and many blame that fact on unitedhealthcare.states. it covers more than 50 million people. it's also the largest employer of physicians after years of buying out their practices. it's a for-profit company that stands to benefit immensely if health insurance becomes fully privatized. it helps run hospitals and out-patient surgery centers. it covers older adults on medicare advantage. the poor who are on medicaid, and also sells obamacare plans. it is a health insurance giant. a goliath. big health care, like none other. unitedhealthcare has a toxic history, ballooning as a company by eating up its competitors. its consolidation practices and increasing reach have garnered scrutiny from the u.s. department of justice. it also pioneered hmos, perhaps the world's worst, most hated form of insurance. what you're seeing online these days is anger at the industry. and particularly at unitedhealthcare. and not without a reason. the insurer is known for how it handles claims, mainly denying coverage for you and your loved ones. that cove

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a police official telling cnn the gunman who killed the unitedhealthcare ceo has likely left new york city. we've got a whole lot of new details tonight. plus identifying the assassin police running pictures of the suspect's face through massive databases using facial technology. i'm going to speak to the man who helped id the boston marathon bombers. also breaking tonight a major putin allies grip on power in jeopardy. rebels closing in on the syrian capital of damascus. and cnn tonight on the ground in syria with a major exclusive. let's go out front and good evening. i'm erin burnett out front on this friday. the breaking news, the backpack. so here's where we are with this. sources are telling cnn that police believe they found the backpack belonging to the assassin who killed the ceo of unitedhealthcare brian thompson. abc news obtained a picture of the backpack. i'm going to just show it to you here. again, this is abc had gotten this picture of it. we are told that that backpack was found in central park in new york city. now, you know that for days now, authorities have been s

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a major development into the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. manhattan prosecutors charged 26-year-old luigi mangione with murder. luigi mangione was apprehended in pennsylvania about two hours away from pittsburgh and he's facing forgery and firearm charges there. stephanie gosk has the details of the arrest. >> reporter: 26-year-old luigi mangione is in custody in pennsylvania. arraigned on unrelated felony gun charges and lying to police about his identity. five days after unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson was stopped and gunned down on the streets of midtown manhattan, the masked shooter fleeting on an e bike and eluding police long enough to get out of the city. >> the suspect was in a mcdonald's and recognized by an employee who called local police. >> reporter: 280 miles west of new york city, eating breakfast, officer tyler fry who has been on the job just six months described approaching luigi mangione. >> we recognized him immediately. we knew that was our guy. >> reporter: local police detained him after showed a fake i.d. from new

call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today. about the only medicare advantage plans with the aarp name for coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. >> on the next true crime news, a bride to be murdered. what? her final moments on surveillance rev l ther bounced from one doctor to the next. does it have to be like this? at kaiser permanente, we have a different kind of healthcare... so, how did you like doctor lum? ...where all of us work together for all that is you. >> i woke up before the sun. even, and i heard him still sleeping. >> kara robinson's rapist is next to her with a loaded gun, and she is chained and bound to the bed, but with her captor sleeping, she realizes this is her one chance to get free. >> my hands were kind of up here and so the first thing that i did is i tried to kind of reach my hand to unscrew that. that c clasp, and i couldn't quite do it. so there was just enough room that i could kind of get it to my mouth. and i used my teeth to unscrew it. i still had my hands in handcuffs and then

since the shooting unitedhealthcare added fencing around its headquarters. today writing in the "new york times," we are struggling to make cause of these acts. but acknowledging the health care system does not work as well as it should and we understand people's frustrations with it. what sources describe as this deepening fixation op unitedhealthcare came as mangione was increasingly isolated from his family and posting on social media his alleged writings show progression from fixation to formulation of a plan to kill. >> david: aaron katersky, thank you. >>> we turn now to the alarming images, the frightening moments on an american airlines flight from la guardia to charlotte. moments after takeoff a bird strike leading to engine failure. the plane then relying on another engine for an emergency landing. here's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: frightening moments shortly after takeoff from la gua guardia airport. >> it appears we have engine failure. >> reporter: a passenger recording as a bird slams into one of the plane's engines, bursting into flame

now's the time to look at unitedhealthcare s variety of plans.give us a call to learn more about coverage options in your area, all designed to fit your needs and budget, and to help make your medicare experience simpler. you'll get the all in one you card only from unitedhealthcare. the you card is your member id and much more. show your you card when you visit your primary care provider, dentist or eye doctor, or fill a prescription at the pharmacy and use it to access medicare advantage's largest national network of providers. now, if you have any of these chronic conditions, be sure to ask about unitedhealthcare s chronic special needs plan. enrollment ends december seventh. now's the time to learn more about america's most chosen medicare advantage brand. call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today, about the only medicare advantage plans with the aarp name for coverage. you can count on for your whole life ahead. >> on the next true crime news, deadly secrets and i pul d the trigge ex when your clothes come out looking newer, longe

we did reach out to unitedhealthcare to get more of their perspective on this particular issue.did not get back to us, but cnn has learned that unitedhealthcare has increased its security measures at facilities around the country jason carroll, cnn new york an update now on the breaking news happening in south korea. >> it appears that president yoon suk yeol will survive an impeachment effort after lawmakers from his party walked out of the national assembly before the vote but opposition lawmakers went ahead with the ballot anyway. a few hours ago, yoon apologized for this week's short lived attempt at martial law and vowed to accept the consequences well, do yong kim is an adjunct senior fellow at the center for a new american security. she joins us live from seoul. de jong, good to see you. i want to get your thoughts on lawmakers walking out of the national assembly. and i guess where that leaves this impeachment vote yes thanks for having me back. >> so the ruling party lawmakers they boycotted the vote. um because, you know the the national assembly needs at least 200 vot

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seemingly forgotten, brian thompson, unitedhealthcare's ceo murdered in cold blood.ons was buried on monday. but online voices see him only as the face of a half trillion health conglomerate, in their eyes the obstacle to affordable health care. to many of these critics, it's a business model built on refusing to pay for services. in 2023, unitedhealthcare denied roughly 33% of all claims, the highest rate in the industry. the overall industry rate, 19%. >> i understand the kind of cultural wash, the response that has washed over a large segment of the population. >> reporter: yolanda wilson is a health care ethicist. in january, she needed a hysterectomy. this letter from unitedhealthcare denied her claim two days before her scheduled surgery. >> i was surprised. it sent me into turmoil. >> reporter: were you angry? >> a little bit. >> reporter: maybe more than a little bit? >> probably more than a little bit. >> reporter: her surgeon fought for her. the claim was approved. but in a world that's often black and white, her take on the murdered executive has lots of g

>>> tonight, the outburst outside the courthouse as the suspected killer of unitedhealthcare's ceo is denied bail and fights extradition back to new york. luigi mangione dragged into a pennsylvania courthouse today shouting to the cameras. >>> tonight, the outburst outside the courthouse as the suspected killer of unitedhealthcare's ceo is denied bail and fights extradition back to new york. luigi mangione dragged into a pennsylvania courthouse today shouting to the cameras. >> the 26-year-old fighting his extradition on a murder charge. the new body cam with the suspect eating at mcdonald's before his arrest. and new details on that note found when he was captured. the potential motivation. did mangione's own health problems play a role in the shocking crime? our full coverage is just ahead. >>> also, tonight, the explosive wildfires spreading in malibu forcing evacuations. students at pepperdine university sheltering inside the library as flames rage outside. >>> the chaos in syria after rebels seize power. richard engel on the desperate search inside the fallen regime's prisons for

unitedhealthcare is being sued for a reason.o you, but regulation would fix it. they're against regulation. >> they want the catharsis of this one man action, it's like everyone talking about the anesthesiologist, that changed because of what happened? probably not. if there was a general level of understanding about health care, if we had members of congress who would engage health care as a real issue, you weebt have these problems. this is my real concern, this is very real for you and me and everybody else who does anything. this person worked alone. i sincerely believe he very likely worked alone. any crazy person who views somebody as the genesis of all their problems can go out and do this. that's what happens when you have a country that worships violence and where you don't regulate gun. >> and this is the same approach that is taken by the right when it comes to gun violence. it's very sad that 3-year-olds were killed but the answer would be regulating guns but we're not willing to do that. there's an unwillingness to

this letter from unitedhealthcare denied her claim.prised. it just kind of sent me into turmoil. >> reporter: were you angry? >> a little bit. >> reporter: may be more than a little bit? >> probably more than a little bit. >> reporter: her surgeon fought for her. the claim was approved. but in a world that is often black-and-white, her take on the murdered executive has lots of gray. you don't agree with the shooter. >> i don't agree with the shooting. >> reporter: when it first happened, you weren't sad? >> no. >> reporter: were you sad for his family? >> yes. >> reporter: but you were also said for all the people his company had denied? >> yes. >> the decisions are made by multiple people, not just by one person. >> reporter: we heard more nuance from customers at pickles deli in downtown st. louis. sure, lots of health insurance horror stories, including kim's. >> high premiums, high deductibles. >> reporter: high frustration. >> high frustration. >> reporter: but everyone we talked to here, like gary sims, repudiated the killing. >

now's the time to look at unitedhealthcare's variety of plans.call to learn more about coverage options in your area... all designed to fit your needs and budget. and to help make your medicare experience simpler, you'll get the all-in-one ucard. only from unitedhealthcare, the ucard is your member id and much more. show your ucard when... you visit your primary care provider, dentist or eye doctor, or fill a prescription at the pharmacy. and use it to access medicare advantage's largest national network of providers. now, if you have any of these chronic conditions, be sure to ask about unitedhealthcare's chronic special needs plan. enrollment ends december 7th. now's the time to learn more about america's most chosen medicare advantage brand. call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today about the only medicare advantage plans... with the aarp name... for coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. (♪) >> harris: fox news alert. new york city prosecutors are wrapping up their closing arguments this morning in the daniel penny cr

his manifesto condemned healthcare system unitedhealthcare insurance giant. one quote was he called them parasites, he said i apologize for strife and trauma, you think, as i kill your father and h husband, i apologize for that. went to upenn and seems to be a different person now. >> something changed, you can listen to him at prep school in maryland, he talked about getting out in the world and make a different. he had a bright the future, he was intelligents in the clatsz room and now looking to spend life behind bars. >> steve: people are doing a deep dive on his online profile and i believe w"wall street journal" look at reviews he wrote on books he had read, he gave a book about unibomber manifesto four stars. we don't know why, if this guy is the guy, right now he is still the alleged shooter. it is interesting, when you look at his online stuff, his x account, formerly twitter, features x-ray of someone who has gone through spinal surgery. people who knew him say backpain affected all parts of his life. 26 years old, was he just kicked off his parent'

unitedhealthcare telling abc news that neither mangione or his parents were unitedhealthcare members. they're investigating if he allegedly targeted unitedhealthcare because of its size. insurance companies are increasingly under siege. unitedhealthcare putting up fencing around its minnesota headquarters. on friday united healthgroup ceo andrew whitey writing an op-ed in "the new york times," we are also struggling to make sense of this unconscionable act and the vitriol directed at our colleagues barraged by threats and acknowledging, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. unitedhealthcare has been criticized for its high rate of claim denials, particularly for its medicare patients. the healthcare giant labeling the criticisms as misinformation. as for mangione, he's now retained a new york attorney. whit? >> whit: ike ejiochi for us, thank you. >>> we turn now to syria. american travis timmerman is on his way home. the u.s. military flying him out of the country after his months in captivity there, and we're l

we mourn the death of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. gunned down. wait. i'm sorry. today we mourn the deaths of the 68,000 americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like brian thompson can become multimillionaires. then there's unitedhealthcare group's facebook posts about thompson, who was a husband and father of two. it reads in part, we are deeply saddened and shocked at the passing of our dear friend and colleague brian thompson. brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him so far, that statement has received more than 90,000 laugh emojis. no laughing matter to security experts like philip klein. >> there's now a widow and two orphaned children out there. >> they don't have a father now and we all need to remember that. >> klein provided security to thompson in the early 2000, and he has grave concerns about what he's seeing now. >> this has sent a ripple through the corporate executive world about security and the security of their employees. >> i am surprised of the backlash, just because it's such a

unitedhealthcare says the 26-year-old was not covered by its health plan. but written pages found on mangione mention the company by name. >> he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in america, which would make it the largest health care organization in america. so, that's possible why he targeted that company. >> reporter: suggesting the murder was more ideological than personal. the shooting unleashed a torrent of criticism aimed at the health insurance industry, with concerns that it could turn into copy cat violence. in florida, a woman was charged with threatening her health insurance company after she told an employee, delay, deny, depose, you people are next, echoing the words law enforcement officials say were written on the shell casings at the murder scene. she's pleaded not guilty. wendell potter is a former health insurance executive, who left the business disenchanted. he now advocates for reforming the $1.4 trillion industry. >> the anger is not new. i saw it when i was in the industry. i think this was some kind of catal

since the shoorting unitedhealthcare has added fencing around its headquarters. they say they are struggling to make sense of this. but acknowledging the health care system does not work as well as it should and we understand people's frustrations. this deepening fixation on unitedhealthcare came as mangione was increasingly isolated from his family and stopped posting on social media. his alleged writings show a progression from fixation to formulation of a plan to kill. >> aaron, thank you. >>> we turn now to the alarming images, the frightening moments on an american airlines flight from la guardia to charlotte. moments after takeoff a bird striking the engine. >> reporter: frightening moments shortly after takeoff from la guardia. >> it appears we have engine failure. >> reporter: a passenger recording as a bird slams into one of the plane's engines, bursting into flames. >> we hit birds on the way >> reporter: flight 1722 bound for charlotte had 190 passengers and six crew on board. >> immediately started with a loud bang and then the plane started shaking l

. >> investigators say they have new evidence that links the suspect in a shooting death of unitedhealthcare ceo to the crime. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. the suspect, luigi mangione, is fighting extradition to new york, where he faces several charges, including murder. he's in custody in pennsylvania after a judge denied bail earlier today. meanwhile, investigators are detailing new evidence they say links him to the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo ryan thompson. abc news reporter reena roy is following the developments. >> new forensic evidence potentially linking 26 year old luigi mangione to the new york city crime scene, where unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson was gunned down one week ago. police saying fingerprints recovered from a water bottle and granola bar found at the scene matched the fingerprints taken from mangione in altoona, pennsylvania, where he was arrested monday. the gun police say they found on mangione, also linking him to the scene. >> we were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in midtown at the scene of the homicide. >> a judge denyi

and apparently unitedhealthcare isn't the most popular insurance agency around. so does he have help from others? did somebody recognize the picture? but they're not calling police they're just a lot of things going on here. >> um lastly, can you talk to us a little bit about this veterinary gun that investigators believe may have been used by the killer? i mean, does it tell us anything about the shooter? and is that unusual? if it turns out that this was the weapon that was used well, it's an unusual weapon to find especially being used in a homicide. >> i wasn't familiar with that gun at all. i had to go online and really look it up. but when you look and you understand how that weapon works, it is very consistent with what you see on the video. what we thought initially was a jam was him pulling back the bolt to to put another round in the chamber to fire. and so when you look at it that way, and it does have a silencer on it, intentionally because you don't want to disturb other animals if you're, if you're killing one of the animals for whatever reason. and

today we mourn the death of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. gunned down. wait i'm sorry. today we mourn the deaths of the 68,000 americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like brian thompson can become multimillionaires. then there's unitedhealthcare group's facebook posts about thompson, who was a husband and father of two. it reads in part, we are deeply saddened and shocked at the passing of our dear friend and colleague brian thompson. brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him, so far. that statement has received more than 90,000 laugh emojis. >> i am surprised some of the backlash just because it's such a, um, really sad situation that has occurred. >> erin bradshaw has some insight into the current climate among patients and insurance carriers. she's an executive vice president at the patient advocate foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving health care access. >> it's an exhausting process you know. and on top of already being sick injured or disabled when they are running into a challenge with g

the case investigators now questioning a man in pennsylvania in connection with the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo. >> what we're now learning about the person in police custody. >> plus, a stunning collapse and a power vacuum. >> hours after the brutal regime of bashar al-assad loses control of syria, the u.s. launches attacks on dozens of isis targets in the country. concerns are growing that the terror group could try to take advantage of the turmoil there. and there is a new warning about the fate of syria's chemical weapons stockpile. and charm offensive some of president-elect trump's picks for key national security positions. head to capitol hill, working to win over top republican senators before their confirmation battles. in the meantime, trump is laying out aggressive day one plans, including pardons for january 6th rioters. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we do begin with a major development in the manhunt for the killer of unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson. new york police are heading right now to altoona

they're not directly at unitedhealthcare.the meantime, police are speaking with family members, employees and police in minnesota where unitedhealthcare is based. michael. >> naomi ruchim in new york. thanks. >>> two children were wounded and the suspected agagunman is d after a shooting at a small, private christian school in northern california. investigators are looking into reports the suspect met with the principal yesterday about enrolling a child at the school shortly before opening fire. two boys, ages 5 and 6, were taken to a hospital in critical condition. officials say the kgunman was found dead near the playground after apparently shooting himself. >> when we running i looked behind me and i kind of saw like someone, like peeking through, like -- and then i looked down kind of. and it -- like i saw like a figure of like a gun or something. so i told everyone to run faster. >> only 35 students attend the school. >>> well, winter storm alerts are in effect this morning from the great lakes region to the mid atlantic

we've also seen just a flood of frustration on social media following the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. actually mainly aimed at the health industry. health care industry, health insurance industry itself. let's watch this. >> of course, i would have been happy to send my condolences after the unitedhealthcare ceo was killed this afternoon however, unfortunately sympathy requires a prior authorization and i have to deny that request. they also denied my son his afos ankle foot orthotics because he did have a stroke. so half of his body doesn't work the same as the other half, and he needs those to walk. they denied him because he grew too fast. they said he just had some five months ago. i was like, yeah. and then he grew because he was two years old. and two year olds tend to do that cnn's clare duffy is with us now. >> clare, i think normally you have an instance like this. we do not see some of what we are seeing on social media. there is a lot of frustration that has come to the surface, even in the midst of what is a horrible tragedy for this company and this fa

hour with breaking news sources telling cnn that fingerprints found at the ambush killing of unitedhealthcare ceo matched the suspect. luigi mangione. that's according to two law enforcement officials. also new. a law enforcement source tells cnn that when mangione was arrested, he was carrying a spiral notebook. the handwritten notes allegedly contain lists on how to facilitate a killing. the source says one chilling notebook entry muses about killing, quote, the ceo at his own bean counting conference. new images capture mangione munching a hash brown at the mcdonald's where an employee alerted police and he was taken into custody. this is the latest mug shot of the 26 year old suspect. he is being held in a pennsylvania prison where he faces five charges, including second degree murder. he is fighting extradition back to new york and has denied bail. his anger at corporate america boiled over as he arrived for the hearing. edward debartolo back up and clearly out of touch and insult the intelligence of the american people and claimed experience. i want to bring in mary ellen o'toole, a for

now's the time to look at unitedhealthcare's variety of plans.area... all designed to fit your needs and budget. and to help make your medicare experience simpler, you'll get the all-in-one ucard. only from unitedhealthcare, the ucard is your member id and much more. show your ucard when... you visit your primary care provider, dentist or eye doctor, or fill a prescription at the pharmacy. and use it to access medicare advantage's largest national network of providers. now, if you have any of these chronic conditions, be sure to ask about unitedhealthcare's chronic special needs plan. enrollment ends december 7th. now's the time to learn more about america's most chosen medicare advantage brand. call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today about the only medicare advantage plans... with the aarp name... for coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. (♪) >> will you accept the jury outcome, their verdicts, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> no one is above the law. i said i would

. >> reporter: tonight, nearly a week after the ceo of unitedhealthcare was gunned down outside a new york city hotel -- an arrest. 26-year-old luigi mangione taken into custody in altoona, pennsylvania, after he was recognized at a mcdonald's from surveillance images. >> he is believed to be our person of interest in the brazen, targeted murder of brian thompson, ceo of unitedhealthcare, last wednesday in midtown manhattan. >> reporter: the nypd seen racing along i-80 to altoona, nearly 300 miles away, after a break in the case just after 9:00 a.m. a worker at this mcdonald's spotted a customer who was eating and acts suspiciously and dialed 911. >> a mcdonald's employee did something. we ask every american to do, if you see something say something. but most importantly, do something and they did. >> reporter: altoona police taking mangione into custody on gun changes. police say he had this ghost gun, that may have been made with a 3d printer -- similar to the weapon used to kill thompson -- along with a suppressor, or silencer. they also found three handwritten pages that police so

the 26 year old is charged with murdering unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson.son was gunned down on a street in midtown manhattan last week. let's hear what you have to say. let's go. luigi. just 24 hours after he was arrested at a mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania, mangione was denied bail and is fighting extradition to new yor his attorney spoke to reporters after today's hearing. like i said, he's an american citizen. he's presumed innocent. let's not forget that. according to police, mangione had a 3d printed weapon similar to the one used in the shooting. fake ids and three pages of handwritten notes. three senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news. the notes criticized the health care industry in the u.s. and specifically united health care. mangione has ties to several states, including california. stanford university, confirming mangione worked as a head counselor with one of their programs in 2019. and today we're learning. the san francisco police department has been in contact with nypd investigators, although chief bill scott would not commen

the ceo of unitedhealthcare gunned down, the man hunt ending at a mcdonald's. today, we're asking a former fbi special agent how do you track down the fugitive? and public sympathy could play a role. we'll have the conversation coming up in a few minutes. >>> but with first a look at your news headlines. general motors pumping the brakes on cruise. it will stop funding its autonomous vehicle. gm bought cruise in 2016, but ran into a roadblock after one of its cars dragged a pedestrian. accusing cruise of covering up key details in that crash. >>> san francisco is on track for a 60-year low in homicide rates this year. it is thanks to a data driven evidence based crime reduction strategy they put in place. police say they targeted the root cause of where violent crime was happening in order to drive down homicide rates. gun violence both fatal and non-fatal decreased this year compared to last. but they understand losing one person is too many. >> the loss of one life destroys a community. whether it is the family ort people who love them, the friends. i think a

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. >>> tonight the strong person of interest under arrest in the manhunt for the killer of unitedhealthcare's ceo. the 26-year-old arrested on gun charges after he was spotted at a mcdonald's in pennsylvania. he was spotted with a 3d ghostgun. the clues about a possible motive. >>> not guilty verdict in the chokehold trial. the most serious charge was thrown out. >>> syria's dictator flees to russia. the i'm inls i'm images inside his a banded house. >>> on the heels of our exclusive with president-elect trump, his controversial pick for fbi chief, kash patel. >>> jay-z accused of raping a 13-year-old with sean "diddy" combs. how he's firing back. >>> hope for austin tice, the u.s. journalist missing in syria, now the regime has fallen. my conversation with his family. >>> does this feel different somehow? >> it does feel different. >> it definitely feels different. >> it very much feels differently. >> will tice finally go free? >>> and the american star who just won one of the most exclusive prizes. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. it appears th

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new york city manhunt, brand new surveillance video appearing to show the man who killed the unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> the video was taken about a half hour before yesterday's shooting. also new today, new photos from nypd of an unmasked man whom nypd says is a person of interest. we're going to go live to new york in a moment where this intensifying manhunt is underway. but first, several powerful aftershocks after a major 7.0 earthquake off the coast of california. let's go right to cnn meteorologist chad myers. chad the tsunami warning has thankfully been lifted, but there is still a threat of more aftershocks. tell us more oh no question, jake. >> i mean we've had over 30 aftershocks already from 2.5 up to about 5.1, but 7.0 was this big quake. so we were in for a shock now the jolt felt very heavy by only about 15,000 people. this is bigfoot country. this is redwood country not a very populated area there. and that's the good news. but when i saw this 7.0, what we didn't know was how much the ground had moved under the ocean and did the ground move up or down or just back a

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luigi mangione, the 26 year old man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson, brought tos for the early morning murder. welcome back to new york. >> this act of terrorism and the violence that stems from it is something that would not be tolerated in the city. >> arriving in new york city, shackled a slow and very deliberate perp walk for the entire world to see, roughly five miles from the infamous crime scene. >> this show of force seemed to almost be performative in some ways, maybe to show people how serious this case was, and also the fear that i think a lot of law enforcement has that others may take up the mantle of luigi mangione to do similar acts. >> in an unusual display, new york city mayor eric adams and multiple high ranking city officials gathered for the suspects arrival. >> we wanted to personally be here to show the symbolism of leading from the front of the apprehension. some of these detectives were finally sleep. tonight. >> he will be arraigned today on his indictment for the killing of brian thompson, ceo of united health care, and he'll be arraigne

minutes later officials say the gunman ambushed and killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. york city police have now collected more than 200 images of the possible suspect. these pictures from the lobby of a manhattan hostel show his full face. investigators told the associated press he pulled down his mask to show his smile while checking in with a fake id. the manhunt now in its third day has spread to other states, including connecticut and new jersey, but the homicide investigation is playing out in new york where the mayor says he's confident police will find their target. >> we're seeing good old-fashioned police work here. we're on the right track. we're going to bring this person to justice. >> reporter: in addition to being chief executive of one of the nation's largest health insurers, thompson was a father of two, but much online reaction to his death has been rage at the insurance industry rather than sympathy for the victim. >> i'm having a hard time being empathetic to the situation whatsoever because this is a billion dollar company, okay, that denies access

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y es sospechoso de la muerte del director ejecutivo de unitedhealthcare se negÓ a ser llevado a nuevaasta resolverse el caso. la policÍa recuperÓ un manifiesto que, segÚn el funcionario, revela la mala voluntad hacia la amÉrica corporativa. christian yelich: ayer a la audiencia de extradiciÓn en pensilvania, el sospechoso comenzÓ a gritar. anoche la fiscalÍa de nueva york presentÓ a sospechoso de haber acribillado al director ejecutivo de unitedhealthcare cargos por asesinato, entre otros. y pidiÓ su extradiciÓn. pero esta tarde es sospechoso de lo que piensa pelear la solicitud de tradiciÓn. >> vamos a pelear esto junto a las reglas y protecciones que tiene mi cliente, dijo el abogado defensor. y no quiso contestar a la pregunta sobre si habÍa sido contratado por los padres joven de 26 aÑos. la gobernadora de nueva york y el fiscal del distrito de manhattan donde ocurriÓ el crimen estÁn coordinando una orden que asegura su traslado a la ciudad. el sospechoso fue detenido ayer por la maÑana en un mcdonald de pensilvania poniendo fin a una cacerÍa nacional que durÓ cinco dÍas. las auto

now's the time to look at unitedhealthcare's variety of plans. in your area... all designed to fit your needs and budget. and to help make your medicare experience simpler, you'll get the all-in-one ucard. only from unitedhealthcare, the ucard is your member id and much more. show your ucard when... you visit your primary care provider, dentist or eye doctor, or fill a prescription at the pharmacy. and use it to access medicare advantage's largest national network of providers. now, if you have any of these chronic conditions, be sure to ask about unitedhealthcare's chronic special needs plan. enrollment ends december 7th. now's the time to learn more about america's most chosen medicare advantage brand. call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today about the only medicare advantage plans... with the aarp name... for coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. (♪) >> sandra: imagine 6 feet of snow. that is obviously taller than most people. it is bearing the great lakes region right now as a peer storm since temperatures plunging

back to the manhunt for the suspect in the unitedhealthcare ceo a speck altoona p.a.shooter in many ways. fox news contributor ted williams with the reed on all of this. do they have that guy? >> sandra, they've got, i believe, that guy. i think alessandra, when we look at the guy, luigi mangione, we're looking at a 26-year-old who was very smart, valedictorian of his class, 2 degrees from the university of pennsylvania who decided, i think, to play a cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement. after having shot and killed this bryan thompson, this ceo , i think that he decided to continue to play a game. and if you look at it, the last time law enforcement good but the eyes on him or believed they had their eyes on him was when he went to that bus station in new york, they are. they believe that he was headed down south toward georgia. he is in altoona, pennsylvania, feeling very confident that he has played the game very well with law enforcement. unbeknownst to him, an employee at the mcdonald's is the one who was so vigilant. and i heard you earlier, sandra, when you

he was unitedhealthcare ceo and a tad of two. helicopters command that you have to remember he was only in town for work and business, thompson, i never went on to his family around christmas. he targeted unitedhealthcare even though not insured by the company, all these writings according to federal court documents john and jacqui that talked about how we planned this for months. a journal entry from august talking about how he wanted to go after unitedhealthcare leading up to six months before he talked about the planning into this doing it methodically. he has a new defense attorney new york city, and her name will ring a bell to people at home because she is married to mark go to a lawyer representing sean did a comb and sex trafficking case. this is high-profile legal couple who has his case. they say he is being overcharged here especially with the four new counts according to the federal charges they are looking at. they believe it is unusual to bring this and talks about the statutory double jeopardy concerns according to

this hour we are waiting in extra vision hearing for the 26-year-argewi murdering the ceo of unitedhealthcaren you imagine the moment for him and his partner when they said wait a second, holy cow, this is that guy, and thank goodness for those officers. hello and welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york. good to be with you, john. >> john: all the restaurants and all the towns in all the world, he had to walk into that one, so the officer nabbed him. i'm john john roberts in washington. this is between nine. luigi mangione he is facing a slew of charges encoding second-degree murder and two counts of possession of a loaded firearm. investigators say the weapon he had on him was similar to the one used to kill brian thompson, known as a ghost gun, and police it could have been built in part by using a 3d printer. >> sandra: we are former fbi special agent nicole parker on deck to react as we learn more about mangione's background. his education and possible motive. >> john: but first a bryan llenas outside the blair county courthouse in hollidaysburg pennsylvania. bryan, how soon could the

, insurance companies unitedhealthca re, was insurance companies unitedhealthcare, was shot and killedce, once in the leg and once in the back, and police have said in the last of the minutes it was a target shooting other they did not have any idea about motive. the new york police department commissioner gave a press conference a short while ago appealing for the public�*s help. in appealing for the public's hel. ., ., ., help. in midtown manhattan early this — help. in midtown manhattan early this morning, - help. in midtown manhattan - early this morning, 50-year-old early this morning, 50—year—old brian thompson, the ceo of unitedhealthcare, was shot and killed in what appears at this early stage of our investigation to be a brazen targeted attack. this does not appear to be a random act of violence. the victim was in new york city to speak at an investor conference. it appears the suspect was lying in wait for several minutes, and asked the victim was walking to the conference hotel, the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in