reelection bid as soon as next week. for the latest details, we turn to cnn s phil mattingly, who joins us now from the white house. so what s the latest phil? you know, pamela four months the president s top advisers have been very clear behind the scenes that the president was going to launch a reelection campaign. what they weren t clear on was when that would actually happen, and it seems like now we have some sense of a timeline that to some degree has taken a lot longer than people expected. the president is planning and may go forward with the decision to launch his reelection campaign as soon as tuesday of next week. now that date is important because it was. it will be the four year anniversary of the day he launched his 2020 campaign, a campaign that he framed as the battle of the soul of that for the soul of the nation and campaign where he eventually defeated then president donald trump somebody who may be his general election opponent again in 2024. now advisors
we should be wondering why it was so fast. i mean, look, most times and charles can agree or disagree with me. as a former prosecutor, when you get a verdict this fast, it s usually a verdict of guilty. this jury has salt through multiple weeks of testimony. this trial started with jury selection january 23rd, i want to say. it s been going more than 61 witnesses presented by the prosecutor. we heard from experts witnesses, we had cell phone evidence, blood spatter evidence. at the end of the day, i think what really moved the needle for the jury was the rebuttal closing from the prosecution. when the prosecutor got up and said, alex murdaugh kicked the person he loved the most, and it wasn t his wife. it wasn t his son. it was himself. and in order to preserve his lifestyle, his addiction, his financial fraud, he picked himself. and if that s what the jury heard last before they went into the jury room, i would not be surprised to see if the verdict is guilty. ellison ba
Speaker. She bluffing lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News Protesters and police facing off as tensions are running high at universities across the United States tonight colleges and universities are now cracking down and propalestinian protesters who have taken over some of the campus this is let me just show you some of the dramatic live pictures what youre looking at here. This massive crowd is in texas, police in riot gear can be seen moving in earlier, tearing down barriers and forcefully arresting students. This was the university of texas at austin. Those students have been camped out on campus and at least 40 students we understand at ut austin were reportedly taken into custody meantime, in new york, protesters are defining a mandatory deadline to tear down bear and camp min and Columbia University it gave the students until 2 00 this afternoon to pack it in, and they did not they defied that order. So now we are learning this
Like this isnt normal. This isnt what college is supposed to be. And we need to finally get the diminishes to remember a small fringe shouldnt ruined the experience for everyone. Even as we do that, ill just say, lets keep in mind, weve got to have fears, hope for these hostages were still being held in gaza, as well as deep compassion for the Palestinian Civilians are suffering jonathan greenblatt. Thank you. The news continues right here on cnn outright. Next, the Breaking News, police, a protest or spacing off tonight doesnt arrest in austin, texas. Columbia university in Chaos Hundreds right now, defying a deadline to vacate the encampment plus trumps Favorite Network backtracking. Now pulling a salacious story about two major witnesses and trump Hush Money Trial. Could the false story impact the case . And shes back. Marjorie Taylor Greene returning to the capital tonight, promising to kick out like johnson as speaker she bluffing. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burne
University in many other colleges to divest them selves from can Doing Business with south africa these protests, outright next, the Breaking News Police and protesters facing off tonight dozens arrested at austin, texas Columbia University and chaos. Hundreds right now, defying a deadline to vacate the encampment. Plus trumps Favorite Network backtracking. Now pulling a salacious story about two major witnesses in trumps hush money trial. Could the false story impact the case and shes back, Marjorie Taylorgreene returning to the capital tonight, promising to pick out mike johnson as speaker. She bluffing. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News Protesters and police facing off as tensions are running high at universities across the United States tonight, colleges and universities are now cracking down and propalestinian protesters who have taken over some of the campuses. Let me just show you some of the dramatic live pictures what youre