good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
Out to you . Out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it out to you . Firstly, if this is true. It says out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it says israel out to you . Firstly, if this is true, it says israel is true, it says israel is attacking the isfahan Nuclear Facility. Three reactors there that form the concrete for the fourth reactor. Isfahan really is, to a great extent, the centre of the Iranian Nuclear programme, both in terms of training, research and fact, some would say the development of the Nuclear Capability so it is a likely site that israel would hit because again, the greatest fear that the Israelis Haveis Greatest Fear that the israelis have is not continued missiles today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow. We today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow today but a Nuclear Capability tomorrow. We have heard, of course, several tomorrow. We have heard, of course, several times tomorrow. We have heard, of course, severaltimes not l course, several times not only from us
the iranian foreign minister today in new york at the united nations, he had warned just hours ago about repercussions if israel did indeed retaliate. let s listen. translation: in case of any use of force by let s listen. translation: i i case of any use of force by the israeli regime, and violating our sovereignty, the islamic republic of iran will not hesitate to assert its inherent rights to give a decisive and proper response to it to make the regime regret its actions. i want to bring back michael singh, with us tonight as we continue following the breaking news, planning director of the washington institute, former senior director of middle east affairs at the white house. i want to talk about where these strikes and explosions are happening, this is isfahan, a city outside tehran and we heard about some of the assets that are there including military, we believe there are
many in iran now fear, that would certainly be a very concerning turn of events. what do you think is going on here? what are you hearing? well, as your colleague say, chris, this started back in november in the religious city outside tehran, but now it s spelled to multiple cities, the capital tehran, multiple schools and other small cities, so it no longer looks like an incidental issue or arbitrary. it s clearly coordinated. there must be powerful forces behind this, and it s also coming on the back of months of essentially a feminist uprising in iran where women and young girls were at the forefront of these protests against the entirety of the system, discrimination against women, the mandatory hijab rule. so there s various different theories, but overall, there s massive amounts of anger across the country, especially by these parents who some of which
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