good evening good evening, everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. alec murdaugh will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murders of his own wife and son. the judge who sentenced him today knew murdaugh professionally and personally before all of this and called him a monster. tonight some legal observers say that those three hours of jury deliberations were too fast for a six-week trial. we ll debate that. plus you what will the future be like for the people of palestine ohio who are dealing with toxic chemicals. tonight a woman who grew up in the middle of a different environmental disaster has a message for the people of palestine. what she says she need to do they need to do starting now. and how would you like that travel the world for a year, all set in confidence, and see all of the historic sites like the taj mahal, machu pitch ooh, the great wall of china, for the bargt price of $30,000. but there is a catch, we ll tell you all about it and see if our paneli
first thing that came to my mind was the movie twister. twornds and severe storms move through the south and southeast. we ll tell you where the storm system is headed next. the lead prosecutor in the case against alex murdaugh tells cnn what sealed his fate with the jury. and later. really excited to see senator cruz. excited to see ben carson. big names in the party and no one is bigger than donald trump but some other big names are going elsewhere. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather from snow to tornadoes battering huge swaths of the u.s. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. four of those deaths in kentucky, in some places the storm brought winds strong enough to flip semitrucks, this is interstate 64 near lexington, kentucky, the driver says he s lucky to be alive. have a look at this, the roof of a church in ind
i m amara walker. i m paula reed in for boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. and in one town, a man says god saved his life, after a tornado swept through his property but left him and his home untouched. the back door started shaking. the house started shaking. and i could see nothing but white. we didn t have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us, the house was shaking, and we were all close together, in the middle room of the house, still, but wow, this is the
across several states. a confirmed ef-2 tornado already, winds up to 135 miles per hour. what to expect tonight in atlanta up through washington, philadelphia, new york to boston. rob marciano timing it all out. the remarkable images coming in from parts of california tonight families lined up for food. the community writing in the snow, help us. the state of emergency and how long it could take to get to them. the white house doctor tonight revealing a small skin lesion removed from president biden s chest was skin cancer. mary bruce standing by at the white house. the heated confrontation during a town hall in east palestine, ohio. residents face-to-face with the company that owns that train. president biden with the german chancellor at the white house tonight, united on ukraine. while overseas tonight, the laughter in the room after what vladimir putin s top diplomat claimed, and you ll hear it. back in the u.s. tonight, the family outside salt lake city deman
through the south into the northeast at this hour. a tornado watch now in effect across several states. a confirmed ef-2 tornado already, winds up to 130 miles per hour. what to expect tonight in atlanta up through washington, philadelphia, new york to boston. rob marciano timing it all out. the remarkable images coming in from parts of california tonight families lined up for food. the community writing in the snow, help us. the state of emergency and how long it could take to get to them. the white house doctor tonight revealing a small skin lesion removed from president biden s chest was skin cancer. mary bruce standing by at the white house. the heated confrontation at a town hall in east palestine, ohio. president biden with the german chancellor at the white house tonight. united on ukraine. while overseas tonight, the laughter in fact room after what vladimir putin s top diplomat claimed. and you ll hear it. back in the u.s. tonight, the family outside salt lak