Story about who he checked first at the scene, supposedly . The first time i remember he checked maggie first and then went depaul to paul and then i heard him say one point that it was paul and it was. Maggie they Cell Phone Forensics Effort also testified for the defense. He analyzed the states data and timeline from the night of the murders. One key finding from him . Maggie murdaughs phone did not appear to be motion activated around the time the state has suggested that Alex Murdaugh may have tossed it from his moving car. Can you tell us how much motion would be required for the screen to come on on the phone . Its very little. And the times that Alex Murdaugh was passing this free never came on. Thats correct. The database indicated it was off. Randi kaye, that witness who was a friend of murdaugh, as he did not seem to do any favors for alec murdaugh. Correct me if im wrong, he said that murdaugh changed his story multiple times when the stories that he told his friend and that
china officials as the two nations re-open diplomatic talks. we re not looking for a new cold war. can the u.s. counter rising global threats? i ll speak to two republican chairman congressman michael mccall of foreign affairs, plus u.n. ambassador linda thomas greenfield will join us. and desperate for answers. ohio residents on edge after a train derailment unleashes toxins. we need help. how to pro vent the next crash. sherrod brown joins us next. laying the field, former president trump gets his first official challenger for the gop presidential nomination. if you re tired of losing put your trust in a new generation. who is next? hello. i m pamela brown in washington where the state of our union is trying to keep our friends close and you know the rest. tensions between the u.s. and china on high this morning after a blunt meeting between the two nations top diplomats, the first since the u.s. shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon earlier this mo
takes. it comes as the u.s. is accusing russia of committing crimes against humanity. the declaration marks the strongest accusation yet from the u.s., as it seeks to punish moscow for its invasion of ukraine. we declared from day one that they were committing war crimes. we have announced that they re committing crimes against humanity, and we re looking at the facts on the ground. i had an opportunity to visit a forensic lab that we re supporting in helping them to gather the evidence that they will need and we will need to hold the russians accountable. we have correspondents covering this for us at the white house and on the ground in ukraine. let s begin with coverage from priscilla alvarez at the white house. what are the expectations for the president s trip to poland? white house officials have made clear, paula, this is a crucial moment not only because of that one-year anniversary which is just around the corner but also as u.s. and western officials warn of a
disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney