i m laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. and, look we saw it on january 6th, when election lies exploded into violence at the united states capitol. well now, the latest outbreak of allegedly politically motivated violence is in new mexico. a republican who lost his race for the new mexico house who tweeted after his defeat that the election was rigged and he vowed to fight it until the day he dies. now, that person has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at the homes of four democratic elected leaders. now, no one was hurt thankfully. but homes were damaged. shot came through my home, right where i had just hours before had been playing with my granddaughter. more on all of that in just a moment. and plus, we have sources telling cnn about a member of president biden s inner circle who has now been interviewed by federal investigators. we ll tell you who it is and what happened. as the biden ministration is now saying that tonight, it will continue to
tonight keeping them honest with signs other times in the political climate today. they run the gambit from the downright dangerous to the nearly trembling and absurd. it s fair to ask if there is a threat connecting all of them, political philosophy of nihilism driving it or whether this was a moment for whatever reason that one example, new mexico, for home shot at belonging to democratic officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes was a republican who lost the state house race in a landslide and refused to concede. he seemed agitated, he seemed a little aggressive to me. i did not consider him a threat then, but he was upset that he lost the election. that s debbie o malley, who joins us shortly. she said police who may be who tweeted after the election, quote, trump just sentenced for 2024, i stand with him. i never conceded my h g 14 race, not considering my options. the options he allegedly chose was politically motivated, that
and look, we saw it on january 6th, when election lies exploded into violence at the united states capitol. well, now, the latest outbreak of allegedly politically motivated violence is in new mexico. a republican who lost his race for the new mexico house who tweeted after his defeat that the election was rigged and he vowed to fight it until the day he dies. now, that person has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at the homes of four democratic elected leaders. now, no one was hurt, thankfully. but homes were damaged. shots came through my home, right where i had just hours before had been playing with my granddaughter. more on all of that in just a moment. and plus, we have sources telling cnn about a member of president biden s inner circle who has now been interviewed by federal investigators. we ll tell you who it is and what happened. as the biden administration is now saying that tonight, it will continue to cooperate fully with the doj probe of
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
and welcome back to our special weekend edition of out outfront. i m erin burnet. we re two days from election day. already, this is shaping up to be a midterm unlike none other. as of today 40 million americans voted and both sides are trying to get their base to the polls on election day. all day we ve seen rallies in georgia, pennsylvania, florida, arizona all of them and the biggest names for each party on the trail tonight. trump and biden headlining events this morning this evening. they know what is at stake because control of congress is on the line, house and senate. in the senate nevada pennsylvania are tossups and republicans only need to pick up one net seat to win the majority. just one. we have a team of reporters out tonight. obviously in the final hours, the race where you are could be the most important between dr. oz and john fetterman. reporter: it certainly could be. you laid it out so perfectly there. the other key thing to remember is this i