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announced that they had done so to the clerk. and now they are just waiting for court personnel to return to the courtroom, in which the jury will announce its verdict. they went in to deliberations at 3:50 eastern time this afternoon, so this seems like a relatively quick verdict for what was a very complicated and lengthy trial. prosecutors trying to prove that alec murdaugh killed his wife and son. they say to create a distraction as his admitted financial crimes were beginning to catch up with him. the murders took place on the same day that people from his law firm approached hi...

murdaugh waits his fate. we are an hour and a half away from the start of this morning's 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 thursday who immediately after the verdict was read and out of the courthouse in handcuffs for the enti...

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. that's the exact opposite of what he told police. >> bill: the verdict marks a stunning fall from grace from a prominent south carolina family. >> it doesn't matter who your family is. it doesn't matter how much money you have or people think you have. it d...

equality, and a celebration of how far they have come. women's history month. >> gillian: fast forward to today, nearly 30 years later and some women are recording they are frustrated they now feel they are being asked to take a back seat to transgender women. from one of the best known brands to historic institutions, there is a push afoot to redefine biological women. >> john: welcome back as "america reports" rolls into hour number two, i'm john roberts, and nice to see you this friday afternoon. >> gillian: gillian turner in for sandra. women's history month getting underway, no ...

what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we'll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, march 3rd. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we'll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. >> the state versu...