hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. the disgraced south carolina attorney convicted of murdering his wife and son will now spend the rest of his life in prison. the latest on the sentencing of alex murdaugh. plus, u.s. president joe biden welcomes german chancellor olaf scholz to the white house, publicly solidifying their partnership to support ukraine against russia s war. and severe weather worries across the united states, leaving several people dead and more than a million without power. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh learned friday that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. less than a day after he was found guilty of killing his wife and son, he was given two consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. the lead prosecutor said the jury saw through murdaugh s testimon
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, march 4th. yes, it is already march, and i m amara walker. and i m paula reid in fur boris sanchez. it s so good to be here this morning. it s so good to have you. you look refreshed and like you had some good sleep. thanks for joining us this mor morning. professional hair and makeup. here s what we re watching this morning. it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. i mean, total chaos. wind, glass breaking out everywhere. severe storm sweeps through the south. at least ten people are dead this morning, a million people without power. we re going to take a look at the damage and where that system is this morning. the white house with $4 million more for eastern ukraine. a look at bakhmut. he admitted that. he s not a murderer. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. reaction from his attorneys and what s next fo
it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. tornadoes and golf-ball sized hail pummelled the southern u.s. there s another rournd of severe weather on the way. plus to conviction, the prison sentence for alex murdaugh and what he had to say during his sentencing. and a man accused of plotting to murder, we ll look at the rise in semitism across the u.s. we start this hour with the extreme weather hitting huge parts of the country. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. the next western storm will be you shalling inland saturday bringing another round of snow to the pacific northwest, northern and central california. in some places, new snow will be measured in feet. the system that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding to the season central and eastern u.s. will be offshore by later this morning, but the cold part of the storm is going strong. winter weather alerts are in places across p
it just with came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. total chaos. glass breaking out everywhere. first one i have been in. severe storms sweeping through the south. at least 10 are dead, more than a million without power. a look at the damage and where the system is this morning. the white house rolls out another $400 million in aid as fighting continues into eastern part of the country. our alex marquardt with a look at the battle. not a murder. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in riz. reaction from his attorneys and what s next for murdaugh, who still faces dozens of charges. plus public drag shows are now illegal in tennessee. it s the latest in a string of laws targeting the lgbtq community. the impact those laws are having coming up on cnn this morning. this morning, more than 1.3 million people are without power in the eastern united states as a deadly storm system continues to move north. in the last 24 hours, at least 10 people were killed i
white. we didn t even have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us. the house was shaking. we were all close together in the middle room of the house. wow. it s the craziest thing i ve ever been involved in. more than 20 million people are under high wind alerts in the mid atlantic, northeast and western u.s. meteorologist alilison chinchar is keeping an eye on all of this. this storm is heading out into the open atlantic, hopefully giving folks a break 24 hours from now. we still have heavy bands of snow across maine, new hampshire. you re getting a little bit of wraparound in upstate new york, places like watertown new york continuing to see snow. when you factor in the snow and wind component, it can lead to whiteout conditions. travel going to be very dicey in some spots. even farther south away from the snow, you still have wind advisories in place, looking at wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour. that could lead to trees down and additional power outages.