>> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, a stunning admission under oath. the chair of the --

fox corporation report murdaugh acknowledges that fox news anchors pushed election lies on air. after a weekend of blizzard conditions, california faces yet another winter storm, but does all this wet weather mean a historic job is over we will speak with a leading snow lab scientist. plus, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is only adding to the confusion. good to have you with us. we begin with astonishing testimony from the media titan behind fox news, that could have huge legal ramifications for the network. rupert murdoch has admitted under oath that some fox news anchors endorsed false claims on air about the 2020 u.s. presidential election being

stolen. now these are the fox anchors -- spread for different president donald trump's lies about election fraud, blue dogs, maria buddy romo, janine perot, and sean hannity murdaugh made it clear that he doesn't believe that right wing top network as an entity promoted the lies, but the fox corporation chairman admitted that he wished fox news had issued a more forceful response. murdaugh testified i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing in hindsight, and when asked what the consequences would be for fox executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast? murdaugh replied, quote, they should be reprimanded, they should be reprimanded maybe gotten rid of. his shocking remarks came during a deposition taken by dominion voting systems, the voting technology company is suing fox news for 1.6 billion dollars over unproven fraud

claims from its 2020 election coverage. douglas brinkley is a presidential's story an and professor of history at rice university, and he joins me now from austin texas. a pleasure to have you with us. >> a pleasure to be here. >> so let's start with his new legal filings in the dominion lawsuit against fox news, chairman rupert murdoch admitted under oath that some fox tv host endorsed false stolen election claims, but he tried to shift the blame away from fox, and on to hosts -- maria, janine, and sean hannity. but admitted fox news should have been stronger in denouncing false election claims, so what could this, have or what impact do you think this could have on the 2024 presidential election, and have you ever seen anything like this? >> no, i mean fox news is in

deep trouble, there is -- murdaugh's trying to make a distinction between a few of his anchors, a few of his on and personnel he's and not the network as a whole. it is a very clear that fox overstepped its bounds that it promoted the idea that our election was stolen and the trump big lie, so alas, i think fox is going to have to clean up their act. this could end up going to the supreme court, it is hard to window for mission cases, like dominion voting systems trying to do, but nevertheless the record is pretty clear that fox knew that this whole trump thing about the stolen election and the rigged election was bogus but they ran with it on the air anyway. there is a sad moment in cable tv history. >> yeah, indeed. i do want to turn to another big issue, the ohio train derailment. house republican committees are

pushing to launch investigations into the toxic changes astern east palestine, eager to inject politics into this issue by accusing president biden of mishandling in the aftermath, and forsaking that small town in favor of traveling to kyiv in ukraine to meet with president zelenskyy, now it has become a political flash point which i don't think the white house thought would happen, what mistakes were made and where do you see this growing? >> well whenever there is an environmental disaster, i think about when the river in ohio caught fire in 1969, there is the famous center barber oils's bill weir recently a bp oil spill, the white house has to act and speak quickly, rock obama got pummeled for not talking more forcefully when there was a deep oil spill, so the biden administration did on the right things from a networking and legal, and safety point of view, but they got the optics wrong, i mean, biden needed i think a quick

message to the people of ohio, a dramatic way perhaps kamala harris certainly pete buttigieg should have been there sooner than he was. so the republicans are going to dine out on this. east palestine, you, know is on the pennsylvania border, that is a very important voting area there in western pennsylvania and eastern ohio and i think if the biden administration had an opportunity again they would have done everything they did, they would have held on the norfolk southern, accountable, but they may have done the spin, the talking about it, the communication, the grieving a little more forcefully. >> now because that seems to be what is missing, here when does the attention revert back to that company involved in this train disaster? and how much blame lives with them? what does that accountability go out the window when there is a presidential election on the horizon? >> well i think will happen is

the biden administration saw there were no fatalities, as heinous as it, was let's be clear, whether you are a republican senator j.d. vance of ohio, democrats from ohio, nobody likes something like this, have been nobody wants to see a toxic fireball on their tv screen. everybody feels badly for the people in the east palestine. but, this is going to end up being used i'm afraid by the republican party as a way to be on the biden administration, and on the other, hand biden is going to stay quite correctly that it was deregulation under the trump years, so the railroad industries that made these chemical trains less safe. it is that it is a political -- that in america, what does that mean that biden shouldn't have gone to the ukraine and needed to be prioritized, a big, but the administration could have done a bit better.

we are showing a bit more compassion out of the gate and there were no deaths, i think they might thought it could fade from the news cycle and the epa and others would take care of the problems down the line. >> douglas brinkley, thank you so much for joining, us and we enjoy your knowledge, this as always. >> thank you. >> major bouts of winter weather are sweeping both the eastern and western u.s. coast. nearly 50 million people are under winter weather alerts across the northeast, including new york city. new york's governor wants up to a foot of snow could accumulate over monday night in some areas, the state is also dealing with freezing rain and strong winds. some schools in connecticut and rhode island already canceled classes for tuesday to the expected winter storm. parts of california are also gaining some rare snowfall, enough to force some areas to declare local emergencies. some residents in san

bernardino county were trapped in their homes after several feet of snow, fell in the area, portions of interstate 80 are also currently shut down due to zero visibility, and could last through wednesday. the national weather service says, the region is under a blizzard warning. andrew schwartz is the lead scientist and -- university of california berkeley snow laboratory, and joins me now from berkeley, california. appreciate you joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> so with all the storms hitting california right now, how is all that rain and snow impacting the states drought conditions? >> we are seeing a lot of favorable development in our job conditions, especially short term. we have had a lot of areas go from maybe severe or exceptional drought, to moderate, and as it goes on.

and, how is that going to help the long term conditions, and with these, coming in it looks like it could help a lot. >> that is good news for people living across the state of course, what advice would you give to state and local officials when it comes to water conservation across california, even as the rain and snow keeps coming, because the job is not over yet. >> no, that is absolutely, right the job is not over, yet so conservation is still very important for everybody. from policymakers, down to those of us just with the water coming out our taps, we need to stay engaged with our water conservation, because every job we save now is going to be a job that we have available in the future. so even that we've had all these amazing offense, it is a very important we still can serve. >> and talk to us at what point you can assess that the drought is considered to be over, what is the process, and how far

away do you think california might before making that declaration? >> well, it really depends on how much precipitation we get in the upcoming month, how much rain and snow we get. typically when we look at our upcoming water supply for the spring, summer, of the following year. we look at our april 1st measurements. and so, we are getting very close to that point. i think given all the precipitation we have had, and the abundance we have had, it just means that we are in a really good spot, and although we can't officially say the drought is over yet, because we have been in such a severe drought for multiple u.s., we are definitely lessened. now if you continue to just get plenty of snow, plenty of rain, and we get double what we would expect in a normal year, then maybe we can start talking about the longer term shout. that being said, we are coming off the heels of the trial is 23 year period in 1200 years. so, it is not going to be a one

and done solution in terms of precipitation for when you're taking care of all our drought. >> and i do want to ask you this, because in many parts of the world, where there have been years of drought, when there is then a lot of precipitation, a lot of rain, it can cause a lot of problems on the land, it just can't absorb all the water in one hit, because it is so dry and has been so very dry for so many years. so what have been the consequences of that. >> well, that is exactly, right we have those very dry conditions, we can see that the soil becomes what is known as hydrophobia. it shows a lot of water off, we're in another case like a sponge and circle that water and we still don't get on the weather we would expect from our snow pack from the rain. so, we have seen things here in california late flooding recently, and if we do get warmer events coming in, things like atmospheric rivers that

are rain instead of snowfall, more warmer periods of air temperatures that are prolonged, we can get catastrophic flooding out of the conditions as well given how much we have already gotten. so there is a little hesitancy that all of the snow and rain has been good, but that being, said it is much better than another dry year. >> absolutely, and your shorts, thank you so much for joining, us appreciate it. >> thank you for having me on. >> new video shows the widespread devastation in norman oklahoma, one of the areas hit hardest by the powerful storms and tornadoes that battered the state sunday night. a total of nine tornadoes were reported, and the one in norman was the most significant with wind speeds of at least 111 miles per hour. still to come, as the war in ukraine enters a second, here new analysis reveals the staggering losses already

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situation unfolding and bakhmut on the eastern front lines, ukraine says bakhmut remains the epicenter of nonstop attacks, as russian forces -- now to new information about russia's staggering losses on the battlefield, an analysis by the center for strategic and international studies found in ukraine and then all of its wars since world war ii. it says the average rate of russian soldiers killed per month is now at least 25 times higher than it was in chechnya. 35 times the number killed in afghanistan. cnn's clare sebastian is following developments, and joins us live from london. good morning, to clare, so what more are you learning about russia's staggering losses, and of course, the impact this might be having on moral?

>> yeah, the csis study says the estimated around 200,000 -- or lost through desertion, now we have to be careful with these, numbers we have not independently verified, them csis has arrived at that figure through a combination of satellite imagery, open source information, things like social media post, talking to sources on the ground, casualty figures in this war are fraught with misinformation, open to manipulation on, besides relayed to the official number we have gotten from russia's back in september, when the defense minister said it was just under 6000. so you can see that russia is not admitting to those kinds of numbers. now excuse me, the numb reason why they are now preparing this is because it is a war that is now being fought a bit like world war ii, it is now descended especially in the east -- into a sort of trench warfare style battle that dug into

trenches facing each other along the front line that is hundreds of miles long, we know there is a high level of expenditure of ammunition on both sides, ukraine is also reporting high casualties, case in point the situation around bakhmut where after six months of, fighting it is getting even more intense. in terms of morale, rosemary, the report asks the question, as, actually how can putin continue -- among the high casualty rate, i think the interesting point to make here, putin is presenting this as a bit like world war ii, you think this is essentially a defensive operation, this is russia defending its historical lands, facing an existential threat, protecting the ukrainian people so that is how he is selling it is people of course in combination with a crack down at home, and we see me hints of this today as president putin attended a meeting that the fsb, the internal security service, we know they have been stepping up

efforts on terms of a crackdown and a sense, surveillance, border security, things like that. we may see more evidence of that today. >> all right, great, thank you so much, close to boston joining us live from london. the eu and uk have struck a new deal on the northern ireland protocol. eu chief -- and british prime minister rishi sunak detailed the terms of the agreement which aims to resolve one of the legacies of brexit. >> today's agreement delivers trade within the whole united kingdom. it protects northern ireland's place in our union. and, it safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. >> this new framework will allow us to begin a new chapter. it provides for long lasting solutions, like both of us are confident we will work for all people and businesses in northern ireland. red and green lanes are at the

heart of this plan, british goods and and staying in northern ireland will use a green lane at -- and british good traveling why northern ireland onto the republic of northern ireland and eu will use the red lane and face checks. well the death from sundays migrant shipwreck of italy now stands at least 63. the wooden ship broke apart on rocks off the coast of calabria, italian politics have been shaped for years by the debate over what to do with migrants crossing the mediterranean. now to cnn's ben wedeman reports, some tragedy has drawn a response from room and at the vatican. >> the tide brings in wreckage of a boat, the wreckage more lives lost. among the dead to worship on this beach, an eight-month-old

infant. the 20 meter long would both reportedly took to see from thursday, with perhaps as many as 250 people on board, coming from among other places, afghanistan, pakistan, iran, and syria. >> fishermen -- was one of the first on the scene before dawn. when we arrived, we found ten dead, he said, and as dawn broke, he found more and more. only around 80 people survived the shipwreck, the rest perhaps well over 100 either dead or missing. this type of tragedy should have been avoided, said the governor of calabria who burrito -- sunday, pope francis told the faithful in st. peters square, i pray for each of them for the missing and other migrants who survived. but thoughts and prayers won't

save lives. since 2014, more than 20,000 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean. escaping war, famine, repression, chaos, and hopelessness. increasingly, europe, including italy, is taking a hard line on those with the global south, fleeing their native lands. in the statement, italy's right-wing prime minister giorgia meloni expressed what she called a profound pain in the disaster. but, maloney wrote -- anti migrant platform, and last week the italian parliament approved -- new laws making ever more difficult for volunteer groups to carry out rescues at sea. what europe can do for those in need has been made of vividly clear by its embrace of millions of ukrainian refugees. and, an embrace that doesn't

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>> welcome back everyone. hong kong is set to end its covid mask mandate, a restriction that has been in place from the start of the pandemic, as of wednesday, masks no longer will be required outdoors, indoors, or on public transport. in december, hong kong and it most of its other mandates, including covid testing for arriving travelers, at the time chief executive john lee said officials were confident in the vaccination rate, as well as the level of natural immunity built up in the population.

in the u.s., the department of energy's new assessment about the origins of covid-19 is making waves. multiple sources in the intelligence community tells cnn the notion of a chinese lab leak kick starting the pandemic is still a minority opinion in washington. it comes as at least three sources say, china's center for border and disease control in wuhan was studying covid variants at the time of the initial outbreak. but the biden administration maintains, there is no official opinion on the matters so far. cnn's pamela brown has more now from washington. >> more than three years after the start of the covid-19 pandemic, the theory that the virus originated from a lab in wuhan, china, in the spotlight. the department of energy now saying, in an updated cause defied report, that it believes with low confidence that the virus accidentally escaped from

a lab. but that theory remains a minority opinion within the u.s. intelligence community. >> some elements of the intelligence community have reached conclusions on one, side some on the other, a number of them have said they just don't have enough information to be sure. >> early in the pandemic, many prominent scientist discredited the so-called lab leak theory. one group writing a letter published in atlanta medical journal saying, we stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theory suggesting that covid-19 does not have a natural origin. >> but other medical professionals have long refused to rule it out. >> these kinds of lab leaks have been all the time, even here in the united states, we have had mishaps, in china last six known -- sars one have been out of last. >> the longtime director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases agreed, it was possible. >> it might possibly have been something that the chinese have been doing, a virus they isolated in the wild, we're having in the lab somehow escaped a.

i don't think that have been, but i have an open mind. >> the different professional opinions resulted in a political firestorm. >> governments -- like yourself again in favor and function -- -- saying things that are not correct. >> according to the intelligence community's assessment first published in 2021, the origins of the virus will remain elusive until china cooperates with global investigations. >> why at this point do you say it is possible maybe even probable that the virus came from a lab? and accidentally leaked out? >> the sars-cov-2 virus has an ancestral origin in a type of horseshoe bat that doesn't exist in wuhan, if this comes from nature, they would have to be some evidence of it coming from nature. right now, we don't have the evidence. >> now house republicans are demanding more information from the state department. fbi and d.o.e. on the origins of covid-19. you do believe it is, noble how

so? >> there are -- there some information that we already have, and there is other information i think we can pursue that doesn't require china's consent, that can lead us to the proper conclusion. >> i want to make sure that we are readying ourself for the next pandemic if we will, the more we can learn about natural origins or a possible layup leak, then the better off we are going to be. >> the top republicans on the oversight committee and the sub select committee on covid, they have sent letters to three agencies, the state department, the fbi, and the department of energy asking for specific information, including communications between employees of their agencies, and employees at the wuhan urology institute as well as in the cdc there in wuhan. not the first hearing for that subcommittee on covid will happen on march 8th according to a -- pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> just ahead the foodie is

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>> a former nigerian president accuses the country's electoral commission of corruption, and is calling for a fresh vote in polling places disrupted by violence, where officials failed to show up for saturday's election. complaints of voting irregularities to new to grow as the results slowly trickle in from around the country. many polling stations still had not uploaded their results more than 24 hours after polls had closed. cnn's stephanie -- joins me now live from lagos, good to see you, steph, so election observers are

criticizing any planning, and lack of transparency, what is the latest on this, and of course the vote count itself? >> so, rosemary, it is loud complaints, this time not just from the citizens and their candidates, but credible people. it is rare for former president to join at the glamour in this instance, as president -- has done, and he has spoken out quite clearly to say this process is not transparent, and i'm just going to read to you something that he said. he said, it is no secret that the independent nigerian election commission officials and an operational level have been allegedly compromised to make what should've work not to work, and to revert to manual transmission of result which is manipulated and results adopted. this is unprecedented. one president speaking out so

clearly and loudly against the electoral process but everybody is listening apart from the chairman it seems insisting that the results must be collected and carried on, still announcing these results that many are saying are not credible, and not fair. and, the ruling party so far from the states that have been announced is leading in these results that have been announced. even observers who were quite muted in their observations and cautious of said quite clearly, these elections have not been transparent, and have not been carried out in the way it was supposed to carry out. now, rosemary, you remember that the electoral commission had touted this electrician portal known as -- as the solution to electoral fraud, they were supposed to upload result in realtime to this website. but that was not done, and many

people are questioning -- many thanks for that report. and, thank you for joining, us i'm rosemary church, for international viewers world sport is up next. and for our viewers in north america, i will be back with more news after a short break. i'm christine mahon. i'm retired from public health nursing and from the army reserve. my retirement funds allow me to enjoy what i love to do. i volunteer with the medical reserve corp. as long as you can make an impacact, why stop?

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study from the nonprofit -- foundation, experts project homeowners will have to pay more for repair some of the stronger storms. they also predict hurricanes will move further inland, inflicting greater damage on cities like charleston, south carolina. savannah georgia, and even new york city. antarctic sea ice has dropped to its lowest level on record for a second straight year, the last two years marked the only time that sea ice levels plunged so low since satellites began monitoring in 1978. scientists say, the alarming decline in sea ice is an extreme event that sent a clear signal of how the climate crisis maybe significantly influencing the region. in another strong show of support for ukraine, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellin traveled to kyiv in a surprise visit as she's dressed that international aid into the country is now more vital than

ever. yellin met with president zelenskyy to discuss u.s. economic assistance, and efforts to impose severe sanctions on russia. cnn's melissa bell spoke exclusively with yellin in the ukrainian capital. >> the optics have been the message, from the president himself to the secretary of state, and now to the treasury secretary, unwavering american support delivered in person to kyiv. >> from a divided and testy g20 where she chastised the russian delegation, janet yellin came to see for herself the impact so far of about 50 billion dollars of american aid to ukraine. >> the comments you made to the russian officials in india, do you sense moscow is listening? >> i think they are listening. i think that we have imposed

very serious cost on them, and they hear from not only the united states, but a large coalition. >> on the treasury secretary store, an invincibility point where warmth and power are provided with neither are available. here, ukrainians shelter, even as a law is trying to punish moscow. >> we will not tolerate systematic violations by any country, of the sanctions that we put in place, that are intended to -- access to military equipment, to wage this war, and we've been very clear with the chinese government that the consequences of violating those sanctions would be very severe. >> i would like to move on to more domestic measures, if i may, we have seen the fight against inflation take a hit,

hitting 5.4%, do you believe at this stage of the order it is behind the curve, or a soft landing is still likely scenario? >> i personally believe that it is possible to bring inflation down while maintaining -- we have a very strong labor market. i think we can maintain it, i would, say so far so good. >> but back home, the cost of the war in ukraine including its inflationary pressures posed more consensus as the war enters its second year with an american election year beginning to loom, there are questions about how long the west unwavering support again last. >> so, i think there is more support among our allies, and members of congress who've been to kyiv to visit, and i think all of us are inspired by that, and we'll be ready to supported first long as it takes. >> so for now, a further

pledged of the support that is allowed ukraine to come thus far. melissa bell, cnn, kyiv. >> u.s. senator john fetterman faces weeks of recovery as he is seeking treatment for clinical depression. that is according to his office, which says, the democrat from pennsylvania is doing well, and visiting daily with his family and staff. fetterman checked himself into a washington area hospital earlier this month, he still suffers lingering problems from a stroke last year during his senate campaign. florida governor ron desantis has signed a bill that gives the state more control of disney's self governing district in the orlando area. the move will replace the district's existing ward with a five member body, handpicked by desantis, it effectively punishes disney for speaking out against the florida law which prevent certain classrooms from discussing sexual orientation, and gender

identity. the murder trial of former attorney alex murdaugh will resume today, with prosecutors calling on more witnesses to address issues raised by the fence. on monday, murdaugh's team rested its case after almost two weeks of testimony, to try and prove he did not kill his wife and son. one of the last witnesses they called, was a crime scene expert who argued that two shooters may have been involved in the murders. cnn's randi kaye reports. >> do you have an opinion whether there was one or two shooters who murdered maggie and paul on the night of june seven? >> my opinion is the totality of the events as more suggested of the two shooters. >> a forensic scientist testifying for the defense, reading new life into the defenses theory that two shooters who were involved in killing maggie impala murdaugh. here is why. whoever shot paul, the witnesses, likely would have needed time to recover given

the violent nature of false death. >> what is happening to the shoot at that point? >> he's gonna hit with large amounts of rain, material blood, skin, hair, bone fragments, and i believe very likely some of the -- >> and what would be the force of that hitting the shooter? >> substantial. >> would you expect to see any type of injuries to the shooter? >> that is quite possible. i mean for sure. >> so what about the shooter's clothing? >> how much biological material and blood is going to be on the shooter's clothing, and the person? >> a lot. a lot. on the upper body. more >> keep in mind, investigators first on the scene who testified for the state said, they did not see any blood on alex murdaugh that night. the state has suggested he washed up and changed clothes after allegedly killing his wife and son.

on cross examination, the state took issue with this witnesses conclusion, that a footprint found in the room where paul westfield belong to paul's killer. >> you haven't seen the report that identified those as paul's footprints? >> no i did not. >> you only saw the reports that the defense wanted you to see? >> i got the reports that were given to me. yes. >> the defense called one of murdaugh's brother, john mara finn, is last witness, they -- loving family, man and left the jury with this disturbing description of having to pick up the pieces of his nephew paul in the feed room. >> it had not been cleaned, up a cell blood, i saw brains, i saw pieces of squall. when i say brains, it could just be tissue, i don't know what i was seeing, it was terrible. and, for some reason, i thought it was -- something that i needed to do

for paul, to clean it up. i felt like i owed him, and i started cleaning. and i promise you, no mother or father should ever have to see and do what i did that day. >> randi kaye, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. >> the fallout continues for gilbert creator scott adams after a racist on land grant where he called black people a hate group. the comic strip brighter has been dropped by his publisher which was scheduled to release his upcoming book in september. adams later tweeted that he had also been, quote, canceled by his literary agent, adam source also dropped by andrews mcneill inverse of the company that's indicates gilbert. the company's decision came after hundreds of newspapers across the u.s. already stopped

running the comic, the issued a statement saying, we will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate. elon musk has now reclaimed the title of richest person in the world. that is according to bloomberg. musk regained the title monday after a rally in tesla stock, musk was unseeded for his richest person title by bernard arnaud late last year. he has the ceo of french luxury brand lvmh. when the markets closed on monday, musk was worth about 187 billion dollars. the edges out or know who is worth about 185 billion dollars. well elon musk probably did not count of the general -- with tesla, but, my script just disappeared. let's start that again. an iconic car from the tv show dukes of hazard --

all right we are having problems. if we can take that, back that will be great. okay. the car crashed, when it crashed on the highway in missouri, it happens sunday, ensuring the two people inside. 309 versions of the car called the general lee were made for the original show which debuted in 1979. and the other 26 were made for the 2005 -- thanks so much for company, i'm rosemary, church i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. do stay with us.

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