he s back in delaware for another weekend of rest and relaxation. we have full coverage of his latest cognitive malfunction. it was pretty bad. that s coming up tonight. also, england s own piers morgan will weigh in on meghan and harry. [applause] the royal couple are reportedly struggling to cope with a cartoon that made fun of them. these are people who say they want privacy, but they show up on oprah, on netflix, they write books. didn t want privacy, they want money. they are just lying to us. anyway, first we begin tonight with something really deadly serious, and america is now suffering from what is a severe violence and murder crisis. in fact, countrywide, the murder rate is at the highest point in more than 20 years and it s going higher, it seems, every day, with a 4.3% increase in 2021 alone. now, of course, you won t see any of these statistics on other networks, because they hide for example, in 2020 we had 574 riots, and they refused to call riots riots. we h
most of the year. [laughter] pete: yeah. and the groundhog did the see its shadow, so it s lots more winter rachel: i love wisconsin, but i love it even more in the summer. it s the most beautiful place in the world in the summer. pete: the most beautiful place in the world in the summer? rachel: my little cabin on the lake is a little slice of heaven. if you ve been there will: take that, hawaii. [laughter] rachel: yeah pete: take that, caribbean. hayward, wisconsin. rachel: yeah. pete: it is legit, it s beautiful. for sure. rachel: it s also a little bit retro. it s slowed down, not like everywhere else. pete: everyone deserves their piece of heaven, and ours is fourth hour of fox & friends weekend will: we were just debating what we ll be calling our grandparents pete: in minnesota, it was a little vanilla. rachel: will you be grandpa if pete? if. pete: i don t know. i haven t thought about that. will: i had a mimi and a papa. rachel: i ll be yaya rachel. pete:
my gosh, this is my husband s worst nightmare, how did you do it? my husband absolutely just i mean, he stepped in and did what needed to be done. we are just we re grateful we were able to figure it out and have support from the best out there. so did you mama. you get a lot of credit, too. this is the last time we re going to call you for many months. enjoy this precious time. we will see you soon, friend. thanks, guys. told you, best morning moment. thank you for being with us this monday, we will see you tomorrow. cnn newsroom is now. good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. hello, erica. good morning, jim. nice to see you this morning. good to have all of you with us as well. happening now, officials are investigating after a southwest flight was forced to make an emergency landing, this as smoke filled the cabin. look at these images here. [ speaking non-english ] an engine failure just moments after takeoff. cover your nose, i don t know if that
his family. i would never intentionally do anything to kill either one of them. what is he doing there is brilliant. is he creating the premise for a down charge. the spirit of revival is contagious several universities hold marathon prayer services inspired by ashbury university. it can t be stopped here and he is really commissioning and sending. odell catch. down the sideline. for the touchdown. wow, what a catch. i don t care if summoned blue tuesday s great and wednesday, too thursday i. steve: live from las vegas where it s 3:01 p.m. pacific time. how many people are in the casinos right now. ainsley: a lot. brian: not us. steve: sinking down the free drinks come on hit me. ainsley: so fun to go there but i don t like the smoke in the casinos do they still allow that? steve: i just don t like the losing the money part. ainsley: i think you still can. steve: friday, february 24th, 2023. it seems like a long week. if you are in las vegas
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne