refusing to distribute abortion pills, in some states where abortion is still legal. the impact this could potentially have if other pharmacy chains follow suit. and unsubscribed. pop star billy eilish ditching all of her social media, why she decided right now is the time to cut ties. we begin this hour with that breaking news. >> alex murdaugh sentenced to life in prison, without parole, for murdering his wife and youngest son. the disgraced former lawyer stood before the judge this morning, his demeanor did not change as he heard his sentence read allowed. murdaugh's lawyers say they will appeal the conviction. >> the jury deliberated for just under three hours yesterday, and found murdaugh guilty on two counts of murder, and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during a violent crime. before murdaugh was sentenced this morning, he professed his innocence. >> i'm innocent, i would never hurt my wife maggie, and i would never hurt my son paul paul.

>> nbc news correspondent jay gray is outside the courthouse in south carolina, also with us, nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. jay, first to you. a dramatic sentencing hearing this morning, as we heard from the judge there. talk about what the judge had to say and what we heard from murdaugh as well. >> reporter: absolutely, aaron, it was a brief sentencing hearing, but a fascinating exchange between judge newman and alex murdaugh, the judge touching on his opposed addiction, his fall from grace as a lawyer, a member of a prominently legally influential family in this area for decades and as he called them web of lies saying the most telling was likely when he told investigators and anyone who would listen for more than a year that he was not at the scene of the crime when his wife and son were killed. >> then, after all of the witnesses placed you at the scene of the crime, at the last

minute, the last minutes, or days, you switched courses, and admitted to being there. and then that necessitated more lies and continued to lie, and when will it end? it has already ended for many who have heard you and concluded that it will never end, but within your own soul, you have to deal with that. >> reporter: one other exchange, he touched on the memories of maggie and paul murdaugh, saying that he believes they visit alex murdaugh every night, murdaugh muttering, all day, and every night. kate, aaron? >> jay, thank you. danny, let me ask you about the defense that is planning to appeal. we know they are going to appeal. as a former defense attorney, or a defense attorney -- >> how dare you?

>> current defense attorney. what would be your strategy if you're appealing? >> the average one is appealing the introduction of the financial crimes evidence as what is called prior bad acts which you can introduce to generally show that a defendant is a bad guy and therefore he committed the crime. the prosecution on the other hand argued that number one, the defense opened the door by bringing in some kind of character evidence, and number, two the financial crimes were all part of the same overall trans action. they were making -- he killed his wife and son to engender sympathy. the strange thing this is probably what helped the defense so much because it is unbelievable. yet it is an appealable issue. judge led discretion to bring in evidence and it would be an abhus of discretion and no reasonable judge would have let that in. really tough to meet that. >> jay gray, danny cevallos, thanks you. 31 million people in the southeast through the ohio valley are at risk for hurricane

force winds and some could face tornadoes. take a look at there twister, it touched down in texas yesterday about 100 miles east of dallas, there were six reported tornadoes yesterday, between texas and louisiana, and one reported today in kentucky. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky is in little elm texas north of dallas and bill karins is with us as well our meteorologist. morgan, how are conditioning now and how extensive is some of the damage from yesterday's tornadoes? >> reporter: it is about the soipt of what they were yesterday evening and overnight when the wall of storms tore across north texas, spawning five confirmed tornadoes in north texas, another lone tornado in louisiana. and the damage where it did strike undeniable, we have seen some of the damage in the north texas area, from some of those reported twisters. i'm actually standing in front of a grocery store that had its roof partially collapse due to straight line winds that also proved to be a huge issue. in fact, we have some video of what these winds were capable

of. i want to show you what these powerful winds did in just a few seconds, to a marina, not too far away from where i'm standing, shredding it in just a few seconds, tearing apart its roof and covering nearby boats with debris there. that is what tore through this area last night. we do know that throughout the day, as this storm makes its way eastward, flooding also going to be a significant concern, with drenching rains, that fall as a result of this massive system that fortunately is cleaned up here, cleared up here, but not elsewhere. >> we want to get bill karins now to take us through a little bit more of that. morgan, thank you. bill, what is the storm track? >> a new tornado warning in areas of north georgia. 65 reports of severe weather. all of the blue dots here are wind damage reports. about a quarter million people without power in northern al zaem and mississippi and tennessee. new tornado watches at 8:00,

including the atlanta area, upstate north carolina, and western portions of north carolina. this will be expiring soon, with the storms heading through lexington and london, kentucky. and now the snow portion of the snow is breaking out. it is snowing hard in south bend, all of southern michigan is going to be treacherous, the temperatures are going to drop, the roads will get covered and maybe not go below freezing but the intensity of the snow is so high that will overwhelm the warm boundary layer and we will get that snow accumulating for that evening rush hour. that's why we have the winter storm warnings from detroit to kalamazoo, chicago, this was a miss for you, you're not going to get hardly anything at all. and then tonight, we're going to get heavy snow in areas of northern and portions of new york and the adirondacks and the mountainous area, significant snow but for areas like new york city, it looks like probably about just rain, maybe a few snowflakes, that's it. >> bill karins, with us, morgan chesky, in texas for us as well, thank you both. we're learning new details this hour about the evidence prosecutors may use against the suspect in the murders of four idaho college students. new court documents reveal the weapons federal investigators

seized from bryan kohberger's family home in pennsylvania. nbc news correspondent steve patterson is following the story from our l.a. bureau and has followed it for months now. steve, what did investigators find at that pennsylvania home? >> reporter: a lot, kate. and i think it's important when asked why this matters, to frame this as investigators pushing this from probable cause for arrest to beyond a reasonable doubt for jurors. so this is important. what was found as you mentioned, weapons. at least three knives, 40 caliber pistol. pistol mags, hard drives, swabs, dark clothing, the list goes on to include some 30 items, not only from that family home, but also the car of bryan kohberger. you will remember that male dna was left on a knife sheath linking bryan kohberger to the crime scene in the house, and there is no indication, no indication that even those knives were the ones involved in the murders, police of course looking to connect the dots. and earlier this week, there was another warrant unsealed revealing the recovery of a

flashlight, black shorts, medical grade gloves, all of this information that they're processing, meanwhile bryan kohberger is yet to enter a plea. there is a preliminary hearing set for the last week of june. >> thank you. walgreen's will no longer offer abortion medication in 20 states including in several states where abortion is legal. >> it comes after a group of republican attorneys general sent a letter to the pharmacy giant, threatening legal action if stores distributed the medication, either in person or through the mail. nbc news reporter chloe atkins has been following this story. so why did walgreen's make this decision especially in states where it is actually legal to have an abortion? >> reporter: the top line here is it was out of an abundance of caution, and as you eloquently laid out, we saw the nation's second largest pharmacy, walgreen's, i mean it is a household name, come out late last night, and announce, hey, we're not going to be dispensing medication abortion in 20 states including states where abortion is legal. now, that move didn't come out of nowhere.

it came after gop, ag's in at least 20 states wrote a letter to them threatening that they would take legal action if they dispensed medication abortion in their state. now, walgreen's did tell nbc news in a comment that this is a very complex and in flux legal area, and they're taking a lot into consideration. as they try for certification after the fda updated its guidance on dispensing medication abortion. so what it really does is emphasizes how the abortion landscape or access truly varies from state to state and including in states where abortion is legal. >> you laid it out very clearly here, obviously the second largest pharmacy chain, walgreen's, 9,000 stores or something like that, affecting 20 states, does it look like other major pharmacy chains are going to follow suit, given the rationale you just laid out? >> we very well could see several other large pharmacy chains take the same steps as walgreen's did late last night,

and that's because this group of attorney generals sent very similar letters to places like rite aid, cvs, walmart, costco, the list goes on it, is a long list, and nbc did reach out to all of those folks last night, for comment, and we have yet to hear from them. i do want to emphasize, that the status quo does remain, but what it does do, it cuts off an avenue that people could have taken to access medication abortion based on the fda's updated guidance. >> appreciate the reporting, thanks. amazon is putting some major business plans on hold. and work phones are making a comeback. >> morgan brennan joins us now with the cnbc money minute. hi, morgan. >> well, amazon is pausing parts of construction of the second headquarters in virginia. and that move comes as amazon's ceo is taking steps to curtail expenses across the company in the face of slowing revenue and a gloomy economic outlook. first phase of the campus though, still slated to open in june. financial services company usaa is telling some staff that

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what did they say? >> reporter: just gut-wrenching emotions here. we heard from the parents of 9-year-old tian major along with the parents of the journalist dillon lyons. the grief was understandably intense and they talked about the shared anguish of losing their loved ones in a shocking and senseless way. dylan's mother was holding a pillow and photo and the last in order gifts she will ever get from him. >> my heart is broken. as a mother, he was not supposed to die before me. >> my son. >> the bullet. >> just heart broken for both of those families. you can see the lug between the family, after dylan was killed, the sheriff's office says the shooter entered tiana's home through a sliding glass door shooting and killing her. her mother was also shot while

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>> steven, i can barely keep it together seeing all of that. we mentioned governor ron desantis sharply criticizing the state prosecutor, why is he making that criticism? >> reporter: governor desantis actually sent a letter this week asking for documents and emails about prior arrests involving the suspect, 19-year-old keith moses both as a juvenile and as an adult. according to the orange county sheriff's office, moss had been arrested nearly 20 times before, and in response to the desantis criticism, the state attorney monique whirl told our station in orlando, quote, we do our jobs and we take it very seriously and to imply otherwise is absolutely shameful. >> thank you. a florida judge has granted bond for a 76-year-old woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband. ellen gillen was involved in an hours long standoff with police after a shooting at a daytona beach hospital. claire metz from our orlando

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>> thank you, pete. kamala harris is back in the bay area. air force 2 touched down less than an hour ago. on the agenda for today, a roundtable with asian american small businessowners in san francisco. this comes a month after the white house released an initiative for asian americans. it aims to increase opportunities and justice for the community. after the roundtable, vice president harris will head to a fund-raiser. . south bay students need to find a new school. new video of a fire in oakland. we may have another contend are for the seat held by nancy pelosi.

scott wiener put out a statement saying he was exploring his options, but it depends on if she decides to seek reelection. currently, wiener represents san francisco in the california senate. he has held that office since 2016. in the statement, wiener expressed his admiration for former speaker pelosi and said he would be happy to see her in congress for as long as she will serve. here is the aftermath of a fire in oakland. it started around 9:00 this morning on telegraph avenue and 34th street. while it was burning, it spread to a structure built out of wooden pallets. one person is displaced. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a charter school will close after the end of this semester. the school board made that decision last night. it couldn't afford to keep the school open due to funding. as well as a low enrollment rate. the board said it is looking at a $4.5 million shortfall next

year. a bit cooler today. we still see sunshine. enjoy it before the rain rolls in this weekend. kari hall is tracking what we can expect. >> look at these temperatures that we are going to see. reaching into the upper 50s. overall, a cool day. it's nice to have the sun peeking through. it will be cooler saturday. reaching 53 degrees in san francisco. even cooler on sunday, reaching 50 in livermore and dublin. we will see rain coming back in. the reason for the cooler temperatures. as well as dropping snow levels for parts of the north bay as well as the east bay and the south bay foothills. we are going to see, eventually, clearing. we will look at that coming up in 30 minutes. >> thanks. some people got to take a free lap around the sonoma raceway. they held a blood drive today.

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." at least 17 people are dead and dozens are injured after a massive fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in jakarta, indonesia. thousands were forced to evacuate as crews worked to battle and contain those flames. investigators believe the fire broke out due to a gas pipeline rupturing possibly because of a lightning strike. breaking news, attorney general merrick garland has made an unannounced trip to ukraine. he was invited to join ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at the united for justice conference, the justice

department official told nbc news that garland held several meetings and reaffirmed the united states's determination to hold russia accountable for any crimes committed during the war. today, president biden awarded the medal of honor to a black army special forces hero who served during the vietnam war. paris dave now 83, led a group of soldiers through an hours long fire fight despite being shot multiple times, even refusing to board an evacuation helicopter in order to stay and fight. davis was nominated to receive the medal nearly six decades ago but the paperwork was lost twice. during the ceremony today, president biden said paris represented everything that medal means. we continue to follow breaking news this hour. alex murdaugh has been sentenced to two life terms for the murders of his wife and son. >> after a nearly month-long trial, the judge delivered a blistering rebuke of disgraced former lawyer who once again professed his innocence. >> i respect this court, but i'm

innocent, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. >> and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you'd become, i mean when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills, maybe you had become another person. >> and while this murder trial may be over, murdaugh areas legal issues are not. >> he is still faits facing a litany of other charges, more than 100 other charges in separate cases. among the charges, financial crimes, drug trafficking and fraud. nbc news correspondent ellison barber is at the courthouse in south carolina as she has that part of the story for us now. ellison? >> reporter: this case made a lot of people look at the murdaugh family and the world around them a lot closer than they had in the years and the

decades past. and in addition to those financial crimes, 99 charges alex murdaugh now faces related to that, there are also police investigations around two other deaths that happened within the murdaugh family orbit. >> alex murdaugh, the privileged son of a powerful south carolina legal dynasty. now a convicted murderer. for killing his wife and son. the spotlight shifting to other possible crimes and mysteries surrounding murdaugh and his family. the former lawyer disbarred last summer, is also under indictment, on charges of serious financial crimes. including fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. during his trial, prosecutors said murdaugh committed the murders to distract from his financial troubles. under cross-examination, murdaugh admitted stealing money and lying about it. >> you were generating millions of dollars in fees, that was not enough for you? would you concede that?

>> if by concede that, you mean was i also stealing money that i shouldn't have, yes, sir. >> the murders related to a deadly boat crash involving his son paul. >> that boat wreck is the reason why paul paul and maggie were killed. >> the crash portrayed in a new netflix series killed 19-year-old mallory beach, whose family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against murdaugh. paul was allegedly driving the boat and had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. a spokesperson for the south carolina department of natural resources told the post courier in 2021. the case also prompting investigators to revisit two more deaths of people in murdaugh's orbit. in 2015, 19-year-old steven smith, a classmate of alex murdaugh's older son buster, was found dead quote-unquote ten miles from the murdaugh home. police initially believed his death was a hit-and-run. but in 2021, opened an

investigation based upon information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation of paul and maggie murdaugh. they have not directly accused the murdaugh family of any wrong doing in the case. alex murdaugh has also confessed to stealing a $4 million settlement from the sons of his family's housekeeper, gloria satterfield. satterfield died in 2018 after an apparent trip and fall at the murdaugh family home. the family and their attorney spoke out for the first time with craig about her death. >> how much money did the family get after gloria died? >> zero. >> police also reopened the investigation into her death, which is still ongoing. and one of gloria satterfield's children testified during this trial, the attorney representing the family were here, after the verdict was handed down, they released a statement saying in part, quote, alex murdaugh will drink from the same cup of justice as every other citizen

and other convicted murderers, the people have spoken, and went on to say, alex's life of lies and deceit ended yesterday. kate, aaron? >> ellison barber for us in south carolina, thank you. we're also hearing from murdaugh's defense team today, less than 24 hours after that verdict was read. they spoke exclusively to nbc's craig melvin saying they were surprised with how fast, how quickly the jury came to a decision. >> what was clear to us, with the speed is that the jury really didn't consider the evidence. we think that the judge's ruling that let two and a half weeks of testimony about the financial crimes totally obliterated any chance of them actually considering the lack of evidence, how sled screwed up the crime scene, all of those sorts of things and i mean really, that indicates that the speed of that, indicates he really didn't get a fair trial. >> you can watch more of craig's exclusive interviews tonight on

a special two-hour date line you can watch starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on your local nbc station. cleanup crews are preparing to temporarily remove tracks and soil around the site of that toxic train derailment in ohio. we'll show you some drone video of the cleanup happening now. there's worry that the removal could put more chemicals in the air, making the threat even worse. this is the latest step in a process that homeowners say has been lacking transparency. >> it's just conflicting information. that's why what we get, we're not happy with it, because it doesn't make sense and it doesn't add up. >> nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch is in canfield, ohio, for us today. the community's frustration there was really apparent last night during that town hall meeting that was held. talk to us about what went down there and how it all unfolded. >> reporter: yes, one of the things that they're concerned about, what you just touched on, there is what is going to happen when they start removing the

train tracks temporarily to dig up contaminated soil and the railroad tells us following the epa's approval that has begun. that is one of several issues people are concerned about. they're also worried about their financial and their physical well-being's futures, in the aftermath of this derailment. here is part of one of the exchanges residents had with officials on stage. >> we are sorry. we're very sorry for what happened. we feel horrible about it. >> if you care about us, get our grandkids out of here now, get us out. >> reporter: so again, this is just one of those moments and there are a lot of flash points, both between officials from norfolk southern and government officials, state and federal, the bottom line for people, they still do not feel they have all of the answers need and they are still skeptical of the information they've been given. >> jesse kirsch for us in ohio today, thank you. the lbgtq community in tennessee says it's being unfairly targeted by a new state law. >> tennessee's republican

governor bill lee signed a bill that will make drag performances there illegal in some cases. it is the first law of its kind in the united states. although lawmakers in at least a dozen other states have proposed similar measures. nbc reporter is following the story for us, matt, just explain to us, what this new law is in tennessee and what the sponsors say what was the reason for it. >> sure, so the new law would prohibit drag performances in public spaces, or at locations where minors can be present. first time offenders will be slapped with a misdemeanor. subsequent offenders will be charged with a class c felony that can land them in jail for up to six years. lawmakers are saying that this law is necessary in order to protect children from being exposed to sexual or seedy con ent. >> what's been the reaction? what are we hearing from advocates? what are we hearing from the lbgtq community in tennessee about this? >> well critics have said that the state already has obscenity laws so they're saying that this new law unfairly targets an art

form that has deep roots within the lbgtq community. . drag performers that i spoke to largely have said, you know, not all shows are for children, but that doesn't mean that the whole art form is obscene or overtly sexual. >> if you've been to nashville, there are like brunches, right, where there are drag performances. is that where this comes from? >> right, so there are images on social media about these family friendly drag brunches where families are bringing kids and these shows are designed for families, most drag shows that are in bars or nightclubs where kids can't attend either way so the critics are saying this is unnecessary and singles out a community that is already marginalized. >> thank you. a growing divide in the republican party and nowhere is that divide more apparent than at this year's cpac, the conservative political action conference. vaughn hillyard is there in national harbor, maryland for

us. hey, vaughn. >> reporter: kate, at a time in which republicans are questioning where their voters are going to be, ahead of 20924 republican nomination, this is a good place to start looking a good place where conservatives alone can call the base of their grass roots, take a look at cpac 2023. >> we are at the 2023 cpac. yes. >> reporter: this place, cpac, used to be skesh tives weekend out, the annual gathering of who's who of the republican party. >> the conservative movement is alive and well. >> george h.w. bush made the rounds and dig cheney, george w. bush and john mccain mitt romney and paul ryan, too. >> i don't see this great divide in our party. what i see is a vibrant debate. >> but the rise of donald trump has changed these laws. nikki haley, mike pompeo, ted cruz aren't here. but ronna mcdaniel and mike

pence and ron desantis are not. >> what does it say from a trump team's perspective of what governor desantis not being here. >> the absence speaks volume. and i know who will show up and he does every time which is president trump. >> mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. >> what does it say about you being here versus the likes of a mitch mcconnell or a kevin mccarthy. >> if you keep going down the line here, you will name enough names where you will hit mine and that is why i'm here. >> other members of congress are. >> how has cpac changed since the rise of donald trump? >> wpca is always raucous and wonderful, with an electricity of it, and i think there is more of electricity. >> other republicans such as speaker kevin mccarthy are not here. you are here. why are you here? >> this is the activists of our party. we can't do anything without them. >> there are presidential candidates you haven't heard about. terry johnson, one of them. mr. johnson, you got a slot for 2024? >> i believe, or i wouldn't be here otherwise. >> this is media row.

but they're all right wing outlets. >> it turns out it is biased. >> steve bannon of course. >> absolutely, this has become the ground. >> the attendees largely remaining trump loyalists. >> why are we at cpac. >> donald trump. >> who do you have in 2024? >> trump. >> trump. >> this is the merchandise empt po room that also includes a mock oval office and all of this ahead of trump's appearance for the final major speech on saturday night. >> what do you say about donald trump coming here this weekend? >> that's awesome. we hang out about once a month and he's ready to go with a lot of energy. get on the ground and start telling people what he is going to do. >> reporter: now, for all of the prominent republicans who did avoid this very pro-trump crowd at cpac, nikki haley, who is running for president for the

republican nomination, she did take the stage a short time ago and she received a friendly reception but one far from enthusiastic. kate? >> vaughn hillyard for us, thank you, vaughn. coming up, why billy eilish coming up, why billy eilish said she had deleted all o oh ms flores. you're the leader of many and pet wrangler, too. so becoming a student again might seem impossible. national university is here to support all of you. national university.

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