what are you referring to? i said, paul paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul paul got so many threats. didn t take it serious. think twice about it. just telling him, paul paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that. but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got he got the most vile threats. i mean, the stuff that was on social media, i mean, it was you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top. truthfully, we didn t think anybody about it. i mean, it was just so crazy that, you know people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him. i mean, it s stuff you really i mean, we disregarded it. it was so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going, please. okay. what is her name? maggie. maggie is her name? yes, ma am. okay. when is the last
bannon. the new response just in from lindsey graham on a subpoena in georgia. what he is saying about cooperation into potential election interference by donald trump. more than a dozen members of congress under arrest on an abortion protest outside the supreme court. who was there? with the new filing dropping in indiana, the action that a doctor is taking against the state s attorney general and what it is just the first step. good day, i m peter alexer in washington. i m in for hallie jackson. ali, on the hill. nbc news receiving this statement from the secret service where they say they have turned over thousands of pages of documents, secret service phone cell phone use and other policies as well as operational and planning records. notably, no mention of the text messages from the 5th and the 6th of january, right as everything was going down on capitol hill. what does that mean? where does it go from here? reporter: that lack of specificity caught many of ou
Here. And the real problem is donald trump is not the closer. He cant call these people up and say, hey, ive done so much for you, you need to vote for this for me. This is not going to sway senate republicans. Darlene, a lot of the opposition in the bill isnt something that the sweeteners will necessarily be able to fix. A lit more money here or there to alaska or maine. The critique is more fundamental from Susan Collins. So how does senator graham and cassidy get over the hurdle . Thats a good question. You mentioned Susan Collins and rand paul who is always for repeal and his opposition to this bill now is based on the fact that it does not entirely repeal obamacare. So i dont know how you flip him on that basis. And can President Trump close the deal . That remains to be seen. This is one of several headlines moving forward throughout the day here. What is happening on the health with health, happening on the
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We are back now with continuing coverage of the testimony of alex murdaugh, who is on trial for the murder of his wife and son. joining us again, catie beck, who has been there since the beginning of the trial, danny sovalis and harry lipman. the decision to take the stand, as you have signalled, it was an unusual introduction by his own lawyer. they had significant issues with him agreeing to testify. it s very clear from the judge s prior ruling in this case that once he testifies, he can be asked about all of the financial alleged wrongdoing that s been going on with his law firm and the rest. that would include hiring someone to take a shot at him. reporter: right. it is a mountain of evidence that s presented over five weeks. this really does open the door.
Please do not discuss the case. stay put, mr. murdaugh. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. you have been watching breaking news from south carolina throughout the morning. alex murdaugh taking the stand in his own defense in the double murder trial of the deaths of his 52-year-old wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul. claiming that he did not shoot his family members. for the first time admitting he has been lying to law enforcement about not being at the kennels and about his whereabouts at different points throughout the night of the shooting. joining me now, nbc s catie beck in south carolina and danny sovalis and harry lipman. emotional testimony. a very high risk position to take the stand by this defendant who admitted in his opening comments that he had been lying about where he had been that night. reporter: andrea, i think he had no choice.