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
determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for the past few weeks, we have endured, seemingly, and this barrage of stories about the republican candidate in particular, herschel walker. there have been reports about domestic abuse allegations, having secret children, paying for an ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he wasn t ready to be a father, that the ex girlfriend was also the mother of one of secrets children, and had to press walker to pay for the abo
great show, chris, have a great weekend, my friend. you too! y fr thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. we have a lot to get to. every senate race in the country is essentially the most important senate race in the country, with dozens of election deniers on the ballot, and democracy itself hanging in the balance. not one of them is more critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for
critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for the past few weeks, we have endured, seemingly, and this barrage of stories about the republican candidate in particular, herschel walker. there have been reports about domestic abuse allegations, having secret children, paying for an ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he wasn t ready to be a father, that the ex girlfriend was also the mother of
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote