fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrastructure and the people, f-16s are perfect for doing that, they re also perfect for destroying villages sticks have of the russians. they are perfect for destroying the communication centers of the russians. and so, my assessment is they need the f-16s. the other thing that is key about this conversation is, of course the ukrainians will need training. they are going to need equipment to repair parts for these f-16s. it takes somewhere between 8 to 10 months to train a pilots on flying an f 16. so
with the victims just minutes before they died. in a brief redirect, murdaugh s defense team pointed to phone data showing that maggie s phone, which was thrown by the roadside, was never moving in sync with alex at any point after the murders. murdaugh, again denying he is a killer. if i was under the pressure that they are talking about here, i can promise you i would hurt myself before i would hurt one of them. we expect to hear several more witnesses on the stand at the beginning of next week. and then closing arguments and the case goes to the jury. keep in mind, this jury has heard a mountain of evidence from over 60 witnesses. so it is tough to say just how long these deliberations will take. all right, thanks to nbc s katie back for that report. coming up, on extreme weather, southern california bracing for potentially brutal and rare blizzard conditions. we have got the latest coming
it has been a tense two days of testimony at the trial of alec murdaugh icq suspect took the stand in his own defense. nbc s catie beck has more. in the hot seat for a second, day allegorical using a blistering cross examination. the second that you are confronted with the facts that you can t and i, you immediately come up with a new ally. we isn t that correct? i would disagree with that proposition that you are putting out. prosecutors hitting harden murdaugh timeline inconsistencies on the night of the murders, and murdaugh pushing back in his own defense. even becoming combative when challenged on his memory of finding his wife s body. and you re dang right i remember why i went to her and for what reason. because the only thing you are concerned about is
yourself. answering some questions with clear certainty, addressing his 20 year addiction to opioids. admitting he had pills in his pocket even as he spoke to investigators the night of the murders. so you are taking 60 a day, or something like? that there were days when i took more than that. there were days when i took less than that. and at other times, appearing unsteady struggling with answers about why, after he returned from the candles to the house close to the time of the murders, his phone was tracking 70 steps a minute as he was placing several phone calls in a row. did you got a treadmill? no i did gonna try to. no walk in place? prosecutors ripping the jury murdochs for investigator statements that murdaugh now event admits relies. i stayed in the house. other than lying to them about going to the kennel, i was cooperative and every aspect of this investigation. so you lied about me the most important fact of all, that you are the murder scene