chinese spy balloon is clurntly crossing latin america. something so unexpected to be what it is, where it is, that it left people asking questions like this. what planet is that? actually, that s a good question. it s not mars or venus. the balloon is the size of three buses. and surveillance equipment spotted yesterday over montana, drifted across nebraska and then into the midwest today. floating at about 60,000 feet apparently following the prevailing winds. in a moment, we ll take a look at where it could be heading next. today, china said it was, quote, civilian airship, a vehicle gone astray, and secretary blinken postponed his upcoming trip to beijing. any country that has its air space violated in this way would respond similarly, and i can only imagine what the reaction would be in china if they were on the other end. in the meantime, the pentagon is not ruling anything out when it comes to shooting it down. at this stage, what i can tell you is again, we
alex murdaugh trial focused on two key areas but once again the jury was kept from hearing about possible financial crimes prosecutors point to as a motive. as you know murdaugh is a former disgraced south carolina lawyer charged in the shooting death of his wife and son back in 2021. the housekeeper died a few weeks an alleged fall at the murdaugh s home in 2018. our randy kaye shows us what the jury did hear today that prosecutors hope will rule out anyone other than alex murdaugh as the killer. this is the example of a 223 remington. this is the one you may be more familiar with. i will show you now side by side this is the 300. reporter: paul grier examines shell casings found at the murder scene and elsewhere
around alex murdaugh s property. he said some of the casings found at the scene were fired by or projected from weapons used before at murdaugh s home. and all those items are of the same model and manufacturer, is that correct? yes, sir, they all appear to have the same head stamp information and information on the side of the shell, and their case construction seems to be consistent. reporter: prosecutors say maggie murdaugh was shot five times and their son paul was killed with a shutgun. this was determined to be a semiautomatic shotgun in 12 gauge. reporter: here s why this expert s testimony is key. by telling the jury that shell casings scattered around the property where the murdaugh s live and shell casings found at the murder scene match firearms from the home the state is