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. top of the hour this thursday morning. im jim sciutto. >> and im erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. hes accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. well take you inside of the courtroom just ahead. and aas soon as today police in fem memphis, tennessee, could release a number of videos from the death of tyre nichols. you see him there. overnight th...

the u.s. is arming ukraine with more american ammo and rocket launchers. "the lead" starts right now. stocking up ahead of a likely russian spring offensive. the u.s. deploys another $400 million in military aid to ukraine. can president biden secure even more as russians encircle the strategic town of bakhmut? plus, from prominent attorney to convict, the swift prison sentence today for alex murdaugh after a jury took only a few hours to find him guilty of killing his wife and son. an...

hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. im fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnns nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. >> reporter...

tonight in which he attempts to explain his listening of lies. he says not by trying to trick anyone. >> ive been a terrible liar what i tried to debates american people is that i made mistakes. this wasnt about tricking anybody. >> we will tell you the law he says he regrets every day. plus, the classic childrens book, charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, and james in the giant peach are getting re-writes. the publisher is cutting it where its like that, ugly, and whites. is th...

for the devastation apparently began in a town of rolling a fork mississippi miles northwest of jackson. the mayor said damaged assessment quote my city is gone for the national weather service says that same tornado is believed to have erased eastward at 70 miles an hour, never weakening as it slammed into silver city mississippi and several towns in alabama on a 100-mile path of destruction. mississippi governor declaring a state of emergency in affected counties in mississippi emerg...

dead. that number sadly is expected to grow welcome to fox news but i am alicia in for arthel. super im eric shawn. at least four people remained missing at this hour. dozens more injured from the powerful storms. the catastrophic twisters and the town of rolling fork, mississippi about 60 miles northwest of the state capitol of jackson account basically has been wiped off the map. national weather service is the same tornado that devastated that town is believed to have raced eastward...

murdaugh waits his fate. we are an hour and a half away from the start of this mornings sentence hearing. >> brian: it took the jury less than three hours of jury deliberations to convict murdaugh. >> griff: live outside of the courthouse, hey charles. >> hey, good morning alex murdaugh expected back in court at 9:30 local time this morning. sentencing after a jury found him guilty of killing both his wife maggie and son paul on the property in 2021. really a tough day for alex on thur...

weeks. it took less than three hours for the jury to announce a verdict. >> two counts murder. murdaugh faces a minimum sentence of 30 years. the judge has the option to put him away for life. >> it may have been his reversal on the witness stand. he admitted he was at the scene of the crime the night his wife and son were killed. thats the exact opposite of what he told police. >> bill: the verdict marks a stunning fall from grace from a prominent south carolina family. >> it doesnt m...

any of them here? im sure some of them are. >> yes, sir. >> half of them? >> there are a substantial number of charges here and some in hampton and allendale, there may be others im not thinking of right now. >> we might have worn out our welcome here. i will take this opportunity to thank the sheriff here and all of the court officials and really everyone ive met and dealt with while here in carleton county have just been great. well schedule some of the other matters. i know the sche...

maggie and i would never hurt my son paw paw. >> murder of your wife maggie murdaugh, i sentence you to a term for the rest of the natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. >> john: convicted double murderer alec murdaugh set to spend the rest of his life and after life behind bars after a south carolina judge handed down two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. john roberts in w...