The trials studies, in this primetime special. Good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the Closing Argument today in the Alex Murdaugh Double Murder trial will resume tomorrow. They come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. As a jury of 12 in South Carolina will soon decide Alex Murdaughs face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. We also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. Here is how tonight is going to work. We have assembled some of the nations most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. And which side may have the best argument. On the defense table, mark omara, who defended george zimmerman. Jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. Kelly. And lonnie coombs, a former los angeles Criminal Prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. In our makes a jury
. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
every day the heartbreak. we hate to start you off with the heartbreak. but this is at least a good moment. that was a moment a babe qui was saved after 65 hours under rubble in turkey. so we re glad to have you. sorry we have to report on such sad things. we ll take you live to turkey in just moments. john fetterman suffered a stroke on the campaign trail. he is in the hospital right now. details on what happened and his condition at this hour. also, not flagged as urgent when a new time line just revealed about what u.s. intelligence knew before that chinese spy balloon entered usair space. today, president biden is headed to florida to tout his agenda as rick scott is going on offense over his social security and medicare plan. we ll speak to the florida senator live in a few moments. we ll begin with this news in overnight. john fetterman rushed to a hospital. doctors are making sure he didn t suffer another stroke. let s bring in now our congressional correspondent
front and center. representatives said it shouldn t have taken a tragedy like this for the world to remember syria. a warm welcome to our the international community had viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. largely forgotten syria. i m bianca nobilo. but it seems that the assistance that is being provided right now and i m max foster. is hitting there damascus into just ahead on cnn newsroom the most catastrophic scenarios playing out in syria right now. there are 12 families and no one managed to get out. but the syrian representative said that the scale of response a disaster hit area ever more is not enough, the w.h.o. also vulnerable by this earthquake. warned that fuel will be an president biden s first state of the union with enormous problem when it comes republicans in control of the to providing assistance to house. an announcement to seek re-election in 2024. syria. overall every second counts, this was used for spy craft,
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an