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good day, im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecutions theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and...

we bipartisanly passed the respect for marriage act. dont say we cant get along. years ago, i wrote with great consternation, but weve reauthorized it again, the violence against women act. the electoral reform act. folks, we did that in a bipartisan way, democrats and republicans did it. i dont know why they dont acknowledge any part of whats making the country again, but in addition, we passed the american rescue plan. the inflation reduction act, and the people sent a clear message....

more than 20,000 -- 20,000 lives lost since mondays horrific earthquake. "the lead" starts right now. screams of joy amid the horror a mother and daughter found alive. coming up the miracle rescues. cnn is on the ground as crews climb through earthquake rubble in syria and turkey. and president biden takes his "state of the union" road show to rival rich florida and challenges a republican senator on his clear proposal to sunset all programs including social security and medicare. but ...

>> disturbing irregularities have been found in must be investigated to the fullest. >> tonight, the blockbuster new court filing from the dominion lawsuit. the internal decision -- and ratings over facts. the legal implications for a media giant -- the fallout for the democracy and what it all tells us about the inner workings about the fox news channel. >> the dominion software -- i know there were voting of regularity. these tell me about that. >> to put it mildly -- >> all in start...

pence, justice department wants a word. first he has been subpoenaed in the january 6th investigation. and second, the fbi discovered another classified document at the former cheapies indiana home. we will have a legal analysis and reaction from democratic congressman, jim clyburn. plus, we have the latest from an turkey. after a massive earthquake rocked the country and neighboring syria. over 25,000 people have died, and rescue hopes are dwindling. i am simone sanders thompson and i...

into the final weekend of the midterm campaigns. the elections now just four days out, as candidates from both parties make their final pitch to voters. >> also tonight, the u.s. economy the top issue for most americans, is getting one more gut check before the midterms. the labor department reporting 261,000 jobs added during the month of october. >> were also watching former president trump, who now says hes very, very, very, probably going to run for the white house in 2024. >> ther...

obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. well play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to ind...

And as they kept saying being a liar is not the same as being a killer. and you know, all of the financial fraud and other lying may have been connected to his addiction and the spiraling out of control, but that lie about being there is a really tough fact for the defense, and i felt that they were really struggling to get over that hump. >> so the prosecution also -- and you know, we just heard this from ellison had painted murdaugh as a habitual liar, and in fact, he admitted being a habitual...

Yeah, we will say it a few times, aghast. -- in private. >> i am here right now to tell you one thing. that you probably have never heard of from a politician. it will be my objective to phase out social security, two -- come and get rid of -- >> rick scott just wants to sunset it. mike lee wants to pull it up by the roots. we were talking on the show about fox hosts saying one thing on the air and one thing on private. republican senators seem to do the same. >> i think its not just republican ...

Given hes denying what is on his own website. i second degree why he didnt make an exemption for medicare and social security if he wasnt talking about them, but, jake, he didnt say. >> karim john pierre fully acknowledged president biden had that position. it had nothing to do with current sitting president bidens policy and proposals and thinking on these issues as he made clear in the "state of the union" address. >> im not saying sunset it, dont sunset it. im just saying he didnt propose it....