jack smith has made a move. and mike pence going public on this legal strategy i ve been telling you about. how the man who has claimed repeatedly that he was the hero of january 6th now wants to resist telling the truth about january 6th. which, at a minimum, is odd if not downright legally suspicious. we have, i would say, a lot. yet, our top story isn t even one of those potentially important developments. our top story is a setback for the most powerful conservative megaphone in america. literally, measurably. it s also drinking drawing new legal heat on alleged trump allies who have been a part of the attacks on our democracy for years. new developments tonight. there is a wave of lawsuits. some of them quite effective against alleged defamation and specifically the powerful fox news empire. i m talking about multibillion- dollar lawsuits about the conspiracy theories that many of you, as a direct line to feeding the insurrection. the people suing fox are basically winni
what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdict.
welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news, and i will take you straight to live pictures from kentucky and show you the scene there, becausejust in kentucky and show you the scene there, because just in the last few moments there is news of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties, according to the city s police department. that being put on twitter, news from downtown louisville in kentucky, that there are multiple casualties after a shooting. just one line from the police saying they are confirming reports of an active aggressor in the 300 block. please stay out of the 300 block. please stay out of the area. it goes on to add that the fbi have said that agents have responded to the scene. i have been watching these pictures in the last few seconds, and the police presence is already there, but it is clear from the bit of information from the reuters news agency quoting from the police that this is an ongoing situation and it appears they are still searching f
the attempt to revive a deal to curb tehran s nuclear ambitions is as good as dead. the iranian government is enriching uranium, repressing its people, and arming moscow with drones. my guest isjoe biden s iran envoy, robert malley. he s the arch diplomat. but where does the us go when diplomacy fails? robert malley in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s great to have you on the show. you ve had two years now, trying to use diplomacy to diffuse the tensions, tackle the differences with iran. is it time to acknowledge that that diplomatic effort has failed? well, stephen, what i d say is diplomacy never ends, even as we are doing other things and we ve always taken several steps against iran, whether it s sanctions, pressure, countering what they re doing in the region and also mobilizing the international community even as we do all that, we had negotiations, indirect negotiations with iran. we ve said publicly we re prepared to continue those