in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. i m jim acosta in the cnn newsroom. ukraine is entering the brutal fight against russia as the troops rolled across the border into ukrainian cities. many, especially those in russia, thought it would be swift and ukraine would fall quickly. but ukraine had other plans. they have surprised the world with its strength and determination. that defiance has come at a heavy price as it is estimated at least 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed since the war began. many wonder how long kyiv can continue to hold on in the face of so much russian aggression. days after his historic visit to ukraine, president joe biden spoke with abc news about how he sees the war progressing at this point and what he thinks about the idea of a negotiated settlement. nothing about ukraine without ukraine west won t dictate to
she was an amazing mother, everything that we hoped wouldn t be true i just remember thinking that this can t be happening. why would this happen to her? was it someone she met that night? was it someone she knows? there was some blood, on some tissues, there was a sweatshirt, she started crying. this is so long there isn t no way, that he could do this. the fifth it was almost as if there was a witness in this case. you knew there was a mystery man out there. there was someone else involved i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat. who s side do you believe? this is getting really scary. green bay was constant, home of the legendary packers. a place where folks love their sunday football, and a great knock down on lambeau field. but in 2018, after the football season and ended. the city had became transfixed by a new battle of sorts. one that played out, not on the grid iron. instead, in a courtroom. a murder case where nothing was as it seemed. a who done it, f
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
. good morning. i m kristin fisher. and i m jim sciutto. just moments ago president biden speaking in warsaw, poland as he met with the nato countries closest to russia s borders. the u.s. and its allies are facing the daunting challenge of how to keep the momentum on ukraine s side one year after russia s invasion. and this morning vladimir putin meeting with a top chinese diplomat in the kremlin as china denies reports that it may be sending weapons to russia. still, putin says they are reaching new milestones and there may be a meeting in the works between the russian and chinese presidents pretty soon. let s begin with president biden meeting with members of what s known as the bucharest 9. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly live in warsaw. phil, we just listened to the president s fairly brief remarks. what was your takeaway from his comments? reporter: i think what s most interesting about what the president is doing today, his final event befo