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just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> verdict, guilty. verdict guilty. >> our criminal justice system worked tonight. it gave a voice to maggie and paul paul murdaugh who were brutally murdered. we didn't hear anything until plywood crashed through our window. the fbi foiling an alleged plot to kill jewish government officials in michigan. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is 4:00 a.m. in south carolina where alex murdaugh will find out whether he will

spend the rest of his life in prison. the jury found him guilty of murder in the killings of his wife and son. murdaugh will not face the death penalty. prosecutors have indicated that they will seek life in prison without the possibility of parole instead. after the verdict was reached, the lead prosecutor celebrated the jury's decision. >> justice was done today. it doesn't matter who your family is. it doesn't matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn't matter what you think, how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, justice will be done in south carolina. >> and randi kaye is there in walterboro and has this report for you. >> reporter: almost six weeks of trial, and 61 witnesses for the state in their main case, and 14

witnesses for the defense, it was certainly quite a trial here in walterboro, so much testimony, but certainly a couple things stood out, both coming from paul murdaugh's cellphone, one was the kennel video which put alex at the time of the murders at dog ken untils on the property. for many months alex murdaugh said that he was not there earlier in the night with his family and only found them there dead at the kennels and that is when he called 911. but at least 10 witnesses say they heard his voice on the video and finally he admitted being there. there is also the snapchat video that paul murdaugh sent to friends at 7:56 p.m. and that showed alex murdaugh wearing long pants and a blue shirt. later when he saw investigate tots, he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. so investigators said he had

washed up and changed clothes since killing the attempt. and now the jury found him guilty. wit . >> earlier cnn spoke with a defense attorney. >> and they convicted him with conviction. i think early on these jurors had made up their mind. and to me, the jury has spoken. i've had my heart broken by jurors many times over the years, but i really did not expect this. i did not expect a guilty verdict. i did not expect such a quick verdict. quick usually means guilty. i definitely thought that there would at least be a hung jury. only because, yes, we had this big lie, but there was also explanation for it, there was also a context for it, because while he was lying about being at the kennels, he was also

insisting on data exculpatory to him. and so i really thought that there was going to be somewhat of a struggle in this jury room. and i think that they couldn't get past the lie. and also frankly, i question how much of this was a jury of his own peers. this is a small town. everybody knew the murdaughs. a lot of jurors were it is missed because of their knowledge of this family and his power and privilege. and i'm not questioning jury misconduct, but, you know, i just don't think that given the state of the evidence that this was the expected result. >> cnn will have more on the story later in the hour and across the day. do stay with us. a triple threat of tornadoes, winds and rain marching across the united states.

there were tornado sirens in texas where at least five had been reported. wind gusts of up to 18 miles per hour were reported in parts of the state on thursday. more than 185,000 homes and businesses had knocked out power. it is now down to 140,000. and a tornado also authorize through alabama. the national weather service in huntsville said peak winds reached about 110 miles per hour. one resident explains how it came through fast and furious. >> we started to hear the wind and the rain hitting the outside of the house. so i jumped up and grabbed my son and ran to the bathroom. my hug grabbed our dog and ran into the other bathroom. and in a matter of 20 seconds, it was gone. sounded like a freight train

going by the house. >> no one was injured in the tornado thankfully, but it tore off roofs and ripped cars apart. this is just within of at least 90 storm reports on thursday. the storm system now moving eastward with the main threat being damaging high wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. and on the northern side of the storm, winter weather alerts are posted for chicago and detroit for friday afternoon. allison chinchar has the latest. >> yes, it has been a very busy past 24 hours. again, a significant amount of preliminary storm reports so far. the vast majority of them in states like oklahoma as well as texas. and that includes tornadoes, damaging winds and the potential for large hail. and that threat is going to continue as we push through the remainder of the day friday. but we notice the threat area begins to shift farther to the east. now you are talking cincinnati,

nashville, even down toward atlanta and mobile, alabama. but the threats remain the same. so here is a look at the focus for the storm in the early portion of the day friday. this system will gradually make its way off to the northeast. as it pushes into the great lakes and northeastern portion of the country, you have a lot of colder air in place. and so a lot of that rain will transition back over into a rain/snow mix and in some cases even some ice and snow filtering back in. overall the heaviest rain is going to be along the mississippi river valley, not out of the question to have two, three, or three inches total. and heaviest snow will be across portions of new england where even in excess of a foot is likely across some of those areas. widespread flash flooding is still possible. states like arkansas, areas of southeast missouri, and along the ohio river valley as well. you are talking a very tremendous amount of rain in a short period of time.

another very widespread concern is actually going to be the wind. and the key thing here, it is not just while the storms are occurring. even after that line of storms moves through, a lot of these states will continue with some pretty significant wind gusts up around 50, maybe even as high as 60 miles per hour. yes, everyone even after the storms exit the region. in georgia, wind advisories linger until 7:00 p.m. in the evening on friday. but again the focus is the lingering low pressure system. and states of emergency are in california after more than 100 inches of snow fallen in some areas calling avalanches and blocking roads and highways. authorities warn that it could be days before they can reach some communities in that mountainous areas. more than 42,000 homes and businesses are without power in the state. officials say that they are

unaware of any deaths linked to the storm so far. u.s. authorities are urging major freight rail companies to move quickly to ensure the safety of their train cars after investigators looking into the derailment in east palestine, ohio found melted equipment may have led to the release of toxic chemicals. officials say defective aluminum parts on three tank cars may have caused the pressure relief valves to fail. since the rderailment, resident have reported rashes, nausea and breathing difficulties. and an alleged explosive device is man was accused of trying to bring on to a train. it contains a powder consistent with fireworks. according to court documents, it was in a suitcase that marc muffley checked in for a flight

to orlando but tsa agents caught the explosives. muffley was later arrested in pennsylvania. a judge ordered him to remain in custody on thursday as he faces two federal charges. also in the u.s., a new incident is adding to growing concerns about threats to government officials and worries over anti-semitic violence. the fbi says a michigan man threatened on social media to kill jewish members of the state's government. the michigan attorney general confirmed that she was one of the people targeted. polo sandoval has more. >> reporter: the fbi foiling an alleged plot to kill jewish government officials in michigan. federal complaint filed in eastern michigan naming jack eugene carpenter iii as the defendant. he was arrested a day after allegedly posting disturbing anti-semitic threats online. a source telling cnn among those specifically targeted by

carpenter, the michigan attorney general. i was a target in this matter she wrote on twitter. court documents laying out the details on february 18, the fbi in detroit was alerted by the bureau national threat operations center reading i'm heading back to michigan now threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in the michigan government. carpenter's account also showing a bizarre declaration of sovereignty to a new country at his property in rural michigan. the address revealing carpenter had three 9 millimeter handguns registered one stolen from his girlfriend. and the complaint also shedding light on carpenter's back fgrou who had been arrested in december last year for assault. that just the latest in several threats and attacks on lawmakers and officials in the united states as well as increasing anti-semitic attacks. >> whether it is in michigan or

other parts of the country, we're seeing the con few inside of confluence of anti-government and covid and other conspiracy theories combined with anti-semitism. fantasies of imaginations of people willing to take action. >> reporter: anti-semitic attacks reached a record high in the u.s. in 2021 up 34% from the year before. >> this is right in the wheelhouse of what the fbi and director wray have told us they think is the most dangerous, the most concerning threat that they face on the counter terrorist side. he is heavily armed, might be mentally unstable, but nevertheless has decided to act outanimus. >> reporter: polo sandoval, cnn, new york.

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been told to leave bakhmut. for further into the city. and ukrainian troops have been building new defense lines west of the city. special forces soldier tells cnn a russian missile has blown up a vital supply bridge. for more, we have scott mclean with me. all eyes on washington today because these are two key players behind ukraine. >> yeah, and look, if you can believe it, this is actually the first time that the german chancellor is in washington since the full-scale invasion began and a heck of a lot has changed in a year. you will remember the germans were extremely hesitant to send large packages of equipment and weaponry to ukraine. they were even hesitant at first before the invasion began to actually cancel the nord stream two natural gas pipeline from russia and now it seems that things have shifted. but what schultz and joe biden have in common, while they are

trying to make sure ukraine has everything that they need, it seems that there are limits to what they are willing to provide and at the moment those are fighter jets. schultz has been clear that he doesn't want to engage in the game of one ups man ship with western allies and send bigger and better weapons. and the aid package the u.s. is going to announce today is going to be sort of more of the same, more of the basics that the ukrainians really need. ammunition for artillery systems, for the himars, rocket systems, things like that. and that is important because the reality is ukraine is burning through ammunition according to the secretary-general that is at a rate higher than the rate of production. and so ukrainians will need this, they are also in extremely tough and bakhmut as you mentioned, they just lost overnight a very key supply line in and out of the town that has

been a real strong hold since the outset of the war. and we're also learning that drone recognizance oig unit has been told to pull back. but they won't be able to hold it until the very end if the human cost is too, too high. and so the reality is that they are going to have tanks in a few months, but they will need ammunition to keep the fight going wherever that is, about mack bakhmut or further back. and support for ukraine will be at the top of the agenda as the european commissioner president meets key allies in north america next week. she goes to the withottawa on md then address canada's parliament. and then they will meet with president biden next friday. also clean technology is on the schedule. and u.s. secretary of state

antony blinken is on his way back to washington after a contentious g-20 foreign ministers meeting in new delhi. no joint communique came out. and moscow objected to language on the war in ukraine. blinken met briefly with lavrov on the sidelines, their first face-to-face in more than a year. >> lastly, i spoke briefly with russian's foreign minister lavrov on the margins of our g-20 meeting today. i urged russia to reverse its irresponsible decision and return to implementing the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty which places limits on the nuclear arsenals on the united states and russian federation. mutual compliance is in the interests of both our countries. >> blink en also said he raised the issue of detained paul wh whelan. the russian foreign ministry is calling that a lie saying

whelan's name never came up. kristie lu stout is standing by, but let's go to new delhi first. so they can't even have a conversation informally on the sidelines without it blowing up afterwards. >> reporter: absolutely, max. you said it. and the interesting thought is that blinken came out thursday evening in the press conference and in his statement he spoke of the three issued that he raised with lavrov, the third being that he said his words to lavrov were end this war on aggression and talk to the stakeholders. but moscow's version is a bit different. they said that it is a total lie that there was a discussion on the sidelines on paul whelan, there was no talk of it. they did admit to a discussion between the two. it lasted about ten minutes. but according to moscow, there were no negotiations. unfortunately for india that sees itself as leader of the global south of developing

emerging countries, they were hoping for consensus on a lot of issues. there has been an impact of this war of course, the price rise in terms of energy and food, and that is something that they wanted to focus on. but unfortunately, this entire g-20 talk of these foreign ministers was hijacked by the war of words between the u.s. and russia. and it did continue even friday morning. here is an example of what i'm trying to say. >> nobody was talking about anything other than finances and economic policies at the g-20. there is not something that the u.s. is doing believing that this -- when russia is after many years defending itself, there is nothing except ukraine

which is of interest for g-20. it is a shame. >> reporter: so there lavrov says that the entire g-20 talks has been hijacked by the issue of ukraine. blinken friday morning went on to say, focus on ukraine because of the message to would-be aggressors everywhere. so no joint statement really coming out from the g-20 talks of the foreign ministers.precur summit in september in india. but if this is any indication whatsoever, the sharp divide between the west and russia is only widening. >> yeah, that is a big one. thank you very much. and the secretary of state also raised the issue of china potentially supplying russia with lethal aid which the u.s. believes it is considering. kristie lu stout has more from hong kong. china saying there is no

evidence of this obviously. >> reporter: and we also heard comment from the ministry of foreign affairs this afternoon, a spokesperson acknowledging that there were, quote, different views at the xwg-20 summit, but we heard much stronger comments from the foreign minister of china, he says china opposes pressuring tactics and double standards this after secretary of state antony blinken once again warned china of consequences if they provide lethal supports to russia. take a listen. >> were china to engage in material lethal support for russia's aggression, were it to engage in the systemic engage little of sment of answers, tha would be a serious problem for our countries. >> secretary blinken did not meet with china's foreign

minister. and he also once again warned of consequences but did not say what those consequences would be. and the foreign minister talked in his comments saying that beijing supports a political resolution to the crisis in ukraine and it opposes any actions that amount to adding fuel to the fire, obstructing peace talks, double standards and as well as sanctions and pressuring tactics. the diplomatic rift continues to deepen between china and the u.s. the u.s. saying again and again china is considering sending lethal aid to russia, beijing continues to deny those claims and accuses the u.s. of pouring lethal weapons into ukraine. china continues to blame it is neutral. on friday of course there was the piece planned position paper with 12 points which had no mention of the fate of occupied ukrainian territory and that plan was endorsed by lukashenko who visited beijing this week.

but also widely criticized by western leaders who accuse china of already siding with russia. so very little wonder that at the end of the meeting there was no consensus statement. china and russia refuse to condemn russia's invasion. >> okay. thank you so much. and now it is a big weekend for u.s. republicans gathering at dueling events. what that says about the state of the party. and also big question for fox news after revelations under oath that it lied to its viewers. now who will take the fall. and the top three candidates in my gear nigeria's presidenti election have all declared victory. the matter is going to the courts.

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welcome back. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. parts of the southern u.s. are getting pummeled by strong storms. more than 60 million people are facing the threat of severe weather. there have been at least 90 storm reports so far. disgrace former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced after being convicted of killing his wife and son. the jury deliberated less than three hours on thursday before returning their verdict. earlier kim brunhuber discussed the verdict with a civil rights attorney and legal affairs commentator in los angeles and they discussed the impact of putting alex murdaugh himself on the stand. >> surprising that the jury only deliberated for about three hours. particularly given how many witnesses testified on behalf of the prosecution and the extra

luminous amount of evidence that was presented both by the prosecution and defense. i was not expecting them to return in just several hours. >> yeah, i mean, letting alex testify, was that big mistake do you think? >> i think that the defense didn't have a choice. when the prosecution put on almost ten or so witnesses that testified that they could identify alex murdaugh's voice in that video that was taken or produced just moments before the cellphone of his son paul's went dead? that was a big problem for alex because he had told the police for months that he was not at that kennel before his wife and son were killed. and now you had ten witnesses coming forward for the prosecution saying, yes, that is his voice. he was there just moments before the murders occurred. so he had to i believe he felt he felt he had to get on the

witness stand and try to explain why he lied to police. >> areva martin there speaking. we'll have more on this developing story in the coming hour. and a republican gathering is under way in maryland, cpac is considered a major stop for presidential hopefuls. but some key figures are skipping the event this year. jeff zeleny explains. >> reporter: it is a right of passage for republican hopefuls to stop by cpac to meet these conservative activists. this year it is a different feel. there is no gop leadership, no senate republican leaders here. and this essentially has become the trump show. you walk through the hallways here, so much paraphernalia and supporters of former president trump. and while other presidential candidates, other hopefuls are actually going to florida this weekend, skipping this annual

cpac conference to speak at a club for growth conference. the club for growth a very influential anti-tax group here in washington. they decided to host a competing event that florida governor desantis and several other leading republican governors are appearing at. sosis a dividing line in the republican party, those who want to send trump back to office and those looking for a fresh start. >> and some of the cpac attendees expressed disappointment that governor desantis didn't show up, he represents the biggest challenge to donald trump early in the race. and george santos will face the house ethics investigation. he has faced calls for resignation after lying about much of his life history occurr during his campaign last year. the house committee will look

into a range of issues whether youing whether santos engaged in unlawful activity during his campaign and sexual misconduct with someone who applied for a job in his congressional office. fox news is reeling from the revelations that it lied to the viewers about the 2020 election. they are exposed in a lawsuit by dominion voting systems showing that some anchors peddled theories that the location was stolen even though they knew it wasn't. and the big question for the network now, whose heads will roll. brian todd reports from washington. >> reporter: as fox news deals with agonizing fallout from the dominion lawsuit and the bombshell nrevelation that the network was willing to lie to its viewers, new questions are being raised about who will take the fall. >> if you are looking for someone to be forced to walk the plank as a measure of public accountability for this, it is

sure not going to be rupert murdoch himself and unlikely to be his son. >> reporter: new reporting says questions are being raised about the future of a fox executive named suzanne scott. >> their ceo who is a very troubled successor to roger ailes, she was the executioner. >> reporter: and scott named by "forbes magazine" as one of the 100 most powerful women in media and entertainment. but as fox news takes more heat over the discovery that some of the top anchors knew the election wasn't stolen from donald trump and still proclaimed it was -- >> suzanne scott is the one at whose desk the buck stops. if you read murdoch's testimony closely. >> reporter: dep huring his deposition, murdoch seemed to distance himself from the

decision making at fox. quote, i appointed ms. scott to the job and i delegate everything to her. but analysts say in reality -- >> stakes were far too important in the hours and days and weeks after the november 2020 elections for murdoch to completely sit back and watch it unfold. and in fact the evidence that has been brought to light so far shows that he didn't. >> reporter: murdoch admitted in his deposition that while election lies were being propagated on fox's air after the 2020 vote, that he would have liked to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. but he also admitted that partially at scott's urging he didn't push back for fear of losing viewers. another person at fox that could take the fall, paul ryan who is a fox board member. ryan admitted that while he advised murdoch after the election that fox shouldn't sp spread conspiracy theories -- >> i don't go out on tv and do it.

>> he said i quitely voice my opinion. that is not what a director is supposed do. that is a failure of management oversight. he isis accomplice. >> reporter: and fox is not offering any public statements in support of scott. and cnn reached out to paul ryan and his spokespeople but we haven't heard back. brian todd, cnn, washington. the u.s. justice department is rejecting former president trump's claims that he should be immune from civil lawsuits over the january 6 insurrection. the department filed a brief with the paerlhe appeals court thursday. his lawyers say that the civil lawsuit is brought by capitol police officers and house democrats are frivolous. the justice department is urging the court to reject trump's

argument saying no part of a president's official responsibilities includes i incitement of violence. the doj said it was not weighing in on any potential criminal liability. candidates who came up short in nigeria are challenging the results. election officials said the peoples democratic party candidate came in second, but the 76-year-old has declared himself the rightful winner. he along with the third party candidate say that they will contest the results in court. and a spokesperson for president elect bola ahmed tinubu said the campaign welcomes the challenges. saturday's election has been criticized by independent observers for irregularities. layrry madowo has the latest fo you from lagos. >> reporter: another extraordinary day in the post election period where number two and number three in the presidential election both say

they won and they will both go to court to contest the outcome. the people's democratic party who has lost six times says he was the rightful winner and this was a rape of democracy. and strong criticism for the independent commission. >> preliminary assessments indicate that it was the worst election in democratic rule. the fraud that attended this election most in the history of our nation. >> reporter: and the labour party also says he won the election and nigerian people have been robbed. and this will go down in history as the most controversial election. and he too is going to court. >> i assure you the good people of nigerian, there was a fraud

on this election. we reclaim our mandate. we won the election. i will prove it to nigeria. >> reporter: and they have a his history, obi left the door open with a dialogue between them. but tinubu says he rightfully won. so the battle now moves to court. courts have never overturned an election, but obi says he hopes they do the right thing because the future of children are at stake. larry madowo, cnn, lagos. and in greece, the blame game is on after the train collision. and astronauts have arrived at the international space station and they are getting a warm welcome.

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scary scene in hong kong thursday night as a massive fire engulfed a sky crescraper under construction. flames quickly spread to other floors and the fire could be seen from miles away. falling debris and ember started fires on nearby buildings as well. it is unclear what caused the blaze. in greez oce, 57 are confir dead after the train collision. crews keep sifting through the wreckage and anger is building. the greek federation of rail workers announced a 24 hour strike saying that government disrespect for their industry caused the crash. the federation says requests for more staff and training in modern security systems have been thrown into the bin.

but government blames disaster on human error and aed a station manager. an audio recording of him speaking to one of the train drivers was released thursday. nada bashir has the details. >> reporter: wrangled metal, charred debris, remain of a disaster that could have been avoided. and now this. >> translator: proceed through traffic light. exit traffic light and bring. >> am i good to go? >> translator: go, go. >> done. have a good night. >> translator: have a good trip. >> reporter: and audio reports of the station master, only one of the train drivers told to ignore a red light warning. the prime minister says the collision was a product of tragic human error. the station master heard in that recording charged with causing

mass deaths and harm. the negligence of course with devastating consequences. you can see behind me the emergency response team still working to clear the wreck think and try to recover bodies. but in the most tragic of cases, there is only dna left to identify some of the victims. and for those involved in the recovery efforts, it is a deeply difficult process. >> instead of saving lives we have to recover bodies. it is not something that we like or want to do. and it is something that will remain in our memory as much as we try to get rid of it. >> reporter: the tragedy has sparked anger across the country. protestors seen here clashing with police officers in athens. the country's transport minister has since tendered his resignation conceding on wednesday that the country's rail network is simply not up to the standard one would expect in

the 21st century. and as recovery efforts draw to a close, questions over accountability and frustration towards the government are only growing. nada bashir, cnn, greece. protests and physical fights broke out in the georgian parliament thursday. lawmakers were holding a hearing on the controversial foreign agents bill when members of the opposition ruling dream party started fighting. the ruling party backs the bill which would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from overseas to register as foreign agents. critics say it is similar to a russian law being used to crack down on civil society. protests have also broken out across serbia over the replacement of two deputy prosecutors who were investigating a state-run tenery company. hundreds peacefully went out on the capital streets in belgrade.

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