and we meet a rather bright four year old, who s become the uk s youngest member of mensa, and can count to 100 in six languages. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 3pm in california, where the death toll from one of the states worst mass shootings has risen to 11. doctors say one of the the people injured in the attack died from extensive injuries. officials have also identified two of the victims. two women my nhan and lilan li were both in their 605. the suspected gunman was found dead by police on sunday. 72 year old huu can tran had a self inflicted gunshot wound. his motive for the attack is still unclear. the shooting happened as celebrations for lunar new year were under way in the city of monterey park, known for its large asian population. sophie long has more. that is the auestion sophie long has more. that is the question that sophie long has more. that is the question that everyone
going forward, and it s noting that the special counsel isn t technically up and running yet. this has a number of steps to go and is very much a live process. we learned yesterday you and kaitlan collins reported the chief of staff is going to be stepping down and going to be replaced by jeff zients. he s very well known in washington and also very well known in the building behind me. he was president biden s covid response coordinator when he first came into office when the pandemic was raging throughout the country. he was the co-chair of his transition team as well. before that he served in a number of high-ranking positions inside the obama administration. ron klain is obviously a powerful chief of staff and has his hands in everything that comes across the president s desk, across the administration. his departure is significant, someone who has known and worked with the president for decades and has been integral to the operations in the building. it was something
the california governor, good afternoon newsom, set to speak with members of media. you see that on the left-hand side of the screen as he visits monterey park, the latest city in this country to be devastated by gun violence. we are just learning in the last couple of minutes that yet another person has now died. somebody who is being treated for their injuries, did not survive. that brings the number of people killed to 11. the shooting at a ballroom dance hall on saturday. we will bring more live with more what we re learning today on who these victims are. the investigation into this alleged shooter, his motive, after he died by suicide on sunday as police closed in. i m hallie jackson in washington. let s get you right out to california now with nbc news correspondent josh lederman, live first in monterey park, justice and intelligence correspondent den dilanian and federal former prosecutor and georgetown law professor and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. josh, let me s
mitt romney in all 50 of the delegates beat newt gingrich by a wider margin and beat him in south carolina. the former house speaker let his lecturn do the talking. 46 states to go. seven states are up for grabs. the caucuses in maine goes on for a week. wolf blitzer was watching it all last night great election coverage once again. dominating florida, some might look at the comments that he made, certainly to our soledad o brien. he told soledad, i m not concerned about the very poor. she pressed on it. let s listen to what she said and then i want to ask you about it. my campaign is focused on middle-class americans. you can focus on the rich, that s not my focus. you can focus on my very poor. that s not my focus. my focus is on middle-income americans, retirees living on social security, people who can t find work. folks that have kids getting tr ready to go to college. is this going to spell trouble for him? he said it inartfully. he tried to explain what he meant