The trials studies, in this primetime special. Good evening everyone, i am laura coats, the Closing Argument today in the Alex Murdaugh Double Murder trial will resume tomorrow. They come after five weeks of intense, emotional, and graphic moments. As a jury of 12 in South Carolina will soon decide Alex Murdaughs face, and for the very first time today they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, traveling to the families hunting property. We also got to look at the crime scene of close we have video released today. Here is how tonight is going to work. We have assembled some of the nations most prominent trial and jury veterans to analyze the key pieces of evidence. And which side may have the best argument. On the defense table, mark omara, who defended george zimmerman. Jennifer vaughan jean who defended bill cosby, and r. Kelly. And lonnie coombs, a former los angeles Criminal Prosecutor and a veteran former homicide prosecutor in brooklyn. In our makes a jury
hello, everyone. at this hour, trying to cling to hope as rescue and recovery efforts continue in turkey and syria and the death toll continues to climb. plus, new details out today of what that chinese spy balloon may have been capable of. a member of congress who was just briefed on the incident is our guest. and north korea is showing off the military arsenal a very big way as kim jong-un s daughter is stepping out into the spotlight. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan, and the images coming out of turkey and syria continue to boggle the mind of how widespread and just complete the devastation is just building after building pancaked and freezing temperatures the of course challenging every effort to find survivor and yet still moments of hope. a mother and two sons were just rescued alive today after being under the rubble for more than 70 hours, and the death toll is still rising passing 17,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of people without a place
thinking of a crew. thanks for joining us. i ll be back at 9:00 for a special edition of outfront. ac 360 starts now. good evening. we begin tonight with the search for survivors in turkey and northern syria after one of the strongest earthquakes on record struck the area at the worst time imaginable, early in the morning with most people at home . those are just two buildings, two of more than 5,600 that have collapsed in the quake, the aftershocks and the aftermath on the turkish side. already in turkey and syria, nearly 4,000 people are known to have died, according to turkish officials and syrian state media. the number has been climbing with each new update. nearly 19,000 more are said to be injured. a major international aid effort is gearing up, but the priority right now is search and rescue. take a look. this is video from cnn from a town close toward where the quake was centered. for the last several hours now, we ve been watching crews there trying to make
survivors, across struck the area at the worst time imaginable, early in the morning, [speaking non-english] those are just two buildings, two of more than quake to the shocks and the turkish after side. nearly 4000 people are known to have died according to turkish officials and state media. the numbers climb with each new update, nearly 19,000 marchers are said to be injured and. our national aid is this is cnn report from we ve been watching crews there trying to make their way to a 14 year old child trapped in the wreckage of a two story building. they go as quickly as they can but it is delicate and dangerous work and other teams try stopped at one point to work out how to proceed. it is unclear what the team s condition is. we do know however that this is hardly the only such scene across the area. there are many. cnn s jomana joins us. what is the latest, jomana? anderson, utter, utter devastation across what is this massive earthquake zone that stretches a
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an