have you spoken to him about the senate proposal, and are you simply trying to kill this to help me out in the campaign? that s absurd. we have a responsibility here to do our duty. our duty is to do right by the american people, to protect our duty. the first and important job is protect its citizen. i have talked to former president trump about this issue at length, and he understands that. he understands we have a responsibility to do here. of course president trump wants to secure the country. house speaker mike johnson with a pretty weak denial yesterday on donald trump s very clear desire to kill any border deal. we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill on the bipartisan senate measure and the future of the house. plus president biden said he decided how to retaliate for the droep strike that killed three u.s. soldiers and injured dozens of others. and we ll show you the new comments from prime minister benjamin netanyahu now bringing even more uncertain to a
we made it. can you tell, we re happy for the weekend. but thanks for being with us today and all week. we re so happy to have you here. it s good to be here. it will be a fun day. five things to know for this friday. former vice president mike pence testified in jack smith s january 6th investigation. we re told that pence testified before that federal grand jury for more than five hours. new overnight, two apache helicopter helicopters crashing in alaska during a training mission. three army pilots are dead. one was injured in the crash. also today, the fed s preferred measure of inflation set to be released. data could be critical in determining what the fed does next with rate hikes. also, tributes and reflections are pouring in for jerry springer. the legendary talk show host lost his battle to cancer at the age of 79. also this morning, roll tide! so happy to say that. so happy to watch this last night. the carolina panthers selected alabama quarterback
is not at war with russia. with ruthis is ukraine s war to figh. uk the second thing we have heard over and over again is that ukraine is winning that wa thar. rave ukrainian troops are brave and noble. russian troops are evil. and incompetent. the ukrainians are beating the russians. ir victo in the end, their victory i is inevitable. now, you re very familiar with these points because you heary day since ever last february. you ve heard them repeated by every power centem repeated , the united states , the pentagon, the white house, the leaders of both partie s in congress, ceos and celebrities, and most insistently of all, m from you ve heard them from virtually every single outlet lyy along the entire spectrum ol our national news media. these are the two essential themes of the war in ukraine and both of them are lies. k we know that they re lies because late last week, leakedea intelligence about the war in ukraine began to appear on social media briefing slides prepare
wealth and local stature of defendant disgraced south carolina attorney alex murdaugh, and the depravity of his crimes, slaughtering his wife and son. the trial ended with murdaugh in cuffs, taken back to jail with sentencing tomorrow after a remarkably speedy verdict, three hours of deliberation. then this. guilty verdict. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. guilty on all four counts, including two counts of murder. prosecutors, including south carolina s attorney general, spoke to reporters. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is. it doesn t matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn t matter what you think, how prominent you are. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. creighton waters, the prosecutor. what took three hours was a long time in coming. before we talk about details of the testimony and the verdict and what comes next, our randi kaye has
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it