i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. investigators in monterey park, california searching for a motive after a gunman killed ten people and wounded ten more at a dance hall. the gunman later took his own life after a standoff with officers officers. before it ended, he did try to target a second dance hall. he was stopped by a bystanders, brandon tsay, who managed to wrestle the gun away from him. my first thoughts was i m going to die here. this was it. when i got the courage, i lunged at him with both of my hands and grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him creating some distance. brandon tsay confronted the gunman. don lemon is on the scene in monterey park, california. don, you re witnessing so much hurt there, i imagine. what are you learning this morning. repor
hello, everyone. at this hour, president biden heading back to the white house to face more questions over still more classified documents found at his home. plus, it is raining again right now in california. the relentless storms are causing widespread destruction. we ll take you there. we re also going to speak to the lieutenant governor about the situation. and the search for survivors amid the rubble of a bombed out apartment complex in ukraine. now one of the deadliest strikes on civilians there since the start of the war. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here, everyone. i m kate bolduan. we re keeping an eye on the white house because president biden is returning to the oval office to get back to work and he finds himself under fire once again over handling of classified documents and the conflicting explanations that have been coming out from his team. over the weekend, the white house revealed five additional pages of classified ma
Fighter as north korea goes all out to show that his leader is firmly in charge. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The powerful Cruise Missile attack that kicked off the u. S. Campaign in syria did not, repeat, did not achieve its objective. New concerns that leaders of an al qaeda Allstar Group are continuing with plans to attack u. S. Targets. Meantime, u. S. Air strikes and new reinforcements on the ground are causing big problems for isis in the syrian town of kobani. But the terrorist group is unleashing more atrocities in iraq. Congressman peter king is standing by. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Barbara . Wolf, a terrorist group that the u. S. Says is an imminent threat and the problem right now, nobody knows where these terrorists are. Reporter these u. S. Attacks apparently did not work. The first missile strikes in syria last month were supposed to stop one of the most deadly al qaeda affiliates, the Khorasan Group. Al qaeda operatives t
East including to the United States homeland the exact words of president obama sent in a letter to the United States Congress Today along with a formal request to grant him sweeping war powers to fight isis. In just a few hours, the president will speak to the American Public indeed to the world about his proposal which limits operations to three years. It allows limited use of Ground Troops and does not restrict a battlefield to only iraq and syria. For more on all of this lets bring in our white house correspondent, Michelle Kosinski and our chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Michelle this authorization, this language that the president submitted, hes seeking requests powers to fight isis terrorists without an enduring offensive combat role. Those are his words. So what exactly is he seeking . Reporter thats open to interpretation to some point, isnt it . Thats the language that was put in there. Thats really the biggest limitation included in this request for the authoriz
Continuing to head to the battlefield in iraq and syria to fight alongside isis and other groups. The number in total thought to be at least 20,000. With 3400 of them westerners 150 americans who traveled there or tried to. And about a dozen thought to still be fighting there. The chairman of the committee called this the largest convergence of islamic terrorists in world history. And foreign fighters of particular concern to the u. S. For fear they would come back here and launch attacks. Also today we expect to hear as early as this morning, from the white house presenting legislative language to Congress Asking for authorizations specifically tailored to the fight against isis. Its expected to limit the possibility of Ground Troops in combat but not to limit location. Chris . All right, michelle thats getting a little more complicated. Tougher to track, its good to have you on the ground in d. C. To tell us about that. This morning really the biggest headline is still the life that