more you'llcommunity college, be able to get these life-long earning skills and then our i

starting in april passengers can fly to charleston jacksonville myrtle beach and nashville. the additional nonstop options bring frontier's total to 15 flights from trenton. you can book those flights to the new destinations right now. >>> he created his own coffee based energy drink while living in a dorm room at philadelphia university. now this college student is trying to grow his business even bigger on "shark tank." jordan dicicco and his brother's will pitch super coffee to the sharks this sunday night. their organic coffee with protein and coconut oil comes in four flavors. the creation was inspired for the need for himself to keep up with basketball practice and lots of studying late at night. they'll ask the sharks for $400,000 for a 5 percent stake in the country. find out if the sharks take a bite sunday night at 10:00 right here on 6abc. >> a former football player brought his inspiring story to students in bucks county today. blare thomas was the guest speaker here at newtown elementary in newtown. thomas grew up in philadelphia attended penn state and played f

frank deangelis is sharing his story in myrtle beach. >> it's not to put the fear into communities, but when these communities say it can never happen here, and i know with the recent shootings in florida, there were people saying, it can't happen well, it can, unfortunately, and i think that's where we need to come together and to say enough is enough. >> at least 98 people were kill in syrian government air strikes on rebel-held suburbs of damascus that's according to syrian monitoring groups. the syrian civil defense said more people were trapped under the rubble among the killed, 20 children, 15 women >>> and that's the cnbc news update at this hr.ou "halftime traders" are back right after this in two minutes. a basketball costs $14. what's team spirit worth? (cheers) what's it worth to talk to your mom? what's the value of a walk in the woods? the value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. morgan stanley you myour joints...thing for your heart... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. wi

be able to fly direct to jacksonville, florida and nashville, tennessee along with charleston and myrtleeach in south carolina. officials made that announcement this afternoon. while the flights do not take off for a few more months you can still book the tickets now. frontier is offering fares as low as $39 each way by. by the end of the year the airline is hoping to hire around 100 flight attendants who will be based in trenton. >> time for a first check on the "action news" traffic report today. >> all right. it's friday. let's check in with matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hey, matt. >> i'll tell you guys in comparison to yesterday it feels like the open frontier out here this afternoon. i almost want to take my horse drawn carriage down the middle of the benjamin franklin parkway. compared to the sea of people we had yesterday this afternoon it's relatively quiet. just a few cars trying to use the ben franklin parkway here by 20th street and the free library. everything is reopened after all of the events yesterday. you might still find a few port a potties around ea

. >> host: next call is myrtle in elizabeth, new jersey, you're on booktv. >> caller: every week on sundaymes during the week. mr. whitehead, i want to know if you're going to do any book reviews in the elizabeth newark area. >> i'm not sure where that is but my webs -- i am doing touring in the spring, and perhaps i am coming to a town near you. >> host: she is in elizabeth, new jersey. >> guest: new jersey. thought she said new york. i was there for a book festival a year and a half ago. i'm going rutgers, newark, on tuesday, actually, which is not too far. so maybe i'll see you there. if you do come, wave. >> host: you're speaking of rutgers. >> guest: yes. >> host: do you do book sign snags i do. i was like -- and. >> what's the most common comment people mike you and what's the most offensive comment somebody has made to you. >> guest: offensive. well, i try to process that out. wake up at 3:00 a.m., that was totally messed up. it's funny because definitely in europe, there's a different acquaintance or lack of acquaintance with african-american black culture so there are basic questi

. >> host: next call is merit-do myrtle in elizabeth, new jersey.v. >> guest: every week on sunday. and sometimes during the week; mr. whitehead, i want to know if you're doing any book reviews and the elizabeth area? >> guest: i'm not sure where that is. but my web site has -- i am doing touring in the spring, and perhaps i am coming to a town near you. >> host: she is in elizabeth, new jersey. >> guest: elizabeth, new jersey imthought new york. >> host: right. >> guest: i was there for a book festival a year and a half ago. i'm going to newark, rutgers, newark, on tuesday, actually, which is not too far. so i'm able to see you there if you do come, wave. >> host: you're speaking at rutgers. >> guest: yes. >> host: do you do book signings? >> guest: i do. i was like -- if you -- >> what. >> host: what's most common comment people make to you and the most offensive comment somebody has made to you. >> guest: offensive, i try to process at that time out. i think, that was totally messed up. it's funny because definitely in new york there's a differen

we have aarolina, county where a lot of folks come , the myrtle beach area. more than 100 folks have lost their lives in that county as .ell because of opioids in your response to my questions on the crisis, you mentioned that there is not a one size fits all approach to opioid treatment and prevention programs. how does your department when to use the $6 million to customize and create more flexibility for local jurisdictions to play a more important role in addressing the challenges that we see? the $3 billion initially that we have allocated into the 2019 funding that we have $1osing, we would billion in grants under the program. that is a doubling of the of $500 million a year. that is very flexible. very customized approaches. another the program we are is we areerested in going to be investing $150 million in rural substance abuse programs to try to develop novel methods of care and treatment for addictions in more world communities because of access issues and distribution of resource issues. another 400 million dollars goes to quality incentive work w

in south carolina, a place where a lot of folks come to vacation, myrtle beach area. more than 100 folks have lost their lives in accounting for 16% of the states challenges on the opioid epidemic front. your response to my request on the crisis you mentioned there isn't a a one-size-fits-all approach to opioid treatment and prevention programs. how did your department plan to use the $6 million to customize and create more flexibility for local jurisdictions to play a more important role in addressing the challenges that we see? >> so just by way of example the $3 billion initially that we've allocated in the 2019 funding we're proposing, we would have $1 billion in grants under the state target program and so very flexible to the states people to customize and target that money. that is a doubling of the current funding of $500 million a year. so that is very flexible and so the state of south carolina can really work with communities, coming up with customized approaches. another program we are really interested in, we will be investing $150 million in rural substa

in south carolina, it's a place where a lot of people come to vacation, myrtle beach but it's also the place where we've seen the highest opioid -related deaths in the state. your response to my question on the crisis, you mentioned there isn't a one size fits all approach to opioid treatment and prevention programs. how does your department plan to use the money to customize and create more flexibility for local jurisdiction to play a more important role in addressing the challenges that we see. >> so just by way of example, the $3 billion initially that we allocated in the 2019 and we are proposing, we would have a $1 billion in grant from the state charter response program so very flexible for the states to compromise. that the doubling of the current funding the $500 million. year. that is very flexible and you can really work with communities, coming up with community-based customized approaches. another program we are really interested in in is investing a hundred $59 and role substance abuse programs to try to develop novel methods of care in more rural communities because of di