thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. u.s. fighter jets taking it down after the coast of alaska friday. pentagon officials say they acted swiftly after the object about the size of a small car crossed into frozen territorial waters. it s the second time in less than a week that u.s. fighter jets have shot an object out of the sky following that chinese spy balloon taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. katie bow little lis is with us. what are we learning about this second object? reporter: this object is still quite a bit of a mystery. what we know is that on thursday the military observed this unknown object in us air space just off the coast of alaska. they sent up military aircraft to get a look at this thing. pilots weren t able to tell a whole lot. they could see it was flying at about 40,000 fe
not waiver. nato, and we will not tire. john: different victories in ukraine, military experts warn the real winner might be another nation all together, china. gillian: the fear is while the u.s. is preoccupied, china could be preparing to invade taiwan, catching western powers off guard. l how likely is this scenario? coming up on america reports. i m still not home, i m not comfortable yet and i m just just not sure. as soon as i opened my door 10:00 monday night, it was an overwhelming my eyes watered, it was my nose burned, it was hard to breathe. they should buy out all their houses along the track, they are never going to get their money out of them. nobody wants to live down there. john: the head of the environmental protection agency giving an update to the federal response of the toxic train derailment in ohio. residents are on edge over the future of their health and community. john roberts in washington. good tuesday to you. gillian: and to y
the trials studies, in this primetime special. good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the closing argument today in the alex murdaugh double murder trial will resume tomorrow. they come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. as a jury of 12 in south carolina will soon decide alex murdaugh s face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. we also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. here is how tonight is going to work. we have assembled some of the nation s most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. and which side may have the best argument. on the defense table, mark o mara, who defended george zimmerman. jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. kelly. and lonnie coombs, a former los angeles criminal prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. in ou
Florida from Hurricane Ian. Majority in lee county where officials face questions whether Evacuation Orders should have been issued earlier. This morning Fort Myers Beach is closed entirely, even more residents, so crews can search for survivors. Power could be out for a month. Theres been nearly 2,000 rescues in southwestern florida since Hurricane Ian hit the state. A man in naples says he swam nearly a mile to save his wheelchairbound mother. Feels like im swimming forever. Were arriving at grandmas. Or im arriving at grandmas. Whats the time . 5 41. When he arrived he found his another neck deep in floodwaters. Needless to say, thrilled to see him. It was a sigh of relief. As i was approaching the house, i couldnt get through the front door. Water up to the windows, and i heard her screaming inside, and she was actually on the phone with my youngest son who was giving status updates to her, and it was, it was a scare and a sigh of relief at the same time. Scared thinking she might
pulled the trigger. that s not what the actor says. and despite an eight-month investigation at the highest levels, the supreme court has apparently failed to find who leaked last year s abortion opinion. and constitutional lawyers say that is as frightening as the leak itself. but we begin with president biden who said tonight he has no regrets about his handling of classified documents. the white house correspondent kevin corke live in the nation s capitol with more. kevin, good evening. kevin: evening, trace. the president s son hunter who as you know is facing a number of investigations dealing with his businesses and other controversies actually once noted he and other family members quarantined at his dad s house where the classified documents were recently found. just to reset, his memoir was published in april of 2021, in it, he said he and his family members spent election night 2020 at the house in wilmington. after the white house press secretary and the council