being taken to slaughter. rupert murdoch admitting his fox hosts endorsed, his word, trump s election lies on air. and that s not all he s confessing as fox fights a $1.6 billion lawsuit. and an outfront investigation tonight, our david culver traveled to the epicenter of the covid-19 outbreak, the virus likely leaked out of that lab in wuhan, china. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, exclusive new information about putin s staggering losses. russia has now suffered more combat deaths in ukraine than in all of its wars combined since world war ii. this is according to a new analysis by the group csis. you ll remember we were bringing you those satellite images every day as the buildup happened. the number of russian deaths per month now, they say, is 25 times higher than it was in chechnya, 35 times the number killed in afghanistan. in a moment we re going to have much more on this new analysis. i also want to bring you tonight th
just ahead on cnn newsroom i m 22 and i have not seen this much. it has been a mess. if you don t know how to drive in the snow, stay home. some of the top hosts at fox news were peddling false election claims. certainly helpful but doesn t get them to the finish line. there is a new sheriff in town. the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, fu , februar, 1:00 a.m. in california. and on both coasts and states in between, millions will be waking up to extreme winter weather. new york s governor says parts of her state could see up to a foot of snow. the great lakes can also expect cold wet weather. and in michigan, hundreds of thousands are still without power after a winter storm passed through on monday. and there is a blizzard warning in the sierras. several feet of snow over the weekend left some residents trapped. people there also are running out of gas,
tonight the defense rests in the alex murdaugh murder trial. the once prominent attorney accused of killing his wife and son, called their final witnesses today including murdaugh s brother who broke down describing how he cleaned up the blood soaked crime scene once police left. reporter: the defense resting its case in the alex murdaugh double murder trial with its final witnesses today. the defense calling two experts to the stand trying to poke holes and create doubt around the state s timeline of what happened the night of june 7th when maggie and paul murdaugh were killed. a pathologist questioning how the time of death was initially calculated by the county coroner. by far the best methodology is to do a core body temperature. tell me what you learned by sticking your hand under the arm pit of a deceased? you wouldn t learn anything. that impression reporter: and a crime scene
all right. thank you. murder trial of murdaugh will resume today prosecutors calling more witnesses. the defense wrapped up on monday and they presented almost two weeks of testimony to try to prove murdaugh didn t kill his wife and son. dianne gallagher reports. the defense rests. reporter: the defense resting its case in the alex murdaugh murder trial with its final witnesses, the defense calling two experts to the stand trying to poke holes and create doubt around the state s time line of what happened the night of june 7th when maggie and paul murdaugh were killed. a pathologist questioning how of death was initially calculated. by far the best methodology is to do a core body temperature. and ambient temperature. yes. so tell me what you would learn by sticking your hand under the armpit of a deceased? you wouldn t learn anything. reporter: and a crime scene analyst.