children were on lockdown this afternoon. i have two small children and their schools were on lockdown responding to this tragedy. they re there, i m here hoping and praying that they are safe. but the truth is none of us is safe. that s senator rafael warnock of georgia on the senate floor yesterday addressing another mass shooting in america, this one at a medical center in atlanta. we ll have much more on the deadly attack and the senator s call to action in just a moment. also ahead the latest on the suspicious claims out of russia accusing ukraine of a drone strike on the kremlin. plus donald trump s legal team makes an odd choice for its defense strategy in a civil rape and defamation trial. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 4th. i m jonathan lemire, thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest mass shooting in america this time in atlanta, georgia. at least five women inside a medical center there were shot,
tornados tear through texas and louisiana, right now more than 60 million people are still under the threat of severe storms. ammunition on the agenda today. president biden meeting the german chancellor and sending more firepower to ukraine. it is friday, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just hours from now, tau alex murdaugh will stand in a courtroom to learn his fate. a judge will issentence him for murdering his own wife and son. guilty verdict. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. the jury heard six weeks of testimony but took less than three hours to convict him. murdaugh now facing a possible 30 years behind bars. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn t matter what you think how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina.
try vicks sinex. another three. well, that s more like it. the boston celtics rebounded from a game one loss to the philadelphia 76ers in a big way last night. even with newly named nba mvp joel embiid back on the court for philly the celtics dominated the sixers. jalen brown and malcolm braugden combined for 48 points. easy win here. the celtics won over philadelphia 121. out west in phoenix the sun s guard chris paul s status is very much in doubt for both games three and four against the denver nuggets this weekend.
and regulating corporate behavior, in my reading the strategy gives a nod and wink in the direction by stating that the administration supports future legislative efforts here to impose clear limits on the ability to collect personal and sensitive data. but also legislation to set national requirements to secure data withstand d standards and guidance. so fascinating. thank you so much. and the mavericks getting historic night from their star duo to beat the 76ers. andy scholes has the bleacher report. good morning, so since making that trade for kyrie irving, mavs were 1-4, but they broke out in a big way last night against philly. luka dominating this game early on. the nba s leading scorer had 17 points in the first quarter. kyrie showing off all game long.
when he is not on the ballot. the other thing, glenn youngkin demonstrated an ability to walk the tight rope and get endorsed by trump but not to be stained by him with voters seeing him as really toxic. glenn youngkin did something that republicans can learn lessons from. they are going to benefit from that. he got out trump voters and more in the rural red counties and flipped it cutting into the vote joe biden got among the swing voters. many came back to the republican party in a big way last night. if democrats are going to do all right during the congressional midterms, they need to get that back. eugene, that brings us to you and this question. should democrats change their message? forgive me and imply they have one other than we are not trump.