fleeing the banks of sudan has just docked. these stories and more coming into cnn news central. this morning, a manhunt across the state of texas for the man accused of shooting and killing four adults and a 9-year-old child. officers say that the incident was sparked all because someone simply asked him to stop firing his gun because a baby was sleeping. a $90,000 reward is being asked for his arrest. there is a huge number of officers searching for him but right now, josh campbell, we are hearing zero leads? yes, that is right. federal, state, and local officers are fanning across southeast texas, north of houston where on friday, authorities say that the man, the 38-year-old francisco oropeza conducted this brutal killing of five of his neighbors, and now they were originally able to track the cell phone. he discarded the phone, authorities said, and no leads but an $80,000 reward right now leading to the capture. and now, to walk you through the events. witnesses s
calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post, lashing out at the manhattan district attorney s office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest would be part of their investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump called for protests over his possible arrest, to quote him now, take our nation back. this development comes as sources tell cnn that law enforcement agencies in new york are also now preparing for the possible indictment of trump. cnn s polo sandoval is outside the manhattan criminal courthouse and cnn s crime and justice reporter, kaitlyn polantz is with us. what are we learning about potential arrests according to the former president? we don t know when the indictment may come out of the financial crimes investigations or what charges the grand jury may be asked to approve, and really neither does donald trump at this point. right now his spoke
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, i m christine romans. just moments ago you watched live ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy speaking via video link in berlin marking one year since russia s invasion. one year ago today russia invaded ukraine believing that they would overwhelm the country in short order. instead a straightforward russian victory has become less likely by the day and this morning instead of dwelling on ukraine s losses, president zelenskyy released an inspirational video urging people to face the enemy, resist and fight. he says we know 2023 will be the year of our victory. melissa bell is live this morning in kyiv. what is the mood there on what one would think is an unhappy milestone here? reporter: mixed really. on one hand ukrainians are bracing this morning for more russian strikes. that is what the head of ukraine s military intelligence has been warning about on this grim one year anniversary. but th
the train that derailed yesterday near springfield, ohio. the derailment of another norfolk southern freight train prompted a temporary shelter in place for nearby residents, and cnn s polo sandoval joins me now. polo, we re getting some new wrinkles of information about what was on that train yesterday. very interesting. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim. in the last couple of hours, we heard from an initial at norfolk southern, who is the owner and operator of the train that derailed in springfield, ohio, yesterday afternoon, confirming that the train was transporting hazardous material. however, that it was not on train cars that derailed. roughly 20 of the 212 train cars that were going south from northern ohio down to birmingham ended up leaving the tracks. officials there saying this accident happened in an area that does not have any protected water source. and most importantly, according to the state s epa director, that there was no release of any sort of c