we ll hear from both sides of the legal debate. he s the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of democrats, now investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign was funded by fentanyl. also, this a massive loss for music. david crosby dying at 81. we ll speak live with one of his best friends. cnn this morning starts right now. to all of those stories in just a moment, but first we need to talk about ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, making a desperate plea for more weapons before it is too late. there are signs that russia is regrouping and preparing to launch a major offensive. and cnn has learned cia director bill burns personally flew to kyiv for a secret meeting with zelenskyy to brief him on vladimir putin s plans. this morning, the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is at ram stein air base in germany to huddle with western allies. president zelenskyy spoke virtually at the meeting. the war st
good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
accomplices to shoot up the homes of democrats and now investigators want to know if drug sales fuelled his campaign. and elise stephanic is denying she knew anything about george santos deceptions. she spent a year doing everything in her power to get him elected in that district. cnn is going to take a look at that relationship. it is a busy money morning but first we ll get to this. the nation reeling from the deadliest mass shooting since uvalde. investigators senching for a motive after a gunman massacred ten people and wounded others at a ballroom dance hall here in southern california. police say the gunman shot killed himself when police finally tracked him down after his bloody rampage. cnn is learning he used to be a frequent here at the dance hall he attacked. we re told the shooter went to a second dance hall after the shooting to kill more victims but the people inside wrestled away his gun before he could hurt anybody and drove off in his van. he was disa
park shooting is dead. officials are expected to hold a press conference in the next half an hour. when they take the mic, update the case, will receive here on american voices, live. law enforcement earlier today, inspected a white van they believe was connected to the gunmen. the van was a nearby torrance, california, the man inside was possibly the suspect is dead. on saturday, night ten people were killed inside a dance studio, ten more were injured. working one of the worst mass in recent memory. the shooting happened near the city s lunar new year celebration. thousands have gathered saturday with predominantly asian community. police today released this photo of who they believe is the suspect. he s described as an older asian male, dark complexion, wearing glasses. standing at about five foot ten, 150 pounds. here is how one of the witnesses describe the situation. we heard sounds going off. i was like, fireworks. then i knew for a fact, it wasn t fireworks when i
sean. high school police departmet is slamming a student and the video is shocking and the impact that ll have on elections. first, the white house is trying to back away from president biden s end of the world rhetoric as biden ran from reporter s questions about the comments on friday. he told democrat fundraiser think about it. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis and said putin is not joking when talking about potential of tactical and nuclear weapons. those were a hot topic today on the sunday s shows from a former chairman of joint chiefs of staff to trump s former secretary of state. biden s rhetoric is being called wreck less. you re about at the top of the language scale if you will and we need to back off that a little bit. what he told putin by saying armageddon, you strengthened putin and gave him confidence to think that biden s scared. those comments were reckless and i think that even more importan