alec murdaugh is innocent, innocent of these charges. he lied because that s what addicts do, addicts lie. he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons. evidence is crystal clear from that moment he started fabricating evidence against alec. john: the alec murdaugh trial, a fiery rebuttal to the closing arguments, before the jury decides whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of murdering his wife and son. i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. jacqui: murder could get life in prison without the possibility of parole if the jury convicts him of the murder charges. john: defense arguing prosecutors failed to prove their case that he committed the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. jonathan is live in the southeast bureau with the latest. interesting arguments from jim griffin this morning and now the prosecution with a chance to try to rebutt some of those before the jury gets the charge. as we look at the live feed from the courtroom, you are see
don t. attorney general merrick garland facing the self righteous indignation of ted cruz and other republicans. new reporting tension between the fbi and justice department over the mar-a-lago raid. cpac is back, home of normal conservatives nothing more than a clown show. it does reflect the current state of the republican party. and from performative to alarming, republicans and ron desantis s florida are cracking down on lgbtq people and moving to cancel the entire democratic party. we begin tonight with a lingering question from the 2016 presidential election. what was going on inside the fbi? remember, just 11 days before the election, fbi director james comey announced that the agency was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton. effectively costing her the election. the motivation behind comey s move seemed to be coming from the fbi s new york field office, which, according to reuters, had a faction of investigators based in the office known to be host
the networks destructive project continues. in fact his case, he specifically didn t want any that s not a problem. tonight, the question legal exposure for so-called news channel that shared confidential biden campaign information with the trump white house. we put, you know, a different viewpoint, if you like. i was david wallace wells in the massive problem that the partisan mania over the origins of covid-19. we re going to investigate the chinese virus. and senator may actually be republican support to increase real safety in the wake of the east palestine disaster. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. in the wake of the bombshell revelations confirming once and for all the abject dishonesty a fox news, democrats and congress are now demanding action. today, house minority leader hakeem jeffries and senate majority leader chuck schumer penned a letter urging fox executives to protect american democracy against
conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
separate shooting incidents. banks making big moves to ease the fallout after silicon valley banks collapse. more than $3 billion. new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank at $2.7 billion. at the free throw line. walker comes in. and he scores! [cheers and applause] steve: good morning, syracuse, new york. it is 8:00 in the east. you got 30 degrees for a daytime high of 50. by the way, today is the first full day rather the first day of spring. it eventually arrives the vernal equinox doesn t 5:24 this afternoon. welcome aboard. our number three for this monday march 20th 2023 in ainsley s place today, we ve got rachel. it s great to have you. rachel: it doesn t feel like spring. steve: it is 30 degrees. brian: grab your tank tops, your muscle starts. put on your tight pants. rachel: is this your wardrobe at home? brian: when it is spring, i have no choice. rachel: he is from long island. brian: let s get to it. i