hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. the disgraced south carolina attorney convicted of murdering his wife and son will now spend the rest of his life in prison. the latest on the sentencing of alex murdaugh. plus, u.s. president joe biden welcomes german chancellor olaf scholz to the white house, publicly solidifying their partnership to support ukraine against russia s war. and severe weather worries across the united states, leaving several people dead and more than a million without power. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh learned friday that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. less than a day after he was found guilty of killing his wife and son, he was given two consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. the lead prosecutor said the jury saw through murdaugh s testimon
first thing that came to my mind was the movie twister. twornds and severe storms move through the south and southeast. we ll tell you where the storm system is headed next. the lead prosecutor in the case against alex murdaugh tells cnn what sealed his fate with the jury. and later. really excited to see senator cruz. excited to see ben carson. big names in the party and no one is bigger than donald trump but some other big names are going elsewhere. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather from snow to tornadoes battering huge swaths of the u.s. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. four of those deaths in kentucky, in some places the storm brought winds strong enough to flip semitrucks, this is interstate 64 near lexington, kentucky, the driver says he s lucky to be alive. have a look at this, the roof of a church in ind
divers discovered the ship in the 1960s and have since recovered items like timber and figure heads but this time they found spices, like saffron, peppercorn, and ginger. to find spices like this in one sample is quite remarkable. if we look at the exotic spices it s quite it s very unique. saffron, particularly. researcher michael larson says this is the only excavation area he knows about where archaeologists have discovered delicate saffron threads. these spices could have come from the far east but remained well preserved in the frigid water. the baltic is strange. it s low oxygen, low temperature, low s many thing are preserved where they wouldn t be preserved elsewhere. they continue to plan to