absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released this
maine, new hampshire and massachusetts. we re finally starting to see things subside at this point. a lot of these areas have picked up a foot or more of snow. it s the snow combined with the wind, making travel very difficult. this wind could trigger more trees coming down and an increase of power outages and we already have plenty of those across that region. now we move from the east coast to the west coast where our next system is beginning to take shape. we re starting to see rain and snow showers across areas of washington state, oregon and northern california. that s going to not only spread south into central california, but also inland. a lot of those intermountain west states are also going to pick up considerable amounts of snow, maybe not necessarily today, but certainly over the next 48 hours. that s why you ve got the weather advisories for several states. it s going to be waves of rain and snow coming in for these areas. the highest amounts are really going to
i m amara walker. i m paula reed in for boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. this morning, more than a million people are without power in the eastern united states, as a deadly storm system continues to move north. over the last 24 hours, at least 12 people were killed in multiple states, due to the severe weather that brought tornadoes and major flooding to parts of the south. the majority of those deaths were in kentucky. where hurricane force winds toppled trees and even toppled tractor-trailer trucks. in indiana, the high winds tore the roof off of a church. and in one town, a man says god saved his life, after a tornado swept through his property but left him and his home untouched. the back door started shaking. the house started shaking. and i could see nothing but white. we didn t have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us, the house was shaking, and we were all close together, in the middle room of the house, still, but wow, this is the
the u.s. is arming ukraine with more american ammo and rocket launchers. the lead starts right now. stocking up ahead of a likely russian spring offensive. the u.s. deploys another $400 million in military aid to ukraine. can president biden secure even more as russians encircle the strategic town of bakhmut? plus, from prominent attorney to convict, the swift prison sentence today for alex murdaugh after a jury took only a few hours to find him guilty of killing his wife and son. and drag shows shut down. tennessee becomes the first in the nation to put new restrictions on the performances. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper today. we start with our health lead. moments ago, the white house announced a lesion removed from president biden s chest last month was a common type of skin cancer. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. tell us more about this diagnosis. reporter: that lesion was removed during the president s annual phy
[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please receive this benediction, gracious ever lasting god as we depart this ceremony inspired by the courageous actions of colonel davis. may our participation in today s ceremony coupled with the strengthening and shaping with your spirit to let us live life in integrity and valor for the good of our nations, our families and the good of human kinds all around the world. bless and protect our armed forces as they preserve our frefre frefreedom. grant us ale to meet the challenges ahead, the strength to overcome every obstacles and impart us the wisdom and the will to do justly and walk humbly. it is in your holy and precious name i pray, amen. distinguished guests, please remain in your seats as the president departs. thank you. what a beautiful ceremony. we started in prayer there as we dipped into that a few minutes ago and they ended in prayer, at the center of it all, after the president made his comments and awarded the meda