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. top of the hour this thursday morning. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. we ll 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 the memphis police chief called it a failing of basic humanity. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. those five officers and others failed our community and they failed the nichols family and that is beyond regrettable. in our outrage and frustration, there is still work to be done to build each other up, to continue the momentum of improving our police and community relationships and partnerships. to show those who watch us now that this behavior is not what will define ou ....
cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president biden said his formal for well to the longest serving first white house chief of staff of any democratic president, ron klain. ron klain, in an unusual switch of roles with the president then stepped up to the microphone filled with emotion, to give his thanks to the president, his family, the biden staff, and the cabinet. ron klain will join us in a moment. the white house farewell to ron klain happen in the middle of a busy news day that began with the news of a new fbi search of president biden s beach house in delaware, a search that found no additional classified documents. the fbi search was planned and conducted without a sea ....
in trying to pull out his experience and wisdom, because i know it is there. that s what you re going to see tonight in our discussion with ron klain, which amounts to his last word exit interview, as he prepares to leave white house chief of staff. and he has served, as you know, as the longest serving first chief of staff to democratic president ever. and we re going to have some of that discussion, to begin with news of the day tonight. well, it is such an important interview. the time he spent in the white house from the aftermath of january 6th to the conclusion of the january six committee, the eve of the new presidential cycle, there s a lot to talk about ron klain about. he s so smart, and has such a fascinating experience. i can t wait to see our interview, lawrence. i wish i could say we got to it. all but we only have one show. thanks, alex. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, in an overflow gathering in the white house eastern today, president bi ....
voting. the biggest prize the balance of powner congress. for democrats that means the ability to push forward with president biden s agenda. he will be in maryland tonight to rally for the democratic candidate for governor there. and here is a look at what is at stake. 35 spots in the senate. there for the taking and as jim just mentioned, dozens of governor votes will be cast. secretary of state and attorney general as well. voter enthusiasm is soaring into the election. more than 40 million ballots have been cast across 47 states outpacing the 2018 numbers in states where the data is available. it is still too early to know what overall turnout will be. will it reach 2018 levels could. could that be higher. we ll have to wait longer to find out. let s kick off this morning in wisconsin. hotly contested senate race there could be perhaps one of the states that is a decider for democrats in their hopes of keeping power in the chamber. luc lucy kafanov is there. ron j ....
number for those who have been caught trying to get in. how many gotaway is a good question. big show today. dana: it is. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. border agents have arrested 78 suspected terrorists this year alone. that is three times as many as the past five years combined. bill: the surge of illegals putting a strain on border towns. texas continues to bus migrants to sanctuary city. democrat henry cuellar in a tough reelection fight at the border admits the tactic has been effective. nobody was listening to the border communities for years. now that it is happening in their own backyard they re talking about it. once we finish the fiscal year we have to talk about somewhere between 4.5 to 4.9 million individuals that have come across the border. if you call that a secure border, i don t know what it is. dana: team fox coverage with reaction from senator marco rubio. let s begin with alexis mcadams live from eagle pass, texas. good mo ....