this hour as a police standoff unfolds in california. this is believed to be connected to the mass shooting in monterey, california, that killed ten and left ten injured. the suspect is an asian male. armed and dangerous. witnesses say people in a dance studio celebrating the lunar new year when shots rang out. natasha chen joins me from california. what more are we learning? reporter: jim, a law enforcement source tells josh campbell it is related to the investigation into this shooting that happened in monterey park a couple blocks away from where we are. behind is a fbi mobile unit. lots of law enforcement. we are waiting to hear about the possible connection here to that standoff that you are seeing. the standoff through aerials is in torrance, california, 30 miles southwest of us approximately to the coast and we have been seeing now these vehicles, armored s.w.a.t. vehicles to the front and the back of a white van and still for quite sometime. the reason it could be i
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we want to have an update now on some breaking news coming in to cnn. dramatic new developments in a standoff that is believed to be connected to last night s mass shooting at a dance shooting in monterey park, california. police say the s.w.a.t. operation, part of this story, is now over, and the neighborhood is safe. this is the moment that police approached a van matching the respect s vehicle description, and then breaking the window. you can see there, and just a short time ago, police entered a second white van from torrance, california. the sheriff s department says they are working to determine at this moment if the driver of that white van is this man, their suspect. police have not released their name. they have not named him, but they describe him as an asian man, who is armed and dangerous. they believe he is responsible for opening fire on a lunar new year celebration, killing ten people and injuring
of a male asian, does that matter? we will also have the latest on new documents found in the delaware home of president biden. in a search, the white house says, it asked the department of justice to conduct. out on the streets, abortion rights advocates protesting in cities across the country today on the 15th anniversary of roe v. wade. we will take you to the one of the biggest demonstrations ahead. we begin in california now where the man hunt is on after police say a gunman killed at least ten people and injured ten others in a lot to angela s summer of monterey park. this came after hundreds of people had gathered for the lunar new year festival in the city. nbc news josh lederman is on the ground for us there in monterrey park. what do you know at this hour, josh? as of about an hour and a half ago from when we heard from law enforcement, a suspect was still on the loose with police, the county sheriff, describing that subject as an asian male. between 30 and 50
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