he s back in delaware for another weekend of rest and relaxation. we have full coverage of his latest cognitive malfunction. it was pretty bad. that s coming up tonight. also, england s own piers morgan will weigh in on meghan and harry. [applause] the royal couple are reportedly struggling to cope with a cartoon that made fun of them. these are people who say they want privacy, but they show up on oprah, on netflix, they write books. didn t want privacy, they want money. they are just lying to us. anyway, first we begin tonight with something really deadly serious, and america is now suffering from what is a severe violence and murder crisis. in fact, countrywide, the murder rate is at the highest point in more than 20 years and it s going higher, it seems, every day, with a 4.3% increase in 2021 alone. now, of course, you won t see any of these statistics on other networks, because they hide for example, in 2020 we had 574 riots, and they refused to call riots riots. we h
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paw. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. ever. bret: breaking tonight, an all-day testimony, the south carolina lawyer accused of murdering his wife and son took the stand today. alex murdaugh admitted lying to authorities but insisted he did not kill his family. correspondent jonathan serrie has details tonight in what has been a very long day. good evening, jonathan. indeed, bret. a bold move by the defense putting their client on the witness stand and asking him some very direct questions. did you shoot a 300 blackout into her head causing her death? mr. good win, i didn t shoot my wife or son any time. in front of the attorney disbarred. bret: we have tape difficulties there. we will go back to jonathan serrie and once we figure that out we will go back to the piece. jonathan just to ask you a question about this. at times it was emotional. at times that testimony really got heated between the prosecution and alex murdaugh. ye
todd: the breaking news. ashley: a florida journalist and 9-year-old girl gunned down wednesday afternoon by suspect wanted in an early deadly shooting at the same scene. the slain journalist has been identified by his fiancee as 24-year-old dylan lyons with gofundme link tweeted the love of my life was murdered. i will never be the same person ever again. officials say two others were hurt including a photographer and mother of the 9-year-old girl. the authorities responded to the scene of a homicide yesterday where they found a 20 year old girl shot dead. later that evening 213 news reporters were on the scene reporting the crime. the same suspect return to the scene and opened fire on them around 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. the suspect walked into nearby residents killing a 9-year-old girl and seriously injuring her mother. speak with the deputies located two men who had been shot in or near a vehicle. they are news 13 reporter and photographer who were on the scene to cover it
this is america s newsroom. this all happened yesterday in orlando, florida. authorities say the gunman shot and killed his first victim around 11:00 a.m. she was a woman in her 20s as an acquaint answer of the suspect. bill: the gunman fled the scene and returned five hours later and opened fire on the reporter and photographer. they were rushed to the hospital. the reporter died of injuries identified as dillon lyons a journalist for spectrum news 13. dana: the gunman sphered a home and shot and killed a 9-year-old girl and wounded her mother. his actions were totally senseless. it is unclear why the suspect entered that home. we don t know what was in the mind of this suspect. and hopefully at some point he will talk to us about what his motives were. dana: the suspect was 19-year-old keith moses. he has a mile long rap sheet. bill: phil keating is live in miami with more on this. hello. good morning, bill. tragic story. the orlando police are withholding the