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.
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over e-mails showing teacher s union helped coordinate the cdc s school s reopening guidance. weingarten says it s way out of proportion. to summarize, aft was provided with a full draft of the copy suggested line by line edits we did not, sir. did not suggest line by line edits to the document. well, do you remember how many edits that you suggested? we suggested concepts, sir. do you know how many edits were included? one. it s unusual for political union to have such a role in scientific guidance process and hopefully we can find more answers. weingarten forced to admit that she had a direct line to the cdc director, rochelle walensky. do you have a direct number to her? do i have her direct number? yes. yes, i have her directed enough. hopefully she will give it to me, too. the school lockdown fallout does not end there. dr. fauci said show me a school i shut down and factory i shut down. never. never i did. i gave a public health recommendatio
me. i m fredricka whitfield. armed and dangerous. that s how police in texas are describing a suspect in a horrific mass shooting. 38-year-old francisco orapeza has not been seen since friday night s attack in cleveland, texas. investigators say he opened fire on his neighbors when they asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside so that their baby could sleep. five people were killed, including an 8-year-old. cnn s ed lavendera is there in cleveland, texas. ed, where does this manhunt stand right now? reporter: we haven t gotten any updates from law enforcement. the fbi has taken over this investigation and obviously multiple numbers of agencies, law enforcement agencies here in the state of texas continue ing the search for 32-year-old francisco oropeza. there have been several pictures put out of him, as they are urging the public to call in if they have any sightings of him. at this point, it s not clear where he might be if he s in this area or has been able to get fa
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