murdaugh which wrapped up a short time ago, and the judge sentenced the disgraced attorney to two consecutive life sentences for the mirder of his w wife maggie and his son paul. i will tell you again, and i respect this court, and i am innocent. i would never again under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie or hurt my son paw-paw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster that you have become when you take 10, 20, 50, 60 opioid pills that you become another person. this is all one day after the jury convicted murdaugh on four murder charges. it took just three hours. we will go out to dianne gallagher. walk us through what happened in court this morning. it was incredibly remarkable to hear from judge clifton newman reflecting in a measured way talking about this these crimes that murdaugh has been convicted of, but also the person that he saw hymn become. amara, we have talked for so long why this particular case is capturing nation, and it is
[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please receive this benediction. gracious and everlasting god, as we depart this had ceremony inspired by the create can jous actions of colonel davis, help us to follow his selfless example as we serve our nation s people. hay our participation in today s ceremony couple with the strength and shaping of your spirit to compel us to live lives of integrity and valor for the good of the nation, for the gad of our families and the good of human kind around the world. bless and protected our armed forces as they preserve our freedoms. keep the lamp of liberty burning bright on the united states of america and our allies around the world. and grant us all your grace to meet the challenges ahead, the strength to overcome every obstacle and um part the wisdom and will to do justly and walk humbly before you all the days of our lives. it is in your most holy and precious name i pray, amen. you re watching a simply remarkable moment there at the
bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. and with respiratory viruses on the rise and kids medicine harder to find, we ll look at how to keep your family safe during the holidays. we begin this morning with the dangerous winter storm battering much of the country that has up ended holiday travel for many americans. this morning more than 200 million americans are still under some kind of weather warning orred a size ri. the storm continues to move east expected to bring powerful winds and bitterly freezing temperatures after dumping blind ing snow on parts of the midwest. hundreds of thousands of people are without power this morning. meteorologists have categorized the storm as a bomb cyclone. the storm disrupting travel for folks looking to head out for the holiday weekend. according to flight aware, there are already more than 3,000 flight cancellations and more than 2,000 delays in the u.s. joinings us now is shaq brewster in michigan and meteorologist agie lasm
intense fighting back underway in gaza. could another temporary truce be on the way? cnn has learned that israel and hamas are continuing to negotiate actively negotiating the release of more hostages. the latest on that. plus former president trump s attorneys are in a fulton county courtroom right now defending their client for the first time as they try to have his charges in the georgia election subversion case thrown out. and kicked out of congress. an historic move the house e expels george santos. he s calling his ouster dangerous. we re following these danger developing stories and many more. we start this hour with a return to war. israel and hamas back to fighting after a week-long truce. now this video shows the iron dome intercepting the first rocketing targeting israel since the truce ended this was near tel aviv. in gaza, israeli air stieks hit the south. israel ice military dropped leaflets drking palestinians to evacuate the area which was described as a f