alec murdaugh is innocent, innocent of these charges. he lied because that s what addicts do, addicts lie. he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons. evidence is crystal clear from that moment he started fabricating evidence against alec. john: the alec murdaugh trial, a fiery rebuttal to the closing arguments, before the jury decides whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of murdering his wife and son. i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. jacqui: murder could get life in prison without the possibility of parole if the jury convicts him of the murder charges. john: defense arguing prosecutors failed to prove their case that he committed the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. jonathan is live in the southeast bureau with the latest. interesting arguments from jim griffin this morning and now the prosecution with a chance to try to rebutt some of those before the jury gets the charge. as we look at the live feed from the courtroom, you are see
Im dana bash live in the nations capital. Heres the headline the United States government will not shut down, at least not for another 45 days. Right now, as you see on your screen, that is the United States senate. It is voting as we speak to keep the government open. This is happening just hours before the deadline. Senators are voting on a bill that passed the house earlier today. That bill not only continues the Government Spending levels, it includes disaster relief, but no money for ukraine, no additional money for ukraine, or Border Security. On the senate side, which is where we are right now, there was some lastminute drama. One senator held up a vote over concerns about the lack of Ukraine Funding in this bill, but Leaders Schumer and mcconnell struck a deal. They vowed not to give up on support for ukrainians in the war against russia. But theres also more drama. The fate of House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy is uncertain at this time as hardliners in his party are pushing for his
This is cnn Breaking News. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on what is seriously a marathon saturday. On capitol hill and wherever you are. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with this Breaking News from capitol hill, where were watching an 11th hour Stopgap Spending Bill potentially come to reality. The house is yet to vote on it, but there are so many moving parts today, youre seeing the minority House Minority leader, hakeem jeffries, who has been using his magic minute to speak to the chamber there, imploring that all of this was avoidable, there could have been some bipartisan effort to keep Government Spending well before this juncture, but here we all are. Lets get to cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. Brand new reporting that you have about not just whats going on in the house, but apparently whats happening in the senate, and how all of this is coming together. Whats going on . Reporter let me paint a picture for viewers at home. Basically theres been a del
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