shooting at a los angeles area dance hall. we re going to join it live. be sure to stick with us for that. and it comes just hours after a deadly conclusion to a police standoff there. a s.w.a.t. team broke in to a white van, believed to be linked to last night s mass shooting at a lunar new year celebration in monterey park. earlier during an attempted traffic stop of this van, in torrance about 30 miles away, police heard a possible gunshot. the los angeles times says the driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot. and police now have to determine if the person they found behind the wheel is this man, the suspected gunman who opened fire at a ballroom dance studio, killing ten people and wounding ten others. we are covering all the angles of this developing story with our correspondents and experts. let s begin this hour with don lemon in monterey park. don? good evening to you, pamela. and it is a day of devastation here in monterey park, california. yet another shooting
running out. governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency for all 67 florida counties. six of them now under mandatory evacuation orders. live just a short time ago desantis gave this warning. the impacts will be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-sleetening storm surge. you don t want to put yourself in harm s way unnecessarily. and doesn t mean you need to go across god s creation to evacuate. just get to the higher ground, get into a safe structure. harris: fox weather and fox news reporters are stationed across the state of florida. we re tracking the storm 24/7 to keep you continuously updated. fox weather s nicole valdez reporting live from tampa. nicole. good morning. mandatory evacuations have been expanded for the tampa bay area and additional 90,000 people are now being told it is time to get out. that as we watch home and business owners put plywood
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two
police department for being so vigilant to spot the vehicle. thank you very much. we have a long way to go to heal this community. the police department here in monterey park will be present every moment of the day from this point on to make sure that this community remains safe. that s our commitment to everybody here. and we will continue to do that into the future. i would like to open it up for any questions. sheriff, the white van, [ inaudible ]? when we got to the van, it did have different plates, so i m assuming that they were stolen. they weren t the plates that long on the van. and did they get a hit off of it? was ate camera hit that hit on that stolen plate? it was something similar to that and that s, again, part of our partnerships with all of our agencies and some of the process that we used to catch a very dangerous person and get him off
pursuing them now. harris: what is the rule of engagement? do you get to fire back? if they use deadly force on you, of course you can. a lot of our drivers now are confirmed gang members so not he have you are mexico-based gangs in the u.s. now. this is the county line right here, i think. we will be harris: how do you assist them from the air? they are tracking a group of 9 or 10 from a camera hit that went off several hours ago and so they will ask for our assistance and we roll in they will usually say we re tracking this sign and it is going in a northeast direction. once the helicopter gets overhead in the area, the suspects will go ahead and brush