what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdict.
it s not me. we re not destroying our country. it s the president of the united states who is destroying our country. it s the u.s. senate that is destroying our country. it s the news media. it s the democratic party, academia, hollywood, wall street, and many of our big corporations. wow. florida senator rick scott starting his cpac speech with a light hearted and optimistic tone. whew. bulgaria. plenty of maga messaging at the conference, just as you can see. not a lot of people there to hear it. not a lot. that was dark. that was really dark. donald trump will take the stage tomorrow. very reagan esque. that s where he said oh, wait, he said we re a city shining on the hill. right, for all the world to see. no, that was not that. tone is a little different there, okay. incredibly different. anyhow, this trump appearance tomorrow is following a campaign announcement clearly influenced by florida governor ron desantis. we ll explain what s going on
loading after matthew mcconaughey was on board that international flight. the house ethics committee opens an investigation into embattled republican george santos. congress and house of representatives needs to hold its own members accountable. norah: ohio residents meeting face-to-face with the company responsible for that toxic train derailment. worried about having your kids play in your yard or your dog go outside without getting sick. dragn spacex go from launch. it is full power pier and lift off. the vehicle is s e cr iorbi elcoor ngratutions. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we take a look at the opioid crisis ravaging communities across the country. in our eye on america, school teachers are now to help save lives amid the rising number of team fentanyl poisonings. plus, we ve got our retirement series barely continues with a lesson on never giving up on your lifelong dream, from a 79-yea
nato will not be decided and we will not tire. ukraine will never be a victory for russia. one year after the bams began to fall, russian tanks rolled in to ukraine. ukraine is still independent and free. greg: oh, man. biden s foreign trip isn t sitting well with the mayor of east palestine. that was the biggest slap in the face. that tells you right now he doesn t care about us. he can send every agency he wants to. i found that out this morning one of the briefings that he was in the ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there, not to us. i m furious. greg: mayor pete says he will visit ohio s toxic train site but only when the time is right and boasts his experience as mayor has prepared him for this moment. i m planning to go. our folks were on the ground from the first hours. look, i was mayor of my hometown for eight years. we dealt be a lot of disasters, natural and human. one of the things i noticed very quickly is that there s two kinds of p
thank you, poland. thank you. thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you. [ applause ] right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden s keynote speech in poland, reaffirming america s and nato s ironclad support for ukraine, pushing back against vladimir putin. framing the work as a life and death battle for freedom and autocracy and aggression. but there should be, no doubt, our support that ukraine will not waive are. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. biden s address following on his widely celebrated wartime visit to kyiv yesterday, appointed u.s. rebuke to putin who delivered his annual address to his nation earlier today. putin announced he s suspending russia s s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. the announcement by russia that it is suspended the situation is unfortunate and irresponsible. we ll, of course, make sure that in any event, we have posturing appropriately for the security of our own country and of that our allie