warning from the american cancer society. colorectal cancer is fast rising among younger adults, under 55, and doctors can t seem to figure out why. nbc s tom costello has more. at 45 justin kelly thought he was probably too young to get colon cancer but when his doctor said the recommended screening age it dropped from 55 to 45, he ordered a mail-in colo guard test, a colonoscopy confirmed stage 3 cancer, and justin began. you wouldn t have made it to 50 without coming in to see me. that s how far along it was. justin is part of a younger generation of americans who colo rectal cancer rates have doubled over 25 years. in 1995, 11% of those 55 and younger were diagnosed with colon cancer, by 2019, it was 20%. unfortunately there has been a r3 democrats. what do they think of his message for a likely reelection campaign. the jury about to get instructions and begin deliberations in the alec murdaugh double murder trial. how prosecutors just rebutted the defense s clo
between secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counter part since the war in ukraine began over a year ago now. blinken speaking at a press conference earlier today, sort of giving highlights from the meeting the two had. first of all, he said that he urged lavrov to reverse president putin s decision to bow out of the last nuclear arms treaty between russia and the u.s. that happened a little over a week ago. remember, that was set to expire in 2021, and then president biden and putin were able to reach a deal. it was a very big deal when president putin decided a little over a week ago to bow out of that. blinken saying in that presser that he told lavrov the u.s. will quote always be ready to engage and act on strategic arms control as the u.s. and soviet union did at the height of the cold war. he also stressed to lavrov that the u.s. will continue to support ukraine for as long as he needs it. he encouraged him to engage in
happening in the world or in our relationship, the united states will always be ready to engage and act on strategic arms control just as the united states and soviet union did at the height of the cold war. i also raised wrongful detention of paul whelan as vi in many occasions. and the united states has a serious proposal and moscow should accept it. according to the senior state department official, no near term changes are expected after this meeting signaling that while it was a high profile meeting between the two diplomats, it does not necessarily mean that it was a diplomatic breakthrough by any stretch of the imagination. good point to make there. kylie atwood, thank you for joining us. all right. closing arguments and alec murdaugh s defense is trying to sow reasonable doubts in the minds of the jurors. we will go there next.