explosives aboard and a legion flight from lehigh valley from pennsylvania to florida. evan perez joins us now from stanford, florida. evan, who is this guy? he s 40 years old. his name is matt mott free. and he was flying, anderson, from lehigh valley airport, which is in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando. according to the fbi, he checked a bag and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found they found powder. that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so, the question is, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him. while he was still at the airport he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia, don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups
good evening, everybody. andrew davis out here in hampton county right now with a story that really everybody is talking about. we now know officially that alex murdaugh was shot. alex murdaugh was changing a tire on the side of the road in rural hampton county saturday when a car passed him, turned around, and someone shot him in the head. this is when you wonder if they just started making things up or it was a soap opera somewhere. it seems like it s a tv show more than it seemed like real life, because in this case, how does this get more unusual? and then was it the same person that shot maggie and paul or what may happen as you spin through your mind? murdaugh called 9-1-1 shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon to report he d been shot. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah for treatment. there was an entry and exit wound. murdaugh s skull was fractured and there was minor brain bleeding as well. when i first got that call, i was fearing for the worst, lik
how s your client now? how s his state of mind? not good. jimmy, where jim! i was with him that morning he was shot. in his mind, he was ready to give up. i said, you know, alex, there s an end to this, and there s a life beyond this. and you need to be here for your family, and buster loves you, and, you know, we all support you 100%. and he told me that he had an opioid addiction and that he had been struggling with it for many, many years and it was very expensive. alex murdaugh s speaking for the first time in weeks, this time from a savannah hospital bed. the patriarch of the family making big decisions as he recovers from a gunshot wound. the murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. i ve made a lot of decisions that i truly regret. i m resigning from my law firm and entering rehab after a long battle that s been exacerbated by these murders. after alex was shot, first thing he did was admit that he had an opioid addic
being there for us. let s bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? well, it s important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effective to address the things that sam highlighted. however, we do assess that ukraine requires a combination of armored personnel carriers, fighting vehicles, and tanks to be able to have the maneuver capability that will need to be successful, both in the near term and in the longer term in this fight, and so really what you are seeing here is the united states making a commitment, demonstrating its commitment to ukraine for the long-term, combined with the near-term capabilities that
phone locks at 8:49 and 31 seconds, around that same time, and she never answers another text, never sends another text, never makes another phone call never receives another phone call. three minutes, ladies and gentlemen, three minutes, after a video shows he s at the scene with the victims and told everybody he was never there. never there. credibility ladies and gentlemen. what happens? you ll hear evidence that alex s phone conspicuously he didn t have a lot of activity from about 8:09 p.m. until 9:02 p.m. and if he was at the kennels, which the evidence will show, why is his phone not with him? why is it not showing activity? but you will hear that at 9:02. all of a sudden his phone starts to pick up activity. 9:02 the calls he starts moving at 9:04:40 calls maggie s phone, doesn t answer, of course, doesn t answer it. he calls his father randolph in the house but doesn t appear there s an answer there. he calls maggie again at 9:06. remember he s just a third of a mile