now he'll have to defend himself in court. >> alec! >> reporter: alec baldwin, a hollywood heavyweight for more than three decades, making millions laugh on shows like "30 rock." >> i'm 50. that's like 32 for ladies. >> reporter: now his illustrious career hangs in the balance. prosecutors criminally charging the actor and producer with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the new mexico set of the movie "rust." >> this certainly is always going to be a black mark on his reputation. >> reporter: the bombshell court documents released today revealing new allegations about the tragedy. >> alec baldwin was the actor who had the gun in his hand. but he was also one of the producers of the film. and prosecutors seem to be holding him accountable for both. >> reporter: the santa fe county district attorney's office also formally charging armorer hannah gutierrez reed with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors compiling instance after instance of alleged recklessness

of one of alec's children. we didn't know any of that. >> he already had the plan in motion, and we fell for it. >> he was relieved of duty pretty quickly thereafter when those relationships became known to the cooks. >> it was actually pretty hard for him to find an attorney that would represent him -- >> because they knew what they were up against. >> -- not going against a murdaugh -- no. >> the first two lawyers we spoke to told us that -- if buster murdaugh was still alive, we wouldn't have to worry about all of this because connor would already be crab bait and there wouldn't be a problem. >> meanwhile, first responders were focused on trying to save mallory and not registering that we're going to need to make this into a crime scene now, not later. the murdaughs said we know what could happen next and we need to protect ourselves. they circled the wagons better than law enforcement did. >> that night at the accident scene when they had taped it off, mallory's parents wanted to go down to the water and th

. >>> new video evidence from the alec murdaugh trial. footage shown from his son paul murdaugh's phone taken the night of the murders >>> a new u.s. embassy jus opened its doors in the pacific. an american counter to china's growing dominance in that region >>> and calls for action and a celebration of life as thousands mourn tyre nichols in memphis. it's thursday, february 2nd. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with wicked weather and a rising death toll in the south. at least eight people were killed in texas and arkansas after an ice storm ripped through the region more than 350,000 texans are currently without power. meanwhile, in california, sierra snowpack was 205% above normal on wednesday, the deepest in four decades officials warn the drought-stricken state isn't out of the woods just yet. if dry conditions follow, they could still be in trouble. for more on this wicked weather moving across the country, let's go to nbc meteorologist angie lassman. >> it's been q

remember, this is during the time that alec told investigators he was napping. gillian. >> gillian: charles watson in atlanta for us, thank you. >> john: bring in mark eiglarsh. so, mark ball a bit of a two-edged sword for the defense, one hand, credence to the contention that the crime scene was contaminated by too many people walking around and then the other hand identifying alec's voice on that recording out by the kennels, a point he said he was not there. >> yeah, identifying his voice as being there is compelling. that's it. if you believe he was there, it not only shows that his alibi was not credible, but also that he was there, he had an opportunity. it blows out of the water that there might be someone else there to kill his wife and child. so yeah, a little bit of benefit, ok, he's crying, he fits the part, consistent with what his son buster said, daddy looked like he was upset, destroyed, either a victim or phenomenal actor. but what doesn't, what doesn't help the defense at all is someone saying that's his voice, he was at the scene, and thus he's

alec was disbarred from practicing law. his precise statement to law enforcement in the aftermath of the murders was a big part of the legal battle in court. >> according to your testimony he said i did him so bad. >> that is what i understood him to say, yes, sir. >> alec murdaugh's defense lawyer cross-examining a witness for the prosecution. the goal is to clear up what he heard or thought he heard alec murdaugh say that seemed to sound like a confession. when alec was interviewed just a few days after his wife and son were murdered he said this. >> it was just so bad. i did him so bad. >> reporter: the witness had told the court he thought alec said i did him so bad. the defense suggested alec said they did him so bad. >> did you consider that as a confession on june 10th? >> it is something we were definitely going to follow up on. >> why didn't you ask him then and there? why didn't you ask him what you mean by that alec? >> it was early in the investigation. >> what were the things going through your mind when you he

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there is no direct evidence connecting alec murdaugh to these actual murders. but put yourself in the jury box. when people hear how he was in ripping off his law firm and clients, and that evidence is more compelling than murder evidence they will sit back in the chairs and say hmm, if he's capable of that, what else is he capable of, and that's going to be fatal for this defense. up until now, if you imagine the scales of justice you either had to believe alec murdaugh was the ult ultimate victim, losing his wife and kid and he's accused of them, or a monster killing his family to get out of a financial hole. no in between. after the testimony today the scales are heavily leaning for the state. i don't know how the defense is going to create good character for him, but i'll tell you this much, alec murdaugh now has to testify. he has to. before i would have said there's no way. he must. >> gillian: let's talk about the infamous boat crash, the 2019 boat crash, we have a timeline of the events related to that i want to show our viewers at home. i'm asking you

. >> 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 we begin "america reports" with my partner for this friday, how are you today? >> i'm good, well, thanks for joining us on this friday. welcome to "america reports." this has been fascinating to watch, day 2 as the prosecution now cross examinates alex, and what's interesting to me, jonna spilbor said the prosecutor is seemingly getting outlawyered by his own witness here. let's bring in now criminal defense attorney phil holloway to get his take on what we have seen so far, as they take a break there in south carolina. phil, you know, yesterday you said that you thought that he needed to testify. he's admitted to stealing from clients, admitted to lying repeatedly, do you still think that was a good idea? >> yes, i do, good afternoon. thanks for having me back. i think so far the defendant is doing quite well as a witness i

right now i think it's making the case for alec murdaugh. if the jury does believe him, if they can say to the selves i don't care what he did in the past, i don't care about the financial misdeeds, i don't care about his opioid addiction, if they believe him, the numerous times he said i did not kill my wife and son, it's a not guilty verdict. they won't care about the gps, they won't care about any of that since we are in the defense case now, we are going to get more witnesses obviously in the next day or two, i'm not sure where the defense will go but i will tell you where i would go, i want to know more about the gardeners dna under maggie myrtles fingertips because part of the defense in addition to his testimony as you got the wrong guy and you never looked for the right guy so if there's dna under her fingertips from the gardener, why didn't they look there? another element the caput reasonable doubt in the jury's head. arthel: you only need one juror to have reasonable doubt, correct? >> only one to have reasonable doubt but you nee

alec. >> and how positive are you? >> 100%? >> that's correct. >> whose voices did you recognize, paul murdaugh, maggie murdaugh, alec murdaugh. >> how sure are you? >> 100%. >> with all that they're hearing, how impactful are the three witnesses? >> i think the very impactful. i think the alibi defense is starting to unravel and another piece of evidence introduced this week was the caregiver for alec's murder and said to the police after he called 911 and reported the murder that he had fallen asleep after dinner, about 8:15 on the couch, and he goes over to his mom's house for a while and comes back and finds the bodies. unfortunately, the caregiver for the mother said he was only there for about 20 minutes even though he was trying to could he -- coerce her or convince her he was there for 40 minutes. >> and this is all direct and circumstantial evidence so the alibi defense is starting to fall apart. >> and the prosecutor intested that murdaugh killed them because of the finances he was facing and the judge is allowing and

alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. alec baldwin was holding the gun but he denies pulling the trigger. he says it was freak discharge from a weapon he had been told was safe. i pulled out, slowly turn, cocked pistol, bang, and she hits the ground. but now he has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, which alleges a criminal degree of negligence. hannah gutierrez—reed, who was in charge of weapons on set, faces the same charges. prosecutors claim alec baldwin did not have sufficient firearms training, that he failed to deal with safety complaints on set, that he put his finger on the trigger of a real gun when a replica should have been used, and pointed it at halyna hutchins. they state this reckless deviation from known standards and protocol directly caused the fatal shooting. joel sousa, who was also wounded in the incident, will return as director, and halyna hutchins's husband, matthew, will be an executive producer, to oversee the legacy of her work. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. the white

we have been told that neither alec baldwin or hannah gutierrez—reed will be arrested. but if it goes to trial, there will be a preliminary hearing. the white house has expressed frustration at record profits posted by the us oil giant exxonmobil. they reached more than $55 billion last year, largely attributed to the war in ukraine. a government statement said the figures were particularly galling when americans were paying high fuel prices. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. good to see you. what has the white house been saying? figs good to see you. what has the white house been saying? as you sa , at a white house been saying? as you say. at a time _ white house been saying? as you say, at a time when _ white house been saying? as you say, at a time when americans i say, at a time when americans are paying almost record prices at the pumps for fuel, this are paying almost record prices at the pumps forfuel, this has antagonised the white house beyond belief, as you can probably imagine. they have called these record profits recorded by exx

this taken in the morning of alec murdaugh standing by an uncooperative tree. [laughter] >> better than it was, huh? >> you can see alec murdaugh is trying to get the tree to stand up and it will not, and his son paul behind the camera laughing at that, and then there is this video taken just before the murders at the dog kennels, paul is taking video of the back end of a dog here and you can hear voices in the background. listen to the video. >> he's got a bird in his mouth. >> the dog had some kind of a bird in his mouth. somebody thought that it was a guinea foul, his son paul says it was a chicken, and then moments after that both paul and his mother were dead. the prosecution says, laurie, that you can hear alec murdaugh's voice on that recording which would contradict what he has said, he claims that he had not been near the kennels, not in the area, and shortly after that time period had gone off to visit his mother who has alzheimer's disease and came back just after 10:00 to find his wife and son shot to death. what do you say about what we have seen i

day 26 in the alec murdaugh murder trial. defense has rested its case. how much will murdaugh admitting he lied to police the night his wife and son were murdered be a factor? we'll ask jonna spilbor, she is here. >> john: the house committee on china holding its first hearing tonight. what about the origins of covid? how much will that factor in the hearing? congresswoman ashley hinson is on that committee. she will tell us what to expect coming up. >> this is not a distant threat, it's a threat to here at home. with an affordable home loan from newday and save hundreds every month. there are no upfront fees to apply. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: driving around is how we get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we trusted the experts. they focus on our safety... so we can focus o

we have been told that neither alec baldwin or hannah gutierrez—reed will be arrested. but if it goes to trial there will be a preliminary hearing. sophie long, bbc news. two years ago, myanmar military leaders overthrew the government led by aung san suu kyi. the fallout from the coup continues to this day. it's estimated that around 70,000people have left the country with over one million people having been displaced. the un has accused the military leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity. 0ur correspondentjonathan head joins me now from the thai—burmese border, near the town. two years and so much has changed, now the junta saying things have not returned to normalcy, casting doubt over plans for elections and ending a state of emergency? yes, i think the plans for the elections were always pretty shaky given that the military controls perhaps only half of the country. and there is a state of civil war in much of myanmar, includingjust state of civil war in much of myanmar, including just over the other side of the river. it looks peaceful over there but

alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. alec baldwin was holding the gun, but he denies pulling the trigger. he says it was freak discharge from a weapon he had been told was safe. i pulled out, slowly turn, cocked pistol, bang it goes off and she hit the ground. but now he has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, which alleges a criminal degree of negligence. hannah gutierrez reed, who was in charge of weapons on set, faces the same charges. prosecutors claim alec baldwin did not have sufficient firearms training, that he failed to deal with safety complaints on set, that he put his finger on the trigger of a real gun when a replica should have been used, and pointed it at halyna hutchins. they state this reckless deviation from known standards and protocol directly caused the fatal shooting. joel sousa, was also wounded in the incident, will return as director, and halyna hutchins's husband, matthew, will be an executive producer, to oversee the legacy of her work. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. let's

alec was still preoccupied with clearing his son's name. paul had been facing charges for a fatal boat crash. and i thought that was so strange because my number one goal was to find out who killed my sister and pop. you ever act scared or afraid that the real real killers were out there somewhere. i think everybody was afraid. and well, it didn't seem to be afraid. but the defense team at pressing maggie's sister on the state of the murdochs marriage, the jury. what do you believe balanced relationship with maggie was it was good. it wasn't perfect. um but maggie was happy. the state is expected to wrap their case sometime this week. the defense has said it will take about a week and a half to lay out their side. then this will all go to the jury. even pilgrim abc news new york eva. thanks scientists, maybe closer to finding a new form of male birth control researchers in new york, saying improved version of a drug developed to treat an eye disease can stop sperm maturation and mobility in mice. the drug triggers a molecular switch that st

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>> not good. >> buster also testified the calls and texts alec made to maggie and paul on the day of the murder were not out of the ordinary, highlighted the communications. prosecution said the calls to the wife and son after the murder were solely to establish an alibi. during cross, they said he was trying to distract attention from millions he stole from the law firm and from the family of 19-year-old mallory beach after a boating accident in 2019. buster said he had no indication anything was wrong about his father's financial issues. >> as far as you knew, financially the family was sound. >> yes, sir. >> earlier in court buster also testified to an interview his father did with sled, the prosecution said they heard him say i did them so bad, he testified he heard they did him so bad. >> john: jonna spilbor, when they played the recording in court for buster murdaugh, he said that alec, his father said they did him so bad, other people have testified for the prosecution that murdaugh said i did him so bad in the second interview with police. how much weight will it carry a guy

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>> reporter: alec murdaugh, a man whose family was known for its wealth and influence, stands accused of murdering his own wife, maggie, and son, paul. >> i think that just growing up in the low country, knowing how important it is to know your roots, the roots have been ripped apart. >> good morning. >> reporter: now the trial hits day 19. with murdaugh in court listening to expert testimony describing the last moments of his son's life. >> that's over 20-something entrances and exits. i believe it would have hurt him. i believe he would have been in pain. >> right now we're watching the prosecution try and wrap up their case. this is a circumstantial case, but there's still obvious physical evidence that they need to tie together. >> reporter: prosecutors have painted a picture of a desperate man, arguing that murdaugh killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and distract authorities from his alleged financial crimes. the case that gripped the low country of south carolina started back in june 2021 when alec murdaugh called 911. >> county 911, what is your emergency? >> this is alex

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the actor alec baldwin is formally charged with involuntary manslaughter after the fatal shooting on a film set last year. the death toll in the pakistan mosque attack rises to 100 as the authorities call off the search and rescue operation. as myanmar marks the second anniverasary of the miltiary coup — the us announces fresh sanctions on the country. the sanctions on the country. searchers off the tiny radioactive the searchers off the tiny radioactive capsule in australia. and welcome to liverpool — eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. live from our studios in singapore this is bbc news. it's news day. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. 0ur west coast correspondent sophie

for those readouts showed that alec murdoch dialed maggie's phone five times just after 9:00 p.m. with no answer. testimony resumes on wednesday. >> thank you. in the meantime, madison brooks died tragically after an allege sexual assault, described accusations that she was not to drunk to consent despite her blood alcohol level being nearl four times the legal limit they describe those accusations as absolutely shameful. i spoke with the attorney representing the brooks family earlier today. >> when they said that they issued a complaint about that that she survived, it is glaxo exam blaming perigee is dead an can't speak for herself and we thought that was the lowest blo possible. the day after the incident, two of the suspects went income it without attorneys and admitted sexual acts occurred in the bac of the car while the other to watch, and they knew she was drunk or then drunk. that's it, and of story. a drunk person, an intoxicated person can't give consent. content is irrelevant. they prey upon young women who can't stand up for themselves either due to intoxication issue

. >> and alec, what did you do the following week, that monday, tuesday, wednesday? >> um, starting when now? >> so the day after your dad's funeral. >> all right, monday, um, i went -- i went to grandma and papa ts in sommerville. >> where did you stay monday night? >> we stayed at greenfield sunday night, so we woke up at greenfield on monday. >> so sunday night with the same family members, your brother, brooklyn, buster and -- >> that's right. >> and liz. >> liz and her mom and dad and -- >> then you went to sommerville with who? >> i believe i went to sommerville myself, but in the car by myself. i can't remember if buster rode together, i think we had separate cars. probably did ride together -- i don't know, i went to sommerville and buster was in sommerville with me, with grandma and papa t. >> and sommerville is where maggie's parents lived? >> that's right. maggie's mom and dad, maggie's mom is grandma, and dad is papa t. >> did you stay with them for a few days in sommerville? >> i stayed with them -- in sommerville, yes, we stayed in sommerville monday ni

spec the prosecution rested its case in the double murder trial of alec murdoch. their last witness to give a detailed minute by minute timeline from the night of the murders, some of his testimony conflicts with statements made by murdoch. >> this is going to be the full timeline. >> special agent peter analyzed cell phone data from phones belonging to the victims and alec murdoch as well as gps data recovered from their cars. he presented a timeline to the jury from the night of the murders. >> at 8:44 28 mac:55, what does it reflect? >> you can hear alex, maggie and -- in the background. >> a key piece of video that witnesses say puts alec murdoch at the scene just before prosecutors say paul and his mother were killed. >> what time to paul and maggie's bones go silent forever? >> 8:49. >> minutes after the murders were believed to have occurred, alex murdochs phone showed more steps taken then at any other point that evening. >> he is a busy guy right there. >> the witness says cell phone data also shows someone moved maggie murdochs phone minutes after she di

in the background they say you can hear both maggie and the voice of alec murdaugh. the defense is going to argue that's not him and it's possibly someone else and you can't see him on camera. we haven't gotten to that portion of the day just yet. they did have an expert on the stand weigh in and verify there were three people here that night. here is what he said. >> it is a video i found on paul murdaugh's phone. the video looked like inside maybe a kennel area with a fence around it and a dog i believe to be a lab where he's trying to take a video of the tail of the dog. you hear three different voices in the video. >> reporter: the biggest problem with this video is that alec murdaugh has said he was never in that kennel that night until he discovered the bodies just before 10:00. so it really does poke a whole in a lot of the story, the version of events he's given to investigators saying he wasn't there. we'll see what the jury believes on that. >> catie, i understand there's been significant focus on maggie's cell phone, too. what are we learning from that? >>

and then this. >> i asked him, i said, alec, do you have any idea who stabbed them? i said we have got to find out who could do this. and he said that he did not know who it was. but he felt like whoever did it had thought about it for a really long time. >> did that strike you as odd? >> i just don't know what that meant. >> she also testified following the murders that alec seemed focused on resolving a boat lawsuit his son paul was involved. and >> we would talk about the boat case. and he was very intent on clearing paul's name. >> what did he say? >> he said that his number one goal was clearing paul's name. and i thought that was so strange, because my number one goal was to find out who killed my sister and paul. >> regarding his whereabouts the night of the murders, maggie's sister told the jury that alex told her family that he had not gone to the dog kennels for the murders took place earlier that night. >> you said he never went to the kano? correct >> keep in mind, alex told investigators he wasn't at the candles later, until much later that night when he

alec baldwin skipped out on gun training. skipped out. and, when he did show up, he was talking on his phone most of the time and not paying attention baldwin bragged how he was an expert on gun safety and been around weapons in 40 movies and tv shows and on the day he shot elena hutchins he was blowing off safety protocols. he shot hutchins during rehearsals when he was supposed to be using a prop gun, not a revolver. and the armorer was supposed to do safety checks with baldwin before the scene and baldwin blew those off, too. baldwin was a producer, not just an actor hired armorer and prop master with no experience. the arm member wasn't even certified and the prop master was totally green. the set was sloppy, guns going off accidently all over the place. bald win didn't discipline a soul. and someone was sneaking in outside ammo. get, this police found rounds that didn't match the rounds purchased from the prop company. hmmm and baldwin's big mouth is getting him in trouble. when officers arrived at the scene, baldwin told them he fir

we are watching the double murder trial of alec murdaugh. let's watch. >> i got blood on my fingertips. >> can you differentiate whether it was maggie or paul? >> probably both. there was so much blood. >> it turns out there was a drop of blood on the steering wheel, on the suburban. do you know how that got there? >> if it was fresh, i put it there. if it was not fresh, maggie drove my car all the time. i assume it got there from me touching maggie and then touching the steering wheel that night. >> i think maybe there were possibly blood on the gun. maybe not. do you know if you transferred blood onto anything else? >> is maggie's blood is on that gun, i put it there. maggie did not really full with guns other than to put them up. >> did you submit to a gsr examination that night? >> that's what i was talking about earlier. i testified about it. >> where your hands were swabbed. >> that's right. >> and your hands were collected by an agent or someone else. >> that's correct. >> it turns out there is gsr on your shirt, on your shorts. did y

we know alec baldwin says he plans to fight these charges. he will not be taking a plea deal if offered and he plans to see it through to a trial. but again, this is something that is constantly developing. we do know that alec baldwin and other members of the film will planning this spring to finish the movie because some of the money was going to go to halyna hutchins' widower. so this is ever-evolving and we'll keep you posted. back to you. >>> and florida's republican governor heads to several blue states to push his pro law enforcement message while also creating a buzz for an expected presidential run. the details just ahead. ugh covid-19? and being overweight makes it more risky. i'm calling my doctor. if it's covid, paxlovid. authorized for emergency use, paxlovid is an oral treatment for people 12 and up... who have mild-to-moderate covid-19 and have a high-risk factor for it becoming severe. my symptoms are mild now, but i'm not waiting. if it's covid, paxlovid. having even one risk factor, like being over 50, diabetes, or smoking i

we haven't heard back from alec baldwin, his legal team yet. this is a big deal, because this is potentially going to go to trial and we all know that alec baldwin is going to put up a fight. >> it's clear that this is not happening because they're worried about how much the defense attorneys are being paid. we'll look for more. >> side note, it was really entertaining watching you and josh work together during the commercial break. >> he's so smart, i was calling him to try to figure things out. i'm the baldwin beat. it takes a village here. >> thank you. >>> china issues a harsh critique on the united states. we'll have more on that just ahead. ...will remain radioactive for years to come. well, thank goodness. it's time for the "good news of the week." and, boy, do we need i [ chuckles ] well, this se driver saved money with the snapshot p from progressive. -how do you el? -um, good? he's better than good. he got rewarded for driving safe and driving less. sorry, barb, just to confirm, this is the feel-good news of the week? this is what we

smith recalled alec state about 15 to 20 minutes. despite that, she says she told her the next day unsolicited that he was there much longer than that. >> just to be clear, what was the statement that he said about how long he was here? >> 30 to 40 minutes. >> his face was, i was here -- >> i was here, 30 to 40 minutes. >> was either 30 to 40 minutes that night? >> not to my knowledge. >> smith tried on the stand as he shared how that conversation with alex made her so nervous, she called her brother to tell him about it. she seemed to suggest that alec was sending her a message to say, he was there longer the night of the murders. she also describes for the jury how alec seemed fidgety. the defense pushed back. >> is his normal behavior kind of fidgety? >> yes. >> smith told the jury days after the murders that alec returned to his mother's house around 6:30 in the morning with what looked like a blue tarp. >> something like this? what did it look like? >> like a blue tarp, a blue tarp. >> blue? >> blue. >> was it vinyl? >> it was a

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alec baldwin officially charged in the "rust" shooting death. prosecutors detail what they say the actor did wrong the day the cinematographer died. and breaking news in the search for two monkeys missing from a dallas zoo. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from new york. >> brown: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. norah is on assignment. i'm james brown. tonight, former president donald trump pleads the fifth during his deposition, ahead of a $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by new york's attorney general. plus, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of his film "rust," along with the movie's weapons specialist. but first, a massive winter storm system is targeting the nation's midsection with ice, sleet, and snow. winter storm alerts are spread across 14 states. officials are urging residents to stay off the roads and be prepared for power outages. at least two deaths in texas have been r

. >>> and alec baldwin formally charged tonight. >>> first, that ice storm and the travel nightmare. multiple states. 35 million americans under alerts. treacherous driving, cars and trucks out of control. more than 1,000 flights canceled. where this hits tomorrow. and then, what's headed to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas and ginger zee timing it out. >>> the tyre nichols investigation. and tonight, abc news obtaining that initial police report. what the report says and how do you reconcile the words with what the country saw in that brutal police video? po.t officers claim in the stramos from memphis. >>> alec baldwin formally charged along with the woman who handles the gun on the set, the armorer hannah gutierrez-reed. the evidence prosecutors say they have. mola lenghi on what both could now face. >>> the newly elected new york congressman who lied about so many parts of his life story, george santos, and the apology today for lying about his education. embellishing his resume. and agreeing to step away from committee assignments for now. rachel scott tonight asking s

the defense called alec murdaugh's eldest son buster to the stand to paint a picture of a loving family who enjoyed spending time with one another. during his testimony, buster described his father as being destroyed after the murders of his mother and brother. he later went on to contradict the prosecution's assertion that alec is heard on video during an interview with investigators following the murders saying that he harmed his family. >> this is so bad. iti did him so bad. >> what did he say. >> he said they did him so bad. >> his testimony also in the prosecution's theory that alec killed his wife and eldest son with a shotgun and missing assault rifle similar seized from family property. buster said they often went hunting on the property so it wasn't unusual for weapons to go missing from the family's gun room. during cross, the state hammered away at its theory that alec committed the murders to distract attention away millions of dollars accused of stealing from his clients in law firm. and wrongful death malory beach killed in a boating accident involving alec's youngest son

. >>> tonight, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter along with a weapons expert in the shooting death on the set of the western "rust." prosecutors say more than a dozen safety violations occurred on the set. cbs's kris van cleave joins us with the new details. good evening, kris. >> reporter: j.b., these new charging documents lay out a chain of events where prosecutors say there were multiple opportunities to avoid tragedy. now, these documents allege that alec baldwin missed the required firearms training before filming began. he was given his own training session on the set of "rust," but the documents say baldwin was distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family during the training. video and pictures from around the time of the shooting allegedly show multiple instances where baldwin had his finger on the trigger of the gun. baldwin has claimed he didweapo forensic review found the trigger had to be pulled for that gun to fire. baldwin's attorneys did not comment today but have called the charges a terrible miscarriage of justice. it will no

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without the jury in the room we heard the cfo of alec murdaugh's former law firm testify that on june 7, 2021, earlier on the day of the murders, she confronted alec about some missing funds. >> he turned and looked at me when i came up and said what do you need now, and gave me a very dirty look, not a look that i've ever received from alec from, frustrated with me look. >> she says that murdaugh assured her he could account for the money but their conversation was quickly interrupted by a phone call informing murdaugh that his hospitalized father was terminally ill and then that night, murdaugh called 911 to report the deaths of his wife maggie and son paul on the family's 1700 acre hunting estate. this morning a technical expert from snapchat testified that metadata on a video paul murdaugh posted of his father with a fallen tree shows it was recorded the evening of the murders at 7:38 p.m. and then uploaded at 7:39. it shows alec wearing long pants and a button down shirt, just over an hour before the estimated time of the shootings. but john, if you remember that sled interrogati

she's talking about alec baldwin who pulled the trigger who never said i pulled the trigger. the concept here is now nobody is going to take responsibility for this. >> this is the problem we have prosecutors over charge or going for the big fish and the big pr case and following what the evidence shows you or pursuing justice when you try to go to the big fish and missed then you can destroy the entire case. >> alex murdaugh's defense tomorrow, his youngest son is being called to the stand. this is a big risk or reward if it works. >> you have to fight back after the recording took place and the testimonies saying it was his voices were on the recording. what other evidence do they have and what other witnesses could they present their defense. they have about a week to put it together and we'll see where this takes them. >> robert, good insight as always, appreciate it. >> ♪ >>> the cdc is now adding covid vaccine to its recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescence. it recommends kids as young as six months old to get a dosage. schools used the recommend

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prosecutors and more than a handful of witnesses say that alec murdoch's voice in the recording. putting him at the murder scene around the time of the murders. on the body cam video, we also see for the first time this bizarre exchange between alec and deputy buford mcdowell who arrives on the scene. in the middle of talking to sergeant greene about his wife he pauses to greet the deputy. >> maggie murdoch, how you do? >> i'm okay. >> alec also asked the deputies several times of his family are dead. >> did you check? and >> i've got medical guys, that's what they're gonna do okay? >> check in the third dead. they are dead aren't there? >> yes sir, that's what it looks like. >> on some of the body cam video, alec murdoch is seen pacing around the property. he's making phone calls including 1 to 1 of his brothers. >> the police are here now, the police are here. now >> in another clip he asks the deputies to get a surviving son buster on the phone. >> can get a police officer to get my older son in columbia? >> randi kaye, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. >> and we want to thank

. >>> alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the set of "rust." >>> and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. ♪ what the world need now ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds cause for celebration. an injection of hope for those still digging in search of life

jimmy carter in hospice care at his home the tributes pouring in tonight >>> the big legal win for alec baldwin in the deadly "rust" shooting case. >>> and the marine veteran who used his battlefield skills to reunite a girl and her beloved dog. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and thank you for joining us we have seen american presidents quietly slipping into war zones before, but never quite like what we saw today americans waking up to news that president biden had arrived in the ukrainian capital of kyiv on an unannounced visit cloaked in secrecy that included the president taking a ten-hour train ride across ukraine, venturing into a country actively at war and where there is no sustained u.s. military presence. the risk underscored by the wail of an air raid siren as the president strolled outside with president volodymyr zelenskyy. the visit coming just before the first anniversary of the russia mr. biden voicing unwavering support for ukraine and vowing the u.s. would stand with the battered country for as long as it takes. kristen welke

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because they had tunnel vision from the beginning for alec baldwin. they wanted that fancy pants hollywood elite and they were going to do anything they could to get it, including giving a sweetheart deal to the person who likely should have been really sitting in that defendant's chair. now how did i do? >> that was pretty solid. but yeah, further on that point, the idea that shouldn't -- to willie's question about the safety levels that people said, baldwin should be protected because the gun had to go through all these steps. aren't there others here who could face charges or is this die is cast with baldwin? >> in all likelihood this is probably it. but you bring up a good point. that's a major fact for the defense. they're going to put up this entire chain of command and show how this was a failure on many levels not just the armorer, the first assistant director and maybe other folks. the more they distribute that responsibility, the closer you get to reasonable doubt. again becomes a jury argument in the end. look at all the other people. by th

i want to ask you about the alec murdaugh case. you know this family. you worked with his father, i believe. what goes through your mind when you listen to what happened on that day? we're getting more information about it today in jonathan's reporting. >> i tell you what's going through my mind, i'm about to crawl out of my seat through the television saying, okay, where is the blue shirt and where are the long pants? i'm assuming you did an exhaustive search if you found them, was there anything on it. better yet, we didn't find it. so what does that tell the jury? that i got the shirt on one day, a pair of pants and even god can't find it after that. we have looked everywhere. why would someone get rid of a share and pair of pants? oh, let me think. maybe because there's blood on it. that's what i want to know. did you find the shirt and pants or not. >> martha: here's a quick sound bite. i thought the woman that worked in the law firm with him was interesting. she started to ask him about the financial side of it. the story is that he was stealing f