what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdict.
the president says everything is under control. will that convince average americans? and why didn t anyone see this coming plus, roughly 17 million people facing flood watches today. the vast majority of them where flooding has already wreaked havoc in parts of california the atmospheric referring dropping another half foot of rain and compounding misery for towns under water. will donald trump s future be decided on the campaign trail or in the courtroom. the former president heads to iowa as his former fixer, michael, cohen, heads into a meeting with a new york grand jury we start with the question americans all over the country are asking, is my money safe the federal reserve and the president himself telling them the answer is yes. right now the dow is roughly flat following the collapse of two banks in recent days with several others suddenly on shaky ground in fact, some regional banks have lost 60, 70, even 80% of their value. carol lee is covering the white hou
house republicans have repeatedly come up empty-handed when asked a straightforward question given that they re now in charge of the house, what do they want to cut? this is in the context of a possible debt showdown looming. social security and medicare are off the table, then where do republicans want to cut spending? that s going to be the part of the dance. well, the dance is here, and that s the context for the president s meeting late today. this was his first meeting with the new speaker, kevin mccarthy. we don t have the deal because the white house kept it as a closed press first summit. biden we know has sat at that resolute desk before, had his share of high stakes meetings and watched as vice president when then president obama faced a similar effort to ransom the economy. republicans are offering a similar brinksmanship, but also have internal fights with a narrow majority about what they want to do and what they want to cut. house republicans say they migh
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