good morning. everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, june 17th, 2023. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we ve got a lot going on, including some live pictures. here is what we re starting with for you this morning. a live look in london where the military ceremony known as the trooping of the color is happening. crowds have lined the streets. you re going to get a glimpse of the royal family and they re going to take in the celebrations there. we ll take you live to buckingham palace. there are more details about the tornado that ripped through the texas panhandle as efforts are under way to clean up, millions of people across the south are facing more severe storms and extreme heat. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. the justice department issues a blistering report highlighting what it calls systemic problems at the minneapolis police department leading up to the murder of george flo
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
driver plowed her car into a birthday party in detroit killing an 18 eight-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother. the driver was arrested. 15 people killed in a tram accident. universal studios hollywood. los angeles fire officials say one person was critically hurt. officials are investigating what led to the crash. universal studios is owned by the same parent company as msnbc. today, hundreds taking apart in a fifth day protest at columbus university over the war in gaza. three people were arrested saturday. more than 100 have been arrested since the protest started on wednesday. the protests are spreading. students have set up their own encampments in solidarity with columbia at dozens of universities including yale and unc chapel hill. one of the two reporters who wrote the original stormy daniels hush money payment joins me next. he is going to give us his take on what could be the biggest flashpoints in the trial. a day, everyone, from msnbc world headq
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on c cnn newsroom. hollywood studios and writers could be nearing the end of a strike that s dragged on for nearly five months. a look at why there may be reason for optimism. plus funding the government is one of the most basic responsibilities of congress. and it s time for republicans to start doing the job america elected them to do. millions of americans could see their paychecks delayed as a deadline hangs over congress. a look at what a shutdown could mean for the biden administration. also and liftoff of osiris-rex. rock samples more than 4 billion years old are about to land in utah. i ll speak to a nasa research physicist who s been working on the mission. reporter: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin here in the u.s. where after nearly five months of deadlock, there s hope in th
it. in your opinion, that was not an attack by israel last night, even though we ve seen explosions on video? how he described israel s strike as child s play. the house advancing speaker mike johnson s plan to fund ukraine and israel and ban tiktok with help from democrats, but will it cost johnson his job? video appearing to show an mlb coach in the cockpit of a charter plane while it was flying on autopilot. the faa investigation. and taylor swift releasing her new album with a surprise, giving fans double the excitement. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. tonight the criminal trial of donald trump has quickly reached a key milestone. the jury and a panel of alternates are now fully seated with opening statements set to start as soon as monday, but for many connected to this case, it will be hard to shake the horrific and unexpected turn in the atmosphere of the trial. the images we must warn you hard to watch.