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whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it's a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we'll hear testimony from the nation's top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, ...

murdaugh which wrapped up a short time ago, and the judge sentenced the disgraced attorney to two consecutive life sentences for the mirder of his w wife maggie and his son paul. >> i will tell you again, and i respect this court, and i am innocent. i would never again under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie or hurt my son paw-paw. >> and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster that you have become when you take 10, 20, 50, 60 opioid pills that you become another person. >> this is all one day after the jury convicted murdaugh on four murder charges. it took ju...

newsroom and good to have you with us, i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto, and soon former vice president pence could be answering questions, because he has been subpoenaed, and what the special council is wanting to learn from him and what it could mean in terms of executive privilege. and plus another major review in tennessee after the death of tyre nichols, and the shelby county district attorney is expected to review all prior cases involving those five officers is charged for their role in nichols death, and what that could mean. and if the death toll continues to rise in tur...

And gave him a hug and just broke it down. >> reporter: when the verdict was announced, buster put his head if his hands. but a bystander outside the court suggested there was even more trouble ahead as alex murdaugh was escorted away by police. he was apparently referring to the 2015 death of buster's high school classmate stephen smith. smith's body was found on a rural road a few miles from the murdaugh's sprawling property. it was ruled a hit and run according to the pathology report, but smith's mother doesn't believe it. >> it was more than one person that done this. and somebody knows. ...

Could go directly from the detectors to the train crews, to the train control centers, and to the car repair shops immediately upon the sensing of overheated bearings and not waiting for the entire train to pass before a voice radio announcement goes out only to the train crew. >> okay. well, certainly a lot to learn tomorrow from his testimony. i'm sure senators are going to want to be making sure that this company pays for everything including maybe even as i was talking to senator marquee yesterday, property values for people in east palestine. steven ditmeyer, thank you for your time. ne...