THERE. YOU'RE SCREAMING ABC NEWS LINE . ED, GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE" NEW DRAMATIC TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF ALEX MURDOCH. WHAT AN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SAYS THE DISGRACED LAWYER TOLD HIM WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE DOUBLE MURDERS AND THE NEW ECONOMIC REPORT CARD FOR OUR NATION. WHAT IT SHOWS ABOUT FOURTH QUARTER GROWTH AS FAMILIES GRAPPLE WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES AND SOARING PRICES. PLUS, SHOCKING NEW CLAIMS INVOLVING THE TEACHER ALLEGEDLY SHOT BY A SIX YEAR OLD STUDENT. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS NOW ACCUSED OF IGNORING REPEATED WARNINGS FROM STAFFERS. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT DRAMATIC NEW TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL SURROUNDING A DOUBLE MURDER IN A POWERFUL SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL DYNASTY. THE COURT NOW ON A LUNCH BREAK. WE WILL BRING IT BACK LIVE AS THE PROCEEDINGS RESUME. BUT EARLIER, SERGEANT DANIEL GREEN , DETECTIVE, THE CLAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TODAY BECOMING THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED IN THE TRIAL OF MURDOCH THAT DISGRACED, DISGRACED ATTORNEY ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON. GREEN WAS THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE OF THE MURDERS AND TOOK THE STAND DESCRIBING THOSE MOMENTS THAT HE FIRST SPOKE WITH . MURDOCH SAYS HE FOUND THE BODIES OF HIS WIFE, MAGGIE , AND SON PAUL . >> YOU ULTIMATELY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. MURDOCH FOR EXTENDED A FAIRLY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. >> DID YOU EVER SEE ANY TEARS IN YOUR INTERACTIONS, MR. MURDAUGH? >> HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE CRYING. HE WAS UPSET, BUT I DID NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE TEARS. >> DID MR. MURDOCH TELL YOU THAT HE HAD ANY SORT OF FIREARM? >> HE DID. HE STATED THAT HE HAD LEFT FROM THAT SCENE, WENT TO THE RESIDENCE, GRABBED A SHOTGUN FROM THAT RESIDENCE, AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE NEEDED TO HAVE IT JUST IN CASE SOMETHING ELSE WERE TO HAPPEN. >> HE TOLD YOU HE HAD GONE BACK TO THE RESIDENCE AFTER FINDING THE VICTIMS TO GET THAT GUN? >> HE DID. >> WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID YOU DO ONCE HE TOLD YOU THAT HE HAD GOTTEN A GUN? >> FIRST HE POINTED TO OR POINTED OUT WHERE THE GUN WAS WAS LEANING AGAINST THE VEHICLE THAT HE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS A CAMOUFLAGED SHOTGUN. >> I SPOKE TO THEM FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES AND JUST BASED OFF OF HOW NERVOUS HE WAS ACTING AND ANXIOUS AND UPSET, I DECIDED IT WAS IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST TO GET THAT SHOTGUN AND SECURE IN MY VEHICLE SO THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD ACCESS TO IT. >> MURDOCH IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS WIFE AND YOUNGEST SON IN JUNE OF 2020 ONE . HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDERS, BUT ADMITS HE TRIED TO STAGE HIS OWN MURDER JUST MONTHS LATER SO HIS SURVIVING SON COULD COLLECT THE INSURANCE PAYOUT. FOR MORE , LET'S BRING IN ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMEIER, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, ALSO HOST OF LONG CRIME NETWORK. SO, BRIAN , THAT SOME PRETTY COMPELLING TESTIMONY FROM THE FIRST WITNESS, THAT RESPONDING OFFICER, SERGEANT DANIEL GREEN , WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WAS IT ? IT'S COMPELLING. I THINK DEFENSE ATTORNEY MAYBE GOING TO TURN OUT TO SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IS THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAYING, YOU'VE NEVER MET ALEX MURDAUGH BEFORE. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HE GRIEVES. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HE CRIES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS RESPONSE WOULD BE UPON COMING ACROSS HIS WIFE AND SON BRUTALLY MURDERED THIS WAY. NOW, INITIALLY, OF COURSE, IT LOOKS BAD. WHY WOULDN'T SHE BE CRYING? WE'RE SEEING HIM CRYING IN COURT AS WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS. SO I THINK FOR THE PROSECUTION ,THEY'RE KIND OF LEADING THE WAY HERE IN TERMS OF PROVING THEIR CASE. BUT THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. WHEN THEY PUT ON THEIR FIRST WITNESS, THEY GET TO DICTATE HOW THEIR CASE IN CHIEF WORKS IS FOR THE DEFENSE TO KIND OF HACK AWAY AT LITTLE BY LITTLE. >> SO AS YOU SAW, THE PROSECUTION WAS ASKING GREENE ABOUT HIS FIRST MOMENT, SPEAKING WITH MURDOCH AT THE SCENE OF THE MURDERS. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE DESCRIBED. >> WHEN YOU ULTIMATELY APPROACH MR. MURDOCH, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DID? THE FIRST THING I DID WAS ENSURE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY WEAPONS ON HIM. THAT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR ARRIVING ON SCENE LIKE THAT. ANY KIND OF WEAPONS THAT ARE ANYWHERE ON THE SCENE I WANT TO BE AWARE OF JUST SO I CAN KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE THERE OR NOT. AND IF THEY ARE THERE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO HIM AT ANY POINT? JUST THE BEST FOR MY SAFETY, AS WELL AS OTHER RESPONDING OFFICERS AND FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT'S ON THE MR. MURDAUGH GIVE YOU ANY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THIS? WHEN YOU APPROACHED HIM, HIS IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO START TELLING ME ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT HAD HAPPENED WITH HIS SON WITH A BOATING ACCIDENT, THE BOATING ACCIDENT, SIR. >> HAD YOU ASKED HIM ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I DID NOT. WELL, BRIAN , BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM THE DAY OF THE MURDERS PRESENTED IN COURT ALSO SHOWED MURDOCH SPEAKING WITH OFFICERS, TELLING THEM THAT HIS THEN PAUL WAS GETTING THREATS AND GETTING PUNISHED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THAT BOAT CRASH IN 2019 THAT KILLED MALLORY BEACH. THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE INTRICATE AND DIFFICULT AND A LOT OF THINGS TO FOLLOW. BUT WHY DO YOU THINK THE PROSECUTION WAS HONING IN ON THAT SPECIFIC? SO I THINK THE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO PAINT THE PICTURE. THIS IS A MAN THAT'S TRYING TO DISTRACT AND POINT THE FINGER AWAY FROM HIM. THAT ALEX MURDAUGH IS A SEASONED PROSECUTOR AND SO WAS HIS FATHER. SO WAS HIS FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE THAT. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT HE'S CRAFTY ENOUGH THAT AFTER MURDERING HIS WIFE, AND SON, THAT HE WOULD THEN TRY TO THROW THIS INVESTIGATION OFF OF HIM. TO KIND OF SUGGEST, HEY, I JUST GOT HERE. MAYBE THIS IS WHY THEY'RE MURDERED IN THIS FASHION. SOMEONE WHO MADE A THREAT IN THE PAST MUST HAVE MADE GOOD ON THEIR WORD. I THINK THE PROSECUTION IS PUTTING THAT FORWARD TO CREATE THAT NARRATIVE, TO TRY TO PROVE THEIR CASE. SO GREEN ALSO TESTIFIED THAT HE ASKED MURDOCH ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIRE TRACKS THAT HE NOTICED AROUND THE BODIES, NOTING THERE WERE MORE THAN WHAT WOULD APPEAR IF MURDOCH WAS THE ONLY PERSON DRIVING UP TO THE SCENE. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? NOW? I THINKING GO ACTUALLY BOTH WAYS FOR THE PROSECUTION. THEY WANT TO KEEP HAMMERING HOME THAT MURDOCH IS A LIAR. BUT HE SAID HE CAME ACROSS THEIR BODY, TOOK THE ATV OR THE VEHICLE, AND THEN WENT TO GO GET A GUN AND A SHOTGUN AND THEN CAME BACK BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED THAT HE MAY NEED TO USE IT. MAYBE THE PERPETRATOR, THE ACTUAL SHOOTER WAS CLOSE BY . WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE TWO SETS OF TODD ANT SORRY, GOING AWAY AND COMING BACK . THE PROSECUTION IS PLANTING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY FOR HIS STORY TO MAKE SENSE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL STORY COULD BE , BUT THEY COULD ARGUE THAT, HEY, MAYBE THIS IS HIM GOING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE CRIME SCENE. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A RAIN THAT WAS FOUND WITH GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON IT, BUT THAT WASN'T THE SCENE. THERE'S ALSO TWO GUNS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THIS CASE. MAYBE HE DISPOSED OF THEM SOMEWHERE THAT WE HAVEN'T FOUND YET. AND SO PLANTING THAT SEED OF MULTIPLE TIRE TREADS DOES THAT . BUT THE DEFENSE COMES BACK AND SAYS, WELL, DID YOU DOCUMENT IT PROPERLY? DID YOU TELL ANYONE TO DO SO? THEY'RE ATTACKING NOT THE FACTS, BUT THE INVESTIGATION TO TRY TO MAKE HEADWAY IN THAT ARGUMENT. >> SO, MURDOCKS, ATTORNEYS, THOUGH, ARGUED THAT THERE'S STILL NO DIRECT EVIDENCE OR EYEWITNESSES TYING HIM TO THE CRIME, THAT HE TRULY LOVED HIS WIFE, MAGGIE , THAT PAUL WAS, QUOTE, THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. BUT IS THAT ENOUGH OF A DEFENSE ? I DON'T THINK IT'S A NO DEFENSE. I THINK THIS CASE IS GOING TO NEED MULTIPLE DEFENSES BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION HAS MULTIPLE WAYS OF TRYING TO CONVICT ALEX MURDAUGH IN THE ARGUMENT AS TO THIS WAS A CRIME TO GAIN SYMPATHY AND COVER UP FINANCIAL CRIMES. THAT'S WHAT THE PROSECUTION IS ARGUING. THE DEFENSE IS COUNTERING THAT BY SAYING HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. WHY WOULD HE GO TO THIS EXTENT TO FINANCIAL CRIMES? THEY'LL PROBABLY ARGUE THAT WE HAVE SEEN FINANCIAL CRIMES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FOR CENTURIES AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE KILL THEIR WIFE AND KID TO TRY TO HIDE THAT. THAT'S WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE, IS THAT SOMEONE ELSE MURDERED THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND NOT THIS THEORY THAT THE PROSECUTION IS PUTTING FORWARD. I THINK IT HELPS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WINNING ARGUMENT FOR THE DEFENSE. NOW, DO YOU THINK MURDOCH WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE? AND IS THAT A GOOD OR A BAD THING? LAY OUT THE SCENARIO, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. >> SO DON'T FORGET, MURDOCH IS UNIQUE IN HIS ABILITY TO TESTIFY AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY . I ONLY HAVE TO POTENTIALLY PREPARE MICHAEL TO TESTIFY. BUT PROSECUTORS, THEY ARE PREPPING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO TESTIFY THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. NOT ON TOP OF THAT. HIS FATHER WAS A PROSECUTOR. HIS FATHER'S FATHER WAS A PROSECUTOR. HIS FATHER'S FATHER WAS A PROSECUTOR PREPPING WITNESSES AND DOING DIRECT EXAMINATION IS LITERALLY IN THIS MAN'S BLOOD . SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT HE WOULD BE A BETTER PERSON TO TESTIFY THAN MOST PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WHO DO TESTIFY. I THINK THAT GIVES HIM THE ADVANTAGE AND THAT CREATES A MORE LIKELY THAN NOT SCENARIO WHERE HE WILL TESTIFY BECAUSE WITH NO EYEWITNESS AND NO DIRECT EVIDENCE, THE BEST PERSON, THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE GOT TO THAT SCENE IS ALEX MURDAUGH. AND HE MIGHT BE THE HAIL MARY PASS. THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO CARRY HIS CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. >> ALL RIGHT. STAY WITH US. BRIAN , I UNDERSTAND WE GOT EVA PILGRIM. SHE'S THERE ON THE GROUND. SHE WAS INSIDE THE COURTROOM. SHE JOINS US NOW. IVA, SO GLAD YOU COULD BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE EVEN WHEN IT WAS SHOWN IN COURT. TODAY. WHAT WAS THE REACTION FROM THE JURY WHEN THEY SAW THAT? >> WELL, THE JURY WAS VERY MUCH ENGAGED. >> WE SAW A LOT OF THE JURORS LEANING FORWARD WITH THEIR THEIR HANDS ON THEIR UNDER THEIR CHINS, VERY MUCH WATCHING THIS VIDEO STEP BY STEP AS THE STATE LAID OUT EVERYTHING THAT THIS FIRST RESPONDER WHO WAS THERE ON THE SCENE WAS SEEING AND ENCOUNTERING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD THIS VIDEO OF ALEX MURDAUGH THE NIGHT THAT THESE MURDERS HAPPENED. AND WHAT HIS DEMEANOR WAS LIKE. AND HE WALKED THOSE JURORS STEP BY STEP THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT HE WAS ENCOUNTERING ON THAT NIGHT. THE OTHER INTERESTING THING I NOTICED AS WE WERE SITTING IN THAT COURTROOM WAS WHEN HE MENTIONED THAT ALEC WAS ON THE PHONE, HE WAS CALLING, HE THOUGHT IT WAS HIS BROTHER. I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN MARVIN, HIS BROTHER, WHO RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE SCENE AND HOW AFFECTED HE WAS. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PHONE CALL TO GET AND HE WAS TEARFUL AND HIS CONVERSATION TO ME, HEARING HIS BROTHER IN THAT STATE IN THE COURTROOM, I SAW HIM HANG HIS HEAD DOWN AND JUST SHAKE HIS HEAD BECAUSE HE REMEMBERED QUITE OBVIOUSLY HOW IT FELT GETTING THAT PHONE CALL THAT NIGHT. YOU ALSO SAW I THOUGHT VERY INTERESTINGLY, THE DEFENSE GO UP AND TRY TO START POKING HOLES IN WHAT IS THIS EVIDENCE? COULD THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER EVIDENCE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? WAS SOMETHING CONTAMINATED? THEY LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS THERE ON THE SCENE, STARTING TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THERE COULD OR COULD HAVE BEEN KYRA. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. EVEN IF YOU DON'T MIND. OTHER MEMBERS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT THE LEGAL DYNASTY OF THIS FAMILY. THEY'RE VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA. YOU KNOW, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, ALL LAWYERS. ARE YOU SEEING OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS SHOW UP, SHOW SUPPORT? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS? KIND OF. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY POWERFUL FAMILY IN THE AREA, APPARENTLY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE USED THEM FOR LAWYERS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE VIBE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO WHO HE HAS THERE TO SUPPORT HIM? WELL, WE ARE SEEING JOHN MARVIN MURDOCH WAS IN COURT TODAY WITH HIS WIFE. WE SAW BUSTER MURDOCH THERE WITH I BELIEVE IT WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND. THEY WERE SITTING ALL TOGETHER KIND OF TO THEMSELVES. THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THEY KNOW WELL THAT THEY WERE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH . BUT FOR THE MOST PART, TRYING TO AVOID TALKING TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA. FOR SURE. IT'S KIND OF TURNING THE OTHER WAY. IF SOMEONE IS TO WALK UP TO THEM. AND JUST WATCHING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THIS COURTROOM, THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ALEC MURDOCH THERE IN THE COURTROOM WATCHING ALL OF THIS UNFOLD. GOT IT. AND ANOTHER QUESTION. THIS WAS ALL OF US WERE ASKING YESTERDAY, WHAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING WITH THE NAME? YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALEX MURDOCH AND NOW WE'RE TOLD ALEC MURDOCH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE WITH HIS NAME? BECAUSE CLEARLY WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THERE HAS BEEN THIS THIS CHANGE ON WHAT EXACTLY DO WE CALL THIS MAN. SO I THINK SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS QUITE FRANKLY ,I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THIS IS THE SOUTHERN ACCENT. SO PEOPLE ARE HEARING THE WAY THAT THEY SAY THEIR NAME AND THEY'RE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE PRONUNCIATION IS . I ASKED HIS BROTHERS WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THEM WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY HAPPENED BACK IN JUNE. 2020 ONE . HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? AND YOU COULD HEAR ALEC IN THE NINE ON ONE CALL SAY HIS OWN NAME. THEY SAID THEY ACTUALLY SAY ALEC WHEN THEY PRONOUNCE HIS NAME, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION WOULD BE ALEC LIKE ILEC AND THAT MURDOCH IS HOW HE SAYS IT. AND YOU HEAR HIM ON THE TAPES AND IN THE VIDEOS. SAY HIS NAME THAT WAY. GOT IT. I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE, AND THAT IS YOU, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT FAMILY. YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I LIVED IN THE AREA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THERE IS A VERY STRONG ACCENT, SO YOU JUST WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. EVA, I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BRIAN . >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE, OF COURSE, ONCE COURT RESUMES AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY TALK WITH EVEN BRIAN SOME MORE AS THIS DEVELOPS. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING, OF COURSE, THIS ENTIRE TRIAL TO THE VERY END. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER STRONG READ ON THE ECONOMY. WE'VE GOT THAT FOR YOU AS WELL. NEW GDP DATA SHOWING THE ECONOMY GREW ACTUALLY BY TWO POINT NINE PERCENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, BETTER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY SPEAK ON THE ECONOMY A LITTLE LATER TODAY IN VIRGINIA. WE'LL TAKE THAT LIVE AS WELL. WHEN IT HAPPENS. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S BRING IN ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS. SO, KAREN, MORE GOOD NEWS ON THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? SO I'M SURE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN TOUTING THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO TOUT THAT NUMBER. ANYTHING TO DISTRACT FROM CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, KYRA. I THINK THEY WERE HAPPY TO HAVE A HEADLINE THAT WAS NOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, NOTABLY NO FORMAL STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY'RE GOING TO LET THE PRESIDENT BE THE ONE TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE HEADS TO THAT EVENT. IN VIRGINIA. BUT YOU SAW CABINET SECRETARIES, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS CROWING ABOUT THAT GDP NUMBER ON TWITTER TODAY. RON KLAIN, A VERY ACTIVE TWEETER, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, GIVING CREDIT TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, THE FIRST BIG PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. AND ALSO RON KLAIN TRYING TO SUGGEST SOME HEADLINES HERE FOR REPORTERS SAYING THAT THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN UP AS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN IS WORKING. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THIS NUMBER. THEY SAY IT'S A PRODUCT OF THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR JOB CREATION, WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL, AND THEY WANT THIS TO CONTINUE NOW GOING INTO TWENTY , TWENTY THREE . >> SO, AS YOU SAID, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON IN VIRGINIA. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM? >> HE'S GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK BACKWARDS, KYRA. AT HIS FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE. TALK ABOUT THE 11 MILLION JOBS THAT WERE CREATED, INCLUDING SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND MANUFACTURING JOBS, BECAUSE HE WILL BE SPEAKING AT A STEAMFITTERS UNION OUT THERE IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. HE'LL ALSO BE TOUTING THE FACT THAT UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW IS AT A 50 YEAR LOW. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO GOING TO GO ON THE ATTACK A BIT TODAY. HE'S GOING TO GO AFTER HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT UNDER THEIR PLAN, IN HIS VIEW, THEIR ECONOMIC AGENDA WOULD RAISE TAXES ON WORKING FAMILIES, WOULD RAISE GAS PRICES, AND ALSO WOULD WORSEN INFLATION. REPUBLICANS, OF COURSE, TAKING ISSUE WITH THAT. BUT, KYRA, THIS IS ALL SETTING UP A BIG SHOWDOWN THIS SPRING OVER SPENDING CUTS, WHICH HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING FOR. AND IT ALL COMES AMID A BIG, BIG FIGHT LOOMING OVER THE DEBT CEILING. >> ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE PRESIDENT CONCERNED THAT UNCERTAINTY OVER THE DEBT CEILING, SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT COULD ACTUALLY DERAIL ALL THIS PROGRESS ON THE ECONOMY. YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THEY SAY THAT THE REPUBLICAN RECIPE ON OR THE REPUBLICAN PLAN ON THE ECONOMY IS A RECIPE FOR ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. BUT NOTABLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEBT CEILING AND SPENDING CUTS, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DRAWN A VERY FIRM LINE IN THE SAND, SAYING PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE ON RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. AND THIS RIGHT NOW IS A BIG DEAL . AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE REPUBLICANS SAY IN ORDER TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING, THEY WANT TO SEE SPENDING CUTS BROADLY. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS YOU DID THIS SO MANY TIMES DURING THE TRUMP YEARS WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD CONTINUE. NOW, KYRA, THE ONE THING WE'RE WAITING FOR IS WHEN WILL THE PRESIDENT SIT DOWN WITH HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY? THEY BOTH HAVE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. THAT MEETING IS NOT YET ON THE BOOKS. >> ALL RIGHT, KAREN TRAVERS FOR US AT THE WHITE HOUSE. KAREN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> AND COMING UP, THAT SIX YEAR OLD THAT SHOOTS HIS TEACHER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. WELL, AS THE TEACHER RECOVERS, FELLOW STAFFERS SAY THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS AND NOW THIS TEACHER SAYS SHE'S GOING TO SUE THE SCHOOL STREAMING LIVE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. SO GLAD YOU'RE SERVING WITH US TODAY. WELL, ATTORNEYS FOR THAT VIRGINIA TEACHER SHOT BY HER SIX YEAR OLD STUDENT SAY THAT SHE'S PLANNING TO SUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ABBY SWERNER SAYS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO HEED MULTIPLE WARNINGS WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE SHOOTING. >> AND NOW THE DISTRICT SUPERINTEND IS OUT OF A JOB. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS THE LATEST TEACHER ABBY SWERNER AT HOME TRYING TO HEAL WITH THE BULLET STILL LODGED IN HER CHEST, FIRED BY THE SIX YEAR OLD STUDENT. >> THE ROAD TO FULL RECOVERY WILL BE LONG. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE ATTACK THAT SHOCKED THE NATION, THE NEWPORT NEWS TEACHER IS BREAKING HER SILENCE THROUGH AN ATTORNEY ACCUSING THE SCHOOL OF FAILING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE DESPITE MULTIPLE WARNINGS THREE TIMES, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WAS WARNED BY CONCERNED TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT THE BOY HAD A GUN ON HIM AT THE SCHOOL. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION COULD NOT BE BOTHERED. >> THAT ATTORNEY LAYING OUT A DISTURBING TIMELINE, SAYING IT WAS THE WINNER WHO FIRST WARNED THE SCHOOL THE BOY HAD THREATENED TO BEAT UP ANOTHER CHILD. >> THAT MORNING, THEY DIDN'T CALL SECURITY. >> THEY DIDN'T REMOVE THE STUDENT FROM THE CLASSROOM. AFTER A TIP ABOUT A GUN, ANOTHER TEACHER SEARCHED THE BOY'S BACKPACK. AN HOUR LATER, BUT FOUND NOTHING. BUT WHEN THE TEACHER WARNED AN ADMINISTRATOR THE GUN COULD BE IN THE POCKET, HER CONCERNS WERE ALLEGEDLY DISMISSED. >> THE ADMINISTRATOR DOWNPLAYED THE REPORT FROM THE TEACHER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A GUN, SAYING, AND I QUOTE, WHILE HE HAS LITTLE POCKET A HALF AN HOUR LATER, IT'S WHERE HIS ATTORNEY SAYS A THIRD TEACHER REPORTED A STUDENT WHO WAS CRYING BECAUSE THE SIX YEAR OLD HAD THREATENED HIM WITH THE GUN DURING RECESS. BUT AGAIN, NO ACTION. FINALLY, ZOHREEN SHAH CLAIMS ANOTHER CONCERNED STAFF ASKED TO SEARCH THE BOY BUT WAS DENIED, TOLD WAIT THE SITUATION OUT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DAY WAS ALMOST OVER. MINUTES LATER, POLICE SAY THE BOY OPENED FIRE WITH THE HANDGUN HE BROUGHT FROM HOME A FEMALE VICTIM. SHE'S BEEN SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AS WELL AS A THROUGH AND THROUGH INTO THE HANDS. THE PARENTS OF THE SIX YEAR OLD SUSPECT THAT HE SUFFERS FROM AN ACUTE DISABILITY AND CLAIM THE SHOOTING OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST WEEK HE ATTENDED CLASS WITHOUT A PARENT. BUT ONE PARENT OF A CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM TELLS ABC NEWS SHE'S NOT AWARE OF PARENT CHAPERONS BEING ALLOWED IN CLASS. AND ONE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO LED THE SAME CLASS BACK IN THE FALL SAYS THERE WERE NO PARENTS MARKED PRESENT. >> THERE WAS NOT EVEN LIKE A TEACHER'S AIDE IN THE CLASSROOM. >> OVERNIGHT, A DECISIVE MOVE. THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE SCHOOL BOARD VOTING TO OUST THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOMETIMES OUT OF TRAGEDY. IT COMES OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH ,FOR CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO NEWS OF THE LOSS, THE BOY'S FAMILY ATTORNEY HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE TEACHER, THAT THEY WISH HER A COMPLETE AND FULL RECOVERY. BUT TEACHERS DEMANDING ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. >> KIRA PEIRE, THANKS. >> AND COMING UP, FIVE FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN THE TERRY NICHOLS DEATH ARE IN POLICE CUSTODY. AND NOW THEIR BODY CAM VIDEO COULD BE RELEASED STREAMING LIVE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. >> AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. HERE'S SOME OTHER HEADLINES WE'RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. ALL FIVE FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE FIRED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT DEADLY TRAFFIC STOP OF TERRY NICHOLS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THEY ALSO FACE MULTIPLE OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND ARE CURRENTLY CUSTODY IN A JAIL IN SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. NICHOLS FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS THE 29 YEAR OLD WAS BEATEN FOR THREE MINUTES AFTER HE WAS PULLED OVER ON JANUARY 7TH. HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER, SPARKING OUTRAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SAYS IT LOST 800 MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR'S HOLIDAY MELTDOWN. THE AIRLINE EXPECTING MORE LOSSES THIS YEAR. AND WE'LL SPEND ONE POINT THREE BILLION DOLLARS MORE TO UPDATE THEIR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. THIS COMES AS THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE AIRLINE. SOUTHWEST SAYS IT'S COOPERATING WITH THE DOT . MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN A MASSIVE SCHEME TO SELL BOGUS NURSING DEGREES. THE DOJ SAYS MORE THAN 7000 PEOPLE BOUGHT FRAUDULENT DIPLOMAS FROM THREE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. EVEN WORSE, SOME OF THEM ARE ALLEGEDLY STILL WORKING AS LICENSED NURSES IN OTHER STATES . THE WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN'T PROVIDE CARE ANY LONGER. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THANKS FOR JOINING US . REMEMBER, "ABC NEWS LIVE" YOUR VIEW ALL DAY WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS AND ALSO THE TRIAL OF ALEX MURDAUGH. SOON AS IT RESUMES, WE'LL TAKE YOU LIVE