control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
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ac 360 starts now. fwgood evening, we begin wi the alex murdaugh double trial and his attempt to convince the jury that being a serial liar and being at the scene disease not make him a killer. having admitted yesterday on the witness stand to telling a string of lies, most significantly about being at the scene of the crime near the time it happened, he spent another day today under tough questioning. alex, it you murder maggie? i would never hurt maggie. did you murder paul? i would never hurt paul. court adjourned late today capping a stunning week by any measure. cnn s randi kaye joins us with the latest. it like in court today? reporter: well, anderson, this was first time we got to see the prosecutor question alex murdaugh about the night of the murder. he presed him on the details. he asked him what time he got to the kennels, how long he was there, what he talked about with his wife and son. he asked him these questions repeatedly, presumably to try an
yesterday changed his story y to admit that he was a tt the da kennels where his wife and son were played, something he did not tell police at the time. at all of this the last time you saw your supposedly saw four wife and child, all o this detail, you as a lawyer and a prosecutor, didn t think that was important to offer impr on your own. sta o i think it s important. here and now that murdoch cop to and lying about being at the kennels, he toldd l.a. prosecutors today that when hen left his wife and son minutehes before they were slaughtered, no one else was around forwa the dogs. barking and carrying on or going out into the woods orng o acting like they said somebody was around that they didn t know. nd theyo, they weren t. there was nobody.there there was around it. the dogs didn t know.t know there was nobody else around. all right. .good for them to since. esse: bubut the most explosive moment of the day, murda putting his o forward his owwnn theory on whod