viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca noble max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. the president is planning and may go forward with the decision to launch his reelection campaign as soon as tuesday of next week. only question is, am i being charged with something? alec baldwin soon will no longer be accused after new mexico prosecutors plan to file a motion dismissing involuntary manslaughter charges against the actor. why did she shoot my daddy and me? he was running across his yard. he had his arm outstretched, and it was like pop pop. live from london. this is cnn newsroom. with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s friday, april, the 21st nine am here in london for iem in washington, where an open secret will soon become official. us president joe biden is planning to seek a second term. his advisers say the campaign launch is expected to happen as early as next week, likely on tuesday, and that s when the
alex murdaugh the disgraced former south carolina attorney will be sentenced after a jury found him guilty of killing his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul. the jury deliberating less than three hours thursday afternoon, this follows more than a month of testimony. the convicted murdaugh on two counts of murder, two counts of possessing a weapon while committing a crime. one of those jurors speaking out on abc this morning. about 45 minutes later we after all our deliberating, we figured it out. that s really fast. the evidence was clear. the state says it is not seeking the death penalty, instead prosecutors are pushing for life in prison without the possibility of parole. the judge denied a defense motion to declare a mistrial saying there was overwhelming evidence to convict murdaugh. the main prosecutor also spoke after the verdict was read. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people thi
murdaugh which wrapped up a short time ago, and the judge sentenced the disgraced attorney to two consecutive life sentences for the mirder of his w wife maggie and his son paul. i will tell you again, and i respect this court, and i am innocent. i would never again under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie or hurt my son paw-paw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster that you have become when you take 10, 20, 50, 60 opioid pills that you become another person. this is all one day after the jury convicted murdaugh on four murder charges. it took just three hours. we will go out to dianne gallagher. walk us through what happened in court this morning. it was incredibly remarkable to hear from judge clifton newman reflecting in a measured way talking about this these crimes that murdaugh has been convicted of, but also the person that he saw hymn become. amara, we have talked for so long why this particular case is capturing nation, and it is
people know i take classified documents i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records taken there to that office. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we will have breaking news on george santos, the disgraced long island republican. first news impacting travelers across the country. flights are resuming after an faa ordered national ground stop just before 6:00 a.m. eastern time caused by an outage to a critical computer system for airline pilots. tom costello has been on top of this story all morning. what do we know? what do the runways look like right now? 7,000 delays nationwide, 1,100 canceled. this computer system called the notum went down. it gives pilots information about the airports they are coming from, where they re going and potential alternative airports. it s included in this. the computer system went down in the early morning hours. as the delays mounted, the faa came in and said, we have to
Billionaire heiress in memphis. Police confirming a short time ago the body found monday afternoon is that of missing Kindergarten Teacher and mother of two Eliza Fletcher. The suspect in the disappearance is now charged with firstdegree murder. Great to be back with you, john. John good to see you as well, sandra. This is America Reports. Sad news to start us off. Fletcher had been missing since going on a jog early friday morning. Surveillance video shows a man believed to be Cleotha Abston henderson exit his truck and aggressively run toward fletcher. The man then forces fletcher into his car. Sandra Court Documents say he was seen cleaning his truck and acting strange before the attack. He is a convicted kidnapper, spending nearly 20 years in prin for a similar crime carried out back in 2001. John Criminal Defense Attorney with more on this in moments, but Charles Watson is in memphis. Whats the latest, charles, and the charges against the suspect . Good afternoon, unfortunately th