a convicted italian mafia killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run. he was hiding out as a pizza chef. and covid, vaccines and those conspiracy theories. we speak to the microsoft founder, bill gates. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain their oversimplistic explanation. and we begin in the us, where the department of defense says a chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over the northern us. officials at the pentagon say the balloon had flown over the state of montana, but haven t revealed its current location. these are the first pictures we have received, which are believed to be of the baloon. the department of defense says the baloon was most certainly launched by china, but there s been no word yet from beijing. the pentagon press secretary brigadier general pat ryder posted a statement on the department of defense website, saying the balloon is being tracked. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has been follow
park, california where investigators are searching for what motivated a man to kill ten people on saturday night at a dance studio during lunar new year. police have identified the gunman as 72-year-old huu can tran. he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as officers closed in on his vehicle following a massive manhunt and this morning we re hearing from one fts heros who helped so stop the carnage. a 26-year-old man who subdued and disarmed the gunman at a second location is speaking out for the very first time. natasha chen joining me now with this hero s riveting account. good morning. what did he say. reporter: well, brandon tsay said he was cleaning up after most customers have gone at the lailai dance studio in alhambra and wasn t paying attention to the front door but he heard it close and he saw this man and heard the sound of metal rubbing together. this man, he said, seemed as if he was not looking for money. not as if hes with trying to rob anybody
preplanned this attack for several weeks. people need to place to go when they re going to do harm. neil: people making sense of that awful attack on innocence. we re learning a little more about the alleged shooter. let s get the latest from mike tobin ahead of authorities giving us an update as well in highland park. mike? neil, the very sad detail today is that another of the shooting victims as you mentioned succumbed to the victories. the death total here from the highland park parade shooting is now at 7. we re getting more details about the suspected gunman. bobby eugene crimo iii, 21 years old. he lived in his father s basement. police say he dressed like a woman on the day of attack to avoid detection. the weapon used is a rifle similar to an ar-15 purchased legally in illinois. crimo possessed another rifle and additional guns. he accessed the roof from which he fired 70 rounds down on spectators. he dropped his rife and blended in with the crowd. following
loneliness, depression and alcoholabuse. he loneliness, depression and alcohol abuse. he has not appeared in person for previous hearings, so this will be the first time that nick kyrgios has appeared in court, so quite clearly his lawyers believe he is quite a talented man on the tennis court but are very troubled person off, and in the next few hours it will be up to a magistrate as to what will happen next. phil mercer reporting. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: meeting the man behind microsoft. we talk covid vaccines and conspiracy theories with bill gates. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa s white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. mission control: three, two, one.
pieces of evidence were found inside of the van linking the suspect to both locations in monterey park and alhambra. in addition, a handgun was discovered inside of the van. so just remarkable police work here, sharing that information and getting that blasted out to officers around the region. and there was one officer who located that van. there are still a lot of questions about the suspect s past that investigators are looking into. we don t yet know the motive. we don t know what set this person off. and of course it is worth pointing out, we may never know the answer to that question. the suspect deceased, shot with a self-inflicted gunshot wound sunday here in california, don. hopefully we ll get more details and in the hours ahead. josh, stick with me because you could help me with the next interview because i want in now analyst jonathan wackrow. thank you. welcome to the program.