Top of the Hour: Arson Suspect Arrested in LA, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Police in Los Angeles arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with a string of more than 50 arson fires set to cars across the city on Monday. Harry Burkhart was taken into custody after being stopped by a reserve sheriff’s deputy while in a van sought by investigators.

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