nikki battiste, cbs news, walterboro, south carolina. >>> one of the top prospects in next month's nfl draft is facing criminal charges in connection with a deadly crash. former georgia star jalen carter was charged with reckless driving and racing in conjunction with a crash that killed a teammate and recruiting staff member. it happened hours after the team's national championship parade in january. police say carter was racing his suv against an suv driven by the recruiting staffer. carter said that he expects to be fully exonerated. >>> coming up, rail safety. lawmakers propose a bill to tighten rules after the toxic train derailment in ohio. >>> and we have liftoff. a mission to the international space station gets off the ground after a three-day delay. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." this man needs updated covid protection. so does she. yup, these guys too. because covid is still out there, and so are you. and if your last vaccine was before september 2022, you're out there with fading protection. but an updated vaccine restores your protection. so you can keep doing you. ge

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nikki battiste has been following the case since it broke and has the latest. >>> guilty verdict. >> reporter: jurors found alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife maggie and his son, paul. >> justice was brought for them. we can't bring them back, but we can bring them justice. >> reporter: they were shot to death in june of 2021 at the sprawling property the family owned in south carolina. >> i would never hurt maggie murdaugh. i would never hurt paul murdaugh under any circumstances. >> reporter: during the trial, the once-prominent lawyer took the stand in his own defense, insisting he did not kill his wife and 22-year-old son, but he did admitted to stealing millions from his clients and firm. he also admitted he lied when he told investigators he hadn't e . >> once he took the stand and had to admit that he lied for 20 months about not being at the murder scene, i think they saw him as a liar, as well. >> there's only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes. >> reporter: prosecutors argued murdaugh's financial crimes w

cbs's nikki battiste found the vast majority of medical research about athletic concussions is solely be leaving women without the care they need. >> when this university of connecticut point guard took a tough hit in december... her concussion silenced the crowd. >> a little blood in her mouth you can see. >> and while the popularity of women's sports continues to rise, we spoke with female athletes who found a sports world unprepared for the unique impacts of concussions on women. >> growing up, what were your volleyball hopes and dreams? >> without a doubt, an olympic gold medal. >> haley hudson excelled as a star player at stanford but suffered a concussion at practice during what was called the courage drill. >> it really felt like target practice and i was the target. >> she says less than two weeks later she took another ball to the head in almost the same spot. >> she definitely had to feel that one. >> the rest of the season is frankly a blur, i was so far beyond like pain or a sadness, i was like i am not functional. >> research shows reports of concussions among young femal

cbs's nikki battiste reports tonight on what the final witnesses had to say. >> reporter: before resting their case today, prosecutors called back several witnesses. among them, murdaugh's former law partner. >> he was a theatrical type presence in the courtroom, and he could get very emotional during closing arguments in front of a jury. >> reporter: but the defense's cross-examination got heated. >> are you angry at him for stealing your money? >> i have no feeling one way or the other. >> reporter: he was grilled about his motive in testifying against murdaugh, who stole millions of dollars from the firm. >> you are not angry with alex murdaugh? >> i have had anger with him, extreme anger because of what he did to my law firm. but you can't walk around withancer. you have to find a way to deal with it. >> reporter: the last witness, a crime scene expert, disputed the defense's theory that the shooter had to be a foot shorter than murdaugh, who is 6'4". >> could it have been a 6'4" person? >> it could have been a 5'4", 6'4", or in my opinion, a 7'4" as i just demonstrated. >> reporter:

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cbs's nikki battiste starts us off tonight from outside that courthouse in south carolina. : norah, good evening. the jury of five womenpi of vla alex murdaugh case was dssthis d the case with at least three individuals. >> though it does not appear that the conversations where that extensive, it did involve the juror offering her opinion. >> reporter: during closing arguments today, defense attorney jim griffin argued the police investigation was sloppy and pointed to the lack of physical evidence connecting murdaugh to the murderers. >> how could he have butchered maggie and paul without leaving a trace of evidence within a matter of minutes? >> reporter: griffin also insisted murdaugh loved his family, and losing them was enough. >> on behalf of alex, on behalf of buster, on behalf of maggie, and on behalf of my friend, paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another with another. >> reporter: prosecutor john meadors acknowledged lingering questions, but argued murdaugh was untrustworthy, lying about his opioid addiction, his alleged fi

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cbs's nikki battiste is going to start us off tonight from outside the courthouse in south carolina. , nicki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. the jury deliberated for only three hours. as alex murdaugh was handcuffed in the courtroom, he looked back at his surviving son, buster, who was there. he would not make eye contact with his father. >> verdict guilty. >> reporter: silently standing, alex murdaugh stared straight ahead as the jury read its verdict, finding him guilty of murdering his wife and son as well as two charges of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. >> the jury has been polled, and the verdict is a unanimous verdict. >> reporter: after nearly six weeks of testimony that captivated the world, it took the jury just three hours to convict murdaugh despite no eyewitnesses and investigators never finding a murder weapon or bloody clothes. earlier in the day, defense attorney jim griffin argued the police investigation was sloppy. >> how could he have butchered maggie and paul without leaving a trace of evidence within a matter of minutes? >> rep

we hear more now from cbs's nikki battiste. >> reporter: nearly eight years after stephen smith mysteriouslyral south carolina road, his family is finally hopeful for answers. >> i hope to find the real reason for stephen's death. >> reporter: the south carolina law enforcement division announced it is now investigating his death, initially ruled an unintentional hit-and-run, as a homicide. investigators reopened the case in 2021, after finding new evidence while investigating the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh. smith families attorney says his mother is haunted by the lingering concern her son was targeted because he was openly gay. >> we think he did not die on that road that fateful night. >> reporter: police initially said smith was hit and killed by a car after he ran out of gas while driving home. an autopsy report stated he died of blunt force trauma to the head, possibly from the impact of a side view mirror, but the initial report said they see no evidence to suggest the victim was struck by a vehicle. >> it just makes no sense to us that he could be struck in that faction badl

>> norah: nikki battiste, thank you so much.ning moments today aboard a spirit airlines flight when a fire broke out in an overhead luggage compartment. officials say the flight from dallas to orlando, with 179 passengers and crew on board, was diverted to jacksonville after a battery caught fire. spirit says crew members had to put out the fire. one person was taken to the hospital. let's turn overseas now, where at least 43 people were killed and dozens more injured when a passenger train and a freight train collided in a head-on crash tuesday night in central greece. rescuers are frantically searching the wreckage for any survivors. with more, here is cbs's ramy inocencio. >> reporter: smoldering and shattered, the aftermath of alec's worst real tragedy and half a century. a freight train and passenger train with more than 350 people aboard collided head on. many of the victims, students returning from a holiday wee weekend. this security camera footage shows the moment of impact. "we heard a big bank," said the survivor. "we

>> nikki battiste, thank you so much. >>> there were some frightening moments today aboard a spirit airlines flight when a fire broke out in an overhead luggage compartment. officials say the flight from dallas to orlando with 179 passengers and crew on board was diverted to jacksonville after a battery caught fire. spirit says crewmembers had to put out the fire. one person was taken to the hospital. >>> let's turn overseas now, where at least 43 we'll killed and dozens more injured when a passenger train and a freight train collided in a head-on crash tuesday night in central greece. rescuers are frantically searching the wreckage for my survivors. with more, here is cbs' ramy inocencio. >> reporter: smoldering and shattered, the aftermath of gree a fre passengereo retuing from a holiday we this security camera footage shows the moment of impact. "we heard a big bang," said this survivor. "we were turning over and over in the carriage. people screamed. windows shattered." survivors, shocked and bloodied, were bussed to medical care and relieved families. after sunrise, the disaster came in

nikki battiste has a look back at the trial.ed hair, it was hard to believe the towering lean somber man who was paraded into this south carolina courtroom for the past six weeks and was bold enough to testify in his own defense -- >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytime. ever. >> reporter: is the same person as this heavyset jovial-looking dad, smiling next to his wife and two sons a few years ago. the question remains who is alex murdaugh? >> guilty verdict. >> reporter: the jury's answer on thursday, after just three hours of deliberations, he's a double murderer guilty of shooting to death his wife, maggie, and younger son, paul. at the family's estate in june of 2021. judge clifton newman, who has known murdaugh for years, told the jury he agreed with the verdict. >> it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you've become. >> reporter: the irony in seeing murdaugh in a jail jumpsuit handcuffed is that the 54-year-old once tried cases in this very courtroom as a civil lawyer. he hailed from the murdaugh

hour nikki battiste has more on what is next for the disgraced former attorney, now a convicted killer. >> i respect this court but i am innocent. >> reporter: following judge clifton newman's sentencing, alex murdaugh with a freshly shaved head spent his first night a columbia, south carolina, prison this weekend as a convicted murderer. sentenced to life without parole, murdaugh will now undergo about 45 days of medical tests, a mental health assessment and background screening before being placed in a maximum-security prison. what was his reaction to the verdict? >> i don't think he was shocked. >> reporter: jury deliberations took just under three hours following 28 days of court proceedings. the longest trial in south carolina criminal history. >>ed it been such a long case and we felt like we had done all we could do. >> reporter: prosecutors portrayed murdaugh as a serial liar who shot his wife and son on june 7, 2021, to distract from his drug conviction and alleged financial crimes. >> i continued to lie. >> reporter: for prosecutors, the key in a case based mostly on circumst

cbs's nikki battiste has the story of one couple's struggle to start a family. >> reporter: after a yearying to have a child, kristen connelly and matt smith learned they each were facing fertility problems. >> it was kind of a shock honestly. >> reporter: so at 36, they turned to ivf, a weeks-long process designed to stimulate egg growth. mature eggs are then retrieved, fertilized with sperm in a lab, and monitored to see if they become embryos. after four unsuccessful rounds of ivf, the couple tried an egg donor. >> it's such a big decision. was it a difficult one? >> oh, yeah. am i going to relate with the child because it's not my genetics? >> reporter: with donor eggs, kristen and matt did three more embryo transfers. all ended in miscarriages. >> i think that was a hard pill to swallow. >> reporter: they're not alone. >> so many people struggle in silence with infertility and never talk about it. >> reporter: desperately hoping to have a second child after having our son beau naturally, but also after suffering two miscarriages, my husband and i turned to ivf at 42. for women under

as nikki battiste reports, prosecutors now say the disbarred lawyer actually helped seal his own fate. >> reporter: alex murdaugh was led out of the court in handcuffs moments after he learned his fate. >> in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, i sentence you to prison for murdering him. >> reporter: moments before the disgraced lawyer again insisted he did not kill his wife, maggie, or 22-year-old son paul in june of 2021. >> i'm innocent. i would never hurt my wife, maggie, and i would never hurt my son, paul. >> reporter: the judge noted murdaugh's prominence in the community, saying the attorney had practiced law before him and that a portrait of murdaugh's grandfather, a former prosecutor, had hung in the courthouse before it was removed to ensure a fair trial. >> it was especially heartbreaking for me to see you go in the media from being a grieving father to be in the person indicted and convicted of killing them. >> reporter: it took jurors less than three hours thursday to convi

cbs's nikki battiste is outside the courthouse in south carolina. >> but i am innocent.rcumstances, hurt my wife, maggie, and i would never, under any circumstances, hurt my son, paw-paw. >> reporter: a day after a jury convicted alex murdaugh of double murder, judge clifton newman did not mince words. >> it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become. >> reporter: the judge sentenced murdaugh to life without parole. >> and i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime, when you are attempting to go to sleep. >> all day and every night. >> reporter: with his surviving son, buster, watching, the disgraced former lawyer was led out of court in shackles and taken away to spend the rest of his life behind bars. prosecutors portrayed murdaugh as a serial liar who shot his wife and son to death on the night of june 7th, 2021, to distract from his drug addiction and alleged financial crimes that were about to be revealed. >> but once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. >> reporter: murdaugh repeatedly told investigators he was visiting his

cbs's nikki battiste has the struggle of one couple starting a family. >> reporter: after a year of tryingnolly and matt smith learned they were each facing fertility problems. >> it was kind of a shock, honestly. >> reporter: so at 36 they turned to ivf, a weeks long processed encouraged to stimulate a growth, they are then matured, fertilized with sperm in a lab and monitored to see if they become embryos, after four unsuccessful rounds of ivf, the couple tried an egg donor. >> reporter: it is sh decision, was a difficult one? >> oh, yeah, am i going to relate with the child because it's not my genetics. >> reporter: with donor eggs, they did three more embryo transfers, all ended in miscarriages. >> i think that was a hard pill to swallow. >> reporter: they're not alone. so many people struggle in silence with infertility and never talk about it. >> reporter: desperately hoping to have a second child after having our son bo naturally, but after suffering two miscarriages, my husband and i turned to ivf at 42. for women under 35, the chance of having a baby after a single ivf cycle is ab

>> norah: nikki battiste, who has been covering the trial for us, thank you.ions across the south from texas to mississippi are bracing for a likely outbreak of tornadoes heavy rains, and flash flooding. meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel is following the path of the storm for us. good evening, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we are in the midst of what is going to be likely a significant severe weather outbreak. three dangerous in particular, tornadoes, of five, places like dallas and little rock affected on a 1-10 scale that sits right in the middle. then risk for high winds, 75-mile-per-hour or greater, those are hurricane-force winds, 2-inch diameter hail, could be the size of tennis balls or larger, in isolated spots. hour by hour, let's walk you through that forecast. dallas gets hit this evening. working its way through the deep south, the midsouth, as well, significant rain dumps out of this, as well, so a large flood risk. tomorrow, from atlanta all the way to the ohio valley, watch for significant storms here.

cbs nikki battiste has the story of one couple struggling to start a family. >> after a year of tryingn conolly a matt smith learned that they each were facing fertility problems. >> it was kind of a shock honestly. >> reporter: so at 36 they turn to ivf, weeks long process to stimulate a good growth, they are fertilized with sperm in a lab to see if they become embryos, after four unsuccessful times, they tried an egg donor. it such a big decision, was a difficult? >> oh, yeah, am i going to relate with the child because it is not my genetics? >> reporter: with donor eggs so they did three more embryo transfers, all ended in miscarriages. >> i think that was a hard pill to swallow. >> reporter: they are not alone. so many people struggle in silence with infertility and never talk about it. desperately hoping to have a second child after having our son bo naturally, but also after suffering two miscarriages, my husband and i turn to ivf at 42. for women under 35, the chance of having a baby after a single ivf cycle is about 41%, but by age 42 it's down to just 9%. dr. eric forman is my

nikki battiste reports on one woman's experience with the procedure. >> i know that i want kids one daying to happen or when. >> reporter: erin hanley decided to freeze her eggs in the fall of 2020. she was 33 years old. >> i always wanted to have options so that i could make a choice later. i am really excited to have this be over. >> reporter: hanley took us on her journey with her. >> what if i'm doing it wrong? i'm not, but like what if i was? >> reporter: through videos she recorded during the process. >> it's a huge needle. >> reporter: egg freezing involves about two weeks of hormone shots to stimulate the follicles in a woman's ovaries. each follicle typically releases one egg. the shots are usually done at home. >> that first night you come home. you have to give yourself shots. how are you feeling? >> very nervous. you kind of mix your own solutions too in your shots, and so i laid them all out, had them on my counter. and then i had a friend here, and i was like, why don't you film me? >> one, two -- >> all the way. push it, push it, push it, push it. >> heading in to my appo

are cbs correspondent nikki battiste sat down with the lead prosecutor on the case for his first one-on-oneerview after the sentencing. >> it doesn't matter who your family is, how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder the justice will be done in south carolina. >> 40 hours airs tonight at 10:00 right here on tbs news they area and streaming on paramount plus. >>> a federal grand jury in los angeles hanh is has indicted a minimum hate crime and firearm offenses. he stands accused of shooting to jewish men last month. police say 28-year-old jamie tran targeted two different synagogues in the same predominately jewish neighborhood. both men who were shot survived and police say tran has a history of using violent language towards . prosecutors say if he was convicted it will seek to take away his guns. he also faces a maximum sentence of life without parole. tran is said to be arraigned next thursday. >> sad news in the entertainment industry. actor tom sizemore passed away yesterday. sizemore was famous for his roles in movies like private ryan, blackhawk do

and nikki battiste on story from steve hartman, commentary from michelle miller and more.unday morning" for the 5th of march, 2023. and we'll be right back. . >>> every year we become more dependent on advanced computer chips for all kinds of things and all kinds of ways. about 90% of them are made in east asia, which is why when the pandemic disrupted the supply chain we all felt the pain. but the united states has embarked on an urgent mission to change that. david pogue tells us about the players and the stakes. >> you problably realize there are computer chips in your computer. and in your phone. but you may not realize just how many other things in your life rely on chips. like your clocks and your speakers and your toys and every single thing in your kitchen. actually, trust me on that one. >> our demand for silicon chips is only going it grow as we find new ways to make new devices smarter. >> reporter: chris miller teaches at tufts university's fletcher school and is the authoreva book about the chip industry published by simon & schuster. >> here is the big one. w