0 february 24. always, the story goes on. look forward to seeing you here monday. stick around. watch the judge on "the five." it's going to be a great show. >> neil: all right. there has been a break in the murdaugh trial. it is supposed to resume in the next ten minutes or so. this will give the defense a class to cross examine alec murdaugh who handled himself nicely if you like that sort of thing. questions to the prosecution going over everything, the physical evidence to his financial predicament. when they resume, we'll go back to the courthouse. meantime, i want to remind you of other big developments that has been having. the one-year anniversary now of the ukraine war. growing indications it could go on awhile especially with signs that china is looking to get cozier with russia. this comes at the same time that we're getting word that china has out there a 12-point peace plan that has gotten the interest of president zelensky. let's get on all of these developing issues with jennifer griffin who joins us from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> let's take a look at some of the stunning numbers associated with the last year since russia innovated ukraine. exactly one year ago, 200,000 russian troops crossed in to ukraine. since then, hundreds of thousands have been killed and wounded on both sides. 17.7 million ukrainians, nearly 40% of the population displaced. to mark the grim anniversary, the white house announced more sanctions including on some chinese entities. the pentagon announced another 2.4 billion in military aid to ukraine bringing the total u.s. military assistance to ukraine to more than $32 billion. less than 4% of the annual pentagon budget. including in today's announcement, additional ammunition for high mobility rocket systems. additional 155 millimeter artillery rounds, four types of drones including switchblade 600 for the first time. and then the other kinds of drones include the jump 20, counter drone and electronic warfare detection equipment. the u.s. army plans to ramp up ammunition production 500% producing 17,000 shells by 2025. the defense department said they're working with the defense industry to try to help them expand their production. he visited an arsenal in scranton, pennsylvania where casings for the 155 millimeter shells are made. the scranton plant is producing 20,000 of these shells a month, which is up from 14,000 at the start of the war a year ago. senior pentagon leaders have spoken on this one-year anniversary about why it is important to keep supporting ukraine. >> what is achievable, i think, is significant liberation of ukrainian territory and if we're lucky, tough wood, the dip pillow -- diplomats will get in to it. they've said the same thing that this war will end at the negotiating table. >> china unveiled a bare bones piece plan today. few it is officials believe it's being made in good faith given that china is russia's principal trade partner, fuelling putin's petro accounts and helping russia avoid sanctions. neil? >> neil: thanks, jennifer griffin. she mentioned the piece plan from china. we'll be discussing that with the brigadier general at the pentagon and what he makes on that offer and is growing resistance on capitol hill to funding ukraine. looking back where we were a year ago and what has had since. remember the time when this started when most people thought it could be over with in a matter of days. perhaps no more so than vladimir putin. didn't work out that way. take a look. >> shots going off as people flee. the front line is moving. >> as we were interviewing the commander, we could hear an artillery shell whiz overhead. >> this is what the is left of a residential neighborhood in kyiv suburb. >> right now we're moving back from the front, the ukrainian unit that we were with started to take incoming artillery rounds. you can hear the explosion there. let's move quicker. >> now here we are year later. so is trey. a young man. he aged a little bit this year. probably an understatement. trey, when you look at where this war has gone and where it continues to go and now signs that china wants to be more involved, sending mixed signals with a peace plan and at the same time talking about getting cozier still with vladimir putin. what do you think? >> yeah, neil, it's been a year since russia invaded ukraine. there's no end in sight. it's difficult to predict what the future will look like. it will be challenging for the ukrainian middle tear and the people. today we take a look back at those that survived. >> and this man praised at a church. before the war, he's a business owner and married and had many friends after living independence russian occupation, his world collapsed. our family fell apart. the 65-year-old ukrainian explains. i actually lost the firm. before the war, i had 65 employees. today i have six people left. now he lives alone. he and his wife divorced, his children moved to germany. he spends his days delivering food to a local hospital trying to help the community. if you were lacks, you will fall into depression and there will be serious consequences, he says. his story is not unique. when russia launchtheir invasion, they worked their what i to the capitol destroying everyone and everything in their past. this time last year, ukraine's western allies were urging president zelensky to flee kyiv. zelensky responded, i need ammunition, not a ride. >> what was going through your mind the night the russians invaded? >> what was going through my mind? for the first time i didn't have any feelings. i didn't have -- i didn't have enough time for feelings. >> this has been an incredibly difficult year for the ukrainian people. while there's more western aid flowing in, it's not enough for ukraine to win this war. and analysts here in the capitol of kyiv do believe things will get worse on the battlefield before they get better. neil? >> neil: you referred to the aid and the latest tranch is $2 billion. we're providing the lion's share of that aid. i believe it's about 85% of it. now there's some resistance building in according. not nearly a majority but a number of officials that were saying let's audit whatever money we're senting over or let's stop sending it over altogether. are ukrainians getting worried about that kind of stuff? >> absolutely they're getting worried. we just returned from the front lines. the soldiers told us that they need the united states and ukraine's western allies to win the war. right now they're getting barely enough to stay in the fight. russian forces are attacking from the east and from the south. the war tactics of vladimir putin are unconventional and difficult to defend against. they're throwing wagner mercenaries on the front lines using humans as cannon fodder. the ukraine president made clear that if ukraine fails, this could lead to a broader conflict. he described it as world war iii. the ukrainians are trying to paint a picture about what is at stake here. it's not just the millions of innocent ukrainians in the way. it is the broader security stability of europe on the line. >> neil: trey, much of the promise of ending this war comes through the hope for peaceful negotiations. now you have this wild card development where the chinese are offering this 12-point plan. do we know anything about that plan? how credible it is? >> as jennifer described, it's a bare bones plan. it's seen as a red herring. the chinese have been very clear, they consider officials in moscow and russian president vladimir putin a friend. there are reports this week that indicate beijing may supply russia with ammunitions to use against ukrainian. so the idea that they're putting forward a peace plan today is ironic because it comes with reports that they will supply russian forces with ammunition that will be used against ukrainian citizens. president zelensky haas been very clear when we spoke with him earlier this month, he said he's not willing to speak with russian president vladimir putin until all russian forces withdraw from ukrainian territory. so it's a nonstarter. it's an idea put forward by beijing, but the reality on the ground is that the war continues and thousands of innocent people are dying each and every month as russia continues their invasion. >> neil: thank you for that, trey. be safe. every time we end, i say the same thing. be safe. i want to go to kyra from the ukrainian parliament. good to have this on this one-year anniversary. you and i have had the honor of talking over that time. frustrations that as we enter a second year, it's getting complicated. now china involved. sending mixed signals with this peace plan. president zelensky says he is open to meeting with xi jinping and very soon meeting with vladimir putin and maybe sending weapons to the russians to fight the ukrainians on their soil. what do you think of this? >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure being here on the show. definitely things didn't go the way putin planned. he planned to have a military parade on the streets of kyiv. right now western leaders are visiting kyiv and kyiv still stands. so this obviously trying to look for lies and china is the first one. what we can to and what we should do is to make sure that we do not create a precedent that one country can take the territories of another country and get away with that. because we all know that there are -- there are people out there waiting for this to happen because they want to do the same. so china's support of russia is justa desire to be able to do the same. act similarly. under no circumstances this is the world that we want to live in. the world that we want to build for our children, this is why we are fighting until we regain our territories, this is why we want this war not to be repeated and fought by our children. this is critical for us. this is why we will need the security guarantees to make sure that russia would not attack again. you've seen the man. two days ago, he's saying i'm pulling out of the nuclear deal what will stop him saying i'm pulling out of the peace deal? the war is going on for nine years years right now. >> it's interesting. french and german leaders told president zelensky that he needs to consider peace talks. the pressure is on for peace talks. i understand that. president zelensky made it clear that not 1 inch of ukrainian land would be given to president putin. he's extended that to crimea that was taken a decade ago. you think he should be more flexible on that? you think that if it can help get vladimir putin out of your country, you should entertain giving him something? >> i don't think it's up to president zelensky right now. we have an army of a million people. it's not saying that every ukrainian has been involved in this war and is involved in to this war. i do not think that right now amongst my people that there is acceptance of any peace talks, especially after everything that we have suffered through. we will be fighting. we're ready to do that. i do not think that stepping out and saying, well, we consider a negotiation would be actually talking on behalf of ukrainian people. >> do you get anxious, not that this is a universal thought, but more in our united states congress that are closely watching the monies that we're sending to your country. one congress woman wants to audit those monies before they go out or sent to your country. others are saying maybe more of that money should be used in america. not ukraine. does that alarm you? >> well, i have an alternative plan for that. we have been pushing it for the last six months. it's actually saying for the money that you want to send us and the money we need, let's use russian money. let's use money of russian oligarchs and russian central banks that are stored in the united states, in other country, it's over $500 billion. actually congress has already passed legislation before the new year's allowing oligarch's money to be transferred to ukraine and there has been already a manhattan court order saying $5 million of oligarch money should be sent to ukraine. so we are waiting for it to be sent. but we need to go further and actually execute on this legislation. i believe it will be the fair and logical thing to do. taxpayers of the countries that support us should not be paying for putin's crimes. should not be. putin should be paying for his own deeds. >> neil: but he's not. he's not doing that. he's not doing that. that might be easier said than done. >> that's we would show be taking his money and saying, well, this is what we're doing because we have to. because this is -- the result of your actions. for the rest of the regimes, it would be a good sign saying if you do anything like that, you will be also punished same way. >> neil: got it. very good. touching base with you again. be safe and be well. kira rodek. we heard that the trial is starting again. we had a sell-off in the dow again. a down week on concerns that interest rates are going to be going up. some inflationary signs if that is indeed the case. good news is the bad news here. people are spending more than we thought and people are more confident about their economic prospects more than we thought. it's that kind of news that the markets fear, the federal reserve doesn't like because the happier people are, the happier they are to continue raising rates. now back to the trial. >> questions about conversations around the dinner table on the 7th about -- didn't eat at the table but about paul's health. is that correct? >> that is cricket. . >> alec, i'm going to show you two exhibits, 179 and 180. ask if you can identify these two. >> i can. >> what are they? >> text from -- a text from pawpaw to me. may 30th. >> and then what is 180? exhibit 180 behind it. >> that's a picture of pawpaw. pawpaw's feet. >> your honor, we would move defendant's exhibit 179 and 180 without objection. >> without objection. >> so admitted. >> do you have 179? let me put it on -- >> alex, do these -- this text message refer to paul's feet swe swelling? >> they did. >> if you can pull it up. up a little more so we can read it. it says from paul and that phone number, is that your phone number? >> it is. it's my phone number, 1227. my feet swelled up. get me an appointment as soon as it's convenient. what is the date of this? >> may 30th. >> 2021, right? >> yes, sir. >> and if you'll show the picture. this is a blow up in exhibit 180. is that a picture that paul sent you of his feet swelling up? >> it is. >> is this what you discussed eating dinner? >> yes. along with many other times. >> you also -- you were asked questions about your dad's condition and whether he was terminal or not. do you remember that? >> i do remember questions about him. >> okay. doug, i think it's -- the extended timeline, is it state's 530? is that the right number? >> 520. >> 520, if you'll pull it up, please. it's already in evidence. if you'll go to page 14. if you'll blow up the entry at 142-54 at the bottom of the page. is this a text that you and -- do you remember the text that you and other family members received about your condition? >> yes, sir. >> okay. it says daddy was just seen by the pulmonologist in savannah. he's opinion is different than other doctors. he thinks daddy has pneumonia and needs to be hospitalized. he think there's could be an obstruction but is more confident that it is all or mostly pneumonia. daddy is being admitted to candler st. joseph hospital now. he will have a study to see if there's an obstruction and his treatment will be tailored accordingly. right now his pulmonologist does not -- go to the next page. -- does not believe that he will be getting radiation treatment and the pulmonologist says that the palliative treatment is a hail mary and in his upon most likely would not work. goes on to say if he's is right hand this is pneumonia and is more treatable and can be given the therapy to work. is that what you're referring to? >> that's the text that i was talking about that came when talking to jeane. >> and the -- this wasn't a terminal diagnose on the 7th, was it? >> not on the 7th. that was actually a little bit of positive news. it was short-lived but it was positive at the time. >> you can take that down for now. stay on that exhibit. alec, you were asked -- go to page 46, please. the same exhibit. 520. page 46. and if you'll highlight and blow out the 902-18 alec murdaugh's iphone shows -- do you remember being asked about these steps, 283 steps traveled during this period of time? >> i do. >> and i think you testified that your belief was you're just getting ready to leave to go to your mom's house. is that right? >> that's correct. that would have been the time i was -- right before i left to go there. >> and you were -- looks like you made some phone calls during this period of time, correct? >> yes. let the record show. >> alex, did you have maggie's phone with you at any time between 9:02 and 9:06? >> i didn't have maggie's phone with me any time that night. >> doug, if you'll go to page 45, please. if you go to the entry at 8:53-15 to 8:55.32. can you -- you're missing it. go up one more entry. no. the one that records steps, please. and take it all the way to the bottom. thank you. this is in evidence. this is the agent's timeline. it says maggie murdaugh's phone, iphone, shows 59 steps traveled between 8:50 and 8:32. were you walking with her phone? >> i wasn't walking with maggie's phone at any time that night. >> if you'll look at the agent's entries. is there an entry of her phone showing steps during any time between 9:02 and 9:06? do you see any on this page from 8:53 to 8:55? >> no, sir. >> if you'll turn the next page. page 46. going down to your steps. is there any recording of phone steps, phone recording steps according to the data that we now have from maggie's phone at 9:02? >> no, sir. >> had you repeatedly asked sled to get the data from the on star, from the cell phones to evaluate whether you're phone and maggie's phone were ever moving at the same time? you made that request? >> i repeatedly asked david owens about that information. >> when you asked that question, were you aware that maggie's phone had been located down the road, a mile or half a mile or more, is that right? >> yeah, i knew where her phoned that been located. >> why was it important for you to get that information? >> because i knew that whoever had done this to them had maggie's phone. i knew that my phone and maggie's phone and my car were never together. at any point in time. >> now, you have an inaccurate times in many statements to law enforcement in this case, have you is not? >> i did. >> and we reviewed some of those on your directed examination. one was paul getting to moselle around 5:00. do you remember that? >> i do. >> were you lying to agent owens or anybody when you said paul got there at 5:00 p.m.? >> no. i wasn't lying to them. i thought that at the time. >> and when you -- >> most of the times -- a lot of the times when i gave times, i qualified them and said, but you know, you can look at this. i pointed them to my office, to the call log, to the key card like we talked about or my onstar. >> when you told the agents that you thought you got to the office at 8:30, 9:00 on that morning of june 7, you were wrong, right? >> i was wrong. >> were you lying? >> no, i wasn't lying. >> okay. >> when deputy green drove up and first -- you had the first encounter with him, i believe you told him that you had been gone to your mom's house for an hour, 1 1/2 hours. is that right? we just heard it? >> the last one? >> yes, sir. >> yeah, 1 1/2 hours. i think that is what i told him. >> 1 1/2 hours. and that the last time that you saw maggie and paul was 45 minutes before that. >> yeah, that's what i said. >> when you spoke to agent green -- deputy green, it was about -- i think the r