good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern. i'm jose diaz-balart. this morning, blackouts in

ukraine after russia unleashed a round of brutal missile attacks just hours after the white house said it will send american tanks to the ukrainian watt thefield. weems we'll take you live to kharkiv. in virginia, a school board fired its embattled superintendent after new claims that administrators were warned multiple times that a 6-year-old student had a gun just before shooting his teacher. in washington more than 70 democrats in the house and senate are urging president biden to reconsider new are restrictions for those seeking asylum. just as the administration is touting. we'll talk to congressman ruiz about what can be done to fix our broken immigration system. and why one organization is arging tee knows are being excluded. we'll ask the chairman about what needs to be done to address the lack of latino representation in hollywood.

we begin this hour with brand new nbc news exclusive reporting. president biden is considering a visit to europe to mark the one year anniversary of the invasion of ukraine. in kyiv civilians took shelter underground. overnight the mayor reports strikes killed one person and injured two others. the new attacks come less than 24 hours after president biden anunsed the deal with germany to send modern battle tanks to ukraine. in another new nbc news exclusive, we're learning new details about what led biden and his administration to green light sending those tanks to ukraine. three u.s. officials the secretary of defense austin along with other military leaders to send the tanks and he made his recommendation about

how to put them. joining us now is raf sanchez in ukraine. general barry mccaffrey, retired four-star general and an nbc news military analyst. what's the latest on the dpround this morning? it was a very bens 24-hour period in ukraine. >> reporter: very intense day. we have not heard from vladimir putin since that announcement from president biden that the u.s. will be sending tanks to ukraine, but the russian leader awe peers to be sending his response in this form of a massive barrage at targets all across this country. at least 55 missiles, dozens of droneses, that's according to the ukrainian air force. and the ukrainian air force says it shot most of these incoming missiles and drones down, but some of them unfortunately are

getting through. the ukrainian state emergency service says at least 11 people have been killed all across the country. you can see those scenes of destruction on your screen there. as you mentioned, we are learning that president biden is considering coming to europe to mark that highly significant one year anniversary of this war. that would be a big symbolic gesture. would volodymyr zelenskyy go join the president if he came to a neighboring country. to spend the anniversary of the war where he started, which was at the presidential palace this kyiv, where as we have talked about many times, russian special forces attempted to

storm that palace this a couple days. we have heard today that he is deeply grateful that the u.s. and germany and other nato allies will be sending tanks, but he will only feel a sense is of relief once those battle tanks get to the front line here in eastern ukraine. he was also asked would he be prepared to meet with president putin for peace talks. he said that is something that does not interest him right now. his focus instead is on heading off what is feared to be a renewed russian offensive. possibly in the coming weeks. so right now, no sign of any peace talks on the horizon. >> raf sanchez, thank you so much. general mccaffrey, first, i want to get your reaction to the latest strikes from russia following the biden announcement yesterday. >> clearly, it's a response to the brilliant moves in the part of the state department in

leading the contact group, which is a global organization to support ukraine. putin is understanding he's out of options. his only strategy is to smash civilian targets. which he's doing with some success. he's trying to take out the electrical grid, transportation, so he's reacting to it. but the ukrainians, there's zero chance of there will be broken and going to the negotiating table and giving up half of ukraine or the entire country to this kind of terror attack. >> it's a military gesture. why? >> first of all, the good news is that the whole notion of our diplomatic efforts was to get

the european allies and the u.s. to force germany into more directly supporting ukraine. and it's worked, to some extent. but announcing one battalion of tanks a year from now and saying they are too complex, that sort of thing to provide them any earlier is an empty political gesture germany responded by saying some time in the next three or four months he'll send one tank company to the ukrainians. it's going to be a big spring offensive. russia is putting 300,000 scripts into the battle. we need a more immediate response. those tanks are this europe. soldiers fly in and activate

them. the ukrainians could learn to operate effect i havely an m-1 tank in 30 days. so again, this is a political gesture. >> throughout much of nato and europe as well, what is it -- take a look at this map. look at the amount of leopard tanks. spain, 327. germany, 500 plus. greece with 300 more. what is it that makes it so difficult to send that amount of hardware to ukraine. >> it's a political reluctance. there's a lot going on in europe and not wanting to take visibility in the face of putin intimidation tactics, which

includes potential use of nuclear weapons. we have to be sympathetic not just to president biden, who has to take this into account, but also the europeans. the germans are more sensitive because of the horror they inflicted on all of europe in world war ii. but to go back to the underscore of what the problem is, ukrainians need an armored division by this summer, 300 main battle tanks. the m-1s are available. it's the only combat hardened military force on the world outside of ukraine is the u.s. army. so we can deploy, support with contractor support and train ukrainians to fight effectively very rapidly. 1,100 m-1 tanks with the egyptians. so this is not an impossible task. we're trying to play a role in

the rear of nato. >> general, i thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate your time. >> good to be with you. joining us now is chief white house correspondent peter alexander with more on this nbc news exclusive that the president is considering a trip to europe for the one-year mark for the war. what else do we know? >> reporter: our team first to report these new details, including that the biden white house is considering poland among those possible destinations in europe where the president would go in the next month. february 24th, that was the date when russia invaded ukraine. ta means that we're barely four weeks away from the one-year anniversary. the white house has been working behind the scenes to try to find an appropriate and proper way to mark this one-year anniversary. and a trip to ukraine would be an opportunity for the president to demonstrate his appreciation and his respect for the

resilience of the ukrainians people. and also a way to demonstrate the unity, the continued unity between the u.s. and its western allies. the latest example of that is you have been discussing the provision of these tanks following the announcement by germany it would be providing about 134 of its leopard 2 tanks. we are told by the white house no final decisions have been made about travel to europe. there was nothing on the schedule, but obviously, this is the white house that recognized the significance of this anniversary. another possible conversation has surrounded the idea of trying to have the announcement of another military package. the anoubs the of millions more being directed to ukraine on that one-year mark. to final decisions have been made. >> no final decision other than the possibility of poland and whether the president would go into ukraine or not.

we have seen leaders throughout the world visit zelenskyy in kyiv before. there is really no fine tuning yet on whether the president would go to ukraine. >> reporter: we don't know that at this point. that comes with unique security challenges for this white house, for the president's detail as well. it's not something about which i adhere a lot of specificity even if they were to consider it, but it does leave open the door the president could go to poland, where so had of the refugees have fled as a result of this awful war, which would allow him to demonstrate his united front alongside the ukrainian people. at this point, there's no specific details about whether ukraine would be on a possible itinerary. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you for being with us this morning. turning to breaking news out of the west bank. palestinian health officials allege that israeli forces killed at least nine

palestinians including a 60-year-old woman this morning. the force saud it was a counterterrorism operation, and that armed suspects opened fire with at least six people neutralized. others also shot. the raid comes weeks after former prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his far right government returned to power. joining us now is molly hunter, who is following the story for us from london. what else do we know? >> we just got an update from the palestinian health ministry. all the information about the casualties and the death toll is coming from that ministry. they confirm nine people have been killed, including a 60-year-old woman and dozens wounded. they also say that there were injuries in the head and the chest. but this was a daytime raid. they were going in for this operation acting on intelligence. there was a militant group

associated with the jihad planning imminent attacks. it's very interesting. it was not a surprise raise. it's one of the few places in the west bank where you see palestinians with guns. for a little context, there's a refugee camp. 16,000 people are crammed into half a square kilometer. it's been a flash point for about 20 years. this is also where you might remember the american journalist was killed last year covering a raud right outside of the area. you mentioned the prime minister now current prime minister is back for his sixth term. the most right wing hard line government that we have seen from prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but also for

additional context was the deadliest year for palestinians. two decades already this year at least 29 palestinians have been killed. what's happening is three days of mourning and flags will be flying at half staff. >> molly hunter, thank you. turning to virginia where last night the gnu port news school board voted to replace their superintendent after a 6-year-old shot his teacher.new school board voted to replace their superintendent after a 6-year-old shot his teacher. the teacher's lawyer said administrators failed to act on at least four warnings from the boy's teacher and others that day including multiple reports had he had a gun. >> had money straiters acted in the interest of their teachers and students, abbi would not have sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. a bullet that remains dangerously inside her pod. body. >> joining us with the latest is

yamiche alcindor. good to see you. tell us more about the warnings from teachers that same day. >> the lawyer for the first grade teacher shot by a 6-year-old student laid out a pretty stunning tombline of the day of the shooting. late morning around 11:15, she went to min strauters to report that the boy threatened to beat up another student, but said nothing was done. an hour later at 12:30, the lawyer said a second teacher concerned the student had a gun and searched his backpack and found nothing. she believed the boy put the gun in his pocket. but the lawyer said the school official brushed off the issue saying the student had, quote, little pockets. then after 1:00 p.m., a third teacher warned of a student say ing the boy in question showed him a gun at recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone. and finally, a fourth teacher asked permission to search the student, but the school official denied the request, according to the attorney. nbc news has also learned from a

source close to the situation that she text a loved one saying the student said he had a gun in his backpack and school officials weren't helping. meanwhile last night at a special school board meeting, officials voted to remove the superintendent from his job and appoint an interim superintendent is there was some dus agreement over that action by school board members.isagreey school board members. >> this is not a newport news problem. not a newport news city problem. the elephant in the room is the gun. >> we're going to have to become a much more disciplined oriented board and division. that is going to require a lot of new direction. >> the teacher is home recovering, but still has the bullet in her body. has announced she intends to sue the newport news school district. this is a stunning situation.

there are so many parts we're still looking for answers on. >> it all boils down to this is a 6-year-old child who shot his teacher. 6 years old. it's inconceivable. thank you so much. still ahead, the feds say there's a rp sharp decrease in the number of migrants at the border, but dozens of the democrats are criticizing the reason behind those lower numbers. but first, we're following breaking news on capitol hill about a new senate run by a veteran congressman. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. giving you more control of your business.

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we have developing news from washington, d.c. california democratic congressman adam schiff has just announced that he will run for the senate seat now held by democrat dianne feinstein. with us now to talk about this and so much more is capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. ashley parker, senior national political correspondent for "the washington post" and former florida congressman caberro. what more can you tell us about schiff's senate bid? >> this is something we had been expecting. we already saw congresswoman katie porter put her hat in the ring and earn the endorsement of

elizabeth warren, but now we're seeing schiff make it official himself. this is a bit awkward this terms of the way this field is coming together because senator dianne feinstein who has held this seen for years, has not yet announced her reelection intentions, but in the case of congressman schiff, he previously met with feinstein to at least give her a heads up that this was something he was planning on doing. it's a field that we expect is going to be pretty big in california. especially because these senate seats don't come around very often. it's a field of two. we do expect congresswoman barbara lee to make it official as well. but schiff is in the news here on capitol hill on a few fronts now. not just for this new senate announcement, but also because he's been freshly booted from the house intelligence committee by speaker kevin mccarthy. this comes as leader jeffries officially put him up for that position. he's been on that committee before. now we're seeing on the screen

their reaction yesterday. schiff and swalwell saying this is the result of partisanship and lit call retribution against the work holding former president trump accountable. you saw on the screen congresswoman omar. there's going to be a push, we expect, this the coming days to kick her off the house foreign affairs committee it's a different process, though. speaker mccarthy was able to say no, they are not going to serve on this committee. for omar, there has to be a full-floor vote in the house. it looks that mccarthy has the votes, but some republicans said they are not going to go along with that and should focus on the work ahead of governing. >> carlos, is this a new precedent that we're seeing on capitol hill this the house? where there's a political retribution for what you did to us last time. now you're pawing the bills. >> this is further evidence of

how much things the environment has deteriorated on capitol hill. before the members of each party, the leadership each party was entrusted to put members on committees. typically those decisions were respected. the last congress each party has a steering committee to assign members to committees. and that until the previous congress had never really been challenged. democrats booted a couple republicans off of all committees last congress. >> for very specific reasons. >> for specific reasons, because they in some cases promoted violence or acted in ways that democrats did not consider appropriate. but back then, republicans said if we take over, there will be consequences. and we're seeing the consequences. >> if a member of congress or anyone else comes out with a video saying let's get another

member of congress, it is relevant. in the past, internally, each party would sanction those members. so i think when democrats in the last congress realize that those members were not sanctioned in any significant way, they thought they needed to take matters into their own hands. now there's another side to this argument. these are people who got elected by their constituents. a lot of people out there and members of congress hold the position that, hey, even though you don't like what this person is doing or saying, they were elected. and the will of the people of those destructs has to be respected. so you're seeing some republicans and speaker mccarthy trying to create a distinction saying he will not prevent democrats from serving on committees. but he will exclude them from certain committees. >> and meanwhile, the "washington post" reporting that the national archives is now considering asking living former presidents and vice presidents to check their records for class

fewed material. what more can you tell us about that? >> that's right. it's a request that in light of recent news makes a certain amount of sense. what we have seen is first there was obviously former president trump with his mishandling of classified documents and bringing them down to mar-a-lago. then it turns out that president biden had classified documents scattered in different of locations. then we found out that former vice president pence had had also ended up with some documents in his indiana home so the national art archives is the organization that is responsible for getting all of these documents when the vice president leaves office. it would sort of make sense when you see there seems to be a degree of at the very least carelessness across the administration and across parties to ask the other living president vice presidents to did a search. i would be remissed if i did not mention that what we're seeing

with pence is strikingly different than with former president trump, which is that the number of documents, the level of classifications and the fact that he's being investigated for potentially obstructing an investigation, these other people when they found the documents, they made clear it was a mistake. they contacted the kooifs. they turned them over. these cases are not analogous, but to do their diligence, this request they are considering makes a lot of sense. >> i'm just wondering over and over again in the past, the former vice president said he did not have any classified documents anywhere. all of a sudden, oops, there they were. does that change in anything? >> politically thrks whole topic has evolved. this was about the scandal of donald trump holding documents,

sensitive documents, classified documents, refusing to hand them over. but this is now involved into a national embarrassment, where apparently, across a number of administrations, people have been careless and reckless this the way they have handled these documents. so for donald trump, this has been good news because it's deflected attention from his specific case ask we're now focused on what seems to be a crisis in this country as to how we handle the classified information and questions about why all these documents are in people's homes and all sorts of random places. >> we talked about this the other day, but he was a former member of congress. when you went and had had access to classified dlts or if you go to the cia, you have to go in specific areas, places where those documents are controlled. how does this strike you? >> this is one of the few things it appears that congress has its act together and other agencies

in the government do not. when you're a member of congress ask you're allowed to review classified information, you walk into a secure facility. you can't take anything into that facility. no phones or anything like that. you review documents. then yo hand them over. someone makes sure that all the documents are there. then you leave. you can't take anything out. so i think members of congress are shocked this is happening. and i think we could see legislation to better manage and govern the way classified documents are handled in this country. >> thank you all very much for being with us this morning. up next, congressman ruiz joins us to talk about his recent vut to the southern border. what he saw and what he's going to do about it. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports.

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said just moments ago. >> the biden administration cannot have it both ways. they cannot acknowledge that seeking asylum is a legal right. they cannot indicate they then want to expand legal pathway asks secure our border, only to expand this disastrous trump era relic that only benefits human smugglers. >> the pushback comes taz applauds the new policy announcing that southern border encounters with cubans, haitians, and venezuelans have decreased 97% after it expanded title 42 and established an alternative program for up to 30,000 people per month. the letter from lawmakers says the program's requirements, which include a sponsor can't adequately replace asylum. with us to discuss is julia

ainsley. good morning. what did we learn from this data? what questions are still left out there? >> that's right. so seen your dhs officials briefed report yesterday. it's a dramatic decrease when we were down talking to migrants from those countries in december. on december 11th they saw 3,367 per day just from the countries as their seven-day average. january 24th that was down to 115 people from all four countries. that's a dramatic decrease. what they didn't tell us is how many people from those countries were able to apply for asylum through the legal pathways. we know they set up new programs so you can apply for humanitarian parole, come to the united states, live here and work legally for two years. but that policy they haven't given us success yet. we also don't know how many of that 115 were turned back to mexico under those title 42

expansions. that's what democrats are upset about. there could be more news as they seek to propose a new rule to block asylum seekers to claim asylum if they didn't first claim on their way to the u.s. it's similar to proposal from steven miller under trump. >> i'm not great at math, but i'm looking at the numbers that you're telling us. so 3,370 on average a day. now just about 115. but if you go to any kind of reporting, you see that is still 600 people are going through the jungle every single day. they are not going to go visit the country club. they are on their way up to try and reach the united states and request awe sigh lumbar. where are all these people at? >> you're right. just because we see the numbers drop at the border doesn't mean this problem goes away. we have a hemisphere problem.

it's something that homeland security secretary points out all the time. you have 22.5 million people. there are large pockets of people throughout the western hemisphere because of things like climate change, political turmoil, economic disaster, still leftover from the covid pandemic. we're going to see the effects of migration no matter what the policies are on the southern border. but the biden administration is in a tough place they get sued but republican states if they do anything like open up -- >> i interrupt you with the attorney general holding a news conference right now. >> fub director chris ray, assistant attorney general for the criminal division, u.s. attorney for the middle district of florida roger hamburg and representative to the united states mr. raymond.

we are here to announce that last night the justice department dismantled an international ransomware responsible for atempting to extort hundreds of headlights of dollars from victims in the united states and around the world. known as the hive group, this network targeted more than 1,500 victims around the world since june of 2021. in ransomware attacks, cyber criminals, malicious software to hold systems hostage and demand a ransom. affiliatesment ployed a double model. first, they infiltrated a victim's system and stole sensitive data. next, the affiliates deployed malicious software encrypting the system, rendering it unusable. and finally, they demanded a rand ransom payment in exchange for a key and a promise not to

publish any data. they targeted critical infrastructure. in one instance in august 2021, hive affiliates deployed ransomware on a hospital. at a time when covid-19 was surging in communities around the world, the hive ransomware attack revented the hospital from accepting any new patients. the hospital was forced to rely on paper copies of patient information hives most recent victim in the central district of california was attacked on or about december 30th of last year. it's most recent victim in the central district of florida was attacked around 15 days ago. in its first year of operation, hive extorted over $100 million in ransom payments from victims.

last summer, fbi agents from the tampa division with the support of prosecutors in the criminal divisions computer crime and intellectual property section and the middle district of florida infiltrated the hive network and began disrupting attempts to extort victims. for example, the fbi dus rupted a hive attack against a texas school destruct's computer systems. the bureau provided keys saving it from making a $5 million ransom payment. that same month, the fbi disrupted a hive ransomware attack on a louisiana hospital saving the victim from a $3 million ran some payment. the fbi was also able to disrupt and attack a food services company. the bureau provided the company with encryption keys to save from a $10 million ransom payment. since july of last year, we

provided assistance to over 300 victims around the world helping to prevent approximately $130 million in ransom payments. our efforts led us to two back-end computer servers located in los angeles that were used by hive to store the network's critical information. last night, pursuant to court order, we seized those servers. we also received court authorization to take control of the sites and render its services unavailable. this morning if a hive affiliate tries to access their dark net site, this is what they will see. our investigation into the criminal conduct of hive members remains ongoing. i want to thank all of the agents, prosecutors, ask taft across the department for their work on this matter. i also want to thank the secret

service as well as all of our international partners, including germany and the netherlands, as well as our law enforcement partners. cyber crime is a constantly evolving threat. but as i have said before, the justice department will spare no resource to identify and bring to justice anyone, anywhere who targets the united states with a ransomware attack. we will continue to work both to prevent these attacks and to provide support to victims who have been targeted. and together with our international partners, we will continue to disrupt the criminal networks that deploy these attacks. now i'm going to turn over the podium to the deputy attorney general. >> that was just some staggering news coing out of the department of justice.

attorney general garland with some extraordinarily surprising numbers. just the amount of money that these ransomware organizations was extorting from companies, hospitals, schools, across our country. back with us is homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. this is the new world of the future. >> it is. and something that really jumped out to me here is that the fbi was actually able to prevent the payment of $130 million in ransomware. that stands out as a victory here. in the past, so many people have said, look, we know that we have groups that come in and do the after action. they see what the damage was and trace it and try to hold those responsible. but when you have a group like hive that for years can extort victims like schools, food companies like hospitals, it's important to have someone you can go to in realtime. so the fact that the fbi is able to have expart perts who can

give people a way out of paying ran somes and get their software back online, that's a victory. heen though that's $130 million out of so much more they did extort. and you heard the big action last night. the fbi was able to take down those servers in los angeles. it's interesting they were able to operate that right here in the u.s. while we know this is an international organization. leaders were russian speaking, but they believe they were operating from around the world continuously extorting people, especially people providing critical intrastructure for the nation like food services and hospitals and schools and now they have been able to shut this down. but unfortunately, it's a game of whack a mole and it's always changing. the fbi has to keep up with these groups because once they knock down one path, they will find another way this. >> julia ainsley, thank you. really appreciate this. now to continue our conversation is congressman ruiz, who was an emergency physician. i thank you for your time.

i want to focus in on the whole ransomware thing. the fact that they got these servers in your home state. >> that's very important. there's been some hospitals in it miss district who have been threatened in the past, so i appreciate the department of justice for this incredible victory, for this incredible news. our country and residents are safer than it was before because of it. >> i want to talk about some other of the issues that really are making headlines today. the biden administration is touting a title 42 policy that changed the numbers. it's been a cut back from those countries being intradikted at the border. you were there. what did you take away from that visit? >> first of all, the men ask

women who serve on our border to make sure there's an orderly processing of goods and people do incredible workday in and day out. i applaud them and let's be clear. the biden administration moved to end title 42. they are going to end title 42. the congressional hispanic caucus and so many have urged the biden administration to end title 42 and they have ended title 42. however, the supreme court and the court system have forced them to continue to implement title 42. unfortunately, that's the law of the land. they are building on other legal pathways for asylum seekers to come into the united states in order to protect them from the predatory cartels and those who want to harm women, children, lgbtq individuals who are

seeking asylum into our country through this new process. >> with us are they ending title 42 by expanding title 42? >> title 42 is unfortunately the law of the land as determined by the courts. as soon as the courts rule that the biden administration can indeed terminate title 42, i have confidence that the biden administration will end title 42. they are not fans of title 42 as i am not a fan of title 42. so because those countries refuse to accept the individuals from haiti, cuba, nicaragua into those counts, in order to implement the current title 42, they had to create permits within the country of mexico for them to implement the law of the land. so that is where we are. the biden administration is

between a rock and a hard place. here's how i view this. i told the secretary and the administration this. these are the citerias that are necessary. it's a professional system. two, it's humane and fair. three, that it keeps the asylum seekers safe wherever they are because they are preyed upon by people who want the to harm them. they are vulnerable individuals. and four, that it maintains their due process. that we do not remove their due process. . the american right for asylum seekers to seek due process in our country for legitimate reasons. and so they are creating this program that will help asylum seekers go online in order to help them create this professional, orderly, humane and safe systems for them so they are not reliant on predators to bring them over and

prey upon them and abuse them. >> congressman, i always appreciate your time. just thoughts on just this last week where we saw two massacres in your beautiful home state. how do you process that, congressman? >> first, we mourn and we pray ask we reflect. we cannot let these massacres be the norm for our country. we cannot become numb to the tragedy and the humanity of this situation. so i mourn with the family. as a iffings and public health expert, we must take a risks an incidences of people who are at risk of harming others to get their hands on weapons to kill people. >> congressman, always a pleasure to see you. thank you very much for being with us this morning. as a matter of fact, up next, we're going to go live to monterey park, california, where

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police officer involved in the traffic stop have been fired. this morning in half moon bay, california, the suspect behind two shootings now faces seven counts of murder after opening fire at two different agricultural centers killing seven people who have now been identified by authorities. there you see the names. we're missing one. 400 miles south in monitor monterey park, police are looking for a motive. yesterday vice president harris returned to her home state of california to offer her condolences to grieving families. joining us this morning is erin mclaughlin. we heard from the sheriff who gave an update on the investigation? >> reporter: that's right, jose. that update happened last night in which the sheriff said that they're no closer to understanding the motive behind this attack. so far they have been unable to

establish any sort of connection between the assailant and the 11 people who died in the ballroom behind me. they said he hadn't frequented the dance hall in five years. joining me now to talk about the attack is lloyd. lloyd was inside this dance hall at the time of the shooting. lloyd, what happened? >> we were just dancing and everything and the -- all of a sudden we heard bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. at first, we thought it was a firecracker that was part of the show. but then as i was -- to the left of the shooter, i was about 15 feet away and when i looked that way, i saw bullets flying my way. and immediately i ducked on the floor. >> i'm sorry. i understand, jose, that you have some breaking news that you

have to go to. >> i do and i apologize to lloyd and to you, erin. i want to go to washington, d.c., where the attorney general continues now to have more information on that arrest and shutting down of some places. >> and part of what makes these things challenging is what we call ransomware as a service where essentially the sophistication that those first groups have, they're marketing their cyber expertise to a whole range of less sophisticated but now dangerous cybercriminals. and that's why this is so significant. as far as arrests, i think anybody involved with hive should be concerned because this investigation is very much still ongoing. and we are engaged in what we call joint sequenced operations, the attorney general described it well. but that includes everything from going after their infrastructure, going after their crypto, going after the

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