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coming up this hour, an honor that is long overdue, president biden will award a vietnam veteran with the medal of honor for his incredible bravery almost 60 years ago. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina where just in the last hour disgraced ex-lawyer alex murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. after he was convicted of murdering his wife maggie and youngest son paul in a high profile case that captivated the country. in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. before he was sentenced, murdaugh addressed the court this morning. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. pretty much all he said. last night in just under three ....
reporter: right, this is a state that has what is commonly known as allocution, where victims have the opportunity to address the court prior to sentencing taking place. that moment that we heard from alex murdaugh, he didn t say a whole lot. he maintained his innocence. at one point later, a back and forth with the judge, he reiterated those same statements, those same remarks you see on the screen. that s him arriving this morning. he arrived very differently than he has every other day in court, he was no longer in plain clothes. he was in a prison jumpsuit, his hands and feet both shackled because he is a convicted murderer. he has maintained his innocence, but the judge in his remarks prior to sentencing asked him about the repeated lies and said to him, my question to you is when will it end? as alex maintained his innocence, the judge at one point said it might not have been you, it might have been the monster you have become. ....
But we also believe that the police department has got to be completely flux to stop this profiling and inequity of sentencing taking place. we appreciate your time. thank you, we appreciate it. thank you. a college suddenly closes and we ll have that and other stories trending today. meet the gay couple featured in hillary clinton s first campaign video. we ll bring that to you after the break. ....