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and i was left sitting with sharon tate, and she was talking to me.ant my baby to be born. you can kill me later, but let the baby live." i felt nothing. i felt absolutely nothing for her. susan atkins grabbed sharon tate by the hands and holds her arms, holding her captive while tex watson stabs her in the heart. atkins: tex, the way he moved, the viciousness, it was just like seeing somebody go crazy with more power than i've ever seen anybody. i don't think he was in control of himself. dr. jordan: charles manson may not have been there, but he had given them very specific instructions. "before you leave, leave a sign." susan atkins picks up a towel and dips it in the blood of sharon tate, and on the front door of the house writes the word "pig." ♪ ♪ wiehl: at 8:00 a.m., august 9th, housekeeper winnie chapman arrives at 10050 cielo drive. ♪ she first sees that the wires to the house have been cut. she then goes through the back entrance, and she looks through to the lawn. kay: she saw wojciech frykowski and abigail folger's bodies in the front yard

but when she took the stand, she actually denied that she stabbed sharon tate and said she held sharon killed sharon tate, i tried to take some of the blame and put it on myself because i thought that was my part. sidner: atkins also names fellow manson family members patricia krenwinkel, linda kasabian, and leslie van houten as key participants in the tate and labianca murders, all under manson's direction. what susan atkins said was so important, that the prosecution at the time made a deal with her to testify. reporter: the leader of the hippie clan, charles manson, is being returned to los angeles today from the desert town where he's been in jail on other charges. when the trial begins, the state will attempt to prove that he gave the orders to his followers to kill. that sent a tremor through this country at the time. "my god, how is this possible? has the hippie movement gone that awry that it's starting to murder people?" sidner: the los angeles district attorney appoints vincent bugliosi lead prosecutor on the case against manson. the prosecutor considers these murders to be p

sharon tate is in these shows because she is highly decorative. e was signed to filmways, which is the same company that did the "beverly hillbillies." >> hi. >> well, howdy to you. you're jethro, aren't you? >> well, yes, ma'am. >> the idea was to get sharon used to being on a set with a camera, talking to people. >> they put the dark wig on and most people didn't even know it was her. >> they wanted her not to look like what she looked like. and that strikes us as being counterintuitive now. but the idea then was that a movie actor was something special. it was somebody who would never be caught dead on television. >> let's go. >> every time she met the press, she would be very honest and say, "i'm just getting started." >> being in front of the camera and going to classes are two different worlds entirely. >> she was not a huge success at that point. she was an up and coming starlet. >> i don't like that word starlet, at all, because there's no such thing, actually. i feel before you make an appearance, it's very necessary to know your craft. >>

she's responsible for the murders in 1969 came a day after other manson followers killed actress sharon tatend four others. >> van houten did not participate in the tate killings , but she spoke to abc's diane sawyer in 1994 about how she attacked rose marie labianca. >> i stabbed mrs. labianca in the lower back about 16 times. >> what kind of punishment do you deserve? what is enough? i don't know. when enough punishment will be enough for me. she long insisted she was brainwashed by charles manson and says she's now a changed woman. >> van houten is now in a transitional living facility. while charles manson did not commit the killings, he ordered his followers to do so. he died in prison in 2017. andrew rhiannon. >> andrea, thank you. frightening moments for a family of virginia watching in shock as their ceiling collapses. and it was all caught on camera. you can see each panel of their dining room ceiling come crashing down. one after the other and then dust quickly fills the home. luckily no one was hurt. the homeowner said her son looked up and saw a crack, so he set up his phone to r

but the reality is that the victims' families, the labianca family and the tate family, sharon tate - murdering sharon tate who was pregnant at the time she was murdered, but they don't want this release. and i want to remind everyone that rosemary labianca's blood was smeared on the wall saying death to pigs and helter-skelter, trying to incite a race war. that's what they were trying to do. and we are letting her walk free. as long as the victims' families say no, that should be respected. carley: that's right. her lawyer also said that she is thrilled by the fact that she could be getting out very soon. imagine being a member of one of the victims' families and hearing that their loved one's murder murderer is trillioned by this outcome -- thrilled. >> i know what it feels like to have a loved one's killer walk free. they enjoy life while the one you love the most is dead. and there's no way to appease the victims in this case, especially by letting her walk free. carley: i absolutely agree. it's a historic case, and she originally received the death penalty and then a life sentenc

she's responsible for the murders in 1969 came a day after other manson followers killed actress sharon tate and four others. >> van houten did not participate in the tate killings , but she spoke to abc's diane sawyer in 1994 about how she attacked rosemary labianca. >> i stabbed mrs. labianca in the lower back about 16 times. >> what kind of punishment do you deserve? what is enough? >> i don't know when enough punishment will be enough for me. >> she long insisted she was brainwashed by charles manson and says she's now a changed woman. van houten is now in a transitional living facility. while charles manson did not commit the killings, he ordered his followers to do so. he died in prison in 2017. andrew rhiannon. >> andrea, thank you for that. it is time now for a look at your wednesday forecast. >> good morning. the danger is heat is expanding across the south into this afternoon. an elevated risk of heat related illnesses and accuweather realfeel temperatures as high as 115 degrees, especially on the gulf coast. it's all because the jet stream is lifting north. it's a typical summer p

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the la bianca's were killed a day after the infamous sharon tate murder which van houton played no part in in the years after the murders and houghton blame several factors for involvement with manson, including her parents, divorce a forced abortion plus drug and alcohol abuse and houghton is expected to spend a year in that housing, too, try to re-learn basic life skills outside of prison. >> help firefighters say a good samaritan who knows a thing or 2 about fighting fires. help take down an alleged arsonist. happened saturday evening when the man reportedly saw another man intentionally starting a grass fire with a flair near the intersection of admiral callaghan lane and turner parkway in valais. how he then chase the s%spect to a parked tesla nearby, which is when firefighters say the suspect, quote, quickly learned he was being detained by a trained mixed martial artist who introduced him to a double arm bar. officials eventually arrive. they took the suspect into custody. they also discovered that tesla was actually stolen from fremont and had more flares inside the grass fire b

fife people, including pregnant actress sharon tate murdered at the home of her husband, movie directoran polanski. the next night leno labianca and his wife rosemary were murdered in their los angeles home. 19-year-old leslie mccrae dowless was c-- leslie van houts convicted. she was denied release over and over again until now. van houten was released on parole from a california prison today, and her lawyer, nancy tatro joins me now. counselor, very nice to see you. this has been five decades in the making for your client. how, what is she doing tonight? >> well, she is in -- she was released to parole this morning, as everyone knows, and she is in a transitional -- it's a transitional living facility, and she'll be there for a year. and she will be on parole for three years. right now i think she's just relaxing. the location of the transitional living facility is confidential. but she said that she's just trying to used to the idea that she is no longer in prison after all these decades, and just acclimate to her new life outside of prison. >> you know, what do you say to those peop

the day before the labianca murders, the manson followers also killed actress sharon tate.ten will have a 3-year maximum sentence. griff? griff: fox news alert, sixes people are dead after a fiery plane crash in murrieta, california. officials responded to a call shortly after 4:00 this morning when they found the downed aircraft in a field fully engulfed in flames. the six people onboard were pronounced dead at the scene. investigators are now working to determine the cause of the crash. if we get more, we'll bring it to you. aishah: ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. to join us -- joining us to talk about president biden's upcoming nato visit in europe and news that the u.s. is providing deadly cluster bombs to ukraine to use against russian forces, next. ♪ ♪ is it possible to protect my business from cyber threats? it is, with comcast business. helping every connected device stay protected. yours. your employees'. even... susan? hers, too. safe. secure. and powered by the next generation 10g network. with comcast business, advanced security isn't just possible. it's happen

she has served 53 years of a life sentence for her role in the 1969 murders of pregnant actress sharon tate and six others in los angeles. she can now be freed in as little as two weeks. texas governor greg abbott set to launch his latest plan to secure the southern border. a floating barrier to keep migrants from crossing the rio grande. the grand river. dozens of the buoys were delivered to eagle pass yesterday. they'll be set up over the next two weeks. and, at ups are moving closer to the picket line and possible shipping havoc across the country negotiations between the package carrier and the workers union are stalled for the current deal expires at the end of the month. it is now more than 100 days since russia wrongfully detained wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich. u.s. officials confirmed talks of potential prisoner swap with russia. his parents say they are relying on the biden administration to bring their son home. steve harrigan now with the latest. >> arthel, friday march 100 days for evan to be and that notorious moscow prison. his family has been to moscow. to see

two nights in 1969, killing seven people in some of the most gruesome of ways, including actress sharon tate, who at the time was pregnant. van houten was convicted of killing a couple in their own home, stabbing the wife 16 times at the crime scene. now, she wiped her fingerprints at the crime scene. she changed her clothes. she even drink chocolate milk from her victims refrigerator, and she says she did it as a follower of manson's. >> i believed that he was jesus christ. and it was his view and belief that all of this would happen. and part of his thing was not to have individual thinking and don't ask questions. and i bought into it lock, stock, and barrel. so, i never asked him how that is going to happen. >> now, california governor, gavin newsom, had previously rejected her parole three separate times, but this time, he didn't fight it. i want to bring in anthony de maria, his uncle, jay sebring, was one of the victims of the manson family. anthony, thank you for joining me this evening. you know, there's been a law that's been talked about and said over the years, five decades worth

that was the night after other manson family members killed five people including pregnant actress sharon tate. she has been serving a life sentence since her conviction in 1971. california governor gavin newsom has rejected her parole three times. but now he says in the further appeal to the supreme court would be futile. christina coleman is live with the very latest from los ang angeles. >> i arthel the details of this case are graphic and so disturbing. this convicted murderer could be released to a halfway house in just a few weeks to learn basic life skills based on the state parole board's decision. she served 53 years of her life sentence in prison in connection to the brutal stabbings of grocery store owner and his wife rosemary. they were found dead in their home with the words death to pigs and helter-skelter written on the walls in their blood. and how tenant was 19 years old at the time. 2002 interview she addressed the manson cult killings. >> manson had spoke a lot of being willing to sacrifice ourselves and give ourselves over to the beginning of the helter-skelter. and my loya

now she was not part of the group that killed five people, including actress sharon tate, but the next night she did participate in the killing of a supermarket executive and his wife, stabbing her 14 to 16 times. well, thanks very much for joining us tonight. "ac 360" begins right now. >>> tonight on "360," the former president's legal strategy becomes clearer. delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make their case to the judge in the documents case. we're keeping them honest. >>> also, senator tommy tuberville on cnn said white nationalist to me is an american. now he is doing damage control, while still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. >>> and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decade series still far from over. good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight we know what has long been suspected. the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case, and it's not just us saying it. he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived before midnight last night spells it out. in it, atto

now she was not part of the group that killed five people, including actress sharon tate, but the next and his wife, stabbing her 14 to 16 times. well, thanks very much for joining us tonight. "ac 360" begins right now. >>> tonight on "360," the former president's legal strategy becomes clearer. delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make their case to

took place after the famous tate murders and -- manson family members murdered pregnant actress sharon tate's not involved in the tape murders. van out was born in the los angeles area and you reportedly grew up going to church camp and singing in the choir, but her father says, she soon got involved with drugs. she became a hippie and began living at a commune, and later, was introduced to charles manson. she lived with the manson family as they were called, which was known for group sex and drug use, and murders that terrorized the nation. at her trial, van houten claimed that rosemary la bianca was already dead by the time she stabbed her. killed by other manson family members. but she was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. she was sentenced to death along with manson and three other followers. their sentences were commuted to life in prison, after california abolished the death penalty. >> i really do not believe that anyone who kills two people, and especially having, in such a brutal manner, should ever be allowed out of prison

but and she included was involved in killing of sharon tate, who was rac she was involved in the killinge day after. she's one of the. manson yeah. so i mean, it's weird because watched it's weird because i watched that upon time in that film once upon a time in america, tarantino movie. america, the tarantino movie. yeah, didn't really all yeah, i didn't really know all the details about it, but i think in america, certainly the manson murders have a much larger cultural impact, right? >> i think amazing thing. >> i think it's amazing thing. yes. the manson murderers were quite , quite the thing at the quite, quite the thing at the time. and because he was so insane , became insane or insane insane, became insane or insane or is that they kept a hold on people. i mean, it would be it would be the equivalent of rose west and. >> well, let's move on now, actually, bruce, what i mean, she's been in prison, what, 53 years? do you think redemption is possible? >> i'm i'm not sure about redemption because kind of redemption because i kind of don't people change. don't think that people change

she wasn't, i believe, the murderer of sharon tate.e all arrested after that. and she has been in prison for 50 years for this. she's now in her 70s. she was very young. you know, she was she 19 when it she was 19. she was 19 when it happened. and she's being happened. and she's now being let parole , which is let out on parole, which is obviously controversial because it's a very high profile killing i >> -- >> so manson >> so manson was >> 50 manson was never >> so manson was never there at the scene of any of those murders. no but he he did die in jail, i believe, in 2017, because he was clearly the svengali behind the whole thing. >> and she's done 50 years. so i think part of the problem with these things is you're kind of you're immediate response because you know how gruesome and violent and horrific and terrifying the crime was , is, terrifying the crime was, is, oh, my god, and they should never go out. but if we have term limits for such things, if she has proved to a parole board that she has is no longer a threat to the pub

life >> it was part of a spring of cult murders, including pregnant actor, s sharon tatete, and oths at thehe home of t tate she wasn't ther for the tate murders, but the next day, she and other followers broke into the labianca's house and stabbed the couple multiple times. van houten was sentenced to death. that was changed on appeal to a life sentence. governor gavin newsom rejected her parole in the past his office now telling nbc, the governor is disappointed, but will not pursue further action as efforts to further appeal are unlikely to succeed. and >> it didn't happen overnight. he spent a lot of time taking middle class girls and remolding them >> charles manson died in prison but he and the manson family have continued to capture the attention of the country and live on in pop culture, including the 2019 hit "once upon a time in hollywood." >> you are >> i'm the devil and i'm here to do the devil's business. >> now, the real-life impact being felt by those left behind. >> i really do not believe that anyone who kills two people and especially in such a brutal manner should ever be let out of priso