guilty verdict. signed by the forelady. and we had no doubt that if we had a chance to present our case in a court of law, that they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they d. wow. what a night. so quick. so fast. what a night. we ll get into all of it. good morning, everyone. it is friday. we re dwglad you re us with. it took that jury less than three hours. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. hours from now, the sentencing, plus this it just came up. glass breaking out anywhere. tornadoes ripping through texas and louisiana as well. the severe weather threat is not over yet for millions of americans we have correspondents live on the ground. we also have this for you. i m begging you, by the grace of god, please, people, do what is best. can you hear the outrage and desperation. it is boil over in east pal stun. families are demanding to evacuated or relocated from their own hometown. but
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it
because of the high winds knocking over power lines or, you know, blowing up transformers, that sort of thing. that is the issues that people are dealing with this morning. the good news is no injuries, no deaths being reported because of this storm. of but the size and it s the second severe storm outbreak we ve seen just this week. we were in oklahoma earlier this week where we saw the intense high winds. really this storm serving as a reminder that the spring storm season is off to a very early start, don. ed covering it for us from texas this morning. thank you. wow. okay. so let s go to louisiana now. three short. carlos is there. good morning to you. the sun is not up yet. what is the damage like? good morning. that tornado that hit here was on the ground for under a minute. in that time, it damaged a number of homes and businesses. we are in a neighborhood here in shreveport where that tornado moved through and we re seeing
southeast oklahoma with winds close to 70 miles per hour at times. causing flight delays and cancellations at a number of airports and we re waking up to 100,000 customers without power. many customers include school campuses. so we re seeing reports of a number of school districts here in the north texas area that are cancelling classes today. the good news is that there isn t widespread damage. this is probably the worst we have seen. there were no reports of major injuries or deaths through this. but it is also the second line of severe storm that s we ve seen happen this week. so this is a vivid reminder that we re off to an early start in the spring storm season. it is going to be a long few months, i suspect.
car but since then, the on lesiting they ve had is the description before taking off. they re hoping more tips will come in. alabama, ryan young, krng. cnn. the u.s. is being pummelled by what forecasters say is the worst spring storm system in years. including this that brought an ef 3 tornado to kansas. more severe weather is on the horizon. spring storm season lasts through june. derrick, i mean, what we saw was pretty seemingly unprecedented. tell us what happened and what we re looking for. firstly, that video is astounding to get that close to a tornado, having that surveillance footage and seeing the amount of detail. i mean, those tree ares and cars being thrown around, wow.