look at the polls in new hampshire, a stone throw from donald trump. she s not going to win new hampshire, they never went after donald trump, they tried to beat me and they failed in beating me. john: the stage is set for new hampshire as former president trump says it s time for republicans to come together after his decisive victory in iowa. husband two remaining challengers say not so fast. i m john roberts in washington, the day after. sandra: indeed, john, good to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is report reports. history landslide victory in the hawkeye state last night saw the former president elect clips the 50% mark and win all but one of iowa s 99 counties. ron desantis barely beat out nikki haley for the silver. john: president biden called his predecessor the clear gop front-runner and saying this election will be you and me versus the extreme maga republicans. sandra: complete coverage for you now. david and richard are standing by, but f
don t come to me, i ll come to you. the president makes the trip up pennsylvania avenue as democrats set their priority list. senate majority leader chuck schumer was in the room, and now he will be here on the lead . a plot to kill foiled in michigan as authorities arrest a man they say wanted to kill jewish lawmakers including fwf michigan s attorney general. after six weeks of testimony and more than 70 witnesses, now the jury gets the case in the double murder trial for alex murdaugh. welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. we start with our national lead. moments ago the jury began deliberations in the murder trial of alex murdaugh. the jury will have to decide if murdaugh killed his wife maggie and son paul. more than 70 witnesses testified in the trial, which spanned more than six weeks. murdaugh admitted on the stand he lied to investigators about where he was the night of the murders, but he has fervently denied he committed the killings. mu
trial alex murdaugh visited the scene of the crime. murdaugh s defense will make closing arguments. ma maggie sees what happenedd she comes running over there to her baby. wealthy buckhead neighborhood to break away from the city. murder up 44% in buckhead. time for a change. everybody wants to vote on this. so let us volt. it s the american way. four astronauts into space. 3, 2, 1. full power. and liftoff. go dragon, go falcon. brian: hi, everyone we wake up well it s not good news. straight to a fox news alert. new jersey state trooper is shot during duty. the shooting happened in the town of patterson about 20 miles northwest of new york city. the trooper was hit in the leg and taken to the hospital. two others were also taken to the hospital to be checked out. it s unclear what injuries they sustained right now. law enforcement officers from around the area are searching for the two suspects. one already in custody. we will bring you more on the breaking n
control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres