yipght shoot my wife or son any time. me and my boys lay face down. done the way and opioids gave me energy. i mean, whatever i was doing it made it more interesting. you know, it made me want to do it longer. and i lied about being down there. and i m so sorry that i did. so there s a lot to unpack from that dramatic testimony so let s dig in i want to start with the attorney suzanne williams she knows south carolina jew judicial system inside and out thanks so much for joining the program so there was a lot of tears emotion why did he take the ?and did he do it because they move location the trial but he has roots in the community. so do you think that he decided to take the stand because of that connection because it s a big risk? well alec murdaugh is fourth generation trial lawyer. and i think having that background he knows that jurors want to hear from the accused. and i think he uses that to his benefit. do you think it was effective because i have to tell
the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i m going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that s ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happening as u.s. senior government officials confirm the chinese balloon crossed into the u.s. at least three different times during the trump administration s. i wanna bring in msnbc national security analyst nick watt as well. george, let me start with you on this. when you are there in myrtle beach. what have you been seeing? good afternoon, yasmin. we know military operations to recover the bal
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it has been 108 hours since the quake struck and hope is running out to find any more survivors in the rubble. but we just saw something remarkable just this morning. a family of six rescued in turkey after being buried alive for 102 hours. four children and two parents. they waved as they were brought out on stretchers. we are told they were in the first floor of a collapsed building. this is their son who wasn t inside the home when the quake struck, weeping with joy as he saw them emerge from the wreckage. the reality is that thousands are still missing and many could be dead or dying right now beneath piles of concrete. take a look at these before and after photos of the devastation. this is a mosque, a turkish mosque from the 19th century. it is in ruins. one of many historic sites destroyed by the earthquakes, some of which have stood for centuries. this is near the epicenter of the earthquake. apartment buildings and businesses completely flattened. this is a satel