at least 83 people, many of them policemen, were killed and many others injured. an investigation is under way into how a suicide bomber breached tight security. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. how good is the biden administration at multitasking when it comes to international security crises? this year, we re likely to find out. as the us continues to lead the western response to putin s all out invasion of ukraine, it must prepare for another looming showdown with iran. the attempt to revive a deal to curb tehran s nuclear ambitions is as good as dead. the iranian government is enriching uranium, repressing its people, and arming moscow with drones. my guest isjoe biden s iran envoy, robert malley. he s the arch diplomat. but where does the us go when diplomacy fails? robert malley in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s great to have you on the show. you ve had two years now, trying to
violations, but because doj s apparently opened their own criminal investigation into the congressman, so they want the fcc to defer to that criminal mastication. there s been lots of news recently about republican congressman and a con man george santos, but doj trying to clear the field of other law enforcement agencies, because they ve got in those types of potential prosecution, that s a new development in a significant one that is worth watching in the days ahead that s gonna do it freshman elbow, now it s time for the last word the great ali velshi is in for lawrence, communing ali. i appreciate your minus by medusa, in the early days the war her team really depended amadou city give us some of the best reporting we can get from people who understood what was going on in russia these are the little pockets of resistance around which people cling. they come to, them out of medusa can stay alive, a number of russians who are going where this war, they don t really und
zients is in. all right. good monday morning to all of you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. officials in southern california last night identifying the gunman who killed ten people and wounded another ten at a ballroom in monterey park, that s east of downtown l.a. he is 72-year-old huu can tran. authorities say he died by suicide hours later after police stopped him at a shopping center 45 minutes away in torrance. when officers exited their patrol vehicle to contact the occupant, they heard one gunshot coming from within the van. our sheriffs s.w.a.t. team approached and cleared the van and determined the suspect sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. l.a. sheriff robert luna says the shooter s motive is still under investigation. cnn s natasha chen is on the ground in monterey park with more. reporter: on sunday evening, on lunar new year, when this community was
we asked republican governor ron desantis and val demings to come on as well they declined. first up tonight be though, president biden is taking part in a rally for new mexico governor, michelle lujan grist ham and other democrats in albuquerque. the president is trying to frame the election as crucial to the democracy. peter doocy has the story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. president biden is suggesting the american experiment could fail if certain republican candidates are elected. and despite that heavy warning, he is also campaigning in new mexico trying to remind young people that he is the one trying to cancel some student loan debt. remember, this is not a referendum. this is a choice. pete: biden is backing incumbent new mexico governor believed to be v.p. short-lister. michelle grisham. he is not here to discuss the issues that new mexicans care about that is skyrocketing crisis, a border where we have mor
vote with their wallets. democrats are arguing that if democracy doesn t hold, nothing else matters. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real life consequences. it s not some abstract political science question. we are all affected. and we take this for granted, and we can t. so, who s right? we ve got reporters in some of the most closely contested states in the country. plus ukrainians now bracing for the unthinkable, a possible nuclear attack by russia. and if that wasn t bad enough, vladimir putin now appears to be joining forces with another one of the most dangerous men in the world, kim jong-un. and finally, anyone who s tried to cram themselves into an airplane seat knows they can be unbelievably cramped and uncomfortable. but could they also be dangerous? what the faa and lawmakers are doing to change things. that s later in the show. but we start with president biden and his decision to focus his formedable bully pulpit, a prime-time spe