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a helicopter crash in ukraine killing top officials and some children. the maga king who falsely claimed fraud said he's the one behind the attacks. george santos qualified to serve on two house committees even though no one's sure what his real qualifications are. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. we begin with this breaking news. tragedy in ukraine. devastating helicopter crash. the chopper plunged to the ground near a kindergarten. the crash killing ukraine's interior minister and leadership team and killing so...

Rapidly developing story? >> reporter: well, christine, as if ukraine hasn't experienced enough horror and enough tragedy. this morning e's events are tru devastating. you can see the area behind me where the helicopter crashed in. the latest information we're getting is that 18 people were killed including all nine people on board. that includes the interior minister, deputy, secretary of state. six others. we know that at least three children have been killed, but as you can probably see behind me, there's now an enormous emergency services and rescue and recovery response. basically what th...

Down fast. so, he had a very serious problem. when he executed that left turn, he wasn't continuing on for pushing a button and seeing the nearest airport there. he was turning around to come back. that tells me he had a very serious situation that was ongoing. >> j.p. we appreciates morning e learn more. we will keep our viewers updated throughout the next fewer hours. >> sad story. thank you. >> thank you. 37 minutes after the hour. brand new surveillance video showing the chaotic scene from an indianapolis mall shooting. this week. the man in white running for his life as a suspect dressed ...

The european union, maybe the russians be can be helpful although they have been a big part of the problem because they don't want the ukraine to move into the or bit of the european union. >> i want to talk about russia in just a second. so the vice president spoke with the ukrainian president saying it's the government's responsibility to de escalate the violence. we now have this morning e leaders threatening sanctions. beyond that, to is a sovereign country. is there much more that the u.s. can do to step in? >> well, we are per received as leaders there. the ukraine is a great country wit...

Issue when congress comes back in january. >> what this president's position on how to handle iran even after this deal? >> well, today we have new information from the state department. the spokesman telling us in the last few moments, as everyone reacts to the news, saying that the negotiators took a break over the holidays but now perhaps some new emtuesday because -- impetus because of what happened inmonday morning e working on details how to move forward that the secretary of state cut a few weeks ago. that showses there's some urgency in the administration. the president in his news con...