Violence. Were erasing generations of traumatized americans. That concerns me as a faith leader. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad youre with us here on cnn this morning. Another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. Not just about an arraignment its much bigger than that. Down in washington. Just hours from now, former President Donald Trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d. C. On charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. Night. Ty barriers went upover secret service has done walkthrough of the d. C. Courthouse. Trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States. His fingerprints will be taken digitally. A preview of trumps lawyers will argue, among those his claims of Election Fraud are protected by the first amendments free speech. He truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. Our Kaitlin Collins spoke with bill barr with these m potential legal avenu
watch. murdaugh spent hours, as trace pointed out, on the stand answering questions about his opioid addiction, his finances, stealing millions from clients, even being disbarred, but he denied he was desperate enough to kill. did you shoot a 300 black out into her head, causing her de death? i didn t shoot my wife or my son any time, ever. the disgrace south carolina lawyer on trial for allegedly killing 52-year-old maggie murdaugh in their 22-year-old son, paul, or paw-paw, as he kept coming in for some reason, back into a 21. murdaugh admitted to lying to cops about being at the estate kennels earlier in the evening on june 7th, the day the bodies were later found. i lied about being down th there. and i m so sorry that i did. most of all, i m sorry to mags and paw-paw. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. boy, it does not look good for him. he also said that he initially lied about being at the dog kennels because of his years lon
outfront next, breaking news. the house about to reconvene as mccarthy s bid for speaker looks shakier than ever. six humiliating rounds of votes and we could be looking at a seventh shortly. we have the very latest from capitol hill. plus, who are those 20 republicans waging this war against kevin mccarthy? we re going to give you a closer look. new details tonight on buffalo bills star damar hamlin s condition. for one former nfl player, hamlin s injury brought back members. he was hit in the chest with a puck, collapsed on the ice, carried out on a stretcher. and the former nhl star is it my guest tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. outfront tonight the breaking news. the house is about to gavel back in as open warfare breaks out in the gop. congressman matt gaetz tells cnn he s a, quote, desperate guys whose share is dropping with every subsequent vote. kevin mccarthy s allies are working furiously behind the scenes trying to search for any options as o
will: it s the 7 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this. after his disastrous debate performance, president biden s campaign looking ahead. you all did not have any kind of conversations about should joe biden drop out of this race? no. the conversation that we had is, okay, what do we do next? will: while a new report breaks down who d be responsible to tell joe it s time to go. pete: plus, do not disturb. a pennsylvania state senator joins us as his state becomes the first to test locking students phones away during class. if. rachel: oh, like that i like that idea. and different political views? that could be a dating deal-breaker. how politics is impacting relationships nationwide. the second hour of fox & friends if weekend starts right now. you had a suntan line and red lipstick. i worked so hard for that first kiss. and if a heart don t forget pete: seriously, white bear lake, minnesota that s white bear lake, minnesota. can you
children, and she is going through this, as are her children. i wonder if you could speak to, you know, beyond the law, just the human impact on them from all of this. well, the human impact, they were displaced from their residence a little over two weeks. prior to two and a half weeks ago, their life was normal. they were living out of cars, family and friends staying at hotels, and then returned to a home totally destroyed, upheaval. every item was emptied out of every it dresser drawer, bean bags they are sleeping on now were cut open, backyard dug up. total destruction of personal property in the house, which i don t believe was necessary to extract any forensic evidence out of the house. seems to be a lot of overdone damage. has your client been contacted directly been investigators? i am wondering if she would