. >> o.j. simpson is going to be a free man. >> o.j. simpson released on parole. >> his life story is the american dream and the american nightmare. >> from superstar to pariah. >> he fell so hard. >> being accused of committing the most heinous of crimes. ♪ >> in this hour, the little known story of his life after the murder. >> he's a permanent figure of tabloid fascination. >> the botched robbery. >>e were just robbed at gunpoint by o.j. simpson. >> new details of life in lockup. >> the first time i really talked to o.j. he cut in line, but that doesn't work for everybody. >> i asked him many times, hey, did you kill ronald goldman and nicole? >> and what's next now that simpson has his freedom? >> thank you. >> what's at stake for o.j. is the rest of his life. >> all ahead on "o.j. simpson: chasing freedom." >> so gentlemen, if you'll go to your spots for me and bring mr. simpson, and i believe he has representation. >> you're seeing o.j. simpson for the first time in four years. >> you are orenthal james simpson? >> correct. >> a

simpson" and" o.j. made in america". >> young people having seen the fx series, having seen the espn documentary, they may not have known him when he was on trial but they know him now. >>. >> america first gets to know him in the late '60s when he explodes on to the national scene in a college football star rushing his way to a heisman trophy at the university of southern california. >> it was very evident early on that he had a gift for sports. he was someone who i that sense lived the american dream. heame out of poverty and to his abilitiese made it to the top of his profession. >> the buffalo bills select as their first choice in the first round half back o.j. simpson. >> in the nfl simpson's fame only grows. by the mid '70s the football star is also a pitch man for companies like hertz rental car. >> it was ground breaking for america to look up and see any black person representing a major brand. >> a black man in a traditionally white role which some say describes the complex makeup of o.j. simp

simpson" and" o.j. made in america". >> young people having seen the fx series, having seen the espn documentary, they may not have known him when he wa trial but they know him now. >> the greatest running back of all time. >> america first gets to know orenthal james simpson in the late '60s when he explodes on to the national scene in a college football star rushing his way to a heisman trophy at the university of southern california. >> it was very evident early on that he had a gift for sports. he was someone who in that sense lived the american dream. he came out of poverty and to his abilities he made it to the top of his profession. >> the buffalo bills select as their first choice in the first round half back o.j. simpson. >> in the nfl simpson's fame only grows. by the mid '70s the football star is also a pitch man for companies like hertz rental car. >> it was ground breaking for america to look up and see any black person representing a major brand. >> a black man in a traditionally white rol

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"o.j. simpson: parole granted." tonight, inside the room where o.j. simpson won his freedom today. >> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. >> thank you. >> after almost nine years in prison for that las vegas robbery and kidnapping. >> i am sorry. >> his daughter's emotional plea. >> he's like my best friend and my rock. >> now what comes next for o.j. why he could collect hundreds of thousands of dollars upon his release. plus, inside the crime. details of the theft that put o.j. behind bars from some of his accomplices. >> he leaned in a little closer and he said, "by the way, can you get some heat?" >> meaning a gun? >> meaning a gun. i said [ bleep ] o.j., i'm not going to prison. because i know he wouldn't go for me. >> reporter: their stories, their regrets, and their wishes for the soon to be free o.j. simpson. this special edition of "nightline" will be right back. >>> this is a special edition of "nightline." "o.j. simpson: parole granted." >>> good evening. one of the most controversial figures in american life is once again

he is o.j. simpson. every behavior will be observed. >> absolutely. >> well that concludes our special report. there will be continuing coverage on this on msnbc and nbc news.com. i'll see you this evening with more on nbc nightly news on this very busy news day. i'm lester holt in new york with savannah guthrie, have a good day everyone. ♪ >>> oh, i like this song in the video, demi lovato's new video for "sorry, not sorry." >> that's the best apology ever. features paris hilton, jamie foxx getting down with khalifa. >> who has the mfi

simpson. >> simpson is soon spotted inside a white suv. >> yeah, i think i just saw o.j. simpson on the five freeway. he's heading north. >> you've got everybody scared. >> the famous low-speed chase covered live for hours rivets the nation and ends with simpson's eventual surrender at his home on -- >> this was the perfect soap opera. the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. >> okay. let's go. here we go. >> this was the first wall-to-wall televised trial. >> july 22nd, 1994, a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely 100% not guilty. >> simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey tubin covered the trial for the new yorker. >> there has never been more prominent defense lawyers on a single trial than in the o.j. simpson case. >> there is harvard law professor, alan dershowitz. famed criminal attorney f. lee bailey. >> the person you go to when you are really in a lot of trouble and can afford it. >> and, of course, jo

simpson and those people that believe o.j. simpson are guilty of killing his wife and mr. goldman, whenever they think of o.j., they think he should be in jail not because of this robbery but because he got away with murder. and that has divided this country. when you go back to the trial in 1994 and when you talk about it today, there's still this element that here was this black man that defied the odds, became a heisman trophy winner, this athlete who becomes a personality in television, a movie star, marries a white woman, and his biggest crime was being a back man that made it and married a white woman. and that is a sentiment that we can't get away from when we talk about o.j. simpson. that's why the country today is riveted on o.j. simpson, not because of this robbery but because it brings to light these issues of race and justice and culture in our society and that's pervasive and we can't get away from that. >> mark, jeff? >> oh, dear. you know, that is certainly true. i mean, look, i spent two-plus years of my life on this case and the reason i think it lives on

they matched o.j. simpson's shoe size. blood containing o.j. simpson's dna markers, that was found on a back gate of the crime scene. one blood a leather glove was found near the victims, with a matching glove found behind his guesthouse. those gloves also contained genetic markers connected to simpson and the two victims. because of the mountain of evidence against o.j. simpson, he was required to surrender to police. on june 17th 1994 after failing to turn himself in, o.j. simpson and a close personal friend, they led police on a long, long, slow speed car chase in southern california where oj was a passenger in a white ford bronco, purportedly was considering suicide. ultimately he surrendered to police and was formally charged in the deaths of his ex-wife and ron goldman. he then hired high-profile lawyers to turn this trial of the century into a public circu circus. with all of america tuning in to see what would happen. in the end, the jury despite this mountain of evidence, markers, dna, they found o.j. simpson not guilty. 13 years after

what is it like to be with o.j. simpson? >> well, i can tell you that everything else aside what people and a lot of people never met o.j. simpson and don't know him who has a lot of things to say about him. me having known him and by the way, i had not had any contact with o.j. simpson since i represented him back in 2008 once the case is over and going in there, i did not have any contact with oj. the guy that i knew, he was a friendly person and a very fun guy to hang out with my thing is that he's too trusty people, there is a lot of people who are making a buck out of o.j. simpson he just trust me and that's what i think and he need to avoid that the celebrity attorney really came of age in a big way of o.j. simpson from his trial not just all the names we still remember who represented him during the original trial but i think of star jones and jeff toobin and all of those people went on of having much big career covering the o.j. simpson's trial. do you think of the bigger fact of your industry because of him. >> well

. <911 call: "we were just robbed at gunpoint by o.j. simpson. o.j. simson: "i didn't break into anybody's room. i didn't beat up anybody. i didn't try to muscle the guys. i didn't."> (darya) that was o-j simpson pleading his case back in 20-13.... and in just a few hours he'll go before a parole board again asking for early release.(mark) he has been in jail since 2008 for an armed robbery in a las vegas hotel room. if he is granted parole, simpson could be out of jail on october first. (darya) that hearing is set for 10:00 this morning. kron 4's will tran is live in carson city, nevada with the details. will. ( will )oj simpson is up for parole. the san francisco football legend who went from fame to a nevada prison cell. we are now a matter of hours from seeing o.j. simpson in front of a parole board. he'll be arguing why nevada state parole commissioners should release him from prison. "the juice" has been behind bars on armed robbery charges for eight and a half years. he was sentenced to a maximum 33 years, minimum nine years for his role in an

that will help o.j. simpson. that acquittal in california will help o.j. simpson today. >> all right. jean casarez there in carson city. i want to bring in correspondent paul vercammen in lovelock, nevada, at the medium security prison will o.j. simpson is being held.prison officials say simpson will largely stayed out of trouble. what do we know about his time in prison? >> reporter: in talking to two former guards and a forrer inmate, we learned o.j. simpson did indeed and records show it as well stayed completely out of trouble here. favorable for him in terms of getting paroled. they say that o.j. simpson spent a lot of time here coaching softball, playing fantasy football. at times ballooned in weight. was on a bit of a junk food kick, sources told us. eating 2,000 calorie cinnamon rolls but lately o.j. simpson has trimmed down. so the good news for his camp and his team is, they have this grid in nevada. parole commissioners do, that they follow. the higher the score, the less the chances of getting paro par. by all accounts, simpson, now 70 years ol

simpson -- o.j. simpson in the news -- >> 20 plus years been covering that guy. >> at 20 plus. >> 20 plus. >> back in the news. soon to be a free man after nearly nine years in prison. we will dig deep into the not guilty next. what if we could bring you better value by having better values? at blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. so instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most: making farmland healthier. cutting down on food waste. and bringing you higher quality, fresher ingredients for less than you pay at the store. because food is better when you start from scratch. get $30 off at blueapron.com/cook >>> do you remember where you were when this happened? >> in the matter of the people in the matter of the people versus orenthal james simpson. we find orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >> how about during this slow-speed chase of the white bronco? >> we're going to let you go up there. j

o.j. simpson justice served. year look forward to that, geraldo, thank you very much. >> cockroaches are also survivors. jesse: a young american explains her political transformation from bernie supporter to trump supporter. >> when we and together and demand that this country work for all of us rather than the few, we'll transform america and that is what this campaign is about. it's bringing people together. ess that was from one of bernie sanders' campaign ad called "together." one student who was feeling the bern experienced firsthand how divisive and hateful the sanders campaign actually was and ended up want to go make america great again. jessica, was there a moment when you you realized sanders socialism wasn't for you? >> it was quite a few moments for me. i started out as a feminist and that movement kind of pushed me away it led me to bernie sanders. socialism stuck on quickly. i didn't know much about capitalism. for someone who didn't know much by the, socialism sounded great. you want equality for e

o.j. simpson wins his bid for freedom. >>> o.j. simpson could be a freeman come october. he was granted parole today after serving nine years for armreded robbery. in 1995 he was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. joining me is sister of nicole brown simpson. thank you so much for coming on this evening. >> thachk ynk you. >> i have to ask you how you're doing, you and your family. how you'll feel about o.j. simpson being free. >> i talked to denise. she's in a different country and i didn't have much conversation with family today and to tell you the truth our life really does not revolve around this. it doesn't even revolve around the case in 1994 or nick or o.j. i can speak for myself that honestly when the verdict was read again today i turned off the tv and began my work day again. if you can't control it, can't change it, you have to at least try to accept it and it works for me. i know it is what it is and it's cliche to a lot of people but it's what gets me through. >> it will take over your life. you have to continue. >>

should o.j. simpson be set free? he was convicted of robbery, burglary, and weapons charges in a bungled attempt to try to retrieve what he said was stolen personal property. he and several accomplices burst into a las vegas hotel room where simpson's belongings were held. he told the parole board that he had no idea that two men who were with him displayed guns but admitted that's no excuse. >> i thought i was glad to get my stuff back but it wasn't worth it. nine years away from your family is just not worth it. i'm sorry. there's nothing i can do about the kind of media circus that's going on now but i could do something about the whole thing in the beginning if i would have made a better judgment back then none of this would have happened. i take full responsibility. >> are you humbled by this incarceration? >> as i said, i wish it would have never happened. i didn't know how we were going to do this. but i want to start by apologizing to the people of nevada. i wish this would have never happened. >> o.j.'s olde

you are looking at a relieved and thankful o.j. simpson. he has just been grant parole by the parole board there. unanimous decision. simpson has spent the better part of the last nine years in prison for a 2008 robbery, a robbery in which he can and five others walked into a hotel room in las vegas and in simpson's own words, took back his own stuff, took back memorabilia that he thought was his. so october first is the first date that o.j. simpson will once again walk out of prison a free man. katie fang, msnbc legal analyst standing by. i saw you nodding disapprovalel at something that was said. that's actually highly unusual. >> caveat is all hail to the chief. art was emphasizing how normal in process was. what's not normal is o.j. simpson because in the court of public opinion, he is guilty as charged. even if a california jury walked him and i want to note that that espn documentary that o.j. made in america, we heard members of that jury say that that acquittal was retribution for the rodney king acquittal is. so think what that pub

o.j. simpson will walk out of prison in a matter of months. new reactionover night from nicole brown simpson's sister plus details on where o.j. is expected to live. >>> new this morning the reports saying the president asked his advisers about who he can pardon. plus, how attorney general jeff sessions is reacting after the president expressed regret about nominating him for the job and the shake-up revealed among the president's legal team. >>> breaking overnight a deadly earthquake causing damage in two countries. tourists among the dead. the new video coming in showing the moment the quake struck during a birthday party. >>> we do say good friday morning. o.j. simpson's days behind bars now numbered after he successfully made his case for freedom. >> simpson outlined the reasons he should go free saying he's done everything asked of him and insisting he's going to stay out of trouble. >> clearly thrilled. his hand in the air smiling much like he did after the not guilty verdict for the murders of his ex-wife nicole and her friend ron goldm

. >> marie: could you imagine o.j. simpson on twitter? this is a different world then when he went into prison in terms of the media landscape. >> harris: i think we will see him on twitter. >> dagen: i must point out for those who didn't watch the people versus o.j. simpson which was the per trail of the book based on the case, it got a lot of awards and incredible viewership. the timing of this, he is going up for this parole board at a time when he is back in the news, were people who weren't familiar with the bronco chase and the trial, now they know about it. >> judge andrew: all of his former lawyers and even those of us were commentators at the time are saying lay low, lay low, lay low. that's because he has a tendency to stir the pot. does he have to lay low? no. if he's granted parole, he can do whatever he wants with his life. >> harris: he really can do whatever he wants. >> judge andrew: he can't be charge for the murder again, no matter what evidence they may discover a new. >> harris: how did they get paid and that civil cas

take care. >> that was o.j. simpson's lawyer. if you're just tuning in, this is essentially o.j. simpson day and what you have missed -- what you have missed is the fact that these four nevada -- carson city, nevada, these four parole board commissioners questioned o.j. simpson, he's been in prison for eight years and some change, because of this armed robbery in this las vegas hotel room. he's been in this promise in lovelock correctional facility since december of '08 and so they've questioned him, they met for, i want to say, no more than five to ten minutes and all came back and all four of them unanimously said that they would grant him parole and so o.j. simpson will be walking a free man as early as october. that was his attorney, and he was mentioning a name that many of us may not be familiar with. jeff felix, who apparently wrote this book "goordiuarding the ju" he's been giving color on what o.j. simpson has been like. paul, let's talk about that life behind bars and how, you know, according to this former, what, correctional officer and others, you know, and part of t

>>> tonight, o.j. simpson granted parole. another courtroom drama playing out before a live nationwide audience. how soon he could be free and what's next. >>> john mccain's cancer fight. the beloved senate maverick and american hero diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. tonight the outpouring and the prognosis for the battle ahead. >>> second thought president trump's stinging attack on his own attorney general, saying he wouldn't have picked jeff sessions if he knew sessions would recuse himself from the russia investigation. >>> texting scam. an fbi warning. a new trick being deployed by cyber criminals stealing thousands of dollars with just one message to your smartphone. >>> and high anxiety. a spectacular new view on one of "nightly news" begins right now. >> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thank you for being here. o.j. simpson, whose life of fame turned to a life of infamy after his arrest and acquittal in the brutal murders of

simpson item. a signed photo of o.j. that he thinks is probably worth a lot less now that simpson will soon be free. tito hernandez/world of sports memorabelia".....there just hasn't been much available in the past few years so what little was out there was getting higher and higher but now that he's getting out and can do mor signings, the value of his stuff is going to drop...."hernandez couldn't be pinned down on what the photo from simpson's days with the buffalo bills might be worth. the last simpson item he sold, a year ago, was a jersey that went for $300. but o.j. being back in the news is generating some new interest nonetheless. tito hernandez/world of sports ".....the buzz right now is that people want to know if i would be interested in doing a private signing with o.j. itell them i might but it all depends of the price....." hernandez says simpson might still command $50,000 dollars or more for such a signing. for perspective, he says one of the most sought autographs around belongs to another ex con.tito he

o.j. simpson and his parole hearing. right now, "andrea mitchell reports." >>> right now, on "andrea mitchell reports," true grit. senator john mccain diagnosed with brain cancer. an american hero facing his toughest fight yet. >> my hope is, i don't -- he may outlive us all, i don't know what -- god only knows how this thing ends, i just ask god for one thing, he has a voice and he can use it as long as possible. >> senator mccain tweeting minutes ago, i greatly appreciate the outpouring of support. unfortunately for my sparring partners in congress i'll be back soon. so stand by. >>> hit job. donald trump blistering his own attorney general for making the legally required decision to recuse himself from the russia probe. >> sessions should have never recused himself. and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. >> despite the insult from the commander in chief, the attorney general says today he will not quit. >> we love this job. we love th

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should o.j. simpson sign autographs, write a book, participate in movie deals? >> he's going to be tempted, but he shouldn't do it. o.j., if you're listening to me, become private. don't be in the public light. they don't want to see your face. live in quiet obscurity. >> reporter: but quiet obscurity is hard to imagine. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >>> all right. we want to turn now to the huge outpouring of support tonight for arizona senator john mccain. the senate maverick and american hero now in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. nbc's peter alexander has the latest reaction. >> reporter: tonight on capitol hill, the senate's maverick sorely missed. >> i can't think of anything i've done since 1999 politically in many ways personally that was worth doing without john. >> reporter: from his home in phoenix, john mccain today vowing a quick return, tweeting, "unfortunately for my sparring partners in congress, i'll be back soon." arizona's junior senator jeff flake. what does senator mccain's friendship mean

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simpson will be a freeman in october. and something o.j. simpson did during the parole hearing. >> basically spent a conflict free life. >> he has led anything but a conflict free life having been found guilty of murdering two people in civil court. was that a joke? basically spent conflict free life, double murder, his robbery parole hearing, that sums it up. he is a pathological liar. if he remains free it is another question. living in his own reality. rob: a new show on hbo. heather: game of thrones show writers signed on to a new hbo show called confederate. slavery remains legal in the south. that concept has been met with widespread criticism especially because the two guys running it are white. michelle hates the idea saying i love hbo but confederate sounds like a god-awful idea. you know what is going on in this country, thousands of sweets on social media, marjorie says it is tv's fantasy. who cares if you are offended? don't watch. there is so much criticism. my big complaint is game of thrones is going to be over. big fan. >> e

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in exchange for testifying against their pal, o.j. simpson. >> i said, [ bleep ] o.j. i'm not going to prison for him, because i know he wouldn't go for me. >> reporter: michael mcclinton has written a book. what was it like for you to walk in here today. >> even walking in here my heart is pounding. >> reporter: walter's life has changed, too. he is now a minister. >> it's all about god's word in this church. >> reporter: each say it's right for simpson to finally win his freedom. >> i think it's a travesty that he's been in for nine years. i do not believe he committed that crime way back. i think it is all about pay back. >> reporter: as for the future, mcclinton offers this advice. >> sit your ass down and spend the rest of your life with your family and stay out of trouble. >> reporter: deborah roberts in las vegas. >> stay out of trouble. let's hope that he does that. wonder what's next for him, maybe a reality show. >> a lot of people projecting that he can't stay out of the limelight, but he is asking -- >> especially since he stayed out of the limelight the la

and she says, it's o.j. simpson, i think you know his record. which suggests how many times she called 911 and, you know, we saw the photographs of her with black eyes that he gave her and, you know, this story, as elaborate and complicated as it got, is something that i always thought was something very unfortunately very familiar. a domestic violence homicide. an ex-husband killed an ex-wife. it happens every day in america. >> and in some places people don't take it as seriously in some lenses as other crimes. >> domestic violence has always been treated at least before the modern era as a family matter or personal matter. not something -- and maybe something that the victim has a right to complain about, but what, wroyou know, i hope peopl are starting to see that domestic violence is not just a crime against the victim. it's a crime against society just like bank robberies, just like murder. >> it was interesting during the hearing we did hear o.j. simpson's side of the robbery, for the first time, what happened in vegas. he didn't take the

o.j. simpson murders to people. gets away with it. the trial ends and you become the villain and he goes to play golf. what he think of that? are you bitter about that? >> i never have worried about what suspects think or what they are doing or if one slips away. that's just the way things work. >> tucker: that's not what i'm saying. in our society. he almost never hear anyone get on tv and say o.j. simpson's a murderer and she is disgusting. do you think it's unfair that in the view of some, you are the villain when this guy got away with murder? >> the first thing, there's no such thing as fair. at the world's not fair. you march on with the fact that you have before you. i'm not a murderer. there's nothing you can call me that makes me equal to just how evil o.j. simpson is. when you cut the head off of your children's mother and you leave her on the steps, most probably -- had we not found the body, the children would have wandered down there and found their mother in a pool of blood. when you think about that and you want to comp

next up, o.j. simpson wins ..xt up, o.j. simpson wins it's a good thing we brought the tablets huh? yeah, and i can watch the game with directv now. oh, sorry, most broadcast and sports channels aren't included. and you can only stream on two devices at once. this is fun, we're having fun. yeah, we are. no, you're not jimmy. don't let directv now limit your entertainment. xfinity gives you more to stream to more screens. ♪ >> i had no intent to commit a crime. >> mr. simpson, i vote to grant parole when eligible. that will conclude the securing. >> chris: with that, o.j. simpson learned he has parole in october after serving a minimum nine years for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping. our panel is back one more time. charles, i was walking around the office today during part of the parole hearing. everyone was glued to their tv. just like they were back in the mid- '90s. of course, it was a parole hearing. why do you think all things o.j. continue to fascinate? >> because of the shocking end of the trial for the murders. for most people, there are exceptions. it was a myth charac

>> he is o.j. simpson. please do send someone over here. >> what kind of cars in? >> a white bronco. he broke the back door down to get in. >> what is your name. >> nicole simpson. >> is he the sportscaster whatever? >> what is he doing? is he threatening you. >> he's going not. >> it has he threatened you? or is he just resting you? >> representing the brown family, corey all written, was she a battered woman prior to this. >> she made numerous 911 calls, at times it did not result in the arrest of o.j. simpson. but she did make a 911 call at one point and she was found bloodied, battered, terrified and hiding in the bushes outside of her home and o.j. simpson was arrested and prosecuted for sultan battery. unfortunately the judge did not give him a sentence that carry serious consequences. he only had to face a sentence of $500. and some charity work. >> bruises i feel bad about but putting the neon lights on at three in the morning she's going to look bad. i was responsible r the bruises is an i was wrong for it. >> hade gotten ser consequences at that time, per

. >>> and o.j. simpson set to go free. what he's saying about his past as he's looking forward to life on the outside. >>> good morning. >> it's frill, july 21st. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. up first, exclusive new reporting this morning. the president's lawyers are looking for ways to undermine the investigation by robert mueller? "the washington post" and "the new york times" report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. this follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. >> reporter: christine and miguel, mt. trump and the white house increasingly focused on the investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications that the scope is expanding. president tru

o.j. simpson could be months away from freedom. nevada officials granted parole to the former football star, who has spent nearly nine years in prison for a 2008 armed robbery in las vegas. the earliest simpson can be released is october 1st. no specific date has been set. simpson says he would like to live in florida, the state must agree to have him. joe fryer has more on the dramatic parole hearing. >> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. and that will conclude this hearing. >> thank you. >> reporter: relief washed over o.j. simpson as a nevada parole board voted in dramatic fashion to set him free, a unanimous decision reached after the former football star made his case. >> i've done my time. you know, i've done it as well and as respectfully as i think anybody can. >> reporter: at times combative. >> it was my property and i will never pull a weapon on anybody. >> reporter: at times contrite. >> nine years away from your family is just not worth it. >> reporter: appearing in front of cameras for the first tim

o.j. simpson scores very low on the guidelines, kate. if he is granted parole, he would be out in early october. >> early october. as soon as october. paul, thank you so much. everyone keeping an eye on that. the man who literally wrote the book on o.j. simpson is joining me live on what to expect from today. stay with us. anyone can get you ready, holiday inn express gets you the readiest. because ready gives a pep talk. showtime! but the readiest gives a pep rally. i cleared my inbox! holiday inn express, be the readiest. holiday inn express, to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don't hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. 811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. to make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonna do any kind of excavation no matter how small or large before you dig, call 811. keep yourself safe. >>> just a short time from now o.j. si

o.j. simpson had the book thrown at him. the 9 to 33 years on these particular charges is really a tough sentence in connection with nevada law, not that the judge was out of bounds but it was a very tough sentence. >> and, october 1st he will go free. o.j. simpson free on october 1st, decision from the nevada parole board. much more tonight on world news tonight. you can get the news any time by downloading the abc news app. have a good day. ally gener gally generous offer. yeah, it would be if, um, money were all that mattered. oh, i know pozzulo's holds a lot of special memories for you. it's gonna be hard for you to let it go. so you can reconsider, sonny. you don't have to sell. i don't want to sell it. but if i'm gonna be taken seriously as far as getting out of the business, i got to sever all my ties. divest in places that are associated with... less-than-legal transactions. so, pozzulo's got to go. right? mm. but not to this particular... nope. [ both laugh ] [ telephone ringing ] yeah? send her up. -send who up? -l

mckinney's tapes would impact more than just the o.j. simpson trial. they would impugn the integrity of the lapd. when you heard those tape recordings for the first time, what did you think? >> it was a belly punch at the wrong time. and you go how could this have happened to us? how did we even let him stay on the job? >> he an lapd assistant chief when a task force investigated everything fuhrman said on those tapes. why had he been allowed to behave the way he did for so long and not be held accountable? >> because the command staff that was in charge of him did not do the job they should have done, which is to deal with the issue in a strong manner. so it was kind of shunted off to the side. boys will be boys and we needed to tell the organization if you even claim to be engaged in this kind of behavior, we'll investigate it and let chips fall where they may. and secondly, if iwas within atute, tn we would take it to the district attorney and file on it it. >> in 1997 the task force released this report, keeping secret portions of the tapes. excerp

next day o.j. simpson is questioned. on june 17th he lead police on the infamous broncho chase and ultimately arrested and charged with the murders. july 22nd of that year, he pled not guilty to those murder charges and in october of 1994, he is found not guilty. in 1997, jury finds owe. o.j. simpson civilly liable for murders and ordered to pay 25 million-dollar in punitive damages. fast forward to september 2007 where surveillance footage shows o.j. simpson and a group of people, walking out of a hotel with boxes of sports memorabilia, and in december of 2008, a judge ordered simpson to jail, for robbery. our coverage of the o.j. simpson's parole continues throughout our newscast, simpson's former famous house guest kato kaelin will weigh in at 5:15. fortune perry junior joins us in the studio and analyze today's decision and, tell what you could land simpson back in jail. >>> our other big story tonight excessive heat, we are in the middle of the heat wave with temperatures that feel like the triple digits. it is cert

simpson? >> i thought it was typical o.j. simpson. it was o.j. being o.j. a little remorseful, contrite, apologetic but shifting the blame on others. i thought really the two stars of the show, i was very impressed with arnel's testimony. i don't think i've ever seen a victim in over 35 years step up to the plate the way bruce did and go to that. i agree with mark. i think this was -- before the parole commissioners got into the room, they had done his point totals. assessed his preliminary record. assessed his danger to the community and he was going to be granted parole unless something totally, totally went south. it clearly didn't. >> martha: the second sound bite we have, let's play that second place for yale. >> i'm not a guy that has conflicts. i don't expect -- when i leave here. i feel i am much better prepared. more so, i think my commitment to being a better christian, i thought it was a good guy. i had some problems with fidelity. >> martha: i just keep going back to that case of nicole simpson. some problems with fidelity and then he laughed...

simpson. >> it's a place we've been in before, waiting for o.j. simpson. and we hear from a man who once held his fate in his hands. >> reporter: for decades, o.j. simpson has stood at the incendiary nexus of race, class, celebrity and criminal justice. courtroom as a parole board will decide whether to set him friday. he has been here in lovelock since a botched robbery attempt to steal back his memorabilia. in a sense, we've been here before. >> find the defendant, not guilty of murder. >> reporter: simpson acquitted after the trial of the century in which he was accused of the double murder of his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. >> you had to have been there and lived what we lived to understand. >> reporter: now a four-part series, the jury speaks, airing on oxygen is asking jurors to recast their votes, knowing what they know now. >> it's not what we want. it's what the law is. >> reporter: lon pryor was juror number 247 during the people versus o.j. simpson. if you had to cast a vote about his guilt or innocence, how would y