have more to share later on. i want to bring in our senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz shimon, what more are you hearing there? we know that this happened before the bank was open around 8 30, which gives us a little bit of a clue of what may have been going on and who the suspect who is now dead is right. and by all accounts at this point based on what we re hearing from witnesses and law enforcement, this is quite a chaotic scene. police officers arriving and then within minutes that they were there they had encountered . according to police. they were fired upon. there were gunshots , and then we have seen indications where glass has been broken at the front. what appears to be the front of this bank has happened. as you said around 8 30 this morning before the bank was open for business. we re hearing from people inside the bank having to hide inside the vault the bank s vault to try and protect themselves and police. we believe this point encountered
trying to do harm to others, make people feel the pain he was feeling. that s the man that law enforcement is calling a hero for disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more of that interview in the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time a gunman appears to have targeted his co-workers. the string of gun violence has president biden once again calling on law makers to pass bills banning assault style weapons. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with another mass shooting this one in northern california. a man opened fire at two landscaping nurseries killing seven people in half moon bay south of san francisco. an eighth victim is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. the suspect is 67-year-old chun lee t
as vladimir putin announced a major escalation in the war in ukraine. this all happening overnight calling up reservists and threatening a possible nuclear response as he suffers major setbacks on the battlefield, and in the geopolitical landscape. plus, the latest in the trump documents case as it goes before the special master, the former president s attorneys refuse to back up their claim that trump declassified the documents before taking them to his club in florida. we ll have the reaction from the judge and it is quite telling. also, the attorney general of new york is set to make a major aa nounsa-of- announce. we ll discuss what that announcement might be. and new developments in the story of the migrants flown to martha s vineyard with some sent to the massachusetts island now filing a class action lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. we ll have all of the details on that. with us, host of way too early, jonathan lemire. and former aide of the geo
kevin mccarthy keeps making concessions and republican insurgents say not enough and humiliating mccarthy by denying him the gavel. and the 19-year-old who attacked three new york police officers with a machete new years eve wanted to become a taliban martyr. and this from one of donald trump s most trusted aides, we all look like domestic terrorists now. revealing a realtime reaction from senators and others as the mob laid siege of the united states capitol. and who s on first among house republicans, except it isn t funny because of the giant issues the country faces as nancy pelosi and democrats yield to the new and narrow gop majority. today kevin mccarthy s title remains house republican leader. by this time tomorrow his hope is to be the speaker of the house. to wield the gavel, to be second in line to the presidency, but despite years of planning and campaigning for this it very moment, mccarthy is still short votes and even some allies see mccarthy s math pro
and the big questions are, can the democrats somehow defy history, and hold on to the house, or are republicans poised for a big win? high inflation, gas prices, is the continuing covid pandemic, president biden s parties facing voters in a very bad mood this year. all republicans need to do to win the senate is to pick up one seat. it sounds easy enough, but are they actually in the process of shooting themselves in the four? how about, former president donald trump, is he helping or hurting the gop effort? and he does end up hurting it, will he end up hurting himself, when it comes to 2024? what about the end of roe v. wade? is it mobilizing democrats? and then, there is that major shift that we saw in 2020. hispanic voters abandoning democrats, and voting republican. it is accelerating even more this year. 99 days to go. let s get to it. let s start at the place where at least, for me it s all gonna and in 99 days from now, or i should say, it will start two and 99 days fr