theme you re listening to right now on making history at this year s oscars announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re glad you re with us tonight a double murder case that has drawn national attention with a prominent south carolina family at its center is inching toward its conclusion tonight with the prosecution resting its case against alex murdaugh, but not before the jury saw for itself the family property where the former attorney allegedly shot and killed his wife and son. the jury driven to the crime scene. later in the courtroom the lead prosecutor delivered his closing arguments telling jurors murdaugh was the only one with the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the murders, and painting murdaugh as someone whose financial misdeeds were about to be exposed and killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out. murdaugh has denied committing the murders. catie beck has more for us tonight reporter: alex murdaugh was l
is the president above the law? then the new extreme of the republican party on full display. as one member questions what president biden s victory late son wasn t investigated. and dark points from the web how conspiracy theories have crept into the mainstream. and the very real dangers they pose. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday nights. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin with stunning new revelations about a month long battle between federal prosecutors and fbi agents over the search of donald trump s florida club for classified documents. the washington post reports the showdown started when the doj lawyers were ready to search mar-a-lago back last spring. some fbi officials resisted and some field agents even push to end the investigation altogether. our friend, kara leonnig, as one of the reporters who probe that story. earlier today she explained how the clash went on for many months. the fbi agents who are responsible for investig
pose. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday nights. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin with stunning new revelations about a month long battle between federal prosecutors and fbi agents over the search of donald trump s florida club for classified documents. the washington post reports the showdown started when the doj lawyers were ready to search mar-a-lago back last spring. some fbi officials resisted and some field agents even push to end the investigation altogether. our friend, kara leonnig, as one of the reporters who probe that story. earlier today she explained how the clash went on for many months. the fbi agents who are responsible for investigating crimes, and the prosecutors who are responsible for deciding whether to charge the former president with a crime we re really duking it out. ever since, basically, april and may of last year. the fbi agents basically said we are not interested in rating or doing a surprise unannounced sea
policies. she said don t make the city s first black woman and openly gay mayor. and in 40 years. prime sort under lightfoot s watch since 2019, murders jumped 40% and skyrocketed a whopping 40%. a recent poll shows overwhelming number of chicago s say that the cities on the wrong track. lori lightfoot does not attribute to that. she claims she was treated unfairly because she has a black woman in america. she conceded the race after coming in third and failing to advance to a runoff. we didn t win the election today, but i stand here with my head held high and my heart full. regardless of tonight s outcome, we fought the right fights and put the city on a better path, no doubt about it. kayleigh: that better path, brian, included homicide rate the highest in years and 53% of chicago s not feeling safe. brian: this is where you lie in a concession speech. and what she said also, did she say 63%? kayleigh: 63%. brian: the other percentage left chicago. and now, empty
toxic chemicals. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkens. lucas tomlinson on the ground in east palestine, lucas, what do you have for us? griff, state and local and even federal officials like epa say the water is clean. many residents simply don t believe them. in the last few minutes a truck pulled up to distribute bottled water from salvation army and private owners. yesterday i spoke to a resident by the creek, this is what he said about the water. it s tainted and it would never be the same. i would never let me kids walk in this. ever? ever again. lucas: now representative bill johnson who represents east palestine in congress, he responded to that sound. the epa, both the federal and the state have made the valid case that the water is clean. this community has a city water system that is routinely tested anyway. it does not get its water source from that creek. lucas: the epa has deployed teams like this to clean the nearby s