search, they didn t find anything. appreciate it. coming up, we look at some of the issues house republicans plan to investigate when it comes to the first family, from hunter biden s business dealings, to claims about the presents brothers, that have also drawn scrutiny. what it means for the 46th commander-in-chief, ahead. (dog barks) silverado zr2, trail boss, and custom trail boss. because adventure is everywhere. new reporting into cnn about the biden documents infestation. what sources are telling us about who federal investigators are talking to. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. have you learned, evan? we know that the investigators are doing the initial review, talk to a number of people associate with president biden. one at them, it turns out, is patrick moore. he s a long time biden campaign a attorney election lawyer who was present when the first batch of documents were found back in november. he was among the people there who
a helicopter crash in ukraine killing top officials and some children. the maga king who falsely claimed fraud said he s the one behind the attacks. george santos qualified to serve on two house committees even though no one s sure what his real qualifications are. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with this breaking news. tragedy in ukraine. devastating helicopter crash. the chopper plunged to the ground near a kindergarten. the crash killing ukraine s interior minister and leadership team and killing some children on the ground being taken to the kindergarten by their parents. cnn s clarissa ward live on the ground. what more do we know about this rapidly developing story? reporter: well, christine, as if ukraine hasn t experienced enough horror and enough tragedy. this morning e s events are tru devastating. you can see the area behind me where the helicopter crashed in. the latest informatio
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
hiss rival office holders killed. the lead starts right now. one city, four homes, each one shot at. police say who the man was who orchestrated the attacks, they say he wanted to cause injury or death and the apparent targets were his democratic rivals. plus, trading in on the biden family name, house republicans ready to investigate presidential son hunter and presidential brothers jimmy and frank biden for trying to use their access to the now president to try to make money. where does the investigatory trail begin? well, cnn is investigating. and, how did two passenger planes end up on a collision course? could this very serious question impact your next flight? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the white house counsel s office desperately trying to explain why the biden white house has repeatedly given the american people incomplete, late information about president biden and his staff s handling of classified documents. both
the alex wagner joins us now. it s just alex wagner. we ve been doing this for a several months. alex wagner tonight. we ve known each other for two decades, you can call me whatever you want. thank you at home for joining us on alex wagner tonight this hour. we have a whole lot to get to this evening. we start with election results. i know! you thought the elections were over. but, nope, they are not. as voters in this the commonwealth of virginia well know, there was a special election yesterday for a state senate seat in virginia beach. we now have a projected oner in that race, democrat aaron rouse. he defeated kevin adams, flipping that state senate seat from red to blue and he did it running ads like this. you want to believe it can t happen here. but it could happen sooner than you think. republicans in richmond are trying to pass a new ban on abortion in virginia and kevin adams wants to join them. he wants to take away our personal decisions. kevin adams