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
he s challenging the court in another way. reporter: the suspect jack carpenter consented to being detained but he also through his attorney showed a letter challenged the jurisdiction over him. that could be because the fbi says he doesn t believe the law enforcement or government has jurisdiction over him. that said, he remains in federal custody, and the threats he s accused of posting online allegedly came from out of state where in one of those threats he allegedly wrote, i m heading back to michigan now, threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in the michigan government if they don t leave or confess, and now later adding, any attempt to subdue me will be met with deadly force in self-defense. he was arrested.
lose much. it s kept people out of poverty, lowering child poverty by 14% according to the urban institute. inflation on much more than food continues to strain americans. we re going from $131 to $238. doilk know how that happens. i m feeling anxiety about what cuts i m making and where. i m sure i ll be going to the food bank. roughly three-quarters of food banks report that ending benefits is already driving up demand as donations drop and food costs surge. are you worried about keeping one demands? we are worried about keeping up with demand. reporter: lisa scales heads the greater pittsburgh community food bank which was $2 million over budget in the second half of last year before the s.n.a.p.
it might have been the monster you become when you take 20, 30, 40, 50 opioid pills. reporter: still, murdaugh s defense team says they wouldn t have done anything differently. he s a liar and a thief. he admitted that. but he s not a murderer. we saw a relationship between paul and alex that it s inexplicable that he would execute his wife and son in that fashion. no one close to him thought they knew who he was, and that s chilling. reporter: they do plan to appeal within ten days. that would be on the grounds of these alleged financial crimes being introduced into court. they didn t believe they should all be introduced. when they all came into play, his defense lawyers told me that s when they believe they lost the jury. their best hope at that point they thought was a hung jury or a mistrial. thank you so much for all of your reporting. joining me now cnn analyst and criminal defense attorney joey
their houses and the people stuck up there back down. reporter: emergency crews so far carrying out roughly 100 rescues. governor gavin newsom also declaring a state of emergency for san bernardino county and 12 others, activating the national guard. they say lives are in danger. we re actually going to be getting a neighbor out of his house. he s a cancer patient who is elderly and he has a doing tor doctor s appointment he s going to try to get to. reporter: some have been shoveling non-stop, but not all are able to do so. it s one of the roughest experiences, but you sort of go into survival mode and you keep pushing through. you know, i feel incredibly bad for anyone that hasn t got that