THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS AND GOOD FOR YOU AND EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS TODAY ON ABC NEWS. LIVE BREAKING NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL. THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE OFFICIALLY VOTING TO BOOT. CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AND HOW SHE'S RESPONDING. AND NEW VIDEO EVIDENCE IN THE ALEX MURDAUGH DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL. PROSECUTORS PUTTING THE DISGRACED ATTORNEY AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HIS WIFE AND SON WERE KILLED. >> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT HOUSE VOTE TO REMOVE CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> THE VOTE JUST ENDED AND THE GOP LED HOUSE DECIDED TO REMOVE HER FROM THAT POSITION. THE DEMOCRAT FROM MINNESOTA ADDRESSING HER COLLEAGUES AHEAD OF THIS VOTE , SAYING IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE OF HER RACE AND RELIGION IN HER MIND. >> IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHAT OPINIONS DO WE GET TO HAVE? DO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BE COUNTED AS AMERICANS? THIS IS WHAT THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT, MADAM SPEAKER. THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE A SUSPECT IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR IF YOU ARE FROM CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WORLD OR A CERTAIN SKIN TONE OR A MUSLIM . JOINING ME NOW, ABC'S JOE O'BRIEN, WHO IS THERE UP ON THE HILL. WATCH THAT VOTE MINUTE BY MINUTE, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS O.J.. LET'S JUST PUT THIS ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE. I GUESS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS SAYING NOW ON THE HILL AS WE HAVE BEEN FINALLY HEARING FROM FOLKS SINCE THAT VOTE ENDED? AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THEY DECIDED TO HOLD THIS VOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND JUST THE COMMENTS SHE HAS MADE IN THE PAST WHERE THERE WERE LAWMAKERS CONCERNED ABOUT HER OBJECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT CAME TO MIDDLE AFFAIRS. >> YEAH, AND THIS IS THE LAST DEMOCRAT TO BE REMOVED FROM A COMMITTEE BY THIS NEW REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. IT HAPPENED TO TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS FROM THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, ADAM SCHIFF AND ERIC SWALWELL. KEVIN MCCARTHY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT COMMITTEE IS CONSTRUCTED, CAN MAKE THAT DECISION ON HIS OWN TO REMOVE THOSE TWO LAWMAKERS FROM THE COMMITTEE. >> HE DID THAT, BUT TO REMOVE HUNT OMAR FROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS ,WHICH IS SOMETHING KEVIN MCCARTHY AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP SAID THEY WANTED TO DO WHEN THEY TOOK POWER. THEY HAD TO HAVE THIS VOTE TODAY. THAT VOTE SUCCESSFUL TODAY IS WHAT OMAR HAS BEEN BOOTED OFF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS. WHICH AIRLINE? OMAR HAS APOLOGIZED FOR. ALSO FOR ALAN OMAR'S CRITIQUES OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, SOMETHING HE HAS PROMISED TO CONTINUE DOING. WE'VE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS WHO SAY THAT THIS IS ALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND DIRECTLY TARGETED AT REPRESENTATIVE OMAR. HERE IS WHAT REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER RELAXIUM CORTEZ SAID ON THE FLOOR EARLIER TODAY. >> ONE OF THE DISGUSTING LEGACIES AFTER 9/11 HAS BEEN THE TARGETING AND RACISM AGAINST MUSLIM AMERICANS. THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT LEGACY CONSISTENCY. THERE IS NOTHING CONSISTENT WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CONTINUED ATTACK EXCEPT FOR THE RACISM AND INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF COLOR IN THIS BODY. THIS IS ABOUT TARGETING WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PASSIONS FLARING ON THE FLOOR EARLIER. THERE'S A GROUP OF ABOUT 40 DEMOCRATS. THEY WERE ALL GATHERED AROUND REPRESENTATIVE OHMAR. THEY WERE HUGGING HER. THEY WERE PATTING HER ON THE BACK. THIS WAS IN THE LEAD UP TO THAT SPEECH. I CAN SAY REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT TAKING NO MORE OFF OF EVERY COMMITTEE. THEY'RE NOT BANNING HER FROM SERVING ON EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE, JUST FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT'S RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER RIGHT THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND JAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO CHECK IN ON THAT OR YOU NEED TO TO LISTEN OR GET A PRODUCER OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT'S BEING SAID. DEFINITELY LET KNOW IT'S LIVE TELEVISION. MARY , MEANWHILE, IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS VOTE THAT JUST HAPPENED TO REMOVE OMAR? NO NEW STATEMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD OF YET, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S ALSO A BRIEFING GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS I'M TALKING TO YOU HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESS SECRETARY IS TALKING TO REPORTERS. I'M SURE SHE'S GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. I ACTUALLY ASKED HER ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HEADED IN THIS DIRECTION. AND SHE LOVED NOT ONLY RESPONDED NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT OMAR, BUT LUMPED IT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER TWO THAT JAY WAS MENTIONING WITH CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF, AS WELL AS BEING REMOVED FROM THE INTEL COMMITTEE. AND SHE SAID THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE DEMOCRATS IN HER OPINION IN THE WHITE HOUSE OPINION, BRING EXPERTISE THAT SHOULD BE VALUED ON THESE COMMITTEES. SHE SAID THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE POLITICIZED, THAT THE CLEARLY THE WHITE HOUSE WAS MAKING THE POINT THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THIS KIND OF ACTION. I EXPECT THEY'LL BE RESPONDING EVEN MORE NOW, TODAY, NOW THAT THIS VOTE ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE AND SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED. >> ALL RIGHT. DEFINITELY MORE TO COME. ALSO, MARYALICE, WE ARE HEARING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS IN CONTACT WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE'S LAWYERS ABOUT SCHEDULING A POTENTIAL SEARCH OF HIS HOME IN INDIANA. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS YET EARLY TALKS? >> IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE VICE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT , MIKE PENCE, SAID THAT HE DOESN'T THINK THAT THERE WILL BE ANY MORE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FOUND, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S WILLING TO COOPERATE IF THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTION, THE KIND OF DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WANTS TO TAKE. OF COURSE, THIS IS COMING JUST A DAY AFTER WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEARCHED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HOUSE. HOW HIS PERSONAL BEACH HOUSE, HIS VACATION HOME, A SECOND SEARCH OF PRIVATE RESIDENCE. IN BOTH INSTANCES, WHAT IT SEEMS THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE. I MEAN, IT IS REMARKABLE TO THINK ABOUT A SITTING PRESIDENT , A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT , OPENING UP THEIR HOMES TO INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THESE ARE STILL EARLY TALKS WITH THE PED'S TEAM. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING THAT. >> SO, JAY, ANY REACTION UP THERE ON THE HILL ABOUT THIS NEW SEARCH THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THERE AT PENCE'S HOME AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE FBI DID SEARCH BIDEN'S BEACH HOUSE, DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANY DOCUMENTS THUS FAR . WHATEVER YOU HAVE REGARDING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, LET US KNOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN. REPUBLICANS LARGELY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY INTO THE BIDEN DOCUMENTS. VICE PRESIDENT PENCE EARLIER ON WILL REEVE GOT PRAISE FROM JAMES COMEY, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHO SAID THAT PENCE WAS BEING MORE TRANSPARENT IN COMMERCE VIEW THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DISPUTES. BUT HOUSE OVERSIGHT HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THESE BIDEN DOCUMENTS. HOUSE JUDICIARY, ANOTHER COMMITTEE, IS DOING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION HERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEING SIGNALED FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS, IS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LOOK TO LUMP THIS. BIDEN DOCUMENTS PROBE IN WITH ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SON , HUNTER BIDEN. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO SIGNAL THAT THEY VIEW THESE STORYLINES AS CONVERGING IN SOME WAY. AGAIN, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE DRIVING THERE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FURTHER ON WORDS TO SEE WHAT THEY MEAN AND WE KNOW THAT WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS TO WHAT THEY'RE DRIVING AT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THERE NOW IS A NEW HEARING IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OVER THE HUNTER LAPTOP, WHICH NEWS IS ACTUALLY BREAKING TODAY ON THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THAT. SO IS MARYALICE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT MOVING FORWARD AS THOSE REPORTS ARE SURFACING. SURFACING NOW ABOUT ABOUT HIS LAPTOP, OF COURSE. ALSO ON THE HILL. RIGHT. STILL HAVING FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING. SO, JAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN DID MEET WITH SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONVERSATION? DO THEY COME ANY CLOSER TO SOME TYPE OF DEAL ? >> WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, MCCARTHY JUST RECAPPED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT MEETING TO REPORTERS, THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS OVER MY SHOULDER. IT'S JUST NOW BREAKING UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS, AND I WANT TO QUOTE HIM DIRECTLY HERE, WE WILL NOT PASS A CLEAN DEBT CEILING HERE. WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IS A CLEAN DEBT CEILING IS RAISING THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT ANY OTHER CONCESSIONS, WITHOUT ANY OTHER CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING, WHICH IS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS WANT. REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING UNLESS THEY GET BIG CONCESSIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ON SLASHING CERTAIN KINDS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING. SO KEVIN MCCARTHY REITERATING AGAIN TO REPORTERS THE FIRST TIME, BY MY COUNT, SINCE HE EMERGED FROM THAT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT ANY OTHER SPENDING CONCESSIONS, AGAIN, PUTTING HIM AT LOGGERHEADS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE KIRAN. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TALK AT ALL. AND MY GUESS, ONCE AGAIN, THAT BRIEFING HAPPENING RIGHT BEHIND YOU. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED, BUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. AND IT WAS INTERESTING THAT BOTH SIDES CAME OUT SOUNDING SO OPTIMISTIC, SO HOPEFUL THAT SOME KIND OF DEAL WOULD BE REACHED. OF COURSE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF A DEAL IS CONTRARY TO AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD BEEN SAYING UP UNTIL THIS POINT WHERE THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY DEAL MAKING ANY NEGOTIATIONS AROUND RAISING THE DEBT CEILING . THEY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ANY STRINGS ATTACHED, SHOULD BE DONE ON ITS OWN, THAT IT'S THE DUTY OF THE CONGRESS TO PAY ITS BILLS. SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT CONTINUED TALKS IS INTERESTING. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PERSPECTIVE. BUT IT IS EARLY DAYS STILL, NO ONE IS PUTTING PEN TO PAPER OR AT LEAST SHOWING US ANY SEMBLANCE OF AN ACTUAL PLAN OR ACTUAL DETAILS TO GET THIS DONE. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS TO BRIAN. >> GOSH, A LOT HAPPENING TODAY, ESPECIALLY THERE ON THE HILL. KEEP US UPDATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO, THE FBI HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THAT INVESTIGATION INTO EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTO'S. WE WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS AND AGENTS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO HIS ROLE IN THE ALLEGED GO FENBY SCHEME INVOLVING THAT VETERAN AND HIS SICK DOG. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. >> WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ABC NEWS LEARNING. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER GEORGE SANTO'S WAS INVOLVED IN AN ANIMAL CHARITY SCAM. >> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT BEING PROSECUTED? >> I HAVE NO CLUE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT. SANTO'S DENYING ANY WRONGDOING WHEN QUESTIONED BY ABC NEWS. >> THIS WAS TAKEN. >> TALK TO YOU MORE THAN HE TALKED TO ME. I HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED OUT BY THEM, SO I CAN'T COMMENT. BUT NAVY VETERAN RICHARD ALL-STAFF ALLEGES THE NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN STOLE THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS MONEY THAT SANTOS PROMISED WOULD HELP HIS DYING SERVICE DOG. >> I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON, ESPECIALLY A VETERAN, GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN. >> I'LL STOP TELLING US FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CONTACT AT HIM AS PART OF THEIR PROBE, SAYING, I'M GLAD TO GET THE BALL ROLLING WITH THE BIGWIGS. HE SAYS WHEN HIS DOG, SAMPHIRE, HAD A TUMOR, A VETERINARIAN TECHNICIAN REFERRED HIM TO A PET CHARITY RUN BY SANTOS. BUT ABC NEWS HAS REPORTED THAT CHARITY NEVER EXISTED. USCIRF SAYS SANTO'S SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO HIS MESSAGES, NEVER TURNING OVER A PENNY. HIS DOG SANDFIRE PASSED AWAY LESS THAN A YEAR LATER. >> I WAS SUICIDAL AGAIN AFTER SHE WENT. I NEED A DEAD DOG. >> SANTOS DENIED HE EVER MET ALL-STAFF. HE CLAIMED HE NEVER MET ME AND I NEVER MET HIM ON THE RECORD. >> BUT A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE FUNMI CONFIRMED THE ACCOUNT BELONGED TO SANTOS. SOURCES SAY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL BOTH INVESTIGATING SANTOS, ARE LOOKING INTO THE CHARITY, ALONG WITH PROBES OF HIS CAMPAIGN FINANCES. EVEN IF ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE CHECKS AS A TEENAGER IN BRAZIL PUT PRESSURE ROAMING ON SANTOS TO RESIGN. THE LONG ISLAND REPUBLICAN IS DEFIANT. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO CREATE THIS NARRATIVE THAT I . I FAKED MY WAY TO CONGRESS, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY, CATEGORICALLY FALSE. >> AND SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OF COURSE, WE WILL FOLLOW EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS AND ALL THE INVESTIGATIONS SURROUNDING HIM AND HIS BACKGROUND. >> WELL, COMING UP, TWIST IN THE ALEX MURDAUGH TRIAL. >> THE JUDGE HAS RULED TO ALLOW EVIDENCE FROM HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES WHEN HE WAS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY . HOW THIS COULD CHANGE THINGS AROUND IN THE TRIAL NEXT "ABC NEWS LIVE" STREAMING LIVE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. SO GLAD YOU'RE SERVING WITH US. TODAY. NOW TO THAT NEW EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY IN THE DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL OF ALEX MURDAUGH TWO CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS SAYING THAT THEY ARE 100% CERTAIN THAT THEY CAN HEAR MURDOCKS VOICE IN THE BACKGROUND OF A VIDEO TAKEN BY HIS SON PAUL, WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY PLACES THE DEFENDANT AT THE MURDER SCENE MOMENTS BEFORE HIS WIFE, MAGGIE , AND HIS SON WERE KILLED IN 2020 ONE . >> NOW, MURDOCH CLAIMED THAT HE DIDN'T GO TO THE FAMILY'S KENNELS THAT NIGHT UNTIL HE FOUND HIS WIFE AND SONS BODIES AND APPEARED EMOTIONAL IN COURT AS THE VIDEO WAS PLAYING OUT. SO LET'S BRING IN ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMEIER, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, ALSO HOST OF LONG NETWORK. HE'S BEEN BREAKING DOWN MOMENT BY MOMENT FOR US WITHIN THIS TRIAL. SO, BRIAN , LET'S START WITH THAT. FIFTY EIGHT SECOND VIDEO AND WE'LL SHOW IT HERE. IT'S FROM MURDOCH'S OWN SON . DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING HIS STORY. THESE ARE JUST STRANGERS TESTIFYING. I MEAN, ROWAN GIBSON AND WILL LOVING WERE LIKE SECOND FAMILY TO THE MURDOCHS. SO HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS TO THE DEFENSE'S CASE NOW? >> I THINK IT'S VERY BECAUSE THE ALIBI BY ALEC MURDOCH SAYING THAT HE'S NOWHERE INSIDE OF THIS KENNETH MOTON, BUT ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION, THE TIMING OF THIS VIDEO PUTS HIM IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, NOT ONLY TO THE LOCATION, BUT DOG CAPITAL WHERE THE MURDERS HAD HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY PAUL MURDOCH WOULD ALSO CLOSE IN TIME. THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MANY PEOPLE THINK OF A MOTIVE AND OPPORTUNITY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE TWO WITNESSES WHO ARE CLOSE TO FAMILY, FRIENDS TO BOTH THE VICTIM AS WELL, THE DEFENDANT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THEY HAVE NO DOG IN THE FIGHT TO KIND OF LEAN TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. SO WHEN THEY SAY IT'S 100% MURDOCH'S VOICE, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT STATEMENT TO THE BANK. AND I THINK THE JURY WILL AS WELL AND USE THAT AGAINST HIM RIGHT. AND HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT HIM BREAKING DOWN YESTERDAY IN COURT, THERE WAS THAT ADDITIONAL SNAPCHAT VIDEO TO RIGHT. THAT PAUL SENT THE EVENING OF THE MURDERS THAT ALSO PLAYED OUT IN THE COURTROOM SHOWING HIM AND HIS DAD PLANTING TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN P.M. AND MOST NOTICEABLY, ALEC IS WEARING DIFFERENT CLOTHING THAN WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT THEN WHAT HE WAS WEARING WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED, WHICH THE STATE SAYS HAPPENED LESS THAN TWO HOURS LATER. SO HOW CRITICAL DO YOU THINK THIS IS ? TO THE PROSECUTION'S CASE? >> I THINK IT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR THE PROSECUTION. I THINK THE DEFENSE CAN ALSO USE IT AS WELL. THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO USE THAT SNAPCHAT VIDEO OF ALEC AND PAUL TOGETHER, PLANTING TREES, LOVING FATHER. AND THEY'RE GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ABOUT IS WHY WOULD A FATHER WHO LOVES HIS SON LIKE THIS TWO HOURS BEFORE A MURDER BE THE ONE THAT KILLS HIM? THAT'S STRONG FOR THE DEFENSE. THE PROSECUTION WILL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE OF CLOTHES, SAY THAT HE OBVIOUSLY CHANGED. AND YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN OFFICER WHO SAID THAT DURING THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE CAR . HE'S VERY SWEATING, BUT HIS CLOTHES ARE DRY, SUGGESTING THAT HE'S MAYBE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH, MAYBE VERY EXCITED, VERY FLUSTERED, BUT HIS CLOTHES DON'T HAVE ANY BLOOD SPLATTER. HIS CLOTHES DON'T HAVE ANY SWEAT ON THEM. SO WHY DID ALEX MURDAUGH DECIDE TO CHANGE HIS CLOTHES BETWEEN THE TIME THAT HE WAS WITH HIS WIFE AND SON AND AFTER THEIR MURDER? THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A REASONABLE PERSON COMING UP WITH THE IDEA THAT HE MURDERED THEM AND HE TRIED TO COVER IT UP. >> RIGHT. AND THEN THERE WAS THIS OTHER PRETTY BIG UPDATE FROM TODAY IN COURT, AND THAT WAS THE JUDGE AGREEING TO HEAR THE EVIDENCE THAT THE STATE HAS TO TO SHOW MOURDOCK ALLEGEDLY STEALING MONEY FROM HIS CLIENTS AND FAMILY LAW FIRM. >> WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT HIS FINANCES AND THAT HE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THAT BEING EXPOSED, TAKING MONEY FROM HIS CLIENTS ILLEGALLY. HOW BIG OF A DEAL DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE NOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ENTERED? >> SO THE FIRST TWO PARTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOTIVE. YOU DON'T NEED IT TO PROVE A CRIMINAL CASE, BUT IT HELPS A LOT. I'M NOT SURE IF GOING TO COME IN. SO FAR I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS ALEX MURDAUGH MORE LIKELY THAN NOT EMBEZZLED OR MISAPPROPRIATED THE FUNDS FROM HIS CLIENTS WHILE I WAS A LAW FIRM. BUT I'M NOT HEARING THAT CONNECTION TO THE MURDER. I'M NOT HEARING. YES, HIS WIFE HEARD ABOUT IT AND SHE WAS GOING TO REPORT HIM TO THE AUTHORITIES. AND THAT'S WHY HAD ALEX MURDAUGH OR HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY AND SKIP OUT OF TOWN AND LEAVE HIS WIFE AND SON AND HIS WIFE AND SON KNEW ABOUT IT. UNLESS THE PROSECUTION CAN CONNECT IT TO SOMETHING INVOLVING THESE DOUBLE MURDERS, I DON'T SEE WHY THE JUDGE WILL LET IT IN. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN BUCKMIRE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU TO BE WITH US AND JUST SORT OF BREAKING IT ALL DOWN. THANKS, RYAN . COMING UP, NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TEXAS WITHOUT POWER AS THAT ICE STORM JUST BLANKETS THE STATE. MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD. HOW MUCH PERCENT OF THE TIME. >> 40%. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE NOW TAKING YOU TO NEW ZEALAND, A COUNTRY FULL OF STUNNING NATURAL BEAUTY AND HOME TO THOUSANDS OF GLACIERS. >> BUT THOSE GLACIERS ARE MELTING PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF RISING TEMPERATURES. ROBIN ROBERTS ACTUALLY GOT TO TRAVEL THERE FOR A FIRSTHAND LOOK AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO GET AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT NEW ZEALAND'S SPECTACULAR YET VANISHING GLACIERS. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO THIS IS A BIRD WE'RE GROWING UP IN SYDNEY IS WE SUITED UP TO SOAR THE BLUE SKIES FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW? >> IT'S WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL A CRITICAL PART OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, TAKING OFF TO WITNESS THE DANGEROUSLY THIN ICE OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE. WE DIDN'T FACTOR FOR THE BALLOON THAT WE DON'T CHARGE. YOU GO DAVID MUIR. WHOA. HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFTOFF. OH, MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. >> THE EXTREME TERRAIN NESTLED AT THE TOP OF NEW ZEALAND'S SOUTHERN OUT A BUSTLING TOURISM HUB AT ITS EVERY DAY OFFICE FOR LONG TIME, GLACIER PILOT MICHAEL CLARKE. MICHAEL, YOU GOT A PILOT SINCE 2000. FOR A START OF FLYING IN 2004. I'VE SEEN LOTS OF THE THINGS THAT I GUESS MOST PEOPLE COULD ONLY DREAM OF. SO MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. SOAKING IN THE MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS. SO UNTOUCHED, JUST SO NATURAL. CRYSTAL BLUE LAKES. OH, MY GOODNESS. AND BREATHTAKING WATERFALLS. WOW. ARE LARGER THAN LIFE TREK REVEALING THE IMPACT OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. IT LOOKS LIKE A WATERFALL, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY FALLING OFF, SMASHING IT. SO YOU COULD SEE THAT JUST DISAPPEARING ARISE FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE GLACIERS CHANGE OVER THE YEARS? I'VE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. I FLY AROUND THEM EVERY DAY AND I EVA PILGRIM I CAN TELL YOU I'VE WATCHED GLASSES COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. BEHIND THE STUNNING LANDSCAPE LIKE CRACKS AND CREVICES, THE ICE MELTING AT A RECORD RATE. WE MR. GRIFFIN IS ABOUT THREE THOUSAND LEFT OF THEM, VERY SMALL AND WE'VE BEEN LOSING. I REALLY RAPIDLY ACCELERATING THE RAPID RETREAT, CREATING A LONG TERM THREAT TO LOCALS WHO DEEPLY RELY ON BUSTLING GLACIER TOURISM AND RELAXIUM ON ROUGHLY BEING HERE SOMEWHERE AT THAT TIME PERIOD. >> CLIFF GOODWIN HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO GUIDING GLACIER TOURS. JUST A DECADE AGO, THE GRIM REALITY SETTING IN THE POPULAR FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER, DEEMED NO LONGER SAFE TO ACCESS BY FOOT. >> YOU COULDN'T WALK ON THE GLACIER ANYMORE. WE HAD TO STOP FLYING IN. A HELICOPTER IS A BIT SAD FOR US . LIKE WE SAY, A LOT OF THE BASE IS DISAPPEARING. >> SO, CLIFF, LIKE MANY MADE A PIVOT WITH HIS WIFE, TORC BY HIS SIDE. THE COUPLE NOW RUNS GLACIER VALLEY ECO TOURS, TAKING VISITORS ON NATURE EXPEDITIONS NEAR THE FOOT OF THE ICE. >> THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE RECEDED SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS NOT NATURAL. EVEN IF IT'S NOT RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD, IT'S STILL GOING TO AFFECT YOU. >> LOCAL SCIENTIST BRIAN ANDERSON STUDIES THEM INSTALLING CAMERAS ON THE RIVERS ICE TO MONITOR DRASTIC CHANGES IN REAL TIME. ALL OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVE SHOWN THAT IF THE TEMPERATURE, THE FUTURE DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON THE TEMPERATURE OVER 6000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, IT WAS TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE GLACIERS CONDITIONS FIRSTHAND. >> SO, MICHAEL, WHERE ARE WE ABOUT TO LAND AND WHAT SHOULD I BE PREPARED TO SEE? SO WE'RE APPROACHING A CLOCK GLACIER. IT'S GOING TO BE BRIZE. YOU NEED TO SARNIES A SOAK UP THE PEACE, REQUIRE THE SERENITY ,SERENITY. >> NOW, STICKING OUR LANDING, A SURREAL MOMENT TO TAKE IN THE SHEER MAGNITUDE ON TOP OF THE ICE. >> WOW. WELL, YOU HEARD US . >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? GLASS OFFICE. >> HE GOT HERE PRETTY GOOD. OH, MY GOSH. THIS IS I AM A GLACIER. >> YOU ARE. AND IT'S QUITE SOFT. EVEN FOR THIS TIME OF THE MORNING. LOOK AT THAT. YES, JUST A LITTLE BIT AFTER 9:00 AM. AND IT'S WARM. MICHAEL, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING, AS MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ON A GLACIER. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ? HERE? WELL, THEY ARE DISAPPEARING QUICKLY, LIKE A FEW YEARS AGO, THE GLACIER FINISHED THERE. AND IT'S JUST BEEN SORT GRADUALLY RETREATING. I BRING TOURISTS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO APPRECIATE AND LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL GLACIERS. BUT ONCE THEY'RE GONE, OBVIOUSLY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE. >> ONCE UPON A TIME, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY WALK TO THE GLACIER. NOW, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SEE IT IS BY CHOPPER. IT'S OVERSTATED THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAIN. IT'S BASICALLY SURROUNDED BY CLIFFS. AND YOU'VE GOT TO A PRETTY INTREPID MOUNTAINEER TO HIKE UP HERE, I WOULD SAY. SO THE MAGIC CARPET A LOT MORE CONVENIENT. >> IT WAS A THRILL FOR YOU. IT IS OUR TRIP WRAPPING WITH BRIGHT SUN , SOFT ICE AND EXTRAORDINARY VIEWS AS WE TAKE OFF IN OUR MAGIC CARPET. >> WHAT A WAY TO START THE WEEK . AND OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS. THAT WOULD BE A REALLY NICE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, WOULDN'T IT? >> THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. 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