another scary moment in the air. it is monday, we re glad you re with us. good morning, everyone. we begin with what you just saw, a southwest flight taking a terrifying turn. the cabin filling with smoke. we ll tell what you forced that plane to make an emergency landing. also new, a violent group of protesters stormed the construction site of a proposed meese and firefighter training senter in atlanta. what s behind the demonstrations. plus watch what you say. words hurt. you know, anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face. perhaps the vevent of the weekend, chris rock finally addressing what happened with him and will smith on that oscar stage. he comes out swinging. we ll get to that in a moment. we begin with protesters attacking the future site of a training facility that happened in atlanta last night. this is video capturing the moments that hundreds of protest ez swarmed the construction site wearing camouflage and masks. they threw
happy friday it s 4:00 in new york. he has held no press conferences, done no interviews that we know about he is elusive. the inner workings of his highly sensitive assignment a bit of a mystery outside of what some journalists worked to uncover. when it comes to the special counsel jack smith and his federal investigations, plural, into donald j. trump it takes an ear to the ground adept and trained to know when progress is being made this afternoon trusted voices suggest it is time to buckle up. here s why in dates since the federal appeals court in washington rejected the ex-president s bid to block former staffers from testifying in the january 6th investigation, ex-aides have paraded in and out of depositions without fig leaf protections of executive an attorney-client privilege. on tuesday it was stephen miller late yesterday it was former dni john ratcliffe soon it could be the star witness, donald trump s former vice president mike pence himself. last week an advisor
recovery efforts underway this hour for debris in the atlantic off the coast of the carolinas after the president ordered a suspected chinese bivalent to be shot down after hovering over the united states for several days. people nearby had their phones reeling, when fighter jets on the bloom around 2:30 eastern on the balloon off the coast of south carolina. au and senior military officials said the debris spanned seven miles. the u.s. is now working to recover that debris. a senior defense official tells nbc news that two of 22 raptors for the single missile took out the spy balloon as it flew at least 60,000 feet above us. the federal aviation administration paused all arrivals and departures at three u.s. airports in the carolinas. under an abundance of caution. it turns out president biden ordered the shoot down on wednesday. why did it take until today to carry out those orders? here is how president biden explained it a short time ago. on wednesday, when i was briefe
today. happening right now, the ntsb investigators are on the scene in ohio at oaf norfolk southern train wrecked in the state. the ntsb says no hazardous materials were released in that wreck after 28 train cars derailed in springfield on saturday. it prompted shelter in place orders for residents. it comes a month after the norfolk southern state crash in east palestine, ohio. crews are still working to remove that contaminated soil and liquid from the site. jason carroll is? springfield now. jason, what are you learning now about this latest crash in. reporter: the ntsb is planning to hold a briefing about two hours from now, abby, at 3:00. hopefully at that point we ll get more guidance, perhaps, in terms of exactly what happened here. we can tell you in terms of the latest derailment, it occurred on saturday about 3:00. there was a man there who caught it on his cell phone just as the training were tipping off. 28 trains out of 200 cards derailed, but again we are bein
opinions. but juries have to be unanimous. you can become the leader of the free world with less than 50% of the votes but you cannot be convicted even of jaywalking without the full agreement of your fellow citizens. pundits critique the lawyers the defendant s testimony on the witness stand and judge cliff newman s evidentiary rulings. i thought judge newman did an outstanding job under very difficult circumstances. the lawyers on both sides enjoyed good reputations but cases are really won or lost because of judges or lawyers. is the evidence injuries a focus on for it i said i would rather have a false exculpatory statement that a confession. and now you see why. a light you can prove will seal a defendant s fate quicker than any other type of evidence of previous alex murdaugh lie about not being present at the murder scene that did him in. for all of the forensics and ballistics in gunshot revenue, blood splatter, the phone, navigation data it was a lie. it exposed him