good afternoon, i m sara sidner. welcome to cnn newsroom. our breaking news, new and long awaited arrest in the horrific killings of four university of idaho students in november. brian kohberger is facing first-degree murder charges. the killings terrorized the small town which hadn t seen a murder in seven years. the fear so intense, some students have been too scared to return to school. investigators will hold a press conference, they tell us, very soon, and we ll take you there live. but first, jean is in the area. have you been able to glean any more information abilout the person arrested and the charges he s facing. let me tell you what we know. we re at the monroe county correctional facility or the jail here in northeastern pennsylvania. this is where the suspect is being housed on no bail. kohberger is 28 years old. he was arrested at 1:30 this morning. very close. he has a mailing address of very close. but here s what i want to emphasize, this is small town p
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m sara sidner. we begin with hour with breaking news and a long awaited arrest in the horrific killings of four university of idaho students back in november. bryan christopher kohberger is in custody on a first degree murder warrant in those stabbing deaths. that s according to an affidavit. the killings terrorized the small town of moscow, idaho, which hadn t seen a murder in seven years. investigators are going to be holding a press conference. they are setting up as we speak, and we are going to take you there live, but first, cnn s jean casarez is in monroe county, pennsylvania. that s where the arrest was made, and cnn s veronica miracle in moscow, idaho. jean, we ll start with you. what are you learning about how this arrest actually came to be? reporter: well, it happened at 1:30 this morning, and it s very, very interesting to look at how it was afeffectuated her and what happe
this presser begins right now. thank you for coming today. last night the con jeks with the pennsylvania state police and the federal bureau of investigation and detectives arrested 28-year-old brian christophercoberger in all brightsville, pennsylvania, for the murder of ethan, zana and madison and kaylee. i want to thank these agencies for this assistance in this case. he reside the in pullman, washington and is a student at washington state fluf. we ll provide as much information as we can about the extradition to idaho and the criminal process. however, due to idaho stay law we are limited in what information we could release today until he has had his initial appearance in idaho court. i want to express my appreciation to our local community. the people of idaho and those throughout our nation who provided information to help us investigate these murders has been very impressive. we ve received over 19,000 tips and we ve conducted over 300 interviews. to recap this cas
continues we re joined tonight by esteem panel of experts to examine every aspect of this case. paul morrow inspector doctor marco fox news contributor doctor lauren miller neuropsychologist they join me on set today. thank you y all so much for being here. paul i want to go to you first. from an investigation stand point when you see this affidavit we ve been going through for days now what immediately sticks out to you? one of the things is this guy was clearly not the criminal master mind that he thought he was. he managed to leave a sheathe with his dna at scene and left a significant digital foot precinct which we ve been talking about how significant that was going to be. he drove his own car to the scene. and let s see what else emerges on reporting that we re hearing is things that led to him frings, the fact that two on campus cops found his car quite quickly. so as of literally the 29th just two weeks after the event, the task force was already honing in. so lay d
happening now, breaking news, police officially announce the arrest of a suspect in the killing of four university of idaho students. the 28-year-old is in custody in pennsylvania right now and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. our correspondents are getting additional details on how the suspect was tracked down. also tonight, former president trump paid zero in income tax during his final year in office, held foreign bank accounts and claimed huge financial losses. we re breaking down the revelations in trump s tax returns now that a house panel has made them public. and as russia launches a fresh round of drone strikes in ukraine, vladimir putin vows his ties with china s president can withstand all tests. is there a connection, a show of strength or sign of weakness? welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking n