it comes after another gunman killed 11 people during lunar new year celebrations near los angeles. a search for answers tonight. tornado damage reported in texas as a powerful storm sweeps across the eastern half of the u.s. 83 million under winter alerts. al roker is here. the major reversal for the u.s. deciding to send abrams tanks to ukraine. how it could reshape the battlefield. ticketmaster on the hot seat on capitol hill after the taylor swift ticket debacle. what the company blames for the mess. and after disappointment at the beijing olympics, american mikaela shiffrin making history on the slopes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for being with us. a big development tonight in the ongoing fallout and questions over the handling of classified documents at the highest levels. we learned today that documents marked classified have been found in the private indiana home of former vice president mike pence. i
hands up. and here we go again. welcome to cnn this morning. good morning, everyone. you see poppy there. kaitlan is on assignment and i m don lemon. an american crisis. california suffer egg its third mass shooting in just three days. the nation as whole up to nearly 40 mass shootings in 2023. this year is just over three weeks old right now. look at this map. nearly 70 people killed already in mat shootings. 70 people living new year s day along side friends and family no longer here. this deadly month coming after america suffer ed 670 shootings last year, a significant jump from five or six years ago. one includes fourth graders inside their classroom. there are nearly 400 million privately-owned firearms in the u.s. that s 120 guns for every 100 americans. no other nation has more civilian guns than people. in 2019 the number of americans who died from gun violence was 1 times than developed countries. the u.s. is only develop the nation to have mass shootings eve
crackdown. what that means to the war effort now. and ticketmaster is in the spotlight. a senate hearing digging into the taylor swift foe asco. that is what we re watching at this hour. i m kate bolduan. p another deadly mass shooting in california. it is the third in three days. this is in a statement where some of the strongest gun laws in the country. seven people were killed in half moon bay south of san francisco. the gunman attacking two plant nurseries. and in a wild twist, at rest of the suspect all played out before tv cameras. police apprehended the 67-year-old suspect within hours of the killing. he is believed to work at one of the locations that he attacked. let s begin with veronica miracle in half moon bay with the latest on this investigation. reporter: kate, this horrific mass shooting took place at two different locations here in half moon bay, about five minutes from each other. that first 911 call came in just before 2:30 in the afternoon yesterda
culprit. yet another dose of gun violence adding to a string of shootings already staining the headlines. right now, police in washington state rushing to find this man, officials say he walked into a yakima gas station last night opening fire and killing three. he then possibly carjacked a fourth person. let s get straight to cnn s lucy kafanov. lucy, what do we know? reporter: john, the details are still coming in. three people, at least three people are dead following that overnight shooting at a circle k store in yakima, washington, that the man responsible for firing those shots is still at large. matt murray, the yakima police chief calling this individual dangerous telling reporters, quote, it s random so there is a danger to the community. we don t have motive and we don t know why. when officers arrived to the scene they initially found three deceased individuals at the circle k store. they quickly realized there was a second incident, a shooting mow tensionally
trying to do harm to others, make people feel the pain he was feeling. that s the man that law enforcement is calling a hero for disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more of that interview in the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time a gunman appears to have targeted his co-workers. the string of gun violence has president biden once again calling on law makers to pass bills banning assault style weapons. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with another mass shooting this one in northern california. a man opened fire at two landscaping nurseries killing seven people in half moon bay south of san francisco. an eighth victim is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. the suspect is 67-year-old chun lee t