was obvious that he was attacking me, that if he would have got the shotgun from me, it was a it was a life or death situation. also today, jurors in wisconsin begin the third day of deliberations in the kyle rittenhouse double homicide trial. the panel spent part of the second day reviewing video evidence including a drone video that the defense claims is grounds for a mistrial. we ll have more on that in just a moment. meantime, also following developments in virginia, closing arguments expected today in a federal civil trial over the deadly violence that took place in charlottesville in 2017. this coming after fiery testimony in court from white supremacists involved in the so-called unite the right rally. we are live in charlottesville ahead. let s begin with our martin savidge, live in brunswick, georgia, where he s been following the trial of the three men accused of killing arbery. martin, the state prosecutor expected to pick up the cross examination today. cent
. on capitol hill the house will talk about the spending bill today. in one corner of the room. then you have the senate beginning this confirmation hearing for this very controversial nominee for the treasury department. she has called in her prior work for the quote end to banking as we know it. bill: watching these major developments the trial in southeastern georgia. prosecutors will cross-examine the man who pulled the trigger he says in self-defense and the kyle rittenhouse trial where the jury starts day three of deliberations. we reviewed a drone video at the center of the mistrial request by the defense. outside the courthouse you have this going on. [people shouting] tensions brewing out there. protests turned violent yesterday. there were a couple of arrests made at the scene outside the courthouse. all of this as everyone is on pins and needles. bill: alexis is outside the courthouse in kenosha. what is expected first off? good morning. big day here ag
already see this movie? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that really could use a long weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 8th. we ll start with the news. with just days go before the federal government was set to default on its national debt for the first time ever, the senate passed a short-term measure to raise the country s debt ceiling. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell provided democrats the ten votes necessary to advance the bill yesterday after a tense stalemate. the new measure lifts the country s borrowing cap by $480 billion, temporarily putting off what secretary janet yellen warned would be a, quote, utterly catastrophic democratic crisis. they look to early december when the next new limit expires and they ll have to negotiate the debt limit all over again. despite the votes democrats needed this time, mcconnell insists that won t be the case in december. former president donald trump
drowning. the search for 22-year-old bishop evans is now in its third day. we re also following the latest on elon musk s proposal to buy twitter. the wall street journal reports twitter now are re-examining musk s $43 billion offer to purchase the company. more on that with fox news contributor joe concha later this hour. but first tonight, an adviser to ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy says secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are currently meeting with zelenskyy in ukraine s capital of kyiv. zelenskyy announced plans for that meeting at a press conference last night. the united states has not confirmed the sit-down. trey yingst is live in kyiv with the latest on what we mow there. trey. reporter: jon, good evening. i should reiterate we cannot independently confirm that this meeting is taking place, but according to an adviser to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, a meeting is taking place between two top-level u.s. official