ernest scherer iii would turn 30 in july. were killed in march. >> ernie's father had a couple million invested in real estate, though at the time of his death the value of the estate was certainly shrinking right along with housing prices. still, was it even remotely possible ernie would kill his parents to cash in on an inheritance? the detectives had a look at ernie's financial situation. and you know how some professional poker players claim they win a lot? maybe not. at least not in ernie's case. >> we learned that he had 60-some-odd-thousand dollars in credit card debt and he also, in talking with different casinos, he had lost a significant amount of money in the tune of $80,000 to $90,000 in his play in the last year. >> that was not the worst of it. not even close. by march of 2008 when the murders happened, real estate in california was huffing and puffing on its race to the bottom. and six months before that ernie the son wanted to buy a house in the city of brea in california but couldn't get a loan. banks not so

called plant scherer, it's located in juliette, georgia, and is majority owned by georgia power. each year it produces 3 1/2 million kilowatts of electricity. generating that power requires a lot of coal.. over 1,200 tons of coal are burned every hour at plant scherer, and in 2010, that resulted in 2,200 tons of coal ash. anand it's all dumped intoa 750-acre ununlined pond, meaning nothing prevents toxins from entering the groundwater. >> they built this plant an n aa where therere's no public water access. evereryone within a 5-me radius and maybe eveven further, drinking onon private well l wa. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when they b built their home n 2001, they thoughtt they were moving into an ideal countryside homome. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were from. and we were excited aabout bringing our children to the country. you know, building the home of our drereams. >> instead, , like others in juliette, they got sick. >> several years after we moved in, i started develop

let's talk about this with cnn political analyst julian seltzer and michael scherer. it's interesting they were aware of the conflicts in the beginning, then there were meetings, and no chemistry. a red flag for digenova joining the team and a few days later no longer being on it. >> reporter: none of that should surprise us. we've seen this president over and over again make decisions that get made and remade. i think what's underlying the substantive question that's been underlying all the turmoil for the legal staff in the last few weeks is that the president finally decided he wanted to discard the advice he's been taking the last year which is to not attack bob mueller directly. that is what the legal team had insisted over months and months and months. don't attack mueller directly because that will antagonize him. you can say whatever else you want, but don't attack him directly. that stuck for many, many months, and recently that has changed and the president has begun attacking mueller in tweets and in public comments. so i think that has really generated a l

working in a new york city emergency room doctor peter scherer sees the opioid epidemic first hand. >don't know it is heroin, methadone or fentanyl, we are just working to save that person in the moment. >> reporter: cdc smonth period there were more than 142,000 suspected overdoses, and an increase of 30 percent. the biggest jump was in the midwest with a 70 percent increase. >> but the intention and attention, it vice disappoint ago this we are seeing these increases but this is a complex epidemic. >> reporter: it has gone from prescription pain kill tears heroin and new to fentanyl, more than 50 times more potent then heroin. >> it is just day, might have just made you, you know, sleepy can be enough to kill you. >> reporter: doctor scherer's department at mt. sinai happies trying to more than resuscitate. >> we are trying to reset them for a chronic addiction and then making an intervention that might person, if they are willino change. >> reporter: cdc agrees, eacheone out of the addiction and intoatment. th --ort overdoseness large cities in 16 states,54 be ready e u.s. about ha

a short time ago in liverpool, the sun has come out, spells of sunshine but scherer closed showing their sunshine and showers. that way and will clear from the far south—east. most sharers will see this afternoon, clear spells will allow it to get quite cold, perhaps some ice and freezing fog patches. not as cold and the far north of scotland, rain until snow. not as cold in the far south—west because the showers will be on the march. there area of rain will drift further northwards, the showers hit and miss, heavy or thundery. this area of rain with some hill snow as well across the north—east of scotland, but there should be some decent spells of sunshine, generally those temperatures are avis billowed and we'd want them at this point in late march. into good friday, low pressure is going to be dominating the scene, frontal systems pushing up the scene, frontal systems pushing up from the site. a band of rain moving northwards. quite a lot of dry weather, spells of sunshine. although there are some uncertainties about the timing, it looks like things should brighten up once again. not

. >> we have michael scherer of "the new york times," molly ball of "time," cnn's phil mattingly, andachel bait of politico. tough words from rough limbaugh, basically saying that this was a message to trump, drop dead, essentially, you're irrelevant. molly, what do you make of what trump's relationship with his base is at this point after signing this bill that he basically slammed? what's that relationship like? how can he repair it? and what does this dust-up mean for the way that republicans can motivate that base? >> well, we have seen already evidence that the republican base is going to be demoralized in november. that can always change, but in, you know, elections at the state level and special congressional elections, you are seeing republican voters not nearly as enthusiastic as republicans are going to need them to be if they want to keep the house. and so, but i was quite surprised to hear the right-wing media go as hard against this bill as they did. it is a big spending bill. it is a bill that democrats feel they scored a big victory on, and it does in many ways continue

at the time, neighbor karen scherer chased after him and today, she showed up to see his face in courtshootings like the one in parkland, florida are on her mind. >> i think about him every, single day, every, single day. i'm --my --my --my window faces the school. whenever i'm doing dishes i look out at the school. he lives a half mile from my house. i'm constantly thinking about him. i never stop. >> reporter: the district attorney's office says they are taking this case seriously. today in court, they added a new charge for o'connor for possessing a firearm on school grounds, a felony. this was added to existing charges for vandalism and brandishing a firearm. >> especially given what's going on around the country, our office takes this case very seriously. it's important in this community for the children and their parents to have a safe place to go to school. >> reporter: o'connor and his family declined to talk but he has plans to return to school out of state. in the meantime, a restraining order prohibits him from going near booksin. residents in willow glen say that's little c

at the time, neighbor karen scherer chased after him and today, she showed up to see his face in court. she said school shootings like the one in parkland, florida are on her mind. >> i think about him every, single day, every, single day. i'm -- my -- my -- my window faces the school. whenever i'm doing dishes i look out at the school. he lives a half mile from my house. i'm constantly thinking about him. i never stop. >> reporter: the district attorney's office says they are taking this case seriously. today in court, they added a new charge for o'connor for possessing a firearm on school grounds, a felony. this was added to existing charges for vandalism and brandishing a firearm. >> especially given what's going on around the country, our office takes this case very seriously. it's important in this community for the children and their parents to have a safe place to go to school. >> reporter: o'connor and his family declined to talk but he has plans to return to school out of state. in the meantime, a restraining order prohibits him from going near bookson. residents in willow gle