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Cnns chris welch whos at the new orleans courthouse. its so complicated in terms of all the things that mr. durst is facing. i dont want to say not the least of which because it seems small in comparison to first-degree murder. but this is a felony weapons charge and a drug charge that hes dealing with in your jurisdiction, where you are right now. how long is it going to take to wrap that up to get to the bigger business of murder in l.a.? >> reporter: well, thats the big question, ashleigh. if...

Stepson of susan berman. in a storage box, the stepson comes across a letter durst sent to berman shortly before she died. dursts handwriting, the killers note to police, they bear remarkable similarities. down to the misspelling of beverly. in the final episode of "the jinx," robert durst is presented with a close match between his handwriting and the killers. on camera he appears unfazed. he then walks away to the restroom, his mike still on. the camera records as he talks to himself. >> there...

Dursts attorney who say they are eager to get back to california and face his capital murder charge, which he says hes not guilty of. unfortunately, they are stuck here and its unclear how long they are going to be here. whether those charges are going to be brought in front of the judge and whether hes going to have to stand trial or put them on hold and send him back to california. >> it seems as though theres going to be a certain amount of discussion between new orleans and l.a. whats the ne...

Kind of nudged the orange cone out of the way and went around the barricade. and so we got a little bit more detail which tracks with some of the law enforcement forces i was talking to last week that this wasnt necessarily some secret service agents careening into a barricade but rather kind of moving around a working investigation. but in any case, ashleigh, this is a very tough day for director clancy. remember, he was in front of the lawmakers who set his budget. and this was one of the firs...

Youll remember susan berman was a long-time friend and authorities said at the time they were getting ready to question her before she was found dead in her apartment. >> and just a little bit more on the whole gun issue that was found in the hotel that he had checked into. >> reporter: well there are two charge there is. one is possession of a weapon after being charged in a felony. they dont specify what the felony was. durst was charged in the previous murder of his neighbor for dismembering ...

>> reporter: robert durst in his mug shot in new orleans, an image three families have waited years, decades to see. the millionaire heir was nabbed in the lobby of a marriott pacing back and forth caring a .38 revolver, staying under a fake name. a law enforcement official says it appears durst was preparing to three to cuba. are the walls coming in on robert durst? >> i would think so. >> reporter: this is the brother of kathleen mccormick. she wrote in her journal that she feared her husband,...

That is a huge allegation to make against the l.a. county authorities who have issued that murder warrant. but what about mr. durst himself? what is he like in court? today it was an old man who they talked about needing pain medication. now a day later, any difference? >> reporter: we heard that argument yesterday from his attorney making the case that he needs those pain medications. i have to say, he almost seemed a little more peculiar today. we talked yesterday about the glass enclosure tha...

Jose? >> ron mott, thank you for being with me this morning. new information in the robert durst case the real estate heir just arrived for his latest hearing in a new orleans court on gun possession charges. that hearing scheduled to get under way top of the next hour. the appearance comes as durst awaits extradition to los angeles where he could face death penalty on a first degree murder charge. stephanie gosk is following the case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning again. robert durs...

Lots of handwriting samples of him, we would look at every case between an "e" and a "y" and look at the spacing. people unconsciously space letters similar, especially in cursive writing when theyre connected. what you pointed out -- i see california all the time in my case work. people write the c-a corrected, sometimes not. what youre pointed out is an unconscious hesitation. when a d.a. calls an expert like me, well have the opportunity to have looked at dozens of other samples of his printi...

Meet him. >> please stop. >> reporter: after the passenger was restrained, the plane returned to dulles around 10:40 p.m. law enforcement fushlofficials detained the passenger and was then taken to the hospital. officials found no weapons and none of the passengers and six crew members was hurt in that incident. back to you. >> scary moments, thank you. were following new developments in the robert durst case. hes awaiting extradition to los angeles where he could face the death penalty. in ad...