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>> the double murder trial in south carolina alex murdaugh killing his wife and youngest son, began today with prosecutors laying out the evidence. they state includes video taken from their dead sons phone. defense attorney told the jury that the forensics case did not backup the prosecution case. we were in corinth and following it from the beginning. before we get to what was in the opening statements, an exten-- understand the famil should appear. >> and quite interested in putting him. his ...

Butcher his son and wife. >> reporter: dramatic descriptions of his familys deaths at points bringing murdaugh to tears. opening statements given to a jury of eight women and four men who will spend the next several weeks following the evidence. >> they were shot at close range, and they did not have defensive wounds. >> reporter: prosecutors say forensics will prove murdaughs guilt after a perfect storm of circumstances came to a head. the state contends maggie was killed with a weapon owned by...

That they need about what was in the classified documents found at president bidens home. now the national archives may ask all living former presidents and vice presidents to check. the double murder trial of alex murdaugh, the state arguing gun residue will prove the former south carolina attorney killed his wife and son. >> neither one of them had defensive wounds, as if they didnt see a threat coming from their attacker. >> theres no eyewitness. theres no forensics tieing him to the murder...

Murdaugh to shoot his wife and son to create a distraction. but the defense says investigators rushed to judgment without any direct evidence. >> theres is no eyewitness. there is no camera. theres no fingerprints. there is no forensics tying him to the crime. none. >> prosecutors say they will be able to use cell phone data and gunshot residue to prove that murdaugh was at the crime scene at the time the shootings took place. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. >> su...

His double murder trial. the disgraced south carolina attorney accused of brutally shooting his youngest son paul first before gunning down his wife maggie at their home back in june 2021. >> they were shot at close range and they did not have defensive wounds. >> reporter: but the defense maintaining murdaugh wasnt involved. >> theres no direct evidence. there is no eyewitness, theres no camera, theres no fingerprints, no forensics tying him to the crime. none. >> reporter: murdaugh emotional a...

Other people. maybe complaints whereas social -- media, and emails, text, friends, you have the forensics of all those devices if that leak from his residence, yesterday so theres a lot of work from investigators to do here. hopefully, that would enable them to stick together in understanding of what needs. katic so many answers that the families are looking for. and were looking for the identity of those who were killed in monterey park and those in half moon bay. thank you to both of you. we 3...

Planning, evidence of malice of forethought which is what you need to prove in a murder case. so theyll be looking at his social media accounts, if he has any. theyll look at his electronics devices and any that might preserve evidence of this mans intent. we know what he did. we have the forensics at the scene. hes in custody. but we still need to prove a case in court. very different, obviously in monterey park where your subject is deceased. >> yeah. one concern after back-to-back mass shooti...

These kinds of plots? of terrorism. this would be perhaps a first step to do terrorist attacks in places like europe, potentially here as well before the big question, whether or not they would go the nuclear route in retaliation for all of this. >> this is the highest priority for us. the threat with the shortest fuse is still terrorism. whether its isis in al-quaida or state sponsored terrorism from iran or russia. we work with our foreign government partners, in this case spain, to do the for...

Ammunition. they didnt even -- they werent able to tell us how much ammunition. a lot of it loose, a lot of it in boxes. and also we are told in that house there was equipment that leads investigators to believe that this man was making homemade firearm suppressors, essentially silencers. he was making them in his trailer home. now, we are also hear that what was left here at the scene of the crime were 32 shell casings and that extended magazine that weve been told he was using. also we have fo...

Is everything from internet, social media search. forensics around the two shooting scenes there. working with the atf -- frank had mentioned right when it came out to really look at the weapon that was seized trying to put the pieces together in terms of evidence. evidence response working families those are all capabilities that are essential. the command center that he saw there that the fbi uses. that is a playbook the upper nose and runs a very well. i worked both at the fbi when i worked i...