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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, ahead on "cnn newsroom," the united states announce more sanctions on russia, as the war enters the second year. a slow-moving storm floods highways and prompts a rare blizzard warning in southern california. details plus the wintery forecast for tens of millions of people. alex murdaugh back on the stand, prosecutors target the lies the disgraced lawyer admits telling while maintaining he did not kill his wife and son. live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. the second year of russia's war on ukraine is beginning with reports of more attacks, we're told russian forces have shelled the southern district overnight into saturday and just a short time ago came word of heavy

explosions in the occupied city of mariupol. confirming the destruction of an ammunition depot. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy confirmed his call to arms. here he is. >> we started to free our land from russian evil. we are in return of security to international relations. and you and i can make this year, 2023, to be the year of the end of russian aggression, the year of the return to peace, the year of the liberation of our land, and our people from russian captivity. >> russian forces now control less than 20% of ukrainian territory in the east and south, far less than they had in the early stages of the war. ahead of the european commission says russia's aggression has only brought ukraine and the west closer together.

>> putin has failed to achieve a single one of his strategic goals. instead of dividing the european union he finds us united and determined to stand by ukraine for as long as it takes. instead of dominating the global energy market, he has seen his main source of revenue slashed. instead of wiping ukraine from the map, he is confronted with a nation more vigorous than ever. >> ukraine has now taken delivery of its first heavy battle tanks from nato allies, dozens of these weapons are due in coming weeks. president biden dismissing a proposal to end the war, saying it only benefits russia. we're joined with london for more. how has this plan from beijing

been received by ukraine? >> reporter: this is a 12-point policy paper released by beijing yesterday. it comes, of course, during the week during the course of the days in which many remarking the one-year anniversary of the conflict of russia's invasion of ukraine. we saw, of course, president biden last week landing in kyiv, making that historic visit. we heard those renewed calls in the west to step up support to president zelenskyy in his fight. in some ways we've seen the opposite from beijing. their top diplomat was standing alongside president putin in moscow just a few days ago, with president putin, of course, saying -- hailing this new milestone in the relationship between russia and china, and now this policy paper released that indicates that china wants to be a neutral negotiator, a neutral mediator, it wants to see a restart of negotiations between the two warring sides.

but there's also some very thinly vailed criticism of the west, a stance, beijing saying in this paper, that territorial sovereignty should be respected without making clear whose territorial sovereignty. goes on to say that unilateral sanctions should be lifted. again a reference to western sanctions against russia. and that a cold war mentality, again a dig at the united states and its partners, should be abandoned. now, president biden all but dismissed this proposal. said that it's clear that china is actually getting closer to moscow, not balancing a fine line here, not a neutral party at all. but president zelenskyy, as you heard in your opening there, aiming for peace this year, aiming for a resolution this year, clear of china's potential role in this conflict, kept the door open. take a listen to how he responded to the proposal. >> first of all i plan to meet susan bing, and i believe that

would be beneficial for both our states, and for security in the world. as far as i know china respects territorial integrity historically, has respected it, and therefore will -- must do whatever they can for the russian federation to leave our territory, because that would be respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. >> now, the united states, and its partners, have been ringing the alarm. they are concerned that beijing is preparing to step up aid to russia. so far chinese companies have provided some nonlethal aid, think helmets and flak jackets, and satellite imagery. u.s. sources saying china could be considering sending lethal aid to russia to help resupply its very depleted arsenal, kim. >> all right, thanks so much, salma abdel aziz in london.

people around the world have been rallying to show solidarity to ukraine. they marched toward the parliament building. in berlin protestest gathered in front of the of the gate lit up with the colors of the ukrainian flag. in georgia ukrainians also organized rallies along with the opposition. in russia, many called for the war to end and some expressed confidence that ukraine would win. with russia constantly threatening to erase ukraine's historic identity many ukrainians are embracing their heritage as a precious thing that must be protected more than ever. cnn's christian e amanpour has

more. >> reporter: perhaps there's no more powerful sense of belonging than this. iryna and -- deciding to marry. instead of a honeymoon they join the territorial defense against the siege of their capital kyiv. today, looking over their year of living dangerously, the young couple takes stock. >> only when you see this, you understand the value of life. and in my case it's totally, 100%. >> yeah, empty. >> reporter: this war is a tale of epic resistance by a whole nation, and the civilians who became overnight soldiers. >> this one year of the war, it really feels like 40 years of life. i don't feel myself so young again anymore, just because of the whole experience of all the things you have seen. >> reporter: they remind us just

how much has been lost, everyone has family, friends killed or wounded. when ukraine broke that long siege around kyiv revealing unimaginable horrors, and crimes against humanity, it stiffened, not softened the people's resistance and their resolve. any peace negotiations would now have to include prosecutions and justice, and an end to any russian claims on their territory, or their identity. when we visited the newly liberated suburb of barodiyanka last april, even monuments to ukrainian art and literature weren't spared. we witnessed the deliberate assault on their cultural heritage. so this is vladimir putin's idea of liberating a fraternal brotherly nation. so either he's doing all this because he loves ukrainians or as many believe because he's motivated by a rising hatred, and anger at their westward loving democracy, at their

resistance, and at that refusal to come under russian control. from kharkiv to kherson, odessa to donbas, museums, opera houses and art have been targeted, looted and destroyed. and yet, a heroic effort to save and protect this heritage has been under way since the first missile struck. here, at the national museum of the history of ukraine, an exhibit on this past year of war, and especially reminders that so many russian targets were clearly marked. children, people live here. former deputy cultural minister of lessia luta tells us that across the country many curators took shelter inside with their collections. >> that's the situation of virtual every ukrainian museum. you can't have objects from the collection, museum, objects on display. they have to be secured. they have to be cared for.

>> reporter: the installation hanging in this stairwell reminds us the war actually began in 2014 with putin's annexation of crimea, invasion of donbas, and an attempt to crush an independent nation, calling this greater russia, of lessia calls that absurd. >> i don't think this is ukrainian identity, that is a problem at all in this war. it's russia's identity. if russian identity is imperial, ukraine is essential part of it. >> right. >> but if you rethink russian identity as a non-imperial identity, then you do not need ukraine, baltic states within your well. >> that is the point of putin's war, to crush democracy, whose now world-famous flag was publicly raised in 1990, just ahead of independence. before that the soviets would have jailed anyone caught carry rg it. today, olessia says it remains a

symbol of courage, resistance and statehood. >> nobody a year ago thought this country would still be standing. we thought that that flag would not exist anymore. that this would be russia again. >> and we didn't think that, at all. at all. >> reporter: like ukrainians across this country, newlyweds yryna and -- will mark this dark year of war, and their own first anniversary, remembering why they struggle, and what they stand for. christiane amanpour, cnn, kyiv. >> when you think of southern california, sunshine, and beaches probably come to mind, but right now parts of the area are under a rare blizzard warning. have a look at that. forecasters say the san bernardino mountains could see three feet of snow with winds as high as 60 miles an hour. people in the san diego area are being told to avoid any

unnecessary travel and snow isn't the only problem the area is facing. heavy rain has been falling for hours and is expected to continue through saturday afternoon. a flash flood warning is in place from santa barbara to los angeles, with 6 million people impacted. forecasters say downtown l.a. could see more than five inches or 12 centimeters of rain before the storm has passed. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray has more on what kind of weather the californians can expect. >> incredible amounts of moisture aimed directly at california, bringing relentless rains and heavy snowfall for the mountains. we have numerous warnings in places, watches in places, we have blizzard warnings going on, those are all of these areas shaded in orange. some areas, this is the first blizzard warning ever issued for the county. we're looking at winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings in place all across southern california, and expanding that, this is far-reaching. this is going to impact much of the west coast, as we go through the weekend.

high-wind warnings in place for the southwest. we could see winds 50, 60 miles per hour, sometimes even higher. so we could see power outages throughout the overnight hours into saturday as well. here are the forecast wind gusts. you can see 20 to 30, maybe 40, 50, 60 up in the mountains. we're going to see higher wind gusts there. so here's the forecast radar, we could see rain falling at an inch or two an hour across southern california, and that's significant. not to mention the very heavy snow in combination with the winds. we are going to see blinding conditions, especially through those mountain passes. and then by the time we get into sunday morning you can see southern california is clear, still seeing rain and snow, though, for northern california, and that's where the bulk of the rain and the snow will be for sunday. but you can also see pushing into portions of eastern arizona, and then into new mexico by sunday as well. so here's your forecast, rain and snow accumulation, we could

see anywhere from four to six inches of rain, you could see right there around los angeles, once you get into the mountains we could see several feet of snow, as much as five feet in some places, and so this is significant for the state. we are going to have huge impacts from this, we could see significant travel, poor visibility, going to be hazardous across the area for travel. power outages will be extremely likely across california, and that flood threat is very real. we are going to see a moderate risk of flooding. that is a second to highest category when you're talking about a flood threat, and that does include los angeles, santa barbara, long beach as well. we have been in extreme drought conditions across much of the west for a very long time. it is improving because of the blockbuster rain and snow year that we've had over the last couple of months, especially. so we are seeing improvement

with that. however, some of the reservoir still below where they should be, getting there, but still below 80 and 90% of the historical average. high temperatures are going to be a bit on the cooler side as well, as you can imagine. we're going to see temperatures running about 10 degrees below normal. los angeles, your high temperatures on saturday, it's only 49 degrees. that's about 20 degrees below average, and then sunday and monday, we head up to 55 degrees, but still well below normal. san diego, temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 50s. your normal high is right around 66 degrees. >> back on the stand, alex murdaugh confesses to stealing millions of dollars to feed a monstrous drug addiction, and lying about his alibi. can he convince the jury he didn't murder his wife and son? we'll have the latest on the trial just ahead. plus, president biden defends his response to the train derailment in ohio.

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he admits to being a serial liar, he admits to have been at the scene just minutes before his wife and son were brutally slaughtered. but he insists he isn't a killer. accused double murder alex murdaugh was back on the witness stands in south carolina on friday, facing a second round of tough questioning. our dianne gallagher was there and has the details. >> so you, like you've done so many times over the course of your life, had to back up, and make a new story, that kind of fit with the facts -- >> reporter: alex murdaugh under cross-examination for a second day, several times getting heated. >> you're dang right i'm consistent about that. because a very short time before that, david owens is asking me questions, and telling me i'm a suspect in the murder of my wife and my child, and asking me about my clothes. you're dang right it was important. >> the only thing you're concerned about is yourself, you're not concerned about giving accurate information to

law enforcement. >> reporter: as he tries to convince the jury he did not kill his wife maggie and son paul. >> you mean, like, did i shoot my wife and my son? >> yes. >> no. >> reporter: the prosecutor pushing murdaugh hard about lying about being at the family dog kennels, where the bodies were found the night of the murders. >> pretty much all that was lies. >> everything about me not going to the kennel was a lie. >> and you're able to do that so easily, and so convincingly, and so naturally, don't you. >> reporter: and hammeringmer daughter on what the prosecution is calling his new story. >> you also looked at this jury, and tried to tell them that you had been cooperative, in this investigation. >> reporter: other than lying to them about going to the kennel, i was cooperative in every aspect of this investigation. >> very cooperative, except for maybe the most important fact of all, that you were at the murder scene, with the victims, just minutes before they died? >> reporter: also revealed,

astonishing details we've never heard about just how serious murdaugh says his opioid addiction was. >> so you're taking 60 a day or something like that? >> there were days where i took more than that. >> reporter: but the majority of the cross-examination friday focused on what happened june 7th, 2021. >> so what you're telling this jury is that it's a random vigilante -- >> that's your term. >> the 12-year-old -- 5'2" people that happened to know that paul and maggie were both at mozell, june 7th, knew they would be at the kennels alone on june the 7th. knew that you would not be there, between the times of 8:49 and 9:02, they show up without a weapon, assuming they'll find weapons and ammunition, they commit this crime during that short time window and they travel the same exact route you do around the same time to alameda. that's what you're trying to tell this jury. >> you've got a lot of factors in there, mr. waters, all of which i do not agree with, wu

some of which i do. >> reporter: after more than a dozen hours on the stand alex murdaugh is done with his testimony. but the trial continues, in fact, the defense has yet to rest its case. we're told they plan to call additional witnesses on monday, when court resumes. dianne gallagher, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. >> in florida, a suspected gunman has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder after being accused of killing three people, including journalist. 19-year-old keith moses has so far been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old woman on wednesday, also expected to be charged with other shootings. including the murder of this tv reporter, and a 9-year-old girl. a coalition of media outlets, including cnn, is asking the georgia supreme court to release the full special grand jury report on efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election in that state, that report details recommendations on whether former president

donald trump or any of his allies should face criminal charges. so far only a few pages have been released and the vast majority remains sealed but a key member of the special grand jury has been speaking publicly about the report and hinting at what's inside. sara murray has details from atlanta. >> reporter: it's been an eventful week in the saga of the special grand jury here in georgia, investigating efforts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, the foreperson for that special grand jury emily coarse went on a media blitz this week in which she divulged information about the grand jury, suggesting they recommended roughly a dozen people for indictment, her comments cause a little bit of backlash, especially with donald trump's attorneys. we sat down with judge robert mcbernie who oversaw the special grand jury and he made it clear the special grand jury complied with its charter, it abided by the rules here in the state of georgia. but when asked if coors may have gone over the line with any of her comments, mcbernie said it's not up to him to assess, he made

clear to the special grand jurors they were not allowed to talk about private conversations, if a witness was in the room, a prosecutor was in the room, the district attorney was in the room, special grand jurors were free to talk about that. what happens next is up to the district attorney, who will have to decide if she wants to go to a regular grand jury to see charges against the president or any of his associates. sara murray, cnn, atlanta. the white house says president biden is being briefed on the ohio train derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill but at this point the president has no plans to visit the site and says his administration is already doing all it can to respond to the disaster. efforts to remove contaminated soil from the east palestine derailment site are still under way. a lot of that soil is being sent to hazardous waste disposal facility in michigan. but officials there say they're upset buzz they were never made aware of the disposal plans. listen to this. >> i represent 1.8 million people. they're being sandbagged.

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welcome back to all of you watches us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom. >> defiance is the prevailing theme as ukraine enters its second year in its war with russia. volodymyr zelenskyy said he has no doubt ukraine will be victorious this year. but the future is up to them. >> it is you who will decide whether we are all going to exist. whether ukraine is going to exist. every day, every hour, it is you, ukrainian soldiers, which will decide it.

>> ukraine says the front lines didn't move on the anniversary, even though it repelled russian attacks across the country. russia's mercenaries claim they've captured a village near bakhmut, but kyiv isn't confirming that. ukraine's military got a boost from its allies, receiving the first batch of leopard tanks from poland, sweden and germany are also promising more tanks. as ukraine marks the anniversary, its allies are turning up the pressure on those who support russia's war effort. on friday the european union slapped its tenth round of economic sanctions on moscow. they're targeting people and entities that among other things deliver military drones to russia and spread russian propaganda, and the u.s. announced new sanctions on more than 200 people and entities worldwide. the move targets those who help moscow evade existing sanctions, especially those related to arms trafficking and illicit finance. the military supply klain will also take a hit. the u.s. also says it seized about half a billion dollars in assets for kremlin supporters

who helped russia dodge sanctions, including yachts, planes and properties all seized over the past year. for more on this, we're joined by tom coating, leading the center for security studies at the royal institute, speaks to us from london. thank you for being here with us. when it comes to the effect of the sanctions, the true test is whether they've been able to weaken russia's military capabilities. so how effective has that been so far? >> well, of course the initial attempt was to deter the invasion itself a year ago. their sanctions failed. and since then, as you say, we've been trying to disrupt and degrade the russian military. obviously the russians are responding. they are shape shifting. they are switching to war economy. and so while we clearly are tightening the net, we're going after entities in third countries now, which is good to see, i think the sanctions will take a while to have the effect that we all wish they would have, which is to disrupt and

degrade the russian military. we've got a way to go. >> so beyond the military industry, then looking at the russian economy more broadly, we know that the gdp and the ruble were insulated to a certain degree and didn't go down as much as many had predicted, but that may be hiding the true effect of these sanctions. so is russia really hurting economically right now? >> i think you have to look at the economy in two halves. the military economy, which is the kremlin will do everything it can to sustain in order to continue its war. there's also the civilian economy and we can expect the kremlin to increasingly cannibalize the economy to support the military economy. there is no doubt that everyday people in russia will start to feel the impact of these sanctions more and more as we go through 2023. >> do you have any sense that as sort of everyday people get hit by these sanctions, that there will be more dissatisfaction, and the war will become, you know, less popular, and more

pressure will be piled on putin, or has he sort of insulated himself from all of that? >> yeah, i'm afraid that -- i fear that's wishful thinking. i mean, obviously, many people have fled russia to escape mobilization, for example, young people, perhaps more dynamic parts of the economy. but in reality, putin is in control of this, in control of this from a russian perspective. what we need to be doing in 2023, as the united states and its allies did yesterday, was make it very clear to countries beyond allied g-7 and others, is that assisting sanction circumvention is unacceptable. we will come after your companies and come after you as individuals if you do that. >> on that, i mean, we see russia forging a closer relationship with china, a country that could help russia get around these sanctions, and according to cnn reporting, u.s. intelligence suggests china is considering sending drones and ammunition to russia. so what role do you see china playing in all this? and what can the u.s. and europe

do, to clamp down on efforts to circumvent sanctions? >> so i think specifically on china, there is one thing that china hates more than anything else, and that's global economic instability. china relies on the west for buying its goods, buying its products and services. china will not want to escalate instability. of course china will not want to see russia humiliated either. i think we're going to have to play a capital diplomatic game. we can expect to see the west go much harder on sanctions on countries like that that continue to support russia. on countries that are offering financial services, like the united arab emirates we can expect to see more pressure from the west on those countries. i really think that as we enter the second year of this war, we'll enter a new phase in the sanctions war, and that will spread further to directly target entities in countries like the uae, and iran, as we just saw yesterday.

>> listen, we really appreciate your analysis. tom keating, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. all right, we now want to introduce you to one ukrainian who saw some of the worst of the war. by sheer luck she survived a missile strike that killed dozens of people in the city of dnipro, including her own parents. she's trying to make sense of the conflict and her own survival. clarissa ward has her story. >> reporter: when you look at it now, what do you feel? the missile sliced nastia's one-bedroom apartment in half, killing both of her parents in the kitchen, while just inches away nastia clung on to life. >> i think for a lot of people

it's hard to understand why russia would use this huge missile that's intended to take out an aircraft carrier in a residential area, how do you try to understand why russia would do something like this? >> i don't understand. >> reporter: can you tell me a little bit about your mom and dad, what they were like as people?

>> reporter: do you ever wonder why you were saved? it's this extraordinary image that we see of you surviving the unsurvivable. >> you can watch clarissa ward's special report the are will to win, ukraine at war, airs at

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it's been nearly three weeks since that powerful earthquake hit turkey, and syria, and the death toll keeps rising. on friday the number of lives lost passed 50,000 across both countries, nearly 6,000 of the victims were northern syria, the vast majority some 44,000 were in turkey. nada bashir joins us from turkey. where are they in the timeline of the massive rebuilding effort? >> reporter: well, look, the destruction is so vast, kim,

there is still a lot of work to be done to get rid of all of the concrete that has been left behind. many of the houses are still in a complete state of disrepair. we're still seeing the remnants of those apartment blocks and buildings that have collapsed. and as this recovery effort continues there are still bodies beneath these destroyed buildings. that is the difficult part for the families that have already lost so much. we were in antakya yesterday in the province of hatay, among the hardest hit provinces by the earthquake, nearly three weeks ago, and it is difficult to describe the scale of the destruction, the town now, the city now, rather, feels like a ghost town. it is eerily quiet, still construction teams trying to lift the rubble and the presence there is mostly military at this point, more than 80% of that city, in particular, has now left the area. and residents have nowhere else to return to. many of them are now living in

camps, or container cities temporarily. but the government has pledged to rebuild the affected areas within a year, government spokesperson ibrahim colin telling cnn the government has planned under way for some 200,000 new apartments, supposedly earthquake-resistant, to be built within the coming year and now we are learning from the authorities they're already looking at and beginning the excavation work in parts of gaziantep. for more than 800 homes, for those that have been displaced. while the government is under pressure to provide these long-term residencies for those displaced there is a lot of criticism as well. some say they are moving too quickly, this is too hasty, the union of turkish engineers and architects say it's too soon. further geological surveys, because this area lies on a huge fault line. earthquakes, and aftershocks,

some criticism coming has been centered around the potential for strong aftershocks following that earthquake three weeks ago. we saw one, 6.3 magnitude on monday, and turkey has continued to see these aftershocks, at a lower scale, for the last almost three weeks now. so there is a significant amount of concern here. but of course with elections looming, president aerdogan's government is under mounting pressure to provide a long-term solution to this issue, 100,000 people living in tents and we visited those idp camps in antakya, many of the families that we spoke to still haven't given a tent. they are still waiting to have that temporary accommodation. some families sleeping on the street and i have to say it gets quite cold at night, many of them with young children, others have been put up in other temporary -- including a cruise ship. but these are all short-term solutions. and it is going to take months if not years for the turkish government to be able to rebuild

this area, despite that pledge to have rebuilt it within a year. and you can imagine the concern that is growing over the potential for the construction work not to be suitable for a zone that is clearly experienced earthquakes in the past and could still experience further earthquakes. for those in the idp camps at this stage they want a long-term solution. but for those that are homeless all they want right now is a tent. kim? >> yeah, such a huge undertaking that they just have to get right. nada bashir, thank you so much, appreciate it. for more information on how to help the earthquake victims you can go to cnn.com/impact and there you can find a list of organizations working on rescue and relief efforts. millions of nigerians are now voting in a crucial election to decide who will next lead africa's most populous nation, what's at stake and the entry of issues awaiting the winner, we'll be right back with more, please stay with us.

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turbulent time for africa's most populous nation. there's an armed conflict in the northeast, surging crime, and shortages of fuel and electricity across the country. there's also a manhunt under way after a senate candidate from nigeria's opposition labor party was murdered last week. n nigeria elects a new parliament and a new president. larry, you're there when people are voting right behind you. what's the turnout like so far? >> reporter: it's too early to tell, kim, but it looks like a decent turnout. the polls open 8:30 local. we're only a few hours into this. the lines are going all the way back. the street, i want to show you people out here to vote and express their opinion who they want to lead them over the next four years. 18 people running for president but realistically only three men who could be the next president of nigeria. some people brought their bikes out here, want to make sure they

vote before that happens. this goes all the way back there, you see the number of people excited about voting for these three men. peter otobi, and -- all the way back there. but i want to hear from some of the people who are voting in this election. one of the major issues has been about insecurity, the top issue for many voters in this election, it's been polled by one lagos-based company, saying people worry about that, the economy is going through a rough patch right now. almost on the verge of collapse, there's been, in recent weeks, a car short j and a fuel shortage which has made it difficult for people to get necessities, left chaotic scenes at banks and gas stations. that's on the mind of people as they come to vote in this election. i want to hear from wandu. how you doing? did you vote yet. >> not yet, we just took

numbers. >> reporter: what are you voting for? >> security. we needs someone who has a hold and understands the security challenges. the economy is free fall, someone who has a fair understanding of what we need to be better. >> reporter: this is an important election, for the first time you don't have a formal military leader running, you don't have an incumbent running. the final chance to see real change? >> definitely, we have three very different people, with strengths, and weaknesses but we hope that one of them, at least, we know who we all want to be on the podium, and take us where we need to get to. >> reporter: what does the next leader of nigeria need to do? we've been talking about how many are escaping to better pastures in europe and north america. what can the next leader of nigeria do to turn around? >> enable the economy for the private sector. the private sector needs to have a larger hold on what's going on. that's the only way you're going to get investments. the numbers in relation to our population is still small.

a lot of people, a lot of opportunities. we have human capital that can do so much. but we just need the government to give the platform for the private sector to work. and revive the economy. that's it. >> reporter: and most people can't leave? >> yes, it can, it's expensive to leave. jack buy is not cheap, it's very expensive. most people, your average nigerian cannot leave. what they have is this and we're going to make sure we collectively get change. we have to. >> reporter: wandu, all the best voting today. let me explain the logistical nightmare this election is. 93 million registered voters, more than the number of registered voters in the next 14 west african nations combined. the electoral commission points out that every time nigeria goes to vote. it's about -- this is only one of 140,000 polling units across the nation. polls are open for six hours and after that they begin the collection exercise. we don't know when we will know the winner of the presidential

election, but the electoral commission here tells us they will do it speedily, a couple of days, we don't know, we'll have to wait and see, kim. >> great to have you there on the ground, larry medillo in lagos. the u.s. first lady is in kenya today to strengthen american ties with africa. ♪ >> jill biden was greeted by musical performers and the kenyan first lady when she arrived in nairobi on friday, the trip is meant to address food insecurity, she met with officials there to focus on reducing hunger and helping women and children succeed. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber. follow me on twitter.

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