en that is something we are all extremely we want to know. a gunman attacks a dance hall. we ll have the latest on a mass shooting in america. plus, a search of president biden s home turns up more classified documents. the white house tries to track down any remaining files with sensitive information. and also ahead, we ll explain what s behind a disagreement among allies over supplying tanks to ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 23rd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the deadly mass shooting saturday night in monterey park, california. ten people were killed. at least ten others were injured when a man opened fire inside a ballroom packed with people who were celebrating the lunar new year. authorities say the 72-year-old gunman died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot as police closed in on his van in a parking lot in torrence, california. that s about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. the
call. 35-year-old police sergeant dustin delmonte, father of two with another child on the way. he was a 2019 officer of the year, school resource officer and an advisor for the explorer cadet program. also killed in the gunfire, a 35-year-old officer who leaves behind a wife. the officer was also an advisor to the cadet program. heartbreakingly we have another shooting in raleigh, north carolina, to tell you about where five people have been killed including an off-duty police officer. 29-year-old gabriel torres, after a gunman who was just 15 years old, opened fire yesterday along a walking trail with at least two others wounded critically. the suspect was taken into custody and is in critical condition. before last night s horrific shooting the fraternal order of police tweeting since monday, at least 12 police officers have been shot. the spewing of anti-police rhetoric and the failed policies of prosecutors and judges are placing our officers in greater danger. the cult
there on the 4th of july as well. hello and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith. and look who is here. nice to see you. john has some time off, i m bill hemmer. this is america reports and good afternoon to you at home. we expect police to provide new details on the alleged plot very soon. richmond about two hours south of washington, d.c. sandra: we find our own mike emmanuel, live with us. we know in about an hour richmond police chief smith is going to brief reporters here in richmond on a plot, a tip they received related to a proposed mass shooting event in richmond on the 4th of july. we know arrests were made, weapons were seized, and beyond that law enforcement has been pretty tight lipped at this point. there was some violence over the holiday weekend in richmond, virginia as there was in many american cities, but it sounds like it could have been a whole lot worse. plans for a mass casualty attack around our national holiday and at this point it sounds li
[ gunshots ] police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. we ll take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select committee. we are watching that closely. first, our top story japan s former prime minister shinzo abe, the longest serving prime minister, assassinated during a campaign speech. cnn senior correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei, taiwan. the circumstances of this particularly in a country with so few instances of gun violence just shocking. what more do we know about the shooter and the circumstances? reporter: yeah. you re talking about a country with half the population of the unite
Mr. Morath happy to be here. Host lets start with the headline from the wall street journal today the u. S. Economy , is hitting milestones not seen in more than a decade, marked by a robust hiring that has led to lowered unemployment and sustained pickup and output, Labor Department data shows nonfarm payrolls a seasonally adjusted record 86 straight months of expansion. It also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Mr. Morath we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion. We have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are seeing that starting to pay off for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet that demand. Host are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Mr. Morath i think it is performing pretty close to