Tonight seven candidates take the stage for the republican debate. One republican consultant says if ron desantis doesnt do well here, he might have to drop out. An attempt to destroy our city. That is how the Philadelphia Police commissioner described what happened there last night. Brazen and rapid fire breakins across the city, all caught on camera. Armed and dangerous, a manhunt is under way for a Murder Suspect in the killing of a tech ceo. Police say he will, quote, do anything he can to cause harm, including kill and rape. Im sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new information coming out of north korea. State media there is now reporting the country has decided to expel the u. S. Soldier who has been in north korean custody since july. Now, the circumstances around what happened to Army Private Travis King have really always been somewhat strange since this happened. King seemed to willingly cross into north korea during a
down pan am flight 103 is in cuss custody and expected to make his court appearance in d.c. federal court later today. 34 years ago, december 21st, 1988, 270 people were killed when the 747 jet exploded over the small village of lockerbie scotland. it remains the deadliest terror strike in british history. sometimes justice takes time. nic robertson joins us from london. this is a long time coming, right, nearly four decades. what happens next as he heads to court there? reporter: he goes to court and what we ve seen in the court documents he s accused of being the bomb maker, that he was working for libyan intelligence under the directions of the then dictator muammar gaddafi for about 40 years and he was the guy that took the bomb from libya to molta. this is supposition, this is what the fbi believe is correct and he said when he was being interviewed by a libyan law enforcement official back in
notioemotional outburst and rean to it. they ve put up metal barricades around the customs office. eric: while the demonstrations were ongoing, what is the progress that s being made. what is the government doing to reunite parents and the children in cuss custody. reporter: a lot of lawmakers are trying to get a firsthand look themselves. yesterday we saw two republican senators from texas. today we saw more than democratic lawmakers getting a look for themselves. many of them coming out not all happy with what they saw inside. here is one of them. we have applauded the work of the border patrol at each of our stops. we recognize they have a tough job to do, that the rules keep changing, and there s no directives coming out of washington, so they re flying by the collective seats of their pants.
interrogation. kelly wright is laif with l with us with more. they con nirmed abdul anasal libi is accord a ship. they are interrogating him. the fbi is leading that. he could be in new york by the end of this week where he will eventually stand trial in tripoli. his family explains how members of the u.s. delta force made the capture. they say a security camera shows how the commandos waited for him to return home from morning prayers before taking him in to cuss custody. they are saying the photographs from a senior intelligence officer the photos show over head coverage and ground surveillance on the street where they apprehended al-libi. the key al qaeda figure.
emergency psychiatric evaluation. he said at outset he wanted to make national news. he has done far more than that. this story has made headlines around the world. bill: mission accomplished in that respect. what are we learning about the suspect? reporter: what s north worthy here is that no weapons of any kind were found and it is not clear at this time whether he even had access to any weapons. this young man a very, very bright student he made the dean s list, he was invited to join a special honor s program at the school. one of the programs he was invited to work on was a way to purify methane gas to use it as an energy source. at this hour he remains in cuss custody, he is facing misdemeanor charges here for the alleged threats. $2,500 fine and for six months behind bars. the university as of now has suspended him, and he is banned from campus. bill: thankfully he did not carry that out. david lee miller, thank you in our newsroom in new york. jamie: knee what is next.