the death toll from the russian missile attack on the apartment building in dnipro, ukraine, a rising. ukrainian officials say the total number of people killed now stands at 44. earlier this morning ukraine s first lady olena zelenska speaking in davos condemning russia for the senseless murder of civilians. translator: there is nothing off limits for russia. this missile was built to destroy aircraft carriers and was used against the civilian infrastructure. these ordinary people at home on a saturday, that s enough reason for russia to skill. we will take you live to the site of that atrocity where search and rescue efforts are ongoing. here in the u.s. several meetings are happening today. president biden hosts the dutch prime minister at the white house, secretary of state antony blinken meets his uk counterpart in a high-level delegation from the united states is in kyiv at this very moment. all this as russia says it is planning to increase troop levels. we a
videotape of a toddler with a gun. an indiana man who is believed to be his father now in police custody as a result. so you ll see the little boy in this video here, you see him waving that gun around, even pulling the trigger at one point. it happened saturday and was shown live as part of the ride along series on patrol live. this is it. of the oh, man, wow. this is the child with the loaded weapon pulling the trigger right there. yeah. police in beech grove, indiana were responding to a neighbor s call and saw the young boy playing with the weapon outside wearing a pull-up. jean casarez joining with more. what happened here on saturday? the neighbors called the police because they saw this happening with their own eyes. he even went to one neighbor s door and knocked on it and say look what i have so the police arrived and the neighbors were talking amongst themselves. we want you to take a listen first of all to these neighbors. i opened the door he wen
string of shootings targeting his political opponents. we re going to have that for you. plus cnn has learned more searches could be coming as biden biden white house continues to face questions over the handling of classified material. and a college student in indiana was stabbed in the head and police now say it was a racially motivated attack. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you so much for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. let s start in new mexico with a wild story that is raising questions whether political violence is becoming a norm. police have arrested a man for being the mastermind behind a series of shootings at the homes of state and local democratic officials. solomon pena, he is accused of conspiring with and paying four men to carry out the shootings. he had run he had run in an election, lost as a republican candidate, for the new mexico state house. thankfully no one was injured in those shootings. but officials believe that
those shootings. but officials believe that pen yu who they describe as an election denier may have been fueled by anger over his recent election loss. and josh campbell is joining us right now. josh, there was no one injured but there was a real threat at these homes. what are you learning about this investigation? absolutely. this is horrific. the house gop candidate that claimed election fraud and police say that solomon pena paid and conspired with four other men to shoot at the homes of four democratic elected officials. cnn has attempted to reach pena for comment. these occurred between december 4th and january 3rd and the latest shooting it was pena who pulled the trigger. no was physically injured but they did cause damage to the four homes. now we ve been reviewing the police arrest warrant affidavit
early on in this investigation that is what could be at play. this solve, solomon pena, this is as you mentioned someone who ran for the statehouse in new mexico as a republican, he lost in a landslide but we re hearing from witnesses and from police that he apparently made visits to some of these officials that were ultimately allegedly targeted with gunfire telling about his grievances saying he believed that he actually won the election. now, he was arrested yesterday by the albuquerque s.w.a.t. team. police say he conspired with four other men to shoot at the homes of four democratic officials, it s worth pointing out we have attempted to reach pena for comment. these shootings occurred between december 4th and january 3rd and in the latest pena himself actually pulled the trigger. we ve been going through the arrest warrant affidavit, it is chock-full of very chilling detail and one example there s actually a cooperating witness who agreed to help police who said that the co-consp