rebuffing the efforts on the ongoing giggss, a move that s bound to frustrate newly empowered republicans. investigations, fingerprint analysis, and the supreme court doesn t know who leaked the report of who turned over the investigation on roe v. wade. and why chip toe is still driving them crazy ahead on cnn this morning. good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, january 21st. great to be with you, boris. great to be with you always, amara. up first, a plea from ukraine and a standoff over tanks. german officials say they will not send their leopard 2 tanks to ukraine unless the united states also agrees to send its m-1 abrams tanks into the battlefield. volodymyr zelenskyy says there s a need to send them. it s a message to all of our allies to be frank. in order to have this capability of the tanks as well as the long range and everything else we are discussing is very much needed now so that our brave defenders can be pr
string of shootings targeting his political opponents. we re going to have that for you. plus cnn has learned more searches could be coming as biden biden white house continues to face questions over the handling of classified material. and a college student in indiana was stabbed in the head and police now say it was a racially motivated attack. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. let s start in new mexico with a wild story that is raising questions whether political violence is becoming a norm. police have arrested a man for being the mastermind behind a series of shootings at the homes of state and local democratic officials. solomon pena, he is accused of conspiring with and paying four men to carry out the shootings. he had run he had run in an election, lost as a republican candidate, for the new mexico state house. thankfully no one was injured in those shootings. but officials believe that
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. so good to have you. i m victor black well. i m bianna. less than two weeks until election day and new twists may shake up some key races. in georgia where the tied u.s. senate race could determine which party will have future control, republican candidate herschel walker is facing a second allegation that he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion. walker is calling this a lie. the unnamed woman says she is an independent who voted for donald trump and was walker s mistress in the early 90s. he has taken the position that he is, quote, about life, end quote, and against abortion under any circumstances when, in fact, he pressured me to have an abortion and personally ensured that it occurred by driving me to the clinic and paying for it. and in arizona, phoenix police say they ve made an arrest at a democratic candidate s headquarters specifically here, we re talking about the campaign office of ka ka katie hobbs, the democratic nominee
wally from space! the counting campaign asking the public to pinpoint the whereabouts of walruses like thor, a recent visitor to the english coast. and the australian open tennis tournament gets under way, with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. a very warm welcome to the programme. rescue workers in nepal have resumed their search for four people who are still unaccounted for after sunday s deadly plane crash. 68 bodies have already been found after the disaster, the worst in three decades in nepal. a national day of mourning is being observed for the victims. rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from nepal. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened ai
the met has apologised to carrick s victims after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force despite allegations about him over many years. also this lunchtime. the drive by shooting in london that left six people injured a 22 year old man is arrested. investigators in nepal find the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed yesterday killing at least 68 people. counting the cost of christmas. fears that some people got into so much debt over the festive period that it will take them years to pay the money back. and emma raducanu puts aside her injury worries and makes it through to the second round of the australian open. and coming up in sport on bbc news, on the day that the new england head coach steve borthwick announces his first six nations squad the former england boss eddiiejones becomes australia s new head coach. good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he s a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost tw