in. who is next 1234. wouldn t you are like to know. plus the plea deal that allowed the michigan state gunman to legally buy guns. oonand will the lawyers put murdaugh on the stand in his own defense? former south carolina governor nikki haley is kicking off her bid for the presidency in a matter of hours. she will become the first major rival to challenge donald trump for the gop nomination. it is time for a new ew generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose. the haley campaign launch gets under way today in charleston. kylie atwood is there. i m nikki haley and i m running for president. reporter: nikki haley telling her story to the american people as a presidential candidate for the first time. i was the proud daughter of indian immigrants. not black, not white. i was different. but my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similar
and for the first time, we hear the cockpit audio from the f-16 fighter pilots tracking the unidentified object over lake huron off michigan. the remarkable exchange as they try to take down the object. martha raddatz with new reporting. tonight, the miracle brothers, nearly 200 hours after the earthquake, they re pulled out alive. and tonight, turkey s president erdogan under fire for supporting the push to forgive construction violations in the past. and real questions mounting about whether many new buildings were actually built to code. james longman in turkey. here in the u.s. tonight, the alex murdaugh trial, and for the first time, we hear from the dead wife s sister. what she reveals about the day of the murders, and about the marriage. the race for president. on the republican side. she was once in the trump administration, now she ll challenge former president trump for the nomination. what nikki haley said today during her announcement. tonight, we hear fro
at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
undergoing a blistering cross examination by the prosecution. they are trying to poke holes in his claim he did not kill his wife maggie and youngest son paul. on the stand murdaugh admitted he lied to police about where he was in the moments leading up to the killing and confessed to being addicted to opioids and stealing from clients. we ll have more in a few moments. first, it is hard to believe it has been one year to the day since russian troops and tanks rolled across the border and ukraine still remains in place. translator: if we all do our home work, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think, i want it this year. we have everything for it. we have the motivation, certainty, the friends, the diplomacy. we are helped by our friends for our shared values so this war doesn t spread, so this aggression doesn t spread. in addition to vowing ukraine will see victory, president zelenskyy met with wounded soldiers at a kyiv hospital t
up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we ve got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. and court action set to resume shortly. our nbc news reporters are here with all the latest developments, and we begin in south carolina where alec murdaugh is due back on the stand any minute now. nbc s catie beck is outside the courthouse. we were watching together that withering cross-examination from the prosecution today, accusing murdaugh of manufacturing