New developments in the gilgo beach murder investigations. Remains have been identified that were found nearly three decades ago. Donald trump on the Campaign Trail again after being indicted and what he is saying about the Defense Strategy again. And ukraine attacks a russian warship, and they used an unmanned sea drone to attack a seaship in the middle of the night. Im john berman with kate bolduan, and this is Cnn News Central. New information just released in the gilgo beach killings. Just a few minutes ago, the investigators said they have identified a victim previously known as fire island jane doe, and Officials Say that 34yearold Karen Vergata was working as an escort at the time of her disappearance in 1996. This is gruesome. Her feet and legs were found along fire island. 15 years later, her skull was discovered on long island proper in nassau county. Authorities discovered that the legs and skull belonged to the same person. Cnns jean casarez is with us now following the dev
six other employees face felony convictions for their involvement, facing all warts even putting tracking devices on the steiner s car and putting ads for sexual encounters at the couple s home. a bunch of people got fired. insane story. the lead with jake tapper starts now. is the u.s. on the brink of war? iran backed forces vowing revenge after u.s. and uk strikes against them in yemen. firepower after repeated attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. will last night s retaliatory strikes keep the groups at bay? and is president biden ready for what be next? in moments, we talked with spokeswoman from the pentagon. les, a blizzard creating a wideout in iowa three days before the republican caucus is how candidates are going with the backup plans to reach out to voters and try to get those voters to the caucuses on a very cold monday. and the brother of an israeli hostage told to leave this week and when his parents talk to the red cross to try to get the daughter
breaking news this hour on the 2024 race. the gop field is about to get more crowded. florida governor ron desantis set to announce his candidacy. we have new details on exactly how he plans to do it and with whom. plus a teenager now charged with threatening to kill or harm a president. the suspect set to make his first appearance in front of a judge. we ll take you live outside the courthouse. and texas lawmakers scheduled to vote today on a bill that would require the ten commandments be posted in every classroom in the state. it s all part of a national effort to insert religion into public life. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. well, the race to become the next republican presidential nominee is about to get more crowded, heated, and interesting. after months of speculation, we now know that florida governor ron desantis will announce his 2024 white house campaign on twitter with elon musk
out-of-control rage. we have details from investigators. kyiv is preparing for a major counter offensive as russia is facing more setbacks on the battlefield. four of its aircraft down in a single day. two of its understand commaers killed, as well. fighters also losing ground in the key eastern ukrainian town of bakhmut. and under investigation, a florida teacher says she might be in trouble for showing her students a disney move we a biracial and gay character. hear from the teacher and the parent who reported her ahead on cnn news central. we start this afternoon with breaking news. a violent attack at a congressman s office in virginia. police say a man with a baseball bat walked into the office of democrat jerry conley and assaulted two of his staff members, one of them an intern, her first day on the job. cnn s manu raju is here with the details. manu, walk us through what police say happened? yeah. this is a harrowing incident. in fact, i just got off the
a verdict in the proud boys trial. four out of the five members of the far right group facing seditious conspiracy charges were found guilty while all five were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct congress. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. a high-tech manhunt ends with an arrest. police track down the suspect in a deadly atlanta shooting with a network of cameras and an old-fashioned tip from the public. the suspect s mother speaking out this morning about the shooting, as well. and the worst wave of attacks on ukraine so far this year. kyiv rappelled a barrage of strikes and russia faces attacks after the drone explosion over the kremlin. still unclear who was behind that attack, but the u.s. calls russia s accusation ukraine did it on orders from the u.s., quote, ridiculous. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. four members of the proud boys have just been found guil