cnn has learned bryan kohberger, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students, was with his father as he drove cross-country from washington state to pennsylvania before the holidays. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the four students were stabbed to death in their beds in november. kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the first degree as well as felony burglary. cnn s jean casarez is in pennsylvania. jean, what else are you learning? reporter: we re learning a little bit more about that trip and we do want to say there is nothing we have learned that his father knew anything about what was happening allegedly with his son in idaho. it s a long drive from idaho, washington, here to pennsylvania. so common sense would say that sometimes it s better to have two people. we do understand that his father flew to the west coast, met his son. it was because it was the holidays. the doctoral courses, school was out. he
mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori
probation who then fled the scene. that mother will join us in moments and she says she wants to put california in her rearview mirror for good. mike: headlines piling up in cities across america. murder, assault, rape, robbery, too much to keep track, even those who stand up to serve are themselves targeted. just this morning, three swat officers were rushed to the hospital after being shot while serving a murder warrant in philadelphia. authorities just now giving new information on their conditions. sandra: it s part of our team coverage of the crime wave continuing to plague cities from coast to coast. starting with the shooting in philadelphia, david lee miller has more. mike, growing anger and frustration in philadelphia over surging crime following a gun fight this morning that left three swat officers injured. two have been released from the hospital. another officer was shot in the chest. 29 year department veteran is kept for observation. serving an arrest w
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