About the unusual Cross Country road trip with his father after the murders. Kayna whitworth reports. And tonight as the northeast begins to warm up, millions across the country are bracing for another crippling winter storm. Severe ice and blizzard conditions are expected to slam the midwest while the south is expecting tornadoes, damaging wind, and flooding. Were timing out the first major storm of the year as millions return home. A deadly new years day missile and Drone Barrage in ukraine. The Russian Military unleashing a brutal attack during ukraines most popular holiday. Plus, the drone with a message written on it from russia. Britt clennett is in kyiv. Preparations under way for the funeral of former Pope Benedict xvi. Ines de la cuetara with his last words. A terrifying ordeal at a florida entertainment park. Dozens of people trapped on a ferris wheel that caught fire. And Anita Pointer, Founding Member of The Pointer Sisters, has lost her battle with cancer. And a special tr
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
where the suspect is being held. good afternoon. if. reporter: good afternoon. that s right, mike, he is being held right here behind me at the monroe county correctional facility, and there s a lot of legal maneuvering going on this weekend about those extradition plans now that he has a public defender who has said that he plans to go back to idaho. he is going to waive his extradition hearing and he wants to go back to fight those charges. as we take a look at that mug shot that we have here from this jail, the attorney says kohberger is waiving that extradition hearing so he can quickly be brought to idaho, adding he s eager to be exonerated. we are also learning more about what led to the sudden stop of the cleanup at the crime scene in moscow, idaho, last week, the day kohberger was arrested here in pennsylvania. something that was briefly discussed on friday by idaho investigators. the house cleanup has been halted, and that came by a legal request from the court.
mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori
about the unusual cross country road trip with his father after the murders. kayna whitworth reports. and tonight as the northeast begins to warm up, millions across the country are bracing for another crippling winter storm. severe ice and blizzard conditions are expected to slam the midwest while the south is expecting tornadoes, damaging wind, and flooding. we re timing out the first major storm of the year as millions return home. a deadly new year s day missile and drone barrage in ukraine. the russian military unleashing a brutal attack during ukraine s most popular holiday. plus, the drone with a message written on it from russia. britt clennett is in kyiv. preparations under way for the funeral of former pope benedict xvi. ines de la cuetara with his last words. a terrifying ordeal at a florida entertainment park. dozens of people trapped on a ferris wheel that caught fire. and anita pointer, founding member of the pointer sisters, has lost her battle with c