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Thing to prove it, which we will see if the prosecution can do." david? >> stephanie ramos in quincy, massachusetts. thank you. were going to turn overseas tonight, and the war in ukraine. the images coming in all day today, after a helicopter crash killing everyone onboard, and many on the ground, including children. onboard was a member of president zelenskyys inner circle. video circulating tonight online showing the fiery aftermath. the chopper crashing near the capital. you can see the po...

The dead, ukraines interior minister, one of the most powerful members of president zelenskyys cabinet, a man tasked with ensuring certainly security even as ukraine struggles against this russian invasion. president zelenskyy has been leading the nation in mourning this morning, but he has a major hole at the top of his government. were expecting in the next couple of days to see who will replace the interior minister. it will not be an easy task. his deputy, as well as several other senior off...

Two other passengers were injured but survived. cnn has requested the toxicology results from the drivers autopsy. a deadly scene to tell you about in ukraine where a helicopter crashed in a kyiv suburb coming down near a kindergarten and an apartment building at least one child we know is among the 14 people who are confirmed dead. also killed ukraines interior minister. cnns fred pleitgen is at the crash site. as far as we know this is a horrific tragedy. >> reporter: thats the way the ukrai...

Their kids off at school for what should have been a normal day in this very normal suburb of kyiv. now, president zelenskyy has said it is the top priority of the ukrainian government to get to the bottom of what happened here. he has given that task to the state security agency of ukraine. and they say, hallie, they are not ruling out anything at this point. theyre looking into the possibility this could have been pilot error, there was heavy fog blanketing kyiv, you can see on the screen ther...

Sure it will impact their war effort but this has hit morale and the immediate suspect is, was this hostile action by russia? no sign of that at the moment. we can break down the possible causes. pilot error, mechanicalfailure, sabotage, error, mechanical failure, sabotage, and error, mechanicalfailure, sabotage, and hostile fire. at the moment i think the investigation is veering more towards the idea of pilot error or possible mechanical failure. more towards the idea of pilot error or possibl...

Highest ranking ukrainian official. so many children just arrived at school when a helicopter crashed into it. residents woke up to the sounds of terror, explosions thinking that they were being attacked outside of their homes. preliminary investigations suggest that this was a pilot error in the information. theyre not ruling out russian interference. >> one part of the helicopter crashed into the kindergarten. the other part landed near the complex hundreds of feet away. victims are being brou...

Zelenskyy then urging the west to move faster to arm ukraine against russia. >> tragedies are outpacing life. the tyranny is outpacing the democracy. the supplying of ukraine with air defense systems must outpace russias next missile attacks. >> so, lets bring in matt gutman from inside ukraine again tonight for us. and matt, ukraine saying it is considering several possible causes of the crash here? >> reporter: david, this was a french-made helicopter. well told with an experienced emergency s...

Russian on slot in the eastern part of the country. and dozens were killed when a massive russian missile hit a residential building . now ukraine is also mourning the lose of more than a dozen people including some of the countrys top officials. jake, those search and rescue operations lasted for nine hours today. thats what the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said. some of the other possible causes theyre looking at is they are also looking at possible pilot error. when you do also und...

At about 8:20 a.m. local time just as parents were dropping their kids off at school that helicopter came crashing over in this direction. it landed at a site over there. we know that at least three children were killed here on the ground along with a number of adults. nine people were onboard that helicopter, including the interior minister, his deputy and several other very serious members of his department. president zelenskyy has been leading a wave of tributes this morning, but is now also ...

The ntsb is investigating what caused the bell p-63 king cobra to fly into the boeing b-17 flying fortress. michael graham is with the ntsb. >> do we think there was a mechanical failure or pilot error as part of this? its too early to tell. >> reporter: video captured by spectators will be vital to finding out what happened says former ntsb chair and cbs aviation safety analyst robert sumwalt. what did you think? >> it appears that the p-63 is approaching the b-17 at a steep bank angle which pr...