happening now, the key ukrainian city of bakhmut amid fears it could all at any time. alex murdaugh is sentenced to life in prison after jurors quickly convicted him of murdering his wife and son and the judge calling him a monster. desantis trump split is on display. this as cnn uncovered comments by a new appointee of governor desantis with an animati-gay conspiracy room. alex marquardt is near the front lines in ukraine. alex, bakhmut is significant.
to send those armored leopard 2 tanks, but there has been quite a delay in those tanks finally getting to ukraine in red tape, and getting them to the countries they are in in ukraine. expect that to be a topic of discussion during this meeting, in addition to the f-16 fighter jets that president zelenskyy continues to ask the u.s. and germany for. thank you for that. in russia, we re learning new details about putin s emergency meeting with his national security team as pro putin forces claim they re close to taking the key ukrainian city of bakhmut. nbc s matt wagner is covering this story for us. what are we hearing? reporter: we were all expecting vladimir putin to come out and make a series of harsh statements, in response to an alleged ukrainian, claim ago