contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdict.
remember that first grade teacher shot by a six-year-old? tonight, the teacher s lawyer claiming school officials failed to act. three times, school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him. o donnell: heavy tanks to ukraine president biden reverses course, european allies follow suit, promising 80 more of their own leopard tanks. tonight, what the pope is saying about homosexuality, in a new interview. and, the high school class, and lesson, that changed one student s life forever. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday night. we are learning new details in that federal civil rights investigation into what the u.s. attorney calls the tragic death of tyre nichols. five officers were fired and just tonight cbs news has obtained new police dispatch audio. we ar
remember the first grade teacher shot by a six-year-old, tonight s the teacher s lawyer claiming officials failed to act. three times, full administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him. o donnell: heavy tanks to are ukraine, president biden reverses course, european allies follow suit promising 80 more of their own leopard tanks. tonight with what the pope is saying about homosexuality in a new interview and the high school class, a lesson that changed one student s life forever. this is the cbs evening news with nora o donnell reporting from the nation s capitol. o donnell: good evening and thank you zoo much for joining us on this wednesday night. we are learning new details in that federal civil rights investigation into what the u.s. attorney today called the tragic death of tyre nichols, five officers were fired and just tonight cbs news has obtained new police dispatch audio. we are hearing for the first time from
and emmy nominated journalist caroline modarressy tehrani. in washington, new house speaker kevin mccarthy is about to preside over his first order of business. the new republican led congress will sit in the next hour to vote on the rules package. now that might sound a bit in the weeds but it is the nearest thing to a formal contract, setting out everything the speaker gave away last week, as he fought to secure the support of those on the hard right. it includes a rule change that will meanjust one member can bring a motion to throw him out. there are also concerns among more moderate republicans that mccarthy has agreed to a budget deal that could result in a cut to defence spending. this has a proposed billions of dollars cut to defence, which i think is a horrible idea. when you have aggressive russia and ukraine, you ve got a growing threat of china in the pacific i m going to visit taiwan in a couple of weeks, how will i look our allies in the eyes and say, i nee