zients is in. all right. good monday morning to all of you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. officials in southern california last night identifying the gunman who killed ten people and wounded another ten at a ballroom in monterey park, that s east of downtown l.a. he is 72-year-old huu can tran. authorities say he died by suicide hours later after police stopped him at a shopping center 45 minutes away in torrance. when officers exited their patrol vehicle to contact the occupant, they heard one gunshot coming from within the van. our sheriffs s.w.a.t. team approached and cleared the van and determined the suspect sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. l.a. sheriff robert luna says the shooter s motive is still under investigation. cnn s natasha chen is on the ground in monterey park with more. reporter: on sunday evening, on lunar new year, when this community was
Breaking news. Israel is unleashing intense new air strikes on gaza tonight as it is expanding its Ground Operations there as well. The war against hamas heating up. Nearly three full weeks after the surprise hamas Terror Attack on israel. Phone lines and other communications have been cut off. Civilians caught in the cr crossfire. The United States says it is in talks with israel about a humanitarian pause to try to allow the potential release of more hostages held by hamas. White house insisting negotiations aimed at freeing more captives is ongoing. Breaking in the United States, divers join the search for the Mass Shooting in maine. Sources tell cnn the gun apparently used was bought just days before. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We are witnessing here in the middle east, we are witnessing a clear escalation in the is israel hamas war. The Israeli Military declaring it is operating forcefully on all fronts,
now, he will have to not only help biden work the divided government, but he is also seen as a chief of staff which is one of biden picked him as someone who can implement the large policies that president biden and the white house were able to shepherd through congress over the last year. but, of course, he will have his work cut out for him when president biden has really kind of tumultuous next few months while in office. a lot to do. jasmine, nice to see you this morning. thank you. the gun police say a first grader, a 6-year-old, used to shoot his teacher in newport news, virginia, was kept on the top shelf of his mother s bedroom closet. that s according to the attorney representing the child s family. who tells cnn the gun had been secured by a trigger lock. it s not clear how the 6-year-old was able to reach or unlock the weapon. the gun was legally purchased by the child s mother who could face charges. teacher abby zwerner has been released from the hospital and will cont
no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on. breaking overnight. new information in a san francisco shooting. a source with knowledge of the investigation telling cnn the gun used by the suspect belonged to a federal agent. this news coming as the suspect who has admitted in tv interviews to shooting kate steinle pleaded not guilty to murder. for the latest let s go to sara snidner in san francisco. reporter: a strange twist to this case. a source with knowledge to the investigation told us indeed the gun that was used in this trace actually traced back to a federal agent. now, we don t know which one and we don t know how that all came about, but we understand the gun was recovered in this case. this is happening on the same day that the suspect juan francisco lopez sanchez was in court. he was asked whether or not he was guilty or not guilty of the crime of murder in the kate steinle case and he said, in
hillary clinton speaking out against the city of san francisco and its treatment of undocumented immigrants. she blames san francisco s sanctuary city law and local officials for failing to hand an undocumented felon over to federal authorities before the man allegedly shot a woman to death at a public pier. the city made a mistake. the city made a mistake not to deport someone that the federal government strongly felt should be deported. so i have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on. new information in that san francisco shooting. sources telling cnn the gun used by the suspect belonged to a federal agent. that suspect, a repeat felon, was illegally in the country and pleading not guilty to murder on tuesday. in san francisco for us this morning is cnn s sara sidner. reporter: a strange twist to this case. a source with knowledge to the investigation told us, indeed,