saturday. i m frederica whitfield. russia s expectations of a quick defeat were dismissed. in kyiv on the anniversary a solum ceremony. [ speaking non-english ] ukraine s president zelenskyy remained the very public face of ukraine s resistance and defiant in his speech. translator: if we all do our homework, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think i want it this year. western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine including a $2 billion package from the u.s. and a new round of sanctions on russia. but ukraine has suffered some 8 million people have fled the country and of those who stayed roughly 18 million are in dire need of as assistance. that s 40% of the population. christiane amanpour looks at the war and the national impact on identity. reporter: perhaps there is no more powerful sense of belonging than this, she deciding to marry in their orthodox church, the very day russia invaded and tried to cla
was and what he was doing, and he told attorneys today he told prosecutors, he was not trying to manufacture an alibi when he now admittedly lied to investigators around that time. here with me is cnn s jean casarez who has been watching so much of this trial and what jumped out to you at the end here, particularly the dramatic finish of that cross-examination? he went through every single name of his partners, the people that should have gotten millions of dollars from the law firm, his family, everyone for decades he had lied to over and over and over again. then he lied about not being down where the murders happened with his wife and his son. so close in time to when their phones locked forever, meaning they never were on them again because they had been murdered. trying to show this jury, you can t believe today anything he says on that sand because he s a liar and always will be. let me dig into that a little bit more, the specific moment, now that murdaugh admits t
happening now, ukraine marks one full year of bloodshed and brutality at the hands of russian forces. president zelenskyy defiant saying victory is inevitable. i ll speak one on one with the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. also tonight, breaking news, the prosecution rests in the alex murdaugh murder trial after two days of dramatic cross-examination. did the jury buy his story about why he lied to police on the night of the killings? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar and you re the situation room. we begin our coverage with the latest on russia s war against ukraine officially one year old from kyiv to moscow, cnn s correspondents are covering the conflict from every angle as the war enters the second year. let s get to clarissa ward. president zelenskyy is talking to reporter and has a speech. what s the mood on the ground following remarks? reporter: i think there is provocat
been corporative in this investigation? other than lying to them about going to the kennel, i was corporative in every aspect of this investigation. very corporative except for maybe the most important fact of all that you were at the murder scene with the victims just minutes before they died. reporter: also revealed, astonishing details we ve never heard about just how serious murdoch says his opioid addiction was. so you re taking 60 a day or something like that? there were days i took more than that. reporter: but the majority of the cross examination friday focused on what happened june 7th, 2021. so what you re telling this jury is that it s a random vigilante. that s your statement. the 12-year-old 5 2 people that happened to know paul and maggie were at mozel and knew they would be alone at the kennels june 7th and you
only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms, and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number. accused double-murderer aleck murdoch admits to lying and being at the dog kennel minutes before his wife and son were brutally slaughtered but admits he s not a murderer. the disgraced former attorney faced a second round of tough questioning. diane gallagher has been following this case from walterboro, south carolina and has this report. so you like you ve done so many times over the course of your life had to back up and make a new story that kind of fit with the facts. reporter: alex murdaugh under cross-examination for a second day, several days getting