stories we re watching today the first is joe biden heading to monterey park, california the president will deliver remarks on gun safety. we are also following a developing situation out of ukraine involving a u.s. intelligence aircraft that was forced down by russian war planes but we start today with the race to the bottom in the republic primary the leading contenders for the presidential nomination making clear that they will not stand with the fledgeling democracy. a statement from ron desantis in response to a questionnaire than none other than fox news and america s most prominent putin defender tucker carlson reads in quote, while the u.s. has many vital national interests, securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the chinese communist party, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not
shooting at a los angeles area dance hall. we re going to join it live. be sure to stick with us for that. and it comes just hours after a deadly conclusion to a police standoff there. a s.w.a.t. team broke in to a white van, believed to be linked to last night s mass shooting at a lunar new year celebration in monterey park. earlier during an attempted traffic stop of this van, in torrance about 30 miles away, police heard a possible gunshot. the los angeles times says the driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot. and police now have to determine if the person they found behind the wheel is this man, the suspected gunman who opened fire at a ballroom dance studio, killing ten people and wounding ten others. we are covering all the angles of this developing story with our correspondents and experts. let s begin this hour with don lemon in monterey park. don? good evening to you, pamela. and it is a day of devastation here in monterey park, california. yet another shooting
the lead starts right now. 11 victims now dead with the latest update from the hospital from the massacre in monterey park, california. today what we re learning about the victims and what we re trying to piece together about the 72-year-old gunman s motive. he s been described as quick to anger. plus, a high ranking fbi official now in federal custody. he s facing money laundering charges and questions about his connections to a sanctioned russian billionaire. plus the bizarre defense in court for the january 6th rioter who kicked up his feet on the desk in speaker pelosi s offic. how a stun gun in his pants was key evidence in the case. we start with our nation lead-in. a search for answers in monterey bay, california. what started out as a festive lunar new year celebration in the town outside los angeles became a nightmare on saturday when a 72-year-old asian man opened fire inside a dance studio. this afternoon we learned the death toll has risen to 11 with 10 o