our city is heartbroken, heartbroken for the loss of friends and loved ones. we must work together to end this plague of gun violence on our country. enough that is the mayor of louisville. good morning, everyone. the nation once again reeling from another mass shooting this morning, coming up . we re learning about the suspected gunman who killed five co workers at a bank in louisville. get to that. plus there is a new report that a key u. s ally was secretly planning to supply russia with rockets. that s according to a top secret document that leaked from the pentagon and a federal appeals court has a big decision to make on a widely used abortion pill. also this morning. we re learning new details about that gunman that we noted there who went into a bank yesterday and killed five of his former coworkers. we just spoke to the interim police chief who revealed that the shooter had recently purchased the gun that he used in yesterday s massacre enforcement sources, also tell
update us on what took place there in torrance this afternoon, but we understand, from talking to our sources that law enforcement officers with the l.a. county sheriff s department were able to enter a white cargo van earlier this afternoon. that is believed to be connected to the monterey park mass shooting that happened last night. let me go to camilla bernal who is on the scene there for us. she was just listening into this press conference. i guess the one useful thing that was said there, and of course, throat understand that they want to, you know, reassure people in that community that things are safe, and that, i suppose is the purpose of that news conference, which is all well and good. but the useful thing that came out of that news conference is that they did announce that there s going to be a separate press briefing later on this evening here on the east coast, but later in the afternoon for you there on the west coast, it sounded as though he said 4:30 in the a
covering sort of that part of the van that we were looking straight at at the moment. so i m seeing that the law enforcement agents at the back of that bear cat and then we also saw the drone coming closer to the ground. so i m not sure if it landed or not. but i was seeing the drone and it appears that many of these law enforcement officers here are watching what was going on through video of the drone. as you guys have been mentioning, it has not looked urgent in any way over the last couple of minutes that we ve been here. it has been a slow process and a lot of the things that my colleague josh campbell mentioned, just so many law enforcement agencies working together, expanding the crime scene. we got here a while ago and they have moved us multiple times because they have tried to expand the crime scene telling us to be extremely careful because they were just not sure what was inside of that van. so, again, we saw the last vehicle that got here sort of circling around
passed an historic bill to ban assault weapons. we will get reaction from oversight committee chairman carolyn maloney. and then the end of roe v. wade can overwhelm those struggling foster care system in america. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. the january six committee might be on a hearing hiatus, but the justice department investigation into the attack on the capital appears to be finally kicking into overdrive. this week, reporting from the washington post later confirmed by nbc news, signaled a new focus in the department of justice criminal probe. donald trump, himself. prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump held in the run up to january six. in recent days, two former top aides to mike pence, his chief of staff mark short and lawyer greg jacob, have been called before a federal grand jury. witnesses have reportedly been asked about conversations with trump, his lawyers and other members of his inner circle. they post al