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also ahead, senator john fetterman, reaching out for help for a clinical depression. i will talk to a doctor about his prognosis, and one of the senators very public admission could help millions of americans suffering in silence. we will also take you live to turkey where the rescue operations continue, and we will have the amazing story of a mother and son who survived 129 hours under the rubble. that is ahead, as well. we begin though with the fallout from the massive train drill me...

at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus -- donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are...

paying hush money to porn star, stormy daniels, during his first presidential campaign. nbc news has confirmed that the grand jury has been convened for this. but former trump lawyer michael cohen, who went to prison for his role in the hush money payments, is now playing witness in this latest case. >> donald will ultimately be held accountable for the stormy daniels payment. this investigation, that was to be brought by alvin braggs office, previously cy vance junior, is the most det...

she was all they had, they were all she had. >> and then came that awful day. >> these two, beautiful 16 -year-old girls had come home from school and found their mother murdered. >> they were rocking back and forth, traumatized, disturbed. >> what had the girls seen that day? could they provide a clue to help crack this case? >> the twins said nikki had a second boyfriend. >> two boyfriends? >> two boyfriends. >> jealousy, passion, revenge. >> she was fearful. she contacted the police...

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Fingerprints such showed alec murdaugh pulled the trigger that night. >> there is no direct, and frankly circumstantial evidence presented that the defendant shot and killed his wife maggie or son paul. for the murder of his son paul, there was no dna from paul in his clothing in the area where youd expect to find it. >> the defense will now call their witnesses, which could include murdaughs surviving son, faster. as they fight to prove his innocence. katie, back nbc news. >> thank you, katie b...

Defense contradict any motive to kill. they say so do murdochs clean clothes at the scene that night. >> he looked like someone had just blown his son head off batter going everywhere? >> again, i cant say that for sure. >> jury members also getting aerial visuals of the 1700 acre property. the separate dog kennel where the bodies were discovered in where murdoch was questioned. >> june 7th, june 8th, alex murdoch a suspect? >> that night everybody was a suspect. >> as soon as next week we expec...

Said yesterday. >> we are going to defeat joe biden, defeat joe biden and the radical democrats. under biden, our nation is being destroyed by a selfish radical and poet crept political establishment. they said, hes not doing rallies. hes not campaigning! maybe he has lost that step. we are more angry now and more committed now than i ever was. joe biden has put america on the fast-track to ruin and destruction. we will ensure that he does not receive four more years. ur more years. >> katie, we...

Voters should go with him again. again, all of this is going to be playing out in the next months ahead. katie? >> vaughn, you continue to not surprise me by telling me that lindsey graham is trying to play both sides on this one. thank, you van hillyard for the latest. im not in a speech that we heard from donald trump. i appreciate having. coming up, my panel is here. to talk about trumps lackluster energy. you saw him yourself with that campaign. the republican firebrand who apparently is ang...

Hes managed to block state media using his satellites calling himself a, quote, free speech absolutist. two-time was olympic medalist, brittney griner, is detained. there are efforts underway to get her back home safely. when we know from nbc news is correspondent, katie back. corresat >> the current time, te are more questions than answers in the brittney griner case. what we know is that she has been detained since the security checkpoint stop and that was in the month of february. we dont kno...