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republican party. we should mention that there are a couple of candidates, nikki haley and vivek are trying to unite by appearing at both. both at cpac and the club for growth in palm beach. >> and pompeo and youngkin were both invited but not attending, appreciate it. >> john: new at 2:00, the alec murdaugh trial in a lunch break. the charge to the jury expected soon. which side had the stronger case. and tiktok says it will limit screen time for some youngest users but is it lip service to appease critics. the fcc commissioner will join us on that. congressman mike waltz on the china threat, retired fbi nicole parker, and talk to the attorney of the sons of alec murdaugh's
there, alec would not have killed the people he loved the most in the world. there's no evidence that he would do that. >> murdaugh initially told investigators he was not with his wife and son at the family kennel the night of their murders, but admitted to the jury he lied after multiple family friends testified that they could recognize his voice in the background of this video that paul recorded just minutes before he was shot. but murdaugh's lawyer says the defendant's lie was caused by his drug addiction and not guilt over any murder, and john and jacqui, dramatic development this morning. the judge had to excuse one of the jurors and replace her with an alternate. the judge determined that juror had discussed the case with at least three individuals outside of the court and although the conversation was apparently not extensive, the judge said the juror did express her opinion about some of the evidence and so she has been excused and an alternate will now be
>> alec murdaugh is innocent, innocent of these charges. he lied because that's what addicts do, addicts lie. he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons. evidence is crystal clear from that moment he started fabricating evidence against alec. >> john: the alec murdaugh trial, a fiery rebuttal to the closing arguments, before the jury decides whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of murdering his wife and son. i'm john roberts in washington. good to be with you. >> jacqui: murder could get life in prison without the possibility of parole if the jury convicts him of the murder charges. >> john: defense arguing prosecutors failed to prove their case that he committed the
personal and campaign finance violations. >> john: jury deliberations set to begin any moment in the alec murdaugh trial. we are going to talk to the attorney for murdaugh's housekeeper who mysterious died. he testified that murdaugh stole a $4 million life insurance payout from his family. that is coming up next. when covid hit, we had some challenges. i heard about the payroll tax refund that allowed us to keep the people that have been here taking care of us. learn more at getrefunds.com. subway keeps upping their game with the subway series. an all-star menu of delicious subs. there's the philly, the monster, the boss. if i hadn't seen it in person, i wouldn't have believed it. eating is believing steph. the subway series. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet.
taiwan, if xi jinping gets his wish will be part of china soon. >> the chips thing, they are moving full speed ahead but will take us a couple years to build these facilities. but $52 billion is heading out the door as of this week to do just that. but we do get a ton and it is upside down, our trade issues with china. >> john: good to talk to you about all this. great interview with chris wray last night. >> thank you very much. >> john: back to the courtroom, continuation of closing arguments in the alec murdaugh trial. >> used to commit this crime. and this is forensic evidence that was presented to you. first of all, we'll talk about the blackout and you've heard testimony there were two blackouts purchased in december of 16. and that one went missing around halloween of 17, years prior to
republican congressman attacked judy chu, the first chinese american in congress, saying she shouldn't have a security clearance. that is terrible stuff. we are in mccarthy era stuff that we don't need to repeat. lets everybody come down here a bit. and not talk ourselves into a war with china, a conflict, a standoff may be necessary, but let's be smart about this. >> tom friedman, we appreciate it. thank you tom. >> next to, the 2020 election lies that fox news personalities foisted on viewers and what fox chairman rupert murdoch admitted about them order but -- bring you the details when we come back. and later, the defense -- alec murdaugh trial but not radically different theory of the crime and also up murdaugh's brother said on the stand today and what happens when -- murdaugh's wife and son were killed.
continue monitoring that briefing there at the white house should they get back to that, we'll dip back in. bring in fox nation host nancy grace, covering the latest on the alec murdaugh trial, live pictures out of waterboro, south carolina at this hour. nancy, you have been reporting on this extensively, and what a shocker it was last week when he took the stand. how do you believe they are going to sort of come back from all of this this week? what do you believe their strategy and approach will be? >> well, i can tell you something, i ran into the lead prosecutors waters early, early this morning and he is showing the wear. he looks gaunt, exhausted, and why shouldn't he? he went through about two full days of cross examining alec murdaugh, and let me tell you, murdaugh is a wiley one. camped out in front of the courthouse and i just learned murdaugh's own brother has now taken the stand. that's telling me the defense is
>> john: compelling testimony in the alec murdaugh trial in a south carolina courtroom as alec murdaugh takes the stand in his own defense, trying to inject enough doubt in the juror's minds they will not convict him for the murders of his wife and son paul. we are here as we begin "america reports" a little bit late during this lunch break, and jacqui heinrich is with us today. >> jacqui: we certainly learned a lot in that testimony. heard murdaugh admit it's his voice on the recording at the kennels, lied about his alibi to investigators, he blamed his drug addiction for that, but certainly a lot of new details. i want to play one sound bite that really stood out when he was asked if he killed his wife and son. let's take a listen to sot number 1. >> mr. murdaugh, did you take this gun or any gun like it and blow your son's brains out on
taiwanese, probably not. taiwan is important to the united states, not for chips or democracy, but china could control. >> john: idea of china supplying lethal weapons to russia is not playing well to the pentagon, and deputy secretary saying there will certainly be consequences for china should they deepen the relationship with russia, miscalculation of china, too, to provide lethal aid to russia. we are already in a proxy war with russia and ukraine. >> i don't think it's a proxy war, we are paying for somebody to defend themselves. untrained russian soldiers would die with chinese equipment instead of russian equipment. either china or russia better off, i don't know. >> john: thanks for hanging with us. appreciate it. >> jacqui: back to the murdaugh