hill. senator josh hawley got mark zuckerberg to apologize to families victimized by social media. take a look at this. going through the things your families have suffered, this is why eight we invested so much. we have efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer. senator hawley will join us in a few moments. also iran is warning it will retaliate after joe biden says he has already decided what his response will be to the weekend deadly strikes. what is appeasement joe big plan? more and that with lindsey graham. the white house announced that joe will finally make a trip to east palestine, ohio, almost a year after the toxic train derailment. the mayor of the town is asking what is the point? he will join us later. bite and s border crisis is causing chaos across the entire country including in the heart of new york city s times square where a mob of illegal immigrants were caught in a very disturbing video. look at
how quickly and how easily it came off, how much better i felt, what a change it made so fast. i feel like anything is possible after accomplishing what i ve done with golo. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. the department of justice just delivered a major blow to the new gop-controlled house. in a letter to chairman jim jordan, the department signaled it may not fulfill house requests for information on ongoing investigations. as you know, there are now special counsel investigations into how president joe biden and former president trump handled classified material. cnn s sara murray and jessica dean join me now. what does the letter from the justice department say? reporter: jim jordan has asked doj for all kinds of things, all kinds of documents and staff briefings and in this letter, they re saying, thank you so much for your interest, but here are the guidelines around what we re going to be able to give you a
some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tanks to i
accomplices to shoot up the homes of democrats and now investigators want to know if drug sales fuelled his campaign. and elise stephanic is denying she knew anything about george santos deceptions. she spent a year doing everything in her power to get him elected in that district. cnn is going to take a look at that relationship. it is a busy money morning but first we ll get to this. the nation reeling from the deadliest mass shooting since uvalde. investigators senching for a motive after a gunman massacred ten people and wounded others at a ballroom dance hall here in southern california. police say the gunman shot killed himself when police finally tracked him down after his bloody rampage. cnn is learning he used to be a frequent here at the dance hall he attacked. we re told the shooter went to a second dance hall after the shooting to kill more victims but the people inside wrestled away his gun before he could hurt anybody and drove off in his van. he was disa
park, california where investigators are searching for what motivated a man to kill ten people on saturday night at a dance studio during lunar new year. police have identified the gunman as 72-year-old huu can tran. he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as officers closed in on his vehicle following a massive manhunt and this morning we re hearing from one fts heros who helped so stop the carnage. a 26-year-old man who subdued and disarmed the gunman at a second location is speaking out for the very first time. natasha chen joining me now with this hero s riveting account. good morning. what did he say. reporter: well, brandon tsay said he was cleaning up after most customers have gone at the lailai dance studio in alhambra and wasn t paying attention to the front door but he heard it close and he saw this man and heard the sound of metal rubbing together. this man, he said, seemed as if he was not looking for money. not as if hes with trying to rob anybody