ONE NEWS SOURCE. HI, I'M DIANE MACEDO. TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE", WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE FBI IS SEARCHING HIS BEACH HOUSE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. >> THE DEADLY ICE STORM ON THE MOVE, 60 MILLION AMERICANS ACROSS 22 STATES ARE FACING A BRUTAL WINTER BLAST. CARS ARE SPINNING OUT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND EVEN PLANES ARE GROUNDED HERE WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NEXT. AND HOW THE EXTREME COLD, HOW LONG THE EXTREME COLD WILL LAST. THE FAMILY OF TERRY NICHOLS IS SET TO PLAY THE YOUNG FATHER TO REST TODAY. AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE DISCIPLINARY PAST OF THE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. AND WE'RE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A LOOK AT LAS VEGAS, SEE HOW BLACK PERFORMERS MADE THE CITY THE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. IT IS TODAY AND PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHERS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. WE'RE NOW LEARNING THE FBI IS SEARCHING THE PRESIDENT'S BEACH HOUSE IN REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN JOINS ME LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE. >> JAY, WHAT DO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW? YEAH, DIANE , GOOD MORNING. WE THAT SEARCH BEGAN THIS MORNING. CAMERAS CAUGHT VIDEO OF SUVS PULLING UP TO THAT REHOBOTH BEACH BEACH HOUSE EARLIER TODAY. JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. AND NOW WE KNOW THAT THAT SEARCH IS ONGOING, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY , THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI. THEY SAY WE WILL HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S SEARCH. THEY SAY THAT THIS SEARCH IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THEIR COOPERATION WITH THAT ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND NOW AT THE PENN BIDEN CENTER AND ANOTHER BIDEN DELAWARE HOME . >> BUT IT'S PART OF A CONSISTENT DRIP, DRIP, DRIP, AS YOU KNOW, SEARCHES THAT CONTINUE TO ARISE IN THIS CASE . WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FBI IS SEARCHING FOR THERE BEYOND CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY CERTAIN KIND OF INTELLIGENCE THAT SHOWS THEM THAT THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THERE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OF THE CONTINUED SEARCHES IN THIS CASE. AS WE KNOW, THE FBI SEARCHED THE PENN BIDEN CENTER IN NOVEMBER. THAT IS INFORMATION CAME TO LIGHT YESTERDAY. AND WE NOW KNOW THAT THE FBI, OF COURSE, ALSO SEARCHED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OTHER HOME IN DELAWARE EARLIER THIS MONTH. >> SO HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS? >> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE DOJ INVESTIGATION IS PROGRESSING, RIGHT? THIS IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S INVESTIGATION. THAT'S WHY THE FBI IS CONDUCTING THE SEARCH. BUT ALSO, THERE'S AN IMPACT HERE ON CAPITOL HILL BECAUSE THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO REPUBLICAN HOUSE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. AND WE'VE HEARD REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PROBE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TRANSPARENCY. WHY WAS AN INITIAL SEARCH OF THE PENN BIDEN CENTER BY PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PERSONAL ATTORNEYS? AND THEN THE FBI ONLY REVEALED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MONTHS AFTER THE SEARCH? WE KNOW THAT IS A QUESTION THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PROMISING THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO. SO THE CONSISTENT DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF INFORMATION OF SEARCHES, THE PROGRESSION OF THIS DOJ INVESTIGATION IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS WATCHING, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IN THIS CASE IS OBVIOUSLY PAYING ATTENTION TO , BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT HERE ON CAPITOL HILL. HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING INTO THIS AS WELL. >> NOW, THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO MEET WITH HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY TODAY TO TRY TO REACH A DEAL TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING ON THAT FRONT? >> WELL, THE DEBT CEILING LOOMS OVER ALL OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY. AS YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS HERE IN THE HOUSE HAVE SAID THEY DO NOT WANT TO VOTE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT SOME KIND OF SPENDING CUTS AND CONCESSIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO NEGOTIATE ON THE DEBT CEILING, THAT THEY'LL NEGOTIATE WITH REPUBLICANS. BUT FIRST, THEY WANT REPUBLICANS TO TO PLEDGE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING. THAT'S RAISING ESSENTIALLY THE GOVERNMENT'S LIMIT ON ITS CREDIT CARD. SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN PAY ITS BILLS. WE'VE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY HE WANTS KEVIN MCCARTHY TO SHOW HIM A PLANNED BUDGET, EITHER IN THIS MEETING OR AFTER IT, MEANING HE WANTS MCCARTHY TO COMMIT TO SPENDING CUTS THAT MCCARTHY WANTS, BECAUSE WE KNOW MCCARTHY AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY WANT SPENDING CUTS, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO CUT. SO THE WHITE HOUSE HERE TRYING TO MAKE THEM PLEDGE TO CUT CERTAIN THINGS AND COMPARE NOTES. WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR IN THIS MEETING LATER TODAY. ALL RIGHT. >> JAY O'BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO THAT DANGEROUS WINTER STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST THREE DEATHS. IT'S CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH. OVER 100,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN TEXAS. MIREYA VILLARREAL HAS MORE FROM DALLAS. >> A MASSIVE WINTER STORM SLAMMING THE SOUTH ROADS LITTERED WITH WRECKS, PILEUPS AND SPINOUTS. IN ARKANSAS. >> THE GOVERNOR ISSUING A STATE OF EMERGENCY PASS AND TRUCKS BACKED UP FOR HOURS ON I-40. THE ICE STORM TAKING DOWNED POWER LINES AND POLES. YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE STILL SIMMERING IN MEMPHIS. >> OUR AFFILIATES DASH CAM CATCHING THIS TRUCK SPIN OUT, THEN SLAMMING INTO ANOTHER CAR . >> BACK IN TEXAS. THE GOVERNOR WARNING DRIVERS MANY ROADS IN TEXAS WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. >> PEOPLE GROWING FRUSTRATE OVER THE POOR ROAD CONDITIONS. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. VERY FRUSTRATED, TRYING TO GET HOME. >> AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED AFTER THIS 10 VEHICLE PILEUP IN AUSTIN. IN DALLAS, A BRIGADE BANDING TOGETHER AND TAKING TO THE ROADS TO HELP DRIVERS LIKE THIS BLACK PICKUP AND UNABLE TO GET ANY TRACTION. AND AIR TRAVEL HEAVILY IMPACTED OVER FOURTEEN HUNDRED FLIGHTS NATIONWIDE ALREADY CANCELED TODAY AFTER MORE THAN 1900 FLIGHTS CANCELED YESTERDAY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS A MIREYA VILLARREAL. MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS SET TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL FOR TERRY NICHOLS TODAY. THE FATHER OF ONE WILL BE LAID TO REST AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE LATEST FROM MEMPHIS. AS MY BROTHER WAS HERE TODAY AND YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU WILL TELL AS SOON AS THE FAMILY OF TERRY NICHOLS PREPARES FOR THE BELOVED FATHER'S FUNERAL. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DISCIPLINARY PAST OF THE NOW FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASING THE ADMINISTRATIVE H.R. FILES OF THOSE FIVE FIRED OFFICERS SEEN HERE TAKING TURNS, BEATING NICHOLS IN THAT DISTURBING VIDEO FROM JANUARY 7TH, DAN HARRIS. >> FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE FORMER OFFICERS HAVE SUSPENSIONS OR WRITTEN REPRIMANDS ON THEIR RECORD . NONE OF THE OFFICERS WERE FOUND TO HAVE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE. DEMETRIUS HALEY AND DESMOND MILLS JR. FAILED TO FILE A , QUOTE, RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE FORM AFTER USING PHYSICAL FORCE DURING ARRESTS IN 2021. AND TWENTY NINETEEN RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY OF 2020 ONE , JUSTIN SMITH RECEIVING A TWO DAY SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY AND ORDERED REMEDIAL DRIVER'S TRAINING FOR STRIKING A VEHICLE ,CAUSING IT TO SPIN OUT AND STRIKE ANOTHER. AND EMMETT MARTIN, THE THIRD WRITTEN UP PREVIOUSLY FOR NOT REPORTING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE REQUIRED BY LAW AND FAILING TO INSPECT HIS SQUAD CAR VEHICLE AFTER A HANDGUN WAS FOUND ON THE REAR FLOORBOARD. NO INFRACTIONS WERE FILED FOR TO DARIUSZ BEEN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE THE BLUE UNIFORM WHERE YOU CAN BEAT A MAN AND THEN LET THEM LAY THERE WOUNDED OVER TWENTY MINUTES AND THINK NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN SO NO ONE WOULD CARE. >> THIS AS KEY DISCREPANCIES EMERGE BETWEEN AN INITIAL INCIDENT REPORT OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM BODY CAMERA AND UTILITY POLE CAMERA FOOTAGE. THE REPORT STATING THAT FORMER OFFICER MARTIN OBSERVED NICHOLS'S VEHICLE DRIVING RECKLESSLY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. BUT THAT OFFICERS CHIEF TELLING ABC NEWS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THAT CLAIM. ANOTHER DETAIL ALLEGES NICHOLS REACHED FOR AN OFFICER'S GUN AND BELT, MADE HIS OWN GUN. >> BUT THAT WASN'T CLEAR IN THE VIDEO RELEASED. WHAT IS CLEAR IS NICHOLS BEING PUNCHED AND KICKED BY SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKING CLEAR MORE INDIVIDUALS BEYOND THOSE FIVE OFFICERS COULD BE CRIMINALLY LIABLE. >> WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, EVEN PEOPLE THAT WE'RE FILING REPORTS AFTERWARDS TO SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND TO ADDITIONAL CITY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN RELIEVED OF DUTY AND ALSO THREE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN FIRED AMID THE FALLOUT. >> THE FAMILY OF THE YOUNG FATHER SHOWING THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO PURSUING JUSTICE. >> JUSTICE FOR TERESA STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS JUSTIN FINCH JOINS ME LIVE FROM MEMPHIS NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. JUSTIN, WHAT'S IT LIKE THERE AHEAD OF THE FUNERAL TODAY? DIANE , YOU KNOW, HERE IN MEMPHIS FOR SO LONG, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF CHANGE WITH THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT POINTING TO THAT SCORPION CRIME TASK FORCE AT THE CENTER OF THIS CASE INVOLVING TERRY NICHOLS. SO THEY HAVE BEEN OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW, PROTESTING AND DEMANDING THAT CHANGE FOR THE COURSE. THE BUILD UP HAS BEEN TO THIS MOMENT WHERE TYRE NICHOLS IS BEING LAID TO REST. A 29 YEAR OLD FATHER OF ONE WHO FOR MANY ENCAPSULATES THE CRISIS YOU ARE SEEING WITH THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE. AND OF COURSE, TODAY, THAT FUNERAL HAPPENING NOW DELAYED BY THE WEATHER, BUT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. AND THEY WILL GO THERE AND TALK A LOT ABOUT THE CHANGE THEY WANT TO SEE AND HOW THIS FATHER ENCAPSULATES THAT DIANE . >> ALL RIGHT, JUSTIN, BENCH IN MEMPHIS, THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE FUNERAL FOR TERRY NICHOLS. YOU CAN TUNE IN FOR THAT AT 2:00 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW WITH ABC NEWS PATRICK REEVELL. STARTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS ANNOUNCING SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION AFTER HIS HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS WITH LEADERS FROM PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. >> PATRICK , WHAT'S THE LATEST ? >> YEAH, I MEAN, SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS LEFT, BUT HE'S LEFT BEHIND TWO VERY SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE REALLY THROUGHOUT HIS TRIP, THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE, CALLING FOR CALM AMID THIS SPIKE IN VIOLENCE AND REALLY EXTREME TENSIONS BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS RIGHT NOW. AND THE PROBLEM IS , OF COURSE, THAT THESE TENSIONS VERY MUCH REMAIN SINCE HE LEFT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CONTEXT REALLY THAT IS PRETTY EXPLOSIVE. YOU HAVE THE MOST RIGHT WING ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IN ITS HISTORY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WHO WAS REALLY LOST MUCH OF HIS INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY AMONG PALESTINIANS. AND SO WE'RE SEEING A VERY, VERY DEADLY SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AT THE MOMENT WHERE THE TWO SIDES REALLY ARE MORE AND MORE ON A TRAJECTORY. IT LOOKS LIKE, TOWARDS MORE VIOLENCE. >> LET'S GO OVER TO THE UK, WHERE YOU ARE, PATRICK . NOW, MASSIVE PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE THERE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TEACHERS ARE ON STRIKE. >> PATRICK , WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? YEAH, THESE ARE HUGE STRIKES THAT HAVE HIT THE UK TODAY. IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND TEACHERS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE WALKING OUT, AND THAT MEANS THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE TEACHERS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER WORKERS JOINING THE STRIKE. THAT INCLUDES RAIL WORKERS AS WELL AS BORDER AGENCY STAFF. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE MIGHT BE ON STRIKE TODAY. WE'VE BEEN SEEING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MARCHING THROUGH THE CENTER OF LONDON AND THEY'RE CALLING REALLY FOR INCREASES IN PAY BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WAVE OF STRIKES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT ARE BEING FUELED BY THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS HERE IN THE UK. THAT IS A RESULT OF INFLATION AND ALSO SURGING ENERGY PRICES. AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO FEED THEMSELVES INTO CHOOSE BETWEEN FEEDING THEMSELVES AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES WARM AND REALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THESE STRIKES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE, WHICH WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ALMOST EVERY KEY PUBLIC SERVICE IN BRITAIN IS GOING ON STRIKE. >> ALL RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL WITH OUR WORLD VIEW. THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, TOM BRADY IS RETIRING AGAIN. HE POSTED A VIDEO ON TWITTER THIS MORNING MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. >> TAKE A LOOK. I'M RETIRING FOR GOOD. I KNOW THE PROCESS WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL LAST TIME. I WON'T BE LONG WINDED. YOU ONLY GET ONE SUPER EMOTIONAL RETIREMENT ESSAY AND I USE MINE UP LAST YEAR. SO REALLY, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING WITH 10 SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES AND SEVEN SUPER BOWL RINGS, THE FORTY FOUR YEAR OLD HOLDS A RECORD BREAKING LEGACY, MORE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY. AND A CLAIM TO THE TITLE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. COMING UP, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS SET TO PROPOSE A RULE TO REDUCE CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR YOUR MONEY. ALSO AHEAD, JURORS ARE SET TO HEAR MORE TESTIMONY IN THE DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY ALEX MURDAUGH. HOW PROSECUTORS ARE USING CELL PHONE DATA TO BUILD A TIMELINE OF THE KILLINGS AFTER THIS IS G. THE WEB OF DEATH NOW STREAMING ONLY ON HULU. >> WELCOME BACK. THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL ANNOUNCE ITS FIRST INTEREST RATE DECISION OF THE YEAR THIS AFTERNOON. IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO CRACK DOWN ON JUNK FEES AND LATE CREDIT CARD FEES. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IS HERE NOW WITH TODAY'S BUSINESS HEADLINES. HI, ALEXIS . HEY THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE FED IS EXPECTED TO RAISE INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER PERCENTAGE POINT TODAY. IT WOULD BE THE EIGHTH RATE HIKE SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR AND THE SMALLEST INCREASE WE'VE SEEN SINCE MARCH. SO FAR . THOSE RATE INCREASES APPEAR TO BE WORKING AS INFLATION STARTS TO EASE. STILL, TODAY'S ACTION WILL MEAN HIGHER BORROWING COSTS FOR ALL OF US , FOR EVERYTHING FROM CAR LOANS AND MORTGAGES. TO CREDIT CARDS. AND SPEAKING OF CREDIT CARDS, PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO CAP MOST CREDIT CARD LATE FEES AT EIGHT DOLLARS FOR A MISSED PAYMENT. WOULDN'T BE NICE. THAT WOULD BE DOWN FROM ABOUT $40 RIGHT NOW. THE WHITE HOUSE WILL ALSO URGE CONGRESS TO CRACK DOWN ON THOSE EXCESSIVE JUNK FEES, FEES, CONCERT TICKET PROMOTERS, AIRLINES AND RESORTS TACK ON TO OUR BILLS AND SOME CONSUMER PRICES MAY FINALLY BE COMING DOWN. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT COFFEE. EVEN THOUGH WHOLESALE COFFEE BEANS ARE DOWN ABOUT 20%. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THAT TO TRICKLE DOWN TO CONSUMERS. EXPERTS SAY FACTORS LIKE HIGHER LABOR AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS COULD ACTUALLY PUSH COFFEE PRICES HIGHER TODAY. SO, ALEXIS , IS THERE ANY BRIGHT SPOT IN HERE? ANY PRICE IS COMING DOWN. FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, BECAUSE I TOOK A LOOK AND IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU'RE HAVING A SUPER BOWL PARTY, SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU NEED FOR THAT ARE COMING DOWN. SO AVOCADO'S FOR YOUR GUACAMOLE DOWN 20%. THEY WERE AT A RECORD HIGH LAST YEAR. WE HAD A BUMPER CROP THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT POUND. ALSO, CHICKEN WING PRICES ARE DOWN ABOUT 22% ON THE UPSWING. BEER WILL COST YOU 11% MORE . AND SODA UP 25%. SO YET ANOTHER REASON TO DITCH THE SUGARY DRINKS. >> AND ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING FOR AS WE LISTEN FOR THIS RATE HIKE TODAY? WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S TO COME WITH THE QUARTER POINT RATE HIKE IS ALREADY BAKED IN. WE WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE FED AND HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS , GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. AND A PHONE FORENSIC EXPERT RETURNS TO THE STAND TODAY AFTER LEAVING THE ALEX MURDAUGH DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL ON A CLIFFHANGER. MATT GUTMAN CELL PHONE DATA IS BEING USED TO PAINT A TIMELINE OF HER MOVEMENTS AROUND THE TIME SHE AND HER SON WERE KILLED. THIS IS THE DEFENSE AND THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR CLASH OVER WHETHER MURDOCH INCRIMINATED HIMSELF. JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, MANAGING PARTNER AT THE COCHRAN FIRM, CHANNA LLOYD, JOINS ME LIVE NOW FOR MORE ON THIS SHOT OF THIS PHONE FOR FORENSIC EXPERT PAINTED A TIMELINE OF THE MURDERS BY ANALYZING DATA FROM MAGU CELL PHONE. AND IT NOT ONLY RECORDED CALLS AND TEXTS, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT DETAILS LIKE HOW MANY STEPS SHE TOOK, WHETHER SHE CHANGE THE ORIENTATION ON THE PHONE FROM LANDSCAPE TO PORTRAIT, HOW IMPORTANT IS ALL OF THIS GOING TO BE TO THIS CASE? LISTEN FOR MORE INFORMATION. AND THE CELL PHONE DATA IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CASE BECAUSE IT'S OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IS DIRECT EVIDENCE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE JURY CAN LOOK AT THAT IS GOING TO BE UNBIASED. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE HAVE A CASE THAT'S BUILT ON SO MUCH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THE RECORDS ALSO SHOW THAT MURDOCH DELETED CALLS FROM HIS PHONE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER. WHAT KIND OF A CHALLENGE DOES THAT PRESENT FOR THE DEFENSE? >> THAT ALWAYS PRESENTS A VERY BIG CHALLENGE FOR THE DEFENSE, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRESUMPTION THAT IF YOU ARE DELETING CALL LOGS ON THE NIGHT OF A MURDER, THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF GUILT ASSOCIATION WITH THAT. AND THAT'S A HARD HURDLE FOR THE DEFENSE TO OVERCOME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEIR NARRATIVE HAS BEEN SO FAR THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY TRANSPAC. THIS DIRECTLY FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT THAT GROUNDWORK WAS THEY WERE SAYING BEFORE ABOUT HIM BEING TRANSPARENT. THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS AS WELL OVER WHETHER MURDOCH ACTUALLY CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS SON , PAUL . IN AN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE, THE INVESTIGATOR INSISTS ALEX SAID ONE THING THE DEFENSE IS IMPLYING, HE SAID ANOTHER. AND THAT CONVERSATION IS RECORDED. SO HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT DO YOU THINK THE CONVERSATION, THAT DEBATE BACK AND FORTH HAS ON THE JURY AS THEY LISTEN TO THE AUDIO? MY EXPERIENCE WITH JURORS WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING SUCH AS TECHNICAL, SOMETHING AUDIO, IT'S VERY INTERPRETIVE. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT YOU HEAR A LOT OF TIMES WHEN IT'S THE STATE WANTING ONE AND THE DEFENSE WANTING ANOTHER WAY, IT ENDS UP BEING A WASH. THEY LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WITH MORE OBJECTIVE MANNERISMS AND METHODS AS OPPOSED TO THIS SORT OF AUDIO. THEY'LL LISTEN TO IT. THEY'LL TAKE WHAT THEY HEAR AWAY FROM IT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN IT'S VERY CLOSE LIKE THIS, IT'LL BE A WASH. >> NOW, TODAY, WE'RE HEARING FROM THAT FORENSIC PHONE EXPERT AGAIN. ALSO PAUL'S ROOMMATE, AS WELL AS THE PERSON HE WAS TEXTING THE NIGHT HE DIED. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING FOR? WE'RE LISTENING FOR WHAT THESE PARTICULAR WITNESSES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES RELATED TO ALEX, ARE LOOKING FOR. ANY INDICATION OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG? WHAT WAS THE FAMILY SITUATION THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF? DID HE SAY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN THEM A CLUE THAT SOMETHING WAS OFF, SOMETHING WASN'T GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN? WERE THERE ANY ARGUMENTS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE SORT OF CONTEXT, CLUES TO PUT ALL OF THIS AROUND AND LOOK FOR SORT OF FRAMEWORK? >> AND , SEAN, ARE WE GOING TO START TO HEAR CHARACTER WITNESSES COME INTO PLAY? >> I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO FLESH OUT WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON. YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION. YOU'LL HEAR THAT COME IN THROUGH OTHER WITNESSES. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT HE CHOOSES TO TAKE THE STAND, HOW MUCH OF IT WE'LL HEAR. >> ALL RIGHT, CHANNA LLOYD, THANK YOU. COMING UP, WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A LOOK AT BLACK ENTERTAINERS INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE. HOW PERFORMERS CHANGE THE RULES IN LAS VEGAS AND PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS AFTER THIS. THE STORY IS WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. LIVE STREAMING ABCNEWS.COM. >> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A NEW ONE, OUR ABC PRIMETIME SPECIAL, BLACK IN VEGAS. IT LOOKS BACK AT HOW VEGAS WENT FROM BANNING BLACK ARTISTS, FROM STAYING AT THE VERY HOTELS THEY WERE PERFORMING IN TO BECOMING HOME TO HUGELY POPULAR RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS LIKE NEIL AND USHER. JANAI NORMAN HAS A PREVIEW. LAS VEGAS, ONE OF AMERICA'S PLAYGROUNDS. BUT IN ITS EARLY DAYS IN THE 1940S AND 50S, PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE ONLY WELCOME ON THE STAGE. >> HOW CRAZY IT WAS THAT THESE GREAT ENTERTAINERS COULD SELL OUT THE SHOW TO HELP THE CASINO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND YET COULDN'T STAY THERE, COULDN'T GAMBLE, COULDN'T HAVE FAMILY COME SEE THE SHOW. >> SEGREGATION WAS THE RULE IN VEGAS. AS IT WAS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE COUNTRY. AND THIS RARE ARCHIVAL VIDEO, ABC NEWS SPOKE TO SAMMY DAVIS JR. ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES HE FACED. >> SHE COULDN'T GET A ROOM WHERE YOU WERE WORKING. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WORK THE PLACE WE COULDN'T EVEN EAT IN THE PLACE. >> PERFORMERS LIKE SAMMY DAVIS JR., LENA HORNE AND JOSEPHINE BAKER ALL SPOKE OUT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION THEY ENDURED. BUT THEIR PUSH FOR EQUALITY COMBINED WITH THE LONG TIME WORK OF CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NAACP MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND 1971 CHANGE WOULD COME BY WAY OF AN IMPORTANT LEGAL AGREEMENT. >> SOME PEOPLE AT THE NAACP PUT TOGETHER A CONSENT DECREE OF THE CONSENT DECREE, THEN DEMANDS TO 80% OF JOBS AND A WHOLE ARRAY OF JOB CATEGORIES FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THAT DECREE OPEN THE DOOR FOR PEOPLE LIKE JACKIE BRATLEY, WHO BECAME THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE EXECUTIVE ON THE STRIP. >> I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AT THE DESERT HOTEL. I LOVED BEING IN THAT SPOT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHER BLACK PEOPLE TODAY. >> CASINOS, HOMES, BLACK ARTISTS, AND SUPERSTARS WHO PERFORM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT TO SOLD OUT CROWDS LIKE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER USHER USHER IN A BRAND NEW LAS VEGAS. >> SEE THE TYPE OF PROGRESS THAT WE IN AMERICA HAVE AS MINORITIES IS GOOD. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, THOUGH. >> THEY SHARE INCREDIBLE BARRIER BREAKING STORIES LIKE DURING HER NINETEEN FIFTY TWO TOUR WHEN JOSEPHINE BAKER GOT TO VEGAS AND SAID SHE WOULDN'T PERFORM UNLESS THERE WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AT A TIME. DIANE , WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THESE SMALL LITTLE CHANGES. JANAI NORMAN, THANK YOU. AND SOUL OF A NATION PRESENTS BLACK IN VEGAS PREMIERES TONIGHT AT P.M. EASTERN ON ABC AND STREAMED ON HULU TOMORROW. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I'M DIANE MACEDO "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU. ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU, THE ABC NEWS APP, AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS. COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK . IT WAS JUST FUN. I MEAN, IT'S FUN TO MAKE PEOPLE BETTER. IT'S INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGING . YOU GET KIND OF A HIGH BECAUSE EVERYBODY SITS THE NEUROSURGEON'S HERE DIFFICULT THE DIFFICULT DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS WHICH ARE INTELLECTUALLY INTERESTING