[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please receive this benediction, gracious ever lasting god as we depart this ceremony inspired by the courageous actions of colonel davis. may our participation in today s ceremony coupled with the strengthening and shaping with your spirit to let us live life in integrity and valor for the good of our nations, our families and the good of human kinds all around the world. bless and protect our armed forces as they preserve our frefre frefreedom. grant us ale to meet the challenges ahead, the strength to overcome every obstacles and impart us the wisdom and the will to do justly and walk humbly. it is in your holy and precious name i pray, amen. distinguished guests, please remain in your seats as the president departs. thank you. what a beautiful ceremony. we started in prayer there as we dipped into that a few minutes ago and they ended in prayer, at the center of it all, after the president made his comments and awarded the meda
good morning, i m ana cabrera alongside my colleague josé diaz-balart with special coverage, the historic criminal trial of a former president moves from the courtroom to the jury room. any moment judge juan merchan will start laying out the instructions to the jury, and that s expected to last about an hour. then the jurors begin deliberations, which could last until at least 4:30 today. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, catherine christian, former manhattan assistant district attorney, temidayo agone da williams, former federal prosecutor, and adam pollock, and judge diane keyes l, a retired court judge. yasmin, what s going on right now? reporter: ten hours of closing yesterday. here we are, jury instructions happening any moment now. court beginning at 10:00 a.m. donald trump inside the courtroom not making any comments as he was walking in. let s just remind folks where we are and what these charges kind of make up. the falsifica
Florida judge Jeffrey Ashton, who was the lead prosecutor during the Casey Anthony trial, is reportedly under investigation after allegations of molestation and failure to report child abuse were apparently made against him, according to an executive order signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
family is shocking. i grew up watching the casey anthony trial. i saw a lot of similarities there. she was actually not found guilty of murdering her young daughter. there were a lot of similarities of the lying and changing of the story. at the end of the day, he was so unlikable and his lies - the jury said that this morning. he was so unlikable that even there were moments for pause, they look at this man as a liar. he could have done this to his wife. he was that narcissist. he could have done it. we are waiting remarks from murdaugh s defense team right now. i am going to ask my manager, john, to put it up on the fish bowl so we can see this. they re walking up to the microphone and they re getting ready to start right now. we ll go straight away to south carolina with the defense team offal lex murdaugh speaking for the first time since he was sentenced to 60 years in prison.