former president trump asserts that there was a politicized process that resulted in his prosecution related to classified documents and other things? so for the public, if democrats and this administration say trust the department of justice, trust the institutions, but you re also arguing here gratuitous political cheap shots and false assertions. how are they to process this? i talked about this a minute ago, and i think, you know, when you have the former attorney general, when you have the former acting fbi director, when you have the former general counsel of the fbi, you know, these are experienced people at the justice department who spent decades working at the justice department and they re saying it s gratuitous, this isn t appropriate. this is inconsistent with the doj policy and practice. that s them saying it. we agree. you heard the president speak forcefully about this last night. you heard the vice president speak forcefully about this today. we agree that
alec murdaugh is innocent, innocent of these charges. he lied because that s what addicts do, addicts lie. he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons. evidence is crystal clear from that moment he started fabricating evidence against alec. john: the alec murdaugh trial, a fiery rebuttal to the closing arguments, before the jury decides whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of murdering his wife and son. i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. jacqui: murder could get life in prison without the possibility of parole if the jury convicts him of the murder charges. john: defense arguing prosecutors failed to prove their case that he committed the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. jonathan is live in the southeast bureau with the latest. interesting arguments from jim griffin this morning and now the prosecution with a chance to try to rebutt some of those before the jury gets the charge. as we look at the live feed from the courtroom, you are see
expected to make a full recovery. the officers were executing a search warrant when they were met with gunfire. a standoff is still ongoing where the shooting took place. chief graves gave an update on the officers, three officers were struck, they did return fire and self-transported to the hospital and all three are in non-life-threatening condition. chief graves spoke to all the male officers in the hospital. mayor lucas tweeted a response saying we ve been reminded too much in kansas city how dangerous police work can be, praying for a full recovery for our officers injured this evening and that everyone on duty gets home safely. missouri highway patrol will handle the shooting investigation since it was kansas city officers involved. back to you. ashley: thank you, lori lightfoot on her way out of the mayor s office, conceding just before 10 p.m. todd: brooke singman live in washington, good morning. brooke: lori lightfoot, first chicago mayor in 40 years to lose t
house you are lucky the rolls made it. i m on a diet right now and that would have been questionable. suddenly i m in love with a stranger i can t believe she s mine and now all i see is you and i. brian: so jealous. ainsley: you got the sunrise and the water and a boat. we just saw a boat before it started zooming in. brian: a little bit about st. petersburg, florida. a grand prix race yesterday to deal with that suggested reasons to way to get around, there s a trolley, there is also. ainsley: there are some cars, there is a boat. brian: free shuttle to the grand prix. ainsley: saint pete is great. have you ever been. brian: i think i have. places people are going to from here. ainsley: oh my gosh, more people moved down to florida from new york last year than ever before. they are getting 800 new people a day. brian: metro diner come out including johnny van zant who gave you a t-shirt. ainsley: i love him. he s so nice. lawrence: that s
trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first hearing last night. in prime time a bipartisan group of lawmakers set the stage for what republican chairman mike gallagher called an existential struggle over the future of america. we may call this a strategi