We start with the national lead. Any minute we expect the first court appearance for the prom innocent south carolina lawyer at the center of a series of family tragedies. Alex murdoch is in jail. Someone shot and killed his wife and son back in june. But it s not that case that has him behind bars. His attorney admits the attorney hired a hit man to shoot him in the head for his son to collect life insurance but that failed and the setup is not half the story. Martin savidge starts us off from south carolina. Reporter: his life in a scandalous spiral. Alex murdoch surrenders to law enforcement to face charges in a scheme in which he was the target a warrant for arrest detailed the botched murder attempt meant to provide millions of dollars of life insurance money attorneys say. Murdoch arranged for cur missmith to shoot and kill him but the plan failed because the shot wasn t fatal. Smith is charged with an assisted suicide, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and consp
Forward on afghanistan s new government. There are satellite images of 6 planes on the ground in northern afghanistan. Yesterday a top republican and the house foreign affairs committee mike mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. We have a busy afternoon ahead. We kick it off with trey in qatar. The defense secretary is here to meet with officials. The biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. He will visit kuwait and saudi arabia in the gulf. In a statement over the weekend the pentagon press secretary said secretary austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the united states as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan? there are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. While evacuations can pick up the u. S. Military won t be directly involved. The u. S. Secretary of state
terrorists is no longer the greatest threat to this country. instead domestic political extremism is, quote, the most urgent terrorism threat the united states faces today. that s a very stark assessment. you have to ask, who exactly are the terrorists who threaten us so urgently? the report did not even mention the deadly riot that had just taken place. there was no word about antifah, the gun man who murdered 800 americans in chicago. no. they weren t there. the biden administration declared the quote, most lethal element of today s domestic terror threats are political conservatives. people who disagree with joe biden. now that report was released almost exactly six months ago. six months ago this friday. it received relatively little attention. no major news organization even asked the most obvious question. the terrorists who threaten us, where are they? if trump voters are really the most, quote, lethal threat our country faces today, where are all the people they have
greatest threat to this country. instead domestic political extremism is, quote, the most urgent terrorism threat the united states faces today. that s a very stark assessment. you have to ask, who exactly are the terrorists who threaten us so urgently? the report did not even mention the deadly blm riot that had just taken place. there was no word about antifah the gun man who murdered 800 americans in chicago. no. they weren t there. the biden administration declared the quote, most lethal element of today s domestic terror threats are political conservatives. people who disagree with joe biden. now that report was released almost exactly six months ago. six months ago this friday. it received relatively little attention. no major news organization even asked the most obvious question. the terrorists who threaten usos where are they? if trump voters are really the most, quote, lethal threat our country faces today, where are all the people they have killed? that s not an ea
moment we are in with two experts. alyssa milano is saying sorry not sorry in her new book. i spoke to her about abortion rights, her arrest while protesting over voting rights and also asked if she plans to run for congress. you ll hear her answer tonight. the house is poised for a vote on the bipartisan and infrastructure bill again. maybe. will that bill and the crucial build back better bill finally make it across the finish line this week? joe biden s agenda depends on it. good evening. ever since i joined msnbc i have been talking about the f word. facism. every time i do someone somewhere has accused me of exaggeration, hyperbole, tried to tell me that is not really where america is or even close to. well, tonight i m here to report that we are at the book banning stage of american authoritarianism. are you still not worried? republican lawmakers in texas led by this guy matt krauss have launched an investigation into school libraries to see if they are carrying bo