or who they are, but apparently police know who the shooter is or so they have said. this is a shot from earlier, a helicopter shot, courtesy of ktla of the area. it's a residential area. we were told -- i was speaking to somebody from "the los angeles times" -- it is a working class area, but very, very big school, 3200 students. you can see this is earlier, emergency vehicles on the scene. we do not have any confirmation that they've got the suspect, but we do understand that they know who the suspect is at the gardena high school just south of los angeles. we'll keep an eye on that for you, bring you any developments as they occur. time now for a cnn political update. already we're seeing a key race for 2012 hitting critical mass. cnn chief national correspondent john king joins me now from the political desk in washington. john whasht are you talking abo? 2012? >> it's january 2011. we're starting to see maneuverings -- it's never too