in a huge win for the justice department, a jury just found four members of the proud boys guilty of seditious conspiracy including the group s leader enrique tarrio. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. baseless lies, the biden administration is blasting moscow s claim that the u.s. is somehow tied to yesterday s drone explosion near the kremlin. now russia is seeking revenge, even using drones itself to attack ukraine with the words for moscow written on them. we re live from the battlefield. and a mysterious illness, a detroit public school forced to shut down after reports of a spike in illnesses among young students stricken with flu-like symptoms. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. from insurrection to conviction, a major day for justice, coming two years and three months after the attack on the nation s capitol. some of the most serious offenders charged wit
we are following breaking news this hour. a verdict has been reached in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the proud boys. this trial really considered the center piece, the marquee of the prosecutions brought by the justice department surrounding the actions leading up to and on january 6th. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. she s joining me once again. katelyn, what s the latest you re hearing from inside the room? reporter: kate, we really are moments away from knowing what the result of this long, long trial, this long prosecution by the justice department is at this moment in time the jury is reading the verdicts that they have reached in the courtroom. we have a team watching this right now. and what is happening here, what is at stake here is that this is the case against the five leaders of the proud boys, people that the justice department have accused of not just wanting to have a war against the u.s. government after the 2020 el
propaganda. russia points to the united states and says washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. the white house calls this claim bs. a there s a word that comes to mind. i would tell you he s lying. it s a ludicrous claim. the united states had nothing to do with this. and the special counsel puts the trump organization in his sights. sources telling cnn jack smith s prosecutors are zeroing in on how long time president trump employees handled the evidence. up first for us, major breaking news right here in washington, d.c. a major victory for the justice department after prosecutoring leaders of the i object sur recollection. five members were convicted for various felony charges a short time ago. four of them, including the leader, was convicted of the most serious charge. that charge being seditious conspiracy. trial testimony detailed how the proud boys organized after trump s call for supporters to flood washington on the day the elect
and defamation case brought by author e. jean carroll. court resumes this hour. and a man accused of a shooting rampage inside a medical center is about to appear in court. what we re learning about the suspect and what his mother is blaming today. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming up right here on cnn news central. this morning the white house is pushing back hard on russia s baseless accusation that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out an alleged attack on the kremlin. moscow claims it was an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. the white house calls the allegation the u.s. was behind that ridiculous, and ukraine is also strongly denying any involvement in that attack. after making that claim with no evidence, russia ramped up its attacks on ukraine. at least 23 people were killed by russian shelling in the kherson region wednesday. and kyiv s military chief said the city was hit by the most intense air strikes so far thi
us about possible criminal charges in the stormy daniel hushed money case. we break it down the former lead prosecutor - congressman joe laufman join me today she has something to say about the falsely january 6th narrative that took tucker carlson is pushing with some help from hous speaker kevin mccarthy and later, the battle for 2024 is already starting to tak shape. florida governor ron desanti isn t a candidate yet. but it sure sounds like on this week. so called anti woke agenda b enough to beat donald trump? plus we are recognizing women history month with our serie celebrating her story. today s one-on-one with th groundbreaking actress and singer songwriter angelica ross you are watching symone and we have a lot to talk about this weekend, donald trump i likely meeting with his lega team to strategize after new developments in on of the many investigations focusing on the former president. it is fueling question throughout the legal world about whether trump could b