washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
than $725 billion for lawsuits and without its biggest, brightest star, tucker carlson the new york times reports that his departure is made more stun big the fact that the network did nothing after carlson pushed the envelope over and over, pedaling inflammatory information. quote, the network stuck by him after carlson claimed that immigration had made america, quote, poor and dirty. he seemed to shrug off a racist conspiracy theory known as the great replacement, along with the fact that when russia invaded ukraine, he seemed to promote russia s point of view the fallout from carlson s ouster is unclear. quote, mr. carlson s rise prefigured trump s takeover of the republican party his own conversion from bow tied libertarian to popularist remade the party. he prospered with trump s presidency he made frank nativism the primary touch stones of republican politics. if fox and its host prospered because of trump, their efforts to deny the presidential results threw the netw
talking about 2024. first lady, jill biden, just give one of the clear signs yet that president biden will run for reelection giving the associated press, there s pretty much nothing less to do but figure at the time in place for the announcement. and for the president there actually maybe no better time than the president, a new and pr poll has biden with his highest travel rating it almost a year. 49% among registered voters. many have donald trump who is not tearing as well, according to the same poll. the majority of republicans, and right-leaning independents prefer someone other than trump at the top of the gop ticket. it is one of several recent indicators that trump s grip on the republican party might actually be slipping. in the report from the washington post plans that even some of the ex presidents most faithful supporters are now suffering from the dreaded trump fatigue. the post interviewed more than 150 trump supporters and they found that although he maintain
it is one of several recent indicators that trump s grip on the republican party might actually be slipping. in the report from the washington post plans that even some of the ex presidents most faithful supporters are now suffering from the dreaded trump fatigue. the post interviewed more than 150 trump supporters and they found that although he maintains a bond with his base, many voters have expressed interest in finding a new standard. one interviewer said i, and a lot of other republicans were supportive of president trump are becoming less and less supportive. not because i am a never trumper, i just don t believe that trump is a best person to move this party forward. ouch. just this morning, republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel, through a new program at trump three loyalty pledge. she said all candidates wishing to take part in the republican party s first debate must promise to support the eventual 2024 nominee. that s been used to trump who said earli
the need for proof of any actual election fraud listen. it can t just be, you know, somebody tweeted this. it s got to be demonstrable facts that can be laid out with evidence because that s what a court of law is going to look to, not just an allegation, but actual facts and so i feel i m hopeful you know, i m hoping rudy comes on the show tomorrow and he has some of those facts and i hope the legal team continues to lay out the specific evidence because that s what it s going to take to prevail in court. they were all pinning all of their hopes on rudy and sidney powell explains why team trump would go on to lose 61 times in court, judge after judge after judge in courts all across the country, some of those judges appointed by donald trump himself, as well as the united states supreme court dismissed trump s claims of fraud and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election through the courts and they lost because as they very well knew, as ted cruz knew, there wasn t an