second day in a row. the man accused of murdering his wife and one of his sons took to the stand, saying it wasn t him, but people who hated his son, paul. disgraced attorney alex murdaugh spent six hours on the stand friday, admitting he lied, had a drug problem, but believes the deaths of his wife, maggie, and son, paul, stemmed from someone who had it out for paul. the person, or people, who did what i saw on june the 7th, they hated paul murdaugh and they had anger in their heart. paul is facing charges in the february 2019 boating wreck that killed 19-year-old malory beach. murdaugh clarifying he didn t think anyone on the boat that night was responsible, but someone who had heard about it. because i did not and would not hurt my wife and my child. but prosecutors pressed murdaugh about trying to manufacture an alibi, which he denies. they then reminded him there is evidence he lied to police about where he was on the night of the murders. other than lying to t
you re living in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. right now less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol former president donald trump is firing up his maga base at the conservative political action conference. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the united states. president donald j. trump. [ cheers ] i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free that was the intro for the former president just moments ago. trump receiving a warm welcome at the annual c-pac gathering where his following has turned dominant, and the man who tried to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be the party s front-runner for 2024, according to recent polls. manip minutes ago there was a straw poll, take this with a grain of salt, he trumped the biggest rival, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. we have more now from the c-pac gathering. i guess this was not a big surprise that trump won the c-pac poll and not much surprise what
with president biden and putin today bolstering their respective alliances with nato and china. their pitches come just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine. global tensions between the superpowers highlighted on a day of diplomacy in both warsaw and moscow. acidity many times, i ll say it again it s absolutely clear. article five is a secret commitment the united states has made. we will defend every inch of nato. meantime, as trace pointed out, with respect to joe biden s 2024 presidential campaign prospects, typically the question has been, should he or shouldn t he run again? however, now, increasingly democrats are wrestling with a very different and indeed pressing question. it will he or won t he? tonight, politico reporting that democrats are quietly preparing for the possibility that the 80-year-old simply won t be up for the task. and the longer he waits to officially declare his intentions you guessed it, a growing number of would
aid is the us prepared for what s next, i ll speak to two members of the house oversight committee, republican chairman james comer and democratic congressman ro khanna next and brazen attacks. president biden orders an airstrike in syria after iranian linked groups attack americans prepared for us to back forcefully. protect our people. is it enough to deter iran senate intel chairman mark warner is here to discuss plus clock s ticking. tiktok gets walloped from both sides. platform should be banned threat does tiktok post to everyday americans, i ll speak to republican commerce chair cathy mcmorris rodgers in moments. hello i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is taking it all in. once again, the former president trump finds himself right where he wants to be in this case. waco texas near the 30th anniversary of the standoff with that infamous cult. the former president was there at the center of a new political maelstrom saturday afternoon, lashing o
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. in washington next hour former president donald trump is set to take the stage and likely light the fuse. he will deliver the keynote address a the the conservative political action conference. are trump is joined by other people eyeing the white house. the cpac conference has become maga country. the man who tried to overturn it appears to be his party s front-runner according to recent polls. let s discuss this with cnn s kristin holmes. she joins me now from cpac. what s the latest? what do you think we re going to hear from the former president in this address? reporter: well, jim, what we re going to hear from him is pitching himself for 2024 but it s going to be to a really enthusiastic crowd. he s not going to go after governor ron desantis by name. he ll contrast his policies when it comes to social security and medicare. however, i do want you to know, this event has become maga country. everyone here is incredibl