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He lied about his alibi, he said he was not at the kennels in a night at the time that his wife and son were and we now know that he was. he lied. and he is blaming an opoided a sdik addiction for that. listen. >> my addiction evolved over time. circumstances or situations where i would get paranoid thinking it could be anything take triggered it. it might be a look somebody gave me or a reaction that somebody did. >> he is fair nois paranoid eno norths and by the way he lied as soon as he calle...

Think that he would try to step away from it, but he called police. and he said that he was so paranoid he lied about the time line from the very beginning. this is a guy mind you who had so much privilege that he put a police damage on his dashboard of his car when he would drive around. he had a police badge hanging out of his pocket when he went to the hospital after his sons boating accident when he tried to intimidate the witnesses. so so much for paranoia about the police. he had privilege...

Wife and son. what do you think that strategy? >> it was the right strategy beyond any stretch of the imagination or beyond debate in my mind. the reason for that is to take the sting out of the prosecutions upcoming cross-examination, and i think you did a wonderful job of it. the facts arent good as to what he had to admit to, but there might be one juror or two or three on that jury thats going to sympathize with the person who has a debilitating opioid addiction and paranoia and wanting to d...

First blizzard warning for the southern california mountains since 1989. norah? >> norah: christina ruffini, thank you. it was a big day in the double murder trial of disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh. murdaugh took the stand, sobbing at times. he surprisingly admitted he lied to police. cbss scott macfarlane was in yes, maam.rolina >> reporter: just moments after taking the stand from alex murdaugh, part of a family legal dynasty in south carolina, denied being a murderer. >> i didnt shoo...

Yes, thats my voice. number 2. >> as my addiction evolved over time, i would get in these situations or circumstances where i would get paranoid thinking -- it could be anything that triggered it. might be a look that somebody gave me, a reaction or what a tangled web we weave. but once i told a lie, i told my family. i had to keep lying. >> martha: thats problematic. quick thought on that before we take a break here. >> you know, this is his excuse for everything now. i was taking drugs, i was ...

Overcome that. they have made the conscious decision that whatever he can offer is going to be enough -- >> rachel: do you think you did it? >> doug: s i am not going to make an opinion on it. i want to say -- can i just say this -- theres a lot of things -- this is exactly what our system up to look like. a prosecutorial team doing their job. we hear this all the time. that is the purpose of this. this is to protect -- >> harris: that is such a great point. >> doug: he may be a liar but not a m...

>> jean casarez joins our coverage. when you put a defendant on the stand youre taking a risk. sometimes you build up a timeline and then ask the question, did you do it. right out of the box, defense attorneys asked what did you make of that? >> they got right to the heart of it. they also got to the heart of all the lies. because theres been a lot of lies that the prosecution has brought autoin this case. the most important lie of all is the one that he said he was never down at the kennels cl...

Police. lies he says were born of paranoia and drug addiction. those lies trapped him into repeating the lies over and over and over again throughout the investigation. murdaugh at one point even quoting the poet walter scott on direct examination. oh, what a tangled web we weave he told his attorney. his attorneys walking the defendants through a kashl recounting of that horrific day, his whereabouts, he showered, he said he ate in front of the television and murdaugh testified through tears th...

On the night of june 7th, and told them you stayed at the house -- >> i did lie to them. >> reporter: perhaps even more astonishing to people was behind him admitting when he lied, as he was asked why. he said he was addicted to drugs, paranoid, an once he told the lie, he tipped tell it because of paranoia. today is the first time in more than a year and a half, nearly two years since maggie and paul murdaugh were killed that alex murdaugh has admitted he was with them just moments before they ...

Us tonight. we begin this evening with that bombshell testimony in the trial of alex murdaugh now testifying in his own defense. murdaugh taking the stand today, telling the jury, "i did not kill maggie, i did not kill paul." but then admitting he lied to investigators about the last time he saw them alive. and admitting he stole money from his own law firm. murdaugh blaming his addiction for paranoia and distrust he claims fueled his lies. murdaugh distraught, describing the moment he says he f...