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is under 18, but hey kids, you can still watch all you want early today, let's start on Thursday. Good morning. I'm Phillip Mena. It is a pleasure to have you with us. I'm Francis Rivera. We begin this morning in outer space as we talk four astronauts are on an approximately 25-hour journey to the International Space Station this marks the sixth successful crew line for SpaceX and NASA our Tom Costello had a front row view at the Space Center Kennedy good morning training Hello Francis, I'm Phillip good morning spectacular launch here Kennedy Space Center Platform 39a at 12 34 a.m. this was the second attempt of the week the first early Monday morning had to be cleaned due to a last minute issue they had a clogged filter but they fixed that issue launched this morning again around 12:34am. now this is a space station The mission crew rotation, so on board this flight we have two Americans, an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates and a Russian cosmonaut.

Interesting, this is now the second mission in six months that a cosmonaut has been aboard an American rocket. Americans are also aboard Russian rockets to this day, as the United States and Russia still cooperate on the International Space Station even though tension is the highest it has been in decades due to the war in Ukraine. asked the crew members: Are they talking about Ukraine? Do they talk about politics? and everyone said no, it's a topic we completely avoid and the reason why business. Our

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Tom thanks okay, now on to two other flights that didn't go so well the crew of your Spirit Airlines flight reported a battery fire in an overhead bin that the plane was headed to Orlando but had to be diverted to Jacksonville Spirit Airlines thanked its crew and guests for their quick actions to ensure the safety of everyone on board Meanwhile the FAA says it is investigating a Lufthansa flight that Experian turbulence plane was headed to Germany from Austin, Texas, but was forced to land at Dulles Airport in Virginia Airport officials say seven people were transported to hospitals The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment on a critical day for Alec Murdock as his defense team begins its closing arguments It comes the day after the indictment ripped apart the disbarred attorney, condemning him as a cold-blooded murderer and an equally cold-blooded liar.

Our kitty Beck has the latest. Alec Murdoch was living a lie and would do any tactic, which is why prosecutors say he was the only one with motive and means to murder forensic timeline puts him there prosecutors describe a gathering storm, an unbearable pressure bearing down on Murdoch in the weeks and months leading up to the murders, confronted for stealing money from his company and about to be financially exposed by a civil case after the 2019 boat accident involving his son Paul and everyone was reaching a crescendo the day he his wife and son were murdered by him, prosecutors again pointed out the LIE Murdoch admitted on the stand that he was never at the pound that night, when was the last time I saw my wife and Child Alive why in the world what? such an innocent and reasonable father and husband lying about it and a graphic description of Alex shooting Paul in the feeding room with the family gun and Maggie hearing and seeing the horrible moment moments before her own death in which she was running .

When her baby heard that gunshot and was running towards her baby, she was shot, reminding the jury how moments after the murders, Murdoch struggled to explain why he was following so many steps and why some details that help him are very clear in a story of ever-changing fabricated alibi, he's asking questions like that, he's trying to figure out what the police have by repeating several interviews Alec gave to investigators stayed on the couch and I fell asleep. The crime scene shown to the jury Wednesday morning was taken from the courthouse to the 1,700-acre Estate in Moselle to tour the kennels, the feeding room and the exterior of Murdoch's former home.

The prosecutors conclude their arguments with this: he fooled them all and he also fooled Maggie and Paul and they paid for it with their lives, don't let him fool him. you too, thanks to Katie for the trial update, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is putting a cap on the price of insulin. It's a long-awaited move by many lawmakers, including the president, who have been fighting to lower drug prices for years. Bree Jackson in Washington and Bree, this is a movement that changes the lives of many in the country. Absolutely good morning, Francis. Well, for years Americans have struggled to cope with the rising cost of insulin.

In 2018, public policy think tank Rand Corporation estimated that the average price of a vial of the drug was nearly a hundred dollars. Democratic lawmakers have fought to lower that price. Last year's inflation reduction law capped the cost of insulin for seniors with Medicare. It originally applied to all Americans, but the provision was blocked by Republican Senate President Biden. He was again called to action in last month's State of the Union address. There are millions of other Americans who do not have or do not have Medicare, including 200,000 young people with type 1 diabetes, who receive unnecessary insulin to stay alive.

Let's finish the job this time. the cost so far Eli Lilly, the largest insulin manufacturer in the country, announced that they would limit the cost of the drug to a 35 and 70 price reduction compared to those with private insurance. Uninsured Americans can also download a discount card. Company CEO David Ricks said this decision came after conversations between the company and lawmakers, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle applauding the move. Republican Senator Josh Hawley tweeted that a 25 cap on insulin should be signed into law, while President Biden appeared to pressure other drugmakers to follow the lead of Eli Lilly Francis, okay, Bree Jackson for us free, thanks, there are arrest warrants for top NFL prospect Jalen Carter Police in Athens, Georgia, said they believe Carter was competing with UGA recruiting analyst Chandler Lacroix just before the crash that killed her her and Georgia offensive lineman Devin.

Willock authorities are charging him with reckless driving and racing. Carter, who was at the NFL combine in Indianapolis when the orders were announced, is projected to be a top pick in the NFL draft in April, in a statement Carter said he will return to Athens to answer the charges. and he hopes to be completely exonerated. It is a criminal network that extends from Los Angeles to New York and Chile in South America. Police are chasing a Chilean gang that enters the US on temporary visas and breaks into wealthy homes stealing millions. Here's Dana Griffin. The authorities are trying to trace. take down these notorious thieves San Diego police say they suspect they are part of a Chilean criminal network the highly coordinated criminals covered from head to toe mocking security cameras in mansions they rob in less than 15 minutes are on their game What they are getting Chilean citizens are suspected of at least 21 robberies since December.

San Diego police believe these criminal tourists are hiding in nearby canyons. They plagued the area last year, but then went quiet until recently. A series of robberies in this heist took more than eighty thousand dollars worth of jewelry and family heirlooms. They knew exactly what they were doing and where they were going. They were like an organized group like you see in the movies. The police say these Chileans are coming in. United States with 90-day visas affecting some of the country's wealthiest neighborhoods. Authorities are also investigating robberies in New York, Connecticut, Washington, DC, New Jersey and Florida, which they believe were also carried out by this network.

We had a safe hidden in the back of the closet bolted to the floor it had been ripped out of the floor and burst open on Long Island, New York, three Chileans were arrested in January 2020 accused of committing robberies in several states, only in the Nassau County area. They probably count between 10 and 12 robberies in the entire tri-state area. There were probably a couple dozen robberies. Police tracked the suspected thieves to this home in Queens, New York, where they found the proceeds from multiple heists. This doorbell camera shows a suspect running away. Police in Saddle Rock, New York, investigators say at least two homes were attacked there, including one belonging to the city's mayor, that episode was a real punch in the gut, while these arrests were made in 2020, the Experts say that even if these criminals are caught for non-violent property crimes, they may be low or nonexistent, giving them a chance to escape or even fly home with the score.

Our thanks to Danny Griffin for that report. Thanks, a hit of winter left parts of the country buried in snow. March Begins Heavy snow accumulation up to 10 feet in some areas of Southern California After crews worked to clear roads during the day, the Mount Baldy Police Department kept an eye out for avalanches overnight. All right, these storms don't let up. NBC meteorologist Angie Lastman is tracking more. threats to this South hello Angie, good morning hello good morning guys, we have a cold side of the system and a warm side and on the warm side we are tracking severe weather throughout the day today. 27 million people are included in the potential to see some. of these strong storms develop and we have the risk of tornadoes and they could be strong ef2 or higher tornadoes and you see where it is centered as we get closer to tomorrow, we also cannot let our guard down in parts of the southeast, we will continue Let's see what the threat to 28 million people, the tornado threat will be a little less, but still the damaging wind and hail will still be there and not to mention the heavy rain that will bring the potential for some flooding concerns that we already have at 10 millions of people. flood alerts, let's look at the weather across the country, let's take a look at what's happening in your neighborhood.

Temperatures in New York today ended up at 57 degrees, feeling a little warm for this time of year, but not as warm as what they are facing. in the southeast temps end at 84 for Charleston 89 for San Antonio watch for some storms in parts of the south and we the ones I mentioned also have a cold side of this system where snow and ice accumulation will be possible we will talk of that. It's coming in handy Angie, thanks, so a little or a lot of snow in Minnesota didn't stop this Dairy Queen from opening for spring. You see, the DQ in Moorhead opens every year on March 1st, regardless of the weather, so even with a foot. of snow on the ground customers right there lined up to receive their favorite treats in the store the store said the first customer at 10 a.m. ordered a hot malt fudge is yet to arrive the FBI finds an explosive and I'm back at the Pennsylvania airport and new intelligence on a debilitating condition known as Havana syndrome we're back in just a minute thanks for Dateline premium subscribe now to Apple podcasts NBC News free streaming now what people need most right now the state or authorities dropped the ball migrant families now stranded in Mexico what the World Cup experience has been like is your playlist

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Residents there have fought against the local incinerator plant. For years they simply have not proven to be good neighbors. The facility should never have been here. The EPA says the plant released high levels of toxic chemicals 195 times between 2010 and 2014. In Pennsylvania, a man is in custody. After the FBI said an explosive was found in a bag it searched at the airport, the bag set off an alarm during a TSA screening at the Lehigh Valley airport before it could be loaded onto an Allegiant Air flight to Orlando. When agents inspected the bag, the FBI says, they found the device with two fuses hidden inside the lining.

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If you're like Kelly, stop talking about Washington East, this bill would basically provide healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals. because Scott, I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking for, I think your microphone, Daniel, you're trying to do it on the slide, live TV, new. The numbers just published this morning we begin with the latest news that has just arrived. Russia has launched another round of attacks. What was it like when you came back and saw your neighborhood like that?

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She has faced negative reactions from some in recent weeks. These parents say her content is inappropriate because her co-star Jewels uses other users' pronouns. I have rallied to support Miss Rachel and Jules and you can count me among those who have full support. I mean, Jules is a big part of the show. I'm glad Jules is there and again my daughter loves the show and she shouldn't. let that discourage her from making these things a big void in your home now that Miss Rachel is taking a break, so let's hope it's a quick break, yes, very, very quick and Miss Rachel, if you're watching, forget the haters, forget the haters doing your thing.

There are many of us who love you, it's your thing, so this can upset my home too. Oh my goodness, tick tock tick tock is rolling out a new feature after concerns about the platform's impact on teenage users, so the app will now automatically add a 60-minute screen time limit for users under 18 years. Yes, that's my daughter. Miners will need to enter a passcode after reaching the limit to continue using the app. Users can opt out of this screen time feature, but we. You'll have to set a daily limit if you spend more than 100 minutes a day on the app, so let's be honest when it comes to these monitors, it's what I call them tween teens.

I never heard that. I like it. 100 are not going to self-regulate, come on, they want to keep that finger scrolling up with their dances and Tick Tock playing their tutorials and all that means they're going to have to confiscate it from the people we have. basically we have to pair up, we have it here, we get that password, they're doing it, you know, that thing called parenting, yeah, we have to step up too. I have to lighten the load on Miss Rachel and Tick Tock. Okay, Angie's back after the break with a look at our weekend forecast today's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now airing Mondays to Friday at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now NBC News is streaming free now Hi, I'm Halle, good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point where they started voting on the pack law, If you're like Kelly, stop talking.

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There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point they started with in the package. Take action if you're like Kelly, stop talking. This bill out of Washington would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott, I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now. in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel, you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV Today's biggest political stories with trusted information and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the press now streaming weekdays at 4:00 p.m. m. on NBC News.

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A Starbucks spokesperson called the judge's ruling and order inappropriate and said the company is exploring options for further legal action. review on a New York City Police Department agreed to pay millions to George Floyd protesters who say they were mistreated Approximately 320 protesters will receive more than $21,000 each in a case in which the NYPD put down a protest in the Bronx on June 4, 2020. Lawyers accused police of indiscriminately sweeping up protesters in a controversial practice known as kettling. The New York Police Department says the 2020 social justice protests prompted an internal overhaul of crowd control policies and training. mummy inside a delivery driver's cooler, watch this, the video shows the mummified corpse believed to be up to 800 years old inside that bag, the owner tells the police that it has been in his family for 30 years and that he was passed down from his father, he is now under investigation, that is strange and fascinating, although that is okay, it is a successful season for Michael B Jordan, the actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just days before the release of Creed 3, which will also be his publishing debut.

Attendees at the ceremony included Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and his Creed III co-star Jonathan Majors. Great for him, thanks for waking up early today. I'm Francis Rivera and I'm Phillip Mena, have a great Thursday. See you tomorrow, buckled jurors. during an explosive day in court as the prosecution presented closing arguments in Alec Murdoch's double murder trial. Baggie sees what happens as she comes running to her baby, probably the last thing on her mind is thinking that he was the one who had done this. she's running to her baby which parent would withhold something if you were innocent which parent would care what happens to her after that to force today all eyes are on the defense as they make their final bid a major win for the Biden administration Eli Lilly cuts the price of his insulin brings critical relief for millions of Americans a Texas mother is outraged after her son was glued to a chair in class you don't do that to a child he's not an animal he's a human being What the school says about The Teacher and the Duncan Incident in your wallet Big chains test loyalty, but who's really crying about the rewards of those points programs that put your best face forward, tick tock in the seat hot about your latest face filter, but is it harmless fun or does it distort beauty standards? early unfiltered today starts right now good morning I'm Francis Rivera I'm Phillip Mena the defense will begin closing arguments today in the Alec Murdoch double murder trial the prosecution took its turn yesterday to describe the disbarred South Carolina lawyer as a short man unbearable conditions financial and legal pressure and that one day he couldn't take it anymore and they were all reaching a crescendo the day his wife and son were murdered by him, prosecutors criticized Murdoch for the LIE that caught him saying he claimed he was never at the family pound that night, except he was confessing his lie on the stand and the state also played a video of what they say are misleading statements Murdoch made to police before the jury visited the crime scene and saw the two separate locations where Murdoch's wife, Maggie, and son Paul were found. shot to death, the defense had requested the tour saying it would help everyone spatially understand the layout of the crime scene in the courtroom, the prosecution presented a dramatic image of their version of events on June 7, 2021, alleging that Alec Murdoch first shot his son and his wife ran screaming to the scene and he ran and shot her too, they finally branded him a conniving, heartless killer and told the jury that he fooled everyone and that he deceived to Maggie and Paul too and that they paid for it with their lives if they were found guilty.

Murdoch faces life in prison now the latest news is out. NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched a new crew to the two-and-a-half-inch full-power space station and lifted off a Go Power tri-beaked dragon. This was their second attempt this week after our clogged filter caused the mission to be canceled at the last minute on Monday. On board are two American astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and this is the first time an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates has launched into space from American soil. He is expected to dock early Friday morning at the pharmaceutical giant. Eli Lilly is putting a cap on the price of insulin.

It's a long-awaited move by many lawmakers, including the president, who have been fighting to lower drug prices for years. For more. Let's go now to NBC's Bree Jackson in Washington. Good morning, this changes your life. move for many in this country good morning Phillip, it certainly is For years Americans have struggled to deal with the rising cost of insulin in 2018, the Rand Corporation, a public policy think tank estimated that the average price of a vial of the drug was almost a hundred dollars Democratic lawmakers have fought to reduce that price Last year's inflation reduction law capped the cost of insulin for seniors with Medicare;

It originally applied to all Americans, but the provision was blocked by Senate Republicans. President Biden called for action again at last month's State of the Union. There are millions of other Americans who do not have or do not have Medicare, including 200,000 young people with type 1 diabetes, who receive unnecessary insulin to stay alive. Let's finish the job this time. Let's limit the cost of the example for everyone to $35. Leading us to now Eli Lilly, the country's largest insulin maker, announced it would cap the cost of the drug at 35 percent, a 70 percent price cut for those with private insurance.

Uninsured Americans can also download a discount card. The company's CEO, David Rix, said this decision came after conversations between the company and lawmakers, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle applauding the move. Republican Senator Josh Hawley tweeted that a 25 cap on insulin should be signed into law, while President Biden appeared to pressure other drugmakers to follow Eli Lily's lead. To you, Phillip, a rare bipartisan agreement on this. It's okay, Bree, thank you. It's been almost a month since the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and now the government is being told that railroad workers fell ill at the scene.

The railway unions raise the alarm to bite the Administration. Officials, this adds to another health problem elsewhere, such as in East Liverpool, Ohio, which is where some of the toxic material is headed for processing. Residents there have fought the local incinerator plant for years, they simply have not proven to be good neighbors to the facility. I should never have been here in the first place. The EPA says one plant released high levels of toxic chemicals 195 times between 2010 and 2014. Attorney General Merrick Garland was in the Capitol hot seat facing tough questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a range of issues including rising deaths related to fentanyl Alice Barr has more I'm asking you my question answer my question in explosive hearing the nation's top law enforcement official faces his own grilling by the Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers from both parties grilling the attorney general Merrick Garland In a series of crises and controversies topping the agenda over how the Department of Justice is handling the fentanyl overdose epidemic, this is out of control.

The Attorney General noted that law enforcement was intensified last year. The DEA and its partners confiscated enough fentanyl pills and powder to kill everyone. Tempers flared when Republican senators criticized Garland for not bringing charges against protesters outside the homes of conservative justices when the Supreme Court overturned the abortion ruling in The Landmark, Roe v. Wade, have you filed a case under this statute? Yes or no, as far as I know, we have not done it and what we have done is defend ourselves from the judges' lies. It's part of a broader picture of Republicans trying to portray the Justice Department as biased. against conservatives while trying to protect liberals the men and women of the department do their jobs every day in a proper, nonpartisan federal garland that hangs over the audience the justice department's investigations into how President Biden, the former president Trump and former Vice President Pence handled classified documents in Washington Alice Barr NBC News A mother in Texas is calling for her son's teacher to be arrested and fired after her 10-year-old son said his teacher taped him to his chair. in class, it happened at Crosby Elementary School in Forney, Texas.

He went to another teacher's room to get a tape, she went back to the classroom and that's when she started recording it, he took her hand and did it, it went like that, he went around, he came back, I say, when she started record yourself, what did you do? he says he said I asked him what he was doing I wasn't doing anything I was just walking Zai told his mother once they recorded him the students started hitting him from behind the teacher is on administrative leave the Forney School District police are investigating them They issued a statement saying that they are aware of the allegations and that they are investigating the incident.

A little or a lot of snow in Minnesota didn't stop this Dairy Queen from opening for spring. The DQ in Moorhead opens every year on March 1, regardless of the weather. Even with a foot of snow on the ground, there were customers there lined up to receive their favorite treats, the store said the first customer at 10 a.m. m. He ordered a hot chocolate malt and not a blizzard because they had enough snow right there we are. We're going to have another round of severe weather today, although NBC meteorologist Angie Lastman is tracking everything Hi Angie Hi guys, it's going to be a busy day for folks in the Southern Plains and parts of the Mid-South where we'll see the most active. pattern today before there is more activity tomorrow, this is where we are currently dealing with rain, some thunderstorms, but as we move through the afternoon hours and into tonight, this is the bullseye of where we can expect the most strong of those storms and that includes tornadoes and strong tornadoes.

You can see where the red stripes are. That's where we will have that risk of ef2 or more tornadoes. Includes places like Little Rock Dallas as far south as Alexandria and Lufkin, just keep in mind. and stay connected through today along with some heavy rain that we will work through into Friday in parts of the valley. This is a selection. It's a look at the big weather story of the day. Let's take a look at what's happening to temperatures in your neighborhood. in Philadelphia it ends in the mid 60s today 53 in Pittsburgh a little further south the temperatures are once again well above normal and flirting with some records we will see 80 stretches from Montgomery to mobile New Orleans and San Antonio ending in 89 degrees We still have the heavy rain that we will be dealing with from the system as well as the accumulation of snow and ice, more on that soon guys yeah see you in a few minutes.

Thanks Angie, it's okay, Kevin Durant, he's back on the court. Coming off a knee injury and playing for his new team after the big trade, Duran made his Suns debut by scoring on a layup early in the game against the Hornets. Katie scored 23 points and had a pair of assists after playing just over half the game. Phoenix beat Charlotte 105-91 in 60 seconds a federal judge is looking at latte violations by Starbucks due to its anti-union efforts, but first a royal overthrow Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are being kicked out of their Cottage in the UK We start the main story with that breakup news this is just in manystories to get to what people need most right now.

Did the state or authorities drop the ball somewhere? Are we heading towards a recession or recovery? migrant families now stranded in Mexico, what has been the experience of the World Cup? like the civil effort isn't just about fighting, it's also about helping every night, it's the top story on your news playlist with Tom Yamas airing weekdays at 7 on NBC News. Now, hey, it's Halle, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, but let's get to the point where they started herd law if you're like Kelly, stop talking.

Washington needs this bill, but it basically provides health care to veterans who have been exposed to it. toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of rising anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking for, I think your microphone, Daniel, you're trying to do it on the slide, live TV. okay for Dateline premium, subscribe now to Apple Podcasts. Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way and get to the point you started with. the pack act if you're like Kelly stop talking Washington news this bill would basically give healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible.

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A couple of hours, yes, Travis Kelsey, yes, it's football who creates his best Indiana Jones impression before landing, it's Saturday Night Live. This weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and Super Bowl champion makes his hosting debut with musical guest Kelsey Ballerini. You can watch it on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. m. right here on NBC. I think it's going to wipe it out, big chains like Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks and Chipotle. Reward programs are changing and many offer compensation for the points you've earned, but does it cost more to be loyal? marsan Brock takes a look Americans' caffeine addiction and the thrill of a free drink have created loyalty programs for Starbucks and Dunkin'.

Donuts fan favorites Even as the entry level for a basic coffee rose a bit in October, Dunkin Donuts increased the points needed for a free regular coffee from $40 to $50 spent, while premium sips like the lattes jump from forty dollars to 90. Honestly. I feel like if I spend 50 on you, then if you are going to do something in return and show that you know your appreciation. I feel like 50 is worth it. 100 is like pushing it, that's still less than a hot brewed Starbucks coffee that's just been consumed. from 50 stars to a hundred, that's basically a hundred dollars for a free cup of coffee, does that surprise you?

It does so surprisingly just as inflation is happening in the United States. Starbucks notes that its iced coffee and tea actually have fewer stars and is now adding a statement to NBC News: We occasionally need to make changes to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Starbucks rewards program and to meet the changing needs of our members. Duncan's president also says that revamping their rewards program has allowed them to keep consumer sentiment strong. We've added more than 3 million members and delivered what customers asked for: the ability to redeem points for more than just drinks. In reality, you have more options.

Now you can get donuts. You can get munchkins. You can get sandwiches. Still, consumer experts say these adjustments can be helpful. It's a long road to corporate results for you, these points may only be worth a couple of dollars, but collectively across all your customers they can be worth millions and millions of dollars for years. Airlines have been cutting back on the purchasing power of miles and now even some department stores are using clever tricks that offer points that can only be redeemed when the shopper returns to the store on another day and not during the same sale.

Here are a few things that can help you maximize your flight and hotel rewards. Shop around first, because the best deals often come. save more money than using points check the terms on some programs points expire after six months and do the math don't go out of your way to spend $250 to earn 250 points then they're actually worth two dollars and fifty cents it's not a necessity , one thing is that commodity prices were increasing enormously, but these are benefits. Sam Brock NBC News, okay, our thanks to Sam for that report. Angie has her forecast for the weekend, next weekend, and the next.

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How to handle rising prices. NBC News Daily Monday through Friday from 12 to 4 p.m. ET on NBC News. We were testing this during the commercial break, the new tick tock filter that is causing a lot of controversy over the way it makes some users look. It's called the bold glamor filter. Some love it, while others. I hate it Valerie Castro is unmasking it you can't even tell it's a filter anymore what do you think I look better with it it definitely made my lips bigger bold glamor the latest viral Tick Tock filter is causing a stir and has users divided? the way it instantly changes their appearance compared to what they see in reality this filter should be illegal here is the real me some are surprised so this is you without it right you look normal okay this is you with the filter oh my god, oh what are you doing?

You think about how you look. I think it's amazing, like some famous actress, but not everyone loves that look, even actress Catherine Heigl says this filter is not for me. I do not like it that much. I have to say, why don't you like it? It looks fake yes, it's perfect, what do you think you have to fulfill? this expectation like this look that is not realistic and creates a world in your mind that does not exist is destructive to the identity it refers to this is what The human face looks like content creator Hiro Mustafa, surprised by the new standard which is setting the filter.

What is it about bold glamor that sets it apart from the other filters we've seen? It was just a completely different face to me. The lips were bigger eyes. They were larger, the skin tone was lighter. I've seen more people in my age group than ever undergo cosmetic surgery to make their faces look more like these filters and I'm worried about how this affects young girls' confidence. A recent CDC study found that 57 percent of teenage girls reported feeling hopeless or sad, many believe social media is among the causes of the drastic increase in psychological consequences. Psychology professor Renee England has spent more than 20 years studying The effects of media and photo editing on women and girls.

You could be forgiven for not even realizing that all the faces you see are filtered all the time, she says, when the filtered face you see is your own, it's a standard you may never be able to reach, it's one thing to compare yourself. with someone you like. famous beautiful person it's another thing to compare yourself to an extra beautiful version of yourself that doesn't exist anywhere in the world Tick Tock has not responded to NBC's request for comment on the new filter ah thanks to Valerie Castro for that part hey when you it's about filters, photoshopping is kind of like alternate realities of yourself that are out there, just look in a mirror, look at yourself and love what you have, that's important to remember and no true words have ever been said there and take a step back if so. it's going to affect your confidence that way thank you for taking an unfiltered view of the world with us have a great day see you tomorrow thank you good morning I'm Stephen Romo and I'm Sinclair Samoa Joe and Savannah are free this morning right now Morning News Now the motives and meanings of the dramatic events in Alec Murdoch's double murder trial this morning the defense set out to give their closing arguments after the prosecution concluded their case by painting Murdoch as a man who lives a lie and is prepared to kill his own wife and son to protect him, bend them all and deceive Maggie and Paul too and they paid for it with their lives.

All this after jurors saw the crime scene firsthand. We have team coverage this morning. Attorney General Merrick Garland in the Capitol dock. confronting some of his harshest critics over a series of controversies under his leadership will bring them highlights from his testimony before a Republican-led Senate committee also this morning a new warning from the CDC about what they call a serious threat to public health, but it is necessary to know about a highly infectious drug-resistant stomach virus and people at highest risk finally lift off again this morning NASA's SpaceX crew celebrates a successful launch after canceling their first attempt earlier this More week about the mission, the astronauts on board and everything means to the future of space exploration we begin with the latest developments in the Alec Murdoch double murder trial and the defense is ready to present its closing arguments this morning.

Yes, prosecutor Creighton Waters delivered the state's closing arguments yesterday against the disbarred South Carolina attorney Murdoch is accused of murdering both his wife Maggie and son Paul during his depositions, Waters again argued before the jury That evidence in the case shows that Murdoch carried out the murders, prosecutors said, all in an effort to mask his financial problems He avoided responsibility his entire life He had relied on his last name He had a powerful family He wore a badge and used that authority He lived a rich life but now he was finally faced with total ruin and couldn't live for it.

He is the kind of person for whom shame is an extraordinary provocation throughout the case. Murdoch's defense team has rejected the prosecution's theory behind Murdoch's motive, arguing that the prosecution has not shown evidence to show how Murdoch would benefit financially from the death of his wife and son. All of this comes when the jury had to do something that few of them accomplish: they toured the Murdoch family property where these murders occurred. We have our team here to discuss the latest on the Murdoch trial. NBC News legal analyst Stanley Cevallos and trial consultant Richard. Gabriel is on standby to help guide us through all of these developments, but first let's go to NBC News correspondent Ellison Barber, who lives outside the courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, with more Ellison, good morning, yes, good morning, Allison, so to start, good morning, can you join us? through key takeaways from the prosecution's closing arguments yesterday, yeah, I mean, it was complicated, these were very long closing arguments, this has been a very long trial, but what you heard, uh, the prosecutors said a lot In his closing remarks, a storm was brewing, he described this meeting. storm that, according to him, was putting so much pressure on Alec Murdoch that he felt that his only way out, his only chance to buy some time to cover his tracks was to kill his family and really, when they talked about that storm that was coming, the They were breaking up.

They broke it down into three key motivating factors, they said: One, there was a history of financial crimes, specifically a legal case he had been working on within his firm, where people had begun to notice that the legal fees he had received were lacking. to his firm, his colleagues, they were asking questions, they were starting to investigate it, then there was a boat accident in 2019 where his son Paul was accused of driving the boat that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach, a boat that was owned by Elec Murdoch. He was named as a defendant. In a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit, the lawyer in that case testified that once Murdoch's family died, the case against him essentially ended because he was too sympathetic to the defendant and they had other, more culpable defendants they would have to go to. .

In that case, the third thing in that gathering storm, they say, was the fact that Elik Murdoch's father was dying, someone he trusted, someone he was close with, they say all of that was too much for Elik Murdoch to bear. put up with it and that his leaving was killing both his son and his wife, they also said, hey, look at his story, listen and remember everything you've heard from people who knew him so well, they say that elect Murdoch's life was basically a Ponzi scheme and that he was a skilled and anytime lawyer. he got tough, he manipulated and lied, listen we thought they were close to him, everyone who thought they knew who he was, he fooled them all and he fooled Maggie and Paul too and they paid for it with their lives, don't let him fool you to you. also and remember that much of the prosecution's case has focused on GPS data, cell phone data, they say, look at the timeline, look at the technology, there's only one person who could have been there that night and there's only a person who had the means to do it. the motive and the opportunity and prosecutors say it was Alex Murdock Sinclair Stephen yes, prosecutors were very insistent on that timeline in their closing arguments yesterday Allison, the jury was able to tour the Mozelle family property where these murders actually occur.

Can you tell us about what they were? In fact, they were able to see there, yes, so they had 30 minutes because they were seeing that outside of the press, the press, the video that we have access to is because the press was able to see exactly what the jury saw after they saw it. They were able to see the outside of the main house, which is what we're seeing here. They were also able to spend time where these murders occurred in the kennels. We have heard many conversations from both the prosecution and the defense about the feeding room, the size of that space where Paul Murdoch's body was found at the door and the distance between Paul Murdoch and Maggie Murdoch that the jury was able to walk and seeing all that from our colleagues who were traveling with them while they were They couldn't see every moment of what the jury was doing, they said they could see one juror standing in the door of that feeding room looking up and seeming to try to have an idea of ​​the size in that space. that you could see there was still a little bit of what happened here, the important thing is that there is like a stain on the cement where Palmer was killed, everything else has been cleaned, the state had given a lot of importance to that beforehand saying this The The crime scene has changed a lot but the judge decided at the defense's request that it was worth giving the jury the opportunity to physically see where all this happened Stevens and Clay an unusual movement, there we will talk more about that, thanks Ellison.

Thank you very much and we have NBC News legal analyst Danny Savalos on set to help us break down this case, also here with us as trial consultant and acquittal author Richard Gabriel to give us insight into the jury process, so Danny, let's start with you. The prosecution has to show burden of proof, that seems to be the key phrase here. Burden of proof after yesterday's closing arguments. Is there room for reasonable doubts? We'll see if the defense can create them. I mean, as a defense attorney, what I mean. be hammering if I'm them that's itburden of proof.

I even have a graph that I use, then you put up a sort of layered Continuum and say, look, even if you think it's very likely that my client is guilty, then he should acquit even if he thinks he's probably guilty, he should acquit only if he reaches or reaches the highest level, the highest burden to prove Beyond a reasonable doubt, which really means exclude a reasonable doubt, then you can convict sometimes when you're on the defense it's the only thing you have going for you and I dare you to To say that this is one of those cases where you are going to hear Reasonable Doubt, the burden of proof and the presumption of innocence over and over again.

Again, it's what you discuss when you don't have much else and Richard, we know that while we were talking about it, the jury was able to visit that property in Moselle where these murders occur. It's not entirely unheard of for a jury to do this, but a pretty rare thing, how could that influence their decision? Well, it's crucial for jurors because they want to get an idea of ​​what they've been hearing. It's all two-dimensional and verbal and when you're there, you can feel the gravity. they can feel the seriousness and they can measure three basic components which is time, distance and space because they want to know, especially with the opportunity that the feeding space is very small, do you have the opportunity?

Does Kenny really do it there and then for how long? will it take him to move into the house if for some reason he is not guilty how long will it take him to get there take a nap and if he did will he be able to shower and also can if he didn't can he hear the sound of gunshots? All of those things are much more measurable when they're in the scene and you have a sense of the physical space and, Richard, you touch it. There have been so many things. information here we know that they even watched Murdoch's footsteps at that time, in addition to a lot of electronic data, of course, they brought back information about whether there were multiple shooters, whether it was big enough to fit, so Danny, I wonder with the expected final arguments.

Today, what are you hoping to hear? Yes, the state had a challenge because they had too much evidence and it's hard to control all that. The defense, on the other hand, doesn't have much, they are going to concentrate on two or three. points that arose in the Chief's case and in the defense case, one of which is an engineer's theory that a shooter was five feet tall. Then, the idea that an expert admitted that there may have been more than one shooter, that's a very important A because then you can make a good argument to the jury if it's 50 50 50 50 it's not Reasonable Doubt and then, thirdly, it's not even I don't even know if you can tell this Murdoch theory on the stand, where he expresses the idea. which oh Paul had all these nasty comments on social media, by the way did you put any of those comments on social media?

No and the theory that people on social media commit murder. I mean, folks, I guarantee there have been some nasty things said about you. Social media is obviously serious if it is a threat, but that kind of theory without any evidence is difficult to accept, so they are going to criticize them and then they are going to take the podium about the presumption of innocence of Reasonable Doubt and the accusation. hasn't met their burden because that's all they have, it's going to be fascinating to watch and Richard, you obviously know a lot about jurors, what do you expect once they walk into that room behind that closed door?

What are you waiting for there? For the most part, everyone has a decision even before the final arguments. It's really about arming your defenders in your closing argument. You have to choose who are the people that I think are going to carry the water for me, so you walk into the room. They already know more or less who the four people are because of the social dynamics that happen in the trial, so it's a matter of them actually negotiating because what happens is they don't know exactly what their positions are, they can go in there and they can say, "hey, we're all pretty much in agreement," you can also say no, we're completely divided here and then it's a matter of "okay," or some people might say we have some real questions that they have to answer, so it's a process of Well, let's review the evidence, let's find out.

There are two typical types of deliberations. There are two typical types of deliberations: evidence-based verdict and evidence-based verdict. The verdict based on evidence is usually a faster verdict because you have to discuss how many yeses and how many noes. That's usually quick, but the evidence-based it is. going through all the evidence and that may take some time, oh a lot to dig into here, we're all looking at it Danny Savalas and Gabriel, thank you very much. All right, yesterday on Capitol Hill Attorney General Merrick Garland faced a grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The explosive hearing focused on a variety of topics, including the rise in fentanyl-related deaths and protesters who had gathered outside the homes of conservative justices after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

Wade. NBC News Congressional Correspondent Julie Sirkin is with us now with more on everything. You talked about this a lot yesterday, Juliano, Senator Cruz really criticized Garland on the issue of the protesters leaving the judge's house, explain to us what were the key points that Cruz was trying to make there, yes, well, look, this It was Garland's first time appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a year, so there was a lot to talk about and essentially think about in his appearance as an annual review before the panel and there were some heavy hitters on the panel. on the Republican side, including Senator Ted Cruz, who decided to use his questioning moment to focus on Roe v Wade over Dobbs and the consequences of that specifically as it relates to security threats made against Supreme Court justices .

Listen to that exchange and we'll talk about it on the other side, you have the Department. The Department of Justice filed even a single case under the statute, it's a yes, no, it's not a speech about the other things you did, the job of the United States Marshals is to defend lives, so the The answer is no, it is to defend the lives of the judges and that is our number one priority. Are you not willing to say no? the answer is no, they know it's no, I know it's not, everyone in this courtroom knows it's no, they're not willing to answer a question, have they brought? a case under this statute, yes or no, as far as I know, we have not done it and what we have done is defend ourselves against the lies of the judges.

Cruz was talking about the attempted assassination of Judge Brett, which had pregnancy centers and protesters targeting those areas, so he did Exchange in those moments, yeah, I got really heated. I know there was also some more heat, the committee members were focused on the current problem of those fentanyl-related deaths, what was happening on that front, well, this was really interesting because it was one of the moments of agreement between Garland between Republicans and Democrats on the panel Durbin, who chairs the committee, the top Democrat, actually said he had committed to Lindsey Graham, the ranking member, the top Republican there, to spend equal time discussing the violence armed than death from fentanyl.

This was definitely a big topic from the audience. Listen to a point from Senator Cornyn's questioning. Its approximately 71,000 fentanyl overdoses. Do you consider his current policies to be successful? We have a huge epidemic of fentanyl problem created by intentional acts of the government. cartels we are doing everything we can within our resources to fight that, I have personally traveled to Mexico twice to try to get greater cooperation from the Mexicans on exactly the problem you are talking about. Yes, certainly, this was a great topic: Millions of affected Americans die every year from fentanyl deaths crossing the border and this is a committee that is also looking into immigration issues, so it's important to keep that in mind when you hear that. line of questioning to Garland, okay, Julie Sirkin, thank you so much for breaking that down into the weather this morning.

It seems like the snow is on tour all over the country, it sure is. Meteorologist Angie Lastman joins us now with the latest on the winter system heading into the South is not a tour. I'm buying tickets for you. Yeah, I won't be either, but luckily we're in New York, where we haven't really had much to deal with, but we'll have a wintry mix. work for the next few days, but today it is all due to the severe weather that is concentrated in parts of the south. It's going to be a very active afternoon and evening and people will want to pay attention and I have a way to get watches or warnings because there is a possibility of some strong tornadoes.

Here is the system that is to blame for this run, as you have said, we will see it run towards parts of the Southern Plains, which is where the main one. The focus of the severe weather will be today, but there is the wintry mix that will extend from parts of the Great Lakes to the northeast in New England and the rain that will extend into parts of the South, where we will once again see strong to severe storms. Tomorrow we will finally see this work and have a better weekend for ourselves, but there are many impacts that we will have to take into account over the next few days: the tornado risks flooding. we have ice, we have snow, all of that is going to be something you want to pay attention to depending on where you live, so let's start with the severe weather, this dangerous setup that we're seeing really hits home for places like Shreveport.

Lufkin Alexandria Little Rock, that's where we're going to see the best chance of seeing some of these stronger storms and where you see this shadowy shadow or this striped shadow, more like I should say red bubble, that's where we have the best chance of some of these happening. these stronger tornadoes. and this is not just a couple of hours, it will be from the afternoon until the evening and of course until tonight we know that when the sun goes down, those tornadoes are much more dangerous than nighttime tornadoes, so keep that in mind if we live in that area and are preparing for tomorrow in the southeast.

They'll also have to watch for strong storms, it's not as likely that we'll see those tornadoes or that many of them, but we'll have to keep an eye out for that. We have a lot of rain, we have gusty conditions with this and we also have that accumulation of snow and ice that I mentioned for parts of the Northeast and the Gulf or in the Great Lakes, guys, let it snow, let us know. Yeah, I've been lucky here in New York to not have a lot of snow. I want the snow, it's just you snow angels, it's okay Angie, thank you very much, thank you, well, it's coming up on the Morning News soon.

Now, hundreds of schoolgirls in the room are poisoning the critics. They are calling it an attempt to shut down education for girls when we return The criminal investigation now underway is the flight over women's rights intensifies foreigner thank you foreigner foreigners need the most right now in the state and/or the forces of the order they dropped the ball immigrant families now stranded in Mexico, it's the World Cup experience, it's been like it's your news playlist, top story with tanyamas weekdays at 7 on NBC news, now this It is what you see and feel, the biggest piece of the puzzle.

We start tonight with the latest news on how much water there will ultimately be. Forced entry whenever it happens wherever NBC News is streaming for free now we're back with news from Iran Authorities are investigating the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls over the course of several months. Yes, now dozens of girls are being treated. They had breathing problems. There are other symptoms as well, some officials say these poisonings may have been intentional. NBC News foreign correspondent Josh Letterman joins us now with more information on this disturbing situation, Josh, that's right, very disturbing and many of these students have reported symptoms ranging from heart palpitations.

From breathing problems to nausea, headaches and even numbness, some of the students and their teachers have reported strange odors that they said smelled like bleach or other cleaning chemicals, leading to some initial speculation that perhaps These poisonings may have been accidental, but now Iran's leaders insist they are taking This is very serious outside the high school in Tehran. Confusion over a dozen students apparently victims of poisoning. Local media report that girls have fallen ill in at least 30 schools across Iran. An Iranian lawmaker estimates the number of around 900 students injured since November. This woman in com says.

It smells like cooking gas coming down to the classroom while this schoolgirl says it made her feel dizzy, she says my whole body feels very numb and it doesn't allow me to walk, but in the midst of the fears, this is all a campaign to shut down girls' education. Iran's President IbrahimRaisi taking action Iranian state media reports that he has now tasked Iran's Interior Minister to investigate the cause and coordinate the response. A criminal investigation by the attorney general is also underway, a big step after senior Iranian officials have been downplaying the incidents as recently as today.

Iran's Deputy Interior Minister says more than 99% of this is due to rumors of stress and psychological warfare by hostile TV channels. He says his goal was to force schools to close, unlike the Taliban in Afghanistan. Iran's theocratic government has not traditionally focused on girls seeking a different education. Women's rights issues have been at the forefront for months amid protests sparked by the September death of 22-year-old Masa Amini. Iran's morality police had detained her for allegedly violating Iran's law on the wearing of headscarves for women. Hundreds more died in the protests that followed. If you believe that what we are seeing now is related to the protests, it is not a coincidence that this is happening suddenly at this time and the government knows that the protests are not dead in Iran.

Parents fear that some will reportedly pull their children out of class. Authorities have vowed to find out what makes Iran's schoolchildren sick and why a member of Iran's parliament who heads the education committee says health officials have detected evidence of nitrogen gas that could explain many of the symptoms that have sent those school-aged children to the hospital all year long. This creates a greater sense of anxiety in a country of about 80 million people where women have traditionally made up more than half of the student population and Stephen and Zinclair Josh Universities thanks to much more international news now that the United States has just approved a multi-million dollar big arms sale with Taiwan NBC News foreign correspondent Megan Fitzgerald joins us now for this and more Megan.

Good morning guys, good morning to you, yes, several stories to get to, but I want to start first in Taiwan, as you mentioned, the US State Department says now. that have approved selling Taiwan millions of dollars in munitions, including missiles used for the F-16s, it is now likely that this latest sale will be another point of friction between China and the United States or that tensions between the two nations are already in the higher levels. we've seen in years. I want to turn now to Norway, where police reportedly expelled Swedish climate activist Greta Tunberg and at least nine others from a protest.

The group spoke out against Norwegian wind farms built on land used by the indigenous Tunberg people. told Reuters that indigenous rights are human rights that must go hand in hand with climate protection and action and finally, a fascinating study by European researchers revealed an analysis of genomic data from hundreds of hunters and gatherers living in the continent at that time. of the Ice Age period, part of what the study discovered is that homo sapiens who entered Europe from Africa had dark skin. Genome data showed a shift toward lighter skin among people in Europe between 14,000 and 8,000 years ago.

He also discovered that humans living on the Italian Peninsula during this period became extinct because that area was uninhabitable. The only people who survived during the coldest period of the ice age were the hunters and gatherers who lived in parts of France and the Iberian Peninsula. so cool stuff wow I'm kind of a show if you have thick skin and can deal with the cold weather apparently you're up for it well I'm not a generation to learn okay Megan thank you so much thank you and It's resistant to medications and spreads quickly after the break. The CDC's warning about a highly infectious new stomach virus sweeping the country and a potential game-changer for millions of Americans.

How one company's plan to limit insulin costs would affect the entire pharmaceutical industry. I'm watching Morning News Now foreigner thank you foreigner Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, but let's get to the point you started with. In the pack, if you're like Kelly, stop talking. This Washington bill would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals, just Scott. I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of escalating anger we have.

I've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV okay we're back now with a new warning this morning about a drug resistant stomach virus that's spreading quickly, yes. It's called Shigella, and the CDC says we're seeing a worrying increase in strains of that disease that are resistant to most antibiotic treatments. They say it's also highly contagious, so to learn more about this we're joined by Dr. Amesha Dalja, a senior researcher at John Hopkins. Center for Health Security joins us with more good morning Dr.

Dodger, thank you very much for being with us. Many of us have, of course, heard of stomach viruses, but Shigella bacterial infections may not be something that many people are really familiar with. So what are they? the symptoms here and how we are spreading it, so shigella is a bacteria that has been a well described cause of what is called dysentery or very severe diarrhea with mucus, sometimes blood, abdominal pain, fever and chills, and there are hundreds of Thousands of cases occurring in the United States simply have not been drug-resistant and spread in the same way that many gastrointestinal microbes are transmitted through fecal oral contents, meaning that people who do not wash their hands They get fecal matter on their hands or in their food, or it gets in someone's mouth and it's generally something that affects children, but in this particular outbreak with this resistance strain it seems to be affecting adults because there seems to be entered the sexual networks to that end, why exactly are we seeing a rise in drug-resistant strains of Shigella right now? who exactly is most at risk.

I know you were referring to children and some adults, so this is not something that happened overnight. This has been happening in recent years, the CDC has noted increasing reports of drug-resistant strains of shigella, so this has been something that is ongoing and I think this is part of the broader overall political problem that we have with antibiotic resistance, where there is so much prudent use of antibiotics, so many people are given antibiotics for coughs and colds and what it does is that many of our organisms become resistant. to those antibiotics and we know that during covid-19 there was a huge overuse of antibiotics when people were coveting 19.

I'm not sure if that's related, but in general we have a problem with antibiotics, who are at risk of be the children. and like you said before this is very contagious it only takes a few organisms maybe 10 organisms to cause an infection that's usually where you see this but it can infect anyone and what's happening now is we're seeing this type of movement in networks of men who have sex with men this is something we saw with monkeypox, since it was not strictly a sexually transmitted infection but was transmitted through sexual contact and that is what is happening with this strain that we are seeing a lot of records of, it occurs mainly in men and a lot of men who have sex with men rather than the traditional group that usually had shigella and Doctor, you mentioned some good practices here to help prevent this, so washing your hands that kind of thing also mentioned coveting, so a lot of people think about a possible vaccine for this, but no, it's a bacteria, what can be done to prevent the spread, the most important thing will be hand hygiene, washing hands after using the bathroom and, if you are sick, if you have symptoms of diarrhea.

Make sure you wash your hands a lot and let others know, especially if you engage in sexual activity when you are sick. You want to make sure that your partner knows that the other thing is that you know that they do try to do it. making vaccines for bacterial infections there just hasn't been one for shigella uh people have been dealing with shigella for a while and eventually you treat it with antibiotics. I think there will be vaccine development, but it's probably not something that's going to happen in the future. In the short term, until then I will continue to wash our hands as much as we can.

Dr. Adalja, thank you very much for your time and we have more details on the major health news that just happened yesterday. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly says it will immediately cap the out-of-pocket cost of its two best-selling insulin products at $35 a month, but that's not all. The company also says it will reduce the price of its unbranded insulin to $25, making it the lowest on the list. price of insulin on the market President Biden praised the decision and said other companies will have to follow suit as a result. NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren has the details right, patients, advocates and doctors we spoke to say they were surprised but excited by the news. hailed as a major victory for diabetic drug maker Eli Lilly, which announced it will reduce the list price of its most commonly prescribed insulin by 70 and cap out-of-pocket costs at 35 per month, such a relief that it is a huge step and significant in making this disease manageable.

Marie Gibson's children use Eli Lilly insulin for their diabetes. They spoke to NBC News in December as costs in the United States soared for the life-saving drug. I'm so angry it's exhausting. In January, the inflation reduction law imposed a monthly cap on insulin costs for seniors with Medicare, but millions of younger diabetics still paid much higher rates. The move comes after years of political and patient pressure. I think we've all heard enough about the affordability of insulin here in the United States. We should be able to solve this problem ourselves. Eli Lilly limit automatically. applies to people with private insurance, those without coverage will be eligible as long as they sign up for a savings card through the company, but only about 30 percent of the country's 8.4 million diabetics who depend on the They get insulin from Eli Lilly.

Other drug manufacturers will follow suit. I hope so. I think that, in general, all insulins made by drug manufacturers should be affordable and accessible. Insulin makers Sanofi and Novo Nordisk flagged their own savings plans for Mama Anne-Marie participants. Gibson is a good start to saving lives rationing insulin is scary some have died knowing their children now face a future where a life-saving prescription won't have such a high price tag Kristen Dahlgren NBC News okay, now moving on to more medical news from breaking news Walgreens has announced a partnership with Uber and Doordash to deliver HIV medications to patients for free Walgreens says the service will be available to anyone who lives within a 15-mile radius of its stores is part of the initiative of the company to support the White House's national HIV strategy the goal is to reduce HIV infections by 75 percent in the next two years and, in the years to come, there is usually a who's who of stars in rise of the Republican Party, but this year's CPAC will have some high-profile absences, we'll tell you who's skipping and what it could mean for 2024. and college costs are rising sharply at some of the country's most elite schools, which students should prepare for the next one on Morning News Now foreigner, thank you, foreigner, foreigner, foreigner, hello podcast fans, ready to unlock our true crime mysteries.

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What may be more notable this year is who won't be there. NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns is in Maryland, where CPAC is about to kick off its second day, and she joins us now with the latest good news. In the morning, Dasha, I can see a busy room behind you or at least a room that is starting to fill, so the two confirmed 2024 presidential candidates, President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, will be there at CPAC, but Who else can we expect to see? Yes, I think they do. As you mentioned, this is more of a narrative about who's here and who's not, but in terms of the speakers we're going to see over the next few days, we're going to see my pillows Mike Lindell Senator Ted Cruz Senator Tim Scott Senator J.D Vance Steve Bannon Mike Pompeo Lauren bobert some of those stalwarts of the right wing of the Republican Party and this is really the Trump show, albeit zinc clay.

This is a conference that has been remade in Trump's image now that it is used. be a sort of center of gravity for the Conservatives every year when this conference takes place, but now that the gravitational pull is broken a little bit, as we'll talk about in a moment, there are some notable name people, especially looking ahead to 2024, who don't they are. here so yeah Dasha let's get into it because two of the biggest names in the party right now, former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, are skipping this conference so what are they doing exactly in place and do we know why? being at the Club for Growth, a private donor event in Florida, also Trump's Turf, of course, and talking to donors there, I mean, look, this is significant.

Ron DeSantis spoke at the conference last year, but this time it's a bit. On a split screen within the Republican Party, we have the president, former President Donald Trump, who is really the main event here. This is the guy that everyone is here to see, but at the end of the conference there will be a straw poll and DeSantis will be on the ballot there, so it will be interesting to see if, of course, this is the Maga crowd that will be here, so if DeSantis can boost the numbers, just a little in that poll at the end. of the conference we will be attentive to see what happens there and we will be attentive to see the reception that Nikki Haley will have as Trump's challenger appearing here in her Turf Sinclair a litmus test for 2024 Dasha, thank you very much.

Now a new ticking filter is at the center of a very heated debate among many of the app's users, it has been used more than eight and a half million times and some people love the effect, others say it's annoying , but maybe. even dangerous and creates unrealistic expectations of beauty. NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro has more on what people are saying about bold glamour. You can't even tell it's a filter anymore. What do you think I look better in it? It definitely made my lips bigger. Glamor The latest viral Tick Tock filter is causing a stir.

It has users divided over how it instantly changes their appearance compared to what they see in reality. This filter should be illegal. Here is the real me. Some are surprised, so this is you without him. You look normal, okay this is you with the filter, oh my god, oh what do you think about how you look? I think she's amazing as an actress, but not everyone loves that look, even actress Catherine Heigl says this filter isn't for me. I don't like having to say so much: Why don't you like it? It seems fake, yes it is perfect, what do you think you have to fulfill?

I like this expectation, this appearance is unrealistic and creates a world in your mind that does not exist it is destructive to the identity what it is about this is what a human face looks like content creator Hiro Mustafa surprised by the new standard that is setting the filter what is it about bold glamor that makes it different from the other filters we have seen it was just a completely different face for me, the lips were bigger, the eyes were bigger, the skin tone was more clear. I've seen more people in my age group than ever get cosmetic surgery to make their faces look more like these filters and it worries me.

Regarding how this affects young girls' confidence, a recent CDC study found that 57 percent of teen girls reported feeling hopeless or sad. Many believe that social media is among the causes of the drastic increase we will see in psychological consequences. Psychology professor Renee England has spent more After more than 20 years studying the effects of media and photo editing on women and girls, you could be forgiven for not even realizing that every face you see is filtered all the time, she says that when the filtered face you see is yours, it's a standard. You may never be able to achieve it, it's one thing to compare yourself to a beautiful and famous person, and another thing to compare yourself to an extra beautiful version of yourself that doesn't exist anywhere in the world.

Tick ​​Tock has not responded to NBC's request for comment on the new filter, but today in something of a sea change, Tick Tock announces new restrictions on screen time for users under 18, limiting them to 60 minutes per day before requiring an access code to continue using. The company says it's all to promote parental involvement in its children's digital well-being. Do you think there needs to be more of that? I'd love to see that, especially for her. Brad Baker's daughter, Abby, is 16 years old. She's fine, what do you think? She doesn't look like me. Do you like it?

If you don't like her, I like her, I think she's great. I don't normally wear makeup so it's a little strange to see her father, a high school teacher, who also tries it and sees only subtle changes in his own face compared to a drastic transformation in his daughter's appearance yeah, it gives me a little more color on the face and you know it could be improved a little more hair on top would be nice you know that's okay and what do you think about what it does to your my daughter's face um yeah I want to I mean, I could definitely see them taking it seriously, you can tell it definitely makes their lips bigger and, you know, eyes with makeup stand out.

I definitely like it 10 times more in natural oil, oh and Ours says Valerie Castro for that report that psychology professor Valerie spoke with. By the way, she says she worries that the filter is creating an unattainable beauty standard in the sense that our brains really can't help but immediately make that comparison between the filter and our own faces. now to our financial headlines Tesla could soon become a little more affordable after a recent bow to reducing production costs yes CNBC that Sylvana now joining us with that and more money news Savannah good morning hi Steven Zinclair, good morning to you, yes, so Tesla promises to cut the production costs of its electric vehicles in half as plans for the world to embrace sustainable energy, but if a company's Investor Day event last night, the CEO Elon Musk did not reveal when Tessa will debut a long-awaited affordable car and was expected to discuss plans to make a less expensive electric vehicle to help broaden Tesla's appeal and fend off competition.

Musk said the discounts Tesla has offered this year have led to an increase in demand, speaking of Tesla, will soon launch a new unlimited overnight charging plan for thirty dollars a month is part of the company's energy retail business called Tesla electric. It will initially roll out to owners in Texas in July and Tesla says it can afford to do so through its relationships with utilities that have a surplus of power at night thanks to lower demand and strong wind power and fans. from Ted Lasso will now be able to get their hands on the coach's famous and persuasive shortbread cookies as a frozen dessert.

Starting today, you can grab a scoop of cookies with the boss at Jenny's Splendid ice cream parlors through the app stores or you can buy it online for 12 a pint. Described as crumbly shortbread cookies and sweet buttery cream, some customers can also get exclusive products from Jenny's and Ted Lasso the third season of the Apple TV show premieres on March 15 guys and I still have I haven't seen it yet I haven't seen it, but now I would like to try the cookies. I'm down to eat cookies with the boss, yeah, come on, that sounds delicious after the show, Savannah, thank you so much, okay, we're waiting for you. highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on President Biden's student debt relief plan, but this morning the cost of higher education is in the spotlight for another reason: It appears that students at several of the universities and colleges The country's elite private sector will face price increases next. year, many of these colleges and universities have released their tuition rates for next year and, according to Forbes, students can expect to see at least a four percent increase.

Sandy Bomb, senior researcher at the Urban Institute's education data and policy center, joins us now for A closer look at all of this is not the most welcome news. Sandy, thank you for being with us. So why are we seeing this trend in rising tuition rates, especially at that four percent or higher mark? Well, the first thing we must understand is the price we pay. We're talking about the sticker price. If you look on the website, what they will say is that if you don't get financial aid, you will have to pay, but most students at these institutions don't pay those prices.

These Elite institutions are institutions that need total financial need. they figure out how much they think you can pay, you may not agree with that, but then they give you enough help to cover the gap often without loans, so this price that is increasing applies to students from families with incomes as high that the university thinks they can afford 70 80 90 000 a year, so that's the first thing to understand and then the second thing is inflation. I mean, seven percent at Stanford is a high increase by historical standards, sure, but remember that inflation was more than six percent. and this year and more than seven percent last year, so these prices aren't really keeping up with other price increases in the economy.

It's fascinating to think about it that way and you mentioned Stanford, do we know what other colleges and universities are seeing? higher tuition increases and is it possible to get a general idea of ​​how much these places typically ask? Well, we don't know all the price increases yet, but the other ones that they've announced are down from the seven percent that we heard about five percent that I hear about four percent and the price range. I mean, the problem is that Stanford, Harvard, Williams, and Amherst have much higher prices than most private universities in the country, so, thinking about what you know, an eighty thousand dollar tuition, a room rate, and meal.

The label at some of these institutions is simply not representative of what the vast majority of college students face because they are unusually expensive colleges, but they are cheaper for low- and moderate-income students than often even the local Community College. Definitely a ray of hope and To hear it that way, if I know any institution where people are studying, paying for college can just be a real financial oddball. Do you have any tips to help offset any type of increase in costs? There is no doubt that college is very expensive and you should apply for financial aid fill out the federal financial aid application if the school asks for another application don't hesitate to apply because of the sticker price because you could receive generous aid but look very closely Be careful with your offers to make sure you understand how much you are expected to pay apply for financial aid that is great advice okay Sandy Baum thank you so much for your insights thank you shortly we have a new take off this morning.

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Are we heading towards a recession or recovery? immigrant families now stranded in Mexico, how has the World Cup experience been? also about helping every night is your news playlist top story with Tom Yamas airing weekdays at 7 on NBC News Now welcome back, last night was a romantic sight in the sky, some astronomers say it was a kiss between two planets, Jupiter and Venus. They were very close to each other during the night, now of course it's not really a case, some say it's a conjunction, meaning Venus is passing Jupiter as they both orbit the Sun, but the planets looked very close together from our perspective here on Earth, they are actually still close.

Although they are 400 million miles apart, if you missed this last night, the next time Jupiter and Venus kiss will be in February 2032, a little while to live there, well, I thought you weren't supposed to kiss and tell, but it seems who already told us when the next ones will be, yes, that's true, Steven, thank you, oh, three, two, one, it's full power and it takes off with a real kick, come on, dragon, come on, falcon, why do I fly to the International Space Station, the applause you just heard right, that's the sound of success. coming from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, overnight just after NASA's SpaceX crew had a successful launch into orbit, yeah, maybe it's a little sweeter for them because this was the second attempt to the crew to take off this week.

Monday's launch was abruptly canceled due to a filter clog in the engine ignition system as Mazabino, a former NASA astronaut and senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Museum, joins us now to talk more about this mission. , thank you for being here, clearly an exciting day, yes, a great success for them, yes, but this is only the first part of your journey, so explain to us what the crew can expect in these first 24 hours for them to acclimatize and try to get some sleep. It was a great launch day for sure, so we'll try to get a bit of experience. rest up, the next big event for them will be the rendezvous and docking with the space station, which happens about 24 hours after launch, so early in the morning, you know, set your watches around 1:15 or so, they should be docked to the space station and then. they're going to come in and set up shop on the space station, oh my gosh, I'm probably really excited that they're on board that space station, yeah, and we know about the crew, there's four men on board, what else do you know about this crew?

Well, one of my good friends, Steve Bowen, is the commander of the mission he's been on as an astronaut for quite some time. He hasn't flown since the shuttle days, so he was selected. I was drafted in '96. He came to NASA in 2000. Oh, wow. Yeah, his last flight was in 2011. So he's been waiting a while for this long duration flight, so I'm really excited because Steve Woody Holberg is another American on board, he's a new astronaut, so he's on his first flight. , like the other two crew members, we have a Russian on board and also the first UAE astronaut who will spend time on a long duration flight on the space station, so it's a bit historic in that sense.

I also mean all of them, since you're so close to them, have they given you any insight into what it's been like so far even with the initial sale and now this is a success? I haven't talked to him since uh since I've been in the cape, but these things happen when one of my launches was delayed a day. You know, we woke up thinking we were going to space and then we found out that no, they were on the launch pad. a little bit closer, but all that means is that you have an extra day or two to stay and see your family and get ready to leave, and this is what happens sometimes in the space business, so I think the delay You know they would.

You don't necessarily sign up for a delay, but that's part of the game. Yes, you want to make sure everything is right before you really like the rocket. But I'm sure they are very excited about what awaits them, which is spending time. Six months is the plan on the International Space Station, it is not a short mission, what do they expect to do? So, they'll do a lot of experiments with what the space station is now, it's about the science and the research that it is. laboratory with several different laboratories up there they will carry out over 200 experiments during their stay there basic science research and a lot of research into how the human body performs in space there are still many questions that we are trying to solve uh technology that needs to be developed to be able to grow food, so we've come a long way, but we're looking towards the moon and beyond, and to do that we need to understand a lot more about how humans do in space, so there's a lot of interesting things coming and they'll probably do one or two spacewalks there.

I hope you get a chance to do that too, so, well, we hope to follow your flight over the next six months. There will be 11 people on board, which is a pretty busy space station, yes, but the crew, one crew, another SpaceX crew, crew 5 will be back in a few days, so that will become clear somewhere. Actually, there's something I was curious about, just what I wanted. Asking an astronaut to meet and train together before suddenly not being thrown into this place like that, it would be very awkward to just be thrown into a spaceship there and have to meet new people, yes I know. the time you spend with the people in your career you spent six months ago in space but you will spend a lot of time on the ground the shuttle the shuttle flights were a little more than that the flow of training together as a crew was a little more than they have now, but yeah, you join that crew on Earth, uh, and you spend a lot of time together on Earth, you have those six months in space, but they know each other and their families pretty well and they're the closest relationships. that I've had outside of my family with my crewmates, it's like a hybrid of family and friendship and I've talked to three of my crewmates, I think, this week since my last flight, which was on the 09th, 14 years ago.

I love it, but they're some of my best friends and it's a very special relationship you have with those people, kind of like being a co-host in New Jersey, you spend a lot of time together and develop these close relationships. relationships and it's a wonderful thing that gives us that out of space, out of this world, more like news, thank you very much, okay, that will be enough for this hour of Morning News. Now the news continues overseas and I'm Stephen Romo Joe. and Savannah are on assignment right now at the Morning News. Now a storm is brewing in the Alex Murdock trial, the case now in its final stages as the prosecution paints a picture of a man with the motive and the means to gun down his wife and their child. son on his sprawling South Carolina estate, the jury visited that property yesterday at the request of Murdoch's team, but back in the courtroom he fired off the state's closing arguments, concluding his case with a final scathing message to the jury and misled Maggie and Paul too and they paid. so with your lives don't let what we expect to hear from the Murdoch team fool you too as closing arguments continue this morning we are also following a scare at the Pennsylvania airport the man you see here is now facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to bring explosives hidden in a suitcase on a plane how a possible disaster was averted also this morning a major price cut in the pharmaceutical industry Drug maker Eli Lilly announced it will cap the price of insulin at $35 a month with relief now on its way towards millions of Americans, could other big pharmaceutical companies follow suit?

We will delve into that and a book. He is a top NFL prospect out of Georgia, but now Jalen Carter has turned himself in to police on a pair of charges that are related to that fatality. Car crash at the University of Georgia in January that killed a football staff member and another player. His statement this morning and overcoming the odds later this hour. A story of triumph over adversity outside the UK. He could not speak until he was 11 years old. He could not. He read or wrote until he was 18, but that didn't stop him from becoming the youngest black professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

There is a lot of inspiration to come this morning, a lot of variety, yes, there is a lot to come, thank you for joining us this Thursday and we start this hour with the latest on the Alec Murdoch double murder trial yes, today the defense team is ready to present their closing arguments, they will try to convince the jurors that the former lawyer did not kill his wife and son, which, of course, after the prosecution's closing arguments yesterday, when they said that Alec Murdoch was the only one person with motive to commit those murders, NBC News correspondent Katie Beck has the latest on final prosecutors describing Alec Murdoch as, for example, in the months before the murders.

Murdoch faced a growing storm of exposure for stealing millions of dollars and mounting pressure for which Maggie and Paul are said to have paid the ultimate price. Prosecutors told jurors Wednesday that Alec Murdock is a skilled liar who murdered his wife, Maggie, and his son. Paul, as his world was falling apart, they say the former lawyer faced questions about stealing millions from his firm and clients and his civil lawsuit demanding millions after his son Paul was involved in a deadly boating accident, all In an impassioned closing argument that lasted hours, the lead prosecutor described Murdoch as a calculated, lying killer who fabricated an elaborate cover-up, but they say Murdoch failed to refute a critical piece of evidence he planted. at the crime scene, this video from the dog pound in which Alec Maggie and Paul can be heard talking minutes before the murders.

Murdoch admitted on the stand that he repeatedly lied to investigators about being there, in part blaming an opioid addiction that he said caused paranoia why and to the world about how innocently a reasonable father and husband would lie about that that same day jurors visited Murdoch's property known as Moselle to walk around the area near the kennels, the feeding room where Paul was killed and outside Murdoch's house, even seeing a bullet hole in this window during the trial , Murdoch repeatedly denied killing his wife or son, the state also suggested that in the minutes after the murders, Murdoch made multiple calls and text messages on the way to his mother's house to fabricate an alibi among those he knew. the ones his friend Chris Wilson called, who recently sat down with Craig, how difficult it was to testify against his girlfriend, it's difficult because there's a relationship there that I thought was based on trust and respect and all that.

Things that when you find out they're not, it's hard to relive that prosecutors told the jury that Murdoch lied to everyone he met and that he deceived Maggie and Paul too and that they paid for it with their lives, don't let him fool you. you too in another dramatic moment. In that closing, prosecutor Creighton Waters describes Maggie Murdoch's final moments by saying that she heard the gunshots and ran toward her baby when she herself was gunned down by the only person they conclusively know was there that night. Again, Katie Beck, thank you all. Alright, joining us now to getMore information is provided by the legal analyst Angelus and Adela Angela.

Thank you very much for being with us this morning. I'm very curious to know what you thought of the prosecution's closing arguments. They really hit home on that timeline and the financial issues that you interpret it in a way that Stephen, I actually thought the prosecution left this gaping hole, so if the defense can get in there and just expand it, we have a reasonable doubt. The prosecution was actually saying there was no one else we thought could have done it, but did they? actually let's say that this man did it, no and that is the prosecution's burden of proof to prove that this man did it and that is why he has to be put in prison and the prosecution's argument has really focused on the Murdoch financial crimes.

They mentioned this in the closing argument so listen and we'll talk about the other side um and then they focused on we don't have that sound right now, but why did the prosecution decide to follow this strategy by focusing on Murdoch's financial crimes? Well, I think that's what we're going to see a lot from the defense that the prosecution's case was kind of weak to begin with because there was no murder weapon, there were no witnesses, there were no cameras that placed him there at the time, so We need a reason, we need a story. but at the prosecution's end I thought they were equating these financial crimes with murder and that kind of equation doesn't sit well with the jury.

The jury can understand that someone who has no money and a drug addiction might commit financial crimes, but whether or not that means his family would then be murdered and so far we have had no indication that he had any disdain for his wife. or his son in that position in his testimony, all we saw was that he loves his family, so that's a big question, that's an important point, of course, you know when he took the stand he admitted to lying and that was a big problem. What do you think it will have that effect on jurors knowing that he is admitting that he lied?

In the situation where he did it, put him in the scene right before these murders were committed, how do you think they'll take it? I think it will be 95 of the jury deliberations, how much will we trust this guy. Obviously he lied, he's definitely a liar, but does that mean he's a murderer? That is the question that they will therefore have to decide to see in this case Angela Sandella. Thank you so much. Okay, a busy week with shortages in the sky. New details about the Pennsylvania man who TSA agents say entered an airport and tried to bring explosives onto a plane.

NBC's Emily Aqueda joins us now or has more on this story. Hey, there have been a series of scares for the airline industry. Parts of an airport. in Pennsylvania were evacuated after TSA agents made that alarming discovery in checked luggage and two emergency landings overnight that shook passengers and sent several people to the hospital overnight chaos and fear in the sky after that two airlines made emergency landings signs that the Airbus A330 experienced extreme turbulence people were taken to the hospital after a Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany experienced significant turbulence and had to land at Washington airport .

The plane went down completely and everything, all the food and everything flew everywhere and honestly, it was pretty scary for a while. Earlier that day, a Spirit Airlines flight flying from Dallas to Orlando was also diverted after a battery in an overhead bin caught fire, suddenly there was just a ton of smoke coming out, so I yelled fire several times, ensued. terrifying moments as the cabin quickly filled with smoke, but thanks to the quick reaction of those on board, the fire was extinguished and the plane landed safely in Jacksonville, Florida, there was a retired firefighter who jumped out and a crew entered flight, they turned it off and the flight crew did a really nice job. 10 people were transported to the hospital according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

It comes amid a serious scare at a Pennsylvania airport after authorities said a man now in custody tried to bring an explosive device aboard an Allegiant Air plane headed to Orlando. According to federal officials, Mark Muffley, 40, checked his suitcase at Lehigh Valley International Airport Monday morning that contained a combustible device about an hour later, when TSA agents searched the bag, setting off alarms. According to charging documents, officers found a circular compound containing a type of granular powder often used in commercial-grade fireworks. Authorities say the device found hidden in the lining of the suitcase also contains several fuses.

The FBI was called to the scene and part of the airport was evacuated. Investigators say surveillance cameras capture this image. of muffley leaving the airport just after being called to go to the security office, the FBI was able to arrest the suspect without incident at his home on Monday night. He has since been charged with possession of an explosive at an airport and attempting to place it in an Aircraft Muffley will appear in court later today. We've reached out to his attorney for comment, but if not, she'll get back to you. Very good, many questions. Emily, thank you.

This morning we will learn new information about the car. accident that killed a player and staff member of the University of Georgia football team in January. Yes, top NFL prospect Jalen Carter turned himself in to police after being accused of reckless driving and racing. He was released shortly after, police say Carter was racing recruiting staff Chandler Lacroix, 24, before that crash occurred NBC News correspondent Stephanie Gosk joins us now with more on this, just a tragedy in every sense, really, guys, good morning, it's been an emotional whiplash for the Bulldogs who had been celebrating the school's second consecutive national championship that night now Carter's future in the NFL is up in the air and even George's coach filed charges with a deeply troubling quote as the community is still dealing with that devastating loss this morning top NFL prospect and former Georgia Bulldog Jalen Carter face charges In connection with a fatal crash in January, his Teammate Devin Willock and team recruiter Chandler Lacroix died according to jail records.

The star player surrendered to the authorities during the night. He was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail and released a short time later based on an arrest. warrant previously obtained by NBC News police filed two misdemeanor charges against Carter for reckless driving and drag racing. This surveillance video obtained by our NBC News affiliate appears to show two cars matching police descriptions of the vehicle allegedly racing minutes before the crash. Police have not confirmed the cars in the video were the ones involved investigators found that both Carter and Lacroix were driving at high speeds, passing other drivers and changing lanes.

Lacroix said he was driving more than 100 miles per hour with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. a car that definitely sped away, but there are questions surrounding Carter's statements to police about where he was at the time of the accident, according to documents reviewed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he apparently left the scene before police arrived, but then returned nearly an hour and a half later and gave changing accounts of the accident when he returned. Carter initially told police he was nearly a mile away when the crash occurred, making it appear like it was a single-vehicle accident, but later acknowledged that he was actually next to the other car, according to the unsealed documents. have been spotted by NBC News this week Carter has been meeting with teams in Indianapolis at the NFL Combine, but left shortly after his warrant was issued in a statement posted on Twitter.

Jalen wrote in part that there were also numerous media reports circulating that contained inaccurate information about the tragic events of January 15, 2023 and when all the facts are known, I will be completely exonerated now with charges still weighing and an NFL future looming. in Game. It's a little early now to say definitively that his draft stock is going to plummet. but we have seen many situations over the years where off-field issues arise, as in the case of the University of Georgia, the athletics department will conduct its own review to fully understand the circumstances of the fatal crash.

January and, you know, it was expected to be one of the best. Five projects perspective, one has to wonder what's going to happen with that now. I'm absolutely sure the entire community is watching Stephanie Gosk. Thanks, you are welcome. Now it's time for the latest news from today's G24 ministers' meeting in New Delhi, India. According to a State Department official, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for 10 minutes on the sidelines of the summit, their first in-person meeting since the war in Ukraine began. . The official said Blinken urged Russia to reverse his decision.

To withdraw from the new nuclear treaty, Lincoln also urged the Kremlin to release detained American citizen Paul Whelan and reiterated US support for Ukraine. Okay, there will be more to come, that's for sure, but now let's review our climate that we are maintaining. We're going with that almost nationwide storm warning, that's right, meteorologist Angie Lastman joins us now with the latest good morning Angie, good morning guys, a busy couple of days ahead, especially if you live in parts of the south to today, that's where we'll be watching for those Stronger storms will develop and we have a chance to see the risk of some tornadoes, hail and wind damage, we'll get to that in a moment too, but here are all the impacts we'll have on deck for us here as We are in transition for at least the next two days, concerns about flooding and heavy rain will affect parts of the Tennessee Valley and extend a little further south into places like the Texas snow freeze.

Everything is on the table here for us, but let's focus on the serious consequences. Weather first because that's what's going to happen in the short term basically during the afternoon hours today and into the afternoon hours tonight, even after the sun sets we'll still have the potential to see some of These stronger storms develop as this line of thunderstorms runs through parts of Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and extends into parts of Mississippi, the bullseye is where you see this red, but we have a chance to see some of these strong tornadoes, we are talking ef2 or more as we move into the afternoon hours for many places Little Rock Dallas Waco Lufkin Alexandria all included in that and places a little further away like Memphis in Austin are not safe either, we will still have the potential to see some of those strong storms during the day today. you'll want to make a mental note if you plan to be out anytime this afternoon into the night hours in those areas and tomorrow parts of the Southeast will have another chance to see some strong storms not quite as robust, not as good an opportunity for that let's see some of those stronger tornadoes, but we're not ruling that out, there's also no heavy rain that I mentioned, anywhere from one to two, even up to three inches of rain, we may get that.

We have rainfall of about two inches per hour, so the threat of flooding in already saturated terrain will be present all day today and even tomorrow, not to mention some gusty winds, we know these gusts are 43 miles per hour in places like Detroit 46 for Dayton 46 for Nashville, that could mean some downed power lines, some downed trees, so we'll be watching for power outages with some colder air and even some snow and some ice. Here is the heaviest snow we are. Now I hope you pay close attention to this because over the next few days we could see this change just because the snow forecasts are very particular with exactly where that run is, we can see some of the highest amounts a little further south a little more Up north, that means big swings in those totals, but right now it looks like New England could go up another six, maybe nine, even up to a foot nine inches and up to a foot when it's all said and done here over the next few years. next days.

We can see some of those higher totals, but places likeChicago and Detroit will hit between two and four inches now if we're talking about tornadoes, we're already off to a record-breaking start so far guys, come on. continue to see the third most active start to the year when it comes to tornadoes and the most active January so we'll see if we add to that count later today oh yeah we're only in March and we're already dealing with all those storms Angie thanks for that , thank you and addressing this, there is now growing concern about exactly where the material from that trained train wreck in Ohio is going, how people in East Palestine are reacting this morning, plus there are some major developments on the part of Big Pharma.

Drugmaker Eli Lilly caps insulin prices at $35 a month, so the big question now is whether other companies will follow suit. We'll go deeper into the next foreigner, thank you, foreigner, thank you. We start the main story with that breaking news, this is just a bunch. of stories to get to what people need most right now, did the state and/or law enforcement drop the ball somewhere? Are we heading towards a recession or recovery? Families now stranded in Mexico. How has the World Cup experience been? The civil effort isn't just about fighting, it's also about helping every night, it's your news playlist, the top story with Tom Yamas broadcasting weekdays at 7 on NBC News.

Now, welcome back, we have some new developments about that toxic train accident and chemical spill in Ohio and the health consequences for people who live nearby. this morning there are new concerns about where crews are taking the material after cleaning it up NBC's Gabe Gutierrez has the latest from Eastern Palestine Ohio there is growing scrutiny across the country on the rail industry and now there are also new questions about where some of Toxic East Palestine land heading nearly a month after Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio, US Railroad Union presidents say workers have fallen ill at site as federal regulators vow to improve safety railway.

Nationwide inspections also raise new concerns about where some of the hazardous materials are headed to sites spread across several states. There is a long-standing incinerator in East Liverpool Ohio, about 20 miles south of East Palestine. How many of you are worried about this situation? We spoke to several residents here who have been Fighting the plant run by Heritage Thermal Services, formerly known as Waste Technologies Industries, for decades since the plant opened in 1992, it has faced protests and lawsuits from environmental groups. The EPA said the plant released high levels of toxic chemicals 195 times between 2010 and 2014. They simply have not proven to be good neighbors.

The facility should never have been here in the first place. The company has denied any wrongdoing. Are you concerned about this site handling such toxic materials in general? I don't know, Mayor Greg Bricker. She lives with his family near the incinerator, they gave me their guarantees and I am going to trust them. Heritage Thermal Services says it has full permission to manage materials generated at the derailment site and is willing to do its part to help protect human health. and to the environment I would only ask that they do not forget about us these lifelong residents are skeptical we are in a crisis right now it is drowning me it is emotional too the CEO of Norfolk Southern just agreed to testify on Capitol Hill next week Very good , Gabe, thank you.

Now moving on to the latest breaking news we brought you yesterday, effective immediately. Eli Lilly insulin products will now cost $35 for out-of-pocket patients. So how will this affect the millions of Americans who rely on daily insulin? NBC News medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel joins us now to answer that question and more. Dr. Patel. Good morning, so this is very important. I have reported on the challenges insulin users have had in being able to afford this life-saving medication for so long. Give us some context for this announcement, why are insulin prices so high in the first place for people who desperately need the drug and are now benefiting from this price cut?

Yes, good morning, seven to eight million Americans literally need insulin to save their lives. If it's a one-time medication, they really have to take it every day for the rest of their lives and there are three main manufacturers that make the majority of insulin products and that really equates to having an incredible market share. , so most of these manufacturers have been blocking things or kept the price they offer for insulin at about the same price, which can make it very unaffordable, especially for uninsured or underinsured people, and this is a big problem that one of the three Lily in particular has made a great effort.

I mean they're going to cap out-of-pocket costs, so that's really going to hit people who have insurance that doesn't fully cover it, and they're going to offer it to anyone who doesn't have insurance and at an incredibly affordable cost. It was 25 per vial and many people need between one and four vials for a month's supply of insulin and Dr. Patel is not just users who praise this right. President Biden praised this decision by Eli Lilly and said that more companies will have to follow his example. How do you see this announcement impacting other companies in the healthcare industry in general and also where do you see the future of insulin pricing going?

Yeah, like everything in healthcare, even with this big Lily announcement, we're not going to see it. Those prices change overnight, but as you point out, we hope that we can see the other two manufacturers and, in general, that people realize that if people need these life-saving drugs, which by the way , there are so many medications that are out of reach for most. patients because of the simple cost they will search and take the suit. Having said that, I think it's going to be very difficult and I think one of the pressures that Lily put on patients to get lower insurance was the fact that Congress passed legislation mandating lower prices. insulin prices for Medicare patients, so I think just like Medicare being paid for by the government, there will be other things happening in the future as well, and Dr.

Patel mentioned the number of people struggling with diabetes every year, how serious this problem is in the world. In the US, are certain groups more affected than others? Yes, people often endlessly think that diabetes only affects, say, older patients or certain ethnic populations, it is simply not true, we have patients of all ages, including millions of young people under 20, for example. who are dependent on insulin, their organs do not produce enough insulin to be able to have regular sugar control, so this affects all ages, all racial and ethnic groups, but in particular there are communities of black and brown Native Americans who have disproportionate amounts of diabetes and Unfortunately, it is not only undiagnosed but poorly treated due to the cost of medications, so this is a major change that will affect many people.

Dr Kevin Patel. Many thanks now to the investigation of a mysterious illness that has affected several American diplomats and spies. Abroad since 2016, people serving in Cuba and other countries have reported experiencing symptoms of so-called Havana syndrome. They say they have experienced some strange sounds and sensations followed by illnesses. There were some suggestions that Russia, China or other countries could be behind this, but US intelligence agencies now say that is not the case, a recently published review concludes that it is highly unlikely that any foreign rival or some type of weapon causes these ailments. NBC News justice and intelligence correspondent Kendallanan joins us now for more on this review, so Ken, if you could.

First, explain to us Havana syndrome, what it really is and what are the symptoms we are talking about. Good morning Stephen, it is called Havana syndrome because a group of spies and diplomats at the United States embassy in Cuba were shot down and reported it in 2016 and Many of them say that they had similar symptoms, they felt that the dizziness allowed a pressure noise in their head and some of them were left unable to work and were diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and it was inexplicable that it didn't just happen at the embassy. It happened in several places around Havana and that started an investigation that has been going on for years and finally the US government called out and said we think our diplomats and spies may be under attack around the world and Anyone who has any symptoms please come forward and ultimately about 1,500 people reported an incident, so the intelligence community has been investigating this and it was more than a suggestion, it was a working hypothesis that a foreign adversary, most likely Russia, was attacking members of the diplomatic and intelligence community around the world. the world but yesterday they released an unclassified version of an intelligence assessment reflecting years of investigation millions of dollars hundreds of officials where they said no, they didn't find that at all, in fact they found evidence that refuted the idea that it was a foreign adversary .

They found nothing linking them to a deliberate act and they found no credible, unbelievable evidence that any weapon could have produced these types of effects. Additionally, they found that more medical analysis over the years found that this really isn't even a coherent group. As far as symptoms go, they're really different things between a lot of these people, so they're essentially saying that what happened here is attributed to preexisting conditions, environmental factors, I mean, they've incited things like faulty HVAC systems that can cause a Now there's room to push, none of that is going to be satisfactory, particularly for people I know who were killed on a mission, say for the CIA, and they can't work and they have documented brain injuries, and these are sophisticated people and no one can explain what happened to them, but what the intelligence community is saying is that whatever happened, it was not the work of a foreign adversary.

They are confident that this will now not affect the government-wide effort to compensate people who have suffered brain injuries. at work but now it's a weird situation where the US government is saying this wasn't actually caused by a foreign adversary but we're going to compensate them anyway guys yeah that's a question . I know people have already started receiving. Those pavements through Havana act these people who were apparently victims of Havana syndrome, although now it seems a little shaky on what exactly this review is expected to have any effect on those payments, well, they are saying it is completely separate. and the payments to Havana are mandated by an act of Congress, so they are going to continue, but there is a set of criteria and that includes you knowing a doctor who essentially certifies that you suffered this brain injury at work and that I believe It's difficult now that the intelligence community has said, well, actually these are not intentional acts, so we'll have to see, but the thing about this is that all of these intelligence officials were careful to say that they are not questioning or doubting the symptoms. that these people are suffering, it's absolutely real and they say you know they need to be treated and all this effort made them realize that they need to take better care of their workforce so if anything came out of this, that's positive, that's one.

One thing guys, it's an important point to clarify, well Ken, thanks, thanks Steven, now for more international news. Protesters are demonstrating after yesterday's deadly train accident. NBC News foreign correspondent Megan Fitzgerald has that and more international headlines Megan. Good morning guys, good morning to you. There's a lot to cover, but we want to start in Greece, where protests broke out after the deadliest train crash in the country's history, which killed more than 40 people. Protesters clashed with police in Athens, just outside the headquarters of the company responsible for maintenance. on the railways in Greece there were also demonstrations near the accident site these protesters are upset they are angry because they believe it was only a matter of time before a disaster occurred and they also say this could have been avoided Greece has one of the most dangerous railway systems from Europe, everyone now wants to head to Argentina, whereAbout half of the country is in the dark and without electricity after a fire affected the national power grid.

Officials say the fire affected critical power lines and not a nuclear power plant. The power plant is offline now, making the situation even worse. Argentina is dealing with a heat wave right now and a drought, so we're talking about thousands of people living without air conditioning, which creates a danger. Their situation, government officials say power will be restored soon, but a timeline has not yet been released. I want to move on to Africa, where Microsoft has struck a deal with Africa's largest independent fiber network. This agreement contributes to the goal of expanding Internet access on the continent.

Company officials say this will expand connectivity in several countries. like Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so we're talking about 20 million people, this is great news for the continent, guys, yeah, that's going to be incredibly important for the African continent. Megan Fitzgerald, thank you very much, okay, what's coming up is some new royal family drama this morning Harry and Megan now say they have been kicked out of their former home in Windsor. We've got the details on that in a moment, plus While You Were Sleeping, another successful SpaceX launch take you inside the cruise ship Month-long mission to the International Space Station next thanks foreign foreign foreign top political stories with reliable information and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now streaming weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

We start tonight with breaking news that comes when it happens, wherever you are. NBC News is streaming free now as we're back with new details about the growing rift within the British royal family. If a spokesperson for Prince Harry and Megan says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were asked to leave their residence at Frogmore Cottage despite, of course, moving to the US, that residence has been the basis of the couple in the UK. Buckingham Palace does not comment on the matter. NBC News foreign correspondent Kelly Kobe has more news overnight, a spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle says the couple is being kicked out of their Windsor home and tells NBC News that the duke and the Duchess of Sussex to leave her residence at Frogmore Cottage, the cottage on her property. next to the crown estate and just minutes from Windsor Castle was a gift from Queen Elizabeth to the couple.

It has been his official residence in the United Kingdom since the birth of his son Archie. They talked about it in their recent Netflix documentary series. It was a place where we had so many memories of our courtship, our engagement, our wedding, our walks and then where we ended up, you know, having our baby, the eviction that occurred after the couple criticized the royal family in that series on Netflix and in the explosive replacement of Memoirs of Prince Harry, it is a dirty game anal suffering of the women who marry in this institution this Feeding Frenzy the message that the King has sent by taking away football Cottage is you Harry and Megan have left very clear that you see your future in the United States, you have made your bed and you can lie on it and I am not going to provide you with a bed courtesy of the royal family in the United Kingdom the couple was heavily criticized after spending 3.2 million dollars of taxpayers' money on renovating the estate before moving in; later paying those costs after leaving office as royals, but hoping to retain the property.

Frogmore Cottage is a very private and secure house on an estate where Harry and Megan's privacy was never invaded, so in some ways not having that in the UK will be a key for Harry and Megan, who are now raising to their son Archie and daughter Lillibet in California, they renewed a long-term lease for a Frogmore cottage in 2020. They stayed there last year while in the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and hosted a party birthday. for Archie now that a home away from home is no longer an option King Charles' coronation is approaching in just over two months in the royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expected to receive an invitation and, from a Practically, there are other places they could stay in other royal residences like Windsor Castle or even here at Buckingham Palace, but from an emotional point of view it is different, this latest move probably caused more hurt feelings and made the family rift was even broader.

We contacted Buckingham Palace and they said they would not comment. In this story Kelly is grateful for so much success at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the night SpaceX's Crew 6 rocket successfully launched toward Oregon. This was the crew's second attempt to take off this week. Monday's launch was abruptly canceled due to a filter blockage. and engine ignition system Tom Costello joins us now from Kennedy Space Center Tom. I think you have the best job of anyone at NBC. Today you had a front row seat to see all the action. How did it go?

I have the best beat at NBC News. and I'm not going to give it up, I've had it for 18 years and that's why we live four days like this, not necessarily at 12.34am. m. This morning is when we take off here. Cruiser Six headed to the International Space Station explosion. from launch pad 39a, that historic platform that also launched Apollo missions and shuttle missions and this mission Cruise 6 headed to the space station a six month stay on the station now I have to tell you about the crew, we have four members of the crew, two of them are Americans, including the commander, we also have an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates and then we have another Russian cosmonaut, the second Russian cosmonaut to board an American spacecraft in just the last six months, who despite the war in Ukraine and the Actually the worst relationship between the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War and probably going back further, so I have asked crew members, both Americans and Russians , over the last six months and recently how that tension is managed. you just decide you're not going to talk about Presidents Biden, Putin and Ukraine and the threats of nuclear war and the answer is yes, we don't talk about it because our lives depend on each other when we're on station if something goes wrong. wrong, we need each other and that's why they leave that issue off the table and concentrate on their jobs as professional astronauts and cosmonauts.

I also have to tell them about what's happening at the station. This is fascinating because two Russian spacecraft had developed leaks. Over the past few months, spacecraft were docking with the station, now the Russians believed they were hit by micrometeorites that caused these leaks. One of those spacecraft that they released, they let it fall back into the Earth's atmosphere and burn up. The other was supposed to be an emergency lifeboat in case of an emergency on the station so that the astronauts and cosmonauts would leave safely. Now the Russians have sent a replacement lifeboat, so now there is a light boat, a soyuz attached to the station and in case of an emergency, but Crew 6 on the way to the station docking, uh, Friday morning Early, guys, I'll call you.

Wow, there's a lot of drama going on there, Tom. I wanted to ask, although I am happy every time a launch is successful. It's great to see what exactly they are. But what really is this trip for 200 scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station over the next six months involving dozens of universities around the world and, as one of the astronauts said, is it really a great trip? a big obligation because these universities and these students from all over the country and all over the world have worked very hard on these experiments and now they hand it over to the crew to finish it and do these experiments on board and they are very aware that they are In some cases, you know PhD students who work their whole lives, so they feel obligated to make sure everything is done properly and correctly, and they will be busy.

They know there is rarely downtime in station personnel escapes and scientific experiments. There's a lot going on there Tom Costello 18 years old No one likes Tom, thank you very much, thank you and coming soon we will bring you a story of triumph over some pretty difficult odds, yes, Jason, our day he couldn't speak until he was 11, he couldn't. I read or wrote until I was 18, but today, at 37, Jason is the youngest black professor at one of the best universities in the world. We will have his story soon. podcasts you'll get early access to the originals plus bonus content, and it's all ad-free, so head over to Apple Podcasts now to subscribe to today's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis.

A daily look at the politics behind the headlines. Meet the press now in streaming. Monday to Friday at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now we're back with new developments involving a robbery ring that extends across several states and even to South America. San Diego police are pursuing an alleged criminal gang originating from Chile. Officials say gang members are entering the U.S. on temporary visas and then breaking into wealthy homes stealing millions in cash, priceless items and then leaving NBC News correspondent Dana Griffin has the details: The Authorities are trying to track down these notorious thieves.

San Diego police say they suspect they are part of a Chilean criminal network. coordinated covered from head to toe mocking security cameras in the Mansions they rob in less than 15 minutes they are on top of their game they are getting smarter about how they act and what they do the Chilean Nationals are suspects in at least 21 robberies since December San Diego police believe these criminal tourists are hiding in nearby canyons. They plagued the area last year, but then went quiet until this recent string of robberies in this heist took over eighty thousand dollars worth of jewelry and family heirlooms that they knew of. exactly what they were doing and where they were going, they were just like an organized group like you see in the movies.

Police say these Chileans are entering the U.S. on 90-day visas and arriving in some of the country's wealthiest neighborhoods. Authorities are also investigating. robberies in New York Connecticut Washington DC New Jersey and Florida that they believe were also carried out by this gang we had a safe that was hidden in the back of the closet bolted to the floor it had been ripped out of the floor and had been vandalized On Long Island , New York, three Chileans were arrested in January 2020 on charges of committing robberies in several states in the Nassau County area alone. They probably count between 10 and 12 robberies in the entire tri-state area.

There were probably a couple dozen robberies that the police tracked down. Suspected robbers went to this house in Queens, New York, where they found the proceeds from multiple robberies. This doorbell camera shows a suspect running from police in Saddle Rock, New York. Investigators say at least two homes were attacked there, including one belonging to the city's mayor. The episode was a real punch in the gut, while these arrests were made in 2020. Experts say that even if these criminals are caught, bail for non-violent property crimes can be low or non-existent, giving them the opportunity to escape or even fly back.

Home with the score, right now thanks to Dana Griffin with that report, police are reminding people to be alert and make sure their security alarms are on. They also suggest using cameras to monitor your home through your phone. They also say to ask neighbors to be on the lookout. at home while you're on vacation yet another reason to meet your neighbors important information now for our financial headlines Salesforce stock is soaring thanks to a massive CNBC earnings report and Silvana now joins us with that and other news of money Savannah, good morning good morning Stephen, good morning zinclair, let's start with the sale of Salesforce.

The company's stock is set to break out today. The cloud software business and maker reports better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issues optimistic guidance for this year. Salesforce also announces it will return up to $20 billion to shareholders through a share buyback, a move that could appease a number of activist investors surrounding the company andThey look for changes. Ford has filed a patent for self-reporting technology that could penalize drivers who are late for their car. payments, he might even go so far as to lock out the owner and even drive himself to a final lot or junkyard. Ford filed the application in 2021, but it wasn't published until last week and Ford says it envisions the system as a solution to the problems of uncooperative owners trying to co-prevent the car from being repossessed and KFC is bringing back a favorite from fans after a nearly decade-long hiatus, the Double Down will return for a limited time starting March 6, if you don't remember.

It has two fried chicken tenders replacing the bread with two slices of cheese, bacon, and a choice of mayonnaise or hot sauce. The Double Down debuted in 2010 and KFC sold more than 10 million sandwiches, but the monkey-selling fast-food chain fell short of expectations. I never had one, I was going to say with the Macross protein, yes, it is a healthy food that is certainly very healthy, okay Silvana, thank you very much, and now do an inspiring story from the United Kingdom when I was a child, Jason, our day He had the odds against him: he was diagnosed with a developmental disorder and autism spectrum disorder at a young age.

He couldn't speak until he was 11 and couldn't read or write until he was 18. But that didn't stop him from following his dream of becoming a teacher and now, 37 years old, he has achieved what once seemed impossible. Today, he recently joined the faculty at the University of Cambridge, making him the youngest black professor on campus, and he now joins us. Jason, now Professor of Sociology of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Firstly, Jason, congratulations, you are clearly like a picture of resilience, so we are very happy to have you with us, tell us first a little about the challenges you've faced and how you overcame them in the first place.

Thank you very much for inviting me here. I am very grateful, infinitely grateful. In terms of the challenges, I mean, it depends on how you look at them. Know. I feel like I was very lucky not to be able to speak because he allowed me to. looking at the world in a completely different way, which in some ways shaped the individual I've become in terms of my world view and I guess the obvious challenges were not being able to speak and obviously not being able to read or write until I was 18 years, but I think a lot of these things are, you know, things are sent to test us and I was very fortunate to have a fantastic mother who supported me and really looked after me in all the time that I had and then I had fantastic mentors who really supported my growth and development and if it wasn't for them, I don't think I would be sitting here talking to yourself, it's really powerful now, it takes the whole village right and I also heard him say, you know? we have two ears and one mouth so we should listen more than we talk and you clearly have done that throughout your life and I mean your list of accolades is pretty impressive, you've earned two master's degrees, you have a doctorate, Now you have become one of the youngest teachers in the UK, how do you do it in the first place and how do you look after yourself in that?

But I also understand that teaching was one of your lifelong dreams, so what was that moment like when you knew you got the degree? I work um in some ways um it's not it's an incredible feeling but what I would say is that, standing in this View, one of the things you would want is to look to your left and to your right and see people who look like you and I guess Not in the UK. I see that and there has been a generation of incredible people who have been lost due to institutional and systemic racism and what I want to do is use this platform to continue the work that I have been trying to do for the last 10 years to attract as many people as possible. of people. of color um in the View with me, so when I look to my left and to my right I can see people who reflect a broader multiethnic and multicultural society, particularly black women who face particular difficulties through these systemic systems um that Often you oppress them in a unique and violent way, absolutely and very powerful.

You know you're first in many ways, but you don't want to be last, so I'm wondering what advice you would give to anyone who is. Facing challenges today, whether personal or systemic, what advice would you give them to achieve their goals? The advice I would give is, you know, I think humility is one of the most important qualities a human being can have and I think that compares to faith and hope. and self-confidence become extremely important anchors for someone pursuing their dream and the most important thing is to surround yourself with good people, take the time to be a good person, listen to what people have to say and most importantly , situate yourself within the spirit. of what I can do to help other people and the Center, that's its mission, I mean, I think that's a really important thing, particularly given the world we're in right now where individualistic effort can sometimes trump idea of ​​the collective and I think that is very important, absolutely, faith, hope and self-confidence.

I think I have to put that in my office. Jason. Thank you so much? Thank you so much. Well, this morning we will look at some hidden secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza that are now coming to light for the first time right and all thanks to modern technology, we will take you inside a newly discovered corridor, hidden from experts for centuries , who will be the next foreigner, thank you, foreigner, hello podcast fans, ready to unlock our true crime mysteries, try Dateline premium on Apple podcasts. You'll get early access to Originals plus bonus content and it's all ad-free, so head to Apple Podcast now to subscribe, watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts, political stories with trusted information and expert analysis a daily look. on the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now airs weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC News.

It may now be the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, but the Great Pyramid of Giza still holds many mysteries that experts hope to uncover. And today Egyptian Antiquities officials say new technology has led to a major discovery that could unlock some of those hidden secrets. NBC News foreign correspondent Molly Hunter joins us now to find out more about this Molly zinc Lee Stevens, so many secrets hidden behind, of course, this is one of the most famous structures in the world the Great Pyramid of Giza there In 2016, scientists detected a thermal anomaly, what they call a cavity, what they believed was a corridor behind the north face of the Great Wall.

Excuse me, the north face of the Great Pyramid. This morning they are telling us what it is and taking us inside. a look this morning at a new discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza Behind these giant chevrons over the main entrance for the first time a look inside an accurate analysis an actual characterization of the North Face Corridor, this discovery, in my opinion, is the most important discovery in the 21st century, a structure that has kept secrets for centuries out of the reach of scientists and archaeologists and now, for the first time, images showing a vaulted ceiling, a corridor measuring 30 feet with five designed chambers. to release pressure, this Corridor is protecting or reducing pressure on something below it, it could have a chamber, it could be something else, very soon we will be able to find out what is the main problem of this Corridor within the Great Pyramid, the possible tombs, unknown artifacts, even ancient ones.

Building techniques have fascinated the world for the last 4,500 years. It's wonderful that we continue to receive new developments and learn new things in 2016. A cavity was discovered for the first time behind the north face. Scientists believed it was horizontal and now they know it may be. a small upward slope after seven years of exhaustive research a real image of what it looks like released in 2015 scanned pyramids set out to penetrate the walls of this ancient pyramid without disturbing them no drilling required no excavation required using advanced cosmic ray scans in the form of muons, scientists can peer behind the thick limestone walls with technology far more powerful than any X-ray, but this morning the questions remain what else is behind the north face, what's beneath that corridor, what's hidden, Hello guys, as always with these great advances. discoveries we want to know more we have more questions what is next to that Corridor what is underneath it what is so surprising although as technology advances it also accelerates the speed of these great discoveries that are revealed and what is so surprising about this is that all this was discovered without a single stone having been removed from the Great Pyramid.

I'll send them back to you. Wow, they're just looking through those walls. There are still so many questions. This is the follow-up of my life. I want to know more about this. a Molly, thank you, okay, that's what we do during this hour of Morning News. Now the news continues. Good morning. I'm Stephen Romo and I'm Sinclair from Joe and Savannah are coming out this morning right now on Morning News Now. and signifies dramatic developments in Alec Murdock's double murder trial this morning The defense set out to give their closing arguments after the prosecution concluded their case by painting Murdoch as a man living a lie and willing to kill his own wife and son to protect him. everyone and they fooled Maggie and Paul too and they paid for it with their lives all of this after the jurors saw firsthand the casino the crime we have Team coverage this morning Attorney General Merrick Garland in the Capitol dock in front of some of his harshest critics over a series of controversies under his watch, we'll bring you highlights from his testimony before a Republican-led Senate committee.

Also this morning a new warning from the CDC about what they call a serious threat to public health, but it is necessary to know about a highly infectious drug-resistant stomach virus and people at highest risk finally take off again this morning the SpaceX crew NASA celebrates successful launch after canceling its first attempt earlier this week More about the mission, the astronauts on board and everything means to the future of space exploration We begin with the latest developments in Alec's double murder trial Murdock and the defense are set to present their closing arguments this morning. Prosecutor Creighton Waters yesterday delivered the state's closing arguments against the disbarred South Carolina attorney Murdoch is charged with. of murdering both his wife Maggie and his son Paul during his testimony.

Waters again argued to the jury that evidence in the case shows that Murdoch carried out the murders, prosecutors said all in an effort to mask his financial problems, had avoided accountability throughout his life, had relied on his last name, had a family. powerful wore a badge and used that authority he lived a rich life but now he was finally faced with total ruin he couldn't live that's why he is the kind of person for whom shame is an Extraordinary provocation throughout the case The defense team of Murdoch has rejected the prosecution's theory behind Murdoch's motive, arguing that the prosecution has not shown evidence to show how Murdoch would benefit financially from the deaths of his wife and son.

Yes, all this comes as the jury had to. something that few of them get to: they toured the Murdoch family property where these murders occurred. We have our team here to discuss the latest on the Murdoch trial. NBC News legal analyst Stanley Cevalos and trial consultant Richard Gabriel are both on standby to help guide us. all of these developments, but first let's turn to NBC News correspondent Ellison Barber, who lives outside the courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, with more Ellison, good morning, yes, good morning, Ellison, so to begin, good morning, Can you explain the key takeaways from the prosecution's closing arguments?

Yesterday, yeah, I mean, it was complicated, these were very long closing arguments, this has been a very long trial, but what you heard, uh, the prosecutors said that a lot of things in their closing comments were brewing, he described this storm that , according to him, was putting so much pressure. about Alec Murdoch feeling like his only way out, his only chance to buy some time to cover his tracks was to kill his family and really, when they were talking about that storm that was coming, they were breaking it down into three key motivating factors, one said .

There was a history of financial crimes, specifically a legal case he had been working on within hisfirm where people had started to notice that the legal fees he had received were missing from his firm, his colleagues were asking questions and were starting to investigate him then there was a boat accident in 2019 where his son Paul was accused of driving the boat that killed to 19-year-old Mallory Beach, a boat that was owned by Elec Murdoch. He was named as a defendant in a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit. The lawyer in that case testified that once Elec Murdoch's family died, the case against him essentially ended because he was too sympathetic to the defendant and they had other, more culpable defendants that they would have to move forward with in that case. .

The storm brewing, they say, was the fact that Elik Murdoch's father was dying, someone he trusted, someone he was close to. They say that all of this was too much for Elik Murdoch to bear and that his way out was to kill both his son and his wife. He said: Hey, look at his story, listen and remember everything you've heard from people who knew him so well that they say that Elik Murdoch's life was basically a Ponzi scheme and that he was a skilled lawyer and every time things got tough difficult, he manipulated and lied, listen we thought they were close to him, everyone who thought they knew he was who he was he fooled them all and he fooled Maggie and Paul too and they paid for it with their lives don't let them fool you too and remember that much of the prosecution's case has focused on GPS data cell phone data they say look at the timeline look at the technology there is only one person who could have been there that night and there is only one person who had the media the motive and the opportunity and the prosecutors say that was Alex Murdock Sinclair Stephen yes, the prosecutors were very insistent on that timeline in their closing arguments yesterday Allison, the jury was able to tour the Moselle family property where these murders actually occurred.

Can you talk to us about what they were able to actually see there? Yes, so they had 30 minutes arguing that they were seeing that outside the press, the video that we have access to is because the press was able to see exactly what the jury saw, after they saw it, they were able to see the outside of the main room. house, which is what we are seeing here, they were also able to spend time where these murders occurred in the kennels. We've heard a lot of talk from both the prosecution and defense about the feeding room being the size of that space. where Paul Murdoch's body was found at the door and the distance between Paul Murdoch and Maggie Murdoch the jury was able to walk and see all of that to our colleagues who were traveling with them while they could not see every moment of what the jury was doing , they said they could see a juror standing at the door of that feeding room looking up and seeming to try to get an idea of ​​the size in that space, there were a lot of things that could be seen, still a little.

What is left of what happened here, the important thing is that there is like a stain on the cement where Palmer was killed. Everything else has been cleaned. The state had emphasized that beforehand, saying the crime scene had changed a lot, but the judge decided. at the defense's request that it was worth it for the jury to have the opportunity to physically see where all of this occurred Stevens and Clay an unusual move there we're going to talk more about that Allison thank you very much and we have NBC News legal Analyst Danny Savalas on the set to help us analyze this case, he is also here with us as a trial consultant and author of the acquittal.

Richard Gabriel to give us an idea of ​​the jury process. So, Danny, let's start with you. The prosecution has to show the burden of proof. be the key phrase here burden of proof after yesterday's closing arguments, is there room for reasonable doubt? We'll see if the defense can create them. I mean, as a defense attorney, what I'm going to insist if I'm them is that burden of proof, I even have a graph that I use, then you put up a kind of layered continuum and say, look, even if you think it's very likely that my client is guilty, then you must acquit even if you think he is probably guilty. you should acquit only if you achieve or reach the highest level the highest burden of proof Beyond a reasonable doubt, which really means excluding a reasonable doubt, then you can convict sometimes when you are on the defense, it is the only thing you have To you and for me I ventured to say that this is one of those cases where you are going to hear Reasonable Doubt, the burden of proof and the presumption of innocence over and over again, is what you argue. when you don't have much else and Richard, we know that while we were talking about this, the jury was able to visit that Moselle property where these murders occur, it's not entirely unheard of that a jury would do this, but it's a pretty rare thing, how could they?

That influences your decision well. It's crucial for jurors because they want to get an idea of ​​what they've been hearing. Everything is two-dimensional and verbal. And when they are there, they can feel gravity. You can feel the seriousness. and they can measure three basic components: what is the time, the distance and the space, because they want to know, especially with the opportunity that the feeding space is very small, everything that has the opportunity, can it really do it there and then How long does it last? I will take him to move into the house if for some reason he is not guilty how long will it take him to get there take a nap and if he did he will be able to shower and also Ken if he didn't?

Can you hear the sound of gunshots? All of those things are much more measurable when they're in the scene and they have a sense of the physical space and Richard, you touch on it, there's been so much information here. We know that they even watched Murdoch's footsteps at that time, plus a lot of electronic data, of course, they brought back information about whether there were multiple shooters, whether it was big enough to fit, so Danny, I wonder with the arguments finals expected today. Do you expect to hear that yes, the state had a challenge because they had too much evidence and it's hard to control all that?

The defense, on the other hand, doesn't have much, they're going to focus on two or three points that came up in the Chief's case and in the defense case, one of which is an engineer's theory that a shooter was five feet tall. Then the idea that an expert admitted that there may have been more than one shooter, which is a very significant factor. one because then you can make a good argument to the jury if it's 50 50 50 50 is not Reasonable Doubt and then thirdly, I don't even know if you can tell this Murdoch theory on the stand, uh, where he expresses the idea that oh Paul had all these nasty comments on social media, by the way, did you post any of those comments on social media?

No and the theory that people on social media commit murder. I mean, friends, I guarantee you that some nasty things have been said about you on social media. Obviously it is serious if it is a threat, but that type of theory without any evidence is difficult to accept, so they are going to criticize them and then they are going to take the podium about the presumption of innocence based on reasonable doubt and the prosecution has not done so. I didn't meet their burden because that's all they have, it's going to be fascinating to watch and Richard, you obviously know a lot about jurors, what do you expect once they walk into that room behind that closed door?

What do you expect there for the most part? part everyone has their mine made up even before the closing arguments, it's really about arming your defenders in the closing argument, you have to choose who are the people who I think are going to carry the water for me, so you go into the courtroom, they already know more or less who the four people are because of the social dynamics that occur in the trial, so it is a question of them actually negotiating because what happens is that they do not know exactly what their positions are, they can enter there and they can go.

Hey, we're all pretty much in agreement, you might also say no, we're completely divided here and then it's a matter of "okay," or some people might say we have some real questions they have to answer, so it's a process of "okay, let's go." let's review the evidence, let's find out there are two typical types of deliberations, there are two typical types of deliberations, one based on verdict and one based on evidence, the verdict based on evidence is usually a faster verdict because you have to discuss how many yeses, how many noes, that's usually quick, but see, based on evidence, come on. through all the evidence and that may take some time, oh, a lot to dig into here, we're all seeing it, uh, Danny Savalas and Gabriel, thank you very much.

All right, yesterday on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Mayor Garland faced a grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The explosive hearing focused on a variety of topics, including the rise in fentanyl-related deaths and protesters who had gathered outside the homes of conservative justices after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. NBC News Congressional Correspondent Julie Sirkin is with us now with more on everything. You talked about this a lot yesterday, Juliano, Senator Cruz really criticized Garland on the issue of the protesters leaving the judge's house, explain to us what were the key points that Cruz was trying to make there, yes, well, look, this It was Garland's first time appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a year, so there was a lot to talk about and essentially think about in his appearance as an annual review before the panel and there were some heavy hitters on the panel. on the Republican side, including Senator Ted Cruz, who decided to use his questioning moment to focus on Roe v Wade over Dobbs and the consequences of that specifically as it relates to security threats made against Supreme Court justices .

Listen to that exchange and we'll talk about it on the other side, you have the Department. The Department of Justice filed even a single case under the statute, it's a yes, no, it's not a speech about the other things you did, the job of the United States Marshals is to defend lives, so the The answer is no, it is to defend the lives of the judges and that is our number one priority. Why are they not willing to say no? the answer is no, they know it's no, I know it's not, everyone in this courtroom knows it's no, they're not willing to answer to the extent that I know we haven't done it and what we've done has been defended. of the lies from the judges that Cruz was talking about, he tried to us while Brett was addressing the crisis pregnancy centers and the protesters who were targeting those areas, so he did Exchange in those moments, yes, I got quite heated.

I know there was some more tension and committee members focused on the current issue of fentanyl-related deaths. What was happening on that front. Well, this was really interesting because it was one of the moments of agreement between Garland, between Republicans and Democrats on the panel. Durbin, who chairs the committee, the top Democrat, actually said that he had compromised with Lindsey Graham, the ranking member. rank, the top Republican there, to spend as much time discussing gun violence as death from fentanyl, so this was definitely a big topic of the hearing. Listen to a questioning point from Senator Cornyn about his approximately 71,000 fentanyl overdoses.

Do you consider his current policies to be successful? We have a huge epidemic of fentanyl problem created by intentional acts of cartels. We are doing everything we can within our resources to fight that I have personally traveled twice to Mexico to try to get greater cooperation from the Mexicans on exactly the problem that you are talking about, yes, certainly, this was a great issue, millions of affected Americans die every year due to fentanyl deaths that are crossing the border and this is a committee that is also looking into the immigration issue, so it's important to keep that in mind as you listen to that line of questioning to Garland, okay, Julie Sirkin, thank you so much for breaking that down now based on the weather this morning.

It seems like the snow is on tour all over the country, it sure is. Meteorologist Angie Lastman joins us now with the latest on the winter system heading south. It's not a tour. I'm buying tickets for you. Yes, I won't be either, but fortunately we are. in New York where we haven't really had much to deal with, but we'll have a wintry mix working for the next few days, but today it's all about the severe weather that's concentrated in parts of the south. It's going to be a very active afternoon into the evening hours and people will want to pay attention and have a way to receive watches or warnings because there is a possibility of some strong tornadoes.

Here is the system that is to blame for On this tour, as you guys have said, we will see it run into parts of the Southern Plains, which is where the main focus of the severe weather will be today, but there is the wintry mix that will extend from parts of the Great Lakes to the northeast in New England and the rain extends into parts of the south, where we will once again see strong to severe storms tomorrow, eventually we will see that thisIt works and we will have a better weekend for us, but there is a whole lot of impact that we will have to watch over the next few days.

The risk of tornado. The floods. We have ice. We have snow. All of that will be something you want to pay attention to depending on where. you live so let's start with the severe weather this dangerous setup that we're seeing really hits the bullseye on places like Shreveport Lufkin and Alexandria Little Rock that's where we'll see the best chance to see some of these stronger storms and where you see this shadowed or striped, rather I should say red bubble, that's where we have the best chance for some of these stronger tornadoes and this is in just a couple of hours, this will be from the afternoon into the evening and of course into tonight .

We know that when the sun sets, those tornadoes are much more dangerous than nighttime tornadoes, so keep in mind that if you live in that area and are preparing for tomorrow in the Southeast, you will also need to be on the lookout for strong storms. It's not as likely that we'll see those tornadoes or that many of them, but we'll have to be aware that we have a lot of rain, we have gusty conditions with us and we also have that accumulation of snow and ice that I mentioned that for parts of the Northeast and the Gulf or in the Great Lakes, you guys let it snow, let us know, yeah, I've been lucky here in New York to not get a lot of snow.

I want the snow that is only your snow. Angeles, it's okay Angie, thank you very much, thank you very much, well, coming soon to the Morning News. Now hundreds of school girls in Iran who criticize the poison call it an attempt to shut down education for girls when we return. The criminal investigation that is now underway is the fight for women's rights. rises new numbers this morning good evening we start tonight with breaking news just in we'll start this hour with the latest developments we're going to go on the air with some big changes on Capitol Hill how much water will ultimately be forced inland whenever it happens wherever it happens is NBC News streaming free now We start tonight with breaking news arriving whenever it happens wherever you are NBC News streaming free now today's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now airs weekdays at 4 p.m. m. on NBC News.

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This is what it looks and feels like. A bigger piece of the puzzle. New issues just published this morning. Good night. We start tonight with the latest news that just arrived. Start this hour with the latest developments we'll be airing with some major changes on Capitol Hill, how much water will ultimately be forced inland when it happens, wherever it may be. NBC News streaming for free now watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. or listen wherever you get your podcasts, we're back with news from authorities in Iran. They are investigating the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls over the course of several months.

Yes, dozens of girls are now being treated. They had respiratory problems and other symptoms, as did some officials. are saying these poisonings may have been intentional NBC News foreign correspondent Josh Letterman joins us now with more information about this disturbing situation, Josh, that's right, very disturbing and many of these students have reported symptoms ranging from heart palpitations and breathing problems to nausea, headaches. and even numbness, some of the students and their teachers have reported strange odors that they said smelled like bleach or other cleaning chemicals, leading to some initial speculation that perhaps these poisonings were accidental, but now the Iran's leaders insist they are taking this very seriously outside of the high temperatures. confusion at a Tehran school about a dozen students apparently victims of poisoning Local media report that girls have fallen ill in at least 30 schools across Iran an Iranian legislator puts the number at about 900 students injured since November.

This woman in communications says she smells cooking gas when she enters the classroom, while this schoolgirl says it made her feel dizzy. She says my whole body feels very numb and won't let me. I'm going to walk, but in the midst of fears, all this is a campaign to end girls' education. Iran's President Ibrahim Raisi taking action. Iranian state media reports that he is now tasking Iran's Interior Minister to investigate the cause and coordinate the response. A criminal investigation by the attorney general is also underway. A big step after senior Iranian officials had been downplaying the incidents, as recently as today Iran's Deputy Interior Minister said that more than 99 percent of this is caused by rumors of stress and psychological warfare by media channels. hostile television.

She says her goal was to force schools to close unlike the Taliban in Afghanistan. Iran's theocratic government has not traditionally focused on girls seeking education, but other women's rights issues have been at the forefront for months. amid protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Masa Amini in September. Iran's morality police had detained her for allegedly violating Iran's veil law for women; hundreds more died in the protests that followed. Do you think what we are seeing now is related to the protests? It is no coincidence that this is happening suddenly at this time and the government knows that protests are not dead in Iran, parents fear that some will take their children out of class while authorities vow to find out what is making school children sick.

Iranians and why a member of Iran's parliament who heads the education committee says health officials have detected evidence of nitrogen gas. which could explain many of the symptoms that have sent these school-aged children to the hospital, all creating a greater sense of anxiety in a country of some 80 million inhabitants where women have traditionally made up more than half of the population. student at Steven and Zinclair Universities Josh welcomes a lot more international news now that the United States just approved a major multibillion-dollar arms sale with Taiwan NBC News foreign correspondent Megan Fitzgerald joins us now for this and more Megan Good morning guys, good morning to you, you have several stories to come, but I want to start first in Taiwan, since you mentioned that the US State Department now says that they have approved the sale to Taiwan of ammunition worth millions of dollars, including missiles used for the F-16.

Now this latest sale is likely to be another point of friction between China and the United States or tensions between the two nations are already at the highest levels we have seen in years. Well, now we want to turn to Norway, where police allegedly expelled Swedish climate activist Greta Tunberg and at least nine other people from a protest in which the group spoke out against Norwegian wind farms built on land used by indigenous people. Tunberg said to Reuters that indigenous rights are human rights that must go hand in hand with climate protection and action and finally, a fascinating study from Europe Researchers revealed an analysis of genome data from hundreds of hunters and gatherers who lived in the continent during the time of the Ice Age.

Part of what the study discovered is that the homo sapiens who entered Europe after coming from Africa were dark-skinned. The data showed a shift toward lighter skin among people in Europe between 14,000 and 8,000 years ago. They also discovered that humans living on the Italian Peninsula during this period became extinct because that area was uninhabitable. The only people who survived during that period. The coldest period of the Ice Age was hunters and gatherers living in parts of France and the Iberian Peninsula, such interesting stuff, wow I'm a sight if you have thick skin and can deal with cold weather, apparently you're prepared for it. oh well, I'm not of that generation to learn, okay Megan, thank you very much, and coming soon it's drug resistant and spreading quickly after the break, the CDC's warning about a new highly infectious stomach virus that is sweeping the country and a possible game. game changer for millions of Americans how one company's plan to cap insulin costs would affect the entire pharmaceutical industry you're watching Morning News Now NBC News streaming free now for Dateline premium subscribe now on Apple Podcasts Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way let's get to the point where they started voting on the herd law if you're like Kelly stop talking about Washington this bill basically would provide medical care to veterans. who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott.

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Amesha Dalja, a senior scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, who joins us with more good days, Dr. Dodger, thank you very much for being with us, many people, of course, have heard it. of stomach viruses, but bacterial shigella infections may not be something that many people are really familiar with, so what are the symptoms here and how are we spreading it? So shigella is a bacteria that has been a well-described cause of what's called dysentery or really serious. diarrhea with mucus, sometimes blood, abdominal pain, fever and chills, and there are hundreds of thousands of cases occurring in the United States, they simply have not been resistant to medications and spread the same way many gastrointestinal viruses spread through oral fecal content, which meansthat people don't wash their mouths. hands have fecal matter on their hands or in their food or it gets in someone's mouth and it's usually something that affects children, but in this particular outbreak with this resistance strain it seems to be affecting adults because it seems to have entered in uh Sexual Networks after that end, why exactly are we seeing a rise in drug-resistant strains of shigella right now and who exactly is most at risk?

I know you were referring to children and some adults, so this is not something that happened overnight, this has been In recent years, the CDC has noticed more and more reports of drug-resistant strains of Shigella, so this has been something that is ongoing and I think this is part of the broader general political problem that we have with antibiotic resistance, where there is so much judicious use of antibiotics, a lot of people take antibiotics for coughs and colds and they What it does is make many of our organisms resistant to those antibiotics and we know that during Covid-19 there was a huge overuse of antibiotics when people had coveted 19.

I'm not sure if that's related, but in general we have a problem with antibiotics, who is at risk is children and as you said before, this is very contagious, it only takes a few organisms, maybe 10 organisms to cause an infection, is usually where you see this. but it can infect anyone and what is happening now is that we are seeing this type of movement in networks of men who have sex with men. This is something we saw with monkeypox, which was not strictly a sexually transmitted infection, but it was being transmitted. through sexual contact and that's what's happening with this strain that we're seeing a lot of reports of, it's primarily in men and a lot of men having sex with men rather than the traditional group that usually had Shigella and Doctor, you mentioned some good practices here to help. prevents this so washing your hands that type of thing you also mentioned coveting so a lot of people think about a possible vaccine for this but no it's a bacteria what can be done to prevent the spread the most important thing will be handwashing. wash your hands after going to the bathroom and if you are sick, if you have symptoms of diarrhea, to make sure you wash your hands a lot and that other people know, especially if you are sexually active when you are sick, you want to make sure your partner knows that, the other thing is you know they try to make vaccines for bacterial infections but there haven't been any for shigella, people have been dealing with shigella for a while and you treat it with antibiotics eventually I think a vaccine will be developed but probably not be something that will happen in the short term until then.

I will continue to wash our hands as much as we can Dr. Adalja, thank you very much for your time and we have More details on the main health news that we brought you yesterday. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly says it will immediately cap the out-of-pocket cost of its two best-selling insulin products at $35 a month, but that's not all. The company also says it will drastically reduce. the price of its unbranded insulin at 25 vil, making it the lowest list price for insulin on the market. President Biden praised the decision and said other companies will have to follow suit as a result.

NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren has the details for patients and advocates and Doctors we spoke to say they were surprised but excited by the news that it's being hailed as a big win for diabetes drug maker Eli Lilly, which announced it will reduce the list price of its most commonly prescribed insulin by 70 and limit out-of-pocket costs by 35. a month, such relief is a huge and significant step in making this disease manageable. Anne-Marie Gibson's children both use Eli Lilly insulin for their diabetes. They spoke to NBC News in December as costs in the United States soared for the life-saving drug. angry, it's exhausting in January, the inflation reduction law imposed a monthly cap on insulin costs for seniors on Medicare, but millions of younger diabetics still paid much higher rates.

The move comes after years of political and patient pressure. I think we've all heard enough about insulin. affordability here in America we should be able to solve this problem ourselves. Eli Lilly's limit automatically applies to people with private insurance; Those without coverage will be eligible as long as they sign up for a savings card through the company, but only about 30 percent of the country's 8.4 million insulin-dependent diabetics get it from Eli Lilly. Do you expect other drugmakers to follow suit? I certainly hope so. I think that, in general, all insulins made by drug manufacturers should be affordable and accessible.

Sanofi and Novo Nordis outlined their own savings plans for participants for mom Anne-Marie Gibson is a good start to saving lives rationing insulin is scary some have died knowing their children now face a future where a life-saving prescription won't cost so much price Kristen Dahlgren NBC News okay, now moving on to more breaking medical news Walgreens has announced a partnership with Uber and Doordash to deliver HIV medications to patients for free Walgreens says the service will be available to anyone who live within a 15-mile radius of its stores is part of the company's initiative to support the White House's national HIV strategy, the goal is to reduce HIV infections by 75 percent over the next two years and, in the years to come, it's usually a who's who of the GOP's rising stars, but this year's CPAC will have some high-profile absences, we'll tell you who's skipping out and what it could mean for 2024. and college costs are skyrocketing at some of the country's most elite schools, what students should prepare for next on the Morning News Now we begin tonight with breaking news coming every time it happens, wherever you are.

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NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns is in Maryland, where CPAC is about to kick off its second day, and she joins us now with the final good morning message, Dasha, I can. See a busy room behind you or at least a room that's starting to fill up, so both confirmed 2024 presidential candidates, President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, will be there at CPAC, but who else can we expect to see ? Yes, I think they will, as you mentioned. This is more of a narrative about who's here and who's not, but in terms of the speakers we'll see over the next few days, we'll see my pillows Mike Lindell Senator Ted Cruz Senator Tim Scott Senator J.D Vance Steve Bannon Mike Pompeo Lauren bobert some of those stalwarts from the right wing of the Republican Party and this is really Trump's show, albeit zinc clay.

This is a conference that has been remade in Trump's image. Now it used to be kind of the center of gravity for conservatives every year when this conference happens, but now that the gravitational pull is broken a little bit, as we'll talk about in a moment, there are some notable name people, especially looking ahead to 2024, who don't They're here, so yeah. Dasha, let's get into that because two of the biggest names in the party right now, former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, are skipping this conference, so what exactly are they doing instead and do we know because? the Club for Growth, a private donor event in Florida, also Trump's Turf, of course, they are going to speak there and they will speak to the donors there.

I mean, look, this is significant. Ron DeSantis spoke at the conference last year, but this time. It's kind of a split screen within the Republican Party. You have the president, former President Donald Trump, who is really the main event here. This is the guy that everyone is here to see, but at the end of the conference there will be a straw poll and DeSantis will be on the ballot there, so it will be interesting to see if, of course, this is the Maga crowd that will be here, so if DeSantis can boost the numbers, just a little on that straw. poll at the end of the conference we will be attentive to see what happens there and we will be attentive to see the reception that Nikki Haley will have as Trump's challenger appearing here in her Sinclair Turf test for 2024 Dasha, thank you so much, right now, a new filter tick tock is at the center of a very heated debate among many of the app's users, it has been used more than eight and a half million times and some people love the effect, others say it is annoying. but perhaps even dangerous and creates unrealistic expectations of beauty.

NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro has more on what people are saying about bold glamour. She doesn't even notice that it's a filter anymore. What do you think I look better in it? It definitely did my lips. biggest bold glamor the latest viral Tick Tock filter is causing a stir has users divided over the way it instantly changes their appearance compared to what they see in reality this filter should be illegal here is the real me some are amazed so this is you without Okay, you look normal, okay, this is you with the filter, oh my god, what do you think about how you look?

I think it's amazing, like a famous actress, but not everyone loves that look, even actress Catherine Heigl says this filter is not for me. I don't like having to say so much: Why don't you like it? It seems fake, yes it is perfect, what do you think you have to fulfill? I like this expectation, this appearance is unrealistic andcreates a world in your mind that doesn't exist it's destructive to the identity it refers to this is what a human face looks like content creator Hiro Mustafa surprised by the new standard the filter is setting what is it about bold glamor that makes it Is it different from the other filters we use?

I've seen that it was just a completely different face for me, the lips were bigger, the eyes were bigger, the skin tone was lighter. I have seen more people in my age group than ever undergo cosmetic surgeries to make their faces look more like these filters and I am concerned about how this affects young girls' confidence. A recent CDC study found that 57 percent of teenage girls reported feeling hopeless or sad. Many believe that social media is among the causes of the drastic increase we will see in psychological consequences. Psychology professor Renee England has spent more than 20 years studying the effects of media and photo editing on women and girls, you could be forgiven for not even realizing that every face you see is filtered all the time. , she says that when the filtered face you see is your own, it's a standard you may never be able to reach, it's one thing to compare yourself to a beautiful and famous person and another thing to compare yourself to an extra beautiful version of yourself that doesn't exist anywhere in the world.

Tick ​​Tock has not responded to NBC. Ask for feedback on the new filter, but today Tick Tock announces new restrictions on screen time for users under 18, limiting them to 60 minutes per day before requiring a passcode to continue using. The company says it's all to promote parental involvement. on your children's digital well-being, do you think there needs to be more of that? I'd love to see that, especially for her. Brad Baker's daughter, Abby, is 16 years old. She's fine, what do you think she doesn't look like me? you like it you don't like it I like it I think it's great I don't usually wear makeup, so it's a little strange to see his father, a high school teacher, also try it on and see only subtle changes in his own face. versus a drastic transformation in your daughter's appearance yeah it gives me a little more color in my face and you know it could use a little more hair on top that would be nice you know it's okay and what do you think about what it does on your daughter's face, um, yeah, I mean, I could definitely see them having it, I mean it, you can tell it definitely makes their lips bigger and, you know, eyes with makeup stand out.

I definitely like it 10 times more in natural oil. Oh, and our thanks to Valerie Castro for that report that psychology professor Valerie spoke with. By the way, he says he worries that the filter is creating an unattainable standard of beauty and that our brains really can't help but immediately make that comparison between the filter and our own faces now to our financial headlines Tesla could soon become a little more affordable after a recent bow to reduce production costs. Yes, CNBC and Sylvana now join us with that and more money news. Savannah, good morning. Hi Steven Zinclair, good morning to you, so Tesla is promising. cut the production costs of its electric vehicles in half as plans for the world to embrace sustainable energy, but at the company's Investor Day event last night, CEO Elon Musk did not reveal when Tesla will unveil the long-awaited affordable car that was expected.

To discuss plans to make a less expensive electric vehicle to help broaden Tesla's appeal and fend off competition, Musk said the discounts Tesla has offered this year have led to an increase in demand. Speaking of Tesla, it will soon launch a new unlimited overnight charging plan for thirty dollars a month as part of the company's retail energy business called Tesla electric. It will initially roll out to owners in Texas in July and Tesla says it can afford to do so through its relationships with utility companies that have a surplus of power at night thanks. Due to lower demand and strong wind power, Ted Lasso fans will now be able to get their hands on the coach's famous and persuasive shortbread cookies as a frozen dessert.

Starting today, you can grab a cookie scoop with the boss at Jenny's Splendid Ice Cream Parlors via the store's app or you can buy it online for 12 a pint (described as crumbly shortbread cookies and sweet buttery cream) by some customers. You can also get exclusive products from Jenny's and Ted Lasso the third season of the Apple TV show premieres on March 15 guys and I haven't seen it yet, but now I would like to try the cookies. I'm willing to eat cookies with the boss, yeah, come on, it was delicious after the show Savannah, thank you very much, okay, we're waiting. that long-awaited Supreme Court ruling on President Biden's student debt relief plan, but this morning the cost of higher education is in the spotlight for another reason: It appears that students at several of the universities and The country's elite private schools will face price increases.

Next year, many of these colleges and universities have released their tuition rates for next year and, according to Forbes, students can expect to see at least a four percent increase. Sandy Bomb, senior researcher at the Urban Institute's Education Data and Policy Center, joins us now. to take a closer look at all of this, not the most welcome news, Sandy, thanks for being with us. So why are we seeing this trend in rising tuition rates, especially at that four percent or higher mark? Well, the first thing we need to understand is the price. We are talking about the sticker price.

If you look on the website, what they will say is that if you don't get financial aid, you will have to pay, but most students at these institutions don't pay those prices. These Elite institutions are institutions that need total financial need. to find out how much they think you can pay, you may not agree with that, but then they give you enough help to cover the gap often without loans, so this price that is increasing applies to students from families with income so high that the university thinks they can afford 70 80 90 000 a year, so that's the first thing to understand and then the second thing is inflation.

I mean, seven percent at Stanford is a high increase by historical standards, sure, but remember inflation was, you know, more than six. percent and this year and more than seven percent last year, so these prices are not really keeping up with other price increases in the economy. It's fascinating to think about it that way and you mentioned Stanford, do we know what other colleges and universities are seeing? the highest tuition increases and is it possible to get a general idea of ​​how much these places typically ask? Well, we don't know all the price increases yet, but the other ones they've announced are less than seven percent, we hear about five percent. we heard about four percent and the price range.

I mean, the problem is that Stanford, Harvard, Williams, and Amherst are priced much higher than most private universities in the country, so thinking about you, you know, eighty thousand dollar tuition, room and board. The pricing at some of these institutions is simply not representative of what the vast majority of college students face because they are unusually expensive colleges, but they are cheaper for low- and moderate-income students than often even the local Community College. Without a doubt, a ray of hope. and hearing it that way, Anthony, I know that any institution that people are studying at, paying for college can be really strange financially.

Do you have any tips to help offset any type of increase in costs? There is no doubt that college is very expensive and over time it has become a larger proportion of income for everyone except the people at the top of the income distribution, apply for financial aid, fill out the application federal financial aid, if the institution requests another application, do not hesitate to do so. apply because of the sticker price because you may get generous help but look very carefully at their offers to make sure you understand how much you are expected to pay apply for financial aid that's great advice ok Sandy Baum thank you so much for your ideas, thanks, coming soon, we have a new takeoff this morning.

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Washington needs this bill would basically provide health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because Scott I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. The kind of growing anger we've seen now in politics. I saw you looking. I think your mic, Daniel, you're going to do it on the slide, live TV, man, okay, stay. In addition to breaking news and the biggest stories of the day with NBC News daily, thank you so much for joining us. I'm Morgan Radford and I'm Vicki Nguyen. I'm Aaron Gilchrist and I'm Kate Snow. Get in-depth reports. from all over the country what is your reaction to the president's comments and all over the world there are Ukrainians who continue to make progress and ways to take care of their health who should get tested and, frankly, how often and the costs to your wallet are being shooting how to handle rising prices NBC News every weekday from 12 to 4 p.m.

ET on NBC News now Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight, there's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way and let's get to the point. they've started herd law if you're like Hallie stop talking Washington is this bill would basically give health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. of anger that we have seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your microphone Daniel you are going to do it on the slide Live TV man you are welcome back it was a romantic sight in the sky last night something like that Astronomers say it was a kiss between two planets Jupiter and Venus were very close to each other during the night.

Now, of course, that's not really a case. Some say it's a conjunction, meaning Venus is passing Jupiter as they orbit the Sun, but the planets looked very close. together from our perspective here on Earth, they're actually still about 400 million miles away, although if you missed this last night, the next time Jupiter and Venus kiss will be in February 2032, a little time to work there, well, I thought. We're not supposed to kiss and tell, but it seems like they already told us when the next ones will be, yes, that's right, Stephen, thank you, oh, three,two, one engine, full power and take off, one crew, come on, dragon, come on, falcon, who applauds you, you just heard right. the sound of success coming from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, overnight just after NASA's SpaceX crew had a successful launch into orbit, yes, maybe it's a little sweeter for them because this one was the crew's second attempt to take off this week.

Monday's launch was abruptly canceled due to a filter clog in the engine ignition system as Mazabino, former NASA astronaut and senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Museum joins us now to talk more about this mission , thanks for being here, clearly an exciting day, yes, a great success for them. Yes, but this is only the first part of your journey, so tell us what a crew can expect in these first 24 hours as they acclimatize and try to get some sleep. I'm sure it was a great launch day, so they'll try to get it. a little rest, the next big event for them will be the rendezvous and docking with the space station, which happens about 24 hours after launch, so early in the morning, you know, set your watches around 1:15 Approximately, they should be docked with the space station. space station and they'll come in and set up shop on the space station, oh my gosh, I'm probably really excited that they're on board that space station, yeah, and we know about the crew, there's four men on board, what else do you know about?

This crew, well, one of my good friends, Steve Bowen, is the commander of the mission that he's been on as an astronaut for quite some time. He hasn't flown since the shuttle days, so he was selected. I was selected in 96. He came to NASA in 2000. Oh wow, yeah, and his last flight was in 2011. So it's been waiting a while for this long duration flight, so I'm very excited because Steve Woody Holberg It's another American on board, it's a new astronaut, so it's on its first flight, as the other two crew members are also, we have a Russian on board and also the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates who will pass time on a long duration flight on the space station, so it's a bit historic in that.

I also say that respect for all of them, since you are so close to them, have they given you any idea of ​​what it has been like so far, even with the initial failure? And now, this one, I haven't talked to him since. They've been around the Cape, but these things happen when one of my releases was delayed a day. You know, we woke up thinking we were going to space and then we found out we weren't. They were on the launch pad. although that's a little closer, but all it means is that you have one or two more days to stay and see your family and prepare to leave.

We're following the latest news in South Carolina. Closing arguments are beginning again in the Alec Murdoch trial this comes just as the judge has just dismissed a juror for allegedly having outside conversations about the trial, that juror has now been replaced the defense is now presenting its case to the jury , let's listen, my goal is to address any questions you may have about what I've heard and, frankly, the jury system that we have is the best criminal justice system in the world because it's the only jury system in which the fate of a criminal defendant is put in the hands of his peers in this country, we don't know. leave the decision of guilt or innocence in the hands of the Governor, the attorney general, the prosecutors and the presiding judge, you, ladies and gentlemen, make that decision and, as perfect as our jury system is, there is one thing that I wish it would be provided and exchanged during the course of the trial between us, the office sitting there and listening to what we say and we don't know what questions you have and what you want answered in the same way, you know, we may have questions about you What we can't do here. my chance to try to answer the questions that I think you have, um, there may be some things that I go over that you've already decided on and I'm wasting your time and if I do, I apologize, I really do, but I don't.

Is this case so important? I don't want to leave anything out that any of you might have a question about. I think I can probably talk to everyone in this courtroom. There is one thing about which we on this side have no doubt. What I want to say is that you have all been ideal jurors, we have been here six weeks and each of you has arrived on time every day and you have been very attentive and it has not gone unnoticed and we appreciate you for your service. We know what a sacrifice it is to be away from your home, your job, your family, your personal obligations.

Maybe some of you missed vacations but you've been here on a three-week trial. Here we are at the end of six weeks and I want to thank you personally. I want to thank you on behalf. from Mr. Harpoon, Mr. Barber, Miss Fox, especially on behalf of Alec Murdock, in his opening speech, Mr. Harpoon explained to you that the law governing your service requires each of you to participate in an unnatural task on every jury in a criminal case. they are required to begin the process by presuming that the defendant is innocent, in this case asylum was sought under oath when we began to assume that Alec Murdock is innocent of these charges and, frankly, as he explained, that is not natural when you hear on the news that it is a crime. has happened and the rest have been made to feel a little relieved thank God they caught him and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if some of you, when you read in the paper that Alec Murdock was accused of being the murderous wife and son you thought . oh well you got it but those opinions and each of you when you filled out your questionnaire agreed and stated that you would leave them at the door of the courthouse and that you would decide this case solely based on the evidence and that is what the law requires and we and when we begin, the law also requires that you presume him innocent of these charges.

I've been doing this for a long time and until the advent of instant replay in sports, it's been very difficult to explain how. to do that to juries, how can juries do this, apply this presumption of innocence, and if you're not that interested in sports, I apologize for this analogy, but the analogy is instant replay, whether you're a Clemson fan or from Georgia. On a Saturday afternoon there is a play called on the field and then it is reviewed and according to the rules the call on the field stands unless there is visual and controvertible evidence that the call on the field was incorrect, we see that all purposes of the week in sports here the call the field is out Merlot is innocent innocent of these charges, that is what the law requires and that, unless and until the state proves him guilty, to each of you individually, voting individually , proves his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, then that presumption of innocence stays with him.

You have not been tasked here to give your opinion in this trial. You are tasked with applying the Constitution, the Bedrock principles that protect us all from one government. Those Bedrock principles come first. You will be judged by a jury of your peers. second, let the jury of your peers begin by assuming that you are innocent and third, that you will remain innocent until the government, if it can, proves to you individually in your mind that the person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Now the judge will instruct the jury on what that means Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, but the definition has been defined that Reasonable Doubt is a doubt that would cause a reasonable person to hesitate when making an important decision in their personal affairs, like buying a house, getting married, any important decision and there will be what you will do when you receive this case, probably later this afternoon you will be making one of the most important decisions you have ever made in your life.

I suspect that I don't know all of your background, but it will be a very consequential decision and if the evidence that the state has presented to you makes you doubt when you are going to complete that vote as it is delivered to the Jury Room, each of you will have one vote and you will have the right to vote guilty or not guilty and each of you will write it and if there is any reasonable cause for you to hesitate to write guilty, then the law requires that you write not guilty, this burden of proof that we have many of you may have had experience.

In civil cases, and in civil cases, the burden of proof is much lower and it is called by preponderance of the evidence and you may have seen lawyers or judges or seen it on television as they give a visual picture of Lady Justice, who is blind and who is blindfolded so as not to do so, is not biased one way or the other and there are scales in Lady Justice and those scales are the scales of justice and in a civil case if one of the parties prove their case by a preponderance of the evidence, which means If you tip the scales slightly in their favor, then they are entitled to the verdict.

There is another high level of burden of proof in a civil case called for clear and condensed evidence and the law requires things like evidence fraud or some intentional acts that you have committed. prove with clear and convincing evidence and that is an intermediate level of proof, so it is not simply a matter of tipping the balance slightly in favor of the prevailing party, but you have to get three-quarters of the way there, but now proof beyond A reasonable doubt is the highest standard of proof recognized by law and it must tip the balance completely to one side for the state to meet its burden.

Now a little about the verdict, you will have the option of being guilty. or not guilty, my friend Dick Harperlin here travels a lot, goes through many countries and frequently, he recently returned from Scotland where he attended a jury trial in Scotland and he tells me it's a lot like this, except the lawyers use La wig and I could benefit from something like that, but eh, but in Scotland it works pretty much the same until it comes to the time of the bird and the criminal case and the jury in Scotland, where we derive our laws from, and they are given three options, a.

The option is guilty, the second option is not guilty and the third option is not proven, it is not proven, now here in the United States we have combined the verdict of not guilty and not proven into one of not guilty, so when you go to give your verdict if it is a verdict of not guilty is that you concluded that the defendant is innocent of the charges or that the government has not met its heavy burden of proof Beyond a reasonable doubt now, oh and one of the reasons why that the defendants are presumed innocent and that the government has such a high burden is because in criminal cases the defendant really does not have the capacity does not have the resources does not have the legal authority to execute search warrants citing documents to prove their innocence and that is why the accused cannot secure the crime scene; he cannot survey the crime scene in search of the fingerprints he uses.

Prints cannot secure phones and obtain electronic data in the course of an investigation, so the defendant is limited in what he can do in this case. Well, not June 7, 2021. Alec Martic called. 9-1-1 and Deputy Officer Greene and then followed by other officers arrived at the scene and he is standing on his property, his wife and son are lying dead in a pool of blood, each one is a few feet away from him and he just put a shotgun. below, he just shot Bender and what would that look like in 90 out of 100 cases, when the officer shows up, it would look like the person who had the shotgun and the two bodies could have done it, probably did it, certainly someone who should have be He was very considerate and all the officers in this case told him that he was a suspect, but there are many suspects out there.

They were all suspects. Fair enough, Agent Owen says, "Well, you know, we have an investigative circle and it starts with immediate family members." particularly if they found the victims deceased, so you're in the loop by virtue of calling 9-1-1 and that's fair enough, but what doesn't seem fair to us is that the next morning, June 8, after of the gruesome murders of Maggie and Paul, this is what they put out in a joint press release from Colleton County and Sled that says at this time there is no danger to the public at this time there is no danger to the public we have two people who They have been executed Inside you were outside There I know, 100 yards or 200 yards from Moselle Road they have been massacred and at this moment there is a danger to the public.

Does that tell you that on June 8, law enforcement decided that he should be murdered? It's a fair question for you. to ask a question that has not been fairly answered in this trial, what we know from June 7 to 8, Alec is a suspect and he is in the circle and from that day forward he is at the mercy, he is at the mercy of the Sled's ability to exclude you from that, sir, they have the ability to do the forensic work, they have the ability to interview Witnesses and they have the ability to collect electronic debt and we believe that we have conclusively proven that Sled failedresoundingly in the investigation of this case and if they had done a competent job, Alec would have been excluded from that Circle a year ago but two years ago he would have been excluded.

What did he hear from the witness stand? Have you heard from Chief Barry McCoy? I didn't know Chief McCroy until I got involved in this case, but his reputation is outstanding and he is a professional cosma and he explained that when he got there he was worried that the cars were stopping and there were some tire tracks that were not protected and that could have evidentiary value and at that moment you heard Mark Ball, who had a conversation with the Chief. I mean, excuse me, Sheriff Hill, here's another great Public Service, yeah, and he also we have to stop cars from coming in here to preserve these Tire Impressions. and it wasn't done, it wasn't done uh Captain Chapman of the Collington County Sheriff's Office, testified about seeing other sets of tire tracks.

When you came in on Mozell Road, you probably saw where Officer Green's vehicle had stopped right at the dog kennels, but then on the other side where you saw Alec was parked and walking around in some of these videos, that's where Captain Chapman he had talked about seeing car traps and tried to track them down. The Club was getting closer and then it was like like a trail to nowhere it was a trail to nowhere um Deputy Rutland talked about seeing hair on Maggie's hands. You'll remember that you didn't hear anything about the hair in Maggie's hands from that point on.

Was it tested? Was it sent for analysis, was there no evidence that if something happened to the hair on Maggie's hands, it was as a result of a struggle with her attacker, it was her own hair. I mean, we don't know the answer to that, we know they didn't take fingerprints. from the feeding room and they should have, they didn't properly take the shoe impressions from the feeding room or on the platform just outside the future and I think that's what I mean, I don't think that doesn't contradict Agent Worley who did. to the best of his ability he didn't go there to document Footwear Impressions didn't do it, you heard from our expert, Mr.

Dirty, what was required and I think Dr. Kinsey also agreed that it wasn't done. I know Mr. Pomback did it and and both of them now. We'll get to the shooting angles in a moment, but both Dr. Kinsey and Mr. Palmbeck have this Paul killer standing on the concrete, standing on the concrete, if one foot is on one foot, boy, both feet are inside, but there should have been shoe impressions, but we. We will never know because it was not preserved, it was not taken. What has baffled us and completely baffled us is why they never took DNA samples from Maggie's clothes, her dress, why they never took DNA samples from Paul's clothes, they never did, ever. he did it when we asked his investigator why he didn't do it right, that's someone else's shop, that's someone else's job, it was never done, but you know who, who, the clothes they took DNA from extensively, now look and you heard Agent Zapata speak. all the different racks on his shirt where the DNA was where samples were taken was Ellen assaulted on June 7th no he wasn't assaulted was Alec fighting with the attacker on June 7th there is no evidence of that so why are they taking evidence Alex's DNA? clothing in June 2021 and there is only one reason and it goes back to this right here, there was only one reason, only one reason is that they had decided that unless we find someone else, it will come out, unless we find someone else, I know Alan, it's the um and I'll go into more detail about Maggie's phone and Maggie's phone was not secured properly.

Magnus' phone was, well, let me get right into it. Maggie's funnels were found on the side of the road, uh. in the morning or early afternoon of June 8, whoever killed her threw that phone on the side of the road without a doubt, without a doubt, um, Alec from the beginning said, "you're going to get Maggie's phone, "You'll get my phone if you get mine." star data and you won't see my car traveling down the road with Funk worms because it didn't happen, it couldn't happen, take them, have you received it yet? No, no, no, we sent the black box from the uh in the Chevy to the FBI it was a new model turns out the data is encrypted and we don't have it right yet, what about doing the engines?

I mean, I'll do what I have to do, everything I can do, and um, then. Well, you know, we're looking into it, we're looking into it. Well, what we learned during this trial is that Sheriff Sled faxed a subpoena to someone in Detroit, I believe, and whoever received it in Detroit, there was a number. I had no idea what the reason was, but we do know that the initial response was: we don't have anything, we don't have any OnStar data that you're looking for, no, there's no indication that Sled followed up with a phone call. sled indication follow up with a letter no sled indication did nothing more than put it in a file put the response in the file and that was it, ladies and gentlemen, until someone who was observing this trial somewhere contacted someone from General Motors and then why?

Are you not cooperating with the FBI and heading into this investigation? What are you talking about? Fridays, you know, for the last six weeks. Lo and behold, here come all these Star Diner things that you have to see that would be great, that would be great, but because of the fact that when they confiscated Maggie's phone they had put it on airplane mode, they knew how to put it on airplane mode, sorry, I'm losing business, oh, there's pollen, something else, uh, they put it on airplane mode, but what you'll see, I got a picture is that the location services were still on, which means they were still pinging the GPS satellites. and phones don't have as much memory, they contain a lot of data, as we had learned, but it doesn't It doesn't contain as much memory and it writes over itself and for GPS location services, the weak points that we see in Paul's phone, oh, in all that data that would have been on Maggie's phone for the seventh time, except for the fact that it wasn't. um, it wasn't pulled until June 16, I think that's the date, but if I'm wrong, I apologize, but it's mid-June and the ping information we see at Paul's Farm for Maggie's phone is showing up again. . like June night, well, a lot of good, that does a lot of good, and sometimes we don't have it, we would have had it if they had extracted it earlier and did a good job, plus we didn't have updated software that I would read that it took us a while to get it .

I don't know why it took them a while to get it. There's really no explanation about it, but you heard about Faraday bags put in the Faraday bag, so it doesn't pay against satellites that don't override. they didn't do that and it's lost if they had I hope we wouldn't be here I hope because I know I would say because we have enough evidence in the record and we have to go around our elbow to get to our thumb. to get there, but there is enough evidence in the record to show that Murdoch is not driving down the Moselle road with worms flying in the car and throwing them around at any time when he passed by the 908, I don't know what time they think it is. thrown away, but that would have gotten him out of the loop, I hope, but probably not because they've been so focused on him now, as I mentioned.

Alec asked several times. I think the client was five times Agent Owen, Agent Owen, do you know if you get? This data will show that I wasn't there and you know yeah, we didn't know why they didn't disconnect Alex's phone until very recently because in Gene, you'll remember that on June 10th he gave her his phone, yeah. can I copy it please copy it because it will show that I was not driving my phone was not with Maggie's phone at any time on the road or and then I did what I said I did right they had it extracted but what we have learned is that the extraction was a surface extraction, not because Alec requested it, that's just what they did, they said a logical surface extraction, so they didn't go in and pull up any GPS ping data as seen on Paul's phone. it didn't come out of the allergies, the foreigner hadn't made those requests, oh, and they're arguing that one thing you can be 100 sure of is that they would have gone to detective, oh, and here on the witness stand during their case rebuttal to say no, he's lying, he didn't ask me that, I mean, they brought Sheriff Smalls here to say I didn't give him permission to put a blue light on his car, they came and questioned if he had authority from the sheriff or whatnot instead of an assistant. shares to put a blue light on his car but it doesn't contradict anything you said I've been asking I've been asking I've been asking for this data that would get me out of the loop and now we know Why did it take so long to get the stuff out of his car?

It's because General Motor, I mean, it's because the FBI didn't go to General Motors at this event. The facts were that the FBI was there and they bought a Suburban. They're spinning it around and they're reverse engineering all these systems to try to generate reports and then they and they come here and say, well, it's not complete, something's inaccurate, but this is what we got and during the middle of that's a little star, fortunately we did it, fortunately we did it and then we get to Labor Day weekend 2021. For Alex, a long-time drug problem, there are financial problems, bad behavior or exposed and that It made him an easy target, the first to go and I hate to say this. but the evidence is very clear from that moment when they started fabricating evidence against Ellen, well, Mr.

Griffin, that is a terribly horrible picture. Didn't all the lawyers accuse the authorities of fabricating evidence? And you know, I can tell you that this guy here was a federal prosecutor. a state prosecutor and some of my best friends are in law enforcement and I don't make that statement likely here what you haveI heard they filed a report that says Master Alex had high speed blood spatter. Blood splash at high speed. What's that? That means you're a few feet away from a shooting and they didn't do it. the report says as a result of Paul's murder High velocity blood spatter on a shirt as a result of Paul's murder, that was number one, well let's get on with number one, well why not say that's made up ?

Well, you heard Agent Zapata said we did confirmatory hematrasa. blood test on that shirt that means there are two types of tests there is a presumptive test which is what they use a product called lcv that makes it turn purple where there might be blood but it turns purple with other agents too including the chlorine, you heard that too I heard the shark came out of the bag with it and it smelled like detergent, anyway they spray it and it turns purple in places so they think it must be blood. The next thing they do in the sled lab is do a confirmatory test to see if it's blood. blood 0 for 74. no blood no blood that didn't stop that didn't stop the sled from coming out and chasing him with a vengeance this report they didn't give the result of the blood test to the guy in Oklahoma and and and when When it came to light, something had a problem on their hands and they were pushing him until this problem arose and you heard testimony from the stand that they went from Mr.

Damn Safe before this trial to Mr. Clean during this trial and they are asking questions and raising issues during the trial with Blanca where were her clothes, no one asks about the men's clothes she had on in the Snapchat video, you know, at seven o'clock with the sun until November or so, I think that's what she said, I mean the topic to change clothes, um, it was late for the dance because when they went, as you heard, they went to the Colony County grand jury to get an indictment that you're going to deliberate on, they told that grand jury.

They had an expert report that said High Velocity Blood Splatter and that's Officer Owen. I said when you went to the grand jury when God gave you the report, how did you not know that he is the Chief and Buffy if you didn't know that there is a hematrace test that says it's not blood, well, I didn't get the email, I did. You'll say in a somewhat jazzy tone, but you know, if the dog eats his email, I mean, as the lead investigator on the case, I won't get the lab report. says there's no blood on the shirt now we're introduced to Oakland and we were Raising Cane about it and were saying how can you say this on one side and that on the other and here we are with a Mr.

Clean theory that got washed away. After brutally murdering Maggie and Paul, he grabs a hose, washes himself off, and gets into a golf cart naked, I guess, and drives to the house, so that's the blood splatter fabrication, the other one is this blue raincoat. with GSR and do you remember? That testimony that Shelley Smith, who worked for Miss Libby and Mr. Randolph, had told Sled after September after Alec had his problems, was exposed after she had a conversation with an Allendale police officer after from an accident investigation where she was in an accident that in the morning she said here, um, like theWednesday after Mr.

Randolph's funeral and it turns out to be, I think, June 16, when Alex shows up at the Almeda house around 6:30 in the morning knocking on the door trying to get in and he has a blue. tarp and with this blue tarp he, she lets him in, goes upstairs with her blue tarp, comes back downstairs, places her blue tarp on Miss Libby's retirement rocking chair in the living room and then he leaves and then she He leaves to go to his day job and when he left, I think a tarp was covering Ole Miss Libby's rocking chair. I mean, that was her testimony and then the sledder gets a search warrant that goes to Alameda and they confiscate a blue ranger and they see that it's a blue ranger. and when they do, they take that blue rain jacket and they show it to almost everyone in the family quickly so they can think and they are the accused 87 Doug, if you can put it on, but they show this blue rain jacket to the office . men, family members, since they can't contact them and the waterproof jacket is uh and no one recognizes it, no one sees it, no one, no one says that Alex won it, no one said that Paul won it, no one said that Busters never.

I wanted there to be a Maggie's ever worn, I haven't seen this blue raincoat I haven't seen this blue ranger one more thing about this blue raincoat when they did the search in Almeida and they did the search in Almeida John Marvin was there and he jumped out and ask him what you found something and tell him, well, we found a blue rain jacket on the property, on the property, in the truck, and he said, well, you know, my dad drives a cart and maybe it fell off the back of the His mistake clearly He understood that John Margo was back at the property and was then asked to come and look at the blue waterproof jacket and was told it was found in the closet.

Wolf's Towing is in the closet and he said no. It sounds good and they never clarified it, they clarified it now here is the photo. I'm not even going to post it, but I'm going to call 411. It's a picture of this closet and you can see the blue rain jacket that just got folded up and stuff. Down here on the baseline is the Blue Ranger, and apparently just before this trial, they showed Shelley Smith this photo and said, Does that look like the blue pie you saw? Well, yeah, yeah, it sure looks like it's underneath this thing that they never showed. she this and she said this is 87 it's on the street she's never seen them she's never seen them but I did GSR tests on this he says it's hot it's hot a lot of GSO a lot of GSR made this ladies and gentlemen and then um and then him and there's this issue of misrepresenting what the type of ammunition is found in the shotguns at The Residence at Moselle Paul was killed with a first shot, it was a bug shot, but it was in his chest, they turned him this way and he entered here. and then in his arm and that was Buckshot, the second shot was in the head, if someone is an expert, what pathologist sees this way or this way, but in the head and that was still a duck shot.

I learned that you can't shoot ducks. with anything other than steel shot because they don't want lead in the water so you have to have steel shot and then H. Would not testify reluctantly admitted that he had testified before the grand jury that four guns were found on the property in The Gun Room 12 gauges that were loaded or I'm not saying 12 gauges Sorry, four shotguns that were loaded with buckshot and buckshot, there's another four so that matches up well, guess what is totally false, that wasn't totally true. and he admitted on the stand that it wasn't true, he wanted to tell an alley during the interview and he said, well, I can do tricks, I can do it and we'll see about it shortly, but he and then I said, are you trying to trick?

Greatness no, I didn't say that well, we went through it and he saw it and he didn't remember it and you'll remember the testimony and I said well, people make mistakes, right? Yes, that was a mistake. and it's okay to make mistakes, yes, and you can make mistakes over time, well that's the most common thing that people make mistakes. It's not okay for Alec Murdock, who is in the center of the circle, and it's not okay for him to make mistakes over time. it's not okay according to the same investigator who says it's okay it happens all the time but here we go and then Eureka Eureka they finally break into Paul's phone in April 2022 and come let me see Alec well don't you see Ali Come to Cash the dog, and they see Paul's feet walking and they hear voices in the background, one of them sounds like Alan and they leave, they leave and they get an indictment from the Colony County grand jury based on high velocity blood. splashes trusting that Four Guns had the same charge and lying on a waterproof jacket that GSR has and Alex lying about being on the couch now we know after being here six weeks of those four things that were on.

I'll turn it off, um, yeah, what we know is that three of those four things that were presented to the Collin County grand jury that you're going to deliberate on for the indictments coming back are not true, no, blood spider, no, No. GSR waterproof jacket that has ever been connected to Alex at all and there are no loaded weapons so we are left with the line we have a lot left Alex lied about being in the kennels and I did them and why he lied and that is certainly a fair question and that is and frankly I probably wouldn't be sitting there right now he hadn't lied but he did lie and he told you he lied and he told you why he lied he said he lied because I tell you he lied because that's what addicts do addicts lie um he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons that he no longer wanted uh scrutiny on him, which is the most ironic thing in the world because depending on the day of the week his The theory is that he killed his wife and his son to distract from an impending financial investigation, but he gets in the middle of a murder investigation and puts himself in the spotlight of a media storm, that's his motive and we'll get to that, but he lied, he lied due to his drug paranoia and was clearly in the throes of addiction.

I'm glad for all those reasons, but when he didn't lie when he didn't lie it's because he was covering up the fact. that he killed Maggie and Paul that's not the reason he did it Doug, could you play the video from the dog pound please? I'm going to play the video from the kennel, thank you, okay, that's a beautiful chicken, thank you, four minutes later the state will accept you. believe Alec's murder in Cleveland's brain and murder his wife after having that conversation about Bubba having organic chicken four minutes later, his case wants you to believe it's a family in the pounds doing what families do . they're checking on a dog, they tell Bubba that he's outside running and they say Bubba is the chicken now, why wouldn't Alec want the authorities to hear that?

I mean, there's nothing on that tape, there's nothing on that tape that indicates there's any conflict, any conflict. angry any planning, someone being afraid, someone running, no one running, nothing, Maggie in the pound, that's it and their timeline is based on the fact that this automated thing ruined me, but the point was that it was going to open this and say: you know. According to their theory, if your phone doesn't move for a period of time, you're dead, so you could get hit by traffic two hours later, but if you don't respond to the text two minutes after receiving it, you're dead at that point and that's his case that's his case at the moment of death it's the phone stop moving you're dead you've heard the testimony of many witnesses uh I would say virtually all the witnesses who took this and who actually knew Alec and Maggie, Paul and Buster testified in others how much Alec loved Maggie, that she was his.

Some people describe Paul as Alex's best friend. His relationship with him was incredible and that was unanimous, unanimous. I want to briefly play a clip from Blanca's Testimony about Alex's relationship with Maggie. I also think in multiple interviews with um sudor and other people they described it. I think the words became strange. Yes sir. What does that mean? Maggie what was it. She had to order. She loved. She adored her. she adored her, I mean, he just treated her like someone he adored, right, exactly, yeah, this was her testimony from the witness stand, um, and then at every trial you just hope to find some very authentic Witness , part of the fabric of America that comes in the support room and we had in this case and it's Dale Davis and I want you to remember what Dale testified about Alex's relationship with his family, we play Bill Davis and Maggie, what does that mean? , No?

Yeah, and he told you what he meant by that, oh. every time he always said you know they could raise their voice at his wife, hurt you so important, well I don't see people, none of them are you, but he always whatever she wanted or the boys wanted, he would try to get it and how would do. What was your observation about the relationship with Paul? Well, that was Dale Davis, which brings us to the question of why Alec Murdick would execute on June 7 his son Paul and his wife Maggie, whom he adored and loved. Why the state theory is that He said it was a storm of clouds coming on Horizon and that his financial house of cards is about to collapse and he is about to be exposed and so he does what every rational person would do: kill his wife and son, which is his theory of motive that's his theory of motive which, oh, and it worked too, by the way, because he killed his wife and son, guess which secondary genius stopped asking questions for a few weeks, oh, in the case at hand, that won't be worth anything now. that his wife or his son have been murdered because he is understanding.

Have you heard anything Mr. Waters and I agree on? The best thing about jurors is that they bring their common sense here and use their common sense and that's what it's all about, that's what the collective Wisdom of it is all about and collectively, individually, thank you, what kind of sense does that make? Alex, his financial house is a disaster, he is stealing money from clients, he has to present a financial statement, perhaps at an upcoming hearing and his father returns to the hospital. The day his dad goes back to the hospital that day and hopefully dies a few days later, okay, then I get a call.

Jenny is coming, my dad is going to the hospital. Paul returns home. It would be a good time to kill. Paul, wouldn't you think that's the theory of the case if you don't accept that Beyond a reasonable doubt, ladies and gentlemen, I submit that the verdict has to be innocent, so there is no reason to for him to do it, is there no reason now? I have heard many testimonies about these financial crimes and he told you that he did it, he told you that he did it to support a very expensive drug habit and none of that seems like an excuse, but he is an addict, an addiction is real and addicts lie. .

Addicts cheat and it's still a pain to keep getting their drugs. In this case you were allowed to hear only to consider whether he murdered his wife and son because he had this stormy economy, they were going to be exposed, that's why he murdered, that's what they said that's why and that's why you can consider it now Judge Newman and his jury instructions will tell you that's all you can consider before you can't consider it saying man I never knew he could do that so if he could do that he must be able to commit the crimes most atrocious crimes in the world, killing his wife and son, executing him.

Style, that's a No-No, the use of that evidence, the only permissible use of the evidence is for it to be sufficient provocation for him to kill. his wife and son is reason enough, not spread no, in the Evanston cases there was no imminent financial ruin on June 7th June 7th was a day that, frankly, was no different than any other day in the style of Alec Murdock's frenetic life, he had so many balls in the air and even um I forgot the name of his paralegal and I apologize. I think Christy said she would come like a Tasmanian devil.

I mean, he was frantic. uh and they were at this rate of 792 thousand dollars. in the Ferris case and they were asking questions that put Chris Wilson's office in the um, but the reason they were worried they weren't worried that he was stealing money, they were worried that he was protecting money trying to hide it from the being. Litigation revealed and dedicated when she was accused and they wanted nothing to do with it and that situation with the voting, I mean, excuse me to the Ferris team, he, as a second year Junior High School Miss, said it was something unique that it was completely on his own, a different type of behavior than all the other things you heard about that was a one-time thing and what happened on June 7th, she says I'm in his office and he gets a phone call that his father came back to put in the hospital and she thinks that he told her it was terminal, maybe he has it, I don't know, you know, but her father was admitted to the hospital again.

He was not terminal that day, but the next day he received the terminal diagnosis. In that case, she takes off her CFO hat and puts on her mama bear hat and hugs him and a friend and you know her theory is that he kills Maggie and Paul to buy time for his investigation, that's it. that theory, that is their theory and it is totally invented, they have no evidenceof that there is no evidence that Maggie was aware of his financial misdeeds there is no evidence that she was about to report him there is no evidence that she owned a 20 million life insurance policy and that if he, if she he murdered, he could do it if you get out of the financial bond, none of that, none of that and I asked my secondary how long of a delay did that on Alex's part, in what month, maybe a month a month, that's his theory. that's what your case is based on and then the hearing on this motion is um there is a motion hearing scheduled for Thursday, it had previously been scheduled two other times and was continued at the last minute on the other occasions because two of the attorneys had cancer and we were receiving treatments but I wasn't sure it would continue previously.

Did you go and murder someone you know to get out of one of those pretrial hearings? No, this had nothing to do with it and you know, they brought in the players' lawyer. He was an excellent lawyer and, you know, like any regular lawyer, I'll wipe his rag, I'll take away everything he has, that's what everyone says, so we had to bring in the defense lawyer to say it was a case of negligent upbringing and it wasn't worth it, the document was written about friends, that's who we are in the murder case and that's what we have to deal with because that's their foreign motive theory, Financial Judgment Day was imminent .

If it had been like that, Allen would not have killed the people he loved most in the world, there is no evidence that he would do it, we do have evidence of what he would do and did and if he will present exhibit 125 of the defense, which is in evidenced by the second third quarter of September. I forgot that today is Labor Day weekend and he gets his drug dealer Curtis Eddie Smith to shoot him in the head so they couldn't continue because everything was going to fall apart and he had a big life insurance policy, so that when Alex is in a financial meltdown he's not going to kill, someone else tries to end this himself.

This is a natural response, you don't want anyone to do it, but these people commit suicide from being exposed, no. kill them in life they worship the sun, the apple of their eye as some people have said that is not that is not that I don't have the adjective for that that is so extravagant I don't know I don't have a word for that totally illogical, irrational and crazy, those These are words that I wrote for someone to kill their loved ones when their criminal behavior is being exposed, so I can tell you that now yes, thank you, although we heard a lot from Mr.

Waters yesterday and I have been in Mr. Waters' position, like I explained to him, I was a federal prosecutor for several years and I was a part-time state prosecutor mainly and I am and I have done a job, it is a very rewarding job and I have it and I hold your position in very high regard, but sometimes people look trapped in a case and have the desire to win, they get so intoxicated with the attention that the case that you already know attracts. They start with a kind of win-at-all-costs approach and I'm going to go over some things that Mr.

Waters told you that are simply not facts and are not supported by the facts and evidence that you heard and before. I want to give you a warning: we lawyers are not witnesses. I didn't take an oath to stand here and talk to you. I have ethical obligations about what I can say and limitations under the rules. but I'm not a witness, I'm here to talk to you about the evidence and the same goes for Mr. Waters, you decide what the evidence is, you decide and also I'm going to take a short break for about 10 minutes please.

And I'm talking about the case abroad, are we okay? We've got our coverage team here breaking down what's happening during this 10-minute break in the Murdoch trial. We've been listening to the defense team's closing arguments right now trying to rebut everything that was. he said yesterday during the prosecution's closing arguments and joins us now for more on this. We have our attorney Angela Sandella here to discuss everything we have been hearing in this case. We heard many of them trying to achieve it. Reasonable doubt they started from the beginning, the defense team tried to point to that and then they questioned the motive, like why Murdoch would do this.

Do you think they have been effective so far? I think he's been great, I've seen it. First, three things, the defense went on the offensive and they actually accused the state of fabricating evidence, so the idea is that you say Alec is a liar, guess what, the state is a liar too. Second, we saw them question the entire competence of the investigation. When we started to see the defense saying that we actually could have been Paul's enemies, it could have been these other people. The shooters questioned the competition and that will lead to that. The third thing I think we saw is the motif you're seeing here.

Look at everyone. of these people have testified that this man loved his wife he loved his son only to equate that financial crimes would result in murder. It's a logical fallacy, so I think he's been strong. Yeah, I was also wondering we were talking about that briefly. The idea that Alec Murdoch wasn't, that's not a rational thing for him, according to the defense, it's not rational for him to kill his wife and son to try to cover up these financial crimes, but as we were talking about, there's a lot of things that did. that's not rational, including what they just mentioned and that roadside suicide by a major attempt is a good point they're making by mentioning that roadside attempt, well, they have to mention that because with the issue of reason at this point the jury will be wondering what this man could have done, so you have to start from a basis of rationality, but that is what the deliberations will cover, the jury will be wondering if this witness is credible or not. his rationality led to this or would have led to something else and I want to bring in our legal analyst Danny Savalas, who I know has been supporting Danny.

You told us at the beginning of the hour that you weren't doing anything and that we'll have Danny soon. But Angela, I'm actually going to bring it back to you. I'm wondering if you know that you've correctly outlined the things that you expected, the things that you think you argued incredibly loudly, was there anything that they haven't said yet that you? I'd like to hear after the break that you were surprised to hear them bring up those crazy theories that we saw over the last few days, that it could have been two different Shooters, it could have been the people on social media who are against Paul, because either them of these questions could lead to an acquittal, all the jury needs is one question: could it have been this person, this person, that person?

Well, the prosecution never understood, it was definitely Alec Murdock. They placed it in the scene they were shown. being a liar over and over again and that might be enough, but whether they actually placed him there as the murder is really the bigger question and interestingly they also delve into the fact that they didn't actually investigate other people as thoroughly as they did it. What did he do to Alec? What do you think they really drove this home in the closing arguments? That is, they went through this little hole of Reasonable Doubt and tried to expand it.

That's what the defense is doing successfully. I think here they started by saying that they didn't test the clothes, they didn't look at Maggie when she was a victim and actually see if the DNA on her was Alec or someone else, so they started with that little hole and then we'll see them start. expanding it by saying well it could have been the sign it could have been dad it could have been sorry dad's friends it could have been all kinds of people yeah and going over what the defense is trying to bring here right now the prosecution were really hitting hard on that one timeline, they were trying to pigeonhole Murdoch by saying means, motive and opportunity, basically saying no one else could do it.

There are questions about whether people believe that motive is actually what he would do to try to hide financial problems. crimes, but when looking at the prosecution's case, do you think the defense is doing a good job of refuting that timeline? Well, we haven't seen the end of the defense yet. I don't think we've seen a real timeline reputation. but I hope those are his next steps here and right now we have NBC News correspondent Katie Beck outside the courthouse in South Carolina. Katie's obviously a lively day even starting with the dismissal of a juror accused of discussing the case with outside parties. and removed properly, then they brought in another jury, what's the lay of the land looking like right now, Katie, well, I mean, I think it was kind of a sideshow this morning, before we get into the real meat of things, let them There were two alternates left, so I replaced that juror with an alternate.

The judge was very kind. I thanked the jury for his service. I don't think he intentionally spoke about this case, but I advised him not to and we have interviewed the people who brought that case. to our attention and we feel that it is best for the case and the integrity of the case to remove him from the jury, that is why there are alternates, there is still another alternate if for some unforeseen reason they have to replace him. Another jury, but only one alternate remains. I think the things that stood out to me so far this morning is the fact that the defense is leaning into that kennel video instead of doing that kind of big turning point evidence like the prosecution suggested yesterday what they're saying. is that all the video shows is a family that has a loving relationship that we are spending time together in the kennels, they are saying that the moment of death is when these cell phones stopped moving, so it was close in time, but you know that needs to be debated, so I think it's interesting to hear the defense bring up the dog pound video in a kind of positive light where they're definitely leaning toward that.

I also think that what we predicted yesterday, uh, the fact. that they were going to mention all this witness testimony and no one that described a conflict, a fight, it's a malice, anger, you know, even hatred that was ever seen or exhibited between Alec Maggie and Paul, that of course these relationships were loving and described that way by everyone who had daily encounters with them, so we expected them to bring that up and the defense expects to see more of that as they delve into this argument. I kind of agree that they initially know this as we saw yesterday.

It takes a minute to get to the meat of what you're going to be. To know the real meat of the argument, it takes a minute for the person presenting the final argument to hit their stride, like they did yesterday, we hope it's probably the same today. , an important point and I want to say that we heard from 75 almost 75 Witnesses across the board and we really saw in these closing comments a lot of emphasis leaning on some of that information, yes, he attempted suicide, yes, some of these less flattering takes, they were still and they looked at that, so Katie, is there anything you can see?

We're hoping that after the break they still haven't touched on this testimony, well, I think they're going to come back to that reason because I think it's something they can work with and put it in the jury's head as a reasonable doubt, you know? Is it reasonable that someone who is facing financial danger and doesn't want to be the center of attention would want to provide a distraction or sympathy or a cover for exposure to be placed directly in the middle of a murder investigation and perhaps this frenzy? massive amount of media that would surround it makes sense.

Does it make sense that someone who had excellent relationships with his wife and his son in every way would suddenly have a moment of joy one minute and then a brutal one? execution next time, I mean, that's the kind of reasoning that I think we'll see them turn to the jury, why it's really going to be at the center of what I think is coming and I think that reason has It's always been a hill Steep hill here has been a steep hill for the prosecution, you know, for the average person maybe it's a minute to think about whether this makes sense, so I think that's what we're going to hear about later.

Great analysis, Katie. I also want to bring in our attorney, legal analyst, Danny Savalos, to learn more about this. Danny. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this since Katie just mentioned. The defense changed that timeline with that video. the kennels with his voice saying: how could they go from having a light family moment to, according to the prosecution's schedule, just four minutes later, was when they said he killed his wife and his son? Do you think that was effective? the defense is a gift and that gift is injecting a motive into the case that they didn't need to inject, which is that this defendant killed his wife and son to gain Garner's sympathy or because the walls were closing in on him and everything that followed. that for the defense will follow from that error, the reason I say that is that that is the weakest part of the state's case, that the idea that people can't swallow the idea that someone would kill their wife and son if financial and other crimes are coming. prosecutions for fraud or whatever the case may be, so it is not surprising that the defense nowHe's harping on that because it's his best point, plus it's a relatively run-of-the-mill case, except for this reason.

Theory, so no surprises here. You see the defense talk about Reasonable. I doubt the burden of proof, the fact that the burden of proof here is the highest in the law and then they're going to hammer home the fact that there's this ground for prosecution that doesn't make sense and that's why they can file evidence that it seems that this is someone who loved his wife and son, which is really inconsequential because someone who loves his wife and son can still kill them again. It's because the state made motive part of this case. Motive is not a necessary element of the crime.

Yes it is. evidence of intent in the cases, but it may be or may turn out to have been a misstep on the part of the state to rely even on this ground. Theory and Danny, plus the reason. Theory, we saw the defense really dig into the fact that they believe law enforcement. compromising the crime scene, do you think that was effective in establishing Reasonable Doubt? They had to go there. They had to go to every point in the investigation where they believe authorities made a mistake or had tunnel vision. You heard a variation of that argument.

With tunnel vision, they decided from the beginning that this was the accused and colored all their evidence after that to make him the bad guy, although I must point out a bit of inconsistency there because they also argue that, well, from the beginning they announced that the the public is in no danger of casting doubt on the way the investigation was conducted, so you have a lot of the classics here for a defense that closes holes in different parts of the state's case, saying it was a shoddy the only problem with that is this even though the defense doesn't have the burden here even if the state's investigation was shoddy no one has answered the question so who the hell else was there who else could have done this again The defendant doesn't have the burden of proof but it sure would help if they could and to that point, Angela, I want to bring you back here because you've essentially stated the defense's arguments so far, but is there anything they haven't gotten right yet?

Something you want to hear them say well. Frankly, the last part for me was very complicated when he said that it seems like someone who is in a difficult financial situation would commit suicide but not kill his family that way. That's not rational, like you said Stephen. Rationality is important when you go through motive because you're trying to convince the jury why to ask you this question. I'm curious to know what he thinks. We know that jurors have been told they can hear this financial information. The judge has allowed it, but to use that information not because of its character but only for that reason in a jury room.

You will be able, as humans, to separate that in your minds, you will be able to think about this, the fact that he lied and the fact that he committed these financial crimes that he admitted to under oath. Can you separate those two things in your mind, character versus motive, this is the big dilemma that bothers criminal defense lawyers everywhere, which is when you present this evidence of essentially bad character, how the hell do you tell the jury and You explain that they are supposed to consider it for this and not for the guilt of the accused, the reality is that at least we, the defense attorneys, think that they do not differentiate that when they enter the jury room it is too nuanced a concept, it is difficult to determine whether you are using this or not. character evidence to show something like motive, absence of mistake, some of these other reasons where instead of using it, this guy did bad things in the past, therefore he's guilty, it's a difficult concept to understand, which is why defense lawyers fight against the introduction all the time.

This 404 B evidence, as it is commonly called, the idea is that if prior bad acts are presented, the jury will use them against the defendant anyway, no matter how they are instructed in order to instruct the jury, whether they actually follow or not that instruction because it's a bit complicated, remains to be seen and I just want to add another point. Angela made a good point talking about the last thing we heard, which was the defense argument that when this defendant is under financial pressure, he seeks suicide and that it makes more sense, but the problem with that is that the jury can conclude when They're going to deliberate, yes, but he's looking to kill one way or another, so I think it could go both ways.

I mean, I think he could be like Angela says or he could be. It would be problematic for the defense and if they were the ones who made that point, Danny, thanks for that and Angela, I think they could go back to the courtroom, but I wanted to ask you before we check back in with them once they're done. We'll go to them to start with, but I was going to just ask you if the defense's behavior today was a little more heated, what do you think of that? Personally, I like this defense attorney's style. I felt like it was rational reasonable rather than reasonable doubt it was someone I wanted to listen to I felt like the prosecution yesterday was a little more aggressive in your face I felt like I was back in a law school classroom listening to this professor say, believe me , I'm right so I thought the defense was nice, well we have more testimony to come now that the jury is re-entering the courtroom and we thank Danny Angela and Katie for their analysis, we'll be back there for closing arguments that are being carried out in the Alec.

The Murdoch trial, thank you foreigner, looks like it will be a little while before they start their closing arguments again, you can continue, they are bringing the jury back right now, here comes the defense, it looks like they are about to resume and we will. Listened yesterday and uh, Mr. Waters is closing the argument. He said the evidence established that Paul and Maggie were murdered with family firearms and that may be his opinion of the evidence, but that is not a fact. In fact, the state's ballistics expert testified that the 12-caliber projectiles found you in the feed room?

They were shot with the same shotgun as the projectiles. The things that rolled under the door were shot with the same gun. That's all he testified was the shotgun. Now they've put a lot of guns. There's evidence here that has nothing to do with the crime. so we don't know what shotgun was used, it could have been a shotgun purchased at Walmart that afternoon, it could have been a 20 year old shotgun, but all the ballistic evidence is shell casings. they were shot with the same gun and you will know that you really need experts for that, but that's what the testimony was on the shotgun regarding the 300 Blackout.

You'll remember that guy Paul Greer testified. that the cartridges found that the man at the crime scene was shot with a 300 Blackout yes, that the tool marks are called tool marks that the extractor and ejector marks of the cartridges found at the crime scene matched the two extractor and ejector marks on some cartridges found in the house and some found on the practice range, excuse the shooting range and uh, but what he didn't say was that where the firing pin breaks, that's one of the more reliable indications, it didn't match any match and he didn't either I didn't compare projectiles, a projectile was found and I'll say projectile, that's the bullet, that's the bullet because it entered Maggie's body and it broke, but one went into the house of the dog and it was found in the dog's bed and So they have that and what they didn't do is take that projectile and take the projectiles out of the berm where the shooting range was and compare them to see if they matched and that is the most reliable way to do it now, you know, and David Owens. notes, he said, he said the ballistics expert can't be 100% sure until you have the gun and you heard you know my cross examination of Agent Greer and this tool marks them.

Ballistic testing is some soft science, it's kind of the criticism is what they're based on not all research labs are based on that that's what they did here but it's not the gospel it's not the gospel um another thing about the 300 Blackout he uh in his closing Mr. Waters repeatedly said hey Alec bought it Alec bought it alone and I guess we're talking about the replacement I don't know Alec bought it well Alec didn't buy it the evidence in the record is that Maggie bought it and he kept saying that they're the defendants and not the Defenders, the blackout replacement three that, frankly, no one had seen Paul in quite some time, except Will Love on one occasion and sometime in March, um, it was the Paul's gun, it wasn't Alex's gun, a Paul's gun, um, there's one at one point.

During his closing argument yesterday, Mr. Waters reenacted a shootout scenario, if you call me, I'll do my best, but up here he tells Alex that she's Paul in the chest once and 999,999 times in a million, that person is dead, he put a shotgun on him. down and he's got a 300 Blackout here because he's so smart and so devilish he's going to set it up to make it look like two shooters so he's got a 300 block here a shotgun he just took out of his son but his son was the one in a million, it says one in a million is coming this way, so Alec Hudson put the 300 Blackout back down, grabs the shotgun and shoots Paul, where in the world does that scenario reside?

So, in Mr. Waters' mind, right? There is no evidence to support anything like that, none, none, and the fact that I have to go to that gym to find an Alex station, a two shooter theory should tell you that there are two shooters out there, someone should tell you. To do that, another curious point and Mr. Water's closing argument yesterday involves Paul's intuitive talents. You'll recall that Alex informed the agents that Paul was an intuitive little guy, the first to be a detective. Miriam Proctor. Maggie's sister said that Maggie was referring to Paul. this little detective, your little detective, and particularly when it came to trying to find out if he was still doing drugs and then you left him there, you left him there so that you would then take him and run with him like, oh Paul Everyone must have found to Alec using drugs, there must have been a confrontation there at the pound and that must have been what happened now, he didn't go that far in his argument, but he left it there for you to chase. but that was clearly the implication and first I want to tell you that there are no facts to support that, none at all, let me add another scenario that is equally plausible.

What if Paul, the detective, discovered the source of the drugs that were being sold to his father? What if Paul, the detective, went to that drug? The source says stop it, he's my dad, you're ruining my family and if you don't I'll report you and you'll turn yourself in, and what if the sources remember Dangerous Drug Gang? No no. Well, the point is that there is no other evidence to support it and there was no evidence that those were just plausible scenarios that were being thrown at you and that you could think of many equally plausible scenarios, but you have to decide the evidence based on the facts that you The state presents are not theories or inferences or speculations but cold and hard facts.

Mr. Waters also said that Alex, the lying teacher, accused Shelley Smith Blanca and perhaps another witness of lying. He never did such a thing. He never accused anyone of lying. this witness stand now I've been here long enough to know long enough to know that witnesses can misremember things and believe them to be true and, frankly, I'm the biggest proponent of that trait in my household. I convinced myself that I remembered something. accurately and I will have an argument with my wife until she shows me photographic evidence that I am simply wrong and that is what it takes.

I mean, that happens, people remember things wrong, but because we point out that there was an inconsistent fact, that's not the case. I mean, we're saying that someone lies and we never did that, we never did that, um, an example is Sister Marion, uh, an example of misremembering. Sister Marion said she spoke to Maggie around 7 p.m. while she was in front of a stove and Alec wanted to come to Moselle to visit his father, well, we know his memory is wrong because we have cell phone records, we have FBI records, um, we will get our phone bill, we got the program, she was in Mount Pleasant and then she. she was traveling to Moselle in the time period that Sister Marion thought she had run out of stove, it didn't happen, um, that doesn't mean she's lying about it at all, that's not how she remembered it and She said that too. when she spoke to Maggie that this Maggie was going to visit Mr.

Randolph in Almeda, but we know from the records that Mr. Randolph had already been readmitted to the hospital and that is in the records that we have and then Maggie knew , we have the text message from Maggie to Blanca, I think on the day saying that they will return Mr. Randolph to the hospital, you know we are afraid for everyone and we hope that Allen does not go to the hospital well, no. oneShe is going to point it out, this is how Miriam remembered it, but if she remembered it wrong and that happens because we point out things like that, we are not saying that now they are lying about the same thing with Shelley and the blue tarp that she remembers something that we are not sure what, but the evidence clearly is that she says it was Wednesday June 16th and then we got cell phone forensics from the FBI, we have records and we got testimony that Alec is in Somerville and spent the night with his in-laws.

The supervisor, excuse the state of the mark on Tuesday and stayed there until the end of the week and then they went to the mountains to Kiwi, so Alec couldn't have been knocking on the door of the Almeda house in the morning of June 16. and Barbara Mixon came in and told you she's relieving Shelly Shelly works all night and goes to work at the school district Barbara Ann comes in at eight and relieves Shelley and as Shelley remembered, that's when the tarp was put up. When he left for work, Barbara Ann came in and said, "I didn't see him at any time during that week that when he worked it was our blue part, you know, Michelle remembers something, but it's not a blue raincoat and it's certainly, um, certainly Alec." I couldn't have done it." come there Wednesday now Shelly also says that he told me about the times and I am and that bothered me.

I called my brother, we're not discussing that, but what she didn't say is that Alec told me to say it myself. I was here and 45 minutes or something like that and, frankly, it doesn't make much sense because Alec kept saying, you get my phone records, you get my phone records and you'll know exactly what time it was when he was there. there and I'll get to this a little bit more in a moment, but Mr. Waters keeps talking about oh, he's rushing to get there, he's rushing and getting there to compress time, press time to make it look like he's been away. of Moselle longer than which was a fair enough argument.

I understand his point, but that point evaporates when you talk about how long you are in Almeda, it doesn't matter if it's there 45 minutes because it is or 20 minutes, it doesn't matter. It really matters why how long he was there now I guess before you had the OnStar data they might be saying oh you said he was there 45 minutes because he was only there 22 minutes and he spent the other 10 or 15 minutes wandering around in the woods burying, damn. clothes and get rid of the murder weapons, well we may have heard that in this trial and we didn't get the OnStar data from General Motors in the middle of the trial, which conclusively shows that he drove there and came straight back, it's not another little point he made.

There is biological material on Polaris. I don't think it's been proven, it certainly seems that way, but what we've learned in this case is that things are not always as they seem. They thought they had blood on their shirt. It turns out that there's no blood on the shirt uh and that this biological material showed that Maggie was running towards her baby no, I don't know if there's any evidence of which direction Maggie was running or where she was running to no, I mean, it's a fair inference and everyone who knows Maggie would know that that's what she would do and we're not arguing that it would be her, it would be her maternal instinct and if that probably happened, it probably happened, but you know, it's just to state that it's a fact , there is no evidence of that now one thing he also said that the cell phone backlight turns on um and I don't have an Apple phone but here's the problem and mine will because I don't have an Apple phone I don't think but if you pick up a flat phone and you pick it up, the light comes on and and and why is that important, like I say, I'm probably going to turn this phone off and if I'm making it clear that Everyone knows the answer to I apologize, but it's important that you know the answer.

Why this is important. It's important because now that we have the OnStar data, we know that Alec drove his Suburban to the location where Maggie's phone was found in 908. Now there are probably a few seconds there, but 908. and we know that her phone is in the woods. at that time, so the question is: Did Alec throw it out the window in 908? and the answer is no, he didn't do it because if you turn the window to the minimum, the screen life will turn on to the minimum and when the screen light turns on, it will register.

These phones say a lot. I mean, I learned my lesson on this one. It logs into this C knowledge database and says screen. The light comes on and it has a moment where the screen light came on, well, there's no, oh, Maggie's phone, the screen light doesn't turn on at 908. Okay, so it means Ali didn't throw the phone and yesterday, Mr. um water, says all the experts. he testified that the backlight comes on and sometimes not when the phone is picked up aggressively that is not true, only one person testified about Mr. Madigo who during the weekend works for the Charleston County Sheriff's Department.

I don't know why they did it. He didn't sled to do it, but he says he apparently sits down and has a phone similar to one Maggie didn't have. Maggie's phone had software, well it's not the same version as Maggie and she spent all weekend throwing the phone on the ground to see what would happen or many hours of the day throwing the phone on the ground and he comes here and says hello Friends, sometimes the light comes on, sometimes it does, we're fine, expert Mika Sturgis says it comes on, it comes on, that's what we're talking about.

We're talking, but folks, we wouldn't even be having this discussion if they had secured Maggie's phone and allowed it not to be put in a Faraday bag so the seventh's GPS coordinates wouldn't have been overwritten and so now we have a guy in Charleston throwing a phone all weekend because they are desperate to prove that Alec dropped the phone when he walked by the room, they got no evidence of that, in fact the evidence is the opposite. he didn't and the other guy backs up everything he had said since the day he had that interview or in a couple of days you get the All-Star data you get GPS data you get my GPS data and you'll know I'm not traveling with his phone they never wrote it and now we have a guy throwing the phone in an office it doesn't even work for sled, not all the experts say the guys even said that's not their area of ​​expertise, thanks so foreign, oh yeah the last one was about me.

Mr. Water says I did an interview with HBO on November 20 and references some things I said in the HBO interview. Well, I didn't and he knows I didn't, he testified about it. There is an HBO special. I am in the. I'm not going to tell anyone who sees it, but it was filmed in I don't know, spring summer of 20 20 20 22. No, I'm fine before he was accused of murder. I'm not. on TV talking about the murder charges against him, but he wants you to think that and I don't know why and I felt a little offensive about that.

I actually did and we objected because he wasn't being interviewed. Instructions. I was not interviewed in November. 2022. No, so I asked why, why, why can't they answer that they don't have an answer, why now, how could Alec in the time period that we know we're going to get. I'll get to that, but how could he have massacred Maggie and Paul without leaving a trace of evidence in a matter of minutes? How we got from why to how and the answer to that how is that he couldn't, but this is the wrong question. They may be wondering because the question they are tasked with answering has evidence presented in the state that proves Beyond a Reasonable Doubt showing that Alec Merchant massacred Maggie and Paul without leaving a trace of evidence, all in a matter of minutes in a matter of minutes. of minutes.

Do you have proven evidence? Do you present evidence of that evidence? Beyond all reasonable doubt, he was able to make damn clothes, damn weapons, um, who knows how much he disappears in a matter of minutes without a trace, without leaving a choice, of course. A reasonable doubt is a doubt that causes a reasonable person to doubt one of the most important decisions of their life and there is no direct evidence here that Alec did anything other than being in the dog pound a44 and this is just a nice family talking of that. Bubba the dog gets a chicken so the states try to weave this story of his guilt based on circumstantial evidence and the judge charged him based on circumstantial evidence and I have no quarrel with what the state put here yesterday because that's the law and you will get it, he will give you the written document with the charge and you will see there that when based on circumstantial evidence, this is as good as direct evidence, but there are some things that must be done to make it as good as evidence direct and that and what this circumstantial evidence has to do with is that the circumstances must be consistent with each other and when taken together they point conclusively to the guilt of the accused.

Beyond a reasonable doubt, these circumstances portray the behavior of a The accused is suspicious, the test has failed, the circumstantial evidence, so what are the circumstances on which the state relies? Well, he was in the a44 kennel. Paul last used his phone at 8 48. He responded to a text message with a friend about a movie recommendation. Maggie's phone. last time at 8 50. Exit 8 49 and 50 some odd seconds but 8.50 but nevertheless your phone recorded significant steps around 8 55 and then we will see that and your phone tried to activate the camera at 8 55. and recorded a orientation change in 906 and I think I understand the orientation change pretty well, but when the phone customizes the landscape to Portrait or Lady, that beats me, but it goes from that to that, it's an orientation change and then the phone does it to you will tell.

So he did it in 906. um and they have 300 casing extractor and ejector gear marks that match casings found around the house and the shooting range, um, so that's it and then from the circumstantial evidence of his guilt, now they want Well, he lied about it, so his conscience of guilt, but I'm talking about what evidence they've put together all the circumstances that prove he shot to kill Maggie Paul and that's it, um, and how they've established a time of death here only on cell phone use only on cell phones and using the phone or not using it is not paid nor is it defined if you are alive or dead.

I mean, I would say most people in this courtroom don't have their phone with them. right now, under the state theory, like I mentioned before, you know if they die while they're not using their phone, then they're dead the moment they stop using their phone, that's what they have here, that's their case, um , there is a number. First, I have two testimonial clips, but one from Rogan. Remember Rogue the Gibson, if he'll play that fast. Doug, this is Rogan testifying about Paul's phone. You asked a little about Paul's cell phone. use that I did a lot was a little nicer yeah and um um okay what is the objection was the legal basis for the objection okay Mr.

Griffin it's a clip from the live broadcast of this trial you're in I can't control who It's who is being represented, but it's the void, my voice asks Brogan how many weeks he shakes the tweets so we don't replay the trial, that's right, it's a few seconds clip. Okay, I raised the objection right now, okay, I'm done, so you'll remember Rogan said that when Paul's phone and by the way, if you don't remember and you have questions about it during jury deliberation, you can always ask have repeated testimony for you throughout the hearing can we play the audio without the video?

He is asking me what he can do. I declare about the injections. Can you play the audio again? Please use cell phone. He was in a lot of yes sir yes and um and the battery runs out quite regularly yes, he would let his phone go off at some point where he would lose it and when it ran out he had a habit of not using it to try to keep it going until the end yes , I have seen this happen before and have done it yourself. Yes, sir, okay, and you will know from the photographs and the evidence in the case that Paul's phones were on two percent to two percent and it was a low power mode at that time. um, I was texting a friend of his about a movie recommendation and then, um, can you just play the audio of? uh you remember Nate Tooting testifying that Paul hung up the phone when he was working at Kennels.

Describe the relationship between Paul and Alex. They had a very good relationship, would you say Alan? I don't think that's the right track. Mr. Tuten then testified that when Paul was working, he would sometimes leave the phone behind, he would forget where it was and that it was quite common. for him to leave the phone, yeah, in the kennel so we wouldn't get it wet and, um, and you remember Dale Davis, they took him to the stand. I think they brought it up to standard to make it look like the hose was untangled and then it would be used and put back on and we know that from the video and you can see it again in the dog kennel video.

We point out that the hose is on the ground outside the Cassius Kennels and Mr. Davis says yes, you know that wasn't the case. I left it, someone had left it and then um, and I'm going to um, I'll show them thatI have right here Doug, can I have the um Elmo please? Okay, oh, that's horrible, ladies and gentlemen, um, you'll have it back. The jury is on exhibit 503, which is a picture of the dog kennels from the crime scene and what I'm pointing out above these two kennels are dog beds. You will see that there is a 503, dog beds.

They are up here and you can call. Dale Davis says that when you hose down kennels, you put dog beds on top, so it's pretty clear from these photos that Paul or Maggie had sprayed those dogs. runs and puts the dog beds on top and stuff and puts the hose away and puts the hose away Alec testified that Bubba and Brady had collars and we see the collars and States 45 and his collars hanging here, but the height of the college in here here and then there are collars here and the dogs don't have collars in the dog photo, so it's a pretty fair conclusion that after Alec left, when he said he left, Paul picks up Bubba, Paul picks up Brady, Grady after clean. he leaves the kennels and then goes back to the feeding room to grab his phone where he was confronted, where he was confronted or at some point afterward, I don't know, but they rely on cell phone use to determine time of death, the coroner He said he did the armpit test, which is not a test at all, it's just an estimate, um, can you come forward as proof? in evidence and this goes from 849 to 907. and if you just check it you will see in 8 49 26 the last text message read by Maggie, okay, go to the next one 849 28 backlight off, go to the next one 849 31 locks and phone range Lots until authorities recover it was last locked and never unlocked 8 53 but at 853 the backlight comes on that light comes on it is being tampered with eight fifty-three twelve the portrait orientation starts 8 53 - 15 foam starts recording 59 steps um 853 20s there is a use of Siri another testimony is that you can get it by pressing the button 853 24 the vertical orientation is completed so that it changes and then 853-28 it goes back like it's off uh nice and the light background is on is off again and this on again continues and then starts using camera 854 or 34 activates by tapping the camera icon or swiping left from the lock screen um there was a question about whether that could be facial recognition and um and Lieutenant Dove said that that information resides in the C knowledge database, but he didn't look it up.

Michael Sturgis, our expert looked for it, found it and came and told him that it was not a facial recognition error, but rather an intentional activation of the phone only. for a second, go to the next slide, the camera usage ends, go to the next one, the landscape orientation starts at 854 and 44. it ends and then at a55, so the point is there's a lot going on with the phone from Maggie at eight around 8 55. it continues and then at 903 the backlight goes off and at 904 there is a missed call from Alex and a 904 23 the backlights go off and at 904 1 a missed call from Alec ends , so let's back up to go to 9423 missed call from Alex, okay and this was the testimony on 904-23 and it's important that Alex call Maggie and when that happens I would say her backlight was on, back up once again so our backlight is on at 903.52 to 904.

Alex's missed call starts at 90 to 904-23 and instantly. the backlight goes off now you heard the testimony that means when that call came in someone pushed the side to stop the call now that's what Maggie did because she was on the other side of the shop where we see those footprints that we found out never They were really analyzed and that she didn't want any noise coming or some bad guy or bad person Maggie saw it and stopped the call, but something is going on with her phone at 904. I'll tell her that and then at 904 the next thing is a missed call from Alice ends 905 um backlight in 906 orientation changes to portrait 907 incoming call from Alex excuse me 906 14.

Don continues and 906 52 continues and then in 907 she her phone our phone stops permanently now one of the things what you heard in this case is that the change of orientation was in 906 that we just talked about and Doug, if you will go to um if you had a defendant 156, please and So these are Alex's steps on his phone that were recorded during this period of time and if you go to the entry if you look at entry 28 and if you take it out, okay, so 28, this is between 902 18 and 906. 47 and this is the period of time that Mr.

Waters in his argument said that was running because it took, yeah, can you bring it back a little bit more please, so we can do it and we can see the whole line, that's okay. So here we see line 28 between 902 and 906, there are 283 steps and he went 208 meters, so I want you to go first and that's why they've taken the position that this is him running, but if you do the math, which one? we haven't done it here in this document but it's 283 steps and 269 minutes excuse me 269 seconds turns out to be 1.05 steps per second 0.005 1.05 steps per second multiply that by 60 you get 63 steps per second and yes ladies and gentlemen this is a slow walk One step per second 1001 1003 1004 1005. this is Alex running according to the state case and if you look at the distance in meters from the last one when he arrives I guess that to the house at 7 55 to 855 he goes 203 meters before he stops registering and then something that will remember during this period of time between 902, 906 and 906.

Maggie's phone has a change of orientation. Her phone has moved from here to here, but when her phone doesn't have it, she goes to the second page, but her phone doesn't have our steps or steps. Lieutenant Dobb testified that yes, she doesn't look like anyone else, but her phone goes to 906 but no steps are recorded. Alec is walking from 902 to 906. so they are the reason Maggie is not there, excuse me, Alec is not walking with Maggie's phone, that is the timeline data I wanted to review with you, um um, If you go to test 524, defense test 524, please, I think it's yes, state 524.

Sorry, do you have that? So if you go to the slide on um, where no, no, no, 38, do you have the full document or you know, okay, we'll leave that doctor, okay, well, what I mentioned before and so on. The scenario 524 display is all OnStar data, you will see there that it passes this location on 908 where Maggie's phone was found and there was testimony that she sped up after passing by there, sped up from 42 to 45. and went back down. at 44 miles per hour when it passed by, it's not speeding when it passes by the area where Maggie's phone was found every time it was thrown um and then they have, you know, a graph or slide that talks about how long it took you to get there. there and the speeds he took and Mr.

Waters was arguing to you that that compressed the timeline the faster he gets to Almeda, which means it's taken him longer from Moselle and that gives him a better alibi because, as you know, he's orchestrating this alibi and so he drives fast towards Almeda according to his theory and we graph it and he's driving, passing some cars and he's, you know, he's a fast driver, um. okay so they say he's compressing the timeline print compressing the timeline that's what they say the president but then they say he drives fast on the way back why he drives at the same speed there same speed on the way back there's no reason To compress the timeline upon returning you will want to drive slowly as this can make it seem like you have been away for much longer.

I mean, he drives at the same speed from Moselle to Almeda as he does from Almeda back to Mozilla, he takes them the same amount of time and doesn't compress anything. timeline and what is the most curious part of Maggie's phone, not Maggie's phone, the most curious thing is that Alec has the password for it. Alec. If he wants to change the timeline when he calls his phone, he should answer his phone when he texts her. he should reply to that text message to show the activity on his phone that she is still alive if he wants if he is fabricating a timeline speeding up the easiest way to do it is to use both phones, talk on both phones and he did it, I mean this whole thing. about using Maggie's phone, driving Maggie's phone, throwing the worms' phone, it's so hard for them to come in and try to put her phone in her hand and then you start to think why Alec would take his phone and not pause it, Let's start there.

Why would Alec take the phone from him and not pause it? That is the question. I don't have an answer either. Has no sense. This makes no sense. Why would he take Maggie's phone if there's something there? He knows his password. Put it on and see what. Do we know from all this phone data that his phone was never unlocked and that he had the keys? So if you take his phone to unlock it or do something with it, you didn't do it and then why, why, why, and these are circumstances that must be? are consistent with each other and have to conclusively point to Alec Murdock's guilt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt and these circumstances simply raise more questions, ladies and gentlemen, they raise more questions that we wouldn't have to deal with if they had simply secured the phone from Maggie. in a Faraday bag on June 8, when they received it, we wouldn't be here, so we know from the timeline that Alec left the property in 907.

If they were killed before he left, I don't know the answer. We don't know the answer to that, but we do know that if he were in the house when the shots were fired at the pound, he wouldn't have heard them. We had decibel tests from Mr. Sutton and now they were angry because Mr. In Sutton's angle tests they were angry, not angry, but they questioned his conclusions about many things, but they didn't touch his acoustic tests, they didn't doubt that they didn't. have questioned, so if he is in the house and shoots. they're coming down calling the pound don't listen don't hear it um now they say sometime after 8 44 and then they pack it up 848 850 because that's when paul last responded to a text from this friend of his but they ignore the fact that there was cleaning to do and I think Buster testified that it takes at least 10 minutes to clean up the dogs and etc., but then there are all these 855 things happening on Maggie's phone, but 50 after having a nice conversation the one we're talking about is a guinea or is it a chicken and Bubba, you know, and I understand, I mean, okay, so it's four minutes later, let's go ahead and kill my wife and my son because they questioned me in the office today before June 2.

Okay, that's your case, so let's go with it and see where it takes us, well, it takes us to you leaving the property at 907. So from the moment, if you have, you know, if it happens at 8 50 , has Tim. 17 minutes 17 minutes You would have to be a magician to make all the evidence disappear, as you heard with Dr. Kenzie or Mr. Pombach, Dr. Ramer and Dr. Kenzie, Mr. Paulbog and Dr. Eisenstock, of Either way, the shooter is covered in blood in Paul's shooting and that's it. What all that testimony was about, it wasn't about trying to figure out who has the right angles.

The point is that we end up having to hire our own experts to prove that the shooter is covered in biological material. in blood covered in um and all because the recoil and it wasn't until, in response, Dr. Kenzie said, oh, according to my version, they would be counterattacks, that is, blood biological material from Paul's death, so the shooters were covered in blood, the shooter's gun is covered in blood and there isn't enough time to clean it all up? make all that go away and then call your son, driver, just visit your mother, who you called today from Barbara Mixon and she told you that your mother is agitated because your father went back to the hospital, you might want to check on him, he He's going to see how he is. she calls Buster and says hey boss I just sucked your mom and brother oh you should see the fucking mess are you kidding me she calls Chris Wilson normal conversation she calls her brother John Marvin talking of his father and then approaches. there and he sits with Shelley and sits on her mother's father and stays there for 20 minutes, not 40 minutes or 22 minutes.

I don't know the records show what time, but the fact is that he has no blood. acting normal like every day, he is the same as always. However, his theory is that he simply ruined the person he loved most in this world. Now I talked a little about the angles at which Mr. Sutton made the reverse trajectories from him. in the shots and I want to say that they are having a good time. I'm joking about the size of the figure and the pharaoh saying oh, it must have been a 12 year old five two five four and you know, let them have fun, but that's not what the testimony was, the testimony was that the cannon of the gun has to be at that level to shoot the quail pin, we didn't take the measurements, the sled took the measurements, so yeah, I could have a 6'4 person get down to that level for sure and I will.

Mr. Sutton says that is not a natural shooting angle because a six-four person kneels to make sure the shooters aremoving and a six and a half person will be moving. his knees, I don't think so, but you know, the most common sense here is that there were two shots because there were two guns and, as Mr. Pombbot said, one gun is high capacity and holds 10, 20 and 30 bullets , and if you're going to fall, to execute someone oh, that's enough with one gun, I take another gun that only has three shots, it's in Dr. Kenzie agreed with the angle that comes out of the bird, the quail pin , so the angle puts it quite far from the feed room door. where Paul was killed, but it is not our burden, it is not our burden, it is the proof of your burden to you based on circumstantial evidence that all the circumstances are consistent with each other and point conclusively to the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt and those facts are simply not consistent.

Those facts are just my record. I won't say a word about the condition of Paul and Maggie, particularly Paul. I won't show you any pictures, but I think you would agree that it was so bad, it was so bad and Alec them. You're packing a car with me in the back of that, you can see me on camera, sitting there and talking to Agent Owen and Agent Crawl, and he says it was so bad they didn't do it that bad, Agent Croft misheard that and said. He said I did it so bad. I think the evidence is that everyone who heard it and everyone who knows what Alex was talking about at the time says they did it so badly and Agent Owens was in the car, he doesn't tell you, oh. actually he said I didn't say that, I think we can put that issue aside, but that issue points to a more important question: What would they say in this trial if that conversation wasn't videotaped?

What would they say? We know, agent. Croft would be saying that he said I did so badly and then where will we be? So I thank Slad for videotaping it so you can listen to it if you have any questions. I don't think you should do it, but they did. so bad that surely another thing we're going to clear up now is that Alex is worried about Buster, if you heard that and you heard that in Mr. Waters' closing, then I don't know the statements that Alec made in the Highway Gunfight during the closing of Labor Day week, where he tried to stage an assisted suicide and told the officers that there was no danger to Buster, of course, there was never any danger to Buster because of that highway shooting because he knew who shot him.

Curtis A Smith, he knew he was trying. to get him killed, but that's why he knows there's nothing to worry about Buster because he knows he did it, that's what was discussed yesterday. Well, Stephanie McDowell in body camera video that is in evidence captured Alex talking to Buddy Hill. about his concern for Buster's safety, could they play that now, even though it's obvious? I don't have the test number. Can you play that again why not? I think, did you hear they got a police officer for me? oldest son in Columbia What about Buster? What's up with Buster?

Can you get a police officer for my oldest child? Can you get a police officer for my oldest child in Columbia? That's friend Hill Sheriff. They won't come here and tell you. You, he wasn't worried about Buster's safety once again. I'm thankful that the Colleton County Sheriff's department has body cameras because now you know Alex was worried. You know Alec asked for a police officer for his son in Columbia Buster and I'm almost there. I'm almost done, I promise, but I want to talk about Alex's misstatements about the weather. Alex told Deputy Owen during the interviews that, well, first Alex's statements about the weather are not lies, they were just statements and even like I said, Deputy Owens. he says people make mistakes especially Agent Owen, sorry Agent Owen, they make mistakes all the time and they do it now.

Mr. Waters is critical because Alec was wrong every time he gave a time estimate. I happen to think that Mr. Waters is probably right about that, whether the time period is inconsequential or important, he's wrong about that and, um, and we've brought it, you know, Alec had told the agents in an interview he came home at five o'clock and that's not true. He went to work that day at 8:30. That's not true and that, um, he's just wrong about the times, but what was consistent every time he had an interview was he said you get the records, you get the records and it will show what time.

I did this what time I did it and everything will be in the logs, uh, in and guess what they're in the logs and when the logs show that their time estimates were wrong, you know they jump up and down, they jump up and down. the um the uh the statement do uh The Green MP says he would go to my I've been going to my mother's house for about an hour and a half and I last saw them 45 minutes ago, now that I don't know, frankly Frank I don't know if Is that wrong or not, I mean, he's talking to David Green around 10:30. um hour and a half since 10:30 it's nine o'clock, he left, he left it outside, you know, he left in the 907. um, but that's the question about what did he do when he arrived at the scene and said he ran towards Paul and Maggie and he left his phone and went back to get his phone and um and that and then he's talking to the 9- Operator 1-1 and you can hear him and he says: I've been doing this now, it's bad that I don't remember the sequence and I don't think anyone should blame him for that.

You know, Miss Waters comes up and says. Maggie was running towards her baby. Alec was running towards her baby and can you imagine what he saw? Is it evidence of guilt that you don't remember what the sequence was at the time? That evidence was that evidence of thought was that evidence of Trauma to the guy who didn't want to get a 12 gauge shotgun and put 16 gauge casings on it. He knows the difference, but he didn't know it that night and I don't really understand what the state does with this. We didn't go up to his body because the forensic evidence is pure evidence to the contrary.

What we have is Maggie's DNA all over her shirt and you heard from Agent Zapata we have Paul's DNA all over her shirt. How do they get Paul and Maggie's? DNA on his shirt If he didn't touch them, if he brutally murdered them, he washed himself with a hose there next to their corpses, he got into the golf cart, naked, he drove home, he changed his clothes, he went to his friend's house. Mom, call 9-1-1 then look for the restaurant's wavy menu and check emails waiting for the police to show up. How do you get his DNA into his body?

Because he is there. The forensic lab tells me that because he approached them, touched them, and then there is a blood stain on the steering wheel of the Suburban that belonged to Maggie and we know that the Suburban was never in the dog pound thanks to the information from OnStar. Thank you. I'm not sure it was an accepted fact until OnStar shipped their stuff, but the Suburban never did. He went down to the pound until he got back from Ozell, so we know the blood was left on the steering wheel after he checked on Maggie like he said he did on the 911 call and then there's a blood stain on the gun that he went to search and then there's GSR, this GSR, there are three DSR particles on the shirt, three GSR particles on his shorts and one on his finger, and the sled agent testified that that's consistent with the transfer of GSR when you pick up a gun. , so, actually, we. we go back to the line we go back to the line um because that's all they have in this case is that Alec lied to them when he last saw them and he shouldn't have done it and he shouldn't have done it and he said What a tangled web we weave once we we started cheating and once he lied, the first time he did it he got stuck on the line, he continued to lie and he shouldn't have done it, he shouldn't have done it and he told you you know what was going on.

His mind probably wasn't rational, but he was in the middle of an addiction and he just found his wife and son murdered and he's being interviewed. It had been stolen for GSR and he thinks David Owen is the guy who investigated his friend. but he was wrong, he told you, turns out he was wrong, but I thought it was him that night and he was under investigation, they were accusing him of obstructing the boating accident investigation, it's an investigation for that and he had all these skeletons in his closet and he wanted to get away from him and was looking for the real murderer thanks to the state in this case he has gone to Links trying to do a sleight of hand to convince you of this and show you that and without avoiding the guilt without showing The evidence again begins to say that he murdered his wife and his son because of their financial misdeeds were going to come to light, which is the most illogical thing imaginable and there is no evidence of that and then the state brings all these shotguns here and I'm not going to collect all of them, um, but Forensic Avenue has so many shotguns that they have, well, they can't be excluded, well, they can't be included either, so you don't know anything more about these shotguns than you would know back in the day.

You showed up for jury selection because there's nothing to know about them, I can't exclude them, I can't include them according to them, but we do know that there is no blood, no guts, no brains on any of the guns that would have been there since the shooting. Based on everyone's interpretation of what Paul's murder was like, what I mean is that they want you to think that because you have guns, you should be viewed differently. I don't know what else to do with that. I don't know what else to do with them when this The trial began with opening statements on January 25th.

Mr. Harputin asked why Alex would execute his wife and son in cold blood and here we are six weeks later and he has heard weeks of testimony about Alex. Financial crimes, drug addiction and lies, but after all that. the state has not been able to demonstrate that it has given a satisfactory answer to this question why why cannot the state give an answer to this question because the answer is that he would not, under any circumstances, murder those who meant the most to him. your oath requires that you hold the state to the demanding standard of proof that the state must prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt and when based solely on circumstantial evidence, these circumstances must be consistent with each other and, taken together, we conclusively point to the defendant's guilt Beyond a reasonable doubt and if they simply present the defendant's behavior as suspicious you must find him not guilty the state's evidence does not meet these requirements the circumstances do not conclusively point to guilt Alex, much less does Mr.

Waters want you to believe that Alex massacred Maggie and Paul on June 7th and repeatedly lied and changed the story to fit the timeline and evidence, as it turns out, in fact, the state is the one that has been manipulating the evidence to feel suitable to its changed theories of guilt. over time from the date of these murders to yesterday in the absence of forensic science a reliable investigation firearms splatter blood the time and opportunity to have committed these murders you must make inferences about all kinds of interactions and behaviors that The prosecution wants you to see the evidence through the members of the diabolical monster they have tried to paint, but the law requires that you see it through the lens of innocence, where none of these things, individually or together, conclusively proves Alex guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

One word I can't imagine how frustrating it must be, but soon you will have the most powerful voice in this courtroom. With your words, you can let everyone know that in a court of law only evidence and the burden of proof matter, not gossip, insinuations, opinions and above all, not theories superimposed on speculation with your word, you can let everyone know. state that they cannot obtain an indictment by misleading a grand jury and then bring it before their case based on theories, speculations that exist. two words that Justice demands in this case and those two words are not guilty the oath that you have taken in this case with the Father's Law of following the Constitution and holding the government to the burden of proof requires a not guilty verdict on on behalf of Alex on behalf of Buster on behalf of Maggie you already know half of my friend Paul.

I respectfully request that you do not compound one family tragedy with another. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we will send you to the jury room for a break, please do not do that. discuss the case good afternoon everyone, I'm Danny Sebels, you've been watching the Alec Murdock murder trial under interrupted coverage here on NBC News, you're watching the defense conclude its closing argument. Defense attorney Jim Griffin becomes emotional as he attacks the state. He demonstrates time and time again that he points out inconsistencies and even accuses the state of fabricating evidence. At the end you can hear the broken tone of his voice as he asks the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.

Next we will look at the state's rebuttal argument. They can respond to the defense arguments they presented in their closing, it's usually much shorter, but often the state starts the fire at Brimstone because they know the defense can't have any retorts, that's the last word the state has. state and the state. alone and that's because they have the burdenend of evidence uh Katie Beck, NBC News correspondent, joins me now that I was inside the courtroom for part of today's closing arguments uh Katie uh, what did you see there when the defense delivered its closing? Was there any difference?

In the jury's reaction, as you saw between today and yesterday's state argument, no, they have been very attentive both days. I think they know this is an important closing moment for the case and they want to try to take in as much as they can. Also, these days they haven't heard extensive witness testimony or seen extensive evidence, so I think for the most part the attention span has been good. I think it's interesting to note that we heard a lot about a fabricated alibi yesterday and today. We have heard a lot about fabricated evidence. I think the defense today pointed out several times the fact that the grand jury indictment was based on false information and that there was a lot of evidence here that, frankly, didn't have the dots connected. all the way and I think you already know the blue waterproof jacket, the poorly loaded gun, all those things that they mentioned with the witness testimony, they pointed it out today saying: This is fabricated evidence and should not be considered valid and today you heard the defense focusing in some of the errors that you mentioned some of them what were the most important ones that stood out to you some discrepancies in the evidence from the investigation of the well, I think the point that you brought up this morning about Maggie's cell phone is excellent Whoever killed Maggie Murdoch was the one who threw that phone out of the vehicle and as you can see from the cell phone data, those phones Alex and Maggie were not moving in sync in that period of time, so that's kind of a question that needs to be asked. , how is?

It's possible that if Alec killed her and the killer was the one who threw the phone, their phones wouldn't be along with the cell phone data, they brought up that point very early on, they also mentioned you know this dog pound video shouldn't. It doesn't work against them that this was a happy family moment and the only thing it establishes is that moments before this moment of death there was a love situation there, so I think, you know, they kind of wrapped up the whole motif. in the end I say the reason here is that you know she was in financial trouble, her world was falling apart and so to get sympathy and a distraction, she put herself in the middle of a murder investigation.

I think that's a question that several people asked him. times too, so it took a while to get to the heart of the argument here. I think we saw some of that yesterday too, a slow start and then a more direct landing there at the end. Katie is back, stay with Also with us is Kristen Gibbons Fedden, former NBC News prosecutor, legal analyst and also with us is NBC News legal analyst and civil rights attorney Charles Coleman, welcome to both Kristen. I want to contact you immediately as a former prosecutor who has seen. many closing arguments from the defense, what struck you most about this closing today is that the most important thing is that the prosecution really focused on motive, means and opportunity, but here one of the highlights of defense is that they really played some of the testimony that really highlighted that there was absolutely no motive here now Danny, you know the prosecution doesn't need to prove a motive as part of their case, but if any prosecutor knows that you're on defense, that helps creating that narrative and so it is a necessity particularly in homicide cases and by showing and highlighting some of the testimonies where the Witnesses spoke about the love relationship how Alec Murdoch would do anything for his wife and how his son was the apple of his eye really dismantled the prosecution's theory. that Alec Murdoch would be involved in these horrible murders with malice Charles Coleman you and I have talked so much about this case in the hallways and on the air that I have so many things I want to unpack about this closing argument and one of them that stuck out For me, at one point I felt like the defense was essentially arguing that if the defendant really wanted to cover up a crime, he wouldn't have driven as fast or as slow as he did.

Back to the farm and he would have played with the text messages returned by Charles' phone. I want your opinion on this argument that essentially a defense is saying that he could have committed a crime better, why didn't he commit the crime in a smarter way? I wonder how effective that argument was for you, well Danny, I think the biggest problem with what we're talking about is that they really wanted to attack one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the prosecution and that's the timeline. I think whether you slow it down or speed it up, what they're trying to do with that is essentially suggest that everything that needed to be accomplished in the time it was made for the way it ultimately played out is just not plausible and in that sense I think they were effective.

I think once you start getting into the details in terms of how they broke it down, it did turn out to be a little clumsy and I don't necessarily know if it landed the way the defense intended. but generally what they were going for at the time was that we had to do something to dismantle this timeline and so I think they were reasonably effective in terms of poking some holes in that at one point that seemed almost Ironclad, especially after he admitted that he was in the kennels after denying it all this time, so the defense really had to do something that was going to pack that in and I think they did it reasonably effectively.

Kristen, you heard the defense and I think this. Not surprisingly, they pressed the prosecution's theory of motive, essentially that Murdoch killed his wife and son to sympathize with Garner in the face of pending fraud proceedings. I've said from the beginning that I think this is a mistake because it gives a lot of people pause, they think this is a pretty unrealistic theory and, as you pointed out, the motive is not even something the government needs to prove. What did you think of that defense argument? I thought the defense did a great job of really dismantling that.

Theory um and I think it's part of the defense theory Murdoch wouldn't do this and couldn't have done it those are the two things that the defense is really latching on to here um so I think they did an effective job but Danny, like As you pointed out at the beginning of your segment, the prosecution has the final say in the rebuttal, so I hope the prosecution can explain why, in fact, someone who is loving can commit these horrible murders. They mentioned it in their closing argument. Right, they mentioned that you don't know this person and that's why he's capable of this.

If he is incapable, he is capable of committing these crimes. In fact, none of his friends knew and they showed some evidence. that they really have to drive home, they have to drive it home effectively, um and it has to be in such a way that the jury will rely on that as they review the evidence in the back as they deliberate on Charles if you're the prosecution, you're stepping forward to give the last word, the rebuttal argument and the defense has no answers, what your points will be, you know, Danny, you and I talked about this before and Kristen has been absolutely spot on in talking about The Fact that this narrative conversation has dominated the closing of the defense and therefore for me as a prosecutor in this regard, I want to try to make this as simple as possible because this is my last chance in terms of the narrative, frankly, he hasn't done it.

It hasn't worked up to this point so you might want to drop it you might want to make it clear to the jury you know what you don't have to understand why he did it none of us have to understand why he did it the question It's not about whether you believe him, It's not about whether you believe the motive, it's about whether you believe he committed this crime and so I would absolutely stay away from that in terms of what the narrative has been so far because it just hasn't worked, it hasn't landed, so no. there is nothing to lose by walking away from that and then I would try to get them again.

To focus on one or two central themes, I would go back, try to rehabilitate the timeline, try to do what I could to eliminate this two-shot theory, and then from there I would try to make an appeal that focused them on what I felt. that they were our strongest evidence and would not distract them with any notion of motive or Christian narrative, as is often the case, two very different styles to close from the prosecution to the defense the prosecution saw the use of PowerPoint many words many points and a lot Creighton Waters passion and then the defense a little bit quieter with no power points let's just talk about which was more effective for you and why the prosecutions were absolutely more effective keeps the jury awake everyone knows when they have to sit through a speech long, like a closing argument, your retention period will wax and wane, so a lot of times when you have a PowerPoint or dynamic changes in your voices, it wakes up the jury and reminds them why.

They're there, they're human beings, they're people, they're not going to listen to every word, so when you change the direction of your presentation and change the audible nature of your voice, it really wakes up the jury again, but it's interesting. You say that because I was really surprised that Jim Griffin took that presentation because he was dynamic and explosive when he began the direct examination of his client. I was really hoping to see a dynamic closure that we didn't have now again, I think. It was very effective in driving home some of the points, but the presentation skills were not there.

Katie Beck is our NBC News correspondent. She is still with us outside the courthouse. Katie, what can we expect next? We have an idea of ​​how long I think. we have jury instructions while we have rebuttal and then jury instructions and then the jury will have the case any idea on the timeline of what we can expect next yeah like you said rebuttal is now your new take the full scope of that last word and he will do it. As said, you'll definitely have to combat that theory. I mean, it was a big part of what was brought up, so I think the prosecution is going to have to answer for that or at least we hope they do after that, the jury.

They are going to be charged, as you know, it can be a long process and then they will be sent for deliberation. We heard from the clerk today that the judge intends to keep the jury here until 10 pm tonight and possibly tomorrow night if they have not reached a verdict, he wants to keep the jury focused and he wants to keep their attention on the case and wants to possibly get them home before the weekend given the time they've already spent here, so there could be some long nights ahead. to them, Charles Coleman, if you are the defense, do you want the jury to work that hard?

Do you want them to work until 11 and through the weekend or do you want them to go home early on, say, a Friday and get plenty of rest? great question Danny, it's always hard to say. I think it partly depends on my opinion of the jury. I think if I've made a persuasive argument that the state hasn't met its burden, then I want the jury. work as hard as they can because what I want to do is get as many people as possible who might resist or who might vote for acquittal to try to pressure the rest of the room, on the other hand, if I think that the prosecution has been more effective in terms of resonating with the jury, I think I can choose to have them go home, but ultimately I think that because of the volume of information that the prosecutors have put in front of the jury, the longer the jury has to sit and think about it.

I don't necessarily know that that works in favor of the accused again. Part of that is emotional intelligence. You're feeling the jury. You're trying to see who's with you. You are trying. to make an estimate in terms of knowing how many people you think you could have on your side and how committed they are to voting for you, so part of that is because we haven't seen the jury, we just don't know, but ultimately, my assumption or my gut tells me that I have enough people right now that can put pressure on the people that will ultimately get an acquittal because the In my opinion, the state has not met its burden and that's why I want them to work as hard as they can because it could get an acquittal before the weekend or at least sooner rather than later, it looks like we have some activity in the courtroom. but we may have a minute or two left Kristen, you're a former prosecutor now the state has to refute.

I'm sure they were taking furious notes during the defense's closing, what are the points you're going to insist if you're the The prosecution in the rebuttal speech is to enhance that lie. You know, the defense did a very good job. Trying to minimize everything the prosecution has is a lot, so they have to rehabilitate their narrative. They have to do it. I agree with Charles. They have to leave. that theory, but they have to highlight the lie, why if this man was this loving person that the defense is portraying them as, why would he lie about something so critical and why would he change hisstory only when cell phone footage showed that he In fact, there was a unique situation here, Kristen, where it is normally said that if a defendant loses credibility with the jury, then all is lost, but here you have a unique case because the defendant He has no credibility and his team has essentially given in.

How do you approach that as a prosecutor if he's going to follow up now? I think one of the things they have to address is showing the critical nature that this was a homicide investigation and every point of evidence, particularly from a former prosecutor. and a lawyer knows that we need to know who was at the crime scene on each side the fact that he lied about this Kristen I'm sorry, I'm so sorry to interrupt but it looks like Judge Newman is back on the bench and the court has back to session Stephanie Don's Lincoln Deputy Attorney General Craig Motors on this entire team and I want to name all of you, but thank you for being here, thank you for the attention you've given to this case, being a juror is not an easy job.

I'm not a jury watcher. I'm not on the jury, but God knows we've been here six weeks. I'm not the best from time to time, but I noticed when I looked that you've all been paying attention, so thank you. six weeks, thank you and I won't be your employee for that long. This Hill has done a great job of bringing the world to Colleton County, drinking in the world right here with Grace's hospitality making everything as convenient as possible, but the one thing she didn't and couldn't do is give them a brochure. on how to be a juror five and a half weeks ago, when you guys got here six weeks ago, she didn't have that pamphlet for you because there isn't a book on how to be a juror.

You've been preparing for this moment in this room to decide this case your entire life and it's called life, it's called living, it's called experiences, it's called interacting with your spouse, your children, your neighbors. your coworkers your good experiences your bad experiences evaluating people and deciding what is credible what is credible is true in every case from every tribe in my 34 years of doing nothing but murder cases credibility credibility and I agree with Mr. Griffin when I looked at this case The first time I said to myself this is a CSC case now in our world which means criminal sexual conduct.

It is not a case of criminal sexual conduct. This is a case of common sense and you didn't leave that common sense with you when you came here six. It's been with you weeks ago now it's been with you for the six weeks here and you're going to pick it up on the journey that I've been listening to yesterday and today and that we've all heard about law enforcement didn't do this law enforcement didn't do I don't do that I think who actually said they fabricated evidence that they couldn't enforce the law at trial. I once called Mr.

Harpoon on a test automatic smoke screen machine. I think what the defense is doing in this case is more of an eclipse. Do you remember that eclipse? on August 17, 2017. We got a little dark and the birds started reading you, you almost felt like it was dark and then it cleared up, the eclipse passed and the light came back, that's what the defense was doing removing. you step away from the facts of credibility and say wait a minute, there's Eclipse here, there's a smokescreen here, look at that and someone said the offensive word. I find it offensive that a family with a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father, Sylvester Randolph Murdaugh, who was good to me when I was a young prosecutor, he knew I wanted to do this as my job, he knew I cared about this job, this is the best job. in the world I tried to be a lawyer three times and you don't get anything better than this job and it seems defensive to me that the defense of the accused, who was also a part-time lawyer, claims that the authorities did not do their job, listen to me, please they did not do their work while he is withholding and obstructing justice by not saying I was in the Kennels I was in the Kennels I was in the Kennels and he's going to blame everyone else is that offensive is that offensive Mr.

Griffin said a minute ago can you imagine showing up on stage? and when you see, can you imagine the law enforcement officers flying? I was down there and I saw it. It was right there. Why don't you tell them that maybe they'll get more evidence that you're listening to someone? No, I wasn't even down there, it's a credibility that really sums it all up, remember six weeks ago today when Mr. Waters opened fantastically and talked about direct evidence and direct evidence is something that you have? When you see it, it is evidence that you gather with one of your senses, you listen to it. you feel it you smell it you touch it and you come here to the witnesses hey this is what I heard what I felt what smell what I touched but remember when I was describing circumstantial evidence that day it was a storm that was coming part of its theme, the storm just came and you could hear it coming and then during part of its opening you remember it started to rain, I could hear it, you could feel it, it's almost like circumstantial evidence transformed into direct evidence and that's what happened in this The circumstantial evidence of the case became evidence direct in many cases, this case is about two things, it's about being real, being real and choosing, my mom gave me a book when I was a little kid about The Velveteen Rabbit, she actually goes to college, she deals with people And learn. about people and hard times in life, don't understand the reader of The Velveteen Rabbit if you haven't heard it, but she just put it on the cover of that book and I love my mother, always be real, always be real, In this case it is about that Defender never. have been real and the decisions I will come to in Maine, ladies and gentlemen, blame everyone but Alex, everyone but Alex, let's go back to the first one.

I'm not going to bring it up, but this is where the press release was sent, there's no danger. There's no danger, what didn't Ally do? They showed a tape there if she's asking the sheriff. I think I called Buster the first time she tried to call Buster. That took the sheriff a while to come out. You know, when he called Buster for the first time. about 40 minutes well he actually texted her, it didn't even come when this first thought wasn't what happened after he called 9-1-1, it was later maybe even when some of his friends arrived there, oh, don't come, no, right?

Right off the bat, this happened, call my son, buddy Buster, stay where you are, you're with your girlfriend back in North Charlotte to go, go, go, we've got some people after us, that's what's real, right? No? Go to the police station right now. and what else do you do too? You don't talk about being real. What are you doing? I just left my mom. She's with Shelly. She brings someone there. I will be there. If these people are here to kill us, catch them. there that's what I took to the girls, I can't tell them that's what's real and he brings up the boat case right away, it's a year and a half before, he approaches a hearing, no one is thinking about it , although the cakes, except Alice. and at that moment he is using it to get rid of here is the first suspect of him, does that make any sense?

They have a hearing soon. They are going to investigate to resolve this. No one is out there thinking about a boat case on a Monday night. Nobody is upset about that. think of all the events that would have to happen they would have to know both of them, Mr. Safe Water, someone on the shelf would have to know that they were both there they would have to know that they were there they would have to know that Alex just wasn't there, oh no, wait a minute, that he was there, but just for a moment he returned to the house and they would have to come, you know, we don't need a gun, they will be gun separates us to use yes and that is a great circumstance with direct evidence.

I'll get to that. they will have weapons there for us they will have weapons there for us we can use them. Does that make any sense at all? Let's talk about murder. the intentional malicious feeling of another living breathing human being supported by malice more malice, everyone knows what malice is the name malice, it is an evil evil that one person chose for another, they know how long it has to exist, so he made another trip full of number two uprooting a tree pull another trigger pull another trigger pull another trick malice a fourth hour can be expressed rarely happens I'm going to kill you or it can be inferred it can be inferred with the use of a weapon there is no right to self-defense here they say that they were not there two weapons can be inferred malice author and we do not have premeditation in this state we do not have to prove premeditation we do not have to prove motive I think it is it has been proven that his world was collapsing he is a Griffins that makes sense in his mind his world is collapsing your world is collapsing this was the only way I could save the only way it's a long way to say the eyes but if you don't if that reason, well I don't know it's enough I don't know , we don't have to prove why, we're certainly there, that's one explanation, but if he's down there and he's angry, he doesn't sound like a real jovial, Bubba.

Don't let me forget about my bubble, I mean, maybe you got mad, maybe he got mad at Paul, maybe you know we started this whole thing with the boat guys and maybe he just lost it, maybe you just lost it. you lost, maybe it looks like this. a suicide and then Maggie came and had to shoot him, I don't know, only one person knows and that's why we have the motive, that's why we say he did it, but we don't even have to have money, mad, he did it. No one else could have done it, no one else did it.

I'm going to get to that and this is how we test it. Further, I want to say all that, but our burden is the only reasonable man, but we lose him and then you understand the question. Have you tried it? malice well yes sir yes madam two shots to fall malicious person did not do it the second one finished his mouth five shots to maybe it is not an accident one shot Two shots three shots four shots maybe five shots depending on whether this one is running that is malicious , so if you finally kill them and you get the malice, I don't think there's any dispute that it's not a malicious child, but I have to reduce, yeah, the malice by a quarter and then load it, load it on us.

In this case, as in all cases, it is judged in this wonderful land of ours, that is why this is so great, I agree that it is beyond all reasonable doubt, there is no granary in these wonders, yes that's okay, no is beyond everything, if that is the case, this courtroom would not have been here, it is simply clear, as long as the grass does not describe that and listen to his honor, then I am not playing with him, he is the best, your law, listen to it when you read the law beyond. Reasonable Doubt is not beyond all of them, we can't do that, it is beyond any doubt that would make reasonable people hesitate to act.

I was trying to retry the case years ago and read Reasonable Doubt by this excellent lawyer and I will be amazing at describing it. Reasonable Doubt and said that sometimes you know questions or simply questions that you cannot answer all the questions and the law does not require it if after hearing all the evidence you do not do so or if you are firmly convinced of the guilt of the accused you should do so. Find it, if on the other hand you are not firmly condensed, then you must find ignacular. He goes to see me at this foreign store taking them somewhere near The Smokehouse, we introduced him to you, that's when you went to hide the weapons.

It makes common sense to tell him there's a driveway there, nice pavement, he's going to look at it. Nice paved driveway, introduce him when he came, it was 9:30 at night. The testimony is very unusual, very strange, kind of funny because Miss Nixon testified. We talked to him before recently she didn't remember anything about the conversation but she said she called and said she told him your dad isn't well. We didn't go there that afternoon when he received the phone call when his office is nearby. I saw him then he didn't do that he waited until 9:30. I don't know if anyone has people who suffer from Alzheimer's but when they sleep they are tired.

He wasn't going to love his mother. he wasn't going to be with her he was going there because he loves Alex he loves Alex and he was going there to create his album at 9:30 at night you should come see and remember what happened after that well that's about five more minutes or less, of course, I was thinking it was when he was going after the gun and the time period there is very important, not how long he was from the left to come back, but how long he was there with the shelves. how long was he there because that's when he was signing the weapons, the weapons are missing, he was hiding the weapons and what does Shelley say, he didn't stay long, about 15 to 20 minutes, he left later that week later that week and I don't know which one I have in mind right now.

I'm really tired, but one of the days she came I think it was after the visit and he says, uh, Shelly, remember? I was here for about 35 or 40 minutes, remember? looking at him I feel crazy I think she got physically upset I told him what's wrong ask what's wrong what's wrong there he was there 35 20 minutes why are you mad it's a good family he thinks she knew at the time he comes back to say hi she has 35 40 minutes now my mom is there, she always said no, you want to be so angry that she calls her brother officerdo. or say to counter what they say in rebuttal, so now the jury will have their charges, they will have a brief lunch and receive the jury instructions and from there they will deliberate.

Judge Newman is still on the bench making some announcements, but meanwhile with us still fed Kristin Gibbons, a former NBC News prosecutor, legal analyst. Also with us is former prosecutor and NBC News legal analyst Charles Coleman. Kristen. I want to talk to you first. We talked about that. what we could expect in the rebuttal if they delivered was everything they expected Incorporated I think they did a great job of delivering they rehabilitated the timeline um the other thing I think was important is that they emphasized the lie but the most important thing is that they really they accepted in the defense they said look, he loved Maggie, she looked like Paul, but he was of utmost importance, he loved himself and I think that was the best way for them to abandon the narrative, but then not quite, um, he spoke that he exercised his greatest power of choice to protect himself.

That's something that's more digestible for the jury and I think that's going to be the most important thing when they review the evidence, when they look at all the forensics and really review that timeline that the prosecutor did a great job rehabilitating Charles. Does this represent a The prosecution's turn away from the theory that financial crimes and gaining sympathy motivated the murder of his wife and son is the prosecution in rebuttal, moving away from that a bit and essentially saying who cares? the reason, the evidence is there, Danny does it. and I think the prosecutor must have been listening and listening to some of our conversation and taking some notes because what we talked about is exactly what we saw happen.

He moved away from the notion of needing to explain motive or needing to convince the jury of motive and really just focusing on the strongest parts of his case, rehabilitating the timeline like Kristen said and then focusing on what they believe which is the strongest evidence they have, I believe that if this individual had actually been the attorney who would close the case he would have had a better opportunity to analyze the case in general in front of the jury. I think this may have been what breathed new life into this case. This rebuttal was clever.

There was another. What I saw during the club during the rebuttal is that I want to point out that this theme of distrust in authorities is going to play very well in front of a South Carolina jury, the idea that they were now putting authorities on trial in defiance of the law. law enforcement where we're talking about South Carolina, a place that is very much a red state, a place that has gone back a lot to blue and not to get political, but this is a place where law enforcement is very respected, so promoting that Murdoch thing now essentially questioning law enforcement, challenging law enforcement or going after them for doing their job, you heard them say that several times, not just himself as a lawyer and as a prosecutor, but also as a police officer, it was a brilliant move by the prosecutor on the part of the prosecution. in this matter to try to bring something else to the jury that might get them on his side, okay, NBC News correspondent Katie Beck joins me now as I was inside the courtroom for part of the closing arguments of today, uh, Katie, what can we expect from the jury deliberating?

Lunch, what's next? Well, they'll come back and the judge will give them the loading instructions, which can be quite long and I think quite detailed. These parties have been debating these instructions for several days behind closed doors, I believe. the language is going to be important exactly what they are accused of and they are instructed to consider the language with which they are accused what is going to matter and then they are going to enter into deliberations that we have heard from the judge that those deliberations could extend until 10 o'clock tonight and possibly until 10 o'clock tomorrow night if the jury has not reached a verdict by then.

I think the prosecution's final theme in the rebuttal was that Alec Murdock is a proven liar, an admitted liar and everything he said throughout this case was a lie, so use that as your common sense judge his credibility judge what you believe judge what is reasonable what a reasonable person would believe or behave the way an innocent person has done I think these are the things they test the jury on and I think the end was quite effective at that. NBC News Siegel Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett also joins me now. Laura, what did you see in the prosecution's rebuttal?

The defense is closing. Today, what is your general conclusion? A return to common sense. I think Danny was the most important point for the rebuttal, just trying to show them that a person wouldn't go to his mother's house, his mother has Alzheimer's, at 9:30 at night to have a conversation. person wouldn't approach a caretaker and a housekeeper trying to tell their story immediately after the murders, talking about clothes, talking about how long they were there, it's that kind of topic, a return to the common sense that you heard from the prosecutor in his rebuttal but the defense again I think it goes back to this question of why this was a loving family and that's the biggest hole here Danny Katie back if you're still with me a question about the jury instructions oh it looks like we have to end here uh that's it for our live coverage, we bring it back now to NBC News Daily Comedian Chris Rock is ready to speak publicly about this for the first time.

This is such a storm that we have none other than the entertainment journalist of our time, expert Brian Balthazar. who joins us now Brian I didn't even know about this, which surprises me a little because this wasn't on my radar. Now I'm trying to plan my Saturday night around this. This is going to be huge, right? big PR move so Chris Rock has a live special on Netflix Saturday night at 10pm called Selective Outrage where we already know it leaked and they told him he's going to talk about the Oscar slap he He hasn't said much and when you think.

As for the timing, there's no better timing than doing it a week before the Oscars, so it remains to be seen if he'll slap Will Smith. Slaps, no pun intended, to the academy and how it was handled. It's already in the news and you know. I think this calms him down too. I think people will probably have a little bit of Oscar slap fatigue when it's over, but I can say one thing: It's great. Everyone said something, Chris, said something, Chris, waited a year and monetized. and I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure the paycheck just got bigger and bigger, yeah, my goodness, it's a brilliant move and people will see it and a lot of comics will be there as part of the pre and post show, including Jerry Seinfeld. uh, David Spade, the list goes on, oh, you can see Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, this is going to be so good, it's going to be a great night and it's also new territory for Netflix, which doesn't do a lot of live stuff on Saturdays the night.

I'm going to have to deal with a 9-year-old sleepover at my house. I'm going to have to turn down the volume and put on my headphones. Okay, there is already a lot of controversy, yes, and rumors about the weekend. an upcoming HBO special, so what's the drama there? So we could spend the entire segment talking about this. There is a lot to unpack. There's a show called The Idol coming out on HBO Max and I say upcoming because it's been out for years. There has been a script. rewrites A change of directors and now a Rolling Stone article that came out yesterday that basically has 16 members of the Anonymous team saying it's a disaster and the whole approach has changed.

It's supposed to be like an edgier version of euphoria, but Stephanie, how can she? which although thank you, thank you, unfortunately it has taken on a tone of toxic masculinity and there are a lot of adult themes in this and then Rolling Stone has had a lot to say about it, but then over the weekend I published this clip from the movie. I want you to watch this because you'll see talk about checking out Rolling Stone. Are they a bit irrelevant? It's a cover. It is a Heritage brand. I think it's fail-safe. Yes, I don't know.

I feel like you could be something like that. past its prime, okay, some big stars, then you hear there are snide comments about Rolling Stone being past its prime, of course, and that's why it's publishing that kind of retaliation that was first, right, are you a little cordial, a little annoying, but the fact of the matter? We haven't heard good things about the production and sources say there's some really uncomfortable content that's problematic and of course Weekend is co-creator and actor on this, Sam Levinson, who's actually the new guy. director behind Euphoria itself, so it remains to be seen, of course, this is getting Buzz, so we'll see how, but we don't know when it will feature talented people, yes, in All Stars, when you go further, many Buzzy actors, um, let's take. one turn, let's get back to something happy, okay, the musical movie version of a story that was loosely based on Vicki Win in high school, mean girls, no, don't talk to us about this because it was already a huge hit, so there you know. we've seen the movie we've seen the broadway musical now the musical movie is coming up Tina Fey is back Tim Nettles is back and now we know that Busy Phillips is joining the cast this is going to start filming production, I should say just a few days away From now on, by the way, Busy Phillips will play Cool Mom, this is George, and then Renee Rap from Broadway will play Regina George, which I think is cool because very often Broadway stars don't appear in the movie version, so which is kind.

It's great to see that, but everyone is very excited about this and it's a story based on the book, don't call me girls, but it's stood the test of time, it's an iconic kind of Generational Zeitgeist and to see that. It's uh, that's coming back to the screens, it's going to be a big hit, well they made that Super Bowl commercial with it, yeah, yeah, now the word we'll see Lindsay Lohan, everyone has alluded to the fact. that her game for her appearances is fine, five seconds, Brian, we love you, thank you, we'll be right back. foreign foreign news that comes when it happens wherever you are NBC News streaming for free now what people need most right now in the state and/or Law enforcement drops the ball Immigrant families now stranded in Mexico What has the World Cup experience?

It's your news playlist. Top story with tanyamas weekdays at 7 on NBC News. Now, for decades, John Williams has composed some of Hollywood's most memorable movie anthems, yes, and to celebrate. his 53rd, can you imagine 53 Oscar nominations? William sat down with Nightly News host Lester Holt to talk about some of the biggest moments in his career. Alien visitors from deep space. John Williams' musical scores have lifted us up and raised our pulse. John. I have to tell you knowing that I was going to sit with you this morning all morning. I hear your themes in my head from some of the movies.

What do you think when people start humming your songs? Well, no one could have guessed. Do you know when? We're writing and recording it for a particular purpose and we finish the movie and that's it, you put the music in a drawer. Your music inside. This is NBC Nightly News, including the signature theme song he wrote for this broadcast 38 years ago. The piece lasts approximately four minutes. and they said if we have a slow day in the news, we'll play the whole piece right now that John Williams is in the news for his Oscar nomination at age 91.

Is it still exciting to hear your name? I guess it's 53 Oscars now. nominations, which seems unreal, that someone could be that age and work that long. This time he's nominated for Fablements, once again showing one of Hollywood's most enduring partnerships. John Williams and director Steven Spielberg, it seems like our soundtrack should be very simple, very simple, very moving. If possible, Fable Men's is personal for Spielberg, a loose telling of his own story, that represented a challenge for you when you started to score the film well, every film was a challenge of course because everyone has to look for how it should sound the movie.

In addition to looking like this, this is a particularly interesting challenge, it's Stephen being so blunt, so careless with his family, the couple's work spanning five decades. Williams' last Oscar win was almost 30 years ago; he won five for his film scores. I think most people would think. I would have won more because your music is so familiar to me, my wife thinks I should have won more and someone asked Samantha why you always wear black dresses to the Oscars and she says because we lose every year, whether we win or lose. John Williams is still harnessing the power of music to bring images to life, what a score of your life story would sound like, oh Shira, I don't know, I hope he has a cello Solo somewhere, then we canto have Yo-Yo Ma.

I've been very fortunate with that and it really is a blessing to work in music, such a fun story to get it right, of course, it was Nightly News anchor Lester Holt who reported and this is what which is fashionable right now. Fox Nation is revisiting Jussie Smollett's infamous hate crime story in a five-part documentary. -series called Joseph Smallett Anatomy of a Hoax This series will feature exclusive interviews with two people who were part of an elaborate plot to help stage the incident. It will premiere on March 13. I'm excited about this Tom, a new play based on Stranger.

Things are heading to the stage The prequel story is called Stranger Things The first Shadow focuses on the characters from the hit TV show played by Winona Ryder and David Harbor The first Shadow will premiere in London's West End at the end of 2023, hopefully they'll hit New York City right and legendary New York City talking rock band Kiss are announcing the final dates of their farewell tour. The final leg of the band's tour begins in Texas and ends with two consecutive shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. In December in a statement, the band says they formed New York City half a century ago and hoped to end the tour where it all began My favorite Kiss song, Groove, which I think is their best song, yeah, I love it, it was amazing to be here.

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A daily look at the politics behind the headlines and Meet the Press, now airing weekdays at 4 p.m. m. on NBC News. Hello everyone, I'm Aaron Gilchrist and Kate Snow. NBC News Daily starts well. now, today, Thursday, March 2, 2023, breaking news, the last word, lawyers in Alec Murdock's murder and murder trial finish their closing arguments, key statements made by both sides and why a member of the jury was removed from El Niño, new threat to dangerous winter storm moving that brings strong wind, hail and even tornadoes, meteorologist Bill Cairns is timing everything great anxiety multiple new incidents on US planes, including a cabin fire and severe turbulence how the government is responding now and critical diagnosis colorectal cancer cases are increasing across the United States Who says it's more likely for doctors? risk and how you can protect yourself is 11 a.m. m. in Palm Springs, 1 p.m. m. in Peoria and 2 p.m. m. in New York City and we begin with the latest news on the Alec Murdock double murder trial after six weeks, more than 75 Witnesses and a trip to the crime scene the case is about to be handed over to the jury the lawyers of Alec Murdoch presented their closing arguments today the disgraced former lawyer is accused of killing his wife and youngest son in June 2021 after prosecutors gave their final rebuttal but before All this the judge announced a major twist this morning First thing in the morning, one of the jurors is now out of the case to preserve the integrity of the process, and to be fair to all parties involved, we will be replacing him with one of the other jurors.

ABC News Correspondent Katie Beck , is at his post outside the courthouse in South Carolina. Also with us is NBC News legal analyst Danny Savalos. Katie, let's start with the jury dismissal. Why was that person replaced? It was a matter of the judge simply taking maybe. 15 minutes this morning to address this by saying that someone outside of this court case had contacted him and told him that that juror had had an inappropriate conversation about matters of the case outside of the courtroom which, of course, is not allowed, so he said he did a pretty thorough investigation, interviewed the person who notified him, talked to the jury, and then reconciling all of that, I thought the best course of action is to let this juror go and replace him with a substitute, which he did shortly after, so that is the reason why You have several alternatives, in this case we have seen several disappear due to greed, illness and family matters and every once in a while, finally, a conversation inappropriate, so we have one more alternative, in case there is another reason to use one, okay?

So, back to today's advocacy, Katie's prosecutors just finished their rebuttal to the defendants' team's response. A few moments ago, explain to us today's arguments. Well, the defense team basically did everything they could to find holes in the sledding investigation that Lo did with witness testimony, you know, talking about the fact that there was a lot of evidence that wasn't gathered, that the crime didn't seem be properly insured and that there was some evidence that they called fabricated evidence, like the blue raincoat, they said that no one could identify that code, no one ever said that Alec had it or used it, so they did the best they could with the investigation of the sled.

They also pointed out the reason a lot. They talked a lot about the fact that the prosecution's motive is that Alec Murdoch did this for distraction and sympathy and why someone who was financially ruined who wanted sympathy and distraction would attract more attention by becoming the center of a criminal investigation. murder. Here's some of that exchange from the courtroom that it was a storm of clouds coming and that his financial house of cards is about to collapse and he's about to be exposed and so he does what every person rational would do: kill your wife and child, that's your theory of motive, now prosecutors say in rebuttal that basically you know they don't.

I don't have to prove why because they basically recognize that Alec Murdoch probably loved his wife and loved his son, but that he loved himself more and that he was a serial liar who had lied to everyone. that he knew. They also pulled out a kind of common sense card. If you want, with someone who is using common sense in these situations, you have acted like Alec Alec did that night, that was certainly mentioned too, okay, thanks Katie, let me turn it over to Danny Savalos, they also talked a lot about the lie that he had told about being at the crime scene that night.

I'm curious that you've been watching for two days all the arguments, all the clothes, they're closing arguments if you're that juror, what are you thinking? You never know what the jury is thinking, but I will say that the defense has no surprises. They really stuck to the only points they could. The five or six points of perhaps poor quality research, they insisted. Reasonable doubt and the burden of proof is pretty standard. He took advantage of what could be a gift the prosecution gave them, which in a truly incredible theory is that someone would kill his wife and son to gain sympathy and avoid prosecution, but with the rebuttal, the state brought the fire to Brimstone as part of the reason they do it. that's because they know the defense has no answer, they can't stand up and say anything, but they address some critical points, including Alec Murdock wouldn't have taken the stand and confessed to lying if he hadn't been caught if the video the video of Snapchat the other data the other evidence had not surfaced showing that he was a liar and it really made evident the fact that he was lying about everything, even to the people who would want to go out and find the real bad guy Alright, this is it, this is where Now it goes to the jury.

Well, we wait and watch now. Danny Savalas Katie is back, thank you both. Well, a dangerous storm system moving from the west coast to the east now poses a severe weather threat. Texas to Tennessee, hail, strong winds, even a new round of tornadoes, possible. Northern California is still bracing for one to three more feet of snow in the coming days and east of Los Angeles, heavy snow caused an avalanche overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. on NBC News, meteorologist Bill Cairns now bills, so walk us through what's coming and when it's going to start this afternoon and into tonight that's the dangerous part of this storm system, this is the one that dumped heavy snow in California now it's running to across the four corners region tonight heading into east Texas we have a moderate risk of severe storms including the Dallas Fort Worth area to Texarkana and this area has the highest chance of not only tornadoes but also a couple of strong tornadoes. so make sure you have your family safety plans in place in case those tornado sirens go off or you're going to have to get to shelter quickly because we have life-threatening storms that are probably going to hit in the next two hours and probably start about. within an hour or two into the afternoon tomorrow we are at that risk in areas of Kentucky and also across Tennessee a lot of wind damage isolated tornadoes we are also going to have a blizzard this is going to be a very narrow band of snow heavy somewhere near Chicago, somewhere in southern Michigan, someone here has a chance of getting up to a foot of heavy, wet snow and gusty winds, so power outages could be a big problem and then In northern New England, this is Friday night.

Saturday morning, mainly heavy snow in areas of northern New England ski resorts, messy snow and sleet in areas of the central part of the country, on top of everything guys, we also have a high risk of flooding tonight sudden All right, Bill Cameron is with us. today thank you Bill environmental activist Aaron Brockovich will return to Northeast Ohio today concerns about toxic waste from the train derailment are now spreading beyond East Palestine they don't know the effect it has on the community they have no evidence we can That can be verify and that is worrying because the man lives in an area where some of that waste could go.

Let's take a look at this new video taken this morning of the cleanup that is underway. Nearly 2 million gallons of toxic wastewater have been hauled away for treatment. Centers in Ohio, Michigan and Texas, NBC News correspondent Ron Allen, have been following the story. Ron, what is causing all these concerns beyond the accident site, is in places like East Liverpool, where hazardous materials will be removed, and in the case of East Liverpool. there is a plant, a facility there where there has been a long dispute over several years between the residents and the plant operators over safety conditions, there have been lawsuits, there have been alleged violations of EPA regulations and therefore , the arrival of this material from Eastern Palestine to these other facilities 20 miles away have reignited all of those long-standing concerns and that's happening in Michigan and Texas and other places as well and all of this is happening as political pressure mounts Regarding the answer, how does all this influence what is happening on the ground?

Well, remember this is a very red area of ​​Ohio that went for President Trump by about 70 percent in 2020, he was there, there were calls for Pete Bootages, the Secretary of Transportation to come, there were calls for the President Biden and now Governor Dewine is echoing those comments, so listen to what he said on Fox News this morning. Look, you should come. There is no doubt that the president needs to come. People want to see the president. He should be there. It's interesting that about a week ago Governor Dewine. and Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who was a Democrat, made a point of standing at a podium and shaking hands saying that this is not a partisan event, this is about health and safety in their communities and that they are working together every day, so which is It's interesting that the governor, the wine, is now taking this political stance, but that's the way things are going, positions are hardening.

Residents are worried. The officials keep telling them it's safe and they don't believe them. Okay, Ron Allen, on our side. Ron, thank you. liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center today three two one Ages at full power and liftoffs always an incredible sight the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off early this morning sending four people to the International Space Station two American astronauts a Russian cosmonaut and the first Arab people assigned for a long-term space mission, this is the second attempt to take off of this rocket afterPlans to launch on Monday were scrapped due to a clogged filter in the ignition system of the engine the crew is expected to dock at the International Space Station early Friday.

Tomorrow, Ford is testing a unique new technology and we have new numbers on the labor market. Christina Parcellos joins us now with today's CNBC Money Minute. Hi Christina, Hi, so let's start with Ford, the automaker is working on a new plan to move the vehicle recall. Internally, the company has applied for a patent for systems and methods to assist in vehicle recovery, meaning that in the future self-driving Fords will be able to drive if the owner fails to make payments. Obviously, this is probably very far in the future and even if the car can't drive away, this new patent may allow Ford to disable features like power seats, air conditioning and radio until payments resume.

Can you believe that's okay, next story? Jobless claims were slightly lower last week, another sign of a strong US labor market. Claims for jobless benefits remain at record lows despite widespread layoffs in several industries. Last month's unemployment numbers will be released. next week and finally, this store, a chandelier purchased for only $300, proves to be a worthwhile investment, recognized a painter in 1960. a chandelier made by the famous sculptor Alberto Gio Comedy and I bought it for 300 that chandelier went up for auction earlier this week sold for $3.5 million wow wow Christina thank you thank you top NFL prospect charged in teammate's death coming soon what Jalen Carter says after turning himself in watching NBC News Daily thank you foreign news with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts today's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now streaming weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now for Dateline premium subscribe now on Apple Podcasts thanks college football star and top NFL draft prospect Jalen Carter turned himself in to authorities after an arrest warrant was issued for his arrest.

Jail records show he was released shortly after posting Bond on The former Georgia defensive tackle is charged with reckless driving and racing in connection with a fatal crash. Here's NBC's top NFL prospect Stephanie Goss, and former Georgia Bulldog Jalen Carter faces charges in connection with a fatal crash in January. His teammate Devin Willock and team recruiter Chandler Lacroix were killed according to jail records, the star player turned himself in to authorities overnight, was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail and released a short time later. according to an arrest warrant previously obtained by NBC News. Police filed two misdemeanor charges against Carter for reckless driving and dragging. racing This surveillance video obtained by our NBC News affiliate appears to show two cars matching police descriptions of the vehicle's alleged racing minutes before the crash.

Police have not confirmed that the cars in the video were the ones involved. Investigators found that both Carter and Lacroix were driving at high speeds. of speed passing other motorists and changing between lanes Lacroix said he was driving more than 100 miles per hour with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit, it was a car that definitely accelerated, but there are questions about Carter's statements to police about where at the time of the crash, according to documents reviewed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he left the scene apparently before police arrived, but then returned nearly an hour and a half later and gave changing accounts. about the accident when he returned.

Carter initially told police he was nearly a mile away when the crash occurred, making it appear like it was a single car accident, but later acknowledged he was actually next to the other car, documents state. that have not been seen by NBC News this week. Carter has been meeting with teams in Indianapolis. at the NFL combine, but he left shortly after his court order was issued in a statement posted on Twitter. Jalen wrote in part that numerous media reports also circulated that contained inaccurate information about the tragic events of January 15, 2023 and added that when all the facts are known I will be completely exonerated now with charges against Wade, an NFL future is in play, it's a little early now to definitively say his draft stock will be deployed, but we've seen plenty of situations over the years where off-field issues arise Stephanie Gosk NBC News a discrimination case against the NFL is heads to court after a federal judge rejected the arbitration option.

You may remember that coach Brian Flores sued the league and three teams a year ago saying the NFL was subpoenaing. Rife with racism, the judge said a jury can decide the merits of his claims against the league, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans, but his claims against the Miami Dolphins will go through arbitration. The NFL said it plans to move forward with arbitration and will seek to dismiss remaining claims students at Clark Atlanta University mourning the loss of one of their own today police say a member of the basketball team was shot and killed near campus NBC News Reporter Maya Eglin joins us now Maya, do we know if this was a targeted attack?

Aaron police say yes. I don't think it was a random incident, but they are still looking for whoever is responsible. The university identified the victim as 20-year-old Jaton Sterling. He was a sophomore on the basketball team. Atlanta police say he was shot several times in the parking lot of the Lighthouse Catholic Center on Tuesday afternoon Authorities believe Sterling knew his killer and was shot during an argument. The students are understandably very shocked. The University's athletics department paid tribute to Sterling on social media, writing to Clark Atlanta Athletics that it sends its condolences to ChatOn Sterling's family and friends.

He left too soon. please keep Jitone's family in your prayers Erin I understand that this incident is also raising some safety concerns on campus. What are we hearing from students? Aaron, although investigators don't believe it was a random incident, some students aren't happy with how. They were notified about the shooting, they claim they only found out about the shooting hours later when the university sent an email, they sent an email with two or three sentences of condolences and it's unacceptable where it was, you know? Campus security, where the cameras were, where they were. Anyone help him?

Where is all this support you're supposed to get in college? Where was it that one of our companions was lying on the ground for 10 minutes with his body uncovered for anyone to see? Some students say they need more security. to feel safe and in the meantime a vigil was held last night to honor Sterling's life. People who knew him best described him as a young man with great integrity. Aaron, it's okay, Maya, thank you. The scare went up in the air aboard two separate planes that sent more than a dozen people to the hospital you're watching NBC Newsday foreign foreign foreign premium subscribe now to Apple podcasts We begin tonight with breaking news that arrives when happen wherever NBC News is streaming for free now watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Wait or listen wherever you get your podcasts for Dateline premium, subscribe now to Apple Podcasts.

If you're looking to rent, you know that finding an affordable place can sometimes be quite difficult. Scammers know this too and have taken advantage of the opportunity using tactics. to make rentals appear available when they are not here Tracy Davidson from our NBC station in Philadelphia Lydia gushetska bought this condo about two years ago and felt right at home in Francisville. I have really nice eyesight and enjoy the little details. I remodeled myself a little. Lydia wants people to know something. She lives here. It is not for rent. I'm being like she's being attacked. My apartment is being attacked by someone telling people that the house is available for rent.

Lydia says she heard about this for the first time. Problem almost a year ago, when interested tenants started contacting her on social media, she shared some of her messages with us. My girlfriend and I are trying to move to Philadelphia and we will do it all virtually. I saw her name on the master lease. Well. One day I have a question about your property in Philadelphia before renting Lydia says people link to a Craigslist ad on her place for rent for eleven hundred dollars, someone posted on my behalf claiming I gave them the right to sublease my apartment and they I even have my signature which is a fake signature.

Whoever posted this ad apparently searched the public property registry by putting Lydia's name on the fake lease to make it look legitimate and tried to collect a security deposit. I don't like this to happen, it's not uncommon. Unfortunately, Bill Lovelin is the vice president of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. He says three things should set off alarm bells for renters looking for a home. The owner cannot meet them on the property. They need you to send a security deposit with a payment. app and the price seems too good to be true Loveland says if you found a property online and are interested in renting it, follow this step check that the property is listed if the property is listed on more than one website make sure the information is consistent that rental amounts are not different If you believe you lost money due to a rental scam, report it to the website where the ad was posted and to the FBI, the latest FBI data on rental and real estate scams tells us show in 2021 684 people in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware reported being victims of one of these scams, a total loss of more than $21 million.

Lydia tells us that in her case she stopped potential tenants who approached her from sending money to the scammer she contacted. Craigslist and asked them to remove the ad that was Lydia also asked several real estate websites to remove photos from when her condo was for sale. He hopes this will prevent scammers from using old listings to make fraudulent ads. Tracy Davidson reports her credit score there. Affects a lot, from loans to insurance to housing applications, some people turn to credit repair services to help fix a bad score without realizing that they can do it themselves and save some money.

Susan Hogan from our NBC station in Washington DC shows us how to do it for free with the annual credit report. com until the end of 2023 from the beginning you have a lot of inflammation at your fingertips and you have not spent a cent once you have the three reports, review them and look for suspicious accounts that you do not remember opening. This often happens with commons. Names look for inaccurate information, such as account balance credit limits and hard inquiries, and ensure that information in public records, such as evictions and judgments, are accurate. Some negative items on your report may only remain for a period of time, these are usually automatically removed after the time has passed.

But if they still persist on your report, dispute them and you may find that once that is removed, your credit score increases significantly overnight. To dispute the information on your report, send a letter to all three credit reporting companies with an explanation of each error and supporting documentation. The credit reporting company generally has 30 calendar days to investigate your dispute if doing so yourself is too overwhelming. There are reputable credit repair companies, you just want to look for red flags if the company asks you to submit the dispute accurate information makes promises to remove negative information or ask for upfront fees, don't hire them.

I'm Susan Hogan. News 4. Anti-Semitic threats targeting Michigan attorney general and more are coming. You're watching NBC News Daily and tonight on NBC News Now, Steven Spielberg. Fable Man, an in-depth look at the life and career of the award-winning director, premiering tonight at 10:30. The news continues afterof this foreigner. We start tonight with breaking news about how much water will eventually be forced in when it happens wherever it is. Is NBC News streaming free now? Watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts for premium Dateline. Subscribe now to Apple Podcasts Breaking News.

These are some of the stories making headlines on NBC News Daily. Chicago Police Officer Dead After Being Shot While Responding to a Domestic Violence Incident Andres Vasquez Lasso, 32, was shot Wednesday afternoon. He was chasing a suspect who was reportedly chasing a woman with a gun, police say the suspect shot Lasso at point-blank range in Buffalo. A New York firefighter died after flames broke out inside a building on Wednesday. A witness captured these dramatic images. We were told that the building housed a theatrical costume shop. Firefighters had to evacuate when the building began to collapse, but it appears that one of them could not escape the initial cause of that fire is under investigation its mayor of College Park Maryland is under arrest accused of dozens of counts of child pornography Patrick Woyan presented his resignation from the city his arrest stems from a criminal investigation that began last month when police received a tip about a district social media account that attributes illegal material, Wellyan has served as mayor of College Parks since 2015.

In This hour we are tracking three incidents involving three separate airports. We're going to walk you through them on this map that starts at the bottom of Spirit. An Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida, after a fire broke out on board the northbound Lufthansa. The Lufthansa plane had to make an emergency landing overnight in Virginia, several passengers were injured when the plane encountered extreme turbulence, and in Pennsylvania authorities are trying to figure it out. Find out why a man tried to carry explosive materials hidden in his checked luggage. NBC News correspondent Emily Aketa is tracking all of these incidents for us and joining us here to walk us through all of these incidents, so let's start with the one in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania man who was accused of hiding an artifact active explosive and the lining of his luggage as he appeared before a judge today for the first time in the case while facing federal charges.

The court appearance comes amid a series of several serious scares for travelers that led some people to hospital chaos and fear in the skies after two airlines made emergency landings Wisconsin's Airbus A330 experienced extreme turbulence seven People were taken to the hospital after a Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany experienced significant turbulence and had to land at a Washington airport. The plane all alone kind of fell over and everything, all the food and everything flew everywhere. and it was pretty scary, honestly, because a little earlier that day, a Spirit Airlines flight flying from Dallas to Orlando was also diverted after a battery in an overhead compartment suddenly caught fire, just a ton of smoke coming out, so I yelled fire several times.

Terrifying moments followed as the cabin quickly filled with smoke, but thanks to the quick reaction of those on board, the fire was extinguished and the plane landed safely. In Jacksonville, Florida, there's a retired firefighter who jumped out and a flight crew came in, they put him out. The flight crew did a really good job. 10 people were transported to the hospital, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. It was a serious scare. at a Pennsylvania airport after authorities said a man now in custody tried to bring an explosive device aboard an Allegiant plane headed to Orlando, according to federal officials.

Mark Muffley, 40, checked his suitcase at Lehigh Valley International Airport Monday morning that contained a combustible device about an hour later, when TSA agents searched the bag, setting off alarms according to documents. According to the indictment, agents found a circular compound containing a type of granular powder often used in commercial-grade fireworks. Authorities say the device found hidden in the lining of the suitcase also contains several fuses. The FBI was called to the scene and part of the airport was evacuated. Investigators say surveillance cameras capture this image of Muffley leaving the airport just after being called to go to the security office and so Emily, what is this man facing?

Now okay, so Muffley faces possession of an explosive device at an airport and also attempts to plant it on a plane in a court appearance that ended moments ago. The defense argued that the devices discovered were simply fireworks, while prosecutors called him a Flight Hazard and argued that he created a dangerous situation, muffley is now in federal custody as this case continues to unfold, guys, okay, I'm Leah Kenneth , with us, we appreciate it, thank you, thank you, the FBI is investigating a man in Michigan who is accused of threatening to kill elected officials in State government investigators say he tweeted that he specifically wanted to kill Jewish politicians.

NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Kendallanian joins us now Ken, do we have any idea who specifically received these threats? Well, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nussell says she was the target. There are also reports. that the suspect threatened Congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin. Court documents say the suspect made these threats on Twitter and was arrested in mid-February and after the FBI began investigating these threats, they said they learned that this suspect had previously been arrested on assault charges and then Possessed various firearms, including pistols, shotguns and rifles. A Twitter account allegedly connected to him claims he was fired from the University of Michigan for refusing a Covid-19 vaccine.

The university says he employed him for 10 years and fired him in 2021. But it has not said why he has been charged with transmitting an interstate threat and is being held without bail. Well, you know, we've covered Ken's alarming rise in anti-Semitic violence in recent years. Now the Anti-Defamation League says last year. There have been over 2,200 anti-Semitic incidents in the US. Is the federal government doing anything to try to address this? Ken, yes they are and you are absolutely right. Today I spoke with an FBI official who says they are seeing an alarming increase in anti-Semitic and other hate attacks, and this is not necessarily a problem that the federal government can solve, but President Biden created an interagency group to increase and better coordinate the United States government's efforts to counter anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and related forms of hate. bias and discrimination Biden called on that group to develop a national strategy to counter anti-Semitism to increase understanding about it and the threat it poses, and meanwhile the FBI and other law enforcement agencies continue to investigate domestic violent extremists Suspected of breaking the law, okay?

Kendallanian right for us Ken, thanks, we're also following some breaking news from Capitol Hill now that the House Ethics Committee just announced that it will move forward with an investigation into Congressman George Santos. The freshman New York lawmaker also faces scrutiny for possible campaign finance violations. As possible conflicts of interest, Santos has been under the microscope for months, both admitted and alleged lies on his resume and other falsehoods, CPAC is back in action. Top Republicans are gathering near Washington this week for that annual conservative political action conference that's billed as one of the biggest political events of the year, and while those who attend make news, so do those who don't.

NBC's Dasha Burns is in National Harbor Maryland where that conference will be held again this year, so Dasha talks to us about who's on the guest list and who's not, yes Aaron, you're right, the rumors surrounding the CPAC this year isn't so much about what's happening on stage behind me, but more about who won't be taking the stage this time. We just saw Senators Ted Cruz and JD Vance speak. received a warm enthusiastic response from the audience here, but some notable names not in attendance include Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, RNC Chairman Ronald McDaniel, a former Vice President, Mike Pence, potential 2024 candidate, Governor Glenn Younkin and you know Aaron from talking to people here, the one name that keeps coming up that everyone expected to come, but he's not actually planning to come.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as much as CPAC has really become the Trump show, this is a conference that has been remade. image of Trump since the Trump era began, essentially this is a name that's coming up a lot here, which will be interesting to see what it means, especially Aaron because of that informal poll that's going to be conducted at the end of the conference where, although DeSantis He's not here he's going to be on the ballot with Trump so outside of the people who aren't there, they're not there, what are they hearing from the people who are attending about their hopes, what are they hoping to hear from the majors? foreign Republicans, what's happening with CPAC.

If you take a step back, this used to be a kind of Woodstock for conservatives. This was the setting where Reagan gave his City on a Hill speech. I used to be really focused on core conservative policy issues. Homeland Security Immigration. uh, fiscal responsibility, although in recent years it's been more focused on the culture wars and those divisive issues, and you know, Aaron, this crowd is not enthusiastic, of course, about the current administration and there's a lot of pessimism about the direction of the country and an enthusiasm for talking to like-minded people here, listen to what we hear.

This is a great opportunity to come and actually mingle, if you wish, with like-minded people who believe in the freedom that we use. have and unfortunately we are seeing an erosion almost day by day this is my fourth CPAC. I love the feeling that we are looking to the future, we are working hard to write the ship that is the United States of America, what the future is and by the way, some of those names that are not here Governor Ron DeSantis former Vice President Mike Pence they're in Florida at a Club for Growth event sort of split screen at the GOP this weekend Erin, okay Dr.

Burns for us just across the river from D.C today Dasha, thanks and speaking of Florida, Could Floridians completely say goodbye to the state's Democratic Party? That's exactly what one state senator wants to do. He is proposing a bill called to cite the final expungement law, if enacted, to completely eliminate the Florida Democratic Party. NBC News political reporter Adam Edelman is following the story and joins us now, so, somewhat strangely, explain to us what's in this bill and how it all came about for the bill to cancel the political presentations of any political party that at any time in its existence had previously defended or supported slavery and because the Democratic Party over 150 years ago had technically, as part of their platform, done something that would apply to them and essentially eliminate the party in Florida and what Democrats say about it.

I mean, it's hard to understand if they eliminated the Democratic party, could it exist in some other way? What are Democrats? Well the state party has said it's unconstitutional and unserious and secondly They charge that they may be right in the law, the Republican lawmaker who introduced the bill basically admitted on Twitter that it was all part of a bigger troll than I was saying that because there is a Republican supermajority in the state legislature there, anything is really possible, but I mean, does it seem like this is something that people are latching on to and trying to help move forward?

Or well, the next legislative session is going to be full of other red issues for conservatives. There are bills on how to change defamation laws. There are bills on several things that could help elevate Gov. Ron Desantis' expected or likely bid for the White House. This is probably going to take a backseat, but like I said, you know, I think Republicans like to be in the spotlight and, you know,You know. enjoy starting some of these disputes with the democrats okay i got you here Adam Edelman thanks well the growing spread of colorectal cancer in young people is coming and the symptoms you should watch out for.

More NBC News Daily right after this foreign foreign foreign with those breaking news this is just in many stories to get to what people need most right now did the state or the authorities drop the ball somewhere? Are we heading towards a recession or recovery? Migrant families now stranded in Mexico What is the World Cup? The experience has been as if the civil effort is not just about fighting, it is also about helping every night. It's the top story on your news playlist with Tom Yamas airing weekdays at 7 on NBC News. Now, in today's Health, there's a new warning from the American Cancer Society about rates.

Colorectal cancer cases among people under the age of 55 are now increasing and most cases involve Advanced Sage cancer. NBC's Tom Costello has been treating colon cancer for more than 45 years, but when his doctor told him the recommended screening age had dropped from 55 to 45, he ordered an email-positive colaguard test for a colonoscopy. confirmed stage 3 cancer and Justin began experimental immunotherapy last fall. I'll share what my doctor told me when she came to share the news and said you wouldn't have made it to 50 without coming to see me, that's how you've known for a long time that I was Justin is part of a younger generation of Americans whose colorectal cancer have almost doubled in 25 years in 1995, 11 of people aged 55 or younger were diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019.

Unfortunately there has also been an increase in late-stage diagnoses where colon cancer It has not only spread to the lymph nodes but also to distant organs in the form of metastases. Symptoms should be watched for by a change in bowel habits. Blood in abdominal stools. pain unintentional weight loss fatigue shortness of breath, but although it is the second leading cause of death from cancer, many people are reluctant to talk about their symptoms or seek help, there needs to be open communication between patients and their families about what might be happening, as well as about patients and their primary care providers, risk factors include obesity, physical inactivity, a diet low in fruits and vegetables but high in red and processed meats, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and family history of Black Americans, Native Americans, and Alaska Natives at high risk.

Justin Kelly is I'm just grateful you took the test. I see it as a close decision. If I hadn't had that physical, I would have been in a very different place, diagnosed and now cancer-free. Tom Costello NBC News Washington on Today's Mental Health Check Today is World Teen Mental Wellness Day and we're looking at how social media is affecting young people in their mental health appeal. A Research Center survey shows that 54 percent of teens ages 13 to 17 say it would be difficult, at least partly, to give up joining social media. We are now the scientific director of the American Psychological Association Dr.

Mitch Princetein Dr. Prinstein We appreciate you being here last month. We know that he testified before a Senate committee talking about the dangers online and how social media may be affecting teenagers. What were some of the main concerns? On the role social media plays among today's youth, psychology scientists are really looking at the effects of social media on mental health and we've identified at least eight different ways this could be relevant, just Some of them are potentially addictive effects. of social media in children, the degree to which they are exposed to discrimination or hate online, the amount of stress they experience due to overloaded notifications and too much information, and also emerging research showing that social media could be changing the way teenagers grow up.

During the super sensitive period of development, I nod because I remember doing a story about five years ago and the research back then was very mixed on the impact of devices and social media. Are we at a point now where there is more consensus about it? The negatives that you listed well are starting to get there, so we used to look at whether screen time itself was an issue and I think now it's clearly not the amount of screen time you spend, but specifically what What you do when you log in, what kinds of things you're exposed to, and how that interacts with the person you were before you even logged in, so if you spend all your time watching cat videos, the impact will be less than other things.

What are there out there that you know are not that friendly, we know that social media can be very addictive, how can parents know if their child really needs help and then what should they do? We are now finding that more than 50 percent of children report at least one symptom of clinical dependence on social media when we use the same types. of questions we would use for substance use or addiction to illegal drugs if parents discovered that their children say they are having a hard time getting off social media even when they are trying to quit or that it is interfering with their ability to do so with daily roles and routines , that's a warning sign that kids might be getting too attached to some of the content that artificial intelligence and machine learning could prompt them to spend more time than they should, yeah, okay, very quickly, Tick Tock announced that It's going to be default. any user under 18 to a 60 minute time limit on Tick Tock asking for a friend is enough, they should be doing more, well that's a good start but let's make sure there's a way to ensure these kids really are under 18 years old and there is a real way to monitor that, Dr.

Mitch Prince, thank you very much, it has to be much more than just lip service with these things, yes, there is more news to come. You're watching NBC News Daily Foreign Foreign Foreign The day's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now airing weekdays at 4 p.m. m. on NBC News Now NBC News is streaming free now there's a new Royal Rift in the headlines after Prince Harry and Megan were asked to remove all their belongings from Frogmore Cottage their royal residence in the United Kingdom here's the foreign correspondent of NBC News Kelly Kobia, a spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle who says the couple is being kicked out of their Windsor home, tells NBC News the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked to evict their residents in Frogmore.

Cottage, the cottage owned by the Crown Estate and just minutes from Windsor Castle was a gift to Queen Elizabeth's partner. It has been her official residence in the United Kingdom since the birth of her son Archie. They talked about it in their recent Netflix documentary series. It was a place where we had so many memories of our courtship, our engagement, our wedding, our walks and then where we ended up, you know, having our baby, the eviction that occurred after the couple criticized the royal family in that series from Netflix and in the explosive Memoir of Prince Harry. save it is a dirty game the pain and suffering of the women who marry in this institution there is truly a frenzy the message the King has sent by taking away Frogmore Cottage is you Harry and Megan have made it very clear that you see your future in the United States You have made your bed and you can lie on it and I am not going to provide you with a bed courtesy of the royal family in the United Kingdom.

The couple was heavily criticized after spending $3.2 million of taxpayers' money renovating the country. property before moving in and then paying those costs after becoming senior royals, but hoping to keep the property. Frogmore Cottage is a very private and secure house on a property where Harry and Megan's privacy was never invaded, so in some ways not having that in the UK will be a key for them Harry and Megan, who are now raising Her son Archie and daughter Lillibet in California, renewed a long-term lease for Frogmore Cottage in 2020. They stayed there last year while in the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and hosting a birthday party for Archie now that a home away from home is no longer an option Cali Kobie NBC News and a shocking discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza is being called one of the most important revelations of the 21st century.

NBC News foreign correspondent Molly Hunter details a new discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza Behind these giant chevrons over the main entrance for the first time a look inside an accurate analysis an actual characterization of the face corridor north This discovery in my opinion is the most important discovery of the 21st century The imposing structure has for centuries kept secrets out of the reach of scientists and archaeologists and now, for the first time, images showing a vaulted ceiling, a corridor measuring 30 feet With five chambers designed to release pressure, this runner is protecting or reducing pressure on something underneath. it could be a chamber it could be something else very soon we will be able to find out what the main problem is with this corridor inside the Great Pyramid the possible tombs the unknown artifacts even the ancient construction techniques everything has fascinated the world for the last 4,500 years It is wonderful may we continue to receive new developments and learn new things and in 2016 a cavity was first discovered behind the north face, scientists believed it was horizontal and now know that it may have a small upward slope after seven years of exhaustive research, a real image. of what it looks like, launched in 2015, scanned pyramids set out to penetrate the walls of this ancient pyramid without disturbing them, no drilling required, no excavation using advanced cosmic ray scans in the form of muons, scientists can look behind the thick limestone walls with distant technology. more powerful than any something else there that is so fascinating, although I am the daughter of an archaeologist, so I love all the things.

It's on my wish list. We should go, yeah, come on, let's do it. Put the entries right. I'm Aaron Gilchran Kate Snow, you're watching NBC News Daily. We're also streaming free 24/7 on NBC News, now you can watch us wherever you stream live thank you foreigner thank you foreigner biggest political stories with trusted information and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now streaming weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now NBC News streaming free now watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts NBC News streaming free now Hi everyone, I'm Kate Snow and I'm Aaron Gilchrist NBC News Daily starts right now.

Thursday March 2, 2023 breaking news closing argument Alec Murdoch's defense lawyer presents his closing argument in this double murder trial and why a juror was suddenly thrown out of the storm of moving cases the system that hit California Now Marching East What It's Packing Up and Who Will Face the Worst of It: Bling Ring, the International Criminals Stealing Millions of Dollars in Valuables from Homes, Who They Target and Why, and Bitter Pill, an App to help you save on prescriptions, accused of selling personal information, how to prevent it from happening to you if Start with today's breaking news on the Alec Murdoch double murder trial.

After six weeks, more than 75 witnesses and a jury trip to the crime scene, the case is now about to be handed over to that jury. Alec Murdoch's lawyers gave their closure. Today's arguments The disgraced former lawyer is accused of killing his wife and youngest son in June 2021 After those arguments, prosecutors gave their final rebuttal before all of this, although the judge announced a major twist early As of this morning, one of the jurors is no longer on the case. To preserve the integrity of the process and be fair to all parties involved, we will replace you with one of the other jurors.

NBC News correspondent Jay Gray is in court in South Carolina, toowith us. NBC News legal analyst Danny. savalos Jay will start with you, we'll get to that jury in a moment here, first walk us through the defense's closing arguments today and then how the prosecution responded, yes, and Aaron, the defense wasted no time getting right to the core of their defense, Alec Murdock. Saying that investigators failed miserably in investigating the murders of his wife and son and potentially fabricated evidence in the case, they said the prosecution was failing on schedule when it came to circumstantial evidence in this case and They also question his theory about why he says it just doesn't make sense the state's theory is that he had that there was a storm of clouds coming on Horizon and that his financial house of cards is about to collapse and he is about to be exposed. and because he does what any rational person would do: kill his wife and son, that's his theory of motive, yes, now the prosecutors had the last word with the jury in their rebuttals, saying that Murdoch has lied to them to everyone closest to him, that he is lying to the jury and that everything that was happening and collapsing in his life pushed him to commit these murders, they told the jury to use common sense when they begin deliberations and Jay told us talks about the dismissal of the jury that we mentioned, why that person was replaced, yes, Kate, this.

Quite simply, there were reports that she had been discussing the case outside the presence of the jury. Three witnesses were called into the judge's room last night after the trial, they all testified and that the judge's room had discussed things with them and left him no choice but to dismiss her 28 days after starting this case, six weeks she had been in that panel and it was dismissed, an alternative motion and the judge went on to say that he didn't think there was any malice here that she wasn't trying to cause any trouble, but she had gone outside of her rules in the courtroom, okay, Jay, thanks, let's now turn to Danny Savalos and get his analysis of this Danny, this was the last chance for the lawyers to make an impression.

What did you make of the defense's closing argument and the defense's rebuttal? The defense is closing. There are no surprises. They didn't have much to work with. They focused on perhaps five different minor points where the prosecution or authorities may have conducted a shoddy investigation. but they really stressed the Beyond a Reasonable Doubt standard, the presumption of innocence, and took advantage of what will probably be considered a gift from the prosecution. We just played a clip of that, uh, the whole financial crime motive to kill the wife and son. It is not plausible that the defense took advantage of the fact that they used it against the state, meanwhile, in rebuttal they brought fire and brimstone, which they usually do because they know that the defense cannot stand up and say anything afterwards, so they are very effective there , they address some really important topics.

The points between them are that if Murdoch hadn't been caught lying by the state's evidence, he would have taken the stand and admitted that he was lying, and of course the answer to that is almost certainly no, it's going to be really interesting, the jury will have soon and then we have a weekend coming up, we don't know how long this will take Danny, thanks, I appreciate it, Jay Gray, as well as a dangerous storm system moving from the west coast to the east, is now posing a severe weather threat from Texas to Tennessee hail strong wind even some a new round of tornadoes is possible Northern California is still bracing for one to three more feet of snow in the coming days and east of Los Angeles heavy snowfall caused an avalanche overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, let's bring in NBC News meteorologist Bill Cairns, now Bill walks us through this storm system, what's coming and when it's coming.

Yes, the neighboring California will be on Saturday and Sunday, so that's what we'll focus on in that area and you know. they're still trying to clean it up from the last one the storm that hit California is now headed to Texas our severe weather outbreak has begun we have two severe storm warnings baseball sized hail is likely today in some areas that's enough to do something significant and sometimes you get big hail storms that could cause a billion dollar climate disaster if it hits the wrong place, so this is the area of ​​greatest concern, not just a big hail that damages the wind, but also because of the possibility of a strong tornado or two and it looks like the storms will reach Dallas around six to seven o'clock local time and then eventually head towards Texarkana around nine to ten o'clock, it is possible that they don't get to Memphis until about midnight tonight, that's something like that. the timeline and this shaded area is where we have the possibility of a strong tornado.

We don't expect many strong tornadoes, but only one or two were possible and of course we all know how damaging that can be in areas tomorrow. from Kentucky and Tennessee we will have the possibility of some isolated tornadoes in severe weather as far as winter goes, from Chicago to Detroit and also northern New England, there will be a snow storm tomorrow afternoon, it will change from rain to snow from Chicago all the way to southern Michigan heavy wet snow with gusty winds power outages possible and then guys we'll end this storm Friday night and Saturday in northern New England with another snow storm.

Well, Bill Cameron is with us today, thank you, Bill, environmental activist. Aaron Brockovich is in Northeast Ohio today meeting with residents affected by toxic waste from the trained derailment. They are not stupid. They are not inventing things. This is very real for them and I really hope everyone spends time with them and goes to their homes. properties smell it for yourself experience it for yourself feel what they are going through check out this video taken this morning of the cleanup that is underway nearly 2 million gallons of toxic wastewater have been transported to treatment centers in ohio michigan and Texas NBC News Correspondent Ron Allen has been following this story for as long as it has been happening and communities outside of East Palestine, Ron, are now concerned about the impact of toxic waste coming from the accident, which is causing the concern.they are concerned because this has to go somewhere - it is waste and water and it goes to facilities that in some cases, for example a facility 20 miles from East Palestine in East Liverpool, there is a somewhat checkered history of the facility and long lasting. dispute with residents who have complained that the plant is not operating properly, there have been lawsuits, there have been hearings with the EPA and that is what is causing some concern.

Something new just happened. The NTSB just released another statement about what led to the plant. Because of this whole situation, they are perfecting something called a pressure relief device and the aluminum protective cover that goes over it and this is something on the tank car. Remember that they had to release the pressure in the tank car to prevent an explosion. and they did a controlled explosion, so the NTSB is trying to piece together what happened here and they've focused on this very technical thing called a pressure relief device that malfunctioned and melted in the heat to explain why they had to go through this controlled explosion. explosion and all that is a very controversial aspect of how this whole situation was handled.

In other words, if that device had worked, they wouldn't have had to blow up so many things in the air. Interesting, yes, exactly, in scientific problems, yes, exactly. Yeah, right, I mean, I'm not a scientist, I'm just trying to understand. I hear you, yes, listen, there is also some politics here this morning too. Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWitt, called on President Biden, obviously a Democrat, to visit him. Are we hearing any response? from outside the White House, yes, some reporters met with the president today and they shouted questions at him and he basically responded by saying that he's talked to every Democratic and Republican official in Ohio on an ongoing basis, essentially, he's not saying that he's going to Eastern Palestine, but it will address some of the issues raised there through legislation and, for example, the Secretary of Transport published a long list of proposals the other day.

There was also a bipartisan bill introduced by Ohio's Republican and Democratic senators that covered many rail safety issues that the Administration has raised, including safer tank cars for transporting hazardous materials, for example, like those that were a big problem there , so the president basically said, "I'm not going to go, I'll take care of this." um through established channels, thanks Ron and I want to correct myself. I meant, Governor Mike Dewine of Ohio, I appreciate that. Thank you. An early morning liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center today three two one Ages at full power and lifts off the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Early this morning sent four people to the International Space Station, two American astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the first was assigned to a long-term space mission. This is now the Falcon 9's second attempt after launch plans on Monday had to be scrapped because of a clogged filter in the ignition system of the engine the crew is expected to dock with the International Space Station on Friday. early tomorrow, Apple is allegedly blocking an app that uses GPT chat and a lamp found in a thrift store is selling for millions Morgan Brennan joins us now with our CNBC money minutes hi Morgan hi good afternoon to you both, Well, Apple is delaying updating an AI-enabled email app over fears it could produce inappropriate content.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has deferred approval of Blue Mail, which uses a customized version of chatbot similar to GPT chat. Apple has expressed concern that children could be exposed to inappropriate content in the app, requesting that the restriction of age rises to 17 or older, meanwhile the FDA has rejected several applications for Elon Musk's brain computer interface. The neurolink company will conduct human trials, according to a new report from Reuters. Musk has promised for years that the technology will be tested on humans, but the company only applied for approval last year. Musk and others at the company have promoted lofty ambitions for the technology as curing mental health problems has already been tested on some animals like Kate and Aaron the monkey.

I'll send it back to you. Very interesting. Morgan Brennan. Thank you. Why an NFL hopeful turned himself in to police and what it could mean for his future. prospects are you watching NBC News Daily foreigner thank you foreigner Hi, I'm Halle, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal filing today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, but let's get to your point. If you're like Kelly, stop talking about Washington, this bill would basically provide healthcare to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-existent in DC as possible.

The kind of growing anger that We've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you're trying to do it on the slide Live TV man okay The college football star and top NFL draft prospect, Jalen Carter surrendered to authorities after a court order. was issued for arrest jail records show he was released shortly after posting Bond Georgia defensive tackle is charged with reckless driving and running related to fatal crash here's NBC's Stephanie Gosk top NFL prospect and former Georgia Bulldog Jalen Carter faces charges in In connection with a fatal crash in January, teammate Devin Willock and team recruiter Chandler Lacroix died according to jail records.

The star player surrendered to the authorities during the night. He was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail and released a short time later on an arrest warrant. Previously obtained by NBC News, police filed two misdemeanor charges against Carter for reckless driving and drag racing. This surveillance video obtained by our NBC News affiliate appears to show two cars matching police descriptions of the vehicle allegedly racing minutes before the crash. Police have not confirmed the cars. Investigators were involved in the video and found that both Carter and Lacroix were driving at high speeds, passing other drivers and changing lanes.

Lacroix said he was driving more than 100 miles per hour with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. car that definitely sped away,But there are questions surrounding Carter's statements to police about where he was at the time of the crash; according to documents reviewed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he apparently left the scene before police arrived, but then returned almost an hour later. hour and a half later and gave changing accounts of the accident when he returned. Carter initially told police he was nearly a mile away when the crash occurred, making it appear like it was a single-vehicle accident, but later acknowledged that he was actually next to the other car, according to the unsealed documents. have been spotted by NBC News this week Carter has been meeting with teams in Indianapolis at the NFL Combine, but left shortly after his warrant was issued in a statement posted on Twitter.

Jalen wrote in part that numerous media reports also circulated that contained inaccurate information about the tragic events of January 15, 2023 and, when all the facts are known, I will now be completely exonerated with the charges and the future of the NFL. is at stake. It's a little early now to say definitively what his draft stock will comment on. but we have seen many situations over the years where problems arise off the field Stephanie gosk NBC News the Chicago Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own today an officer was shot and killed in the enforcement from duty yesterday on the city's southwest side NBC news reporter Gary Grumbach joins us now Gary, what are we learning about this officer and what happened?

Kate, a five-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was shot and later died after responding to a domestic violence call in the Cage Park area of ​​Chicago yesterday. Just before 5 p.m. When Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso, 32, arrived on the scene with a fellow officer, police say the suspect was seen chasing a woman down the street with a gun. One of the officers confronted the suspect. , who then ran away, that's when the two officers began chasing the suspect and police say shots were exchanged at close range between the suspect and the now-deceased officer. The 18-year-old suspect was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body and Police Superintendent David Brown says the loss.

What this department is dealing with doesn't just affect the police officers of the Chicago Police Department, it's a big family, people who know that at some point they may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice, but you never want or expect it to actually happen. . Lasso was the first. Chicago police officer shot and killed in the line of duty in nearly two years Chicago police say investigation and review of body camera footage underway Kate okay Gary grumbach thanks to discrimination case v. NFL Heads to Court After Federal Judge Rejects Arbitration Option You may remember that coach Brian Flores sued the NFL league and three teams a year ago saying the NFL was subpoenaed.

Rife with racism, the judge said a jury can decide the merits of his CR's claims against the league against Denver. Broncos, New York Giants and Houston Texans; However, the claims he made against the Miami Dolphins will go through arbitration. The NFL said it plans to move forward with that arbitration and will seek to dismiss the remaining claims and the emergence of the international criminal network that police say may be impossible to stop. You're watching NBC News Daily. I also want to mention something special to you tonight on NBC News. Now Steven Spielberg, the Man of the Fable, is an in-depth look at the life and career of the award-winning director.

It's tonight on NBC News. It is now broadcast everywhere at 10:30. We're also streaming free 24/7 on NBC News. Now you can see us wherever you broadcast live. You see many of the places listed right there on your screen. The news continues right after this foreigner. thank you foreigner premium foreigner subscribe now to Apple podcasts what do people need most right now did the state or authorities drop the ball immigrant families now stranded in Mexico what has the World Cup experience been like is your list of news replay top story with tanyamas weekdays at 7 on NBC News Well, we've been hearing for years about global supply chain issues and how they're impacting the systems that give us the products we need every day.

Well, now a company right in the middle of that chain thinks the links are finally connecting once again CNBC Senior Editor Lorianne Larocco tells us why trade flow has been a leading indicator on both chain issues supply and inflationary pressures. One of the world's leading barometers of trade is the world's largest container shipping ship, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. the company that has almost 18 percent of the container market is growing at a time when we are seeing contractions in the maritime space, they are adding vessel capacity and they tell me they are optimistic about the second half of the year, we are seeing positive times .

From China we have seen positive signs in India, so it gives me some belief that by the middle of this year we will start to see some normality and a return to some single digit growth figures, difficult to explain the growth rate And trade. It all depends on inventory levels, she said, right now North American and European inventories remain high, but signs on Ocean's stockpiles from China are encouraging. Toff said they see the US in a very positive situation, highlighting reduced inflation, the strong labor market and Taft, a net exporter of energy, added that they build based on where their customers want to take their cargo. or export it.

MSC has seen an investment boom in the US, creating terminals in Baltimore and New Orleans, as well as additional investments in Los Angeles in Asia. are building the largest terminal in kanjo, these are bullish signs in their outlook on the US economy and Friends Shoring because these projects take years to complete every four returns to be made to CBC Business News. I'm Lorianne Larocco, well America is aging and there seems to be a shortage of qualified caregivers to help people who need help. AARP expects the need for caregivers to grow 30 percent this decade. Health aides who care for seniors in their homes often struggle to obtain training certifications and living wages, but one former caregiver is on a mission to change that.

CNBC's Bertha Coombs joins us now with more Hi Bertha Hi Aaron, you know Helena Diaison worked throughout college and high school as a caregiver and when she decided to start a business she thought maybe there was something here that I can do to make this better. educational process for other people like her, let's work on giving Andy a bad bath. It takes hands-on training to learn how to bathe a patient, but staying up-to-date on the skills of a home health aide takes more than some classes, so many times I would show up at a client's home and truly have level experience. very basic or basic.

Helena diaison worked her way through college as a home health aide, after business school she launched Care Academy to help women. As she, who works in home health, learns the skills she needs on demand, we think of ourselves much like a Netflix of health care with advanced skills training that can help home care workers earn higher wages. high. Rushing can add to the confusion, so give your client plenty of time to time. We have over 600 classes, we also have specialized certifications, so that includes learning about clients' needs during their dementia care. Boston Home Care Agency best of care enrolled in the program in 2018 and saw staff turnover drop below 25 percent.

So for home health aides working night shifts, especially the online training, has been a game changer. I see that they have completed a Care Academy educational course at 3 a.m. while their client is sleeping at night, they can get training, you know, Aaron, this is one of those things that they work on with housing agencies and a lot of nursing homes. but they're also with those agencies trying to expand and maybe allow in-home caregivers, those of us who care for our parents and grandparents, to be able to get some of this training because it's hard work.

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NBC News Daily A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville after a battery fire and overhead compartment smoke filled the cabin before the crew and a retired firefighter from That flight will put out the fire, at least we know. 10 people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Greek railway workers are on strike today to protest against the government after Tuesday's train accident that left at least 43 dead and dozens more hospitalized. About 2,000 people took to the streets of Athens. Venting their frustration, protesters say government negligence led to the tragedy.

They want the railroad company to take responsibility. They want the government to invest in Greece's rail infrastructure. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for the first time since the war. in Ukraine began top diplomats spoke on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in India today they met for less than 10 minutes but Lincoln said the two discussed Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear treaty the war in Ukraine and the arrest of Paul Whelan We're learning new information this hour about a cross-country criminal network with roots in South America, police say a group of thieves from Chile are entering the US and stealing millions of dollars in cash and valuables .

NBC News correspondent Dana Griffin has been following this story from Los Angeles for US Dana, what do we know? Well, I first covered this story over a year ago when I was a local reporter in San Diego, thieves are targeting some of the wealthiest communities there and after a six-month hiatus, the thieves appear to be back. authorities on the prowl trying to track down these notorious thieves San Diego police say they suspect they are part of a Chilean criminal network, the highly coordinated criminals covered from head to toe mocking security cameras in the mansions they rob in less than 15 minutes into their game they are becoming smarter in how they act and what they are doing.

Chilean citizens are suspected of at least 21 robberies since December. San Diego police believe these criminal tourists are hiding in the nearby canyons that plagued the area last year, but then went silent until this recent string of robberies in this heist took over eighty thousand dollars worth of jewelry and family heirlooms. They knew exactly what they were doing and where they were going. They were just like an organized group like you see in the movies. Police say these Chileans are entering the U.S. on 90-day visas, affecting some of the country's wealthiest neighborhoods. Authorities are also investigating robberies in New York, Connecticut, Washington DC, New Jersey and Florida that they believe were also carried out by this network that we had.

A safe that was hidden in the back of the closet bolted to the floor had been ripped out of the floor and vandalized on Long Island, New York. Three Chileans were arrested in January 2020 on charges of committing robberies in several states around Nassau.In the county area alone they probably account for 10 to 12 robberies in the entire tri-state area. There were probably a couple dozen robberies. Police tracked the suspected thieves to this home in Queens, New York, where they found the proceeds from multiple heists. This doorbell camera shows a suspect fleeing from police in Saddle Rock, New York, investigators say at least two homes were attacked there, including one belonging to the town's mayor, that episode was a real punch in the gut, While these arrests were made in 2020, experts say that even if these criminals are caught the mail for non-violent property crimes may be low or non-existent, giving them the opportunity to escape or even fly back home with the score.

Now some may wonder why these suspects were released and in the case we mentioned from New York. One of the alleged robbers was released from jail due to new bail reform that eliminated cash billing for most misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges in late 2019. Other robbers were also arrested but posted Bond and the missing police believe they are back in Chile. Kate interesting Dana Griffin thanks the FBI is investigating a man accused of threatening to kill elected officials in Michigan. Investigators say she tweeted that he specifically wanted to kill Jewish politicians. NBC News justice and intelligence correspondent Kendallanian joins us now, so Ken, do we have any idea who specifically this man is accused of threatening well, Michigan Attorney General Aaron Dana Nussell said on Twitter that she was one of the officials targeted by the criminal complaint, does not name others, but there is a report that Congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin, who is Jewish, is also among those who were threatened by this man according to the complaint criminal was posting these threats on Twitter.

I've checked that Twitter account. It is full of ramblings and ramblings. It is clearly the work of a very disturbed person and what the FBI says is once they started. investigating they learned that the state police were also investigating this man for the theft of a gun, they found out from his mother that this man owned weapons, including a high-powered military-style rifle, which worried them greatly, they tracked his phone and they finished. arresting him, he is now accused of making these threats and is in custody in Detroit. Aaron, you know, Kim, we've talked a lot about the rise of anti-Semitism and violence related to it in recent years here, says the Anti-Defamation League.

Last year there were more than 2,200 anti-Semitic incidents in this country. How aware is the federal government? Are you taking any steps to address this? And this is a difficult problem, as you might expect the federal government to really address, but the Biden administration is trying to do things, including President Biden, appointed a committee to examine the state of anti-Semitism, a task force in the United States. United and raise awareness about it, but the most important thing is Aaron, the FBI, the department of justice, the federal law enforcement agencies are hyperactive. They are paying attention right now because they know that there is a climate in this country where hate crimes are increasing, not only anti-Semitism but other types of hate crimes, extremism, violent extremists, mentally unbalanced people are taking action and committing violence and the FBI is investigating those people when they are suspected of breaking the law and arresting them when they can Aaron, okay candelanian, for us today in Washington, thanks Ken, we are also following some breaking news from the Capitol today, the House Ethics Committee just announced it is moving.

Move forward with investigation into Congressman George Santos The rookie New York lawmaker is facing scrutiny for potential campaign finance violations as well as potential conflicts of interest. Santos has been under the microscope for months for admitted and alleged lies on his resume and other falsehoods. In a statement on Twitter, Santos said he is cooperating fully with the investigation at this time. Republicans are holding their annual conservative political action conference, known as CPAC. The event attracts some big names, but what may be more notable this year is who won't be there. NBC's Dasha Burns is in National Harbor, Maryland, where the conference will be held, so Dasha, who's there, who didn't show up, and what people are saying about it.

Well, Kate, I have Florida Senator Rick Scott over my shoulder talking right now. I also saw Senators Ted Cruz and JD Vance take the stage, but you're right, the back-of-seat buzz this year has less to do with what's happening on stage and more to do with who won't be taking the stage this year Of course, the main protagonist will be the ex. President Donald Trump, but there are some high-profile names not present and they include Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican National Committee Chairman Ronald McDaniel, former Vice President Mike Pence and of course the name I've been hearing the most here, who's absent is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it's really interesting here today, Kate, as I've been talking to attendees, this is largely Trump's program, in fact, people here have been calling it TPAC.

Trump has really remade this conference in his image in recent years. So it was notable that in almost every conversation I had someone mentioned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, wishing he were here and eager to see him throw his hat in the ring for the 2024 presidential race. Listen to what an aide told me if it's a triumphant battle against DeSantis, yes, which way to go? May he win the best man for you. Who is the godfather? um I'm waiting. I really think they both have strengths. I would like to see it like this, friends. They are divided, but they want to see that Master among the people I have been talking to.

At the end of this conference there will be an informal poll and while DeSantis is not here, his name will be on that ballot. So at this very moment. Trump-centric event, it will be interesting to see if DeSantis can boost those poll numbers, it could be quite revealing here Kate, okay Dasha Burns, looking at that Dasha, thanks, we now have an update on a story we've been following for child labor for several months. NBC's Julia Ainsley has new exclusive reports. The Department of Homeland Security is now expanding its investigation into migrant children found doing dangerous work in slaughterhouses.

Julia is here with more of the reports from her. Julia, you've been reporting on this. for a long time from the beginning and now it is an expanded investigation. We're talking about kids working in slaughterhouses to remind people what they're focusing on. Yes, that's right, children up to 13 years old. Initially, the Department of Labor found that nearly two dozen children working the night shift at a slaughterhouse in Nebraska expanded to find there were more than 100. Now we're learning here at NBC that federal investigators from the FBI and DHS They are looking at not only those children but also children who work for different companies in various states across the country who could be part of a smuggling ring they believe it could be a scheme to bring children here, obtain fake IDs for them and putting them to work in these dangerous conditions and exploiting them for the wages they earn, that's what I understood from investigators at this point that it's not clear exactly how this operation is being carried out, who might be involved in the investigation, but certainly It's getting hotter and it's getting bigger, obviously you can understand how it's getting bigger.

Couple questions though, so what is your understanding of what? the next steps are here and then what potential consequences are there for companies that are stuck in this hole? We know so far that the labor department has issued a fine to a psi company for 1.5 million dollars; many people say that's not enough, but they have paid that and that is the maximum fine they could receive, but in terms of criminal violations it is not clear that federal investigators are going after the companies themselves unless they find evidence that they knew or were complicit in this smuggling ring, but We will be watching the employees to see if there is anyone who knowingly turned a blind eye to hiring a child in the hopes of being able to hire him for a lower salary or knew they were a part of a smuggling conspiracy he told us about before.

These are people who don't look like adults in some cases, so it stretches credulity to think that they had no idea there were children, that's true, and the researchers who went and said there's no way you'd think that these were adults. I know a 13 year old doesn't look like an 18 year old Julia Ainsley. Thank you very much for reporting on a prescription drug app accused of selling personal data to users. Coming soon how you can keep her private information private. More NBC Daily news on the way. right after this foreigner, thank you foreigners, new issues just published this morning, good evening, we start tonight with breaking news that just arrived, we will start this hour with the latest development, we will go on the air with some important changes on Capitol Hill .

Hill, how much water will ultimately be forced inland when it happens, wherever it is, NBC News streaming free now in today's paper. Health relief is on the way for millions of insulin users after drug maker Eli Lilly announced its price caps. LX News narrator Jalen Henderson shows us how that drug has evolved over time, the year was 1921. World War I was ending. Babe Ruth was in the pride of him and insulin had just been discovered, the people credited with the discovery are the best of Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles, they discovered how to remove insulin from a dog's pancreas.

Now, with the help of previous research, the duo believed that insulin could help regulate a person's blood sugar, so they continued researching and developing it together with their colleagues J.P. Colop. and John McLeod and by the end of the year the team created a purer form of insulin, this time from cattle pancreas, and the following month the researchers had their first human patient. Leonard Thompson was 14 years old and died of diabetes in 1922 and became the first. person receiving an injection of insulin and it saved their life before this discovery people with diabetes did not live long because there was not much doctors could do for them the most effective treatment was to put people on strict calorie restriction diets with a minimum calories. carbohydrates and delayed the death of many people, but they eventually died of diabetes or starvation, that is why a medical breakthrough for diabetes was in such demand and this particular breakthrough saved the lives of millions of people.

In 1923, the medical firm Eli Lilly became the first company to produce and market insulin, early versions of the drug required several daily injections, so researchers set out to make insulin last longer and in the 1930s They were able to do this by adding properties like protamine and zinc. Around this time scientists also began to notice a difference. In patients with diabetes, based on how they react to insulin, this is more likely when we began to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the 1960s. Insulin had already transformed Diabetes Care, but it was not perfect because the insulin came from cattle and pigs.

People were having allergic reactions and there were also concerns about manufacturing and supply, so in 1978 researchers developed the first genetically modified synthetic human insulin from E coli bacteria. As the years have passed, there have been several advances in insulin and glucose testing devices. making life with diabetes easier and less painful with each development, it now comes in various forms so that people with diabetes can choose from a variety of formulas what is best for them and, although it is not a cure, it is a lifelong solution for a rare lifelong disease. A company that promises to help people with the cost of prescription drugs is accused of exposing your personal information. here's reporter Lexi Sutter from our MBC station in Chicago.

Did you know that people everywhere recommend GoodRx? GoodRx has helped Dr. ATI Hakimi personally and professionally. GoodRx has helped It has been my go-to, she often refers her patients to the company to get their monthly medications for a fraction of the price. An affordable option. She now realizes that it comes with a cost. I was surprisedlaw enforcement from the Federal Trade Commission this month. investigating Goodrx's privacy and data-sharing practices around GoodRx are not such good privacy practices in a civil court order that the FTC says found that people who used GoodRx between 2017 and 2020 sold their private health information and confidential to external advertisers such as Google and Facebook. a promise to customers that their medications and health conditions would be kept confidential.

Not only was this information being shared deceptively and lied to consumers, but we also discovered that GoodRx actually did not have enough real policies within the GoodRx company. settled the lawsuit but denies the allegations and does not admit any wrongdoing the company responds in part entering into the settlement allows us to avoid the time and expense of protracted litigation we believe the requirements detailed in the settlement will not have any material impact on our business or in our current or future operations as part of the settlement, GoodRx agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty and is prohibited from sharing user health data with third parties for advertising purposes.

The FTC says GoodRx must also notify all customers whose data was shared that way. In general, how can you ensure that a company or service you use does not make your personal information public? First, the FTC recommends opting out of targeted ads if possible and doing so on all devices and browsers you use, and second, customizing your app. privacy settings that deny permission to anything they don't need, such as your location, the case against GoodRx serves as a good lesson for Dr. Hakimi, all the technology we have can be very useful, but it seems it can be harmful to Lexi Suiter NBC 5 responds there's a lot more news ahead stay with us you're watching NBC News Daily thank you foreign foreign top political stories with trusted information and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines Meet the Press now streaming from Monday to Friday at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now Hello podcast fans, ready to unlock our true crime mysteries.

Try Dateline premium on Apple Podcasts. You'll get early access to the originals plus bonus content, and it's all ad-free, so head over to Apple Podcast now to subscribe. Have you seen this new ticking filter? Helping users add a touch of glamor to their faces is called bold glamor and it is super popular. It's been worn more than eight and a half million times and counting, and while some people like the way it makes them look, others fear it may be doing more harm than Well, here's NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro , you can't even tell it's a filter anymore.

What do you think I look better in it? She definitely made my lips bigger. Bold glamour. The latest viral Tick Tock filter is causing a stir. It has users divided. it instantly changes their appearance compared to what they see in reality this filter should be illegal here is the real me some are surprised so this is you without it right you look normal okay this is you with the filter oh god my, what do you think? about how you look, um, I think it's amazing, like a famous actress, but not everyone loves that look, even actress Catherine Heigl says this filter is not for me.

I don't like it that much, why don't you like it? It looks fake, yes it is. Perfect, what do you think you have to fulfill? I like this expectation, this appearance is unrealistic and creates a world in your mind that doesn't exist. It is destructive to identity. As far as you're concerned. This is what a human face looks like. Content creator. Hiro Mustafa, surprised by the new standard the filter is setting. What is it about bold glamor that sets it apart from the other filters we've seen? It was just a completely different face to me. The lips were bigger eyes.

The skin tone was lighter. I've seen more people in my age group than ever undergo cosmetic surgery to make their faces look more like these filters and I'm worried about how this affects young girls' confidence. A recent CDC study found that 57 percent of teenage girls reported feeling hopeless. or sad, many believe that social media is among the causes of the drastic increase we will see psychological consequences psychology Professor Renee England has spent more than 20 years studying the effects of media and photo editing on women and girls by I could forgive you if not. Even realizing that all the faces you see are filtered all the time, she says, when the filtered face you see is your own, it's a standard you may never be able to reach, it's one thing to compare yourself to a famous and beautiful person, and it's another thing to compare yourself to an extra beautiful version of yourself that doesn't exist anywhere in the world.

Tick ​​Tock has not responded to NBC's request for comment on the new filter, but today it did an about-face. Tick ​​Tock announces new restrictions on screen time. for users under 18, limiting them to 60 minutes per day before requiring an access code to continue using the company says it's all to promote parental involvement in their children's digital well-being. Do you think there needs to be more of that? I'd love to. to see that especially for her Brad Baker's daughter Abby is 16 okay, what do you think she doesn't look like me? you like it you don't like it I like it I think it's cool I don't usually wear any makeup, so it's a little strange to see his father, a high school teacher, also trying it out and seeing only subtle changes in his own face versus a drastic transformation in her daughter's appearance, yes, it gives me a little more color in my face and you know.

A little more hair on top could be improved would be nice, you know that and what do you think about what it does to your daughter's daughter to see them have. I'm serious, you can say it, she definitely makes her lips bigger and you like them. I know the eyes with makeup stand out I definitely like it 10 times more natural Valerie Castro NBC News well, today is Read Across America Day, a celebration of Dr. Seuss books, but also an opportunity to encourage the children to read today. I had a chance to sit down with someone who may be more associated with reading than anyone LeVar Burton spent more than 20 years as host of Reading Rainbow on PBS.

He also spent his entire life as an advocate for literacy and an advocate for helping children develop the ability to read. This National Reading Month, its message to children is simple: by reading, you can pick up a book and travel anywhere in the world with your imagination, anywhere in the world or out of this world, that's how powerful the word is. written, it's really great to talk to him. We also talked about this new documentary that he's the executive producer of because it's about the struggle for reading and literacy in this country. We'll have that story for you next week.

I really want to see it and they've been talking about it. That the whole day was very exciting, what a wonderful interview. I'm Kate Snow and I'm Aaron Gilchrist. You're watching NBC News Daily Foreign Foreign Stay on top of the latest news and biggest stories of the day with NBC News Daily. Thank you so much. for joining us I'm Morgan Radford and I'm Vicki Nguyen I'm Aaron Gilchrist and I'm Kate Snow get detailed reports from across the country what your reaction is to the president's comments and around the world Ukrainians continue to make progress and ways you can take care of your health who should get tested and, frankly, how often and your wallet costs are skyrocketing how to handle rising prices NBC News Every weekday from 12-4pm ET on NBC News Now Yes is Thursday Democratic divisions on display as party grapples with the politics of rising crime with President Biden telling Democrats he won't veto a D.C. crime bill. which has been backed primarily by Republicans days after Chicago's Democratic mayor was ousted by voters with crime as the key issue plus the Secretary of State.

Anthony Blanket meets face to face with his Russian counterpart for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine. It wasn't a long meeting, but at least it occurred as rising tensions between the United States and China dominate the world stage at this week's G27 and Iranian officials open an investigation. after hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls have been hospitalized Apparently after being poisoned in a possible mass attack on the nation's cities, foreigner, happy Thursday, welcome to Meet the Press, I'm now Chuck Todd reporting in Washington, friends, nothing has divided the current Democratic Party nor has it been so clear. of a contrast between the progressive wing and the moderate wing, such as the issue of crime and policing, and right now, from local city elections to the White House, Democratic Party leaders are clearly struggling to navigate this issue , the politics of it and how Voters are divided this afternoon.

President Biden told Senate Democrats in a closed-door meeting at the Capitol today that he was going to side with Republicans and some moderates on a bill that would block a number of progressive anti-crime policies in Washington. D.C some Democrats wanted him to veto the bill, he told them he wasn't going to do it. This measure not only goes against the most progressive wing of the party on the issue of policing, but also goes against Biden's support for D.C. self-government. Even though DC Mayor Muriel Bowser herself tried to veto these rules that her progressive city council passed, so yes, this issue is a bit complicated, still Biden's move means that this will be the first time in three decades that Congress essentially overturned a law passed in the District of Columbia, but on the broader point of crime and policing, Biden's decision shows how scared Democrats are of crime being used as a political cudgel against them in 2024.

So this is a decision that Biden makes not as president of the United States but as a leader. of the Democratic Party because guess what the party got a big reminder of the political danger of the issue this week in Chicago, where high crime rates played a major role in Mayor Lori Lightfoot's defeat in the city's mayoral primary on Tuesday The two candidates who advanced to the runoff for mayor both Democrats are far apart ideologically on the issue of public safety, illustrating former Chicago schools CEO Paulus, who has made getting tough on crime a central issue. , while Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson promised to focus on more progressive policing policies.

It is the fundamental right of all Americans. It is a civil right. We will have a safe Chicago We will make Chicago the safest city in America We can defeat this structural inequality We have built a multiracial, multigenerational movement from one end of the city to the other We can build a better, stronger, safer Chicago and tonight is just the beginning. I have a lot of reporters on this story about Ali Rafa with the latest from the White House and President Biden's decision Ali Vitale is on Capitol Hill to talk a little bit about the pressure that some Democratic members of Congress are putting on President Biden to get the cover and here at the desk is Natasha Karecki, who is usually based in Chicago for us and has been covering. she that mayoral race, but fortunately for us she is here in D.C.

Ali, let me start with you because right now I think Kareem Jean-Pierre is really struggling to explain this decision by the president that he's in favor of D.C. statehood and D.C. home rule, but he's clearly nervous. about the politics of this crime bill that the DC city council passed over the objections of their own mayor, yes Chuck, up until that point the White House had just said that they were not in favor of the House voted to gut this crime bill, but he hadn't really talked about the possibility of Biden or President Biden vetoing it now that he's coming out and explaining why, the reason behind his reasoning, Tech, tweeted recently, quote: I support D.C. statehood and home rule, but I do not support some of the changes the D.C.

Council put forward over the mayor's objections, such as reducing penalties for vehicle theft if the Senate votes to repeal what the D.C. Council did. I will sign it. This is a kind of political test for him. It shows not only, as you mentioned, that he is in favor of maintaining that autonomy,that unique position of Congress to meddle in the affairs of city councils and D.C. voters, but it also shows looking ahead to 2024 where President Biden could be headed with this. Imagine if he had chosen to veto this crime bill that is expected to pass the Senate when it is introduced next week.

You can imagine how much Republicans would have leveraged and used in 2024 for potential campaign ads, so this is really helping. as a litmus test and an example of how Democrats are going to use this opportunity to talk about crime through 2024. Republicans have attacked Democrats saying they are in favor of defunding the police, that is something President Biden has said the opposite for years. He said that, in fact, police reform will include, in his opinion, more officers on the streets, but this is definitely a test for 2024 and how President Biden, if and when he decides to run, seems very possible right now, very likely.

We'll get to this crime thing soon, Chuck Allie. I'm curious: did you ask him now if he was going to have preference in the second round in Chicago? And for the reason I asked this, you could argue that he has already endorsed it in this runoff in Chicago. He just doesn't realize it yet because if he is against the new policies that the D.C. City Council You'd obviously like to see Paul Valas win the runoff, so how are you guys handling the Chicago thing in that press room right now? Yesterday, the White House had said that the president would be willing to work with whoever eventually wins this mayoral race that will be held in a runoff on April 4, and that has not been mentioned in the briefing so far .

I've seen it, but that's something that Kareem Jean-Pierre is going to have to address, that President Biden is going to eventually have to come to terms with whoever wins this race and come up with a plan for how they're going to address this crime problem. you mentioned that this is an issue facing not just Chicago but many major American cities that have seen an increase in crime since the covid-19 pandemic began, so it's definitely an issue at the top of Mont's mind of this Administration. okay, Ali Ruff in the White House, in the alley for us, thanks Ali Vitale, um, I had a birdie, tell me what Biden did today was provide cover for a bunch of Senate Democrats, uh, who want to know who They wanted to vote to annul this law. but he didn't want to, he didn't want to get in the president's way, so to speak, they were looking for some cover and the president provided the cover and it seems like now there's a flood of Democrats announcing that they're going to vote. this bill because the realities of the Senate map become very quickly around here, especially in this climate where the Democrats know that they are defending such a small majority and they do it with a map that is quite unfavorable to them, I mean the fact that That John Tester is going to try again to keep his seat in Montana is something that makes Gary Peters, the head of the Democratic Senate campaign, breathe a little easier, but it is still a red state, of course, there are questions about how Joe Manchin will finally rise. in 2024 he said yesterday that he will be involved.

I don't want to say, you can talk Mansionese all you want, but how he's involved is going to matter because it's going to be a tough seat for Democrats to hold and then even look at Pennsylvania Bob Casey now after Biden came here to the Capitol and said no. I would veto this. Bob Casey now says yes, when this comes up I'll probably vote for it, so this reality of the Senate map in 2024 comes into play in DC's internal politics, but has much larger implications? What else was mentioned at this meeting? Clearly, this was something that some in the party wanted him to get out of.

What I mean, believe me, you and I know that Joe Biden sometimes considers himself the third senator from Pennsylvania, so I knew what Bob Casey was thinking before he made this decision. Yes, right, and you know the men in the Senate, always right. At some point in the Senate Foreign Relations room after leaving the Senate lunch, this is still a place where he clearly feels very comfortable, but look, while he was meeting with his Democratic colleagues here, what one of them He told me that this was just a friendly lunch. Aside from the news about those D.C. laws, it was really just a meeting to talk about what the path forward would be like.

Biden did this, but last night House Democrats the key is simply implementation, focusing on what we've done for the last two years trying to show tangible majority gains and give people proof that they agree with Democrats as they move into an election year that's tough for the Senate, tough for the House and if Biden gets in, when he gets in, if he gets. You know, we can go around in circles today, he said, I'll announce it when I announce it, but clearly, while he plays with this, he's trying to lay the groundwork in a sense of Congress so that everyone

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We did many things. over the last two years, let's tell the American people, hey, real quick, we're two Democratic senators short right now and we're not doing business, which means we're technically at 49.49. Tiebreaker criteria are needed. I mean, is this going to slow down business? Diane Feinstein John Fetterman is hospitalized and Dianne Feinstein is apparently still in California. Yes, due to a health problem, it is not clear if she has been hospitalized. Our team says, but yes, we are already starting to see judicial candidates. Judicial candidates, we are already starting to see a little. It's a bit of a changing schedule and there could be a few reasons for that, but it's definitely something to keep an eye on, especially since Fetterman's team has said this will be a weeks-long process for him as he deals with the health issues. mental of him. right now and that's something that they're obviously completely focused on, so Feinstein being at home in California, Fetterman being in the hospital here or getting the treatment he needs versus not being in the hospital, all of that plays into when you have these slim majorities again, it was the story of the last Congress and it continues in this one I live the Italian Capitol 4 Sally, thank you, okay, let me bring Natasha Corecki, who normally resides in Chicago for us, uh, this is not a race local and I think that is the news today.

It kind of shows you how much this race could be nationalized depending on who wins and I say this I mean the race itself, it seems like there's going to be a pretty big ideological divide, but you fill in the blanks and tell me absolutely. You know Paul. Dallas, the fact that Law & Order is not Republican, who is. I hear this a lot, what evidence that he is a pseudo-republican. Well, he once said that he tends to be more Republican, so that's one thing. And just listen to his messages right now. He's very Law and Order and the fact that he is that's his message, he wants more cops on the street, he wants to bring some back and he wants to add more, um, the fact that that's his message should have everyone Democrats standing at attention.

Right now, who is Eric Adams' message in New York? I mean, there's right there, I think there's a lot of Law & Order Democrats showing up these days again, and it's for Public Safety. I mean, what Chicagoans are saying is we need Someone to get this under control right now, don't invest in the future, yes we want you to invest in our communities, but please get this under control right now, if you don't have Public Safety, if people don't feel safe, they can't do anything else. That's what Chicagoans are crying out for. I went to a Lori Lightfoot event and I was, you know, these are people who tend to favor her and she spoke very well about crime, investments, the justice system, and then I talked to people and they said I still don't feel safe, I don't think so. for her to understand is and what you're worth is saying is that I'm going to fix this right now I'm going to go ahead what is your plan well, he wants to add that he wants to bring back 1800 police officers that are down right now and he wants add another 100.

A lot of people try to get police officers to find police officers, it's actually quite difficult, it's very difficult, esp. like once they're qualified, uh particularly when you were going to a city like Chicago, who wants to go to Chicago right now. I mean, it's one of the toughest cities in the country. um you know some of the toughest neighborhoods. going there and there is recruitment. I was at this DeSantis event in Chicago. He's talking about how hard it is to recruit Chicago police officers. Come to Florida. You know, we will take care of you, we will support you, we have your back.

Another thing Dallas says is that I support you and I think that's what a lot of bases wanted to hear right now why they support him. Let's talk about the Lightfoot vote because it's pretty clear on the South Side in general. but Lightfoot voters are probably the easiest way to discern this, you know, she hit Brandon Johnson to defund the police, at least her campaign is dead, she once did it herself, although she liked that the campaign did it did, but he never said hey, why? you do this, she shakes your head so hard and it was a strange decision, she was clearly trying to use it against him but she didn't seem to want to admit that she was the one who did it right, I think that's part of it too, it's you .

I know it's this balance, think about what swept Lori Lightfoot, Laquan McDonald, and she was on the oversight committee at the time when people wanted change, because there is a deep-seated distrust of police officers and police officers. law enforcement in the Chicago community dating back to the time, especially on the South Side, especially on the South Side, you were aware of the well-documented torture of murder suspects who were wrongfully accused and released from death row, that goes back decades and decades, so she's dealing with that in addition to the laquan. McDonald's was then when she came in, so it's this balance, I mean, Dallas is coming in now and that's why I think some of this is a good take.

I mean, Chicago is very complex, right? and they have a great these people have a very complicated relationship with the police and if you try too hard they want it under control but they don't want you to try too hard. I was just going to say they want more cops on the streets, they just want good cops on the streets. I mean, when you talk to people on the South Side, that's what you hear and I think that's going to be how Brandon Johnson navigates that right path and that's going to be, I mean, it's going to be really difficult for him.

You're throwing this defunding at the police and he's actually already moved on from that. Lori Lightfoot endorsed here or not or do you think she stays neutral I think she endorses I think she gets involved, you make which side her hate seems to be on, yes she seems angrier at Dallas than Johnson, but there's the Teachers Union from Chicago, Natasha, corrects you, great story to follow, thanks Chuck, we will follow you and before that, thanks to Ali Rafa and Ali Vitale, comes the red meat. and not shown are the highlights and lowlights of the opening day of the conservative confab known as CPAC we're live at National Harbor Maryland next thank you foreign foreign foreign stay on top of the latest news and the biggest stories of the day with NBC News daily thank you Thank you very much for joining us.

I'm Morgan Radford and I'm Vicki Win. I'm Aaron Gilchrist and I'm Kate Snow. Receive detailed reports from all over the country. What is your reaction to the president's comments? And from all over the world we are Ukrainians. continue to make progress and ways you can take care of your health who should get tested and, frankly, how often and your wallet costs are skyrocketing how to handle rising prices NBC News daily Monday through Friday from 12 to 4 p.m. ET on NBC News Now, thank you, welcome While some of the divisions within the Democratic Party over crime are on display here in Washington and in Chicago, the divisions within the Republican Party are on display a little further down here, by the Potomac River, at CPAC, what was once the event that united the conservative movement within the Republican Party has become a red meat rally for the most pro-Trump forces in the party.

Some Republicans seem a little cautious about associating themselves with this meeting this year. The main members of Congress will not attend, nor will the president of their party. The same goes for a couple of the leading presidential candidates, perhaps the second most important candidate in the field these days, Ron DeSantis, plus the latest vice president, Mike Pence, neither of them want to be at CPAC, some of them will be at a competing group event this weekend. which notably does not include Donald Trump and although former President Trump will address CPAC this weekendweek, another cloud hangs over this event thanks to organizer Matt Schlapp being under investigation for sexual misconduct related to the Herschel Walker campaign Dasha Burns joins me now live from CPAC and the day. a little bit off CPAC I think the biggest names coming out are tomorrow we have President Trump on Friday former President Trump what are you listening to?

What is the topic and what does participation look like? You are not right. Leave the rumor on the back of the seat. This year it's less about what's happening on the stage behind me and more about who's not taking the stage and the other big part of the story is kind of a shift in tone and substance here at CPAC since the Trump era and from now on. On the stage behind me there is a panel called Fathers with Pitchforks today there was another panel called Quote Farewell to the Woke Mob. You know this, as you mentioned, used to be kind of a center of gravity for conservatives with a focus really on conservative politics.

You know this. It's the stage where Reagan gave his City on a Hill speech, it's where speaking positions were coveted by up-and-coming politicians, and where there really was a focus on those basic, conservative issues of immigration, the fiscal responsibility of Homeland Security, that have moved here and there. like you said, this is really the Trump show and you have that split screen with what's happening here and then what's happening in Florida with San's dentist and former Vice President Mike Pence at that Club for Growth event, Here's the thing, Chuck. Despite the Trump-centric focus here at CPAC, I keep hearing Ron DeSantis' name as I talk to people attending here, many people are disappointed that he's not here, some even hope that he might appear at some point. and you know that at the end there will be an informal poll, it is very likely that it will not appear, by the way, we have not heard anything like that, um, but it is notable, you know that an event that has really been made in the image of Trump in recent years the People are still talking about that potential rival in 2024 and there will be a straw poll at the end of this event and even if DeSantis isn't here he will be on the ballot, Trump will probably run away with that but if DeSantis can even boost the numbers a little , that could be telling and, you know, in this particular crowd, so someone today gets some buzz.

I saw JD Vance talk to Jim Jordan today and there was someone there who had a following that people were curious about or it's just the first day and there aren't many people with the courage to come out, there's a lot of enthusiasm here and I've seen groups gathered around from people like Steve Bannon Lauren. bobert Kimberly Guilfoyle was in the halls Senators Ted Cruz and JD Vance received a pretty warm and enthusiastic reception from the audience here, so they're both excited to be here, there's enthusiasm, but they're missing some of those high-profile names , particularly nobody's.

I talked quite a bit about wanting to see Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or Kevin McCarthy, who already have the kind of Republican leadership in place, the one name that people have been mentioning a lot. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and he, by the way, we just found out, is going to be in Iowa next week, so while he hasn't officially announced a race, certainly behind the scenes The machinery is moving, it's surprising , DeSantis' decision to skip CPAC the week he's releasing a book, tells you how uncomfortable he feels. is partnering with CPAC this year, whether it's Trump or a slap, we don't know, but the fact is he has a book to sell and won't go there, that says a lot Dasha Burns reporting from the field from National Harbor Dasha, thank you.

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Welcome back, as we mentioned that President Biden is expected to use his veto pen for the first time to have both the House and Senate vote to repeal a Department of Labor rule on so-called ESG. Investments: The rule allows retirement fund managers to consider environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decisions. Democratic Senator Joe Tester and Joe mentioned that they are both running for re-election in November, by the way, in some red states they joined with all the Republicans to get this passed in the Senate. Republicans say ESG investing is part of a trend of what they call woke capitalism, and it seems the party hopes ESG will become a new front in the culture war, so join me now on set as reporters.

White House correspondent Jeff Mason. Democratic strategist Heather McGee. She is also the author of The Sum of Us and is releasing a new version of the book for young readers. I would love to see different versions like that, done well and then we have National Review senior political correspondent Jim Kennedy welcome everyone Heather congratulations on the book Thank you, thank you, it's okay, somehow both stories are connected to our culture, but first I want to start with the crime issue, Jeff, this is your beat, this is the White House, was this a presidential statement or a statement from the leader of the Democratic party about this decision about why and I want to go to the decision I didn't see from Washington D.C before we got to ESG yes, no, I think it's a good question, I mean, in general, crime is something that We have seen that was a problem in the last campaign, it didn't end, we're not sure of how much he bit yet, but that's it, it didn't end up being as big of a problem as some certainly.

Republicans were saying before those results that I think another interesting thing to talk about that I think Democrats want to keep in mind as we get into the discussion about crime rates is that voters do care about guns and that's something What I think we should do. We will probably hear more and more from the Democratic side as Republican attacks arise. That's exactly it, there are a set of corporations that are making a lot of money flooding our streets with things that kill our families and terrorize us and what 20 almost 20 million guns. It was sold last year, it's a big problem, it's a big money in politics problem, it's a corporate power problem, okay, but let me ask a version of this question about this crime bill, period, is that it?

Did you think that with a Democratic Senate and a Democrat in the Senate? House that D.C would have a repealed law no, I really mean it, it's shocking, yes, it's shocking now if we didn't have a president shaped by the '80s and '90s and the crime issue in the '90s, the crack epidemic, uh, the assault. guns ban all those fights that were really central to Joe Biden, who he is, so I suspect he still sees the problem that way and a president who knows how you can't, if that's your experience, I always say if you want to understand why what a politician does the things he does find out how what what when he was first elected or what the president was doing when he was 40 he might not see the issue the same way I was just going to say: do you agree with that?

In some ways, Biden's vision is a generational vision of the crime problem. I absolutely believe that he has come a long way to be the leader of the Democratic party today and, in some ways, atone for the excesses of the crime bill and that period. of time um you know the American people when you ask them what keeps you safe what makes a neighborhood safe the first thing they say is great jobs good housing right everyone knows that the safest neighborhoods in America are not those with more police under surveillance. The street has the most jails and prisons, the harshest sentences, they have the most economic opportunities, and that's where you're trying.

I think they both respond to the economic insecurity that has been a big driver of, you know, particularly property crime. and he deals with guns, he's very strong on guns, but this is one of his flags, you know, it's interesting, Jeff, to see the White House being sensitive on this crime issue and sensitive about this type of things, some of these call it a culture war whatever you want. wanted some of these social policy issues that half the electorate gets ESG, he's not excited about it, he's not at all afraid in this case, even as an evaluator and Mansion, why, you know what I think, part of the reason why I haven't talked to anyone about this, but I guess it's also capitalism for investment banks to provide services and products that their clients want and if there are clients who want it and it's in line with their values, which is in line. with democratic values ​​and there are many Democratic investors, just as there are Republican investors.

I don't think that's something he sees as a shock. Jim, what's the line here? And I'm curious to know where a National Review stands among the government. get involved like there's a fine line here DeSantis wants to ban this right some people want to borrow it that doesn't feel very free market either oh it's not and Larry Hogan said oh no because Chris Nunu who said that well I As a fan of the government limited, this sounds like big government to me when I was talking about DeSantis' intervention with Disney and the right session. I think one of the things that this illustrates is that you have your The 5248 Divide in the Senate, but if you have someone who is up for re-election and their state is not as blue if you are a Democrat or it is not as red if you are a Republican, then all of a sudden those last few votes become very unstable at that point if it's not a re-election. year, I don't know if John Tester, you know, makes this kind of decision, you know, if West Virginia wasn't drifting to the right, I don't know if you'd be seeing the same thing, you know, from others.

Senator, it's one of those things where it comes down to who's up for re-election this year and how much pressure they're feeling, and in this case I think these two Democratic senators are saying that you know that anything too associated with wokeness It's just not going to play well at home, you know, you hear a lot of what I would call a kind of middle-roller tree that says, hey, the Republicans are trying to take ESG and turn it into this year's CRT and I don't know. . If even CRT made its way per se and you know, I can't tell you how many times I have to explain to you well, what is ESG?

I was looking at a recent poll, obviously because my book The Sum of Us is available for young readers, so right now I'm on a tour of schools and libraries talking to these high school kids about racism, so obviously the attack on books about race relevant to me I was looking at the polls and thinking, well, how much traction does this really have? 88% of the public doesn't want books about racism and even CRT as nebulous as that. Define is defined as prohibited, they think that book is prohibited. Similarly, on ESG, what we're really talking about is not a mandate, but to say yes, of course, it's reasonable for analysts to look at the cost of things like climate externalities.

We had almost $200 billion in economic losses due to climate change. 2022 matters, of course it matters, how can you take something that causes so much economic upheaval and say that analysts couldn't see how that will affect investment? In some ways, I think Sheldon Whitehouse did a great job. where he said this wake up screen is a smoke screen, how did this get to Jim? How did this come about? How did the ehg become this thing? And I say this because some of the radicals who have been in favor of this are people like Glenn Younke, I mean, you know what I mean, a Carlisle group like this was something that wasn't really political until it became political. .

Yeah, in the first segment he talked about how President Biden believes in DC statehood, he believes in the DC Council, he really wants the district to make its own decisions, except. Not this one, but not that company, you know, most Republicans say I believe in the free market. I think the corporation should be able to chart its own course, do its oh wait, no, not that one, no, you're supposed to be free to make decisions. your own decisions, but it's not like that's going in the wrong direction. I think everyone's belief in freedom becomes a little tenuous, it becomes a little conditional once things do.

Do you think it is just as effective? Look at everything, everything in the culture war is catnip. At this moment, for some reason,You know, some people worry about Russia, Ukraine, some people understand you, people don't complain about tax rates as much as they used to. Culture is war, it's where the energy is. where the commitment is listening to radio shows, so no, I get it, Jeff, it's one of those things that I understand, but I don't understand it like I understand it. I know it works. I hear it excites people, but me. I like that it's hard to find out that they're there, yeah, that's where I struggle, but I think picking up on what you were saying is that the trend here is this attack that Republicans certainly find effective for them in the woke and in the culture Things of war and that goes towards the rights of transgender people to invest.

I don't know what that will help them in an election, but it seems to be helping them with their base, let me turn to CPAC, uh, we've gone through these iterations Jim with CPAC where CPAC feels it's relevant and CPAC feels it's not relevant, they feel like we're at one of those points where, because it's so associated with a candidate, it's less relevant, yeah, look if you think about a Venn diagram of the Trump brand and the current CPAC brand is a circle, there's no, it's the same thing. at that point, so if you're Ron DeSantis, what's the point?

I know you said he wants to sell books, but that book will sell well. it's a little strange this is the biggest event you could have all week there's a reason we'll see what kind of books you know gets the shout out from Nikki Haley uh we'll see what kind of shout out everyone else who's running but it's actually a win rally is a four-day Trump rally on the Potomac, so if you're a little kid or someone else who might be thinking about running against him, why would you go there? My Pence won't go either, yeah, well, but I mean talk, talk.

You talk about this, although you talk about a change, yes, you see where they are going with Ben Dios, but also a change, of course, I mean, yes, there would be concern about being booed, but this is a man who served in the administration from President Trump, obviously, what. What did you make of Craig's great column in the New York Times a couple of days ago on the running mate issue? He was basically saying well, you should know that Biden is saying that either we have an open fight for the vice presidential nomination or there should be one.

I can't ignore the age question in the room, let's say about this and what you think about it, so listen up. I think the Democratic Party in general is concerned about the electability of the current president. I think they know the general is there. There are good feelings towards the ticket, but people are very afraid of Trump and now DeSantis really sees that authoritarianism is a possibility if we don't have the most popular person possible at the top of the ticket, which makes people feel uncomfortable with these alternatives, although I mean. It's like I heard this concern and I'm calling the shots and Greg Craig wrote an op-ed that somehow is a conversation that happens in Washington all the time, he just gave it a name, yeah, but this ticket won a time, yes.

He really won, I really can't win, it's amazing, the latest agenda is popular and there have been narratives. Landmark laws have been published. I think it has to do with the Beltway conversation. I don't think it's about. she, listen, I don't think there's ever been a she, there's never been a woman, yeah, no, exactly, so there's never been a woman who's won, that big seat, and everyone knows it, sure, yeah, so that's the fear of speaking, well, Jeff Mason, Jim Garrity. Heather McGee the book Some of Us and an edition for young readers we hope libraries will accept it.

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It's just about fighting, it's also about helping every night, it's your news playlist, the top story with Tom Yamas broadcasting weekdays at 7 on NBC News. Now, welcome back, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanket met briefly with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today on the sidelines of the G20. meeting in India was their first face-to-face meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine a little over a year ago now the state department described the meeting probably the meeting is a bit long it was a brief meeting that lasted less than 10 minutes so They met in the hallways but it was face-to-face and the Russian Foreign Ministry said they spoke on the move at the end of a closed-door session and did not engage in any negotiations during a later press conference with reporters, although Lincoln said he stressed US engagement with Ukraine called for the release of imprisoned former Marine Paul Whalen and urged Russia to return to the nuclear arms control treaty with the United States.

I told the Foreign Secretary that no matter what else is happening in the world or in our relationship, the United States will always be willing to engage and act on strategic arms control just as the United States and the Soviet Union did even in the height of the Cold War, while the war in Ukraine dominated the G20 ministerial meeting, failed to produce a joint statement with Russia and China's blockade comes as the United States is reportedly in the early stages of enlist the support of its allies, particularly the G7 nations, for possible sanctions on China if Beijing were to provide lethal aid and we could demonstrate this to Russia in its war with Ukraine.

I'm joined now by Congressman Jake Austin Kloss, he's a Democrat from Massachusetts and he's a member of the China Select Committee. The congressman really appreciates him coming. He is also a veteran. I think it's important for people to know that too, so thank you for coming. Let me start simply with the mission of this committee. How would you describe the mission of this committee and what success looks like? It's good to be with you Chuck, the mission of this committee is twofold, we want to get through the day to day. policy to map out a solid long-term strategy to compete with the Chinese Communist Party and that requires, first, creating a shared awareness of the scope and severity of that challenge within Congress and, second, presenting discreet policy recommendations that they can get buy-in from a supermajority of members of Congress, 70 percent of members of Congress in the future so that we have a strong bipartisan consensus, it seems like if you read between the lines of the words of the President and Mike Gallagher, I think that that hopes to achieve this right is a consensus that we have to decouple economically from China, which seems to be decoupling, that is the challenge and two, we have to be prepared to defend Taiwan, but let me ask you this: do you think that the people American understands why we would go to war with China over Taiwan if we did, do you think they already understand this or do you think they need more education about this, like I want the Taiwanese people where I just returned from a codel?

We would prefer that we avoid war over Taiwan and that means changing the cost-benefit analysis from Xiang Peng's point of view. We need to accelerate foreign arms sales to Taiwan. We need to invest in their porcupine military strategy that makes them indigestible. We need to help. achieve energy independence so that the Chinese cannot block and suffocate them. We need to help them counter Chinese Communist Party propaganda and influence campaigns. We have to prepare Taiwan to fight for its independence and autonomy so that the CCP decides no, nor the At the right time, do you think we need a NATO in the Pacific?

And I say this: You know, the TPP, which became a three-letter acronym that became a four-letter word in American politics in 2016. It was going to be an economic trade agreement that was supposed to serve as a check. on China, is there a way to organize it as a kind of security pact? If there was one, it would be an excellent question; In fact, that's what I raised in my comments during our first hearing before the committee. I think we have to have a parallel approach here, so on the one hand we have the Japan-US-India-Australia quad, which is security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific to try to ensure a free Indo-Pacific. and open.

We must take advantage of the quality, I call it the quadruple plus get new member countries to join those military exercises in joint planning South Korea, for example, number two, we have to resurrect the TPP now, whether it starts just with a deal bilateral trade with Taiwan, whether that is more expansive and seems to be the cptpp But President Obama was right The Indo-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is the best way to contain Chinese aggression and expansionism in the Pacific Ocean and we have to lean back into trading an investment, uh, come on. I understand something that a fellow congressional Democrat, Judy Chu, a Chinese-American, voted against the creation of this committee out of fear that it would happen, that accident may accidentally be the wrong word, but fearing that it would inevitably lead to more xenophobia, um, given what you experienced with the criticism you received from Congressman Goodin, are you right here?

We must always be on guard so that the legitimate and indeed necessary focus on the strategic threat of the Chinese Communist Party does not become one. a presentation of the Chinese people as our enemy there are 1.4 billion Chinese there are 80 million members the Chinese Communist Party we wish no harm on China uh and falling into xenophobia is hatred towards Chinese Americans or Asian Americans uh They are Americans and they deserve to feel safe and welcome in their communities and it is unacceptable to malign the loyalty of a member of Congress, which is why it earned a bipartisan rebuke and it is not in keeping with the spirit of this committee, I think, as we have seen In the first two months of this committee, this committee is intended to be a bipartisan effort to move beyond ad hominem politics and get serious about winning the 21st century.

There was a comment I saw someone make that said, "If you don't do it." If you're not worried about the threat from the Chinese Communist Party, you're not getting good reporting from Intel. That's a fair way to put it. Yes, the more one learns about the activities of the CCP abroad and, indeed, in one's own country. The more alarming it is, they think in terms of 50 years; they are incredibly sophisticated at mounting disinformation campaigns and influencing campaigns; They are patient and absolutely want to take the model they have used in mainland China and turn it into a model that sets the rules for an international order, which brings me to tick tock.

Do you think this is reason enough to not only ban it on government devices, but do you think this ticking is a threat to Americans in general and that we should? We don't have it available on our phones, there is an angle on Tick Tock that raises its political issues and in fact has ties to the CCP and that is concerning and I think the president needs to take a serious look at the national security challenges that it poses and take them on. . actions accordingly, but then there's the second angle that to me is more shocking, which is what Tick Tock Instagram is real Facebook what they do to children's mental health.

We have seen a precipitous decline in the socio-emotional well-being of children over the last 10 years and it is because these companies are, in large part because these companies are monetizing the attention span of our children without caring at all about their well-being and it is unfair that parents have to try to cope with a trillion dollar company with 10,000 engineers creating new algorithms that Congress needs to take over this sounds like the criticism I heard of tobacco companies in the '70s and '80s is deeply analogous and actions against social networks The giants must be equally muscular, what does it look like?

I have proposed an enforceable and verifiable age limit of 16 years to use these social media platforms, parents should be the Guardians and enough is enough with this age limit of 13 years that no one is trying to impose and which is completely unverifiable, we have to make an effort because we have seen that adolescent boys and girls are suffering in these Outlets. Could you put a schedule that you know between 16 and 18? You know what we had if you think about the old days when there was almost beer? I mean, would you say okay, you only have two hours yeah?

If you are under 18 per night on social media, I thinkThe key is that the defaults should put parents in the driver's seat. Right now you have parents who have to figure out how to use these apps and how to control their kids and they monitor their kids' use of it and they're at a disadvantage and that's just not fair, parents need to be in the driver's seat after That children are in those programs, no, and it is up to the technology companies to do that. possible for us Congressman auction class Jake auction class Massachusetts Democrat I appreciate you coming member of that new select committee on China next Iranian authorities say they are investigating the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country and what it seems be a deliberate attack on you I'm watching Meet the President Abroad, Thank You Abroad.

Hi, I'm Hallie, it's good to be with you tonight. There's another legal presentation today and I want to get some of the bad stuff out of the way, let's get to the point where they've started herd law if you're like Halle stop talking Washington eats up this bill but basically provides health care to veterans who have been exposed to these toxic chemicals because I'm trying to make this as non-DC as possible. kind of anger we've seen now in politics I saw you looking I think your mic Daniel you're out there trying to do it on the slide live TV man welcome back weeks of ongoing protests in Israel turned violent for the first time yesterday as Tel Aviv police used water cannons and stun grenades in an attempt to disperse thousands of protesters who took to the streets to once again protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to reform the judiciary of the country and weaken Israel's Supreme Court.

The measure has sparked the largest protest. movement in Israel in more than a decade Netanyahu's plan would give lawmakers and Parliament control over the appointment of judges, as well as the authority to overrule the Supreme Court. The legislation would also give Parliament the ability to pass laws that are not subject to judicial review. By the way, it turns out that Netanyahu is on trial on corruption charges right now, as changes are necessary to check the power of unelected judges. Critics, of course, say that the plan would be a direct threat to Israel's democratic system of checks and balances and that Netanyahu's approach focuses only on his own problems, but despite the unrest, one of the architects of the Reform says growing protests won't stop legislation.

Let me now turn to Iran, where authorities are investigating what the Iranian government calls the potentially deliberate poisoning of hundreds of people. Schoolgirls, according to senior officials, girls in schools across the country have been suffering from respiratory, cardiac and neurological symptoms. Iranian media report that the poisonings have been going on for months. Officials also say it may have been a coordinated effort to prevent girls from receiving an education. All of this comes amid other protest movements that have broken out across the country against the Iranian regime in recent months. Protest tests perhaps not coincidentally led by women and girls.

With me now is Holly Daggers, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council whose focus is on Iran Holly. I appreciate you coming. I think what surprised us in this story is the fact that the government is officially acknowledging this problem. This is what it tells me: does it mean they don't know what to do or is that why they need help? Why do you think they made this public? Well, Chuck, this has been going on since November 30th, when we saw the first incident in the holy city of home. It's been a story for some time now.

Iran and it was only when it started hanging other cities like the capital Tehran that we really saw it was getting attention because the Iranians were making noise about it. Parents were understandably concerned and worried about their daughters' health. We are starting to protest afterwards. outside of schools and there was so much pressure on the authorities to actually take action, did this really become a topic of conversation in the country? I guess that's what it is, can we trust the Iranian government to do a thorough investigation? shaking my head, no, and the reason I'm shaking my head is because this is a repressive government.

They have eyes and ears everywhere, how come they have surveillance technology from China to monitor whether a woman is wearing the mandatory hijab on a subway? station, but they are not able to really understand where or how this is happening and it is reportedly happening in at least 15 cities across the country, which is leading many Iranians to believe that this is deliberate and, in fact, we have I heard the Deputy Minister of Health say that this is deliberate and ironic right after he said that he said he had been misquoted and that he is just going to say whether he is still the Deputy Minister of Health or did he have to say: "oh, I was misquoted, I misquoted," he alleges, but the truth is that many Iranians rightly believe this was an act of revenge.

We must remember that the mass protests that have been continuous since mid-September 2022 after the murder of Massage Gina Amini were led by young Iranians. Z and these are the targets right now, so this appears to be an act of revenge against these same girls. You know, this is what authoritarian regimes accused of genocide do. What should the global community be doing about it right now? Well, we definitely shouldn't ignore it, we should hear more condemnations of what is happening. We've heard the State Department say that Iran should investigate what's happening, but as we can see, they've been very incompetent on that on purpose, so they may have already been pushing.

As for the families, there have been arrests. The other day a very brutal video surfaced of a woman protesting outside the school, concerned for the well-being of her daughter, her hair and clothes were taken, she was pulled away and pushed into an unmarked vehicle. I don't even know where this woman went, so she tells us no, they're not listening, how are our eyes and ears? We have always said that we are on the ground. We are good at monitoring Iran. We are not good. In some ways, our intelligence is that, in many ways, Israel has better eyes and ears on Iran than the United States.

Do any of the intelligence assessments here have an idea where this emanates from? It's really hard to say, unfortunately because Iran is governed by an authoritarian government, Iranians the only way they can get their voices out to the world is through social media, so the only way we've really been seeing it What's happening in these videos that have been popping up on social media of girls hospitalized unable to breathe talking about their symptoms and of course parents being shoved into unmarked vehicles is really what we can rely on right now, you He's an Iran expert for the Atlantic Council, which is the other piece.

This week's news had to do with how close they are, in theory, to enriching weapons-grade uranium. There seems to be not the amount of alarm one might expect from the West about this. It's just that there's a lot going on in To begin with, I think when we look at the 84 percent that's been reported in the latest report from the international atomic energy agency right now, there's still a sense that it was just particles. It can't be traced that Iran was necessarily saving this, um anyway. that means it's close to weapons grade 90 is close to weapons grade so there's definitely concern but I have a feeling they might be thinking about other options Plan B Holly daggers uh from the Atlantic Council uh the Iranian expert From there he thanks you for coming. and help shed some light on what is just a very, very scary story in Iraq with young women.

Thank you all very much for being with us this hour. I'll be back tomorrow with more. Meet the Press Now NBC News Now coverage continues with Hallie Jackson right now thank you we will go on air officially awaiting the verdict because the jury is out as we talk about Alec Murdoch behind closed doors answering the evidence based question if he murdered his wife and son with their lawyers. making one last effort tonight hear that there are two words that Justice demands in this case and those two words are not guilty, we have an NBC News exclusive right here, a look inside the Jury Room and new reports from sources from our team on how long those last the jurors could be there tonight and right now we're tracking a possible tornado outbreak in the south, which could be bad.

Our team is on the ground in Dallas, where thousands of people face that threat. That's not all we're tracking. There is also potential. Measles outbreak after one of the largest Christian gatherings in decades in Kentucky, but the CDC wants you to know tonight, plus a stunning never-before-seen look at what it's like to be a player in the world's richest sports league , like rats in an NFL locker room. and players' wives breastfeeding on the floor of public bathrooms are apparently not unusual for some teams and the new report addresses the degrading and offensive accusations being made against euphoria creator Sam Levinson and music star El Fin of the week on the set of his next HBO. program, we will tell you more about this later in our turn.

Hi, I'm Halle and the next time we see Alec Murdoch in court it will almost certainly be to find out whether or not he is guilty of killing his wife and son. something that he denies and what is called the trial of the century in South Carolina, the jury is deliberating now after closing arguments from both sides and let's start with the prosecutions, the main point they are leaving the jury with, there are some of them, they say. It is important to remember that, in their opinion, Murdoch corroborated the lies he told, admitted to lying more than once to police over the last year and a half, and the state is pointing out that it defies logic to think it could have been anyone else based on on the evidence that Alec Murdoch is the only one who could have murdered Maggie and Paul Murdoch, that they can't answer all the questions because those key witnesses, of course, have been murdered, but that Alec Murdock is the only one who has the weapons and opportunity and they say the motive is malice. with the murder looking to find some way out of the so called storm of financial pressure he faced saying these shootings were no accident listen I think you love me I think you love Paul but you know who he loved more than that you know we Love math more and who is going to make sure that that life wanted to make sure that that life loved Alex and exercised their greater power of choice to make sure that the life continues the defense;

However, he hopes these points stick better with the jury. They say South Carolina State Police mishandled evidence at the crime scene. The defense argues that there is a real question mark surrounding the motive and no direct evidence, such as the fact that no one knows where the murder weapon is. As for why Murdoch lied, they point to his in his closet of words. full of skeletons and a mysterious drug addiction and not the reason the state says when you've done a lot it's because you covered up the fact that you killed Maggie and Paul, that's not the reason you did it, so that now the jury is locking themselves in the room you're looking at now, an exclusive we're getting here at NBC News, here's what it looks like, these are the little details, the pens in that box tell our team that the members of the jury could be there. today at 10 o'clock and tomorrow is 10 p.m.

Eastern Time, a dramatic day with the jury, by the way, when a female juror was dismissed for allegedly talking about the case and asked the court to return to get the the only key thing that she left in that room listen what do you have there a dozen eggs a dozen eggs we have many interesting things but now a dozen eggs the drama does not end friends Danny Savalas is going to give us the legal explanation about everything This in wait a second, but I want to start on the ground in Walterboro, South Carolina, so we show Ellison a little bit of those Jury Room photos that bring us inside, what happens now that the jury has this case?

Yeah, so they're in that room we were in. I've said it a lot there this morning today, but I'll say it again so you can get an idea of ​​what it's like to be there. It is a somewhat sad room. There are four windows, but the blinds are closed. there's a huge table with chairs around that table there's not much room to relax it's not really a place that most people would look at and think well I want to spend hours and hours in thisThey have snacks in the room, they do have a private bathroom, but if they need anything, if they have any questions, they have to make a formal request, they can't leave this room.

We have heard repeatedly that they will be there deliberating until 10 p.m. m. from this night. Right now, we're told Hallie's there. There are no plans for a dinner break which of course could change. Court sources told us yesterday that the judge plans to have them deliberate until 10 p.m. m. tonight and tomorrow if necessary, so look, there are a few things to remember about South Carolina. If there's a scenario where the jury comes back and says, "Hey, we're split, we're deadlocked" and you'll see the judge say "come back, try again" if they come back again and say "we're still deadlocked" dead", so what happens in this state that doesn't?

What happens in every state is they'll give them an Allen charge, what they've described to me as basically a pep talk to the jury, it's based on a Supreme Court case where they say you know we picked you because you can do this. try again and then progress, you know, from there, if they come back and say no, we're still divided, then obviously you have a mistrial, we don't move forward there, but if they find him guilty, how does it work in South Carolina? ? it would immediately go to a sentencing phase and first you would hear that the victims have the opportunity to address the court, the defendant has the opportunity to address the court and then an immediate sentence.

Hallie, wow, over and over again, Ellison, one thing we heard from the defense hammering. This idea that there is no motive, there is no reason, in his words, Murdoch's common sense to have committed this crime, we gave a little flavor to that, as we laid it out in the introduction here with the prosecution saying what The defense was saying yes. I mean, that was the crux of the defense's closing arguments today. They were saying yes. They were told that he did this, but did they really answer why to think? About it they said that a rational person concerned about financial crimes would put themselves in the middle of a murder investigation.

They said the prosecution has not adequately answered why it would do this. Listen, you've heard weeks of testimony about Alex. Financial crimes. drug addiction and lies, but after all, the state has not managed to provide a satisfactory answer to this question, why, why, who is a former prosecutor in this state before and they were talking about the fact of how the prosecutor's office has focused practically on most of it? of their case around motive even though they have other circumstantial evidence and they said that to them that's a red flag and I'm curious what Danny thinks about this because they said motive matters if you have different degrees of murder, but in the state. of South Carolina, no, there is no first degree murder, there is no second degree murder, murder is just murder, so they said they focused the prosecution on focusing their case on a motive that doesn't make much sense when there are no differences. degrees of murder you really didn't need to do it and the kennel video and other circumstantial evidence they felt was stronger Hallie Ellison Barber live first are in Walterboro South Carolina of course Danny savalo so Danny let me make you jump On that note , this idea that the prosecution was focused on was another motive, as Ellison describes his circumstantial evidence.

I am thinking, for example, of the prosecution stating that the shell casings of the gun used in the murder were found on a property a year or months earlier. I must say that there were other things that came up in the course of this trial. The prosecution made a mistake by focusing on this motive for the financial crime, supposedly to get Murdoch to kill his wife and son. That is not my opinion, it is evident from the prosecution's statement. To move away from this theory, not only in its closure but even more so in its refutation, they must have access to social media just as we do and the general consensus is among the people I spoke to when hearing about it from Ellison. that this is a difficult motive to buy and it is a misstep because it is not necessary, the state does not need to prove the motive, it is clear that it was an intentional murder, the prosecution recognized it and in this rebuttal you saw them move away from it and in Instead of saying and I'm paraphrasing, we don't need a motive, sure it could have been financial crimes, but it could also just be that he's crazy, it could be anything, the motive is not something we have to try and look at.

I can't believe they're calling out the prosecution for being too ambitious, they have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and any prosecutor will tell you that makes them anxious and oh my god what happens if I don't present all the evidence I need? I have? They can possibly win this case, so it is understandable that they wanted this evidence of financial crimes, but it may backfire on them. For example, the defense focused a lot on that and comparatively less on some of the attacks on the chief prosecutor's case that they received. a gift from the prosecution, this incredible theory of the motive of the financial crime and they insisted on it and then, of course, they insisted on the burden of proof of Reasonable Doubt, all the classics that the defense insists on in the end, let me back up, let me give a 30,000 foot view.

There's a reporter right here Avery Wilkes, the Messenger who's been all over the story breaking down what just the key central question is because I don't care if you've been watching every minute of the Murdoch trial. I don't care if you've seen Zero Minutes and this is the first time you're hearing about this. This is the general view here. Alec Murdock and this is Avery Wilkes writing. This was a high-profile trial lawyer. A gregarious Hampton socialite. Part time. prosecutor, the heir to an undercountry legal dynasty and a conman whose thefts caused that legacy to crumble, but he was also a murderer and Danny, that's true, that's what it comes down to, a jury will decide that and the question is the barrier that they have to clear is beyond a reasonable doubt, right, this is the case that deals with circumstantial evidence versus direct evidence, the definition of what is reasonable doubt, um, is it all doubt?, is there any questions?

This is how the judge summed it up and it was charged by the jury, to the extent that the state relies on circumstantial evidence, the circumstances must be consistent with each other and, when taken together, point conclusively to the guilt of the accused Beyond a reasonable doubt, so put it in plain language for us as a defense attorney, right? help us understand what goes through the jury's mind when they hear something like this, let the jury instructions take a concept and make it more complicated than it was when they first thought about what the prosecution really wanted to say but couldn't .

It's just that circumstantial evidence is often much more powerful than direct evidence, but they had to talk to the jury according to the written jury instructions and those jury instructions equate circumstantial evidence with direct evidence, but we all know that Direct evidence is not reliable. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable. and in a murder case there is usually no direct evidence because all the witnesses are no longer among the living and that is why circumstantial evidence is incredibly powerful, even more so in an era where our phones, as we have learned throughout of this judgment, they track our every move. and through that, the prosecution can build, and did in this case, a compelling case that actually disproved one of the defense theories, to the point that Murdoch had to take the stand and explain why his story was inconsistent with the hard facts and you know what that explanation was, oh I was lying, I lied well, right, Danny Savalos again, we are officially under verdict watch here.

I think it's safe to say that it's very unlikely that he'll be back now, I mean, two hours into presumably the deliberate one. for a while longer, but we'll see, thanks, don't believe it, you never know, you never know, it's okay, Danny, thanks. Hey, listen, we need to talk about some other important headlines, including the early warnings we're getting right now. really talk about the potential for a tornado outbreak in the south this is part of a major severe weather threat affecting millions of people it looks like a beautiful sunny day right in dallas there are a couple of clouds on the horizon but here's the deal there is a tornado watch in effect until 10 o'clock tonight, airports have already protectively canceled over 400 flights from DFW at Love Field, there are 27 million people in total.

Look at this region, you can see it stretches a bit from Texas to Louisiana. entered Alabama, including the possibility of tornadoes, a lot of wind, a lot of hail, like baseball-sized hail, that's what people are preparing for, plus maybe a ton of rain that could cause flash flooding Until tomorrow, we've got you covered. for you tonight with NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens Morgan chesky of NBC News is live for us in Dallas Morgan would normally start with you on the ground, but Bill, now you're learning about the first of these tornado warnings coming in what What is happening, yes.

We had one about five minutes ago. We only have a new one that was also issued. This one here right along the Red River near Denison. This storm has a history of massive hail. This is the first tornado warning just across the Red River. to the southern parts of Oklahoma, then there is the main line and this is what will pass through the Dallas area between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time and where there is a tornado warning just to the west side of the mineral wells and what happens with these storms is They are going to fly, these storms are going to move between 60 and 70 miles per hour, as fast as a car on the highway , so you know you're going to get these tornado warnings and then these storms are going to accelerate.

It will pass in about five minutes and then everyone will go outside and see what's left or what damage has been done, so the tornado watch for the Dallas Fort Worth area lasts until 10 p.m. tonight. You just showed this image here. This is what we call the Convective Outlook the Oklahoma Storm Prediction Center is in charge of the entire country, they tell us which areas are most likely to see the greatest concentration of severe weather, that's the area in red, then the one below , which is the orange and then the yellows anywhere In this region there is a chance of strong storms, which is of particular concern to us, especially as we move from dusk into the afternoon, there are strong tornadoes at night and the risk of This happening is in the shaded area here, so it's taken roughly from where the storms occur. they are now through dallas fort worth tonight probably around 10 pm. m.

Texas Canada Shreveport Little Rock to areas where Memphis likely from 10 p.m. m. until about midnight that's the time for all of this so again night time tornadoes are the deadliest and tomorrow we will see isolated tornadoes from Nashville to Lexington in areas of central Kentucky and also Tennessee so it will be a two event days, but today it looks like there are chances for stronger storms and then we will also have a snow storm somewhere between Chicago. and in Detroit, someone is going to get a foot of heavy, wet snow. The wind gusts will be interrupted and tomorrow night we will see that snow storm moving towards the center, in northern New England, which will be after rush hour, so that's great, Hallie for the moment on that and The last piece of this puzzle is flash flooding.

You know, a lot of people don't even realize that flash floods kill more people in this country every year than tornadoes and hurricanes or any other type of weather disaster, so that includes 23 million people, so we have the danger of tornadoes, huge hail, as you said, and also flash flood water, which will potentially be a busy night. Bill Cairns, thank you, let me bring in Morgan Chesky, who is live for us in Dallas and Morgan, this is one. Of those incongruous moments when it seems like a frankly perfect, almost spring day, when it's very sunny in Dallas, the worry is what's going to happen when night falls, as Bill just explained.

I imagine a lot of people are preparing for that. Yes, Hallie, they've been preparing for this. I can't tell you that I've talked to several people in the Dallas area. This is not a storm that will take these people by surprise. Meteorologists here have been spreading the word for some time. They knew there was going to be a possibility a couple of days ago, but now that we have that window pretty open, at least for the Dallas area, from five to seven or eight in the afternoon there, people leave work early getting ready to At Home I previously spoke with a gentleman who said he stocked up on supplies yesterday because, in addition to tornadoes, there is the threat of significant hail that can be incredibly damaginghere, so all eyes will be drawn to the skies here in just an hour or two, but you mentioned it, it's a blue sky.

A sunny day here is just as nice as when you have the threat of severe weather like this and it almost feels eerie and uncomfortable because you know what's going to happen here, uh, in just a little while Allie Morgan chesky Lives for us in Dallas Be a friend, It's going to be a long night for you too thanks for being there for us just as we were going on air we found out that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee just signed a bill that would restrict drag performances. This is the first law of its kind in the country and we covered it here on the show we talked about just a couple of days ago.

Supporters of this law say it is necessary to protect children from adult cabaret they view as inappropriate entertainment, it will go into effect on April 1, but critics say this law is now again a law that unfairly targets a way of art associated with the lgbtq plus community and, generally speaking, makes it seem like all drag is obscene and sexualized. Antonio Hilton lives for us now in Tennessee, talks about the implications of this because Tennessee may just be the first domino to fall on this idea, that's right, Hallie, it's one of at least 14 states where legislation like this has moved forward, but as you mentioned, it is the first state where This bill has now been signed and signed into law, it will go into effect on April 1st and it has caused a lot of controversy not only here in Tennessee but throughout the country, in particular, part of the language of the bill when talking to civil society. lawyers or human rights experts, are concerned that it is broad, that some parts are vague, that there are descriptions of adult cabaret performances by male and female impersonators, and that they are restricted from performing sexually in public or anywhere a person other than in other words, an adult could see them and that is the language that worries people about what kind of places someone could argue that a child could see an artist and who is going to control what constitutes a lewd or sexually act Suggestive, many people here have made the point that children are allowed to go to restaurants like Hooters or watch cheerleaders or dancers perform at football or basketball games and that those are public events and that families can attend and have not been restricted , so there is concern on the part of artists from business owners who own restaurants that host events where drag queens perform about what this will actually look like, how this law will be implemented by prosecutors in the future here, but as you guys mentioned it's just the first one here and there's a wave of additional bills that may come.

I just spoke with the senator who wrote this bill and they are very aware that additional challenges are centering around the first amendment and protections around speech, performance and art are probably coming here, so this is the first law to go into effect, but probably not the end of the fight here Holly and Tony Hilton, thank you very much, I appreciate it here in Washington, we are just learning that the House Ethics Committee has new plans on how to formally begin an investigation into George Santos. That's right, the saga with that controversial congressman continues. Now you have this committee analyzing whether he broke the law with all his lies. said during his 2022 campaign or if the congressman may not have delivered the documents he needs to deliver to the house or if the congressman may have engaged in sexual misconduct remember that Santos has not told the truth about many things that he even openly says that he has lied about things like his family background, where he went to school, where he worked, even where his mother was on 9/11 or how she died, so what comes next, we don't know yet, right, the committee doesn't say much more publicly. as they investigate and the congressman's office, for its part, says he's going to cooperate fully, Ali Vitale joins us now from Capitol Hill, okay, check us out, Ali, here, it's not entirely unexpected that the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives is taking the step. but it still feels significant in what has now been a weeks or even months long drama about these Santos lies, yes, it's been months with Hallie and this is something that I think we assumed was happening because we know that these have been happening. filed complaints, everything from potential campaign finance violations to misinterpreted or outright lies about his biography, his family and his background have been widely discussed here on Capitol Hill, so it's no secret that George Santos is mired in controversy.

Of course, that's the way this Ethics Committee is going to handle it. What you normally have on an Ethics Committee here in Congress is 10 members, five Democrats, five Republicans, bipartisan in nature. What we learned today is that they are not just investigating Santos. for all those different things that they already put on the screen, but they are doing it at the subcommittee level, so now they have assigned four legislators to this subcommittee to focus specifically on Santos to again all about whether he broke the law during the 2022 campaign to campaign financial violations that he may not have disclosed to conflict of interest law, potential violations and then, of course, that accusation of sexual misconduct which, of course, comes from an employee who was trying to become an official member of Santos' congressional office that made those sexual harassment accusations and delivered a letter and posted some tweets about the experience they say they had, what the results might be, in other words, what's the penalty if they investigate and find something, ya You know, if it's not a crime in at least through the Ethics Committee, something unethical had happened here, yeah, it depends on which of these end up proving to be true and of course the ones in Campaign Finance are different than the ones in sexual harassment in terms of the types of reprimands and consequences that might actually come.

From this look, the committee could decide that they want to refer him simply for a slap on the wrist, maybe there will be a fine, they could also do something with more teeth, frankly, Hallie, that is, they recommend that he be expelled from Congress. Now, that's the range of what we're thinking about, but there's the immediate implication of what this committee does and then the secondary implication of what this means for Speaker Kevin McCarthy because McCarthy has said, of course, if you find something to be criminal, that's something they would revisit. He has also said that ethics needs to have its way in this.

Clearly, what's happening we're not going to get any updates on this throughout the process. They are notoriously secretive once they have an ethic. A violation that they are actively investigating, but for McCarthy, whatever this committee decides is going to force his hand and remember why we are in this position even now, after all these lies and accusations, it is because of the margins that the Republicans have of the House to keep the majority which is not the absolute explanation, but it is the real explanation for why McCarthy is trying to take advantage of this and let this committee do the job it needs to do, but eventually there will be a push for Ali Vitale to live to us on Capitol Hill, thanks Ali, where In fact, we have more breaking news here tonight.

Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein is in the hospital. We just found out that she has been hospitalized with shingles. Her office in a statement says the 89-year-old woman was diagnosed in February. She is receiving treatment. in San Francisco, she hopes to return to the Senate sometime this month. Note that Senator Feinstein is the oldest sitting senator and is not running for re-election in 2024. Of course, this comes at a time when Democrats have the smallest majority in that chamber, obviously we're going to be attentive to how the senator is doing. Tonight we will also learn more about a plot to kill Jewish elected officials in Michigan, a plot that apparently included the state's attorney general, Dana Nessel, and is now revealing that she was.

According to his words, he was attacked by a heavily armed man in February, according to the FBI criminal complaint, a guy named Jack Carpenter tweeted that he was going to Michigan to, quote, apply the death penalty to anyone who was Jewish in the Michigan Government , this is the latest in many high-profile threats to government leaders that we've heard a lot about lately, and it comes at a time when anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise in this country. 2021, the highest year on record. For those attacks, Kendallanian joins us now and Ken, this is a disturbing example of a frankly disturbing trend, as we just laid out here about threats to government officials and threats to Jewish people, specifically, tell us about this, which is exactly the right framework, Ali, because it is taken alone.

When I looked at this Twitter account, these are the rantings of a very disturbed person, right, but this guy was heavily armed, the police found out he had handguns, a shotgun, military-style rifles, and what we're seeing is a climate in which people with mental disorders are carrying out violence hate-fueled violence in this case anti-Semitic violence in other cases anti-government or racist violence and today I spoke with FBI officials who said look, we're seeing a lot of this, it's really disturbing, we are on the lookout, but you know there is a lot we can do. um we're showing some, we're showing some of the numbers here as well of how much of a problem this has become, this kind of thing, as you explain, yeah, I mean, this is the state. where in December alone three men were sentenced to long prison terms for trying to kidnap the governor of Michigan also yes, the same day a man was arrested and charged for threatening women and children outside the synagogue and Dearborn just a couple of weeks ago years ago in Los Angeles, two men were charged with hate crimes shooting people coming out of the synagogue, so it's a contagion, you know, obviously anti-Semitism has always been with us, but the ADL says that anti-Semitic incidents are increasing.

Glad to hear it. We are here to stay on top of all this to shed light on Kendallanian. Thank you so much. I appreciate you being with us tonight coming here on the show. A new meeting between the US and Russia could have some real implications for Paul Whelan. and former Marine who is wrongfully detained overseas, we'll tell you what the Secretary of State is revealing tonight, plus a newly revealed search warrant that now shares more of what police found in the suspect's home. Idaho quadruple murder that will appear in all five things. foreign news with Lester Holt or listen wherever you get your podcasts today's biggest political stories with trusted reporting and expert analysis a daily look at the politics behind the headlines and Meet the Press now airing weekdays at 4 p.m. on NBC News Now we start tonight with breaking news it just comes when it happens wherever NBC News is streaming for free now it's being called the biggest Christian revival of this century a meeting that started last month at a really small religious college in Kentucky University of Asbury when a group of students finished a chapel service in the school Auditorium and decided to keep the prayer going and the words spread and spread and spread online and people came and kept coming, thousands of students and people in Kentucky and Christians from all over the country showing up on this campus to pray and celebrate their religion and re-inspire their faith, that's the goal of a revival, after all, we're talking about about 70,000 people on campus, according to the school , for about three weeks in February, but now there is a new warning. that the revitalizers may have gotten more than they came to Asbury with Kentucky and CDC health officials raising the alarm about a measles case, now only one person so far was there along with twenty thousand other people on one day of the The resurgence, and normally this wouldn't be cause for so much alarm even with how super contagious measles can be, that's because the majority of people in this country are vaccinated against it, 90 percent of two-year-olds. or less have received their vaccines, but the difference here is that Some evangelicals who made up a large part of the crowd of that Revival may be skeptical about vaccines for religious reasons.

Studies have found that up to 40 percent of evangelicals are against most or all types of vaccines, so health officials are concerned there could be the potential for a larger outbreak here Dr. John Torres from NBC joins us now help us put this into perspective here, it's just one person, it's one person in a multitude of what the CDCThey say there are around 20,000 people who know what we know about this disease. How high is the risk of it spreading? What is the potential here? Halle's measles has no pretensions here. It is a dangerous disease, it is a deadly disease and before vaccines it killed many people in this country, and when it comes to measles, the most.

The issue is how contagious it is. 90 of the people who come into contact with someone with measles will end up contracting it. Additionally, the measles vaccine, the virus itself, can remain in the air for up to two hours after someone who has measles has contracted measles. in an area and you can get it from breathing that contaminated air or touching those infected surfaces and part of the problem is that infected people can end up spreading it four days before they start getting that rash, which is the biggest symptom that we look for. The other thing is that if we look at the danger of measles here, we know that one in five people ends up hospitalized, one in a thousand will end up with brain inflammation, and one in three in a thousand will end up dying from it, and those they are adults.

It is even worse in children, so you can see that this is a dangerous disease and it is a very infectious deadly disease. What about this idea of ​​vaccine skepticism that we talked about that exists in these communities? Millions of people used to get measles every year. like last year, just over a hundred were reported, obviously there's more control over measles here, but there's also a broader context to putting this here and there's definitely a broader context, you can see the numbers there before. -The vaccine was nationwide, measles epidemics happen very often and unfortunately around 300 children ended up dying from it each year and then once vaccines came out measles was almost unheard of and then it starts to arise again and there are outbreaks in certain communities where vaccination is carried out. the rates are low and we can see that and that is the concern is that because these vaccination rates are in areas where people are more susceptible to it, like in this meeting that they had here then, that can cause a spread of the measles and not only can it spread from them, but it could also spread to other people in their communities once they end up returning to those communities, you know, vaccines before vaccines, doctors used to see measles all the time before the vaccine in 1963 and I'm wondering if you know this and I think this comes up every time there's a pretty major measles outbreak or in this case the possibility of one obviously, you're a doctor, Dr.

John, and you learn about it in medical school, but how often do doctors, especially younger ones, look for cases of Measles isn't much and Hallie, this is definitely a concern because measles until a few years ago most of the doctors hadn't seen it and it wasn't really on our radar when a patient came in, you know, once you start getting that rash, then yeah. it's very typical of measles and so you know it's part of our training to look for something like that, but even before that you know it's one of those things that when they start having symptoms, they can get a sore throat, they can have certain parts from her body. throat that looks more swollen, there could be measles and they may not catch it as early which means they could go out into their community and spread it, it's not just measles but other diseases as well, they also have vaccines for which some doctors they might I haven't seen it, you might not catch it right away and eventually you will, but at the same time they might be spreading throughout the community before they do.

Dr. John Torres, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Let's explain the five things our team thinks you should know. About tonight, the number one railway workers in Greece are on strike today after the deadly train accident that killed 43 people.These workers are protesting working conditions or the lack of a more modern railway system the country's Minister of Transport has already designed above all this issue number two in Israel a crowdfunding campaign has raised more than 460 thousand dollars for the Palestinians around 12 000 Israelis have donated to help people whose homes were damaged last week by Israeli extremists in the West Bank the organizer fund says he also received threats calling him a traitor for starting campaign number three new documents reveal more about what police took from suspect's family home in University of Idaho quadruple murder case investigators found mask black gun, a Glock and a pocket knife when Brian Coburger was arrested in December.

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This is what it looks and feels like. The most important piece we start tonight with breaking news, how much water will we finally force into Inland? When it happens, wherever you are, NBC News is streaming free now for the first time. time in more than a year, for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, you have the top foreign policy makers from the United States and Russia meeting face to face, we saw Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Secretary of State Russian Foreign. Sergey Lavrov met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in India to talk about the war in Ukraine, to talk about the nuclear treaty that Putin withdrew from and, most importantly, what will happen to the American currently imprisoned in Russia, Paul Whelan.

He'll probably remember the wheel and that's it. him in the middle, that's him you see on your screen, he's a former marine who was arrested in Russia in 2018, he's been in prison there since the US government says he was wrongfully detained. U.S. officials hoped Whelan would be part of that trade. in December for Brittany Greiner, but the Russians said, hey, it's Griner for Victor Boot, the convicted arms dealer, or No deal at the time you heard the US say they wouldn't give up on bringing in Paul Wheelen to home. Lincoln's Secretary is talking about that apparently bring I mentioned it in this 10 minute conversation with Lavrov today here he is at that moment I also mentioned the unjust detention of Paul Wheeling, as I have done on many previous occasions, the United States has presented a serious proposal.

Moscow should accept it. determined to bring home Paul and all other American citizens who are unjustly detained around the world. NBC's Josh Letterman joins us now to learn more about this, so Josh, you heard the secretary say that there is a serious proposal that the United States has put forward, what are the details? What do we know about it? Well, Hope Hallie since that crushing deal in December has been that she maybe broke the Log Jam, as she showed that the Russians were serious about prisoner exchanges and that the United States could have these types of exchanges. of talks with Russia even when they completely disagree on the Ukraine war and everything else, but we haven't really heard since then of any movement on the Paul Whelan case until today, when Blinken mentioned that proposal, now the department of state says that today was not the first time the Russians heard about that proposal, he mentioned that the United States has been constantly pushing this proposal on the Russians for some time now, but if you remember Hallie from last year, when they were being carried out those conversations for Waylon and Brittany Greiner, the Russians were insisting that the United States released someone named Vadim Krasikov, a Russian linked to their intelligence who was actually convicted in Germany of a political murder and at the time the spokesman for the National Security Council , John Kirby, said it wasn't really a serious proposal because Crossakov isn't even in American custody he's in German custody, so Washington didn't even have him to return him, but listen to what Kirby said today about this American proposal in the foreigner, since it belongs to his family and there is a proposal on the table, we want the Russians to accept it.

Really, for reasons I'm sure you can understand, I don't want to get into the back and forth on that or detail the conversations we're still trying to have with the Russians about how to get it done. Mr. Whalen, according to my report today from Halle, there is no indication that the United States is reconsidering this Krasikov idea or trying to get the Germans to abandon it. That idea seems to be dead, but we do know that Russia for some time has been insisting on a deal with Whelan being a spy for a spy because of course they claim that Paul Whalen is a spy even though the United States denies it. resoundingly and therefore it is likely, although we cannot say for sure, that whoever the United States has offered as part of the deal this proposal is someone who is linked to Russian intelligence who the Russians desperately want to return, but the US officials say that the more they talk about Sally, the less likely it is that Paul Whalen will return home and that's why they are so secretive about it. this Josh Letterman lives for us abroad with more information about that Josh, thank you.

He comes here on the show. There's a new shortage of a medication many children need, and it looks like it could make what parents can do to prepare even worse. especially if someone in your family has asthma plus the police have someone under arrest in connection with a bunch of bombings in california what they are now revealing about the suspect showing up on the premises stay with us thanks new foreign numbers that just came out this morning. In the evening, we start tonight with breaking news that just came in. We will begin this hour with the latest developments.

We're going live with some big changes on Capitol Hill. How much water will ultimately be forced inward when it happens wherever it is? Does NBC News stream for free? We now receive the NFL's first player report card, giving us a never-before-seen and frankly shocking look at some of the working conditions in the world's richest sports league and some of the allegations here. that one team has rats in the locker room and players' wives have to breastfeed on the floor of public bathrooms, that's the Jacksonville Jaguars, another team, the Arizona Cardinals, apparently charge their own players to dine on the team's premises. team, including players from the defending Super Bowl champions.

The Chiefs describe a culture of fear and report when they are hurt. This all comes from a new players union survey that spoke to 1,300 players over the last year. Now the three teams you just mentioned are in the bottom five on this report card layout with a bunch of D's and F's the Washington Commanders were last at the top of the screen those are the top five Minnesota Vikings there First of all, the Eagles were ranked 14th because of the way Shaq Brewster is following the story of We, from Atlanta, Chuck, we explain more about these report cards, why the players union says they are so necessary and some of the revelations that are coming out that we haven't really heard before.

Well, Holly, the players' union, said that this all came about because the players expressed interest in having a guide. A team guide, essentially, especially when they are free agents, so players look up which team they want to join. This is a resource so you can compare each team and reviewed the interviews. 1300 players whoParticipants in this survey went through eight different categories and were asked about everything from how families are treated, the nutrition in their food, what you see on screen, the staff in the training room and even some of their travel conditions. , so all that. I entered the survey.

This is a statement we received from the president of the Players Association, explaining a little about this. They say that if knowledge really is power, then giving players information about each club would not only help them make important decisions in their career, but it would also help them. help them raise or excuse me but it would also help raise the standards in each club so some of the most telling takeaways uh you looked at some of them but some that I found interesting is the fact that some of the players get calories , so they have to pay if they want to have dinner and some players when they are on the road need to sleep, so the players share rooms when they are on the road before the games, the timing is really interesting here because these report cards are coming out when everyone these new prospects are at the NFL combine as we speak, they don't get drafted, they don't get to choose where they're going to play well and when you look at some of these accusations we bring from above, not just the rats in the locker room but other things as well, It's not like the NFL is bankrupt.

I mean, this is a league that is extremely profitable, yeah, Hal, you know when we talk about the NFL more times? we talk about work we use the word billion instead of millions this is a very rich league this is a 18 a league that generates around 18 billion dollars each year they are on track to earn around 25 billion dollars by next In a couple of years, this is a league where you're talking about television contracts of between one and three billion dollars annually coming from Network TV deals, there is no team in the NFL worth less than three billion of dollars, so there's a lot of money floating around the NFL and that's why some people hope this causes some embarrassment.

This is a statement you received from the NFL through their communications office and they write: We welcome player feedback and look forward to reviewing the data from the NFL PA survey, which is the association's survey of players and the The rest of the statement goes on to suggest that they want to be part of the process for future surveys, but again, when so much money is spent in this league, there are questions about why the facilities are why the conditions of the players do not improve , Ali, hey. Shaq is interesting when you look at this because I think people might be thinking that okay, if a team is really good, if a team is better, then their quality of life will be better, and it seems like there's not much correlation there because you look at the Chiefs, who unfortunately I know won the Super Bowl this year, were in the bottom five, for example, I'm not picking on the Chiefs, I'm just trying to make it clear that, as you know, there isn't, it doesn't seem like it. like there's a correlation, I'm not understanding that and Shaquille Brewster lost our ifb question cut right when you were asking.

Sorry, a little communication problem here in the field. I see you talking but I can't hear you well. okay, we'll leave it, we'll come back to you on that point. I'll just note it down for the audience there as we have technical issues, find out, good luck to him. NBC News covers hundreds of stories every day and because it could. It is not possible to read, see or listen to them, all our Office teams have done it for you. This is what they tell us is happening in their regions in a segment where we called our Western Bureau Police location in Fresno and California so that they've arrested a man suspected of several bombings in the area that apparently they started in December.

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So listen, there are some new concerns today about drug shortages that are about to get worse, we're talking about something called albuterol, which is used in hospitals and families to treat asthma in children and RSV, it's also a component of Inhalers, for example, if you are prescribed an inhaler, it probably contains albuterol and this is all because the manufacturing plan in Illinois recently closed, leaving only one supplier in this country for liquids. Until now hospitals have been monitoring albuterol , they've been monitoring this, they've been figuring out the problem, there's been no real effect on patients, but the pharmacy director at a children's hospital in Orlando says the shortage of generic drugs is a problem. tell the Washington Post that this is the worst thing that has happened in my almost 20-year career.

The FDA is investigating the greater impact of the implants rather than the closure of this plant. He says they are looking at all drugs affected by this closure and working with other manufacturers. to understand the national supply Dr. Natalie Azar joins us now with all the disclosure Dr. Azar like you have a daughter who takes albuterol for her for something that she has, um, how serious is this asking about a friend and for myself, I know, I know. Hallie, believe it or not, I think almost everyone in my family is now on albuterol too, my kids are on it too post covid, they both developed this exercise induced bronchospasm, so my initial concern was the same as yours and I contacted a pulmonologist.

My colleagues and I said how concerned are they about this, what are they telling patients and they both said, Wow, we haven't really heard about this and I think the reason is that the shortage is really about the liquid albuterol that is used . has transformed into a mist that is used in those nebulizers that I think we've all maybe seen once or twice, maybe on television in the emergency room, for example, children who come in or anyone who comes in with asthma gets a nebulizer treatment. of this albuterol, whether or not it will affect the inhalers, we take two inhalations 30 minutes before exercise at this time.

I don't think that's a problem, so I think it's reassuring for everyone, as my colleagues also mentioned. in the hospital in that setting, if they don't have enough to put in a nebulizer, you can use an inhaler and there are some alternatives that doctors can use as well. It looks like this is what we're getting. Telling this story here in the news is a little early, because the plant shutdown that just happened, I think last week, is raising concerns about a shortage, although it's not an abnormal level, there is no shortage of Motrin on the shelves , you already know.

What I mean, yes, I mean Hallie. I think you're right and I think there's really two stories here: one is you know if you're someone who you know has asthma or bronchitis or COPD and we're in respiratory illness season, you should do it. Keep this in mind, but I think the other story here really just exposes how fragile the domestic supply of so many generics is and how there is such a small profit margin on these generics, so there aren't many manufacturers, so when one If you go down there, there really will be a significant ripple effect, you know, in that sector, in that market, for that drug.

Dr. Natalie Azar, thank you for staying with us and for sharing her reports with her pulmonology colleagues. I really appreciate it. coming here on the show isn't even on the air yet but there is a new HBO show with some pretty big stars that is getting a lot of attention and not for the best of reasons calling it disgustingly derailed next thank you thank you . You foreigners, podcast fans, ready to unlock our true crime mysteries, try Dateline premium on Apple Podcasts, you'll get early access to the originals plus bonus content and it's all ad-free, so head over to Apple Podcasts now to subscribe to what people need most right now. the state and/or law enforcement dropped the ball immigrant families now stranded in Mexico it's the World Cup experience it's been like it's your news playlist top story with Tom Yamas weekdays at 7 on NBC News Now there are some pretty serious allegations coming out tonight about a celebrity studied a multimillion-dollar show that euphoria creator Sam Levinson and The Weeknd, the pop star they're putting together, called the idol.

Here's some context. HBO is marketing this upcoming show as, in their words, the seediest love story in all of Hollywood and one. Of the most provocative original shows, the show is still in production and had a major creative overhaul after the original director retired last year. Well, now there are new reports.