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
realize there is agun. so they immediately go back into the apartment and they get consent to search everywhere and there in a desk with a rolling top, the little toddler actually directs them to it. they open it up and there is the gun. i think you re going to see it right there. and the it was folded. they had to open the open the desk. but there it was. the officer immediately unloaded it. 15 bullets, okay, but not one was in the chamber. and that is why the gun didn t go off as the video shows as the little boy appears to be pulling that trigger. father charged and will be in court on thursday. neglect of a dependent. we ll see what prosecutors do. we ll see. thank you very much. i appreciate it. coming up for us, ukraine is pleading for more help from world leaders toe. ukraine s first lady at davos. listen. translator: we are facing the threat of a collapse of the