i don t know. we will discuss that later over a during. thank you my friend, and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. just yesterday, nearly two months to the day after his brutal fight for the speaker s gavel, house speaker kevin mccarthy put that hard-fought victory to work, and announced a piece of legislation that is at the heart of the republican platform. standing beneath the portrait of george washington, the speaker described the parent s bill of rights. so many times across this nation we found that parents were attacked, called terrorists, and they simply wanted to go to the school board meeting to be heard about what was going on. one thing we know in this country s education is a great equalizer. and we want the parents to be empowered. and that is what we are doing today. you have a say in your kids education, not government, and not telling you what to do. the irony here is almost too obvious to explain. here is a bill introduced by the speak
and we are not finished yet. there is a lot more work to do, every night we re gonna keep trying to get better, and smarter, and you know we are always following the money. and tomorrow night, we re gonna have a good time again because of course it is the nightcap. so thanks for this last year. and i will see you tomorrow! and on that note, i wish you all a very good nights! from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me! i ll see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorrow just yesterday, nearly two months to the day after his brutal fight for the speaker s gavel, house speaker kevin mccarthy put that hard-fought victory to work, and announced a piece of legislation that is at the heart of the republican platform. standing beneath the portrait of george washington, the speaker described the parent s bill of rights. so many times across this nation we found that parents were attacked, called terrorists, and they simply wanted to go
fight for the speakers dpafbl house speaker kevin mccarthy put that hard fought victory to work and announced a piece of legislation that is at the heart of the republican platform. standing in front of the portrait of george washington the speaker described rights. so many parents were attacked, call terrorists because they simply wanted to go to a school board meeting to be heard on what s going on. one thing going on in this country is education is a great equalizer and we want parents to be empowered, and that s what we re doing today, that you have a say in your kids education, not government, and not telling you what to do. the irony here is almost too obvious to explain. here s a bill introduced by the speaker of the house changing the way parents children are taught in school. mccarthy is literally the government telling them what to do, and he s not alone. in the past several months there s been a wave of republican led bills attacking schools and attacking educa
in the trial of alex murdaugh, who has been found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. murdaugh was accused of murdering his wife and 22 year old son using a shotgun 90 rifle at the family is rural hunting property. both local and national news have been focused on this case in part because of murdaugh s deep family ties to the legal community and their small corner of south carolina. a portrait of murdaugh s grandfather who served as south carolina s 14th circuit solicitor had to be removed from the courtroom prior to the trial. more recent family history has been the source of considerable intrigue. in the wake of the murder, allegations surfaced that alex murdaugh committed financial crimes including embezzling millions of dollars for his law firm. during the trial, he admitted to some of those financial crimes blaming them on his costly year-long addiction to opioids. he also admitted to hiring a man to sh
both local and national news have been focused on this case in part because of murdaugh s deep family ties to the legal community in their small south carolina. a portrait of murdaugh s grandfather who served as the 14th circuit solicitor had to be removed from the courtroom prior to the trial. more recent murdaugh histhas been the source of considerable intrigue. it surfaced alex murdaugh had committed numerous financial crimes. during the trial murdaugh admitted to those financial crimes. murdaugh also admitted to hiring a man to shoot and kill him so that his son could collect murdaugh s life insurance policy. murdaugh could face hundreds of years in prison for those crimes alone. but the crimes murdaugh was just tried for were the alleged murder of his wife and child, and that trial was full of its own twists and turns. initially murdaugh claimed he d not been present at the time of