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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
united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, we are hearing for the first time from the family of the man accused of killing four college students in idaho. we ll have details and what comes next in the case. residents of northern california starting the new year with an evacuation warning as they face the worst flooding they ve seen in years. 2023 brings a new political reality for president biden. a divided congress. we ll look at how he hopes to overcome bitter partisanship and work with the republicans. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. the family of the suspect arrested in the killings of four idaho college students is speaking out and offering their condolences. while bryan kohberger himself awaits extradition from pennsylvania, he is accused of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of xanaxana, et kaylee, madison. their bodies were found in their off-campus
welcome, you are watching cnn newsroom. i m rosemary church. just ahead, we re hearing for the first time from the family of the man accused of killing four college students in idaho. residents of northern california starting the new year with an evacuation warning as longtime residents face the worst flooding they ve seen in years. the late pope benedict xvi is lying in state at the vatican for mourners to pay their last respects. we ll bring you a live report from st. peter s square. thanks for being with us. the family of bryan kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four idaho college students, is speaking out and offering their condolences. kohberger himself is sitting in a pennsylvania jail awaiting extradition and facing four counts of first-degree murder. cnn s veronica miracle has the family s statement and the mood in moscow, idaho. reporter: bryan kohberger s family has put out a statement through his public defender saying, first and foremost w