how quickly and how easily it came off, how much better i felt, what a change it made so fast. i feel like anything is possible after accomplishing what i ve done with golo. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. the department of justice just delivered a major blow to the new gop-controlled house. in a letter to chairman jim jordan, the department signaled it may not fulfill house requests for information on ongoing investigations. as you know, there are now special counsel investigations into how president joe biden and former president trump handled classified material. cnn s sara murray and jessica dean join me now. what does the letter from the justice department say? reporter: jim jordan has asked doj for all kinds of things, all kinds of documents and staff briefings and in this letter, they re saying, thank you so much for your interest, but here are the guidelines around what we re going to be able to give you a
enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and 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 the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
monterey park, california. a gunman opened fire inside a dance studio near lunar new year celebrations saturday night. that suspect is a 72-year-old man who targeted another local after his initial rampage. police say he then took his own life, after an hours-long standoff in a parking lot the following day. he was disarmed by two community members they consider to be heroes. pause they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i m describing as a magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large-capacity magazine. and just ahead, you re going to hear from one of the men who confronted and fought off the gunman, one of those heroes, fighting him off before he could open fire at that second dance studio. let s begin this hour with cnn s senior national correspondent, kyung lah who s on the scene there in monterey park, california. so kyung, what more ca
thanks for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. joe biden is on his way to the southern border ahead of the north american leader summit in mexico city. moments ago, he boarded air force one and departed for el paso, texas, where he will eventually assess the situation along the border for himself. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. his administration is under fire from republicans and some democrats over the migrant crisis along the southern border. el paso, texas, had seen a record level of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in recent weeks, hoping a trump era law blocking border crossings would be lifted. cnn s correspondent is at the white house for us. so this trip comes just days after biden unveiled a new immigration plan. what more can you tell us about the president s visit and his goals? reporter: joe biden will spend roughly three hours in el paso, texas, a city that s been at the center of the immigration debate for years now. it
all i could think is how, and why. the whole stadium, paying tribute to damar hamlin in the first nfl game since his collapse the reason why this former coach broke down in tears. why police are looking for a customer who killed an armed robber at a taco shop, all of it captured on camera. green flag for the great driverless car competition no one at the wheel, no remote controls, who will win the race to the future? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening, i m hallie jackson, in for jose although one political drama is over tonight, another is just beginning. for now, speaker of the house kevin mccarthy because, well yes, after four days and 15 votes, he has finally won that speaker s gavel. now, he has to use it to actually govern. we saw the infighting in his own republican party play out live on the house floor with mccarthy confronting some of his critics face to face. then this, one lawmaker physically pulling another back f