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murder charge. we're going to take you there live inside the courtroom as soon as it begins. there on the left-hand side of your screen, live pictures from inside that courtroom. we are also following devastating scenes outside the ukrainian capital this morning. at least 17 people are dead and dozens more hurt after a helicopter carrying the ukrainian interior minister and his team crashed near a kindergarten. officials say eight victims were locales. children and their parents on the way to school. and let's begin there this morning. cnn chief international correspondent claris...

be denied the speaker's gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we're watching "at this hour." thanks for being here. i'm kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we're following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to l...

Opposing mccarthy in the initial round. all of those members including controversial members like green and gosar will have a hand in shaping some of the most aggressive investigations into the biden administration. with us now cnn political commentator republican strategist al stewart and john avalon. john, the republicans didn't want to set a precedent on capitol hill by not giving a guy who admitted to lying about much if not most of his past a committee assignment so they gave him bad committee assignments. only in the house do you get this kind of justification. we didn't give him good ...

We cannot let personal politics place the safety of the united states at risk. in the statement they want kevin mccarthy to be speaker but how real is this risk and warning? >> reporter: yeah, i mean part of it is an effort to pressure the members to fall if line. part tvof it is reality. this is not a functioning legislative branch of government not functioning because the first step in the new congress, in the 118th congress must be to elect a speaker. after that, they can't organize the committees, the members that get the national security clearances, they can't get some of the key briefin...