to governor itself, the district should have autonomy and some of them are saying they re disappointed. d.c. has this right, it s a sad day for d.c. home rule. deeply disappointed. it is a very divisive issue for the democrats and it is a har b harbinger on the issue that democrats may have on crime going into this election. certainly something to watch. thank you so much. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. today disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife, maggie and his youngest son paul. a judge handed down two consecutive life sentences without parole for the killings. his defense team plans to file an appeal in the next few days. before he was sentenced, the former lawyer maintained his innocence. i ll say it again. i respect this court. but i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son p
update from the state department as america s strongest ally in the middle east faces growing calls worldwide to retreat from gaza s largest hospital. sandra: the idf saying troops are still going room by room at al-shifa hospital and have found extensive military equipment belonging to hamas, as well as computers that contain photos of the israeli hostages that could be beneath the hospital in an extensive tunnel network that we have been showing here on the program. we ll take you there live as the briefing begins in moments. the folks and democratic leadership have not been listening to the 80% of us from diverse communities to stop the ceasefire and stop the genocide. sandra: violent outside a dnc headquarters last night, israeli troops inch closer to attacking the tunnels under al-shifa hospitals. i don t know roberts in washington. here we go again, sandra, another busy afternoon. sandra: america reports . more than 150 protestors voicing deep frustration with
The babies, food for their pets, they cannot get medicine, they re worried about any medical emergencies and that s just some of the concerns that they tell me about. they say they re so tired of cleaning up the snow and not seeing a lot of progress. so just a lot of concern from a lot of these residents. i talked to derek hayes, here is how he s describing his situation. there s nowhere to put the snow. there s no way to walk around. it s up to my neck in a lot of places. you take a step, you sink all the way down. you have to crawl your way out of the snow to even move around. reporter: now, authorities have told us that they have crews, they re members of the national guard, that are already up in the mountain. their priority is to clear some of the roads. they re conducting evacuations, they re flying in food for people who are running out of food. so there is some progress. but authorities today apologizing saying it is going to take time and asking people
The bombing at the kabul airport in august that killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians was the result of a single bomber. not a complex attack as the united states military thought. the pentagon shared the results of the month s long investigation. that attack happened when the u.s. and foreign troops were conducting evacuations. oren liebermann joins us now. what more are u.s. officials saying about the investigation. investigators have been interviewing scores of u.s. witnesses and coalition forces to get a better sense of exactly what happened during, before and after the attack. in the conclusion of that investigation, they say that the attack itself could not have been prevented. they say the bomber likely used alternate routes to get to the ab gate of hid karzai international airport to avoid taliban checkpoints and it was