grieving father or manipulating mastermind? alex murdaugh breaks down in court during explosive first day on the stand >> once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. >> why >> you know, oh, what a tangled web we weave >> tangled web indeed. murdaugh admits to lying to investigators. will the jury see past his tears as he gears up to take the stand again today.

a dire humanitarian crisis we mashing the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion nearly 10 million ukrainians have fled. our jay gray is on the ground in poland with their stories the. a coast-to-coast storm wreaks havoc, leaving nearly a million people in the dark, traffic snarled leaving drivers stranded this morning we're gearing up for another wallop and watch out for this cookie monster why police are warning against this costumed creep they say is terrorizing a city plus a hollywood star is owning the spotlight, our sit down with sheryl lee ralph "early today" starts right now >> i'm cori coffin >> i'm phillip mena. we begin in walterboro, south carolina where the murder trial for disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh continues in a stunning turn of events, murdaugh took the witness stand to testify in his own defense. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son any time

ever >> the testimony turning dramatic and emotional at times, with murdaugh apologizing to his family >> most of all, i'm sorry to maggs and paul paul. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them >> what's perhaps the prosecution's strongest evidence, the video taken by paul murdaugh placing alex at the crime scene minutes before the murders. he's told investigators he was not there, but now he admits he was lying. >> as my addiction evolved over time, i would get in these situations or circumstances where i would get paranoid, thinking >> on cross examination, prosecutors began by pressing murdaugh on the fraud cases

where he allegedly stole money from his clients, lying to them. >> i admit candidly in all of these case, mr. waters, that i took money that was not mine and i shouldn't have done it >> murdaugh is expected to take the stand again later this morning. we're learning more about the victims of a shooting spree in orlando, florida. spectrum news 13 confirming that their reporter, 24-year-old dylan lyons was killed while covering a homicide when the homicide suspect returned to the scene. his photographer was also shot but is recovering. >> dylan was a reporter i worked with every day you know, we were best friends and he was just a sweet guy. he really did a good job >> deputies say the gunman also entered a home and killed 9-year-old t' yonna major and

wounded her mother her family remembers her as amazingly smart and an amazing gymnast who could have competed one day in the olympics. police released body cam footage of the arrest of keith moses officials are still investigate ago motive but say moses has a lengthy criminal history let's turn to the extreme weather across the country in michigan, there are still more than 700,000 power outages after what's being called a historic ice storm a volunteer firefighter was killed after a tree brought down a high-voltage power line. meanwhile, portland, oregon recorded its second snowiest day on record with more than ten inches rare blizzard warnings stretch as far as the mountains of southern california. many people sharing photos like these of snow and hail three weeks after the train derailment and chemical spill in

east palestine, ohio, the federal government is ramping up efforts to get to the bottom to what lid led to this disaster. >> reporter: a preliminary investigation shows an overheated wheel bearing likely to blame >> this was 100% preventible >> reporter: the ntsb says the train passed over two detectors which showed the bearing was heated up. by the time it hit a third detector it was 253 degrees above air temperature, triggering an audible alarm for the crew to slow and stop the train. >> this is a community that is suffering. this is not about politics what i care about is figuring out how this happened. >> reporter: the ntsb chair says there's no evidence the crew did anything wrong in a statement, norfolk southern says our highest priority is the safety of our people and the communities we serve, adding it will continue to support the ntsb's investigation

while transportation secretary pete buttigieg visited for the first time after criticism from residents that he should have come sooner, demanding the nation's rail operators stop resisting safety measures to cut costs. >> let's get people from both sides of the aisle to come to the table and come to agreement on steps that are needed even fort rail industry is pushing back >> reporter: meanwhile, near the crash, the figlies only come back to the small farm to check on things like their chickens. they are part of a class action lawsuit that attorneys say include over 500 residents >> i live out of my car and my daughter's house it's awful i feeleless. >> reporter: why won't you come back home? >> because i don't know what i'm coming home to, and i'm 70 years old. >> reporter: east palestine, ohio disgraced hollywood produceproducer harvey weinstein will be spending the rest of his life behind bars.

he maintained his innocence saying he never sexually assaulted or raped jane doe number one the 16-year sentence is in addition to the 23-year sentence he's already serving in new york an upstate new york truck driver is lucky to be alive after his tractor-trailer got stuck on train tracks. >> video captured the moment the train slammed into the truck happened about 40 miles north of new york city. the driver was able to get out of truck moments before the crash. thankfully no one was hurt one year ago today russia invaded its neighbor ukraine, throwing europe and the greater world order into turmoil coming off his visit to kyiv earlier this week, president biden will meet virtually today with g-7 leaders and president zelenskyy. for ukraine, it's been 365 days of both horror and resilience. zelenskyy tweeting this morning, we know that 2023 will be the year of our victory.

but while ukraine did fight off a larger russian conquest of the country and its capital, an end to the war seems nowhere in sight. we want to go live now to jay gray, who is in poland right by the border with ukraine. jay, good morning. the human suffering here that's been unleash bid thed by this w just immense how are people doing on this one-year anniversary >> reporter: it's overwhelming, you're absolutely right. and they are still struggling to be quite frank this is the border crossing that is by far the busiest between ukraine and poland since the start of the war more than a million coming through these gates, many of them still unsure where their journey might end. it's cold, dark and places dirty. but for nearly a thousand ukrainian refugees, the cots scattered across this empty shopping mall are home everything they own in a suitcase or just a few boxes

hundreds living here for the better part of the year. >> we are ready to house them as long as it will be necessary >> reporter: since the russian invasion 120,000 have passed through this shelter alone and dozens continue to show up every day, almost 10 million ukrainians have crossed the polish border since the war began, with tens of thousands continuing to make that trip there's evidence of that influx most everywhere you look in warsaw right now, around 150,000 ukrainians are in the capital city that number does fluctuate and has been as high as 300,000 in the last year. >> in times of crisis, people can actually come together >> reporter: warsaw's mayor is proud of the city's response >> we have granted ukrainians citizen-like rights. they've got rights to free education, free health care, free social services we've enrolled more than 17,000

kids to our schools. >> reporter: but he acknowledges it has put a strain on his budget, city and social services and understands that like the war, the humanitarian effort had likely continue and intensify. >> it's not dpg to end today or tomorrow >> reporter: back at the shelter. >> translator: it is very hard >> reporter: anastasia is grateful for a place to stay but dreams about the day she can leave. >> translator: i really want to go back. only when i got here i realized how much what i had. home was dear to me. we weren't rich, but it was home >> reporter: now she wonders, will her home still be there when it's finally safe enough to return that warsaw mayor calls this border right now a revolving door with families rushing out to safety and security others moving in, bringing

much-needed supplies to ukraine and some moving to join the fighting on the front lines. >> we appreciate you bringing those to us, jay thank you. a community in arizona is worried that they won't make it through the summer after being caught off from their water supply the unincorporated community of reeyoe verde has been cut off. now there is a bill that would require scottsdale to supply the community with water, but it stalled in arizona state house it's been a historic week weather wise another winter wallop in place today. angie is tracking it for us. >> the west coast needs this, california in particular needs more rain. so we're going to help with that just a little bit but not going to erace the severe drought we have seen for years. it now moves into parts of california bringing with it

heavy rain and snow and of course those cold temperatures that means that the snow level is going to be a little lower. you'll see snow in spots you often don't see t hit here's where some of the highest rainfall totals are, los angeles, santa barbara those are where you want to watch for potentiaflooding ol ss quite warm across florida, georgia, a little cooler across memphis and little rock, the mid-40s and 50s. >> what can we expect for the weekend. >> looking forward to that watch out, a cookie man

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