major developments in two trials that could shake this nation. the lead starts right now. the man who shot unarmed black jogger ahmaud arbery on the defensive as prosecutors try to punch holes in his story. the stunning step by step account of the final moments of arbery s life. a critical day for the president s $1.7 trillion spending plan as we find out whether it will pay for itself like the white house claims. she was thrown in prison for reporting on the early days of covid in china. the new push to free her as her health now fails. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our national lead. a pair of emotionally charged trials are attracting nationwide attention. in just a moment we ll get to the latest developments as a jury deliberates the fate of kyle rittenhouse, a teenager facing homicide charges in the killings of two men during last year s black lives matter demonstrations in kenosha, wisconsin. let s start in georgia where th
and the house is closing in on a long awaited vote on president biden s nearly $2 trillion social spending bill. the vote could happen as soon as tonight as lawmakers get a new assessment of the price tag and the senate braces for a showdown. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to two of the most closely watched trials in the united states right now. cnn s omar jimenez is covering the kyle rittenhouse case but we ll begin with breaking news. our national correspondent ryan young is in brunswick, georgia. major, new developments tonight. update our viewers. reporter: absolutely, wolf. major news in this case. travis mcmichael the man at the center of the case was on stand again the prosecution going piece by piece through his testimony sort of ripping parts of it apart. one thing they got him to say is he never said this was a citizens arrest. then the defense re
julie: i am julie grauert. we are keeping a close eye on temperatures this morning. shiri is watching where icy spots may form during the morning commute. shiri, how are things looking right now. shiri: out there i am fairly optimistic. above freezing. 40s in boston. 41 degrees. bedford and lawrence at 40. 43 in hyannis. 36 in worcester and 36 in portsmouth, new hampshire. nashua and portsmouth under a freezing rain advisory. could get to freezing and if we get any drizzle could cause patchy conditions. look at that drizzle. a couple of spot sprinkles forming around 7:00 and continuing in a very widely scattered fashion through noon scattered fashion through noontime. still plenty of spots and the dry spots are filling through the afternoon. widespread drizzle at 3 p.m. kids coming home from school. make sure you are sending them with any rain gear because wet degrees during the afternoon hours and there are some of your steadier wind as you shift toward the evening commu
patchy fog turns into widespread drizzle by 3:00 this afternoon and by 7:00 this evening 50 degrees. heavier rain in spots. so we have the timeline on when to expect the heaviest and steadiest stuff coming up in a few. julie, back over to you for a check on the roads. julie: shiri, a great time to head out the door if you were getting ready for work or school. bright green and sprol is light. 93 route 1 looking good zakim bridge wide open. nine minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes on 128 from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls in peabody to the weston tolls. first off this morning, a dog walker said a stranger approached her repeatedly even came to her front door. a story you will see only on fox25 this morning. jessica reyes is live will littleton this morning with that frightening ordeal. reporter: this teenager describes this as somewhat out she was walking her dog when a strange man approached her and continued on follow her
and 38 in fitchburg. upper 80s. even if you do see one or two flurries not going to stick to anything. what i have at 8:00 this morning a couple more pockets of drizzle. temperatures are not moving very much and a gradual warm-up very much and a gradual warm-up. by noontime mid- to upper 40s. even 50s over southeastern massachusetts. we have drizzle turning steadier then during the afternoon and after about 4:00 this afternoon, it is actually going to start turning heavier and that means your evening commute right here features temps near 50s and features downpours and developing fog on top of that. 44 to 54 degrees. a lot warmer south of boston. a lot cooler north and west of boston. boston kind of right in the middle at 50 degrees. i am going to time out the heavier showers to see how long they last in calmling of minutes. julie grauert with a check of live drive time traffic. julie, good morning. julie: seeing issues route 1 a in east boston closed at boardman street bec