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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 crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. jonathan is live in the southeast bureau with the latest. interesting arguments from jim griffin this morning and now the prosecution with a chance to try to rebutt some of those before the jury gets the charge. as we look at the live feed from the courtroom, you a ....
now? so let s be real clear about one thing, there is no actual crisis here. this is entirely a crisis of their making if it occurs. president joe biden continues to call out house republicans over the debt ceiling, delivering, what sure sounded like a 2024 stump speech. meanwhile on capitol hill republican senators air their grievances with the attorney general. and also ahead, a major move on the price of insulin that will bring much needed relief for millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 2nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland faced a barrage of attacks from republican lawmakers yesterday during a senate judiciary committee hearing. as is customary for an attorney general to do, garland appeared before the new congress to answer questions about a wide range of topics. but the a.g. spent a large portion of the four-hour hear ....
increasing inflation. well, it has the advantage of not only people being able to live longer and better and be able to perform their prescription drugs, but, guess what? it reduces the deficit $158 billion. [ applause ] don t forget that part to tell people. it s not just that you pay less for the drug. it means that the federal government isn t paying for the drugs for medicare. president joe biden in baltimore last night, debunking republican claims about the deficit and calling on democrats to remind americans what his administration has achieved over the past two years. meanwhile, on capitol hill, a hearing dominated by grievance politics, as attorney general merrick garland makes his first appearance before the new congress. he actually had insurrectionists. right. like, the guy with, like what is it, willie, the bird bone hands, like, doing the power to the people signal. the raised fist. that s right. raised fist of a bird. yeah. there it is. ....
Major overhaul of the speech or speaker Selection Process persons are the no changes we dont know for certain. We know more about the selection of the miss america then we do about the next speaker of the house and second in line to the presidency. Kevin mccarthy of california does have the majority of the majority of the House Republicans behind him. That you need 218 votes and can only lose four and four already said they were level for him. Will split all play out on tuesday at noon eastern. The next big question is what are the rules of the house . Will they be able to vacate the chair thus forcing john boehner to step down the speaker . Committee chairs have unilateral Subpoena Power . Will they end proxy voting how wild will they go with your marks . After that vote trying to accomplish three major things, th ....
the committee says bank information will show some dozens of deals now. so far, records show hunter biden, the president s brother james, his daughter-in-law and one other unknown for now, unnamed, unknown biden received payments from the chinese firm. here is the chairman of oversight comer. right now it looks like the biden family just pocketed this money. this is one deal we have 11 more to go and i m confident we ll get more bank records in very soon. the white house hasn t been truthful about this from day one. i don t think they dreamed we would get bank records. i have bad news for the white house. this is just the beginning. we ll get a lot more bank records and they will have to continue to back pedal and come up with a reason why the biden family has received millions of dollars from our adversaries. harris: bank records. the ultimate in financial receipts. when asked about it, his family members getting that foreign money, here is what president biden sai ....