o.j. simpson. this knife proves to be something it won't lead to anything regarding a criminal prosecution of o.j. simpson, as yale galanter says, that ship has sailed, he can not be charged for murder. but what would it do in terms of vindication for the lapd and the officers involved? >> well, as far as vindication i don't see where there needs to be a vindication under most of those circumstances that you described. the evidence was planted, there would be evidence of that. we have even recent accusations by people like alan dershowitz that my partner, my late partner in this case, had planted evidence although there's no evidence that that ever occurred. there this nonsense about racism. this was not a case about racism. this was a case about two young people being brutally slaughtered and the media running off with this thing and trying to say that, oh, it's the racist lapd and this that and the other. this is not sense. if any of this stuff could be proven we would have seen this evidence in

o.j. simpson. >> i'm not a bad person. >> cuba gooding jr. starring as o.j. simpson. >> i told them i have nothing to hide. what do have to hide. >> and marsha clark played by sarah paulson. >> the families of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman did not give up. they sued him in civil court. >> i could have touched her neck. >> what do you mean you could have touched her. this was aviolent episode, wasn't it? >> yes it was. >> he was forced to answer the questions he did not answer in the criminal trial. these are deposition tapes aired on the a&e documentary. >> did you ever strike her. >> no. >> did you ever hurt her? >> yes. >> did you ever physically hurt her? >> yes. >> he spent days hammering at the relationship with nicole. >> you caused scars on her face, didn't you? >> that's incorrect. >> eventually simpson admitted say how. either correct. >> no, i hurt my wife, yes. >> you never struck her with your hands. >> ever bruise her. >> yes. full responsibility for. i don't know what else you want me to do. >> why. >> because i shouldn't have handled the

o.j. simpson. near the bodies was a bloody leather glove, an envelope with a pair of eyeglasses and a blue knit cap. cops later id'd the male victim as 25-year-old ronald goldman. at this point they didn't know much about him. >> there's numerous wounds on the neck. goldman put up a fight. >> reporter: asleep inside the house were the simpsons' two children, sydney and justin, who hadn't heard a thing. they were taken to a nearby police station. >> we need next of kin to take care of these kids. we need to find o.j. simpson. >> reporter: as dawn broke in brentwood, lange and three other detectives were sent to simpson's estate on nearby rockingham avenue. one of them was detective mark fuhrman. arriving detectives feared the worst: that simpson may have suffered the same fate as his ex-wife. >> we've just left a bloody crime scene. is simpson in there as one of the victims? >> reporter: so without a search warrant, detective fuhrman jumped the wall and let in the other cops. in one of the estate's b

o.j. simpson's white bronco down the freeways of los angeles. five days earlier o.j.'s ex-wife nicole simpson and ron goldman were found brutally murdered. the murder weapon was never found. >> there was a white sheet over mom saying, that's my kid. >> devastating. he was always a good kid. fun, he had a good sense of humor. >> o.j. simpson was arrested and tried for their murder. no details seemed to have been overlooked. the prosecution insisting there was an overwhelming amount of forensic evidence connecting simpson to the crime scene. his blood and dna at the murder scene along with a size 12 shoe print o.j. size and his blood in his bronco and in his bedroom a pair of socks with nicole's blood but the bloody glove found at the scene of the crime, it didn't fit. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> not guilty of the crime of murder. >> but 13 years later. >> we were just robbed at gun point by o.j. simpson. can you send police here please. >> he was found guilty of a different crime and is serving a 33 year sentence in a nevada prison for robbery and he is el

o.j. simpson saga. >> today the o.j. simpson media circus was back in full force. >> o.j. simpson. >> earlier this morning the lapd saying it was in possession of a knife possibly connected to the murders of nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. >> that item has been recovered by robbery homicide investigators and it's been treated asas we would all evidence. >> suddenly it was 1994 all over again. >> news crews started jock i caing for prime real estate here on rockingham avenue and just a they did 22 years ago started lining up their satellite trucks right here in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the united states. >> an lapd officer now retired was handed that knife by a construction worker near the o.j. simpson property in the late 1990s. police say he held on to it for 18 years. >> do you believe the story. >> at this point we have to take it at face value. >> right from the beginning there were speck ticks. >> thihi may just be nothing. knife brought the so-called trial of the century front and center yet again. >> let's go to a picture in los ange

o.j. simpson. bad enough that simpson might be involved in the murder of her best friend, but now kris was further conflicted because her former husband, robert kardashian, was simpson's longtime personal attorney. kardashian was also at rockingham and was caught on camera carrying what appeared to be simpson's garment bag. much has been speculated about what might have been in that bag. could you conceive of him loving his friend so much that he would help him dispose of evidence? >> absolutely not. i guarantee you 150% that he had christian values and believed in the truth. >> o.j., what can you say about this? >> back off, get out of the way. >> don't know anything? >> reporter: detectives now wanted to bring in simpson for questioning. his attorney, howard weitzman, said his client would fully cooperate. >> he's shocked, he had nothing to do with this tragedy. >> reporter: after arriving at police headquarters, simpson's lawyers met privately with him and then went to lunch. leaving their client

o.j. simpson. o.j. simpson we should tell you still behind bars on another case dealing with grand larceny and robbery. he is up for parole next year. we'll see how that goes. with this case a bombshell piece of evidence in this case, would have been all those years ago. now surfaced back into the picture now. a buck knife is what it is called at the center of this investigation. when they step up to the lecturn we'll bring it to you live. stay close. try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. harris: fox news alert. press conference at l.a.p.d. headquarters and the case years old. the murders that happened then. let's watch now. >> i will go into description of the knife. that could be germane whether this actual piece of evidence is in fact evidence or just a backs sim lee or made up facsimile or made up story. our robbery homicide will look into that. the what i can tell you the s

o.j. simpson. icole's troubled, sometimes violent relationship, which they said culminated in her murder. >> and in that final and terrible act, ronald goldman, an innocent bystander, was viciously and senselessly murdered. >> reporter: later denise brown gave the jury a chilling account of how simpson brutalized her sister right in front of her. >> picked her up, threw her against the wall. picked her up and threw her out of the house. >> reporter: was it tough to go in there and recount what you had seen? >> yeah, it was. i had just lost my sister. yeah, everything was just right there. i mean, just so fresh. >> reporter: prosecutors also focused on the timeline of the murders to show that simpson was alone and unaccounted for at least an hour. enough time to kill ron and nicole. >> people call mr. kaelin. >> reporter: kato kaelin took the stand to testify about that night he was with simpson. but first came one of those "kato moments." >> did you think your friendship with him, your acquaintances

o.j. simpson case. the lapd today saying the knife was allegedly found by a construction worker on o.j. simpson's property during in the late 1990s, and are investigating whether it could be connected to the brutal stabbing of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1994. >> this individual wanted to turn it over to law enforcement. >> reporter: the lapd says this knife is now being carefully scanned for possible dna evidence, which could take weeks. the shocking part -- an lapd officer, now retired, was allegedly handed the knife by a construction worker and held onto it for 18 years. is this another case of the lapd or an lapd officer mishandling evidence in the o.j. simpson case? >> i certainly hope not. but it certainly is very concerning to us. that a police officer, whether know to submit and turn in evidence or what is believed to be evidence. >> reporter: during the trial, the lapd was found to have mishandled evidence and never found the murder weapon, believed to be a small knife that played an outsized role in the 1995 trial. >> this is a rage killing, a

o.j. simpson." no goldman's father is talking to the daily news about the knife. i hope they test it and i hope it turns out to be the weapon. it is one more nail in simpson's coffin. as for what the new discovery would mean? >> double jeopardy. he was tried once and acquitted. you can never try o.j. simpson again. >> reporter: police are still vetting this story. they say over the years igators have looked at up to knives none were found to be the weapon. abc news, los angeles. >> and late today los angeles police said the knife is likely not the weapon usedo kill nicole brown simpson and . the real murderweapon was larger. >>> bart will spend the weekend trying to fix a technical problem delaying it was at the west oakland stations where one of the power sources were off line to stop the problem. since last month 80 cars hit with mysterious voltage spikes that damage the each time a car has beenll service that means more people h to pack in the remaining cars. >> definitely more crowded. especially here it is packed and people don't want to move for you. r since

o.j. simpson? >> yeah, to your first point, he is perhaps the only name that could trump trump at this stage in the news cycle. for o.j. simpson himself, absolutely zero. remember, he was famously trieded. he was found not guilty. on october 3rd, 1995. because of the laws of double jeopardy, he cannot be charged or tried again. so, this will make no difference. if it is connected, if it was the murder weapon, if it was used by o.j. simpson, it will make no difference in getting a conviction for the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. of course, where it could have some legal implication, is in the o.j. simpson is currently serving a long prison p term on an armed robbery conviction. he's in a nevada jail. he is due to be considered for the first time for parole in 2017. now, if, and thest a big if at this stage, if there is some connection, it has proven to be his knife and used in the murders, it might have an affect on the parole hearing. >> thank you so much. for more on this, we ar

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o.j. simpson." alan, you were on the defense team, and jeff, you were the book. let's talk about it next. >>> o.j. simpson's murder trial was dubbed the trial of the century. and americans are reliving it in this miniseries that's out now, "the people v. o.j. simpson: american crime story." back with me, alan dershowitz who was part of the o.j. simpson defense team. and jeffrey toobin. the miniseries is based on the book about his trial, "the run of his life: the people versus o.j. simpson." i am obsessed. >> good. >> jeffrey knows i'm obsessed because i called him and he sent me the link -- or he got fx to send me the link. so i watched the episodes in advance. but i didn't see last night because i was traveling. jeffrey, when you look at this and everyone's obsessed with it, everywhere i go people are talking about it. you're watching this and you see the police, you see the treatment of african-american men, you see what happened with the jury and many say it was a manipulation of the african-ame

o.j. simpson's estate. to the 1994 murders of simpson's ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and ron goldman? we join now to discuss this. gentlemen, good to have you on. i never would have thought in a million years we would being talking about this all these years later. so, lawrence, to you first. you have followed the o.j. simpson trial closely. today los angeles police say investigators are examining this knife reportedly found years ago on the property that o.j. simpson was living when he and his ex-wife nicole simpson and ron goldman were killed in 1994. what could be learned from this knife all these years later? >> first of all, i hope this is the murder weapon because if it is, it will answer a lot of questio questions. we know based on the pathology, the wounds on the vick from him, the knife had to have a single sharp edge and that it is serrated. weep know we know a little bit about that knife. they'll have to document it, make measurements and they will then proceed to do presumptive testing to see if

o.j. simpson." now ron goldman's father is talking to the daily news about the knife. i hope they test it and i hope it turns out to be the weapon. it is one more nail in simpson's coffin. as for what the new discovery would mean? >> double jeopardy. he was tried once and acquitted. you can never try o.j. simpson again. >> reporter: police are still vetting this story. they say over the years investigators have looked at up to 150 knives and none were found to be the weapon. abc news, los angeles. >> and late today los angeles police said the knife is likely not the weapon used to kill nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. the real murder weapon was larger. >>> bart will spend the weekend trying to fix a technical problem that was delaying commuters. it was at the west oakland stations where one of the power sources were taken off line to stop the problem. since last month 80 cars were hit with mysterious voltage spikes that damage the motors. each time a car has been pulled out of service that means more people have to pack in the remaining cars. >> definitely more cro

o.j. simpson. know, there's a popular series that's now airing following what happened in the trial of the century. this is 20 years after the murders of nicole brown and ron goldman in 1994. so we're now waiting to hear from the l.a. police department, the lapd. as it stands now, there's a report that this knife has been located and it was in possession of an ex-traffic cop. sources confirm that the knife they are looking at is small and it's not in good condition. we'll bring you the latest details on this. we'll be right back. every day you read headlines about businesses being hacked and intellectual property being stolen. that is cyber-crime and it affects each and every one of us. microsoft created the digital crimes unit to fight cyber-crime. we use the microsoft cloud to visualize information so we can track down the criminals. when it comes to the cloud, trust and security are paramount. we're building what we learn back into the cloud to make people and organizations safer. as we age, cer

o.j. simpson." >> even president obama commentod the news today. >> i thought it may be useful to take a small break from the spectacle of the political season and now i gather o.j. to focus on something that really matters to the american people. >> reporter: for the goldman family, the development isn't something they want to address saying it only creates more unnecessary hype and encourages the media circus. o.j. simpson remains in a nevada prison after being convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery in las vegas. most legal experts say simpson can never be retried for the two murders. >> there's the two verdicts in every case. there's the verdict of the trial which can't be reversed because of double jeopardy and the verdict of history which has no statute of limitations, no double jeopardy clause. >> reporter: back live at lapd headquarters, another perspective from the goldman's collection attorney. he says in his experience he's seen instances where someone who values something as a collectib

o.j. simpson case. i should not say the o.j. simpson case, the nicole brown case, a double homicide still open and ongoing. the investigators will continue to look at this. that item has been recovered by robbery homicide investigators, being treated as we would all evidence. it has been submitted to our labs. they will study it and examine dnaor forensics, including and hair samples. that is ongoing. with that, i can take a couple of questions and may not be able to answer all your questions. jummy: we will listen in on the news conference and pass along details on our .com. let's check with the weather, a lot of you waking up is no but out of here -- waking up to snow but out of here. brian: there could be a few flurries or sprinkles tomorrow evening and by sunday they move out. we may have one last chance of a flurry. only 38 degrees. a live picture from the white house where skies are overcast. temperatures across the region, not moving a lot, mid-30's. quantico at 38. college park, 39. mid and upper-30's across the area. low

o.j. simpson tonight is a free man. and tonight, more than 20 years after the 1994 murder of nicole simpson and her friend ron goldman, a new wrinkle in the case. a knife that was reportedly found at o.j. simpson's former home is now being analyzed by los angeles police. jonathan hunt has our report. >> reporter: los angeles police are investigating the story of a knife reportedly found buried on o.j. simpson's old estate. a construction worker supposedly found the knife during demolition of the brentwood home years ago and turned it over to a now retired police officer who kept it. >> it's been submitted to our lab. they are going to study it and examine it for all forensics, including serks rology and dna and hair samples. >> reporter: simpson was acquitted of the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend ron goldman. what became of the murder weapon has been a mystery for decades. >> i was involved way back then. more than a dozen knives that were found in the area, none of them matched

o.j. simpson case is back in the headlines with a surprise revelation that a knife was found years ago on simpson's former estate. this potential evidence was kept out of investigators' hands until about a month ago. tonight the knife is being examined by police, but sources are already casting doubt about whether it could actually be the murder weapon used in the double murder. nbc "dateline" correspondent josh mankiewicz has more on the new twist in this still open case. >> reporter: today the lapd confirmed that one of their officers had this knife in his possession for some time, even though investigators were only able to take possession of it this past january. >> it's been submitted to our lab. they are going to study it and examine it for all forensics, including serology and dna and hair samples, and that is ongoing as we speak. >> reporter: the story police are being told involves construction workers finding the small folding knife while they were doing work on o.j. simpson's former property in l.a. after it was sold to a new buyer. they gave it to a now retired police officer w

o.j. simpson's former property in l.a. after it was sold to a new buyer. retired police officer working off diet at a move shoot across the street. he claims he was told the case was closed and so he hung on to the knife for a number of years. >> it was brought to our attention that this retired overs had an item that was believed to or that was possibly taken from or recovered from the rockingham estate back in the '90s. once we learned about that, we followed up and recovered that from him. >> would you please stand and face the jury. >> reporter: o.j. simpson was tried for the 1994 knife murders of his ex-wife nicole and her friend ron goldman in a case that seemed to be on every tv set in america. in an interview airing this sunday, former prosecutor marcia clark speaks to "dateline." >> right off the bat thereto was a sense of loyalty of investment in protecting an african-american icon who had made it. he was successful. he had made it. they did not want to see him taken down. >> not guilty. >> reporter: the defendan

o.j. simpson murder case. that knife allegedly found buried in o.j.'s old estate. >> the facts of the case remains an open case and that is the case here. >> how it suddenly turned up and the new crucial details. what we're just learning about it now. >>> high-tech heist. how armed robbers stole $5 million in gold. their daring highway truck robbery. >> there's a couple of guys that look like they just got their hands zip tied behind their back. disabling the drivers in a plot straight out of a movie. >>> and the verdict is rich. the judge on vacation who reeled in a giant lottery jackpot chartering a jet to claim his winnings. what he did the minute he found out his life was changing forever. >>> hey, good morning. we're going to get to the overnight headline, the o.j. story in a moment but we start here with a big day in a presidential campaign that will probably be talked about for generations. >> that's a good point. there are five states in play today. the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will compete in 3 states for 126 delegat

o.j. simpson. >>lapd became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the rocking him property -- rockingham property. >>the owner turned the knife over to the lapd officers years ago. when detectives discovered that the now retired officer had the knife they launched an investigation. they said the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >>being an lapd officer he didn't know to turn it in? >> i don't know what his statement is. testing the knife her hair, fingerprints and other dna. sources tell cbs news it is a buck knife, inconsistent with the wounds suffered by the victims it. in 1995, o.j. simpson was acquitted of the murders. the case continued to fascinate the public. a tv miniseries debuted with strong ratings. >>you have to question the timing right around the miniseries and all of a sudden they come up with a knife. >>the knife story could be bogus says the lapd. since there is no conviction, the case remains open. o.j. simpson was found not guilty so