hitting severe turbulence. it comes as a pennsylvania man appears in court, accused of trying to bring an explosive on a plane. the alleged plot to kill jewish officials in michigan. the state s attorney general now saying she was among the targets. the house ethics committee officially launching an investigation into george santos. the surprise meeting of the g20. what secretary of state tony blinken told his russian counterpart face the face. and harry smith on the doctor inspiring america by carrying for the city s most vulnerable. announcer: this nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and everything. there is breaking news where the alex murdaugh double murder case has reached an verdict. murdaugh on trial for the murders of his wife and 22-year-old son. let s go to catie beck right now outside the courthouse in walterboro, north carolina. catie, what can you tell us? lester, this is sort of an exceptional surprise to see a jury come back on a
we should be wondering why it was so fast. i mean, look, most times and charles can agree or disagree with me. as a former prosecutor, when you get a verdict this fast, it s usually a verdict of guilty. this jury has salt through multiple weeks of testimony. this trial started with jury selection january 23rd, i want to say. it s been going more than 61 witnesses presented by the prosecutor. we heard from experts witnesses, we had cell phone evidence, blood spatter evidence. at the end of the day, i think what really moved the needle for the jury was the rebuttal closing from the prosecution. when the prosecutor got up and said, alex murdaugh kicked the person he loved the most, and it wasn t his wife. it wasn t his son. it was himself. and in order to preserve his lifestyle, his addiction, his financial fraud, he picked himself. and if that s what the jury heard last before they went into the jury room, i would not be surprised to see if the verdict is guilty. ellison ba
maga republicans are destroying the democracy. we the people will not let anyone or anything tear us ap apart. today. asked me about the maga agenda. it is one of the most extreme agendas we have seen. and you are not aware the majority of americans are comic that is extreme. joe biden has a problem. the only way he changes that is flipping the script and talking about maga, ultra maga and trump and everything but joe biden. this is a political play and very obvious what that says they will try to d cramp us down everybody s throat. todd: live in washington, griff jenkins. no shortage of that, todd, a warning outside independence hall in philadelphia. president biden warned the nation for 24 minutes democracy is under assault by predecessor and the millions of americans who voted for him. donald trump and the maga republicans represent extremism that threatens the republic. maga is determined to take the country backward. the political speech was a far cry fro
soul of this nation. forging the soul of the nation. i knew we were in the battle for the soul of the nation. we are in the battle for the soul of america. judge jeanine: he s planning on saving souls again tonight. in just one hour. we ll be delivering a rare prime time speech where his administration says he s going to be unifying america. this is an opportunity again for the president to directly have a conversation with the american people. what we are going to hear from him is how to move the country forward. that s going to be the focus of the speech tonight, he s going it s way to be optimistic and hopeful. judge jeanine: for months, his rhetoric leading up to the speech has been anything but unifying. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme as most maga are. the maga crowd is the most extreme and political organization that has existed in american history. i don t have to tell you about the ultra maga agenda attacking families and our free
lightfoot loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status. she calls the busing plan racist. james comer giving props to the texas governor. i think many more blue cities will have to be sent migrants. but this is working. this was a great idea by governor abbott. all the fentanyl coming across our border and the human trafficking coming across our border and the crime is a direct result of the biden administration having an open border policy. welcoming these people across the border. and i am glad that these big city mayors thanks to governor abbott are now seeing the problem with having an influx of people that come in. sandra: matt finn is live in eagle pass, texas, on the ground. migrants first cross over in the country there. matt. good morning, sandra. a lot of the migrants being bused to chicago, new york and washington, d.c., they cross into the country right here in eagle pass, texas. this is one of the busiest ports of e