and then and chicago, it has taken a very interesting turn. democrats paul vallas and brandon johnson are vying for the seat. we will talk to johnson who is part county commissioner and the area. we will talk to him about what he is bringing to the table. plus, we are kicking off women s history month by celebrating her story. we are talking to barrier breaking woman for change in the game and their profession starting with pixar animation studio executive brittle wilson. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to say. omething to say. welcome to march 2023, all i d like to know brandon johnson is a cook county commissioner. it is women s history month, and let me just say that i hope we do not finish this month we have started. this past week, walgreens the nation s second largest pharmacy chain announced that it wanted distribute abortion pills in states where republican attorney general object. keep in mind, abortion remains completely illegal in many of the sta
reckless and inhumane. i expect you to feel what the nichols family feels. i expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the video. the memphis police chief warns the public ahead of today s release of body cam video in the death of tyre nichols, asking the community to protest peacefully. we ll have the latest in that extremely disturbing case. plus, it was supposed to be the investigation that would finally expose the deep state plot against donald trump, only it didn t find anything, and it cost taxpayers millions of dollars. we ll have more on that. and president joe biden slams house republicans for what he calls a maga economic plan. we ll play for you his comments on that and the overall health of the economy. we ll talk about it, as it comes as the president is considering a trip overseas to mark a year of war in eastern europe. good morning, and welcome to mo
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.
it s not me. we re not destroying our country. it s the president of the united states who is destroying our country. it s the u.s. senate that is destroying our country. it s the news media. it s the democratic party, academia, hollywood, wall street, and many of our big corporations. wow. florida senator rick scott starting his cpac speech with a light hearted and optimistic tone. whew. bulgaria. plenty of maga messaging at the conference, just as you can see. not a lot of people there to hear it. not a lot. that was dark. that was really dark. donald trump will take the stage tomorrow. very reagan esque. that s where he said oh, wait, he said we re a city shining on the hill. right, for all the world to see. no, that was not that. tone is a little different there, okay. incredibly different. anyhow, this trump appearance tomorrow is following a campaign announcement clearly influenced by florida governor ron desantis. we ll explain what s going on
i don t think spying is the right way to describe it. i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they ve never asked us. i find that actually preposterous. american data has always been stored in virginia and singapore in the past and access of this is on an as required basis. as required by engineers for by engineers, bytedance and the communist party. no, no. lawmakers grilled tiktok s ceo over hours on user data and the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have much more from that contentious hearing just ahead. plus, while no movement from the grand jury, there was a busy day outside the courtroom in manhattan during the hush money investigation with the d.a. s office calling out house republicans and donald trump ranting about the prince harry prosecutor and also ahead, the latest on a drone strike in syria that has killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. good morn