learned. law enforcement is about to arrest a suspect tied to the leak of a trove of highly secret government intelligence, which is embarrassed the us and strained multiple alliances. today. several blockbuster reports expose who the suspected leader is. the new york times has named him as a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard. cnn has not independently verified his identity, and it s not currently naming him both the times and the washington post said the man is the leader of a chat group on the online platform discord and his older than most members of the group of gamers who call him o. g. one of his friends who spoke anonymously on camera to the post obtained parental permission to do so. because that friend is underage. take a listen. he was. he was a young, charismatic man who loved nature . god who loved shooting guns and in racing cars. he did see himself as the leader of this group, and ultimately he was the leader of this group, and he wanted
provide information present information into a courtroom without that being disclosed, but the bar for that is typically very high but again an espionage cases. that is certainly a concern that the government has. if they can plead, get a plea from this person. they don t have to worry about additional information. additional seat. critz making them out into the public light. so the fact the last thing i ll say is that was also a concern here because when you have a suspect who was facing serious jail time that is often a consideration in whether they cooperate or whether they try to, you know, go out in a hail of gunfire, right? we know this person was a gun enthusiast, so i think for everyone here, the operators, the fbi operators and the suspect the best possible outcome we re seeing on our screen. all right. josh campbell . kim dozier, david priest. thank you and evan perez and colonel cedric leighton. please stay with us. this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the h
transportation secretary pete buttigieg will visit that ohio train derailment site one day after donald trump. the lead starts right now. big names descend on a small town, east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train wreck. norfolk southern vows to help but critics know how much the company is giving victims versus company investors for stock buybacks. plus after the speeches and fanfare, ukraine left with the realities of war. do you have any idea how many bodies you have taken back to their hometowns at this stage? cnn s clarissa ward is on the front lines for us with the somber work of returning bodies of fallen ukrainian soldiers to their families as russia s brutal invasion nears one year. and a coast to coast winter storm. ice and snow and conditions not seen in some spots in 30 years. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start in east palestine, ohio, where the fallout from that toxic train wreck starts to get messier by the hour and i don t
world. i m christine romans. we begin with this senseless tragedy in louisville, kentucky , a 25 year old bank employee opening fire at his workplace, live streaming his own attack that killed four people in minutes. one of the nine others hurt in the early moments later died of those injuries. cnn s omar jimenez has more from louisville. in just moments. four people were killed in nine others injured at this bank in louisville, kentucky. officers were on scene within three minutes. the suspect shot at officers. we then returned fire and stop that threat. police revealing the shooter was an employee at the bank and had livestreamed the attack. suspect was live framing. and unfortunately, that s that s tragic. to know that that incident was out there and captured enforcement source telling cnn the shooter had also learned he was going to be fired and wrote a note to his parents and a friend indicating he was going to shoot at the bank. among those injured in the attack. two po
how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states