jurors strapped in for an explosive day in court, as the prosecution delivered closing arguments in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh >> plmaggie sees what happens, n she goes running over there, running to her baby. probably the last thing on her mind, thinking that it was him who had done this. she's running to her baby. >> what father would hold anything back, what father would care what happens to him after

that >> today all eyes are on the defense as they make their final bid. a major win for the biden administration eli lilly slashes the price of their insulin, bringing critical relief for millions of americans. a texas mother outraged after her son is taped to a child in class >> you don't do that to a child. he's not an animal he's a human being >> what the school is saying about the teacher and the incident >> dunkin' into your wallet who's really reaping the rewards? tiktok in the hot seat over the latest filter. is it just harmless fun or distorting beauty standards? "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. the defense will begin closing arguments in the alex murdaugh

double murder trial. the prosecution got this turn yesterday, painting him as a disbarred lawyer under trouble and couldn't take it anymore >> and they were all reach ago crescendo the day his wife and son were murdered by him >> prosecutors hammering murdaugh on the lie he was caught telling he claimed he was never at the family kennel that night, except he was, coming clean about his lie on the stand the state also replaying video of what they say are misleading statements murdaugh made to police earlier, the jury visited the scene of the crime, seeing the two separate locations where murdaugh's wife maggie and son paul were found shot to death. the defense requested the tour saying it would help everyone understand spatially, the layout of the crime scene >> the prosecution laid out a dramatic picture of their version of events on june 7,

20 2001 2021 ultimately, they branded him as a heartless and conniving murderer, telling the jury he fooled everyone. >> and he fooled maggie and paul, too. and they paid for it with their lives. >> if convicted, murdaugh faces life in prison now to breaking news nasa and spacex have successfully launched new crew to the space station >> two, one. and it's full power. and liftoff. go dragon. go falcon. >> this was their second attempt this week after a clogged filter caused the mission to be called off at the last minute on monday on board there are two american astronauts, one russian cosmonaut and the first time an

astronaut from the united arab emirates launched into space from u.s. soil eli lilly is capping the price of insulin it's a long-awaited move by lawmakers, including the president who have been fighting for lower drug prices for years. for more we go to brie jackson in washington. this is a life-changing move for many in this country >> reporter: good morning, phillip. it certainly is. in 2018, the rand corporation, a public policy think tank, estimated that the average price for one vial of the drug was nearly $100. democratic lawmakers have fought to lower that price. last year's inflation reduction act capped the cost of insulin for seniors on medicare. it eventually applied to all americans but the revision was blocked by senate republicans. president biden called for action again in last month's state of the union address

>> there are millions of other americans who do not or are not on medicare, including 200,000 young people with type i diabetes and they need this insulin to stay alive. let's finish the job this time let's cap the cost of insulin for everybody at $35 >> reporter: and that brings us to now eli lilly announced think would be capping the cost of the drug at $35 a 70% price cut for those with private insurance. uninsured americans can also download a discount card the company's ceo, david ricks, says this decision came after conversation between the company and lawmakers. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle applauded the move republican senator josh hawley tweeted that a $25 cap for insulin should be made law while president biden seemingly put pressure on other drug manufacturers to follow eli

lilly's example. back to you. >> rare bipartisan agreement on that, thank you, brie. it has been nearly a month since the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and now the government is being told rail workers were sickened at the site this comes on top of another health scare elsewhere, like in east liverpool, ohio that's where some of the toxic material is heading for processing residents there have fought the local incinerator plant for years. >> they've just not shown themselves to be good neighbors. >> the facility never should have been leer here in the firs place. >> the epa says the plant released high levels of toxic chemicals, 195 times between 2010 and 2014. attorney general merrick garland was on the hot seat on capitol hill, facing tough questions from the senate judiciary committee on a range of topics, including the rise of

fentanyl-related deaths. alice barr has more. >> i'm asking you my question. answer my question >> reporter: in an explosive hearing, the nation's top law enforcement official facing his own interrogation from the senate judiciary committee lawmakers in both parties grilling attorney general merrick garland over a range of crises and controversies, topping the agenda how the justice department is handling the epidemic of fentanyl overdoses. >> this is out of hand >> reporter: the attorney general pointing to stepped-up enforcement. >> last year dea and its partners seized enough fentanyl pills and powder to kill every single american. >> reporter: while acknowledging more needs to be done to cut off supply of the dangerous drug >> can i answer the question >> no, you cannot. >> reporter: tempers flared as sen

senato senators grilled him >> have you brought a case under this statute yes or no. >> what we have done is defended the lives of the justices. >> reporter: it's part of a larger picture of the republicans trying to cast the justice department as biassed against conservatives while trying toshielo shieldd liberals hanging over the hearing, the investigations into how president biden, former president trump and former vice president pence handled classified documents a mother in texas is calling for a teacher to be arrested and fired after a teacher taped her son to a chair in class. >> went to another teacher's room to get some tape. she come back into the classroom, and that's when she began to tape him.

he went like this here, came back around. when she started to tape you, what did you say and he say i asked her what did i do i wasn't doing anything. i was just walking >> he told his mother once he was taped, students started hitting him from behind. the teacher is on administrative leave as police investigate. they issued a statement saying they are aware of the allegations and are investigating the incident a little or a lot of snow in minnesota didn't stop this dairy queen from opening for the spring you see the dq i in more orehed opens on march 1st regardless of the weather. the first customer at so 10:00 . ordered a hot fudge malt >> angie lassman is tracking it. >> it's going to be a busy day in the southern plains where

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we were trying this during the commercial break the new tiktok filter causing a lot of controversy over the way it's making some users look. it's called the bold glamour filter some love it while others hate it our valerie castro is unmasking it >> you can't even tell it's a filter anymore what do you think? >> definitely made my lips bigger >> reporter: bold glamour, the latest tiktok filter, is causing a stir it has users divided over the way it instantly changes the way they look compared to what they see in reality >> this should be illegal.

here's the real me >> reporter: some are amazed >> this is you without t right you look normal. this is you with the filter. >> oh, my goodness >> reporter: what do you think about how you look >> i think it's amazing, like some famous actress. >> reporter: but not everyone loves the look even actress katherine heigl saying this filter is not for me >> i don't like it so much i have to say. >> reporter: why don't you like it >> it's fake too perfect. >> reporter: what do you think >> i have to live up to this expectation, this look that's not realistic, and it creates a world in your mind that doesn't exist. it's destructive to the identity >> it's concerning this is what a human face looks like >> reporter: the creator stunned by the new standard the filter is setting what is it about bold glamour that makes it different from the other filters we've seen >> it was a completely different face to me, lips were larger,

ice laeyes larger and skin lighter. i worry about how this impacts young girls' confidence. >> reporter: a recent cdc study found 57% of teenaged girls reported feeling helpless or sad. many believe social media is among the causes forg thedallasc increase >> you could be forgiven for not noticing that the faces you see are filtered all the time. >> reporter: it's a standard you might never be able to attain. >> it's one thing to compare yourself to some famous beautiful person it's another thing to compare yourself to an extra beautiful version of yourself that doesn't exist in the world anywhere. >> reporter: tiktok hasn't responded to nbc's request for comment on the new filter.

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