storm already. pounding the west at this hour, racing across the country. the realtor nay doe threat expected, and the storm set to hit the northeast, too. rob marciano timing this out. president biden s plan to relieve college debt for millions of studentstudents, wie halted by the supreme court? what the conservative justices are already saying about this. overseas tonight, drones hitting deep inside russia. one of them outside moscow. what the kremlin is saying tonight. and vladimir putin now ordering the fsb to secure russia s borders. james longman with late reporting from inside ukraine. here at home, the alex murdaugh trial. prosecutors taking aim today at that new defense they ary that there must have been two shooters. also, the u.s. swimming star found dead. tonight, the family heartbroken in that mysterious death. the former star found dead in the u.s. virgin islands and what we now know. the major recall tonight involving more than 800,000 vehicles. could
wall street journal, was detained in a small town just east of moscow. the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter. the kremlin says he was quote caught red handed, but refuses to provide any more details. its track record on this sort of thing. does not inspire confidence ahead. we will have the latest from russia plus overnight, the army says. several people have now been killed this after two blackhawk helicopters crashed near fort campbell will be on the ground there in kentucky. also right now homes are evacuated in raymond, minnesota, after a train carrying ethanol derailed early this morning. we ve got new details for you on that. we re also keeping an eye on the vatican as pope francis is in the hospital undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection ahead. we ll have an update on his condition. but we begin this morning with that alarming headline out of russia . american journalist herskovitz is right now in russian custody after the wall street jour
start with an arrest of historic proportions. it s the first time an american journalist has been detained by russia since the cold war in 1986 the year after i was born wall street journal reporter evan gersh co ceviche. was arrested and is now in custody in moscow on accusations of espionage. he covers russia, ukraine and the former soviet union for the paper. in a statement, the wall street journal said it vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. espionage charges in russia can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. court has ordered 31 year old gorshkov itch to be initially detained until may. 29th the white house says the state department has been in direct touch with the russian government at any moment. now we expect his attainment to be addressed at the white house press briefing. of course, we will take you there when it begins. evan gives
and i m am a ara walker. health officials are on their way to ohio after the train derailment. and the health concerns despite assurances. and five former memphis police officers charged in the beating death of tyree nick olgs nichols facing a judge yesterday. what his mother said about facing these men for the first time. kamala harris takes direct aim at vladimir putin in a speech at the munich securities conference. what it means at this critical juncture in the war. and plus what a u.s. military is officially calling off its recovery operation for the chinese balloon and the other objects it shot down. good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. i think the sun is starting to come up and it is time to eat your breakfast. they don t see us as they eat breakfast away from the scamcamera. yeah. and a lot of news to get to. the biden administration is deploying medical experts from the cdc and hhs to east palestine, ohio, where hundreds of worried residents are
routine training exercise. the helicopters involved were hh60 blackhawks. they can transport a dozen people at a time. fort campbell is the army s only aerial assault division. number of casualties is not known but there are several. we expect to learn more when they address the media under 60 minutes. a big area in southern kentucky goes up along with border with tennessee. the 101st airborne division sent out a tweet minutes ago. this is the latest we have. we can confirm two aircraft from the 101st were involved in an accident last night resulting in several casualties. the focus is on the soldiers and their families who were involved. that s the latest as of this moment. knowing it happened on 10:00 last night. those families are bill: the bulk of that information will come out in the news conference and hold our breath and say our prayers along with u.s. army families involved there and have a connection to that base. stand by. another breaking news story now. am