murder. lucas tomlinson is here with details. lucas: chaos in a matter of seconds, richmond police chief describe one suspect. another individual is in custody, 19 years old, we believe was involved in the shooting. in consultation with the attorney s office, we plan to seek charges for second degree murder times two for that individual, with more potential charges to follow. lucas: seeven people were shot and two killed at the graduation at virginia commonwealth university. at least 12 others were injured. witnesses describe the scene as utter chaos. 20 gunshots were heard. a witness described elderly people getting knocked to the ground. among the dead, a male student and a man who attended the graduation. it took place a mile from the state building. glenn youngkin says our hearts break, tonight we grieve for classmates, neighbors and the richmond community. multiple handguns were discovered at the scene. todd: tough story there. fox news alert, pope frances underg
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th
and remembering an icon. tina turner the queen of rock & roll. and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there s just one week until the treasury secretary s estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the country s aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a solution. here is what speaker mccarthy had to say just this morning. everybody is very professional in these meetings. look, i m a total optimist. we will get this done, and we will have a better bill because of it. and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc s dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? no, that s exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. t
thank you so much for joining me. ukraine s president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden s meeting with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very subst
solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr