string of derailments, primarily the derailment and toxic spill in east palestine, ohio, that s terrified residents. i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communities. i am determined to make this right. you have my personal commitment. norfolk southern will get the job done. this hour, an update on mitch mcconnell s health. the longest serving senate leader in either party hospitalized overnight after tripping at a private dinner in a d.c. hotel. tammy baldwin joins me to discuss her bill to legalize abortion rights across the nation, restoring the rights stripped away by the supreme court s dobbs decision. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. at a hearing today, senators in both parties are pressing norfolk southern s ceo to honor his company s commitments to the people of east palestine for months or years after the train derailment rais
that trump s legal team also filed a motion to fight the subpoena on the grounds of executive privilege, basically that the president and his senior aides can have internal communications that don t have to be shared. this is a separate matter pence s legal time is trying to block it on. pence s team did not comment, nor did the justice department. what i m told pence is doing with this is basically trying to block the testimony they believe is related and pertains to his legislative actions on that day, how he was acting as president of the senate. that could potentially cover a pretty broad swath of his testimony. they re not saying he won t testify overall but that is the argument they re making. we ll see if the former vice president is successful in that. he has written a book where he talked about things that happened leading up to and on january 6th that could potentially complicate this fight when it comes to the former president and to pence himself with this motion.
fresh calls for voting protections. this has been a theme throughout his administration and one in which he will use this opportunity in selma to call for that. again, the white house says that president biden will be delivering remarks when he is there. he wants to make sure that we are not erasing history, we are commemorating it. that s what the white house says about his remarks. also, he will note that voting rights is integral to economic justice and civil rights for black americans. so those are the through lines for his remarks, but he is also expected to cross the bridge. this is something that happens each year, each anniversary. of course, it is an important moment, one remembering 1965 that led to blpolice attacking voting rights activists and he led to the passage of the voting rightsing act of 1965 and it is an opportunity for president biden to call on that while he tries to elevate those calls for voting protections and one in which again, as you mentioned, he
around the world i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. voir dire guilty, verdict guilty. verdict guilty. disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced after being found guilty of murder, we ll break down the verdict ahead. and. sounded like freight train, just like going by the house. powerful storm system is moving through the southern u.s. bringing the threat of tornados and damaging winds we re tracking the severe weather plus the fbi says a michigan began threatened to kill jewish members of the state s government including the attorney general. . live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced in the coming hours after being convicted of killing his wife and son, the jury deliberated less than three hours thursday before returning their decision when welcomed by the lead prosecutor, here he is. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family i
just ahead on cnn newsroom verdict, guilty. verdict guilty. our criminal justice system worked tonight. it gave a voice to maggie and paul paul murdaugh who were brutally murdered. we didn t hear anything until plywood crashed through our window. the fbi foiling an alleged plot to kill jewish government officials in michigan. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is 4:00 a.m. in south carolina where alex murdaugh will find out whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. the jury found him guilty of murder in the killings of his wife and son. murdaugh will not face the death penalty. prosecutors have indicated that they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole instead. after the verdict was reached, the lead prosecutor celebrated the jury s decision. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is. it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn t matter what you thin