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>> it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. >> tornadoes and golf-ball sized hail pummelled the southern u.s. there's another rournd of severe weather on the way. plus to conviction, the prison sentence for alex murdaugh and what he had to say during his sentencing. and a man accused of plotting to murder, we'll look at the rise in semitism across the u.s. we start this hour with the extreme weather hitting huge parts of the country. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. the next western storm will be you shalling inland saturday bringing another round of snow to the pacific northwest, northern and central california. in some places, new snow will be

measured in feet. the system that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding to the season central and eastern u.s. will be offshore by later this morning, but the cold part of the storm is going strong. winter weather alerts are in places across portions of pennsylvania to maine through saturday afternoon and evening. boston is under winter advisories for 1 to 6 inches of snow is possible. jennifer gray is in the weather center with more on what to expect this weekend. >> it's been a wild 24 to 36 hours across the south and southeast with strong tornadoes, many wind reports and very, very large hail. the storms are still in progress, but all the reports we have seen this is since thursday. so thursday and friday totals observed rainfall, mississippi river valley across the ohio valley, we saw areas of 2 to 4 inches of rain. some pockets got as high as 6 inches of rain.

so flash flooding has been a concern. now this is going to push into the northeast new england. it should be all rain for new york, but boston could get in on the snow. interior sections are really going to pick up the huer amounts of snow with the system. this should push offshore by the tomb we get into saturday evening into sunday. for the next two days, some of the higher elevations across interior sections of the nebraska could see a foot and a half to two teet of snow from this. then we shift focus over to the west coast. we have a lot of moisture still being pumped in across the west. we have more winter storm warnings in effect. it has really just been a blockbuster year, especially for california, the sierra. we're going to get snowfall. you can see snow through sunday. then the lower elevations are going to get rain. we have seen two years worth of

snow just in the season. so this has really been remarkable across the west. look at these snowfall totals. this is just through sunday. we could see three feet of additional snow. wide ved across the rockies. we could see a foot to a foot and a half of snow and then could see an inch or two in some of the low-lying elevations. here's the drought monitor. california has made dramatic improvement, eliminating the drought in some areas. we still have pretty decent drought, severe drought across northern sections of california. but they are really going to get the bulk of this next system, so we think that's going to help with the drought in the coming weeks. >> disgraced attorney alex murdaugh is now locked behind bars for the rest of his life. he was given two consecutive life sentences on friday with no possibility of parole. murdaugh was taken for processing immediate ily after the judge handed down the

sentence. he will undergo medical tests and mental assessments before being transferred to a maximum security prison. his hearing came a day after being found guilty of killing his wife and son. randi kaye is has more on the story. >> i sentence you for the rest of your natural life. alex murdaugh given two life sentences for the murder of his wife and son. >> i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime when you're attempting to go to sleep. i'm sure they come to visit you. >> all day and every night. >> reporter: after more than a month in the courtroom, jurors took about three hours to convict murdaugh of murder for his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul, who were found shot on the family's property in june 2021. juror told abc -- >> i didn't see any true

remorse. >> i was this close to him. >> it took 45 minutes to come to a decision? >> probably about 45, maybe an hour. >> reporter: murdaugh, once a prominent lawyer took the stand in his own emotional defense. han tainting he found the bodys after returning from a brief visit to his mother that night, despite cell phone video placing him at the scene. >> remind me of the expression you gave on the witness stand. was it oh what a tangled web you weave? what did you mean by that? >> it meant when i lied, i continued to lie. >> reporter: the defense relied on his opioid addiction to account for his deception, his lies about his whereabouts, something the judge and jury didn't buy. >> they concluded that you continued to lie and lie throughout your testimony.

it's not credible. it's not believable. >> reporter: despite all the circumstantial evidence against him, murdaugh maintained he was not guilty. >> i'm innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son. >> it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you have become when you take 15, 20, 30, 60 opioid pills. >> reporter: still murdaugh's defense team says they wouldn't have done anything differently. >> he's a liar and a thief, and heed a had mitted that. he's not a murder. you saw the relationship between paul and he wouldn't execute his wife or son in this fashion. >> no one knew who he really and was that's chilling. >> reporter: when i interviewed his defense lawyers, they said they plan to appeal. they have about ten days or so to do that. and they are going to appeal on

the grounds of all these alleged financial crimes. they expected some of the financial crimes to go into the trial, but not as much. they said this was not a trial of bernie madoff, this was a trial of alex murdaugh. he will still go to trial for the 99 charges he's facing in those financial crimes. randi kaye, cnn, south carolina. krp's anderson cooper spoke with the lead prosecutor in the case is and asked for his thoughts on the sentence and the tact that he was still proclaiming his innocence despite the jury's decision. >> nothing more than the same. i think after he said that, i said what more needs to be said. the truth is not in this man. i think that was a big part of what the jury saw. certainly, a part of, you believe, what led them to the right verdict that they reached. >> were you surprised by the

jury's deliberations? >> i have always said trial lawyers tend to be a little superstitious and i try not to think about things like that and people come up and talk to you while you're wait ing. i will say this, though. we put so much out there. it's been a huge effort by the whole team. you saw the whole team in action. i was probably less nervous waiting for this verdict than i ever had because i felt like we had done all we could do. usually when you get a verdict within a short period of time,s that's generally good for the state. you never like to even consider that until you hear the word that you want to hear. the united states is pledge ing another $400 million worth of aid to ukraine much of it is ammunition, including precision rockets. friday's news came the same day as president biden hosted the

enggerman chancellor at the whi house. the last time the chancellor was at the white house was soon is after he took office and shortly before the russian invasion began. here's what the two leaders are now saying about the importance of backing ukraine for the foreseeable future. >> given the historic changes at home, i increased the defense spending and diversify away from russian energy sources. together, we have worked to supply critical assistance to ukraine. >> this is a very, very important year because of the threat to peace that comes from russia. it's important that we act together. >> on the war's front lines, ukraine's military gave an update saying it has repelled numerous attacks in the region in the past 24 hours as the

defense ministry says bakhmut is under severe pressure as russian fo forces continue to attempt to surroundback mut. the ukrainian army reports inspens intense fighting and believe more than 4,000 civilians are trapped by the fighting. to the north, ukrainian officials say constant russian shelling forced mand tear evacuations in the eastern city. people with limited mobility are being told to get out now. troops liberate d the substitut in september, but the fighting remains close by and some 12 miles from the city. selma joins me now. the russian defense minister paid a rare visit what more can you tell us about that? >> that's an indication of how important bakhmut is to moscow. i want to take a look at the video showing russia's defense minister. they are visiting the

frontlines, visit ing troops, visiting forward positions for moscow's forces. you can also see him handing out medals to some of the troops and surveying damaged buildings. he gave a short statement there saying the hard work continues. but those were his words. a very rare visit from a top kremlin official. as more concerns grow that bakhmut may soon fall to russian troops. you update our viewers on the latest on the battlefield, but just to expand on that. it's a city that's been pummelled by russian troops for months. much of it has been damaged and destroyed. a large portion of the population fled. only about 4,500 civilians, dozens of children among those, still trapped inside. there's one key supply route. that has been blown up. it was a bridge that has been blown up by russian forces.

just about in the last day. that means that small group of civilians and those troops inside are cut off largely from humortarian aid, weapons, russian forces, wagner troops said they were able to surround the city of bakhmut. troops say that's not true. they are still holding the line of resistance, but president zelenskyiey eadmits this is a difficult battle for his troops orphan the ground. . officials saying they are strategy iically withdraw from city, if necessary. this would be a symbolic victory for president putin, who has seen very few gains on the ground in the last few months. this would be an opportunity for the kremlin to say we need a win, wauz it's in the donbas region a region that putin has illegally annexed, despite not having full control of it on the ground. beyond the symbolism of that

win, a win that comes at a very high cost for russia, thousands of troops potentially that have been lost there. a majorly depleted russian arsenal, it's mostly symbolic in not the strategic win. for the president zelenskyy, it's the same. he does not want to back down from any ukrainian bland, whethr or not it's geopolitically strategic. no drop of blood will be lost in vain. you'll see both sides digging in their heels, but there are major concerns that russia is repairing to restep into bakhmut and ukrainian forces can't hold the line much longer. >> thank you for the update. the daughter of russian opposition leader alexei navalny has sent message to putin. she called on putin to release her father, who is serving a

nine-year prison sentence on charges that are seen to be trumped up. >> when i get to talk to my friends, they say that the economy is crumbling and it's getting harder to live. it's an incredibly bad state. when you go into the subway station, it's filled with policemen trying to search for guys to take and swift off to the army to send off to ukraine. and it'ser is if iing. it's scary for my friends, for any other russian because you huz your job. you lose custody of your children. you lose prospect of getting an education. people get killed over this. and it's incredibly scary to live in russia right now. >> the suspect in an anti-semitic plot in michigan

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the suspect in an alleged plot to target jewish members of michigan state government will reremain behind bars. state attorney general dana nestle says she was one of his intended targets. the suspect had a detention hearing friday where the judge ruled he will remain in custody. his attorney claims the court doesn't have jurisdiction over him. >> the suspect consented to being detained, but he also distributed a letter challenging the court's personal jurisdiction over him. that could be because the fbi says he doesn't believe that law enforcement or the government has jurisdiction over him. that said, he remains in federal custody. the threats he's accused of

posting online allegedly came from out of state where in one of those threats, he allegedly wrote i'm heading back to michigan now threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in the michigan government if they don't leave or confess. later adding, any attempt to subdue me will be met with deadly force. he was arrested, but michigan attorney general confirmed what a source told cnn that she was the target of this alleged plot. others included a state lawmaker who came forward and told cnn that part ly this wasn't a surprise. take a listen. >> we have seen the rise in semitism since the charlottesville when rump came in 2016. we saw this rise and wave of christian national group. it really, really hit the fire when kanye west said he was going to go defcon three on all

the jews. >> for this suspect, he was an employee at the university of michigan for ten years until december 2021. he's claimed on social media he was fired for refusing to take experimental medication. the university wouldn't comment on that, but they did require covid-19 booster shots for all employees around that time. now this regards to this case, he's accused of violating an interstate communications law when it comes to threats. we haven't seen a plea yet, but when i approached his public defender after his court hearing friday, he had no comment. omar jimenez, cnn, detroit. the threat in michigan is only the late example of a growing trend of intimidation and attacks targeting jewish people. the country reacted with horror following the killing of 11 people in pittsburgh back in 2018.

just this past month federal prosecutors charged a man with two hate crimes after he allegedly shot two jewish men in a los angeles neighborhood. he was indicted by a grand jury on friday. now the antidefamation league tracks these crimes. in 2021 the latest available figures there were more than 2,700 anti-semitic incidents. that's an increase of more than a thursday from the year before. research includes details about the particular nature of antesystemtism and how it centers on stereotypes of jews. more than the 0% of americans believe at least one antijewish trope, whether it's jews not sharing the same values or too much power in the business world. that's an increase compared to two years earlier. the director of the center for the study of hate and extremism at california state university san bernardino and joins me now from southern california. thank you for being here with us.

just specifically on the michigan case, what stands out to you? >> what stands out to me is this is textbook with regard to what we're seeing. for some time now, going on years, that is we had an increase in anti-semitic hate crimes. there's a 59% increase in major american cities in 2021 and about another 30% in 2022. and the latest figures available anywhere, the fbi's data collection system collapsed last year. so this is some of the best data that's out there. and i think what we're seeing are three things. one, an increase in venting online. it has a higherer, an elevated life. and an increase in hate crimes on the street that we're talking

about. but moreover, these violent, fatal or near fatal attacks. there's a new era with regard to anti-semitism that we have been looking at for the last several years. >> in the michigan case, we're seeing the con influence of two trends offen anti-semitism, which you talked about and also the fact that public officials seem to increasingly be in the cross hairs yet another way that the right wing extremists are trying to undermine democracy in this country. >> our friends at the adl showed in a recent rt report over the last decade extremist homicides were very much tipped to white awe premise cysts. our research shows the same

thing. since 2018 they had the highest fatalities with regard to extremist homicides. with regards to antigovernment because of conspiracy theaories jews are often behind that. that's something we're seeing consistently. there's been a decline in the institutions. with regards to skepticism and distrust, anti-semitism or other types of antigovernment conspiracy theories is often either at the forefront or an courting it. >> how do we stop it. the biden administration has said they are ramping up the response on the front. are they doing enough to tackle this? >> they are certainly making a real effort. and we have to have a real effort. but it's important that city leaders along with the social media companies stop the spread

of the stereotypes because these stereotyping would say is it creates a printed circuit who is a legitimate target. and something you touched on earlier, we're seeing different types of stereotyping tied together. antigovernment, anti-semitic. anti-black, anti-socialist, so these fears and stereotypes are tied together. now we're seeing this wave that shuftss and are tethered together. so the scapegoating that occurs is tied to agreements which can have an institutional component, but also a religious or earth nuclear component as we have seen in these attacks. so we see an increase in threats against government officials. >> very worrying to see. we'll have to leave it there.

thank you so much for speaking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you so much for covering this. still to come, we'll hear from people in california still stranded after huge snowstorms. plus concerns grow about the events following a toxic train derail mment in ohio. why some believe their lives may never be the same again. stay with us. s, ♪ helping you discover untapped possibilitities and rerelentlessly working with you to make them real. ♪ because grit and vision working in lockstep ♪ puts you on the path to your full potential. ♪ when you have chronic kidney disease. there are places you'd like to be. like he. and here. and here.

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welcome back to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. we want to get back to one of our top story this is hour.

severe weather leaves more than 1.5 million homes and businesses without power across the u.s. the northern side of the storm system, which dumped snow, is moving on. snow is now falling on parts of the northeast and will continue throughout the day today. the next system for the west moves on shore today bringing more heavy snow to the sierras through the weekend. it's not just the sierras getting hit. southern california has seen snow for the first time in decades. in the san bernardino mountains, there's already been so much snow people are trapped and in danger. c cnn has more on that. >> we're somewhat scared. >> reporter: derek hayes trapped in southern california after an epic winter storm. >> there's nowhere to put the snow or walk around this. it's up to my neck in a the lot of polices. you take a step, you sink all the way down. you have to crawl out of the snow to try to get on top of it to move around.

>> reporter: derek just one of many who are stranded. >> it's pretty unfathomable. >> the only thing they can do is wait for help. >> it's just crazy. there's no way to get out anywhere. >> reporter: concerns, food, heat, medical emergencies and food for their pets, just to name a few. the san bernardino mountains do get plenty of snow in the winter, but the past few weeks have been unprecedented. the national weather service issuing its first ever blizzard warning. sl our main concern now is to try to get the infrastructure up the mountain to clear some of the roadways to essentially get the people that live up there back to their houses and the people that are stuck up there back down. >> reporter: emergency crews so far carrying out roughly 100 rescues.

governor newsom declaring a a state of emergency for san bernardino county and 12 others acts activating the national guard. >> we were going to be getting a neighbor out of his house. he's a cancer patient, who is elderly and has a doctors appointment that he's going to try to get to. >> reporter: some have been shoveling nonstop. >> we got the truck through. >> reporter: but not all are able to do so. >> it's one of the roughest experiences, but you sort of go into survival mode and you keep pushing through. i feel incredibly bad for anyone that hasn't got that physical presence. >> reporter: authorities apologizing for the time it's taking to help people who are struck in their homes up in the mountain. they are expecting progress over the next couple days. they do have members of the

national guard who are up there trying to clear the roads. that's their priority, but they say it could take about a week before people can come and go from this mountain. cnn, san bernardino, california. health effects are starting to show on residents because of the train derailment. the train jumped the tracks and caught on fire on february 3rd. now a state health survey says many residents are complaining of headaches, anxiety, fatigue and skin irritation. officials say water testing so far isn't showing dangerous levels of any contaminant related to the derailment. the operator has been ordered to fully clean up the site, but a source says the environmental protection agency is hasn't accepted the plan yet. they expect an update next week. local residents believe the derailment may have long-term effects no matter what the plan is.

they are concern canned the toxic chemicals may have seeped into the ecosystem. they are not sure their lives will be the same again. >> reporter: dave anderson raises grass-fed beef, downwind of east palestine, ohio. after the derailment, this is what drifted over his farm. >> as far as the smoke, you can probably see 100 yards. it was dark. >> away did you experience? >> burning eyes, burning throat, burning mouth. >> reporter: the clouds from the toxic spill settle d on his pastures and ponds. the question he cannot answer, are the cattle he's raised for years okay for human consumption. >> customers that buy grass-fed beef care about their food. they want to know what they are getting. >> reporter: he's now sued norfolk southern. he wants testing.

a process to certify his livestock is safe. >> lawsuit is about peace of mind to start with. but information to make decision. >> reporter: solid information here tough to come by. officials have established a two-mile zone around the derailment site is as a priority because the farm is farther away despite being drektly in the path of the plume. he's yet received little support and no answers from pennsylvania's department of environmental protection. >> what will assuage your concerns? >> testing. there's been no testing. >> they came yesterday for the first time. >> they took samples? sdwl they did not. they were investigating whether they should be a active in this area outside of the two-mile radius. >> reporter: it occur red feet from the pennsylvania border, but winds typically blow east

towards pennsylvania. the state is going house to house testing soil and water in areas closest to the derailment. >> what did you see that night? >> standing at the end of the driveway, i saw a huge plume of smoke, flames above the tree tops well over 100 feet in the air. it was terrifying. >> reporter: he and his wife had their fourth child a week ago. he says the state's response has been too slow and lacking in thfgs to know whether his town of darlington, pennsylvania, is still a safe place to raise a family. >> it was tested today. we're told it will be another three weeks until they get results. >> reporter: he says they evacuated for four days, but moving permanently isn't an option. >> how tough was it to come back to this house knowing you were bringing a newborn here? >> i feel like i might regret the decision every day, but we

live paycheck to paycheck. we live within our means. we don't have the financial luxury to pack up and move. it's scary. >> reporter: the cdc is now conducting a health survey in and around east palestine trying to determine the long-term effects on human health while a air and water testing is occurring daily, answers about long-term health won't come quickly. >> we're hoping in the next couple weeks to be able to have collected all of the information that we need, and then those results will be available in the coming months. >> reporter: for parezs and business owners, downwind of the toxic fire, answers can't come soon enough. >> you're losing business because people aren't sure it's safe to eat your food? >> yeah, i think so. pit lost a wedding over that, a catering job. they don't know. i don't think there's anything wrong with anything, but i don't know either. >> it must hurt. >> it sucks.

i'm sorry, don't know else to put it. it's the uncertainty. >> reporter: officials have pushed back pretty hard on the notion that not enough is being done to help people in the area. they say they have tested nearly every private well within a two-mile radius of the derail ment they have a soil sampling program they are about to get underway. they worked with state veterinarians and animal welfare experts to ensure that farmers know best practices for the situation. they have opened up a health clinic in darlington in that area that anyone can use. 200 people or many have already used it at this point and they are welcoming more to come. they say that everything, all the test results for all the water, all the soil, everything, all information can be found both online or in person. back to you. president trump is set to headline in a major conservative

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potential and declared u.s. presidential contenders have been make ing their case in maryland. tomorrower south carolina governor nikki haley told the political action conference it was time for a new generation to step up. meanwhile, former secretary of state mike pompeo increased speculation he's ready to take a run at the white house with his comments about a crisis of conservatism. for many people, the headline act is going to be donald trump, who takes the stage later today. but as trump dominates the conference, several big name republicans are staying away. jeff czeleny is there for us. >> reporter: it's long been a

command performance for republicans harboring white house ambitions. >> it's great to be back at cpac. >> reporter: but at the conference, the parade of potential presidential hopefuls is far shorter. former governor nikki haley -- >> if you're hire tyred of losing, put your trust in a new generation. if you want to win not just as a party, but as a country, stand with me. >> reporter: and former secretary of state mike pompeo called for a new leadership. the long-running gathering is now seen as the trump show. >> this is beautiful. these are my people. >> reporter: he's set to appear saturday joining a sea of loyal supporters and members of his own family. >> your president, president trump will be here. >> reporter: who are rallying to return him to office. but other big-name contenders had other plans.

last year florida governor ron desantis took to the stage as a riseing star. >> cpac. >> reporter: but as he inches closer to declaring a presidential bid, he attended a gathering of donors urging the party to move on from trump. several rivals also skipped cpac and headed to florida including mike pence, tim scott, crist ty nome and chris sununu. butted a ration for trump was on full display at cpac. >> trump first. >> reporter: kelly wore a ron desantis hat as she supported a trump stick er. she said is she's torn but believes trump is the stronger choice for 2024. >> i really love this hat

because i'm going with trump. >> reporter: at the early stage of the campaign, it's hardly a two-man contest. an ohio businessman jumped into the race last month made clear. >> when we rallied behind the cry to make america great again, we did not just hunger for a single man. we hungered for the unapologetic pursuit of excellence. that is what it means to be an american. >> reporter: even as the republican field grows, the conversations at cpac and the comparisons between candidates can always came back to trump. >> governor delaware tan sis is wonderful. i just don't think it's his time yet. give it four years and he would be a great successor to trump. >> reporter: donald trump comes for the final day of the convention. all eyes clearly are on on his message. will he distinguish himself between his rivals. aids say expect him to do just that. particularly going after ron desantis. but this is far more than a

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the secret corridor has been found inside the great pyramid of giza. it could lead to more discoveries. >> i believe we all have faith we will discover artifacts, and this would add mystery because where are his arty facts. they belong to all former kins have been discovered, so everyone is working really hard to find the artifacts. we all know very well the only artifact that has been discovered was a small a statue

and it doesn't even daut back to the same period. >> secret tunnels founld during a project has been using modern technology including endo scopes to peer deep inside the pyramid. the monument has a height of 150 meters. it was the tallest structure built by humans until the eiffel tower was represent recollected in 1889. the oil that's going to be a used to anotice king charles has been consecrated. it was held at on friday. the british monarchy ceremony has been remained the same for over a thousand years. the oil is harvest ed and is based on oil used for the coronation of queen liz elizabeth in 1953. it's scheduled for may 6th. before we go, it should be a

happy spring for lord of the rings fans. >> is it safe? >> what a great scene. the return of the king is want expected back on the big screen in april for the 20th anniversary of the film's release. but if you're look ing for a brand new production, you maybe able to satisfy your cravings with a musical instead. that's right. there will be an open air mixed media performance in the uk with tickets going on sale march 15th. can't imagine what that would look like. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. you can follow me on twitter. cnn this morning is next. for the rest of the world.

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