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Fact that despite having a history of calling mr. williams on the telephone over the years that they knew each other, he never called his phone one time after the day the victim went missing. >> reporter: but that didnt mean harvey killed steven, the defense said. steven b. was so depressed about losing his career and his father, about getting older, that he killed himself. and the medical examiner testified it was possible steven could have shot himself. >> what was your opinion of the idea tha...

Angst that he had just dropped off the radar completely. >> reporter: his friends called each other, compared notes. no one had seen steven for weeks. >> so i called harvey. and i said, "hey, harvey. were all really concerned about steven. have you seen him?" and he goes, "oh, well, hes over in hawaii. he went to hawaii." >> reporter: now, that was strange. because harvey told another friend steven went to mexico. >> whatd you think? >> i thought, well, steven wouldnt go into mexico at gunpoint....

Steven to go along as chef on their beloved yacht. steven moved aboard, lived with them on the boat. but before they set sail, there was some work to do. >> he had bought this kind of basically old rusty tub, right? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: greg labano helped harvey fix up the old tub. greg fashioned all the stainless steel trim. felt a connection with harvey too. >> he was a wall street guy, investment banker. rejecting society. >> a little bit like you had been. >> yeah, yeah. im an o...

Fund? >> you lost me. >> did you set up stevens trust fund? >> steven took care of his own stuff. >> did you ever help steven with his finances after his fathers estate sold? >> ask steven. >> okay. >> did you ever get any money from steven and put it into your account? >> we passed money back and forth. >> how many times did you receive money from steven? was it more than once? >> i dont remember. >> do you remember how much money you got from steven in total? >> no, no. >> you dont? >> he was ...

Steven were friends for more than 30 years. >> they were the guys that really pioneered two-man morning radio. they were funny. they were great writers. they were great comedians. >> hes lovable. i mean, you just -- everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: young sylvia noland had a big crush on steven b when they both worked in a hawaii radio station back in the early days, so she worked up her nerve. >> i went in and asked steven b. if hed be my date to the beach boys concert. and he turned me do...

Evidence told detectives where harveys boat was the day steven was killed, how could they be sure harvey and steven were together on the boat at precisely that time? >> electronic data is fascinating nowadays. very fascinating. our cell phones, we can also follow that signature. we were lucky again. >> reporter: lucky this time because of blackjack. blackjack cell tower, catalina island, where both harvey and stevens cell phones pinged together just where the gps said they would be. after which ...

Williams father is nonsense, right? bogus. couldnt have possibly been. >> couldnt have possibly been and wasnt corroborated by any evidence whatsoever. >> reporter: now he was ready for the new trial. he showed the jury, check by check, how harvey drained stevens accounts, all 1.7 million, in just 3 years to dress up a boat that was never going to sail anywhere. >> the boat wasnt properly outfitted for a trip around the world. in fact, it was outfitted in such a way that suggests that it was jus...

Joannie mitchell. crosby was close. steven was close. now it was all these artists who were singing the truth. and their truth was this idyllic sort of sense of freedom. >> there was a thriving community of kids that were discovering their new life and couldnt wait to play the new song they had written. it was a lot of freedom, there was a lot of drugs. there was a lot of beautiful women. there was a lot of good rock and roll being made. it was a fabulous time. your insurance rates skyrocket aft...

Playing a character. >> inside the secret spooky world of the supreme court. >> steven had to respond in real-time to the guests as his character, not as himself. which was an incredible feat of acting as well as kind of quasi-journalism. >> thats a big part of the book. how much did the justices political views play a role in how they decide cases. >> why would political views go into it? these guys are supposed to be -- except the activist judges. the four liberal activist judges, i can unders...

Thats what people like about the daily show. >> theres an upcoming election evidently. i didnt know that. [ laughter ] your chief political correspondent, steven. every two years we elect a brand-new house of representatives, a third of the senate. its called the midterm elections. >> i only vote when the big kahunas are up, you know? el presidente, i cant run around every two years voting. ive got a life. >> i could not have lived without the dadely show. >> kolbert then becomes the companion s...