. >> richard alexander murdaugh. spell your last name. >> m, u, r, d, a, u, g, h. >> you go by alex? >> yes, sir. >> your birthday. >> may 27, 1968. 803-942-1227. >> what is your name? >> ian. >> as i stated, i hate to have to do this. >> i understand. you don't have any problem with it. >> start at the top. take your time. >> when i came back here? i pulled up and i could see them. i knew something was bad. i ran out and i knew it was really bad. my boy, over there i could see it was -- i could see his brain. and i ran over to maggie. actually, i think i tried to turn paul over first. you know, i tried to turn him over. i don't know. i figured it out. his cell phone popped out of his pocket. i started to try to do something with it thinking maybe, but then i put it back down really quickly. then i went to my wife. i mean, i could see -- >> did you touch maggie at all? >> i did. i touched them both. i tried to do it as limited as possible. but i tried to take their pulse on both of them. you know, i called 911 pretty

. >> richard alexander murdaugh. murdaugh. >> you go by alex? >> yes, sir. >> may 27, 1968. 803-942-1227. >> all right, sir. >> all right. the data to do this. >> i understand. i totally understand. you don't have new problem with it. >> just start at the top. take your time. >> like when i came back here? i pulled up and i could see them. i knew something was bad. i ran out. it looked really bad . >> i could see them. ran over to maggie. actual, think tried to turn paul over first. i tried to turn him over. i figured it out. his cell phone popped out of his pocket. i was trying to do something with it but then i put it back down really quickly. then i went to my wife. and i mean i could see -- touched them both. i tried to do it as limited as possible. but i tried to take their pulse on both of them. and i called 911. pretty much of right away. and she was very good. i told her i was going to get off the phone to call some family. i did that. a and. >> what family members did you call? >> i called my brother randy and i called my brother john.

. >> the defendant richard alexander murdaugh wishes to take the stand. >> reporter: before a hushed courtroom, accused double murderer alex murdaugh taking the stand in his own defense. the disgraced attorney immediately denying he shot his wife maggie and son paul to death. >> mr. murdaugh, did you take this gun or any gun like it and blow your son's brains out on june 7th or any day or any time? >> no, i did not. take a blackoi wi g,le eporter: but murdaugh admitting lying to police about when he last saw his wife and son, admitting it was his voice on that video from the crime scene shot minutes before the murders. >> he's got a bird in his mouth! >>ub bba!ugs eot 8:44 p.m. on e keelisma >> were you, in fact, at the kennels at 8:44 p.m. othe ght >> i was. >> did you lie to them by ll r eptethose lies on his rar:ia, urdabl led by an opioid addiction and his distrust of state investigators.do reason. and i lied about being down there. and i'm so sorry that i did. >> reporter: apologizing to his family, repeatedly referring to his wife and son by their nicknames. >> most of all, i'm

. ♪ ♪ >> richard alexander murdaugh wishes to take the stand. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytimenter weather stretching from coast-to-coast. >> the cold air comes charging in on friday, setting the stage for a huge winter storm in the west. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is a special edition of the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from the uss nimitz. >> norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, we are broadcasting live aboard the uss nimitz, and while we can't give you our exact location, we can tell you, we are here in the western pacific ocean. we landed here just moments ago, after boarding a c2 greyhound in guam and landing on the deck of this massive aircraft carrier that stretches nearly 1100 feet long. that's more than three football fields. and about this exact location on the ship, it is called vulture's row. it is a viewing platform, high above the flight deck, where the crew and others can observe the flight operations below. today, the world is marking one year in the war in ukraine, when russia unleashed the largest ground invasio

. >> richard, alexander murdaugh jr. >> alex murdaugh's oldest son, buster, he testified his dad seentraught and destroyed by the murder of his wife, maggie and son, paul. >> it was heartbroken and i walked up the door and i saw him and gave him a hug and just -- just broken down. >> reporter: prosecutors claim murdaugh committed the murder to hide his financial crime and with his wife finding a stash of pills one month before his murder. buster testified that his family knew and dealt with the addiction. >> i knew either my brother or mom found at some point and he went to a detox facility. that was my knowledge of it. >> reporter: the defense also tried to show the family was careless about their guns inferring someone else could have taken one to commit the murders. defense expert claims forensics from the angle of the bullet wounds showed that murdaugh was too tall. meanwhile, while buster testified, his father smiled at him from the defense table. his son described as a loving dad and a close-knit family. the trial is expected to wrap up next week. >> thank you, let's bring in ou

>> richard alexander murdaugh. >> spell your last names, sir. >> murdaugh. >> all right. and you go by alex? >> yes, sir. >> date of birth, mr. murdaugh. >> may 27, 1968. >> enter phone number. >> 803-942-1227. >> all right, sir. >> so, what was your name? >> dan henderson. >> okay. >> all right. this date has been known, and [indistinct] i hate to have to do this. >> i understand my totally understand, sir. you don't have >> you hadn't decided to lie right there, correct? >> i don't believe so. >> you told david owen that you understood that he had to ask questions and you did what you need to do, correct? >> that is what i told him. >> your honor, this might be a good time for a break. >> ladies and gentlemen, addressing the jury, we will break to 2:15. go to the jury room, please, and not discuss the case. >> john: ok, taking a break in the alec murdaugh trial as alec murdaugh gives gripping testimony for a second day in a row, this time the prosecutor trying to poke holes in the story he delivered when the defense was giving direct testimony. john roberts here, as wee

their bodies were found by maggie's husband and paul's father, richard alexander murdaugh. >> the investigation into their murders was extremely closed. authorities were being very tight-lipped about what evidence they gathered, how exactly they even had died. it was all very shrouded in mystery. >> the murdaugh family owned hundreds of acres in this neighborhood, and the people who are their neighbors would not talk about the family or what happened, just saying they were good people. >> it was truly a ghost town feel of we can't say anything about it because either we are scared or we know too much or we could be next. >> you felt the dome over this little county starting to crack, and since that time it pretty much has broken wide open. paul did some bad stuff. i think that was the one big question, there's something that's not being told. >> i can't imagine anybody being hated that much. >> it was shocking to hear about paul and maggie, but it was, like, at the same time, you can only do so much bad until somebody finally takes it in their hands. >> you couldn't ask for a better childhood t

. >>> richard alexander murdaugh wishes to take the stand. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytimer stretching from coast to coast. >> the cold air comes charging in on friday, setting the stage for a huge winter storm in the west. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news" reporting tonight from the "uss nimitz." >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we're broadcasting live aboard the "uss nimitz," and while we can't give you our exact location, we can tell you we are here in the western pacific ocean. we landed here just moments ago after boarding a c-2 greyhound in guam and landing on the deck of this massive aircraft carrier that stretches nearly 1,100 feet long. that's more than three football fields. and about this exact location on the ship, it's called vulture's row. it is a viewing platform high above the flight deck where the crew and others can observe the flight operations below. today the world is marking one year in the war in ukraine, when russia unleashed the largest ground invasion in europe since world war ii. we've got reports tonight from uk