Have arranged getting killed so that his son could get a $10 million insurance policy. Sounds bizarre. A lot of doubts. But for now the focus in this hamilton county, south carolina courtroom is just to get an arraignment on the committing insurance fraud charge. Then it could expand from there. Let s get the latest from steve harrigan in hampton county with more. Steve? we re keeping an eye on the first court appearance of alex murdaugh who stands in front of insurance fraud charges. He hired a former client to shoot him in the head by the side of a rural road in south carolina. The alleged gunman, curtis smith was released on $55,000 bond. Murdaugh surrendered himself to police. He arrived in a tshirt and fluorescent sneakers. His hands were cuffed. Murdaugh gained notoriety when his wife and son were brutal religioned down this summer outside the family s large hunting lodge in rural south carolina. It was murdaugh that discovered the bodies, murdaugh that called 911. Still no publi
but they insist emphatically that he was not. at some point jury will decide he was lying about that. the rest of us are free to ponder a bigger question. is thomas caldwell exhibitionist ? is he an enemy of the nation. in january 6 he was trying to overthrow the u.s. government b force? that s a pretty hard case to make. caldwell s indictment paints hi as a dangerous malicious but their real thomas caldwell does not fit that description part he s a senior citizen he walks with a cane he s a devout christian tried to picture thomas caldwell tv and a bloodthirsty band of insurgents communicant because he didn t. like every protest of that day, caldwell arrived at the event o armed end like the overwhelming majority he committed no acts o violence. the justice department claimed he gets hot to overthrow the american system but thatrt is h to believe, caldwell fit spent most of his life and honorable government services putting 20 years as a naval officer verity retired with 100
only saw him via video today. thank you so much for joining me. cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. hey, abby. hi, kaitlan. good evening, everyone. i am abby phillip. welcome to cnn primetime . we have got one big development after another in that georgia election subversion case against the former president and his 18 codefendants. and tonight, we are learning that rudy giuliani is set to meet with fulton county district attorney s office tomorrow to discuss a bond agreement. that s according to multiple sources. and i will talk tonight with a giuliani adviser about what is ahead for him. plus, with trump s surrender looming, new bond agreements and last-minute legal maneuvers how a top member of the trump white house and a former doj official are both trying to avoid arrest tonight. which of donald trump s 18 codefendants did surrender today? and who reached bail agreements with the fulton county d. a.? and we ve got new developments in the mar-a-lago c
and tonight, a new chapter in biden s illegal immigration s crisis. people from haiti. they are now appearing off the coas gration m haitt of florida, incg one group on a boat stockede gr with firearmous drugs. governor ron desantis will join us to respond. but we begin with our top story out of fulton county, georgia, ourtonight where disgraced anti-trump district attorney fani willisti- trum haw turned the atlanta court system into nothing but a jokthe. onigt now, today, the superior courtin judge in this case, scott mcafee, all but accused willis of lying, corruption and frankly, gross o this conduct. he slammed the, quote, financial of impropriety surrounding her illicit affair and co-mingling of finances with the outside counsel counse that she hired with hundreds of thousands of dollare hires of taxpayer funds to help prosecute. of course, donals tod trump. and now he called her bizarre outburst during testimonyssiona unprofessional. he accused both willis and her lover
and two years since the u.s. military s chaotic exit from afghanistan, families of the service members killed in the kabul airport bombing are demanding answers. i won t fight until my last breath gets to the truth. we ll discuss two years since the taliban takeover with congressman michael mccall, chair of the committee. house foreign affairs committee. and evan smith, top democrat on house armed services. then a surprise development and the hunter biden criminal investigation i m here today to announce the appointment david weiss as a special counsel. . they are trying to put out a fire and they put gasoline on it. . we will ask our sunday panel what role the courtroom drama will play. in 2024 p plus she s the best-selling female gospel artist of all time. eagle one-on-one with cece winans. matter where you are in life when you are praying for something, believe me for something. all right now on fox news sunday. we begin with breaking news. nearly a hun