announced that they had done so to the clerk. and now they are just waiting for court personnel to return to the courtroom, in which the jury will announce its verdict. they went in to deliberations at 3:50 eastern time this afternoon, so this seems like a relatively quick verdict for what was a very complicated and lengthy trial. prosecutors trying to prove that alec murdaugh killed his wife and son. they say to create a distraction as his admitted financial crimes were beginning to catch up with him. the murders took place on the same day that people from his law firm approached him and started questioning him about large sums of missing funds. alec murdaugh eventually admitted to stealing money from clients, from other attorneys, vulnerable individuals, some of his closest friends but throughout the trial he insisted and his attorneys insisted that he was not a murderer, that he would never bring any harm to his family. the defendant, mr. murdaugh, suggested that the killi
revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l
martha: thanks. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. the story now just revealed video of a hamas official saying israel must be finished and he s not ashamed to say that this is their goal. that is gaza hamad making the comments on lebanese television. he also says that the october 7th massacre will happen again and again until the job is finished. watch. israel is a country that has no place on our land. we must remove that country because it constitutes a security, military and political catastrophe and must be finished. we re not ashamed to say this with full force. we must teach israel a lesson and we will do this again and again. this is the first time and there will be a second, a third and a fourth because we have the determination, the resolve and the capabilities to fight. the occupation must come to an end. occupation war? ? the gaza strip? the palestinian lands. does that mean the annihilation of israel? yes. the existence of i
thought he could basically beat the prosecutor up there and it backfired and now he is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars? bill: i don t know what they would have done whether he would not have taken the stand. that s all hypothetical at the moment. he is a lawyer himself. jesse: a good one. bill: is he thinking i m the best lawyer in this county. i m the best lawyer in this state. i can talk my way out of this. jesse: he didn t. bill: he did not. jesse: so they are going to have this sentencing tomorrow, and you re going to hear, what? you are going to hear victim s testimony, family testimony, people in the community, and your assessment of how this judge is going to handle tomorrow? bill: that is clifton newman and pretty impressive guy i would say, just the way he handled himself and talking about the rights of the victims, too. and that comment he made where he said the evidence of guilt is overwhelming. jesse: overwhelming. bill: so the suggestion t
but going back. he failed to protect the people, his own definition of his job. bob woodward, carl bernstein, thank you, stay with us for the expected trump family testimony, video of the attack, and much more just ahead. open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the besgelato. you ve ever tast. talenti. raise the jar.