step one, said chris nelson, go back to nick harvey. lean on him a little bit. >> you got to talk to this guy before he gets arraigned. because once he's arraigned, you're screwed. he's going to get an attorney and his attorney's going to tell him to shut up. >> reporter: just what birdsall and his partner were thinking. so they confronted nick again. now, two days after lynn's murder. >> you need to be fully truthful with my partner and i right now because it's only gonna, you know, benefit you to tell the truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. >> we went at him one last time. tell us your story. he reiterates almost exactly what he said before. >> reporter: which was that he killed lynn schockner because the burglary he tried to carry out went bad. the cops still didn't buy it. >> i've been doing this a long time, nick. you need to take into responsibility now. take care of nick now, please. and tell -- be truthful with us. because we're not gonna stop, nick. him and i, that's our job. >> reporter: and that's when nick's story star

. >> thanks, chris. >>> new this morning, a big about-face for country music icon willie nelson who says smoking marijuana these days is no longer -- ♪ always on his mind >> you nailed it. he said he's giving up weed all together. he never made a secret about inhaling and now says he's quitting due to ongoing health and breathing issues. you may recall the 86-year-old postponed part of his august concert tour due to breathing problems. he then resumed that tour one month later. >> didn't say whether he was going to consume it in another way, though. >> hopefully, i mean 86, kind of think he's willing to give it up. >> maybe it's a preservative. >> not my call. 6:27 for you right now. >> still ahead this morning, soggy start, and rain lingering across the bay area, but it's no wash-out. kari and mike are tracking the trouble spots for us this morning. >>> plus smoke billowing into the night sky. the overnight fire that drivers say they could see from the highway. the nearby businesses the firefighters were desperate to save. >>> but first, lift lawsuit. new accusations against the san f