. >> they learn about stephen smith, a 19-year-old young man found dead in the middle of the road. he was openly gay in this very small town which could not have been easy. >> i was so proud of him. you know, because his favorite saying is, "i am who i am, and god made me, and god don't make mistakes." >> the highway patrol just didn't buy it, that this was a hit-a hit-and-run. >> he had no ababrasions, no to clothes, shoes on his feet, cell phone in his pocket. >> stephen smith's twin systems police, right after the coroner called, randy murdaugh called, offering his services as an attorney. >> why would they be worried about my son's death? >> the most persistent rumor told to police alleged that paul's older brother, buster murdaugh, was involved. >> stephen smith was a class made of buster murdaugh. >> but we don't know if those people giving these statements had direct knowledge of this case or if they were repeating rumors. >> so the police are checking it out. but they can't get to the root of where this rumor came from. they can't really make any headway with it. >> highway

chewy. >>> there's controversy around stephen smith's death. >> they begin interviewing people who may have known stephen and the name murdaugh starts popping up. >> there were other names in the investigation. it wasn't only the murdaughs, but there's the name and there's the name again. the smith family told police stephen's dad was contacted by randy murdaugh right after they were contacted by the coroner, informing them of their son's death. >> no lawyers have contacted you about anything, have they? >> umming well, the day that stephen passed away, randy murdaugh was the second person to call my dad after the coroner. and he said he wanted to take the case, and it would be free of charge and everything. and my dad's a little iffy on that. >> why is this guy calling out of the blue and we just found out our son died? this is just a weird thing. >> why would they be worried about my son's death? >> the most persistent rumor told to police alleged that paul's older brother, buster murdaugh, was involved. >> stephen smith was a classmate of bus

>> seven years ago this month, stephen smith was found dead in the middle of a south carolina road. >of what happened to your son, what does that feel like? >> heartbreaking. he was a human, and he deserves justice. >> sandy smith is steven's mother, she says he was a bright blue eyed 19 year old with dreams of becoming a doctor. steven smith body was found in the middle of this road, a pathologist says it appears to be a hit and run, but the highway patrols incident report noted that they didn't find any vehicle debris, skid marks or injuries on stephen's body. consistent with someone being struck by a vehicle. according to the case notes, stephen died from blunt force trauma to the head. what do you believe happened here? >> i believe he was beaten to death. being hit by a car is a brutal and violent act, you would have lots of injuries, all over your body. i've never seen a hit and run where the shoes remained on the feet. >> evidence from the scene showed stevens loosely tied shoes were still on his feet. steven's mysterious death may be connected to alex murdaugh and his family.

his name is stephen smith. 2015, he was a teenager, his body was found in the road.ccident, blunt force trauma to his head, case closed. but there were no skid marks, there was no debris. that case has been reopened. also, next, gloria satterfield, she was the housekeeper, longtime housekeeper for the murdochs. 2018, she allegedly fell down the stares , outdoor stares at their home, blunt force trauma to the head, she died. it was a natural death, it was determined, case closed, now you start to get into the financial crimes, because that is what he's been charged with so far. the family bought a $500,000 claim for wrongful death, he said i was will settle it and then you will take all the proceeds, $500,000. but the family didn't get us in and now it is believed that there was misappropriation all those funds. financial crimes, i'm not done yet. september, 2021, last september, alex murdaugh was shot. authorities believe that he conspired with a man to shoot him, and killed him, alex murdaugh, so that his son , brad parscale alex murdaugh, only remaining son would g

. >> i mean, it's just that same old -- >> stephen smith and gloria, all of that stuff. ed. >> gloria satterfield dialed in 2018 after falling down the steps at murdoch's home. smith was found dead on a roll road in 2015. both of those deaths are now under investigation by the state. meanwhile, following court today, murdoch wants to get returned to jail, where he is being held on 7 million dollar bond on charges of financial crimes, including insurance fraud. >> randi now joins us from charleston, south carolina. did the prosecution give any hints about possible motive? >> anderson, no clear motive was spelled out in court today. the prosecutor certainly hinted at one may be to come. they noted 81 allegations that he is facing for fraud, for, drugs for financial crimes, all things at the grand jury had to consider when deciding to indict him in this double murder case. so, prosecutors said today court, quote, a lot of that provides the background and motive for what happened on june 7th, 2021. that was the day of the double murder when alex murdoch's wife and son were bo

smith, bbc news. let's speak now to sir stephen timms, labour mp and chair of the work and pensions committee.n, if people are away money back. reason?— explanation, if people are away money back. reason? yes, there are alwa s money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for the _ money back. reason? yes, there are always reasons for the deductions, i always reasons for the deductions, but during the pandemic, the government did pause those deductions, and we think on a cross—party basis that they should be doing that again, given the scale of the problems that we are going to be going into in the autumn, there will be another big increase in electricity bills in october, food prices are going up, the government itself said to private firms that they ought to reduce the amount they are taking off people in debt repayments and consider cancelling some of the debts, the government needs to take its own advice and make sure they are not forcing people into a kind of impossible situatio

but when stephen piscotty rides one out for his third home run of the year it's 11 5 in the eighth is would have scored more in the eighth. but with two on and two out josh smith over the shoulder, making an unbelievable catch, robin said brown of at least one run, possibly too, so we stayed tied 11 to 5, but the a's go back to back to back in the bottom of the ninth. sean murphy makes it 11 6, then chad pinder. just like that. where 11 7 and finally tony kemp a shot down the line right over the wall, and it's 11 to 8. the dugouts fired up. everyone's having a good time, but the a's would get no closer, seven straight unanswered runs. not enough rangers win at 11 to 8 the eiffel tower, and all of its glory means we are in paris for the final stage of late tour de france. lots of pomp and circumstance. but today's stage was really a mere formality in terms of the winner joonas ving gagarin, the yellow he's taking it easy with an insurmountable lead and victory in hand. as for the stage itself, plenty of drama that's jasper phillips and overtaking caleb ewan in the sprint to the finish, phillips and just too strong, he wins the stage. but as we said the story wa

but when stephen scotty rides it out it's 11 to 5 in the eighth, the aids would they would have scored more. but with two on and two outs, josh smith catch to rob seth brown of at least one run. possibly too, so we stay at 11 to 5, but the a's go back to back to back in the bottom of the ninth. sean murphy makes it 11 to 6. and then chad pinder, and it's 11 to 7. and finally tony kemp with the shot down the line to write and just like that, it is 11 to 8. the dugout is all fired up, but the a's would get no closer. seven straight unanswered runs. not enough rangers take it 11 to 87 new members inducted into the baseball hall of fame today. the headliner for this generation anyway, big papi david ortiz, who becomes the first designated hitter to be selected into cooperstown on his first ballot. over his 20 year career, ortiz hit 541 home runs. he was named to 10, all star games and in 2004. he forever endeared himself to the red sox fans by leading them to their first world series title. in 86 years . he won three titles in all in boston. ortiz is the fourth dominican born player to be enshrined into the hall of fame. american frien

bump-inducing moment of watching stephen ayres, an insurrectionist, who went up to these police officers, we know gonell, michael fanone, harry dunn, the widow of officer aaron smith hodges and apologized to them and expressed his condolences. obviously, you know, it remains to be seen whether those officers accept his apology, but it was a really surreal and emotional moment in the room. >> roller coaster is the perfect word for it. harry litman, i found myself watching, and i know trump supporters, and so i found myself watching mr. ayres and feeling like, oh my god, there were so many people who believed the lies he was telling them, and at least, obviously, mr. ayres is responsible for everything that he did. he seemed to take responsibility for that. but it seemed important to both congressman raskin and congresswoman cheney and congresswoman murphy to make clear that they were also victims, that their lives were also upended not just by the lies but what they did in service to the lies. >> yeah. i agree. they really did put a human touch on it, even to the people who were acting on his behalf. and he was in some ways, was trump, a sort of supporting player h

smith & wesson semiautomatic assault ar-15 variety, and three, 30 round high-capacity magazines to commit this massacre. he killed seven people. the names are katherine goldstein, kevin and irina mccarthy, jacquelyn sundheim, stephen straus, nicolas toledo-zaragoza, and eduardo uvaldo. dozens more were injured, many are still hospitalized. thousands experienced a trauma that day that will be with them forever. the attack in highland park was the 309th mass shooting in america this year. there h have been 47 more mass shooting since the fourth of july. this is a crushing number when you consider its reflection on life in america, and it is disgraceful that we have done so little to stop it. too often the weapons that are used our military style assault weapons designed to kill large numbers of people in the matter of seconds. my colleague and the other senator from illinois senator duckworth will speak to the issue with her own special personal knowledge of it. i would like to turn to a short video that shows the threat our community face wendy's war weapons, one of which was turned loose on highland park. >> he indiscriminately fired at the crowd and struck people at random. >> stopping to reload his rifle similar