president was in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin defending the russian leader. we ll take you there live. also, right now, wild weather coast to coast from tornados in chicago to flooding in the northeast, and more than 100 million americans under the thumb of a historic heat wave. we have your forecast. plus, setting the stage for another hollywood strike, first writers, now actors, what it could mean for all your entertainment. good morning, it s 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin in helsinki where we are just minutes away from a joint press conference with president biden and the president of finland, nato s newest member. let s go there now with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba. walk us through the presidents day there in finland so far. reporter: well, ana, this is really a historic cap to a week of critical meetings for president biden overseas, and he s here in finland m
weeks with complicated series of circumstantial evidence even though incredibly powerful family in that county. this jury didn t look at him that way. within 5 minutes of taking the witness stand, he he he utterly destroyed his alibi. the evidence was overwhelming and had more holes in it than swiss cheese. no one else s voice was on that snapchat but it is. they didn t seek the death penalty, but you will spend the rest of his life in prison where he belongs. ashley: former prosecutor is on deck with his expert legal analysis. todd: jackie ibanez live in new york city newsroom, jackie, good morning. good morning six weeks, 70 witnesses and three hours of deliberations for a panel of south carolina jurors to find alex murdaugh guilty of ordering his wife and son. guilty verdict. signed by the four lady 3223. murdaugh with a straight face when it was red and escorted out with handcuffs. his son shaking head in disbelief while wiping his face with his hand. the ma
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
2016. On the left, congressman Chris Collins who was indicted on Felony Charges less than two weeks ago. He was the first to endorse donald trump for president. And then on the right side, thats congressman Duncan Hunter. He was the second sitting member of Do Know Support donald trump for president and now today he too has been indicted on multiple Felony Charges. Who was third . As i say, congressman Duncan Hunter probably considers himself lucky today. If youre going to get indicted, today was probably a pretty good day. Because the news of his indictment arrived on a day like no other. In this remarkable scandal ridden candidacy. We actually called Michael Beschloss to ask if theres anything like this. Has there ever been a single day in the news for any u. S. President that held similar
come one in u. S. History would be march 1st, 1974. That produced this headline the next day. March 1st, 1974, was the day a grand jury indicted Richard Nixons campaign manage here he had named Att
he s eligible for the death penalty, they will ultimately make the call, or is it a judge that hands down the sentence? the jurors will make that call. if they had come back and said we cannot decide or if they were split in terms of that decision, then it would have been to the judge, and he would have given him life in prison. but this jury didn t do that. this jury decided that they accepted the argument from the prosecution, that argument saying that this man knew what he was doing. he intended to do what he did, and he carried that out intentionally targeting a group of worshippers at the tree of life synagogue back in october of 2018. so that s where we stand now. that verdict on eligibility has come in, and now this jury has to define and decide whether or not he will get the death penalty or be sentenced to life in prison. thank you so much for that update. let s head back to finland now