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
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
at former vice president mike pence s home. we are told that a lawyer for pence discovered about a dozen documents marked classified at his home in indiana. they ve now been turned over to the fbi. but the discovery comes after pence has repeatedly said he did not have any classified documents in his possession. let s go straight to cnn s paula reid with the latest on this story. paula, this is happening again. what are the details on this case? reporter: again, and again, abbey. here s cnn learned pence s attorneys decided to do a search out of an abundance of caution after classified documents were found at multiple locations connected to president biden. now, pence has repeatedly insisted he had no classified materials in his possession. but his attorneys uncovered these materials in boxes that originally went to a temporary home that he had in virginia before moving on to indiana. now, i emphasize these were not in a secure storage area. now, it is not clear at this poi
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
indiana residence. he had requested a search of his home out of an abundance of caution. it is still not clear what the documents are related to or even their level of classification. we have our legal expert barbara mcquaid ready to break it down and what we know in a moment. and meanwhile, the fbi and justice department s national security divisions have already launched a review of the material and how they ended up in pence s home. and we re also on capitol hill with the latest reaction from republicans who are already ramping up their congressional investigations into jean-pierre s handling of classified documents after leaving his post as vice president. and today s bombshell marks the third time in recent history in which a president or vice president has inappropriately possessed classified material after leaving office. so where does that leave merrick garland? joining me now is monica alba, ali vitali and also barbara mcquaid. what do we know about the search of pen