guilty verdict. signed by the forelady. and we had no doubt that if we had a chance to present our case in a court of law, that they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they d. wow. what a night. so quick. so fast. what a night. we ll get into all of it. good morning, everyone. it is friday. we re dwglad you re us with. it took that jury less than three hours. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. hours from now, the sentencing, plus this it just came up. glass breaking out anywhere. tornadoes ripping through texas and louisiana as well. the severe weather threat is not over yet for millions of americans we have correspondents live on the ground. we also have this for you. i m begging you, by the grace of god, please, people, do what is best. can you hear the outrage and desperation. it is boil over in east pal stun. families are demanding to evacuated or relocated from their own hometown. but
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it
announced that they had done so to the clerk. and now they are just waiting for court personnel to return to the courtroom, in which the jury will announce its verdict. they went in to deliberations at 3:50 eastern time this afternoon, so this seems like a relatively quick verdict for what was a very complicated and lengthy trial. prosecutors trying to prove that alec murdaugh killed his wife and son. they say to create a distraction as his admitted financial crimes were beginning to catch up with him. the murders took place on the same day that people from his law firm approached him and started questioning him about large sums of missing funds. alec murdaugh eventually admitted to stealing money from clients, from other attorneys, vulnerable individuals, some of his closest friends but throughout the trial he insisted and his attorneys insisted that he was not a murderer, that he would never bring any harm to his family. the defendant, mr. murdaugh, suggested that the killi
we are hours away from his sentencing. the hearing will be this morning at 9:30. brian: took the jury less than three hours of deliberations to convict murdaugh in the murders of glinchtsd watson is live outside the court house in water borough, north carolina. convicted of the murders of his wife maggie and son paul. he was remanded almost immediately after the verdicts were read and led out of the coal tap county courthouse facing 30 years the jury came back with the unanimous verdict of guilty two counts of murder and guilty of two counts of possessing a weapon in possession of a violent crime. this after weeks of testimony including from alec who was forced to admit that he lied to police about not being at the scene of the murders after his voice was caught on video by his son paul. in court, the disgraced south carolina attorney didn t really show any emotion as the guilty verdicts were read late thursday evening. his surviving son buster sat a few rows behind him w
of a vigil outside city hall in monterey park, california. people have been stopping by throughout the evening there in remembrance of 11 murdered over the weekend by a gunman at a dance studio as they were celebrating the lunar new year. one of three mass shootings since saturday leaving 19 dead and california s governor with harsh words for washington and republican lawmakers. federal government needs to do its job. let s call it out. we have one party that are obstructionists. i m damn sick and tired of this stuff. i m sick of this. i don t want to ever see this again. i don t want to see you again in this condition. i m serious. i m not making this up about all these damn notes. how many governors have you seen doing the same damn dance we are doing here today? joining us senator chris murphy, democratic, connecticut, in the wake of the mass murder at sandy hook elementary school ten years ago. appreciate you joining us. you hear the anger from gavin newsome. californ