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Lawyers for David Jungerman, 84, argue that Kansas City police were biased against him and used false evidence.

ADVERTISEMENT Accused Atty Killer Cant Appeal Wrongful Death Settlement Law360 (May 25, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT) -- A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday threw out a bid by a man accused of shooting and killing an attorney to object to a settlement between a trust fund he operated and the attorneys family, saying that he has no standing to challenge the deal. The appeals court found that because he is not a beneficiary of the trust, David G. Jungerman was not aggrieved by the trial courts decision blo...

Confessing, saying, in part, "people, uh, know that i murdered that son of a expletive." >> jungerman stated he had killed a lawyer with a gun and had gotten away with it. >> reporter: pickerts widow calling the charges justice. >> to draw on something tom once said, no one gets to be the judge, jury and executioner. >> reporter: jungerman was already in custody on a separate unrelated case. hes being held without bond. david? >> alex perez tonight. alex, thank you. when we come back this even...

Next tonight here, the alleged accidental murder confession in kansas city. prosecutors say a suspect mistakenly recorded himself admitting to killing an attorney in front of his home. heres abcs alex perez. >> reporter: in kansas city tonight, an arrest in the mysterious murder of personal injury attorney tom pickert. >> my office filed a first degree murder charge against david g. jungerman. >> reporter: jungerman is the man pickert defeated in court last summer, ordered to pay nearly $6 milli...

Thinking id spent more time with my kids, when i know if i spend another term, they will only know me as a weekend father. >> reporter: he insists it has nothing to do with his rocky relationship with the president, or the prospect republicans could take a beating in the midterms. mr. speaker, did the chance that you might not be speaker come november, if democrats possibly take the house, factor at all into this decision? >> no. none whatsoever, actually. >> reporter: democrats are eager to cap...

Rumored replacements, kevin mccarthy and steve scalise. now, the president is wishing paul ryan well, but he has not yet said who he would like to see as the next speaker of the house. david? >> well stay tuned for that. mary bruce, as always, thank you. also on capitol hill tonight, members of congress turning up the heat on facebooks mark zuckerberg in his second day of testimony, challenging him today on the companys handling of the cambridge analytica scandal. the alleged misuse of some 87...

Warplanes and the syrian military is moving into a defensive posture. meanwhile, european officials are warning civilian aircraft to be cautious when flying near syria because of the possible missile strikes. david? >> all right, martha raddatz with us again tonight. martha, thank you. and another big question tonight, will russia carry through on its threat to shoot any missiles down? abcs james longman is in the region tonight for us. james? >> reporter: david, growing questions tonight abou...

Bashar al assads military command headquarters. >> assad was given a warning a year ago. he didnt heed that warning, and so the president is going to have to go back in with something thats going to make more of an impression on mr. assad. >> reporter: assad has denied his forces carried out that horrific chemical attack, but today, images were posted by activists on twitter said to show an unexploded barrel bomb, which a man wearing a gas mask said contained chemicals. but the u.s. has also poi...

>> here we are talking about syria, were talking about a lot of serious things with the greatest fighting force ever and i have this witch hunt. >> reporter: his anger directly focused on special council robert mueller and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the white house once said the president did not intend to fire them, but now, only this -- >> i dont have any personnel announcements at this front. >> jon karl joins me now from the white house tonight. and jon karl, in the senate, a gr...