neighborhoods in oklahoma and kansas in ruins today after tornadoes reportedly ripped through that region. and another astonishing twist at the double murder trial of alec murdaugh, the jury is going on a field trip just days before they re expected to start deliberations. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. we want to start with catie beck outside the courthouse in waltersboro, south carolina, as she has been throughout. first of all, some graphic testimony today, but also that block buster decision by the judge. they re going to take the jury to the scene of the crime. reporter: yeah, chris, that was a bit of a surprise. this jay way more often than not sides with the prosecution, and today he granted that defense motion to take the entire jury to moselle, to this hunting property, to the crime scene to get a spatial understanding of exactly how these murders happened. at least that s what the defense said they were hoping. separa
automatically disenfranchise voters, because county election officials can get overwhelmed and in gwinett county, closer to atlanta, there s going to be more attention and more focus to make sure that people are able to vote. so there are concerns there but they re a little different. in the smaller counties, i would imagine, and jane would know more about this, there may not be eyes on all of these election officials, so that is part of the doj s mandate, i believe. what does fair fight do with this information? do they report it or is there follow up that s going to happen. fair fight pac is suing over a mass challenge that happened in 2021, sort of the earliest of these mass challenges. it was more than 300,000 voters, right before those critical runoffs and they re trying to see if they can get them thrown out as discriminatory. while this day is far from