guilty on all counts, after six week trial, more than 70 witnesses took a south carolina jury less than three hours of deliberations to decide that alec murdaugh was guilty of killing his wife and son. his sentencing is set for tomorrow. we re back with s. e. cupp, patrick mcenroe joins us, as well. they ve, you are an attorney, what do you think sealed the deal but allow the jury to decide this in three hours. the jury s all right through this conman. he lied from day one. he lied to his family. he lied to police. and then when he got caught in a lie, because of his sons video, he changed his story on the spot, the jury didn t believe his new story. ironically, it was his son paul who solved his own murder. yes, we ve been saying that. paul s cell phone capture the audio of alex murdaugh at the kennels that night, when he said he wasn t. didn t he know that he said these in discovery where he would ve been tipped off that he had this video? why was he caught in that
arkansas. the national weather service is categorizing tornado that hit here on friday as ef three tornado i want to show you what type of damage in ef-3 can do. this dumpster tossed aside like it was a child s toy, the national weather service says the wings associated with the tornado were whipping at 165 miles per hour. at the maximum width, this tornado was about 1.3 miles wide had a path of destruction of 29.9 miles, nearly 30 miles this tornado was raging, you can see the destruction that it dealt roofs ripped off, homes destroyed, people s lives shattered. it s good to take a long time for folks in this neighborhood in northwest little rock to start the cleanup of the recovery process is now ongoing, yesterday city workers were in the streets clearing things up 115 workers out here, the national guard is also on the ground helping out 100 national guardsmen and shelters have also been established for people to go to. obviously there s a lot of folks that are going to
griff: took the jury less than three hours to convict him of the murder of his wife and son. ainsley: charles watson is outside of the court house in walter borough, south carolina. what is the latest? what are you expecting this morning will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole when alec murdaugh is sentenced behind me this morning for the murders of his wife maggie and son paul. after thursday s verdict alec was remanded almost immediately and let out ever the cool tan county courthouse he is staring at 30 years to life in prison after the jury came back guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. scene of the murders after voice was caught snapchat video moments of before his wife and son were killed. son buster sat a few rows behind him with a deflated look on his face. his lawyers tried to throw a hail mary with a request for a mistrial lack of evidence. judge newman thought otherwise
coming up this hour, an honor that is long overdue, president biden will award a vietnam veteran with the medal of honor for his incredible bravery almost 60 years ago. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina where just in the last hour disgraced ex-lawyer alex murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. after he was convicted of murdering his wife maggie and youngest son paul in a high profile case that captivated the country. in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. before he was sentenced, murdaugh addressed the court this morning. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. pretty much all he said. last night in just under three hours
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