attorney s alleged financial crimes, a major win for prosecutors who argued murdaugh killed his wife and son as part of a cover-up for stealing millions. gillian: despite the victory for the state, they have yet to present any direct evidence that murdaugh committed the murders. will you will the judge s ruling impact the direction this case takes? we have criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor to break it down coming up. john: fox news alert to start off this monday, the fbi arresting two people, a man and a woman, accused of trying to attack the power grid in the state of maryland. hello, welcome back to a new week of america reports. i m john roberts, hello monday to you. gillian: happy, happy monday to you, gillian turner in for sandra smith. sarah beth clendaniel of maryland and brandon clint russell of florida, they have extremist views and pose a real threat. they are to appear in federal court in the hour. john: david spunt is at the justice department foll
were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends. we go straight to a fox news alert. the u.s. shoots down the chinese balloon after a hovered across the u.s. for days after it moved over the atlantic ocean. pete: navy divers and fbi are searching the area for degree. rachel: alexandria hoff is here this morning. the heavy payload of spy gear fell into 47 feet of water with a debris of seven miles long. fox news was the only network to capture it live. exclusive video shows the moment a f-22 raptor fired off a sidewinder heat-seeking missile destroying the chinese balloon. the takedown happened 2:39 p.m. six miles off the coast of south carolina. prior to that the surveillance balloon ventured across the country maneuvering over
i don t think it is, and nonstate actor took a lesson from this incursion into ur air space, violation of our integrity and filled an air balloon with something else besides spy gear. what if it was wmd, and so the fact that we we have have to have a plan to deal with this on the shelf and i don t think we did. john: it would appear we didn t have one, even though the president gave authorization to shoot it down when safe. as you said, the p.r. value of the ccp floating over the entire united states with the world watching does not look good on us. great to see you. thanks for coming in. we like seeing you here in the studio. gillian: we do. horrific scene is unfolding in southern turkey and northern syria this hour after two powerful earthquakes there rocked the region over 2300 people are confirmed dead. you can see from the imagery that the quakes have created mountains of rubble. rescue teams are searching,
searching the area for degree. rachel: alexandria hoff is here this morning. the heavy payload of spy gear fell into 47 feet of water with a debris of seven miles long. fox news was the only network to capture it live. exclusive video shows the moment a f-22 raptor fired off a sidewinder heat-seeking missile destroying the chinese balloon. the takedown happened 2:39 p.m. six miles off the coast of south carolina. prior to that the surveillance balloon ventured across the country maneuvering over several critical military sites spotted by civilians along the way. potential danger to the civilians on the ground prompted the department of defense to hold offshooting it down earlier. president biden had instructed u.s. military commanders to take action earlier in the week but he said he left it up to them to