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hey, there, i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom. >> i'm alisonyn camerota. top officials are mourning a dozen of their own but not clear if the deaths are caused by an attack, an accident or something else. 14 people were killed after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in the kyiv suburb. the dead are a crew, child and nine government officials and staff including the ukrainian interior minister. >> last year cnn reviewed the minister 42 years old a lawyer and politics trying to reform and engine on the ground. the leaders and held a moment of silence for the victims...

shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. >> he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn's josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? >> reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerq...

Out your politics or election denying or whatever it might be with acts of violence, shooting firearms into homes, is unacceptable. we're going to do everything we can to bring all the individuals involved, including mr. pena to justice. >> reporter: this hearing is about to get under way. we expect it to be brief, but one key thing we're watching is whether the judge in this case determines if the suspect is an ongoing threat to the public, if he is remanded without bond. >> thank you. >> thank you, josh campbell. joining us is one of the officials targeted by pena. this is debbie o'malley....

>> you follow the court's investigation and he's becoming more aggressive in the manner and asking them to do activities that clearly put lives in danger. >> it's unacceptable at every level. it doesn't matter if they're democrats or republicans. we're going to do everything we can to bring all the individuals involved including mr. pena to justice. >> this is exactly what law enforcement has been warning about, there are people out there receiving these election lies, believing them, internalizing them and can prove to be dangerous. we reached out to an attorney for pena for comment. we are w...