6th a national embarrassment. Pierre thomas with late reporting. Also breaking at this hour, the urgent manhunt outside philadelphia tonight and the new images just of the escaped convicted murderer. Authorities closing schools, expanding their search area. Where they believe he is now. Trevor ault on the ground there. The record heat. 70 million americans, texas, all the way up to New York City tonight. This is expected to last for days. Were also watching what could become another very powerful hurricane. Ginger zee tracking the potential path. The bombshell in the Alec Murdaugh case. The husband and father convicted of murdering his own wife and son what his attorneys are now claiming. So, will he get a new trial . Tonight, news on Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, after freezing in front of reporters on two occasions. What the capitol physician is now saying. Rachel scott live on the hill. The first lady dr. Jill biden testing positive for covid. The president , two tests now
Camera and said this. The state versus Richard Alexander murdaugh, defendant, indictment for murder sc code 163, cdr code 0116 verdict guilty. So murdaughs attorneys say that they have sworn testimony that hill, that woman that you just saw, told jurors to not believe murdaughs testimony. She pressured them once they went in to the deliberations to get to a verdict quickly. Thats their side of the story. Thats what theyre saying. Two jurors have signed affidavits to. So this trial captivated the nation as the former South Carolina lawyer was convicted of shooting and killing his wife, maggie and his son, paul at the kennels on their property on june 7, 2021 at 8 44 or there abouts that evening. These murders were just the beginning of this deep and storied tale. Bizarre revelations came to light during this trial and the investigation prior to it, one after the other around his addi addiction. He said he took as many as 60 pills a day and then it started to spill out that he took milli
Start the check of our weather with drew. Hi, drew. Hey, good morning. So we do have a little bit of drizzle out there. The marine layer is with us overhead and it is on the way to a cooler afternoon to end out the workweek. Heres live. Doppler seven, see a little bit of green on the screen, mainly over the city and along the coast. You need your windshield wipers close to the coast this morning with that light drizzle. Overhead temperatures were actually elevated thanks to that marine layer. Its keeping numbers in most spots in the low and mid 60s. So were off to a mild start. Its a bit muggy out there, but temperatures will be cooler today compared to yesterday because the marine layer is going to be slower to break down this morning. Heres future weather. All of that cloud cover at 9 a. M. Its one of those days, even by lunchtime am, its still quite cloudy over the city. Were still seeing fog across parts of the east bay shoreline around emeryville. And well find that sunshine away
This school gym demolished. Just Basketball Hoops left standing and the roof of this Fire Department and these homes totally destroyed. Now more than 40 million on alert for Severe Weather this holiday weekend. And a scary moment at the zoo. An ape named jumanji caught on tape picking up a cement block and hurling it toward a family. Inside that terrifying moment as a mom races to protect her 2yearold child. We do say good morning, america. What news to wake up this morning to. That republican congressional candidate charged with bodyslamming a reporter. The report, ben jacobs, is standing by with our exclusive with him. Well hear from him in a moment. Not something you expect to see. Montanas only empty house seat, voters in montana go to the polls today and it was sparked by a question about health care. Jacobs was trying for a response from the Congressional Budget Office but the Health Care Bill will lead to 23 million more insured in the next decade. The white House Democrats figh
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