trial alex murdaugh visited the scene of the crime. murdaugh s defense will make closing arguments. ma maggie sees what happenedd she comes running over there to her baby. wealthy buckhead neighborhood to break away from the city. murder up 44% in buckhead. time for a change. everybody wants to vote on this. so let us volt. it s the american way. four astronauts into space. 3, 2, 1. full power. and liftoff. go dragon, go falcon. brian: hi, everyone we wake up well it s not good news. straight to a fox news alert. new jersey state trooper is shot during duty. the shooting happened in the town of patterson about 20 miles northwest of new york city. the trooper was hit in the leg and taken to the hospital. two others were also taken to the hospital to be checked out. it s unclear what injuries they sustained right now. law enforcement officers from around the area are searching for the two suspects. one already in custody. we will bring you more on the breaking n
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
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
staying one step ahead for over a decade, if he was taking that much dope. i would submit to you. just one other lie that i would submit to you is a lie that he s trying to get you to believe to feel sympathetic for him as if the dope was the cause of the money and the cause of his issues when the reality is it wasn t. this had been going on for a long time and the finances prove differently. but what else about this? you ve seen the interviews, and we re going to play some clips of these interviews. i m not going to play them all for you again. you ve watched, but if you have any question, go back and watch them. he talks about being paranoid. watch those interviews when he s with dave owen. he doesn t look like he s withdrawing from any drugs. his responses are appropriate. he s not displaying any paranoia. he s smooth. he s focused on the events. he s focused on trying to get information about the case from law enforcement officers, which is interesting in its own right. w
congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f