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The judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh for murdering his wife and son calls the disgraced attorney a “Monster”. The panel debates the view of some legal observers that those three hours of jury deliberations were too fast for a six-week trial. Plus, ‘Overtime with Bill Maher’: the weekly segment in which Maher and guests answer topical questions from HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ viewers. And, what will the future be like for the people of East Palestine, Ohio after the toxic chemical spill? A woman who grew up in the middle of a different environmental disaster has a message for East Palestine residents.

Also tonight: a Governor DeSantis appointee to the new ‘Disney Oversight Board’ suggested tap water could turn people gay, Tennessee’s GOP Governor signs a law banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting drag shows, how would you like to travel the world for a year for the bargain price of $30,000? - as always there’s a catch, CNN’s Kasie Hunt gives birth to daughter Grey after 13 minutes of sudden labor, and, star of “Heat” actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61.

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