binding documents. as far as the current situation, russian announce on saturday that it is removing 10,000 troops from the border with ukraine. again, about 90,000 troops still remain there. we will see diplomatic talks set to resume between the u.s. and russia coming up as early as next month. gillian? gillian: alex hogan from our london bureau, thank you very much. mike? mike: the crime surge in chicago taking no holiday break after yet another violent and deadly weekend in the windy city. details ahead on the bloodshed. gillian: california is setting ambitious green energy goals now, but the state is reportedly already missing some of its own key deadlines. veteran homeowners, if you ve been dreaming about improving your home but think your dream is out of reach, think again. you can make it happen with your va home loan benefit and the newday100 va loan. by borrowing up to 100% of your home s value, you can take out up to $60,000 or more, and lower your payments
christmastime staple. we will start this hour though with some breaking news coming out of somalia for you, where the death toll from a truck bomb in mogadishu now soaring to at least 73 and authorities expect that toll to rise. nbc s matt bradley is monitoring the latest for us from our london bureau, and matt, the question might be, who s behind this and how much worse can it get? reporter: richard, as you mentioned that death toll has been rising all morning. and the officials at the scene are certain that it will keep increasing throughout the day. it is no exaggeration to say this is one of the deadliest attacks in years, in a country that has been no stranger to appalling violence, and as it stands, you mentioned the count is more than 60 dead but a number of from somalia s parliament has announced on twitter, the death toll over 90 people and scores more injured and this is the latest in a string of terror attacks over the last several months,
investigation, but not really at this level. the closest i can think of to compare is when michael cohen testified before the congress while the president was in vietnam for a summit there. this is different, though. this is u.s. lawmakers actively taking steps to potentially remove him from office, and that s a cloud that s hanging over this. so while he s trying to project himself as a leader who is not a lame duck, who could still try to get things done and has a sort of swagger on the world stage, and this really questions that and throws a cloud over it. carol lee, we realize your workday has yet to begin. we further realize it is not yet 5:00 a.m. in the great city you are in. it is early. all this by way of saying we so appreciate you giving us a preview of the nato meeting. sure. great to have you. anytime. our own carol lee from our london bureau. coming up for us, if you ever for a moment wondered what would happen if you were called upon to be great, please s
man and one woman were killed in the incident. three people remain in hospital. two women and a man being treated. police are working in london in tandem with the metropolitan police. the west midland police counter terrorism squad and policing the area where khan emanated from. two properties searched. residences are khan where he s been acquainted and police say as of yet to evidence it s part of a conspiracy believing he was a lone operator in this horrific act. from our london bureau, thanks. a democratic front-runner, mayor pete buttigieg getting some flak from the left criticizing free tuition colleges. hear how the progressive wing of his party is responding. that s coming up.
late after a string of incidents in 2016. today s incident shattering all that. nick paton walsh on the scene there. we ll come back to you soon. max foster is joining us from our london bureau. we are waiting on a press conference from scotland yard, from the london metropolitan police. given what we have heard from them today, which is not a lot of detail, i m wondering if you can read between the lines when they say that as a precaution they are treating this as a terror-related incident. and then from the london ambulance services calling this a major incident. they are not trying to tamp this down, are they. reporter: no. the ambulance service obviously number of people stabbed and someone s been killed that is a major incident. the police will be looking at containing the incident, of course, but trying to look for the motive here. we have to consider the language. when i ve spoken to anti-terror police quite recently, their response when there is an instance when it looks seri