the lead starts right now. 11 victims now dead with the latest update from the hospital from the massacre in monterey park, california. today what we re learning about the victims and what we re trying to piece together about the 72-year-old gunman s motive. he s been described as quick to anger. plus, a high ranking fbi official now in federal custody. he s facing money laundering charges and questions about his connections to a sanctioned russian billionaire. plus the bizarre defense in court for the january 6th rioter who kicked up his feet on the desk in speaker pelosi s offic. how a stun gun in his pants was key evidence in the case. we start with our nation lead-in. a search for answers in monterey bay, california. what started out as a festive lunar new year celebration in the town outside los angeles became a nightmare on saturday when a 72-year-old asian man opened fire inside a dance studio. this afternoon we learned the death toll has risen to 11 with 10 o
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
update us on what took place there in torrance this afternoon, but we understand, from talking to our sources that law enforcement officers with the l.a. county sheriff s department were able to enter a white cargo van earlier this afternoon. that is believed to be connected to the monterey park mass shooting that happened last night. let me go to camilla bernal who is on the scene there for us. she was just listening into this press conference. i guess the one useful thing that was said there, and of course, throat understand that they want to, you know, reassure people in that community that things are safe, and that, i suppose is the purpose of that news conference, which is all well and good. but the useful thing that came out of that news conference is that they did announce that there s going to be a separate press briefing later on this evening here on the east coast, but later in the afternoon for you there on the west coast, it sounded as though he said 4:30 in the a
looks at them in the crumbled aisles and says as a kid in the 80s, when i saw that, i felt it. i wasn t chinese. i had no idea of the history of japan and china. but as a black kid in america, i understood the need to stand up to your old pressers. i eventually understood that all oppressed people struggles are connected. but like me, and bruises or the same. but of course, way more to asian than it meant to me. but his fight on screen were nothing compared to his fights off screen, a fight for representation and media, a fight to end racism by featuring march large to everybody. a fight to stand up for his people. anti asian attack hate crimes, as we, know they ve been rising sharply. this episode is about asian americans, how they re still fighting those fights. no more height! no more hate! is this happening? it s happening. oh my god. don t touch it. that s all mine. don t touch it. oh, you knew at the end of the table, i was that. sh
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, defending the indefensible. tonight, investigators in georgia are trying to determine the motive of an alleged 21-year-old gunman who killed eight people, six of whom were asians. the fbi director says it does not appear to be racially motivated. but it comes in the midst of an anti-asian crime wave in this country that is down right disgusting. in a hearing today on capitol hill, which the whole purpose of this hearing was to raise awareness about the rise of anti-asian violence, congressman chip roy used his time to attack the very community the hearing was designed to protect and then even went on to glorify lynching. hear it for yourself. there s an old saying in texas about find a rope in texas and find a tall tree. i m not going to be ashamed to say i oppose the chicom. whether talking about the chinese communist party, whatever phrasing we want to use, some people say we think those guys are the bad guys, for whatever reason. and