was and what he was doing, and he told attorneys today he told prosecutors, he was not trying to manufacture an alibi when he now admittedly lied to investigators around that time. here with me is cnn s jean casarez who has been watching so much of this trial and what jumped out to you at the end here, particularly the dramatic finish of that cross-examination? he went through every single name of his partners, the people that should have gotten millions of dollars from the law firm, his family, everyone for decades he had lied to over and over and over again. then he lied about not being down where the murders happened with his wife and his son. so close in time to when their phones locked forever, meaning they never were on them again because they had been murdered. trying to show this jury, you can t believe today anything he says on that sand because he s a liar and always will be. let me dig into that a little bit more, the specific moment, now that murdaugh admits t
happening now, ukraine marks one full year of bloodshed and brutality at the hands of russian forces. president zelenskyy defiant saying victory is inevitable. i ll speak one on one with the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. also tonight, breaking news, the prosecution rests in the alex murdaugh murder trial after two days of dramatic cross-examination. did the jury buy his story about why he lied to police on the night of the killings? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar and you re the situation room. we begin our coverage with the latest on russia s war against ukraine officially one year old from kyiv to moscow, cnn s correspondents are covering the conflict from every angle as the war enters the second year. let s get to clarissa ward. president zelenskyy is talking to reporter and has a speech. what s the mood on the ground following remarks? reporter: i think there is provocat
alex, we just heard you say i should have known. what are you referring to? i said, paul, paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul got so many threats. he didn t take serious. i was just telling him, paul, paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that, but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got the most vile threats, the stuff that was on social media. you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top, truthfully, we didn t think anything about it. it was just so crazy. people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him and it s stuff you really disr disregarded it because it s so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going please . when was the last time you talked to maggie? probably two hours ago. okay, you said about two hours ago you talked to them?
funeral. on monday, um, i went to grandma and papa t s. at some point in the afternoon you mean what did i do when i got up that morning? yeah, where did you stay? we stayed at greenfield sunday night. we woke up at greenfield on monday. sunday night you were with the same family members? that s right. and lizzie s moment and dad. i can t remember when nony and left. then you went to summerville with who? i believe i went by myself, but i know bus in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster and i rode together. we probably did ride together i don t remember, but i know i went to summerville and buster was in summerville with me, with grandma and papa t. summerville is where maggie s parents live? yeah. maggie s mom and dad. did you stay with them for a few days? summerville? i stayed in summerville? yeah, we stayed in summer ville month night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we went to greenville. okay. um, and what was in
sunday night, so we woke up at greenfield on monday. so sunday night with the same family members, your brother, brooklyn, buster and that s right. and liz. liz and her mom and dad and then you went to sommerville with who? i believe i went to sommerville myself, but in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster rode together, i think we had separate cars. probably did ride together i don t know, i went to sommerville and buster was in sommerville with me, with grandma and papa t. and sommerville is where maggie s parents lived? that s right. maggie s mom and dad, maggie s mom is grandma, and dad is papa t. did you stay with them for a few days in sommerville? i stayed with them in sommerville, yes, we stayed in sommerville monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we went to greenwall. ok. and what was in greenville? my niece. that was she was having a baby, and maggie had just been she had just been so excited. so she wa