to mike tobin in chicago on the holiday crime surge showing no signs of ending. mike? starting in philadelphia, edward, identification of the gunman through the official channels. no answer for a man walking up the street in philadelphia and randomly shooting at people. the man had an ar rifle and 9 millimeter pistol and ski mast. he had a scanner to listen to the police. his first victim fled into a house and died of his gunshot wounds there. more information about the investigation is waiting. law enforcement made it clear this gunman will face multiple counts of murder and a psalm. another mass shooting on the west side. a holiday gathering right @midnight after the event shut down. gun fire created panic and blood shed. a lot of foot traffic, vehicle traffic. still file works were being shot off. people trying to flee the area from the multiple gun shots. it was difficult for them to navigate in to the area. back to the latest information in philadelphia, police the
thousand times. you can stick a gun in someone s face, ask them to empty the cash register. as long as nobody got hurt, only a misdemeanor. since taking office, downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors. years old hush money payment to a porn star we all forgot about, that the feds dismiss? that demands a full force of the law and upgraded felony charge. all of this should come as no shock. the fix was in from the start. here s brad campaigning on getting trump. lot of people are wondering whoever has this job, are they going to convict donald trump. that is the number one issue. i was the chief deputy in the attorney general s office. we sued the trump administration over 100 times. you believe it should happen? i believe we have the hold him accountable. house republicans right through bragg s political charade. he brags about lowering felonies to misdemeanors and not prosecuting. this wasn t something they would pursue. even this district attorney saying
them neville. former president obama just wrapped up a rally with democratic senate candidate john fetterman in pittsburgh. mr. obama will team up with president biden for another rally later this afternoon in philadelphia, and former president trump stumping later as well for senate candidate mehmet oz and gop gubernatorial candidate doug maas try january know. we ll have full cover coverage with lauren wright standing by in philly, bryan llenas on former president trump hitting the trail, but first, rich edson on the democrats rolling out their big guns, and he is live in pittsburgh. hey, rich. reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. it is a wealth of former presidents here on the western part of the state. president obama just finished here close to the university of pittsburgh where he s trying to turn i out voters, college students, folks in the area to vote for john fetterman for u.s. senate. also campaigning for the house candidates and the governorship that s also up
top of the hour. i m allison. i m victor. more than 1 million puerto ricans are without power. the water washed away this bridge as it made landfall. fiona is a tropical storm and battering the island with heavy winds and catastrophic flash floods. hundreds of fema workers are on the ground. the president is assuring puerto rico we stand with you and will get through this together. cnn s laila santiago is live in san juan where the rising water is the major concern. laila, what are you seeing? reporter: in san juan in the northwestern part of the island it is different than what they seeing on the interior and eastern part of the island. so i know victor showed that video of the bridge washed away. i talked to a young man there last night when it happened and said he was looking outside the window and happened within a matter of minutes. this morning i got into salina on the southeastern part of the island and there is a lot of concern and frustration among the people i
is that, you know, to have a congress that can t function, it is just embarrassing. we re the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? president biden calls the drama playing out on the house floor embarrassing. this morning, there s still no speaker after three more rounds of voting. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is still in critical condition, but the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll get an update on his health. and the president says he s planning a trip to the southern border amid a record number of migrants crossing into the united states. what we re learning this morning about that trip. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the house of representatives is set to vote again today on its next speaker after republicans failed to unite around a single nominee for the second straight day. after thr