happening now, cnn is near the tense front lines in eastern ukraine right now with just a few hours to go before russia s war hits the one-year mark. ukrainian forces bracing for the possibility of new russian strikes tonight. also this hour, a top safety official declares the toxic train wreck in ohio was 100%, 100% preventable as initial findings in the federal investigation are revealed. the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, visiting the scene where frustrated residents are growing more and more concerned about their health by the day. alex murdaugh takes the stand in his murder trial. the disgraced south carolina lawyer admitting under oath to lying and to stealing while denying he killed his wife and son. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a grim milestone for ukraine and the world, for that matter, a full year since russia s brutal invasion. ukrainians bracing f
hello, everyone. at this hour more objects shot out of the sky, but answers, they are still hard to come by. why lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to hear more. why people are clinging to hope as the death toll is rising in turkey and syria, and the truly incredible storiesen even and what president trump s lawyer is tell us about a classified folder found in his bedroom. hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan, and now it is a story that keeps taking more turns. over the weekend, another object shot down. the biden administration is not offering an explanation yet. and this is after the u.s. military shot down a spy balloon off of the coast of south carolina, and now after four shoot downs in a week, there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle asking for answers. one lawmaker who did not want to be named said biden s silence is odd. we go to natasha bertrand who has more. yes, we are told that two objects shot down over alaska and northern canada friday and satu
this creek and some kids trying to get her to go hang out. someone says that they saw her get in the truck. there was another story that she was a mom. maybe she was abducted? maybe she was kidnapped? the stories and stopped, a day? no. we were getting information that they were coming, we have to figure out does he have any motive to want to harm her? i see her sock, right at the exit of the trail. the world help was sketched in the ground. we saw two shovels that had, what appeared to be mud on it. that was just doing it for me. i can t even think about how scared she was. a mother s worst nightmare. there are no signs to get there, just follow the rough sandy trail down from the subdivisions above, turned a corner and there it is the quake. i twisties slow-moving body of water in north carolina it s nothing less than a undiscovered garden of eden for teenagers plane hockey from high school. it s like going to the beach for us, it s just a va
alex, we just heard you say i should have known. what are you referring to? i said, paul, paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul got so many threats. he didn t take serious. i was just telling him, paul, paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that, but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got the most vile threats, the stuff that was on social media. you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top, truthfully, we didn t think anything about it. it was just so crazy. people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him and it s stuff you really disr disregarded it because it s so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going please . when was the last time you talked to maggie? probably two hours ago. okay, you said about two hours ago you talked to them?
six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge char