i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. we re following reports of heavy explosions this ukraine as the world marks one year and a day since russia s invasion. why president zelenskyy says ukraine is going to win the war this year even as president biden says he will not be sending fighter jets to eastern europe. gripping testimony in the alex murdaugh trial as alex takes the stand himself. why he says he lied to police, including about where he was at the time two of his family members were murdered. plus a powerful winter storm sla slamming the west coast with rare blizzard conditions impacting california the impacts we re seeing and your weekend forecast, in just moments. it was hard to tell her and help her to understand we won t be getting this medication any time soon. how supply issues and demand are contributing to drug shortages and what the fda is planning to do about it. coming up on cnn this morning. . the weekend is here. saturday, february 25th. f
sandra: top of a brand-new hour, and three big stories we are watching for you new at 2:00, and 1 place to see them. fox getting an exclusive look at the side of the border crisis rarely seen on television. we are following an all female senate delegation as they get a firsthand look at the victims of this cartels cruelty at the border. no reporter has seen more of it been bill melugin. john: a u.s. sailor locked up overseas and supporters say he did not do anything wrong. it s not in russia or iran, but an american ally, japan. the parents of ridge alkonis join us with a plea for their son as president biden gets set to meet with japan s leader. sandra: dr. nicole saphier is here with a warning. children becoming dangerously overweight in this country as more of the medical world goes woke. the crisis getting so bad the american academy of pediatrics is now pushing pills and even surgery to help children sheds pounds. why dr. saphier says it s time to say enough is en
i don t know whether to be excited or bummed out. no one wants a snowless streak in new york city. and i m surprised by the favorite movie. thanks so much. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. we re waiting for a news conference from monterey park, california. that s where ten people were killed. at least ten others hurt in this massacre inside a dance hall saturday night. now this is the deadliest mass shooting in the u.s. since the uvalde massacre last may, and 1 of 36 mass shootings in the u.s. this year. police say the shooter is a 72-year-old man who had visited the ballroom before. after the rampage, police say the gunman headed to another dance hall about ten minutes away north where he was confronted by brandon tsay. that s the hero who fought off the gunman and he told gm good morning america, he did not know the shooter. i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we
the lead starts right now. 11 victims now dead with the latest update from the hospital from the massacre in monterey park, california. today what we re learning about the victims and what we re trying to piece together about the 72-year-old gunman s motive. he s been described as quick to anger. plus, a high ranking fbi official now in federal custody. he s facing money laundering charges and questions about his connections to a sanctioned russian billionaire. plus the bizarre defense in court for the january 6th rioter who kicked up his feet on the desk in speaker pelosi s offic. how a stun gun in his pants was key evidence in the case. we start with our nation lead-in. a search for answers in monterey bay, california. what started out as a festive lunar new year celebration in the town outside los angeles became a nightmare on saturday when a 72-year-old asian man opened fire inside a dance studio. this afternoon we learned the death toll has risen to 11 with 10 o
harbors a dark history, we will take you to oasis villa, a painful reminder of the fragility of taiwan s democracy. announcer: live from the cnn center, it is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where for the second time in days the city of zaporizhzhia is taking a deadly pounding from russian rockets. have a look here, these are scenes of chaos after multiple rockets slammed into residential areas saturday reportedly killing at least 17 people, while further south moscow is scrambling to get the bridge drinking crimea with russia back up and running, a part of the bridge collapsed after a huge explosion and fire saturday. now, russia says repair work will be under way around the clock, some train and road traffic has already resumed, but drivers will go into the water later today to see if the structure can still support trucks. ukraine isn t claiming responsibility for what happened, but president zelenskyy made it clear he s far from feeling sorry ab