coming up this hour, an honor that is long overdue, president biden will award a vietnam veteran with the medal of honor for his incredible bravery almost 60 years ago. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina where just in the last hour disgraced ex-lawyer alex murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. after he was convicted of murdering his wife maggie and youngest son paul in a high profile case that captivated the country. in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. before he was sentenced, murdaugh addressed the court this morning. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. pretty much all he said. last night in just under three hours
gallantry at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty. commander, detachment a321, first special forces, distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an advisor to the 883rd company during combat operations against an armed enemy in the republic of vietnam on june 17 through 18, 1965. captain davis and three other u.s. special forces advisors accompanied the vietnamese regional force company on its first combat mission, a daring nighttime raid against a vietcong headquarters. he allowed the company to gain a tactical advantage, allowing it to surprise the unsuspecting force and kill approximately 100