ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. stay down. all right. no, no, no. [ bleep ]. come on! that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we ve seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting of civilians in bucha and elsewhere. upwards of 800 attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities, according to the world health organization, and the pummelling of cities like mariupol, where the russian shelling and air strikes reduced residential neighborhoods to moonscapes. according to the united nations, more than eight million ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. millions mor
people who are in distress here relative to these topics, it is huge. we do our best to take care of those folks in-house as well. and through our local partners it s so important. we are a year into this, as we said. do you worry about a lack of empathy from the outside world, that attention might be turned away? michael holmes, the generosity in sport we have seen so far from the international community here has been, frankly, humbling. i know there are competing catastrophes we are looking at. i want to acknowledge what the people of turkey and syria are going through right now as a result of their. but i will say that there has been a continuity of support relative to the ukraine crisis that he s moving and impressive. so, i hope that continues and the situation continues to unfold. matthew stearns, international medical corps. bank so much for the work that you and your colleagues are doing there in ukraine. it s valuable. thank you so much, michael. i m happ
in his own defense, but a once prominent attorney accused of killing his wife and adult son did take the stand in south carolina on thursday. alex murdaugh spent hours answering questions and dropped a bombshell that could undermine his long held alibi for the murders. our randi kaye has the details. i m alex murdaugh, mur m-u-r-d m-u-r-d-a-u-g-h. good morning. reporter: alex murdaugh sharing his story from the witness stand, telling the jury he didn t kill his wife and son. just to be clear, were you anywhere in the vicinity when paul and magazine by give were shot? i was nowhere near paul and maggie when they got shot. and after more than a year and a half, murdaugh finally came clean about this key piece of state s evidence against him. he s got a bird in his mouth. mr. murdaugh, was that you on the kennel video at 8:44 p.m. on june 7th, the night maggie and
court in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh. mr. murdaugh took the stand today and admitted he lied repeatedly. court resumes tomorrow with more cross-examination of him. the judge tonight denied a defense request to interrupt that testimony to call other witnesses. and after what some of murdaugh admitted to on the stand today, it s not hard to see why the defense might want to hit pause. our randi kaye was in the courtroom. i m alex murdaugh, mur m-u-r-d m-u-r-d-a-u-g-h. good morning. reporter: alex murdaugh sharing his story from the witness stand, telling the jury he didn t kill his wife and son. just to be clear, were you anywhere in the vicinity when paul and maggie were shot? i was nowhere near paul and maggie when they got shot. reporter: and after more than a year and a half, murdaugh finally came clean about this key piece of state s evidence against him. mr. murdaugh, is that you on the kennel video at 8:44:0 p.m.