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law enforcement sources. the moscow, idaho, police department has announced a news conference for later this afternoon and cnn s veronica miracle joins us from moscow, idaho, right now. veronica, what are we learning at this hour? well, abby, just in the last few minutes josh campbell, lauren and mark morales revealed bryan kohberger, a 28-year-old has been arrested in connection to these murders here. he was arrested according to federal sources in pennsylvania, completely on the other side of the country, thousands of miles away. this arrest comes after seven weeks of painstaking investigation by the moscow police department, the fbi and other agencies who have descended upon this town to try to figure out who could have possibly murdered four students in their sleep, that s according to the coroner here saying those four students were likely murdered in their sleep. some of them showed signs of defensive wounds they tried to fight off the attacker. now we underst ....
happening now, breaking news, police officially announce the arrest of a suspect in the killing of four university of idaho students. the 28-year-old is in custody in pennsylvania right now and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. our correspondents are getting additional details on how the suspect was tracked down. also tonight, former president trump paid zero in income tax during his final year in office, held foreign bank accounts and claimed huge financial losses. we re breaking down the revelations in trump s tax returns now that a house panel has made them public. and as russia launches a fresh round of drone strikes in ukraine, vladimir putin vows his ties with china s president can withstand all tests. is there a connection, a show of strength or sign of weakness? welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the brea ....
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midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things r ....
we ll have the latest reporting and analysis in moments for you. also this hour, new covid concerns on multiple fronts with another spike in china and a new sub variant here at home. we continue to cover that major development. the arrest in connection to the murder case involving four university of idaho students. nbc news can confirm the person in custody is that man right there. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. this is according to court records and four law enforcement officials confirming that to nbc news. he s being held in pennsylvania. he s at the prison there. police in moscow, idaho v announced a 4:00 p.m. eastern press conference to provide apt update on this case, but the moscow police department is not yet confirming the arrest. let s bring in correspondent steve patterson for the latest. it s been an hour since we have been getting this. anything new in the last hour? reporter: just the timeline. we ll have that press conference from moscow police later on t ....