committee and the countdown to the state of the union speeches on, folks. president biden is expected to make his case for reelection after more positive news on the economy. i will get a preview from a member of the council of economic advisers. plus, we are continuing our special series on living black history with trail blazers cynthia marshall. the first black woman ceo of an nba team. i am symone with sandra townsend and i have something to say. and the balloon is out of this guy. the questions surrounding u.s. security and relations with china are still up in the air. on saturday, and f-22 fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon over the atlantic off the coast of south carolina. the balloon entered u.s. continental airspace last tuesday. china s defense department condemned the strike and denies the balloon was intended for surveillance. but a senior administration official has rejected that claim, telling nbc news this. this was a prc surveillance balloon.
murdaugh waits his fate. we are an hour and a half away from the start of this morning s sentence hearing. brian: it took the jury less than three hours of jury deliberations to convict murdaugh. griff: live outside of the courthouse, hey charles. hey, good morning alex murdaugh expected back in court at 9:30 local time this morning. sentencing after a jury found him guilty of killing both his wife maggie and son paul on the property in 2021. really a tough day for alex on thursday who immediately after the verdict was read and out of the courthouse in handcuffs for the entire world to see. the 54-year-old staring 34 years or life in prison after the jury came back three hours of deliberations with unanimous verdict of guilty on two counts of murder and two counts of possessing a weapon during the condition of a violent crime here this verdict coming after weeks of testimony, including testimony from alex himself who was forced to admit he lied to the police for almost
tonight on the prosecutor in america who may scare donald trump the most. new unseen footage from special counsel jack smith. that s coming up. meanwhile, mccarthy tapped santos for a committee that, well, you wouldn t believe it. we begin now with the serious reports of actual domestic terrorism in our nation. a new mexico republican arrested for allegedly targeting the other party, democrats, accused of shooting into at least four homes of democratic officials. there s new video of fed taking this suspect, solomon pena into custody in new mexico. he calls himself the maga king. he s basically a failed candidate for local office. he lost that november election by wide margin. he ll be in court tomorrow facing conspiracy charges. police say he s the mastermind of a string of shootings, political violence from the right, in this case targeting democrats that goes all the way back to last month, december. police say he might have been motivated by the anger he felt from his los
wide open. new figures show migrants keep coming into the country illegally at record numbers. and the border patrol chief is blaming biden a policy no immigration policy for sparking the search. there are plenty of consequences for the rest of us. fentanyl described as the most devastating drug ever seen is also coming across are wide open borders. and now our children are in danger. the d.a. is officially a warning americans of an alarming new trend. get this, it is terrifying. fentanyl disguised as candy, these rainbow colored pills you see them they were, found in 18 states and they are being marked specifically towards kids and towards teenag. morgan, you can see this is at the southern border. one of the most alarming eye-opening pieces and i read it this morning the wall street journal, take a look at this. i want to read an excerpt how mexican cartels dominate america s fentanyl supply. these details are george english. at a halfway house, a long time cartel employe
arrested and then released in a matter of hours. happens all the time. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. dana has the day off. welcome back, j.b. julie: i m julie banderas and this is america s newsroom. the assault was caught on video. this happened over the weekend in harlem. police say the teen jumped a subway turnstile without paying when officers confronted him and things turned very violent very fast. bill: street fight. you can see the suspect hitting the cop. the teen puts the officer in a choke hold when a second officer steps in to try and help. julie: why did it get so out of control? former officer bill stanton has his thoughts. could you imagine if this cop felt so in fear of his life he had to use the weapons there would be riots in the street. a cop now has to worry about getting arrested. losing his job and getting sued civilly. they may well lose their lives. julie: good morning, brian, from new york city. good morning. fox news can confirm