out front next, russians say they re being shot at with machine guns by fellow russians. disturbing claims emerging of what s happened inside putin s army tonight as putin s reputed girlfriend breaks her silence. you ll hear what she s comparing to kalashnikov assault rivals. china vows to fight act after their balloon is shot down. live with a report from the ground in beijing. and congressman george santos addressing today the long list of campaign expenses that don t add up, like spending $22,000 in an eye tall van restaurant. that s almost 1,000 orders of the rigatoni bollignasie there. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, russians shooting russians with machine guns. allegations surfacing in this new video tonight. these are russian soldiers detailing the threats and torture they suffered at the hands of other russian soldiers. you see them there. according to the regional government of tuva, which is where they are, part of russia bore dooring monday dole i can t, a s
somewhere. how several states slated to receive that soil are pushing back. also this morning, the fallout keeps growing for the creator of dilbert. more newspapers dropped the comic strip after the cartoonist went on a racist tirade. all that in just moments. we begin with a destructive winter storm on the move. two houses. the storm unleashing multiple tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas. one of those tornadoes tore through norman. shredded homes and injured at least 12 people. hurricane-force winds whipped up massive blinding dust storms in texas. this is a scene in lubbock. the storm buried parts of southern california under more than six feet of snow. take a look at these snow totals near los angeles and san diego. more than 90 inches of snow recorded at mountain high, a winter resort about an hour and a half outside of l.a. warmer parts of southern california were battered by heavy rain and flooding. a helicopter crew had to rescue this driver from a jeep caught in
were close to him, everyone who thought they knew he was who he was, he fooled them all. don t let him fool you too. wow. everyone is fascinated. it is on the cover of people magazine. i really need to bone up on this. i m not following. it goes to the jury maybe today. so verdict could be very soon. we re glad you re with us. we re talking about really dramatic closing arguments in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the defense gets a chance to close fist. but first, this. terrifying moments in the sky on two different flights. a cabin filling with smoke after fire breaks out. a retired firefighter jumping in help a crew put it out and also several passengers hospitalized this morning after severe turbulence on a flight from texas to germany. reports of blood even splattered on the seats. and at the airport. an alarming discovery. a plane loaded with an explosive before loaded on to the flight. what we heard about the device hid non the luggage. and
rejects its bid to exclude about 100 documents marked as classified from the special master s review. it seems like this is getting really complicated. reporter: yeah, jake. the lawyer for the government saying that, if they lose that appeal, they will likely appeal this even further. so, again, up to the supreme court. they said that could then complicate the timeline around the turning over and the sharing of the classified documents. so certainly something that could become a not knotty issue as they try to expedite this review of documents and ultimately get to the heart of this investigation. jake. kara scannell in new york, thank you. let s discuss with former assistant attorney general tom duprey and john miller from the new york police department, now workings for cnn. john, welcome to cnn. good to have you. you can connections with many in the intelligence community. how are they responding to all of this? this is making them quite nervous. the ruling by judg
spree and to meet with leaders in the asian american community, as well. this comes as the president also meets a major goal today, way ahead of schedule. 100 million covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. that is 42 days early. also today, the cdc is expected to announce new social distancing guidelines for children in schools. but as more states begin to ease restrictions, experts are warning of a potential psspike cases. several states are seeing an uptick as officials race to get more shots in arms. let s begin with our colleague, natasha chen. she is following the investigations into these shootings in and around atlanta. natasha, good morning to you. the atlanta police department with some new details this morning. reporter: jim and poppy, the fulton county medical examiner has now released the names of the four people who were killed at the two spas in atlanta, which police say the suspect had frequented before. here are those names. 75-year-old as you