hunt is live with us with the breaking news. good evening, trace. we learned the balloon is just one of a fleet operated by the chinese military. with a significant game of spying on the u.s. in this game, many other countries in many other cases and the balloon shot down by a u.s. fighter jet on saturday was laden with sophisticated equipment to gather intelligence and possibly to transmit that intelligence directly to beijing. the tool package, the equipment package on that balloon, was enormous. we were not able to jam the transmissions. we don t know the extent of the program. as the u.s. navy continues to collect debris from the waters off south carolina where the balloon was brought down, it s emerged that some of the recovered parts were western made and had english writing on them. officials have not pickly name the manufacturer of those parts, but they have said they believe that manufacturer has a direct relationship with the people s liberation army of china.
focus is all on the financial crimes, light? and one of his best friends, kris wilson was testifying today, and he said this, which i found kind of interesting. watch. he told me he had been addicted to opioids and i think he said for either for 20 or over 20 years. and also that he had been stealing money from clients on the firm. not only was he a financial thief but a drug addict. the prosecution won because they got this evidence to prove their theory of motive which i think is so preposterous. i don t think it will resonate with the jury and it will backfire. he killed his wife and son to evade financial crimes? no. trace: it s having because murdaugh s attorney said that same argument to the judge, right? the judge wasn t buying it. watch this back and forth between he and the judge and we ll get your response. this is a murder trial, not a financial fraud trial. i find that this testimony is consistent with the state s