him to be in a suit, necessary custody, he will probably be in a jumpsuit, potentially even shackled coming into the courtroom to hear his sentence. judge clifton newman will make the ultimate decision, the attorneys can plead their cases. he is facing between 30 years as a minimum and life in prison without the possibility of parole as a maximum for those two murder convictions, killing his wife maggie and his son paul. now, we do anticipate to hear victim impact statements. some of what is unfortunately unique about this case is that many of the defendant's family members would also then give those victim impact statements because this is a case of a husband being convicted of killing his wife and his son. his surviving son buster, we are waiting to see if he will be here, fell speak. there is also, of course, maggie's family as well, maybe even some of paul's friends. again, we do not know at this point who is going to speak. during this nearly six-week trial we heard from more than 70 witnesses, all sorts of data and forensic evidence, but according to that juror that you heard from there it was the video, that video that was on paul murdau

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but no without clifton will pray a day with beaten, arrested, and stuff is protected. the all the data and self proclaimed which a protective women of standing rock on al jazeera. ah hell i, they, wintry weather still give me some cause to concern across western parts of the u. s . western areas of canada, larry of low pressure, just drifting in here, but nothing like as bad as it has been recently and it's been good use spouses. snow pack has been concerned that should help as we go on through spring into summer 12 celsius there for san francisco, c, northern part of the california, up towards separate columbia. seeing some basic pieces of snow in the snow to our tools and all the place. wet weather, just around the central and southern plains, over the next couple days, you could see some lobby shouts, just drifting across oklahoma easing i with with office will northern parts of texas east, the side of the us. not too bad. a celsius there for new york about what it should be just about to struggle to get to freezing that in also, i mean while across the caravan, it

. >> reporter: judge clifton newman will sentence alex murdaugh right here tomorrow morning.n prison without parole. norah? >> norah: nikki battiste, who has been covering the trial for us, thank you. well, tonight, tens of millions across the south from texas to mississippi are bracing for a likely outbreak of tornadoes heavy rains, and flash flooding. meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel is following the path of the storm for us. good evening, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we are in the midst of what is going to be likely a significant severe weather outbreak. three dangerous in particular, tornadoes, of five, places like dallas and little rock affected on a 1-10 scale that sits right in the middle. then risk for high winds, 75-mile-per-hour or greater, those are hurricane-force winds, 2-inch diameter hail, could be the size of tennis balls or larger, in isolated spots. hour by hour, let's walk you through that forecast. dallas gets hit this evening. working its way through the deep south, the midsouth, as well, significant rain dumps

. >> reporter: judge clifton newman will sentence alex murdaugh right here tomorrow morning. years to life in prison without parole. norah. >> nikki battiste, who's been covering the trial for us. thank you. >>> well, tonight tens of millions across the south from texas to mississippi are bracing for a likely outbreak of tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash flooding. meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel is following the path of the storm for us. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we're in the midst of what is going to be a significant severe weather outbreak and three dangerous in particular we're following. tornadoes, a torcon of 5. places like dallas and little rock, you'll be affected. then there's that risk for high winds. 75-mile-per-hour winds or greater. those are hurricane-force winds. then two-inch diameter hail, could be the size of tennis balls or larger in isolated spots. hour by hour, let's walk you through that forecast. dallas gets hit this evening, working its way through the deep south, the mid-south as well. significant ra

. >> and the defense says that the inclusion of the financial charges the decision by judge clifton newman will why they found the jury to be a liar and cheat, that that it was prejudicial he admitted to it on the stand, but erin i spoke with the attorney general of south carolina and tells me that the first 99 charges pending against alex murdaugh the majority are financial, dozens of victims and intend to pursue those charges as of now he'll spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife and son. >> thank you much, and state attorney in palm beach county florida, been watching here with you and me and diane last night when this verdict came down, in that clip diane played, his lawyer, he's a liar and thief but not a murderer trying to own that part of it as always, and did didn't have remorse, didn't appeal for kindness from the judge. going all out for an appeal. >> alex murdaugh knew he would get life terms from this judge, he's playing for appeal. he wants to be known as a thief but he doesn't want to be known as a murderer family annihilator he was convicted of both count

. >> let me tell you, i've been talking about clifton newman, and i will say this, i know him personally, and so i am biased. but clifton newman's as impeccable a model of american jurisprudence as you will find. this is the last night on the bench, he has done an incredible job, dealing with this child trial but, walter scott some years ago in south carolina. he has been an exemplar of what it is to hold a courtroom in check. and when you saw him during the census today, the way he framed, it the way he put that narrative out was just stunning and compelling. it was not a surprise, if you're all familiar with judge newman, he was consistent, but i cannot say enough about how he conducted himself in this trial, to make sure that everything went according to plan. now the biggest thing that surprised me was, like the prosecution really stuck with the idea of a narrative for far too long. it wasn't until they were closing or get away from. it >> will guess. what >> it worked. >> what surprised me, oj simpson analyzing this on social media. that was my you have got to be kidding. jonathan a

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will speak . to sir geoffrey clifton speak.f 95 tory mp red listed by the hancock team for challenging so geoffrey joins me live . in other news the bbc have live. in other news the bbc have given up on pretending to be impartial what you're calling a corrupt, far government. tony arbiter for con double trouble what you call a corrupt far right government. huge numbers of , people. right government. huge numbers of, people. just enough go there and then so as broadcaster peddles blatant anti tory hate does the licence fee to be axed. we will debate that in all media first plus as fergie goes on toun first plus as fergie goes on tour. no not sir alex and give some life advice to harry and meghan esteemed royal biographer tom bower offers his frank assessments of . the latest assessments of. the latest sussex drama and will labour's new chief of staff sue gray be nominated for greatest britain or union? find out before the night's up on the first front pages will arrive in mere moments to right after the wonderful polly middlehur

will speak . to sir geoffrey clifton speak.ory mp red listed by the hancock team for challenging so geoffrey joins me live . in other news the bbc have live. in other news the bbc have given up on pretending to be impartial what you're calling a corrupt, far government. tony arbiter for con double trouble what you call a corrupt far right government. huge numbers of , people. right government. huge numbers of, people. just enough go there and then so as broadcaster peddles blatant anti tory hate does the licence fee to be axed. we will debate that in all media first plus as fergie goes on toun first plus as fergie goes on tour. no not sir alex and give some life advice to harry and meghan esteemed royal biographer tom bower offers his frank assessments of . the latest assessments of. the latest sussex drama and will labour's new chief of staff sue gray be nominated for greatest britain or union? find out before the night's up on the first front pages will arrive in mere moments to right after the wonderful polly middlehurst . w

plan to appeal and will face other charges connected to alleged financial crimes that could hold hefty sentences, but as things stand, he is in jail for life. >> we hea from judge cliftonman as he sentenced alex murdaugh to the two consecutive life terms. what else did he say? he spoke for half an hour. >> he expressed a lot of anger about conduct in court. this is in part because murder -- murdoch -- murdaugh is a lawyer and he felt the court to be devious while he presented things. while south carolina has the death penalty, persecutors had taken it as a possible option off the table before the trial, something they can do, but the judge said, your family and your ancestors have prosecuted many cases in this state and sent many people to their deaths for much lesser crimes then you have committed. he indicated that if he had the choice, he would have handed down a capital sentence for this crime, so that was pretty dramatic. also during the sentencing, that's when alex murdaugh stood up and said he maintained his innocence twice. he said, i love my wife. i love my wife and my son. i would do nothing to harm them. >> you say alex murdaugh because likely to appeal. wha

convicted attorney alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a powerful preamble, the judge clifton newman, sentencing the lawyer this morning after a jury spent fewer than three hours deliberating last night before finding murdaugh guilty of murdering both his wife and their youngest son. >> the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. >> murdaugh addressing the court one final time before hearing his fate. >> i'm innocent. i would never hurt my wife maggie. and i would never hurt my son paul. >> joining me now is ellison barber. she's outside the courthouse. laura jarrett and former u.s. attorney joyce vance are here. ellison, i want to start with you. you have witnessed a lot of this from there on the ground. murdaugh not showing any emotion during today's sentencing. we notably did not hear from any family members during today's hearing. what struck you in the closing -- the conclu

clifton newman's sentencing, alex murdaugh with a freshly shaved head spent his first night a columbia, south carolina, prison this weekend as a convicted murderer. sentenced to life without parole, murdaugh will now undergo about 45 days of medical tests, a mental health assessment and background screening before being placed in a maximum-security prison. what was his reaction to the verdict? >> i don't think he was shocked. >> reporter: jury deliberations took just under three hours following 28 days of court proceedings. the longest trial in south carolina criminal history. >>ed it been such a long case and we felt like we had done all we could do. >> reporter: prosecutors portrayed murdaugh as a serial liar who shot his wife and son on june 7, 2021, to distract from his drug conviction and alleged financial crimes. >> i continued to lie. >> reporter: for prosecutors, the key in a case based mostly on circumstantial evidence came from a cellphone video that placed murdaugh at the murder scene. >> really changed a lot of things. how do you get around supposedly being a grieving father and husband when we have a video that has you at the scene of the murders. >> reporter: the defense team tol

will announce a notice for appealing this case. they believe they have a good one, lori, because the judge, clifton newman, allowed all the evidence of financial crimes. do they in your estimation have a good case for appeal? >> well, this is -- really their biggest appellate issue they have. a lot of things were objectionable but the court of appeals would not turn the case this. is one they could have an argument about and the court of appeals will hear, and you know, it was a judgment called by judge newman. if you buy that financial crimes can actually make you go and kill your wife and child, the pressure from all that, just to have, you know, a few weeks reprieve can make you kill your wife and child you should have let it in. but frankly, i don't buy that could be the motive. >> john: given the chance to make a statement as we saw at the top of this, mercedes, murdaugh claimed innocence to the end. >> i tell you again, i respect this court but i'm innocent. i would never under any circumstances all right my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paw paw. >> john: the judge took that into considera

will go out to dianne gallagher. walk us through what happened in court this morning. it was incredibly remarkable to hear from judge clifton newman reflecting in a measured way talking about this these crimes that murdaugh has been convicted of, but also the person that he saw hymn become. >> amara, we have talked for so long why this particular case is capturing nation, and it is more about the murders of maggie an paul, and as tragic as they are, but it is about the power that this family had for a century as the solicitors and the prosecutors in this country, and about at friendly people, and you were gregarious and friendly, and how did you go from that to this. the junl said that he had argued before him in the past, and he knew him, and he had removed a portrait of his grandfather from behind him where this trial took place. and where he was, so that he could ensure a fair trial. i was astonished at the raw words of the judge before he sentenced him to two life sent sentences for the murders. listen to. this. >> i know that you have to see paul and maggie in the nighttimes when you attempting to go to sleep. i am sur

clifton newman said he lied about the murders as well. >> you have engaged in such duplicitous conduct here in the courtroom, here on the witness stand and the question is when will it end? when will it end? it's ended already for the jury, because they have concluded that you continue to lie and lie throughout your testimony. >> his defense attorneys said they plan to appeal. a winter storm system that varied parts of california in snow has now reached the upper midwest and the northeast. it could bring 18 inches of snow through saturday. the front touched off tornadoes in texas and louisiana, tearing up trees and cutting power to thousands of customers. one twister struck north of dallas. >> somebody said that training sounds loud. we looked up and there it was. it looked like moses was parting the red sea. >> high winds were blamed for three deaths today in alabama, arkansas and mississippi. president biden's doctor says a small lesion on the president's chest turned out to be cancerous but not malignant. dr. kevin o'connor said today a basal cell carcinoma. no further treatment is needed. stocks on wall street saw their best gains since january. the dow jones

judge clifton newman and he gave those words right before he sentenced alex murdaugh to two life sentences served consecutively so he would never get out of prison and he gaveled out. defense lawyers willt to you as soon as it starts. >> i think there is a strong anti-woke majority out there across the country. i think it is one of the reasons why florida stories resonate. the biden model is failing our country and failing states like illinois and california. what is it about florida? >> i think it has been a leader to not only be a model for other states. i think it could be nationally. >> that's one desantis talking about winning the wore on the woke. later calling out his fellow republican colleagues for not speaking out saying some of these republicans just sit back like potted plants and let the media define the terms of the debate and let the left define the terms of the debate. shannon bream might be talking about this sunday. good morning to you. so it was my impression maybe around mid- summer ron desantis is a candidate and based on some comments and his appearance in florida yesterday he is getting closer. >> yeah. i'm not sure he will wait that long. there are infrastructur

was clifton newman, he's done an exceptional job of running a tight ship through weeks of testimony evidence and frankly a lot of very strong emotions in that courtroom. i reasonably anticipate he will sentence alex murdaugh to life in prison with a 30-year minimum mandatory. it is kind of remarkable the verdict came back so quickly after weeks of testimony being presented, after all the evidence that was presented in this case. it clearly showed that the jury rejected any defense that was offered by alex murdaugh, including the two days of direct, cross, and redirect that alex murdaugh went through. i thought as a former prosecutor it was a huge mistake for him to take the stand and it looks like the jury agreed that at the end of the day, alex murdaugh lies and lied to get out of the guilty verdict they had just rendered. >> striking to see a guilty verdict, a conviction of mr. murdaugh for double murder. we're looking at some images of his family. and ellison barber, some views and people around the nation have heard about this case. it's truly scandalous set of facts now, as a convicted double murder. there are various shows, netflix and others, that have signed on to tell the s

clifton newman delivers this sentence. alex murdaugh facing between 30 years and life in prison on those murder charges. he does have a reputation for giving stiff sentences. we anticipate hearing victim impact statements. the attorneys will make their cases on what the sentencing should be and then alex murdaugh will go to prison for the death, the murders of his wife and his son. we don't know who is going to be in the courtroom, whether or not we are going to see his son buster again, how that is going to sort of work out with the murdaugh family. but we anticipate all of that, kaitlin, to happened around 9:30 this morning. i spoke with the defense attorney jim griffin last night. he said they wouldn't comment fully on the verdict until after the sentencing. but he told me they were very disappointed in that verdict. >> yeah, it's just been a trial that captured the nation. i feel like everyone i know has been watching this. people lining up outside. a lot of people watching it on television. we know you will be watching it as well, sentencing getting underway this morning. in a few moments, alan wilson, south carolina's attorney general about his view. >>> frustration in east palestine, ohio, last night. >> i'm beggin

will have in the coming days, weeks and months. still to come. from the strictly dancefloor to centre stage. we'll be speaking to kevin clifton with us just after 9 o'clock. now the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. 28 kilometres of new 20 mph roads come into effect today across parts of the the capital. transport for london roads in camden, islington, hackney, haringey and tower hamlets will see their speed limits lowered. the latest data showed it led to a 25% reduction in deaths and serious injuries within the central london congestion charging zone. ten days of strike action starts today at heathrow airport after last ditch talks failed. the dispute involving security workers who are members of the unite union is about pay. heathrow says it has contingency plans to keep the airport operating as normal throughout the easter holidays. this saturday will see a host of bills going up, including council tax, water rates and some mobile and broadband services. it comes as a newham based money advice organisation say people are getting in to debt in order to try an