i m kristin fisher. i m jim sciutto, and top of the hour, alex murdaugh right there on trial for murdering his wife and youngest son is expected to take the stand and testify in his own defense. we will take you to the courtroom when it happens. plus any moment, the ntsb is egs expected to release a preliminary report on what led to that toxic train derailment today. and this morning pete buttigieg was there and this after citizens were demanding answers at a town hall overnight. i m 65 and a diabetic, and now, did you shorten my life now? i want to retire and enjoy it. how do we enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house, and our value went, vroom. jim, i am terribly sorry. what i will do is to get this right. we will get the cleanup right, and we will reimburse the citizens and we will invest in the long term health of this community. a chance there for the folks to confront the ceo of norfolk southern. and when we get a look at that report from th
stopped in that night. and fired their charge was second degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping among other charges. last night, two deputies were released pending an investigation because of their involvement with the traffic stop. that memphis police department says, right now there is no proof that nichols was driving recklessly. joining me now from memphis is nbc s antonia hylton. antonia, you are on the ground. you ve been in the epicenter of it. are what is going on there? well, lindsey, there s a lot of hurt and shock. although people had days to prepare for this video, it is still really should people to their core. seeing not just me three minutes of a beating that we were warned by officials, by the attorney, by the family, that that was going to be horrific to watch. but also by what you mentioned. by the delay in care. i think that has really just urge people here, and already we are hearing some residents call for additional names abou
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. the disgraced south carolina attorney convicted of murdering his wife and son will now spend the rest of his life in prison. the latest on the sentencing of alex murdaugh. plus, u.s. president joe biden welcomes german chancellor olaf scholz to the white house, publicly solidifying their partnership to support ukraine against russia s war. and severe weather worries across the united states, leaving several people dead and more than a million without power. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh learned friday that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. less than a day after he was found guilty of killing his wife and son, he was given two consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. the lead prosecutor said the jury saw through murdaugh s testimon
yeah. 2620. 2640. how you doing. how are you? what s going on, man? good. hi. drop the hammer. um, no. hey, hey, hey. what is going on? we re not getting an answer. oh, [ bleep ] . backup, code 3. just incredible to watch. the court also released surveillance footage from cameras installed by d.c. police which shows us them breaking into the house, right there. cnn s veronica miracle is right there for us. also, the court released paul pelosi s 911 call. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, alisyn. first of all, that video so disturbing and hard to watch, especially knowing that paul pelosi suffered a skull fracture and nancy pelosi says he still hasn t recovered. that was three months ago, and she says it lle months before he may feel like himself again. so that 911 call, though, that you mentioned, it certainly paints an interesting picture because it happened right before all of the attack happened. it happened in the middle of paul pelosi trying t
world. wolf blitzer is off today, i m brianna keilar, and you are in the the situation room. let s go right to ukraine, as we follow the pivotal ballots for bakhmut, and growing concerns it could fall to the russians very soon. melissa bell has our report from the war zone. reporter: bakhmut still stands, says the ukrainian military out of sight any sign of life driven underground. what is like life for the civilians, for the soldiers? what life? what, what life? you know, the soldiers are doing their work, which is quite and civilians are trying to survive. there s no water, there is no electricity. reporter: this was bakhmut in august when the siege had just begun. this is bakhmut seven months on. the city is empty, people are afraid to go . empty, people are afraid to go out. every day new destruction. it s better not to go outside writing dr. elena from inside the town. cnn met her and other nurses on christmas eve, not quite happier times, but certain l