florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking some of its products celebrating pride month off store shelves. why? they cite confrontational behavior and threats toward store workers over its pride collection. we are following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get much more competitive. just a few hours from now florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his 2024 white house run in an unconventional way. he s announcing i
hunting lodge. gillian: the judge in the case is deciding where some of the evidence of murdaugh s alleged crimes will be admissible for the jury to hear. phil holloway is going to break that down coming up, criminal defense attorney. we do know the balloon has violated u.s. air space and intern international law, it moves eastward over the continental of the united states. currently assess the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. john: fox news alert to start off this friday afternoon, no, it s not a weather balloon, not a civilian aircraft and definitely no mistake. the response from the pentagon in the last hour to china calling bluntly, chinese spying in our air space. gillian: this is america reports. secretary of state antony blinken was supposed to leave today for his own visit to china, high stakes diplomatic trip. he has indefinitely postponed the visit. the chinese foreign ministry admits it did origi
not found but the circumstantial evidence was so convincing to the jury and to everybody watching at home that obviously, he killed his wife and his son. todd: jackie ibanez joins us live with the very latest, jackie. hey, good morning six weeks, 70 witnesses and three hours to deliberate for a panel of south carolina jurist to find alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. guilty verdict signed by the four lady 3223. you can see murdaugh keeping a straight face and escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs. his only son buster and the gallery shaking his hand in disbelief while wiping his hand down my face his hand. he is to be two counts of murder and a violent crime. he is facing three years to life in prison for each murder conviction. according to the washington post, prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in the case because the state would have to prove there is aggravating circumstances which would include murdering a child under 11, murderin
we are hours away from his sentencing. the hearing will be this morning at 9:30. brian: took the jury less than three hours of deliberations to convict murdaugh in the murders of glinchtsd watson is live outside the court house in water borough, north carolina. convicted of the murders of his wife maggie and son paul. he was remanded almost immediately after the verdicts were read and led out of the coal tap county courthouse facing 30 years the jury came back with the unanimous verdict of guilty two counts of murder and guilty of two counts of possessing a weapon in possession of a violent crime. this after weeks of testimony including from alec who was forced to admit that he lied to police about not being at the scene of the murders after his voice was caught on video by his son paul. in court, the disgraced south carolina attorney didn t really show any emotion as the guilty verdicts were read late thursday evening. his surviving son buster sat a few rows behind him w
part of what happened here today, we started to do more often which is this dismantling of the cybercriminals infrastructure and sometimes that involves taking down dark net marketplaces. other times, it involves essentially removing malware from systems. but more and more, i think you can expect to see from the fbi and our partners situations where success and impact is achieved by more than just arrests. we re doing things like getting keys to victims, taking down infrastructure, seizing cryptocurrency, being much more creative and multiple disciplinary in how we attack the problem. i think that s what s called for and it s a direct outgrowth of the new no longer new, but cyber strategy that we rolled out a few years ago. on the second question, obviously i can t comment on any specific investigation. but we have had, for quite a number of years, any number of mishandling investigations, that is, unfortunately, a regular part of our counterintelligence division s work a