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
starts now. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us, tragedy in ukraine today. a helicopter tumbling out of the sky in a kyiv suburb killing a child and the most senior member of ukraine s government to die in this war. ten hours ago a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crashed contemplating the lives of the minister of internal affairs of ukraine. plus, the new republican majority rewards misfits and liars with key policy roles. a swindler, firebrand and provocateur who defended kanye and serial election deniers get committee house assignments. cnn investigation found joe biden s son and brothers cashed in on the family name. a turbulent moment in ukraine s war of survival. just moments ago ukraine s president asking world leaders kong get gated in davos for a minute of silence to mark a he crashed rocking a kyiv suburb. the smoke and flames from that crash visible for miles. pieces of helicopt
an explosion on a critical bridge linking russia to the annexed crimean peninsula, crippling a key supply route for russia. here at home, republican leaders doubling down on their support for embattled senate candidate, herschel walker, with two top gop senators heading there to campaign with the former football star tomorrow. and fresh reaction to remarks from tommy tuberville. they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. good day. as russia unleashes a barrage of deadly strikes across ukraine including kyiv, lviv and other cities. the explosions injurying civilians and infrastructure. people forced to take shelter in a key subway station. this for retaliation for damaging the only bridge connecting to crimea. a bridge to important to putin, he personally drove across it when it opened. on russian state tv today, putin saying he had la
right now. the united states has been to be ready for putin to use a tactically nuclear weapons. in the u.s., fears of a more dangerous covid variants. we are in force meyers. finally people are able to come back, take a look at the damage. i was stunned. this is the kind of thing that is catastrophic. mold is starting to grow and accumulate on everything. this is what makes is so unlivable and unsafe. over the weekend in iran, we have seen antiregime protests continue across the country. another public show of defiance. iran state broadcaster appears to have been momentarily hacked. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. two men shots outside the home of new york congressman lee zeldin. the republican lawmakers said his twin 16-year-old daughters were at home at the time of the shooting. we are gathering the latest information here. polo, what do we know? in a statement, he says he a okay and they re working with investigators to
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously