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That was outside of a museum but they didnt attack the museum. they hit the bus. the bus that was pulling up to the museum. >> completely vulnerable. >> when you go to an airport, anywhere anywhere -- a soft target is a place where people congregate and let their guard down. the thing that will save you and in the case that it happened where it happened here is the officers are prepared mentally for that to happen. you know civilians that are walking around ins these areas, you need to start pre...

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Cnns jean casarez, robert dursts attorney talked about other cold cases, saying quote, they seem to be going to great length to pin something else on him they must not have much of a case to begin with. lets bring in again our legal guys avery freeman, richard herman. richard, something tells me you might be in agreement with what he said. >> well fred we talked earlier. when law enforcement get desperate, did he say per addo done don henley the eagles. they want him bad. hes not a very likeable...

Killed them all, of course. >> lets bring in our legal guy, freeman and civil rights attorney and law professor in new york this week and richard herman and law professor from las vegas. good to see both of you. >> good to see you, fredricka. >> so avery, you first. do those muttered remarks by durst, spoke into a hot mic, neutralize two-party consent rule in california? >> well thats a rule in california where both parties have to consent. i dont think it applies at all. the fact is its an unfe...

Evidence or lack thereof, wouldnt that weigh more than this admission or whatever you want to call it? >> well it is an admission. and you know let me tell you something. if youre defending the case, youre going to raise issues. youre going to raise issues the judge is going to let it in. youre going to deal with issues for example, of dna. this guy is a convicted felon, theyve got dna evidence all over the place. whether they can apply it here we dont know right now. but frankly, if i were pros...

Heres cnns dan simon. >> reporter: the fbi is putting out a call to local police departments to examine cold cases where durst lived over the past 50 years. the wealthy real estate heir has a reported net worth of $100 million, and lived or owned property in several states including new york vermont, texas and california. >> we are certainly interested in any information that may or may not come out of interviews with mr. durst. if information comes to us that allows us to further our investigat...

Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum-pa-dum bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ hello again, im fredricka whitfield. robert durst, the focus of hbos true crime documentary series "the jinx" was charged with first degree murder this week in the 2000 killing of his long-time confidante susan berman. there are a lot of different threads to this story and were going to take the next 20 minutes or so to look at this case and well be talking to our legal guys about what kind ...

>> no evidence. >> no evidence no crime scene. >> the case grows cold until 2000 when investigators reopen it. this time the millionaire flees new york to this rundown apartment in galveston, texas. hiding out, cross-dressing and posing as a mute woman. for months he is speaking to virtually no one, except this woman, susan berman. durst and berman were decades-long friends. she was his con if fidanteconfidante corresponding by letters and phone. investigators decide to interview, but before she...

Name of karen mitchell who went missing in 1997 when she was 16 years old. there was a sketch artist that actually did a rendering of what a witness says was the last person who was seen with her, as you can see, a striking resemblance to robert durst. in looking through property records, however, what i see is that although he purchased property in that area it wasnt until two years later. the defense response to all of that is that law enforcement is just trying to pin something on their clien...