Tampering. Thats where we start. Im bill hemmer. It is wednesday, midweek. Dana good morning, im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. That a lot of legal stuff well get to today. Politics as well. Murdaugh issue, six months since a jury found him guilty of killing his wife and son. The former South Carolina prosecutor is serving two Life Sentences without parole. His attorneys say that should be thrown out because they say the court clerk tampered with the jury. Bill the defense is saying the clerk tried to sway and pressure jurors saying she wanted to insure a guilty verdict so she could write a book and make money and go on a media tour. I want to take you back to her talking with us On Fox Nation about the trial. My breath was knocked out for a moment but then i have to tell myself to treat it just like any other trial, any other verdict that i have to read and i have to place my mind there and take out any personal relationships. The murdaughs could deaf niftily set the laws,
Today on Inside Politics a moment memorialized for all of history. For the very first time, Television Cameras capture the former president of the United States sitting stoic inside a croom. Lets be clear, his entrance was a madefortv setup, all about his campaign. Beyond trumps stage craft, the trial poses a very real threat to his business empire. Will he get by with help from new friends . The speaker readies for a revolt that will try to take the gavel, staying in his job may depend on democrats. Governor gavin newsom honors a promise to elect a black woman to fill the seat vacant by dianne feinstein. Barbara lee will join me in minutes. Im dana bash, behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, the former president flanked by his lawyers captured sitting behind the Defense Table in a New York City cr courtroom. That glimpse will be the only one we get of donald trump. The judge overseeing His Civil Fraud Trial decided to keep the media from broadcasting Opening Arguments li
And we will talk about that medical breakthrough for malaria. A second vaccine shown to be 80 effective. A lifeline for the child that dies every minute from the mosquito borne disease. Good evening. After weeks of speculation and years of indecision about the uks biggest Infrastructure Project, it would appear the birmingham to Manchester Leg of fast speed rail link hs2 is finally be coming off the rails. There are widespread reports today that a decision has already been made to scrap the Northern Branch of the line, and that a portion of that money saved will be invested in other transport projects. We are told the announcement will come on wednesday in the Prime Ministers speech to the conservative Party Conference, though number ten still insists a final decision is yet be be taken. Why the government would allow such speculation to overshadow its annual Party Conference, and one they have staged in manchester of all places, is a bit of a headscratcher. This afternoon, the conserv
senate democrats and what comes next. plus, the state of the race after tuesday s elections and last night s gop debate. then, ivanka trump on the stand and the attempts from trump s legal team to end the new york civil fraud trial. and president biden in illinois, celebrating tentative contracts for the auto workers. uaw president shawn fain joins me with his reaction as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from 30 rockefeller center. and we are talking the 2024 elections tonight, because they just became a whole lot more complicated for the democrats. earlier today, west virginia democratic senator joe manchin announced he would not run for reelection, a decision he called one of the toughest of his life. but this is not goodbye and good luck, manchin says. he s leaving the door open for some sort of future on the political stage. what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if ther
politicsnation. tonight s lead, brotherly love. you re looking at a live shot of philadelphia s temple university where donald trump is expected to take the stage in a couple of hours, continuing his effort to court black voters by going into heavily black democratic cities and talking about black america s problems as he sees them to largely nonblack maga audiences. democrats have responded by flooding the university area with receipts of donald trump s record with black america. at the same time promoting the achievements of joe biden, who has his first opportunity to contrast himself with trump in real time this coming thursday as both camps prepare for the first presidential debate. with black voters historically caught in the middle of this election cycle with just months to go, we have joining me now, philadelphia mayor parker, a democrat. donald trump is is about to take the rally stage at philly s temple university, the latest of several campaign events he s held in