good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
that blue state. we begin with the january 6 committee and nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. brendon buck and kimberly atkin-store and sam stein. ali, is it possible that chairman thompson s absence could push this hearing or are they determined to keep this schedule? reporter: they are determined to keep this schedule, chris. especially because what s clear yesterday after my conversation with chairman thompson, who i would note was wearing a mask when he was talking to us yesterday, he seemed to leave the door open as all of the committee members have to the idea there are more hearings to come, specifically the idea that at some point in the last few days, the committee seems to have decided that their final report will come in the early fall still but that there will be some kind of scaled back report prior to that. in part, it s because they keep getting new information and they want to make sure that the final report is reflective of everything that they kn
biden s most ambitious executive actions, and the president is worried it might well happen. on student loans, are you still confident that you will be able to win in the supreme court? i m confident we re on the right side of the law, but i m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet. so has the nation s highest court already tipped its hand? i want to bring in boston globe columnist, kimberly atkin store. when it comes to student loan forgiveness, john roberts borrows from gop playbook, and in it you say the chief justice is letting his right waving flag lie. what about those arguments signalled that to you? yeah, so it was my column, not a news story, but listening to the arguments, we knew that the supreme court, the majority of the supreme court doesn t really like an expansive use of executive power, which is the