republican candidate in new mexico visited homes of democratic officials before targeting those homes with gun fire. this morning, still no word on how lisa marie presley died. the coroner deferred a ruling asking for more time to investigate. a busy wednesday but first the tragedy on the outskirts of ukraine s capital. 16 people are dead after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and residential buildings east of kyiv. three children are among the dead with 15 more being treated in the hospital. the mayor of kyiv now reacting. this is a tragedy. i m not ready to give we inves investigate what happens. let s get straight to clarissa ward live at the scene in ukraine for us. good morning, what s going on? what s the latest there? reporter: don, you can probably see behind me the smoldering wreckage of that kindergarten where the helicopter hit this morning, tragically killing 16 people, all nine people on board the helicopter were killed, including the interior
in her murder. new video shows the losing republican candidate visiting the home of democrats before he allegedly organized the shootings that targeted him. he once pushed 9/11 conspiracy theories, now marjorie taylor greene is sitting on a committee with access to secrets. george santos will sit on the small business committee. cnn this morning starts right now. first, tragedy on the outskirts of ukrainian s capital. seven people are dead including ukraine s interior minister. four children are among the dead with 11 more being treated in the hospital. we re live at the scene in ukraine. what are you seeing clarissa? reporter: don, you can probably see behind me there are still rescue workers on the scene here. they have been combing through that building for hours trying to make sure there is nobody else inside because basically this is where the helicopter crashed. the building right behind me was clipped and then the helicopter nose dived into the playground. we
murder charge. we re going to take you there live inside the courtroom as soon as it begins. there on the left-hand side of your screen, live pictures from inside that courtroom. we are also following devastating scenes outside the ukrainian capital this morning. at least 17 people are dead and dozens more hurt after a helicopter carrying the ukrainian interior minister and his team crashed near a kindergarten. officials say eight victims were locales. children and their parents on the way to school. and let s begin there this morning. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground outside of kyiv. tell us more about what you re learning, clarissa. reporter: well, we ve just seen very tragically what appears to be another body bag being carried out from this area behind me by emergency services. they ve been there for hours combing through the wreckage of that kindergarten looking to see whether there might be more bodies under the rubble that was
necessarily seem as though it was having problems, but certainly it was losing altitude. it hit a nursery, a kindergarten. tragically one child die. apparently this happened around the time people were dropping their children off. there were several people injured and killed on the ground. the helicopters then hit that nursery, then fell forward and came and crashed down near the entrance to a residential building, where the chopper then apparently completely exploded. there was a few fire afterwards, as people are describing. all the people inside that chopper, all were killed. of course, we have to point out, this was the leadership of the interior ministry of ukraine. it was the interior minister himself, who is very close to volodymyr zelenskyy, also someone active here in politics in ukraine, and very active in the defense of this country as well. a lot of the units, like the national police are hugely active in the defense of ukraine. he was definitely a rising star alm
just after the top of the hour, i m john berman. and i m bianna golodryga. prosecutors say he s been charged with the murder of his still missing wife. that s just the beginning. some of his searching were extraordinarily gruesome. prosecutors say evidence of blood was found in walshe s car, and he found protective suits, mops, cleaning supplies. we re outside the courthouse. this was an extraordinary level of detail, bryn, some of which we never have heard before. reporter: just stunning detail of the actions the prosecutors say brian walshe took after his wife ana disappeared, not before, but after. a number of google searches on his son s ipad. take a listen to just some of them. at 4:55 a.m., he searched how long before a body starts to smell. at 4:58 a.m., how to stop a body from decomposing. at 5:20 a.m., and 5:47, ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to. at 6:25 on the 1st, how long for someone to be missing to inherit. at 6:45 on january 1st,