good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, march 4th. yes, it is already march, and i m amara walker. and i m paula reid in fur boris sanchez. it s so good to be here this morning. it s so good to have you. you look refreshed and like you had some good sleep. thanks for joining us this mor morning. professional hair and makeup. here s what we re watching this morning. it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. i mean, total chaos. wind, glass breaking out everywhere. severe storm sweeps through the south. at least ten people are dead this morning, a million people without power. we re going to take a look at the damage and where that system is this morning. the white house with $4 million more for eastern ukraine. a look at bakhmut. he admitted that. he s not a murderer. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. reaction from his attorneys and what s next fo
sanchez. i m amara walker. thanks for joining us. i ve been checking the poll enforecast every day. it hasn t been good here. how about you? we may be getting the cherry blossoms. here s what we re watching. the white house rolls out another $400 million in aid as fierce fighting continues in the eastern part of the country. our alex marquardt has a look at the bat tle for bakhmut. it sounded like a freight train going by the house. at least ten people are dead after severe storms hammer the south. where we re seeing impacts from that system this morning. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail. the judge s worjs for murdaugh during the sentencings and why the former south carolina lawyer will likely find himself in court again on dozens of other charges. also, cnn still in east palestine, ohio, as residents there begin to recover from that toxic train derailment. they care about their food. they want to know what they re getting. they want to kn
i know you have to see maggie and paul during the nighttime when you attempt go to sleep. i m sure they come to visit you. i m sure. all day and every night. i m sure. the lack of remorse and the effortless way in which he lies including here, sitting right over there in this witness stand. reporter: friday s sentencing comes just one day after the jury found murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder and two weapons charges. guilty verdict. reporter: one juror spoke to abc news about the jury s decision saying the cellphone video placing him at the scene sealed his fate. we could see it clearly. everybody else did too. it took you 45 minutes to come to that decision. about that. also saying murdaugh s reactions during the trial were not convincing.
night despite cellphone video placing him at the scene. remind me of the expression you gave on the witness stand. was it, oh, what tangled web we weave? what did you mean by that? when i lied, i continued to lie. reporter: the defense relied heavily on murdaugh s opioid addiction in his attempts to lie about his whereabouts, something the judge and jury didn t buy. they ve concluded you continued to lie and lie throughout your testimony. not credible. not believable. reporter: despite all the circumstantial evidence against him, murdaugh maintained he was not guilty. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paw-paw. it might not have been you.