spring arrived weeks ago. i was just out west. it was like 30 degrees colder. it was the weird est thing. the weather is just all out of whack. it s crazy on the west coast we re seeing these blid saturday, but here on the east coast,s there was an 80-degree day in d.c. in february. that is not a good sign for the future. it really isn t. get your skiing in now before it all goes away. here s what we are watching on cnn this morning. you don t think he needs f-16s now? he doesn t. president biden rules out sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. and this morning russia continues to hammer targets there. we re going to take you live. and number two, gripping testimony in alex murdaugh s murder trial. are you a family annihilator? a family anigh lite r later? did i shoot my wife and son, no. we re going to take you to the courtroom as murdaugh takes the stand. why he says he lied to police but had had nothing to do with the their deaths. a hotter than expected
republicans. a few of them giving them a new list of weapons that he would liken colluding the f-16s. i m sure we re expecting to hear more. we re learning about a new round of sanctions against russia. what can you tell us about that? reporter: yeah, the administration called them one of the most csignificant packags so far in this year that they have been sanctioning russia. because it targets about 200 individuals and companies with a real focus on trying to nail down companies that have helped russia evade the crippling sanctions that have been put in place. that includs things mlike minin and military supply chain. also it includes targeting companies in china that have help ed prop russia up really providing them with ab ability to sustain their war effort. especially as we hear warnings from u.s. officials that china