of unitedhealth. this was perform thompson's last night live.orrow morning would have been one week of the horrific attack but he was casing him and following him. first there was thought he worked on behalf of other or others shared his view. he almost look like a hitman. what do you make of what you learned? >> what we have is it appears this a targeted attack. he is acting alone. we have him for several minutes priors to the incidents stalking the hotel, walking around the lobby. he is by himself. we are continuing the investigation. we are working with the f.b.i. we are still workings with the pennsylvania state police and altoona police department and see if there are other people involved. >> neil: chief i know he was in manhattan last week. but he did seem to know or could have found out easily mr. thompson's schedule and where he was going to be. he was staying just across the street from the hilton hotel where he was gunned down, but could anyone on the inside there have shared information with him. >> once again, part of the investigat

the shooter appears — unitedhealth group.to be a light skinned male. he is wearing a light brown _ male. he is wearing a light brown or— male. he is wearing a light brown or cream coloured jacket, a black— brown or cream coloured jacket, a black facemask, black and white — a black facemask, black and white sneakers and a

separately, we wanted to remind you that in the death of the unitedhealth c.e.o., the killer left new york city. the police are convinced he has left. he se no longer in the big apple. we will update you on that after this. ♪ over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy. ♪ you didn't start a business just to keep the lights on. lucky for you, shopify built the just one-tapping, ridiculously fast-acting, sky-high sales stacking champion of checkouts. businesses that want to win, win with shopify. >> neil: all right a judge has gone ahead and dismissed the manslaughter charge in the daniel penny trial after the jury was deadlocked, going back and forth on it for the better part of the afternoon. ultimately the judge dropping it but the court said it is not over. there is one remaining and that is criminal negligence behaviour on the part of penny during that incident. that is in the eye of the beholder and twelve jurors. anyone guess how they will rule when they come back with the lesser charge. c.b.? >> reporter: hi

huge case, new york city police telling fox news that the person of interest in the killing of unitedhealthy have left new york. alexis mcadams just spoke with the police commissioner jessica tish and what did you learn? >> reporter: this was the first time to sit down one-on-one with the commission here of the n.y.p.d. the first thing that we want to get straight to the viewers is this murder investigation that started on the streets of new york city turned into a nationwide man hunt. they want anyone who is listening to take a close look at the pictures. they have his d.n.a. possibly. they are run through different systems hoping for a hit but they need your help. watch. >> do you believe that the suspect as this left new york and why? >> we do. we have reason to believe the suspect or person of interest may have left new york city and so we want to get the photo out to a national audience. and we want all your viewers to take a good look at the photo. if you recognize the person, call 1-800-577-tips. our detectives chase down every lead that we get. but we need your audience to help us o

that's one third of the people in america are insured by unitedhealth. the potential there for lots of people that would be very unhappy. clients if you want to call them that, subscribers customers, uh very unhappy with unitedhealth. probably tens of thousands of people so the pool is big that makes it very hard as an investigation, right. >> if that pool can be that big, trying to narrow down all of that information and also we're noticing about the potential of a silencer on this weapon as well and the proximity lying in wait. there are a lot of unanswered questions, but the biggest one, perhaps tonight where is this person? and who is it? maybe even the motive. parallel to all those conversations, candice delong will continue to lean on you for your expertise. thank you you're welcome. still ahead, a closer look at that murder weapon and the silencer that was used a firearms expert will join me and has a very interesting frame by frame analysis for us all and later pete hegseth on the hill on megyn kelly his mom on fox all to try and save his nominat

and over the course of our reporting, we obtained leaked documents from inside unitedhealth group by of their subsidiary, optum, which manages their mental health benefits that have revealed what is effectively the company's internal playbook for limiting mental health coverage. and in these documents, we uncovered a secret internal cost cutting campaign that essentially is targeting a growing financial burden for the company. the treatment of thousands of children with autism around the country. >> and so that playbook that you talk about, that was developed by optum. it was a pursuing, market specific action plans. and among those things to limit children's access to treatment, specifically autism or or particularly challenging conditions. what was the vernacular? >> yeah. so they specifically are targeting children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum spectrum disorder, and specifically they're targeting their medicaid plan. so about 10,000 children are impacted by this. and even though in their documents they acknowledge that some areas across the country have very long wait lists

unitedhealth group itself says they are working closely with the nypd.rcumstance around a brian thompson, longtime executive of unitedhealth group. he was focusing on the insurance part of the business. fatally shot in midtown, manhattan early wednesday morning at 6:40 am, that's what the nypd is telling us. 50 years old, shot outside the new york hilton midtown where they were hosting their investor day according to a person familiar with the matter. the early reports as we said, the nypd corroborated, it was a targeted attack with two shots to the back and one to the leg. upon his arrival, the alleged attacker was waiting for him and shot the executive from 20 feet away before fleeing on foot and mounting a city bike. as you heard there, there is a $10,000 reward to find him. thompson then had a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to mount sinai west and in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. nypd said that there is no arrest at this time and they are continuing on in active investigation as we heard from the ny police commissioner,

now the head of unitedhealth care's parent company stating that the health care system is flawed. unitedhealth group ceo andrew witty, writing in a new york times essay, no one would design a system like the one we have and no one did. it's a patchwork built over decades. our mission is to help make it work better. witty, adding no employees should have to fear for their and their loved ones safety. and though luigi mangione currently has an extradition hearing set for december 30th, manhattan da alvin bragg says mangione may waive extradition here to new york city as early as tuesday. morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> we'll continue to follow the case and mangione's bay area ties. you can find the latest on abc seven news.com and our abc seven bay area app. new developments now. head coach kyle shanahan says the 40 niners linebacker, who walked off the field during last night's loss to the rams has played his last snap for the team. the niners lost 12 to 6 to the rams at levi's. the game basically ended their playoff hopes, but the lowlight was linebacker de'vondre campbell,

you did work with unitedhealth group.t now in how you assess internally, i think, i believe that's the presumption underlying whether or not someone snaps or stalks you. but is there anything in this particular case right now that leads you down the path of we're having the right conferring, that this is about some -- conversation, that this is about some threat that emerged internally, or could it still be an external threat here that is this case when it comes to united health? >> you know, it's hard to say at this early stage, but i'd be willing to say the threat management process, assessing these types of threats really can come from any direction. it can be external, it can be internal. it can come from all sources. in a case like this, it's possible that this person may have communicated with others outside the company, within the company through other methods. it's clear, at least from my perspective, that in many ways this is a very strong case of a grievance moved to action. so the things like what we've been he

unitedhealth initially denied to respond to propublica and then said they were in mourning and didn'tnurgent matter and it's not just united. there are new reports out about how health insurers gave $120 billion to shareholders while denying your claim or how since the affordable care act's passage the top five health insurers' annual profits have jumped 230%. millions of americans have had their lives and livelihoods ruined by an industry that treats patients not as humans in need of care, but as consumers who generate profit. their voices are now being heard. it's also leading to another phenomenon. that's because just as a big part of this conversation, either the total indifference to the fact that a man was murdered or in some cases outright glee and celebration of the man alleged to have committed it like this scene from a boston concert this weekend where a deejay put mangione's face on the screen to the sound of huge cheers, it's important to put this all in perspective here. the legitimate rage that people are sharing about the health insurance industry should not come as a s

the shooter appears — unitedhealth group.o be a light skinned mate — appears to be a light skinned mate he _ appears to be a light skinned male. he is wearing a light brown _ male. he is wearing a light brown or— male. he is wearing a light brown or cream coloured jacket, a black— brown or cream coloured jacket, a black facemask, black and white — a black facemask, black and white sneakers and a distinctive grey backpack, the shooter— distinctive grey backpack, the shooter steps on to side walk from — shooter steps on to side walk from behind a car, he ignores numerous _ from behind a car, he ignores numerous other pedestrians, approaches the victim from behind _ approaches the victim from behind and shoots him in the back — behind and shoots him in the back the _ behind and shoots him in the back. the shooter walks towards the victim — back. the shooter walks towards the victim and continues to shoot _ the victim and continues to shoot it— the victim and continues to shoot. it appears that the gun how— shoot. it appears that

now, among certain individuals at unitedhealth, perhaps other industry competitors as well, that this individual is now taken off the street and no longer poses a threat but there is always the big question about the potential, you know, so-called copycat people who see what this person did. maybe they concur with the motives here. if this actually ends up being someone who was essentially railing against the health care industry. and so that is something that requires that both the private sector and law enforcement obviously keep their guards up, as we were reporting after that initial shooting that unitedhealth and other health care ceos had their security bolstered. the way this works is a lot of these companies have their own private in-house security. others may contract with private security firms that specialize in executive protection. and so there is this question about, you know, what type of security do these high profile people have around them, particularly with this threat kind of lingering out there and of course, as you know, we've been looking online and so many soci

wolf, a unitedhealth group spokesperson says the suspect, luigi mangione, was not a member of unitedhealthcar e, and the spokesperson says neither was mangione mother. >> still, the overall sentiment of outrage against health insurers just continues to grow. along a seattle area highway. a digital sign says one less ceo, then many more to go. in new york city. >> posters were put up praising the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson with a red x across his picture. >> other posters singled out another executive in florida. >> police say a woman who was on the phone talking with blue cross blue shield about recently denied medical claims, said to the representative, quote, delay denied depose you people are next. those words were written on the shell casings found at the scene of brian thompson's murder. the woman has been charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. >> what we're seeing has been unleashed on social media and elsewhere is just all of this pent up anger and frustration. i mean, we're talking about people's health. >> this is a life and death s

it was not front page news that this man, the ceo of unitedhealth, was going to be speaking at 8 a.m. at the hilton hotel in manhattan. he knew it. and he was there. and he waited and the thing about the starbucks stopping at starbucks maybe ten minutes before and getting a coffee and that tells me he wasn't nervous at all. he felt really good about what he was going to do, and he had nerves of steel, and he did it all right. >> all stay with me as we continue getting more information in here as i said, we've just learned that the suspected shooter traveled to new york by bus from atlanta. i also want to let everyone know there will be a special tonight at 11 with laura coates a one hour special on the murder of the unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson thompson that is coming up tonight as well. but as we continue to follow this breaking news, we do have some new details about the ceo brian thompson himself. he was estranged from his wife. they were living in separate houses, although nearby they shared two children. what more do we know about him? plus our john miller who has the best

unitedhealth is a reason for that. why the bifurcation between the dow and nasdaq, unitedhealth down 20% off this nine-day stretch accounting for more than half of the dow point losses down 3.5% today. we're a little bit later on on the program going to be joined on set by delta ceo ed bastian. eight times their p/e ratio. so much to talk about with the state of business, travel consumer, ask him about the drones. >> do airlines need to be worried about them? and bitcoin topping $107,000 today. so does bitcoin have a place in the portfolio of a long-term investor? we'll tell you what financial advisors are telling their clients >> it's been a frustrating point for them as it keeps climbing. 106,000 for bitcoin today. >>> all right. meantime we start with the fed, as we are less than 24 hours away from the final decision on interest rates of 2024. check with our mock fed panel. five of our seven panelists voted for a quarter point rate cut, but don peebles is out there, as he has been for some time now, voting for a hal

huntington, cigna, cvs health, unitedhealth group. know that one. lauren: mercado libre. stuart: that's right. and on semi on the list. >>> still ahead, liz peek will react to the biden administration not answering direct questions about the mysterious drone sightings. tennessee senator bill hagerty, he's going to be here on the backlash over biden selling border wall materials. ukraine says it assassinated a top russian general. what does that mean for the peace talks? incoming special envoy to ukraine and russia, retired lieutenant general keith kellogg to, has that for us. and some democrats are calling out biden for disappearing from the public stage the as trump tax over. bill hemmer on that. the 10:00 hour is next. ♪ oh, i wanna dance with somebody. ♪ i wanna feel the heat with somebody. ♪ yeah, i wanna dance with somebody -- ♪ .. xcom g7 is one of the easiest ways to take better control of your diabetes. this small wearable replaces fingersticks, lowers a1c, and it's covered by medicare. not managing your diabetes really affect

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a five—day manhunt, police believe they have their suspect in the brazen, targeted killing of unitedhealthal interest, after an employee at a mcdonald's recognised him from these widely circulated images after the shooting and alerted local authorities. the 26—year—old turned up in altoona, pennsylvania, a town more than four hour's drive outside of new york, and was eating when he was approached by police. responding officers questioned the suspect, who was acting suspiciously and was carrying multiple fraudulent ids as well as a us passport. one of the fraudulent ids was the same newjersey license used by the suspected gunman when he checked into this hostel on the upper west side before the shooting. the nypd is now o

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. >> the head of the health care conglomerate, brian thompson, worked for unitedhealth group ceo andrewty, tried to address some of the growing frustration with an essay in the new york times. he praised thompson as a brilliant, kind man who was working to make health care better for everyone and wrote, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. our mission is to help make it work better. witty said his company is willing to partner with anyone to deliver better care at lower costs, but acknowledged. quote, clearly we are not there yet. witty did little to appease thousands of people who replied to his op ed with comments, one person writing to think that the health care providers do not also seek to maximize their profits is simply naive. another saying i don't know how he sleeps at night on his bed of blood and suffering at this point, social media is now the jury and it doesn't like what it sees. >> so if you're an executive, you know, in interim management, unitedhealthcare or any other health company, you've got to

to be clear, brian thompson led the insurance business, united health care, which is under unitedhealthres, please. the green still on your screen, dow up close to 200, nasdaq up about 150. ray wang with us this morning. i want to talk amazon, ray. the stock's around 215 at the moment, and you say it's going to $250. make your case. >> yeah. well, this is that aws reinvent, this is where amazon showcases the cloud. amazon, basically, is laying out the foundation for anybody who wants to build a.m. i. in their business and making it easy for them. they're building their own chips. they started this thing in 200 20, and what they're -- 2020, and they've issued the third version of that chip. they can take the cost of compute down farther than anyone else, and that means in the long run they're competing with nvidia for chips which means this is an alternative for companies to drive down the cost of a.i. stuart: wow. so the a.i. revolution remains in place, and it's still going strong, correct? >> it is definitely, and that's what everyone is talking about here at this event. and, of cours

that i think may alter some of the thought, some of the thinking about his motive, and that's unitedhealth group revealing that mangione isn't a client of the insurer. there's actually a note allegedly found on mangione in pennsylvania that said this, quote, united is the fifth largest company in the in the united states by market cap, behind only apple, google and walmart. it has grown and grown. how does the fact that united didn't serve the suspect impact this investigation? it appears that he didn't have a personal vendetta against them. >> well, i mean, maybe mr. thompson was a symbolic target, but it's not going to have any effect on the case. i mean, this was cold blooded murder. we saw it on video. we have forensic evidence that proves that he was there at theime. i mean, it is what it is. and so they've got all this other stuff swirling around, and certainly defense attorneys will be trying to use whatever they possibly can. bottom line, this guy is a cold blooded murderer. he is in jail and he needs to stay in jail. and for those people to somehow empathize with him, i think they

he was walking alone when he was shot as he headed to unitedhealth group's meeting at the hilton davidou, bertha certainly one of the outcomes sadly will probably be an increase in security for many senior corporate officials as a result of this tragedy >> just so [ inaudible ]. >> yeah. >> just took your breath away. >> it does let's take a quick break and then we're going to come back with a lot more news for you in terms of a lot of stocks that are movinghimoin ts rng. we'll have jim's mad dash. "squawk on the street" right back it's all the things that keep this world turning. it's the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. trust. hang out. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. powering more businesses than anyone. powering possibilities. [cheerful music] [phone ringing] not all multimillionaires build their wealth the same way, you have... the fearless investor. the type a cpa. the boot strapper. the boot maker. hee-ha. but many do have something in common. we all trust schwab with our wealth. t

killed unitedhlthcare's top executive, was not insured by the company according to police and unitedhealth's owner. we're also learning how mangione left new york city after the alleged shooting. jonathan dienst has the latest. >> we have no indication that he was ever a client of unitedhealthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in america, which is possibly why he targeted that company. >> reporter: the chief explained more about the back injury and surgery mangione went through in july of 2023. >> so the injury that he suffered was a life-changing, life-altering jr., and that's what may have put him on this path. >> reporter: ballistics matched the gun through a test firing of that ghost gun. five fingerprints found on a water bottle. two fingerprints on an energy bar wrapper recovered from the scene, but they still have not gotten into what they believe is mangione's cell phone. mangione's family has not yet been interviewed. >> we have had no contact with his family. >> reporter: detectives are still piecing together his timeline. he traveled to the bus

. >> por su parte, unitedhealth group se pronunciÓ este viernes.aciÓn de la gente y urgiÓ mejoras en cÓmo se explican las coberturas y cÓmo se toman las decisiones. en paralelo, un gran jurado ha comenzado a escuchar la evidencia contra el gran jurado. >> solo mira la evidencia para ver si hay suficiente para hacer un cargo. entonces van a la corte para demostrar toda la evidencia. >> el sospechoso de 26 aÑos permanece en una correccional estatal en pennsylvania desde donde otros reos parecieron defenderlo ante las cÁmaras de la prensa. este caso, que ha generado un gran interÉs, continÚa teniendo repercusiones en la opiniÓn pÚblica e incluso generando incidentes en varios estados, como el arres de esta mujer en florida. segÚn la policÍa, por haber reclamado a su aseguradora citando el caso del asesino de nueva york. este anuncio de trÁnsito en seattle con un texto que apuntaba a otros ejecutivos de grandes empresas mientras se ha confirmado que el empleado de mcdonalds que delatÓ a mangione es elegible para 60.000 $ en recompensas. en washington,

. >> the head of the health care conglomerate, brian thompson, worked for unitedhealth group ceo andrew witty, tried to address some of the growing frustration with an essay in the new york times. he praised thompson as a brilliant, kind man who was working to make health care better for everyone and wrote, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. our mission is to help make it work better. witty said his company is willing to partner with anyone to deliver better care at lower costs, but acknowledged. quote, clearly we are not there yet. witty did little to appease thousands of people who replied to his op ed with comments, one person writing to think that the health care providers do not also seek to maximize their profits is simply naive. another saying i don't know how he sleeps at night on his bed of blood and suffering. >> at this point, social media is now the jury and it doesn't like what it sees. so if you're an executive, you know, in interim management, unitedhealthcare or any other health company, you've g

tell us more about that yeah brianna, there is an email sent out to unitedhealth group employees from the ceo. that's the parent company of unitedhealthcare. the insurance unit of this major company that brian thompson was the ceo of. we've obtained that email and the ceo andrew witty, telling employees, quote, our immediate priorities are very clear. they say we're lending all the support possible to brian's family as they deal with the tragedy of losing someone they love so dearly and they say we're ensuring the safety security and well-being of our employees. they say that they've increased security at their campuses in minnesota, as well as sites in washington d.c. and new york city and surrounding areas. they say they're assessing other sites as well. and in the coming days, folks may see increased security protocols at many locations. they're also not allowing external visitors to their campuses through the end of the week. also here in this email to employees talking about increased media attention, including themes they say are untrue. they also note the social media environme

. >> this guy gets a trial who's allegedly killed the ceo of unitedhealth. but you can only push people so far. and then they start to take matters into their own hands. >> terrible. >> just terrible. that response or just tell me. walk me through it. give me your thinking. >> violence is never the answer, but. right. that's it. that's the end. i just i think about this in terms of a lot of other issues on which americans are deeply frustrated. take, for instance, colleges and universities, the number of americans who are in crippling student loan debt. if someone went out and shot a college president, we would not be having a conversation about, gosh, do we need to reform higher ed in america? we'd be talking about right wing extremism, and look at what this has led to. and people would be yelling at congresswoman stefanik for, look at what you did. you caused this. and we're not having that conversation now. instead, we're like, did this guy have a point? and to me, i think we absolutely need to have a conversation about our health care system and the many

sources are telling cnn that the entire unitedhealth group actually the leadership team, had securityed a question why the ceo brian thompson is walking alone this morning and later tonight there is new sound coming out, a new sound bite from the world's second richest man, jeff bezos, weighing in on the second trump administration and how he's viewing it still congested nope. >> uh-oh. >> new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray. >> spray goodbye, new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power jet spray. >> goodbye to congestion its comeback season the ups store wants to make this the best holiday season ever, no matter how you celebrate we're the packet ship it, guarantee it, store the extra pair of hands, store the it has to get there in one piece. >> store we're the one stop right around the corner be unstoppable every way you holiday store visit the ups store dot com slash packing and get 20% off packing today for more than a decade pozega has been trusted again and again and again. >> pozega ask your doctor about pozega now's the time to go back in ti

>> reporter: lester, a stockholder report from unitedhealth group doesn't suggest they provide that security for executives. other insurance companies, cigna and humana suggest they do. >>> the confirmation challenges for trump's choice for defense secretary. pete hegseth speaking out as we have learned trump may be eyeing a former primary rival to replace him. here is garrett haake. >> reporter: president-elect trump's selection for secretary of defense, pete hegseth, facing wavering gop support. defiant saying trump told him today -- >> pete, i got your back. it's a fight. they are coming after you. get after it. >> reporter: the former fox news host and decorated combat veteran speaking to megyn kelly, pushing back on damaging stories about his background. >> what has been said about me, it was so ridiculous and all anonymous. we didn't want to give it oxygen. you see the art of the smear. >> reporter: nbc news reported ten current and former fox news employees say he drank in ways that concerned them. >> first of all, i never had a drinking problem. what do guys do when they come back fr

. >> the head of the health care conglomerate, brian thompson, worked for unitedhealth group ceo andrewy, tried to address some of the growing frustration with an essay in the new york times. he praised thompson as a brilliant, kind man who was working to make health care better for everyone and wrote, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. our mission is to help make it work better. witty said his company is willing to partner with anyone to deliver better care at lower costs, but acknowledged. quote, clearly we are not there yet. witty did little to appease thousands of people who replied to his op ed with comments, one person writing to think that the health care providers do not also seek to maximize their profits is simply naive. another saying i don't know how he sleeps at night on his bed of blood and suffering. >> at this point, social media is now the jury and it doesn't like what it sees. >> so if you're an executive, you know, in interim management, unitedhealthcare or any other health company, you've got

. >> the head of the health care conglomerate, brian thompson, worked for unitedhealth group ceo andrew witty tried to address some of the growing frustration with an essay in the new york times. he praised thompson as a brilliant, kind man who was working to make health care better for everyone and wrote, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. our mission is to help make it work better. witty said his company is willing to partner with anyone to deliver better care at lower costs, but acknowledged. quote, clearly we are not there yet. witty did little to appease thousands of people who replied to his op ed with comments, one person writing to think that the health care providers do not also seek to maximize their profits is simply naive. another saying i don't know how he sleeps at night on his bed of blood and suffering. >> at this point, social media is now the jury and it doesn't like what it sees. so if you're an executive, you know, in interim management, unitedhealthcare or any other health company, you've go

unitedhealth has made huge amounts of money in the last few years, including more by denying post-acute care. and i think that's not a new news story, but it will be a reviewed news story for sure, because that idea that executives make huge amounts of money and then, you know 1 in 4 people in the united states are impacted by unitedhealth decisions, right, for 7000 hospitals, a million employees, a lot of people were on the possibilities list for somebody who might either have been injured and trying to recover or trying to decide, okay how do i, you know, how do i go through this when the health insurance company won't cover this anymore for the rest of my life that creates a lot of anger. and that's really what you see here. anger. anger anger. >> thanks to all of you cnn anchor laura coates, a former prosecutor, has been all over the case. she's going through the intricate details of the capture she and her team are working on special reporting about this arrest, and you can look for that on laura coates live tonight at 11 p.m. eastern. only here on cnn, here on the lead. we're digg

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as new york city police now say they believe their person of interest in the ambush killing of unitedhealth care ceo brian thompson, has fled town. more than 48 hours after the shocking, early-morning ambush, the nypd continues to build out a map of the individual's movement before and after the deadly attack. a trail, ultimately leading to the manhattan bus station, where it appears to end with the possibility he skipped down on a bus. since wednesday's shooting, police have gathered a potentially pile of evidence. from dna. including the full- faced photos now being distributed nationwide. >>> meanwhile, the murder of brian thompson is sending shock waves across the healthcare industry. sam brock has late new details for us. >> reporter: even with a growing trove of images captured on camera, connected to the brazen and targeted killing of unite the healthcare ceo, brian thompson. tonight, no suspect has been named. and jessica tisch said she believes the person in the case has escaped manhattan. >> we have released the photo yesterday. we would appreciate you getting that photo out to yo

recent corporate statements from unitedhealth don't reveal personnel security expenses for executives and they haven't responded to questions about what resources were worn deployed for him. it comes after his wife told us wednesday that there had been threats against her husband adding, basically, i don't know, a lack of coverage? i don't know details. inin the faly's home town outside of minneapolis, the police department said they had no record of such reports as the staggering and the still unfolding murder and manhunt has left a city in industry stunned. >> thomas here now and you have been working the phones and police sources since this broke. what is the most important challenge right now for police? >> reporter: right now is the timeline and what are the do here and where did he come from. these photographs provide some clues and we are told it is leading to a lot of tips. ththese allothe nypd facial recognition unit to see if they could match the photo to a name they could also see if he is captured on surveillance cameras that trains or bus stations to determine where he ca

recent corporate statements from unitedhealth don't reveal personnel expenses for security. it comes after his wife, paulette, telling nbc news wednesday, there had been some threats against her husband, adding, basically, i don't know, a lack of coverage. i don't know details. in the family's hometown outside minneapolis, the police department told nbc news they had no record of any reports. as the staggering and unfolding manhunt is leaving a city stunned. >>> california residents were rattled by a 7.2 earthquake erupting off the northern coast thursday morning. noaa issued a tsunami warning, forcing evacuation orders to move inland immediately. that warning was lifted a little over an hour after the quake. luckily, there were no injuries or deaths reported here. california's governor, though, declared a state of emergency and said damage assessments will continue first thing this morning. >>> well, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy were on capitol hill thursday talking big budget cuts. the two billionaires were selected by donald trump to head up a so-called department of gov

. >> reporter: video obtained by nbc news shows the unitedhealth care ceo walking alone when a shooter gunned him down from behind. >> he ignores numerous other pedestrians. approaches the victim from behind and shoots him in the back. >> the shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot. >> reporter: the nypd commissioner calls it a brazen, targeted attack. >> this does not appear to be a random act of violence. >> reporter: the health care executive, brian thompson, was headed to an investor conference at the hotel around 6:40 in the morning when he was shot. the attacker, dressed in all black, was wearing a distinctive gray backpack during the shooting. he ran across the street and jumped on an ebike, last seen entering central park a few blocks away. >> he was shot, you know. and when i look, the guy with the gun was like the black gun, and i saw him after he st him, he run across the street this way. >> reporter: police found three bullet casings and a cell phone at the scene. in a brief interview, thompson's wife said her husband had recently received threats but di

unitedhealth group saying in a statement to abc news our hope is that today's apprehension brings somef to brian's family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy. we thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. we ask that everyone respect the family's privacy as they mourn. mangione is being held without bail in the custody of the pennsylvania department of corrections, pending his extradition to new york. >> we're not done here. we're still going to be putting this together. we're still going to be working very hard to bring this to a successful conclusion. >> our thanks to erin when we come back. rapper jay-z, accused of drugging and raping a 13 year old girl along with sean diddy combs, accusations they both deny what jay-z is demanding deny what jay-z is demanding from the accuser. i have skyrizi. ♪ i've got places to go and i'm feeling free. ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me.♪ and now i'm back in the picture. feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with sky

. >> unitedhealth group says thompson's funeral was held on monday. health insurance company.nother one will be holding their investor day virtually tomorrow. thompson was killed on his way to attend his investors meeting, and the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo is shining a spotlight on americans frustration with the health insurance industry and corporate ceos in general. >> a law enforcement bulletin obtained by abc news says that in the weeks since the killing, corporate executives have faced a surge of harassment and threats. the bulletin includes an image of a banner on a highway overpass with the words deny, defend, depose, the same words found on shell casings at the crime scene in new york. e.r. doctor helena wang, who's also a contributing writer for the new york times, joined us on abc seven news at 3 p.m. today to talk about these intense reactions when the shooting first happened and i saw the reaction across the internet, the horrifying glee that people had about this man being killed. >> i knew had unmuted something very deep inside the american psyche. >> docto

up ahead, new details in the killing of insurance unitedhealth ceo brian thompson ahead this midday. new details about a possible extradition, which could send the suspect back to new york. plus demanding a solution. the new push to use tracking technology in response to that surge in mysterious drone sightings on the east bounced from one doctor to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.' the.... ”press 4 to repeat these options.” [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get a whole lot easier when your medical records, care and coverage are in one place. at kaiser permanente, all of us work together for all that is you. for action over the mysterious, drone like objects being reported in the skies, especially in new jersey and new york. nbc's maya eaglin is tracking the latest. hey there. yeah, we are in teaneck, new jersey, where there have been several reports of drone sightings over the weekend. the local police actually still encouraging residents to send in those reports,

. >> unitedhealthcare is the health insurance wing of unitedhealth group, the largest health insurerd. the company releasing a statement saying they are deeply saddened and shocked, saying brian was a highly respected colleague and a friend to all who worked with him. there's still no word on a motive. thompson's wife tells abc her husband was a loving father to two sons, and their family is shattered. they're requesting their privacy be respected during this difficult time. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> developing news a shooting at a school in oroville wounded two students, and the sheriff says the suspected gunman took his own life. it happened around 1 p.m. at the feather river adventist school near palermo. the butte county sheriff says he does not believe the gunman has a connection to the campus. the feather river adventist school is a private school for grades k through eight. in the east bay. there's a rush to repair a sewer line break that's causing a massive overflow of untreated wastewater. this is happening near the shore acres pump station in bay point. the delta di

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the head of unitedhealth group, the parent company of unitedhealthcare, sending a message to its employees, calling thompson one of the good guys and saying the company will take p precautio to ensure employees feel safe and supported. stephanie gosk reporting. president biden announced he is granting clemency to nearly 1500 americans, the most in a single day ever. the administration says the people getting commuted sentences were placed on home confinement for at least one year during the covid 19 pandemic, and now successfully reintegrated into their communities. biden is also pardoning 39 people who were convicted of nonviolent crimes. the president says this country is a nation of second chances. a crackdown on parking is now on hold in san francisco. ahead this midday, we're talking about new rules about blocking people from parking too close to crosswalks. and the reason tickets won't be given out right away in the new year. plus, a new twist in california's housing crisis. one of the state's biggest companies for homeowners insurance now adding customers, not cutting them. the new

this guy gets a trial who's allegedly killed the ceo of unitedhealth. but you can only push people so far. and then they start to take matters into their own hands. >> so is violence bad or not? i guess it all depends on who's getting hurt. i don't know where the line is for liz, but i'm assuming it stops before you get to politician. and then you've got talking heads on cnn who lamented the suspect's newfound fame, and a host who couldn't resist asking the graphics guy to, quote, take down the banner so they could see luigi's abs. >> the man accused of killing unitedhealth care's ceo going viral. >> images of luigi mangione seem to captivate the attention of online masses. >> so much of the clips we were watching at the top of this segment are driven by the fact that this is this is an attractive. >> we got to drop the banner to show why. >> the guy he did drop the banner. when you see the reactions to these two very different events, it can give one pause. we have people calling for vigilante violence after the penny verdict, and we're seeing an assas

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