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hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. welcome to the new house. kevin mccarthy starts his speakership with a giant fight over the rules. republican hopes to stop fighting and start governing clouded by the same math problem that dogged mccarthy s battle to win the gavel. plus, a summit surrounded by tension. president biden is in mexico for a big meeting of the three amigos. he is there one day after his first up close look at a persistent humanitarian and political problem, the southern border. and rioters stoked by lies about an election breach barricades, ran sack offices, and set fire to a democratic institution. brazil s far right copies the january 6th model with its own attempted coup. we begin today with kevin mccarthy s first big test now that the gavel is finally his. house republicans today returned to the capitol to adopt a rules package, a blueprint designed to govern the next two years
festive nights of the year. how this case is an outlier on so many levels, from the age of the suspect to the age of the victims, to the town where it happened, traditionally known as one of the country s best places to live. plus, democratic congressman ruben gallego wants wants to che arizona independent kyrsten sinema for her senate seat. how it could pave the way for something we rarely see, a three-way race that could help decide control of the senate. finally, yeah, it may be hard to believe, but we have entered year four of the covid pandemic. how do we balance the fact all of us are ready for this to be over with with the fact that we are still averaging nearly 50,000 new cases every week? we will start in southern california where police are trying to put the pieces together in one of the more unusual mass shootings in recent memory. a 72-year-old man is accused of opening fire inside a popular dance hall in monterey park. it was filled with mostly senior citizen
in her murder. new video shows the losing republican candidate visiting the home of democrats before he allegedly organized the shootings that targeted him. he once pushed 9/11 conspiracy theories, now marjorie taylor greene is sitting on a committee with access to secrets. george santos will sit on the small business committee. cnn this morning starts right now. first, tragedy on the outskirts of ukrainian s capital. seven people are dead including ukraine s interior minister. four children are among the dead with 11 more being treated in the hospital. we re live at the scene in ukraine. what are you seeing clarissa? reporter: don, you can probably see behind me there are still rescue workers on the scene here. they have been combing through that building for hours trying to make sure there is nobody else inside because basically this is where the helicopter crashed. the building right behind me was clipped and then the helicopter nose dived into the playground. we
[ inaudible question ] not in detail at this time, other than what i described earlier, that the this suspect walked in, armed. he was disarmed by a couple individuals. that s that s [ inaudible question ] reporter: chinese new year s events in this area? changes, we ll immediately notify our community through all of you. reporter: the weapon found at alhambra, was that a long rifle? an ar? it was not an assault rifle. thank you. reporter: the events yesterday, with thousands of people, i wonder if there s any safety measures in place before that happened, like what were we doing before that? are you speaking about the lunar new year event? reporter: yes. were you there yesterday? reporter: yes. thousands of people. i had dozens of officers around, some in uniform, some not, tactical officers walking around with long guns. dr drones were overhead. it s impossible to screen everybody for weapons. yesterday was a safe event, primarily because of d