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the wuhan lab a month before china reported any cut of the cases. this is speetwentynine. i am kayleigh mcenany in here today, may have cost, harris faulkner and emily compagno. host of "no interruption" on fox nation, tomi lahren with an episode out today. everyone check it out. in the virtual center seat, dr. marc siegel, fox news contributor and professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. the white house wants a new investigation on the potential links to covid. but not by u.s. scientists. instead, they want the world health organization doing this, which has been under fire over its close ties to china. senator tom cotton says americans need a real investigation into the origins of the deadly pandemic. >> what matters most to me is that the american people get answered. the chinese responsible down that government is responsible for unleashing a pandemic on the world. the combination of negligence in

these labs and the covering it all up. that's why we need answers and a credible investigation, not another whitewash by the world health organization. >> kayleigh: dr. marc siegel, starting first with you, on january 15th, before the end of the trump administration, the state department under mike pompeo put out a report and said that this investigation had come up with three conclusions that there were scientists who were sick at the wuhan institute of virology. number two, they determined that there was a gain of function research being conducted, and finally they concluded that this institute had actually engaged in military operations or research to some effect, but this was not completed yet, and we have a response here from current state department spokesperson -- i think we will put up on the screen if you have a moment. he says this. "that reporting is incorrect that we ended investigation. in february and march of 2021,

the findings were briefed to the bureau of arms control verification and policy planning. policy staff in the new administration with the reports delivered, the work has ended." that doesn't sound to me like a completed report with those items of information. was there more to be investigated? >> dr. siegel: of course, kayleigh. of course there's more to be investigated, when you consider that coronaviruses don't just jump species overnight. i've got to tell you, this could take months or even years. a coronavirus doesn't mutate that rapidly. they are still looking for the so-called intermediate species. dr. fauci told me the other day, "we are still looking for the intermediate species," and he's also thinking the world health organization can investigate this. i have to tell you, kayleigh, i spoke today to a senior official at the world health organization whose identity cannot be revealed because they might have this person killed. the head of the w.h.o., this

person said, they are "corrupt to their bones." severely, provides severely compromised, and it'sl, but the w.h.o. will never find it or investigate it properly. they're the wrong people. to your point, of course the state department was on the right track. it's not proof, but "the wall street journal" came out and said that three people were sent to the hospital with covid-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, and the chinese military involved? why would we ever think we would get the truth out of china, out of the chinese scientists or anyone in china with the government overseeing everything? >> kayleigh: that is such interesting reporting about us about tedros, head of the world health organization. why would we trust in organization that was defunded because they lied to us about human to human transmission? they knew it transmitted but they lied to us.

reportedly the president of china called them and said, "do not call this a public health emergency of international concern," so they didn't. they lied to us about asymptomatic spread and praised china throughout this pandemic, who has been nothing but opaque. why would joe biden and jen psaki trust the w.h.o.? >> tomi: that's a great question, but we know democrats are married to the idea of globalism, so this doesn't surprise me in the least. we know they engaged in some form of cover-up, some form of distraction and deflection, and we know that about china. that shouldn't surprise anyone about china. what should surprise all americans is why the biden administration would cosign something like that. why they wouldn't want to get to the bottom of this, that destroyed our country. at the end of the day, when people are questioning this last year or year and a half ago, questioning china, lee recalled conspiracy theorists to even mention china. we will called racist bigots, and now this information is coming out and the american people should be called conspiracy theorists for wantino get to the bottom of it.

at the end of the day it destroyed our country and if the american people don't think -- and the democrats, even sitting at home -- don't think the democratic party used and exploited coronavirus for political gain and to oust president trump, they have not been paying attention. >> kayleigh: no, they have not. there is another element to this. i want to bring in harris and emily but i want to quickly come back to you, dr. siegel, because he did just have dr. fauci on for an interview. dr. fauci has been wrong about a whole lot, leading some republican lawmakers to demand that he step down. they want dr. fauci -- of course, the white house chief medical advisor -- to be let go, and made a series of flip-flops on covid and its origins. this, as he is trying to defend -- this is amazing, authorizing $600,000 in taxpayer money to go to the wuhan lab, which is at the center of all of this. senator lindsey graham today was pressing fauci on the origins of covid. here is a sound bite from today. >> have we found any animals

that carry covid-19 that could have been the source of the transmission to humans thus far? >> thus far, none. the intermediate host, if there is one, has not yet been found. >> and we've been looking for that intermediate host, is that fair to say? >> that is fair to say, sir. >> at what point in time would it become more likely it came from a lab if we don't find an intermediate animal host? how much longer? >> i don't think he can give a time element on that, senator, for the simple reason that we still have not yet confirmed what the host is from ebola. >> but we believed that ebola did not come from a lab? >> yes. >> okay. >> kayleigh: dr. siegel, they are calling this the fired act, .your thoughts? >> dr. siegel: he is still pending his hopes on an intermediate creature but he is saying that w.h.o. will get to that. that's never going to happen. as far as why he did all of

this, he also explained it to me. he said with sars in 2003, kayleigh, they were very nervous that was about to cause a worldwide pandemic. i think that was bad science. that was easily contained compared to this. that's how he justifies money being sent over there to the pockets of chinese scientists he trusted. the confidence here, but i'm worried about is the trust of chinese scientists who are then engaging in this game of function research. that is a serious problem. on the question of letting him go, i still think the focus needs to be on china here. i think dr. fauci was fairly foolish in this regard, but he is not the problem, it's what went on in that lab. >> kayleigh: that's right. he said it would have been a dereliction of duty, emily, not to give the money to the lab. a dereliction of duty. you have some information about the condition of this lab as the money was flowing in from the united states. >> emily: right, there are long-held concerns about the

safety of that lab, and frankly the potential threat to public health stemming from the research being conducted there. dr. siegel mentioned the gain of function research. this is against a backdrop of it being inadequately performed, and frankly poorly managed there. in february of 2018, the united states embassy took the highly unusual step of sending a science delegation to those labs and speak 25 multiple times. what the scientists uncovered were still concerning that they sent two cables to the state department, both categorized as sensitive, not classified, and they outlined the safety and management issues and pointed out the risky nature of them dealing with these highly transmissible diseases between bats and humans. they outline the potential threat against public health. i haven't heard that mentioned at all, and note this as well, up until two weeks after the pandemic started, details of those visits were on the virology lab's website there in china and of course it was then

deleted once the pandemic exploded. this kind of secrecy has frankly hallmarked chinese response to the responsibility for the global pandemic, but it remains to be seen whether this long history of potential threat to public safety and the way of the poorly managed research being conducted, the safety issues, the management issues, will be acknowledged by the w.h.o. or this administration. >> kayleigh: that inflow of $600 million to that lab, it's an unbelievable turn of events. harris, your thoughts? >> harris: we will watch every time dr. fauci goes to the hill, and he is there today. senate appropriations labor hhs, education, related agencies. he saw them going back and forth with senator graham. we are watching and listening to c for the story to change, because it has changed many times on different issues with dr. fauci. look, i believe in things evolving and signs moving forward. however, when you talk about

there being an investigation of the origins of it, yes, it may not have been a national occurrence, and you are dr. fauci, who has simply not said that before. if he says something different, nuanced, we want to know about it and will be the first to report it. real quickly, dr. siegel, i wanted to give you a chance, because i know hyperbole can scoot past us sometimes. he said something about 26, that he might have someone killed. did i hear that wrong? what are the facts there? >> dr. siegel: harris, this person is worried about tedros, international problems and how politically makes everything, how he wheels and deals, and person believes that he is an international criminal, and there is evidence of that in other countries. this is not me saying it, it is my source saying it. by the way, here's an example. a final example. the head of statistics for the world health organization was pushed out of power by tedros rep for the pandemic and replaced with a dentist. we might have actually had correct statistics on covid-19

if he hadn't been forced out of power and then died tragically. i'm not saying he was killed, by the way, that he died tragically under tremendous stress after being pushed out of power. >> harris: thank you for all that information, as well. fox news alert now, they started breaking last hour. we can bring you more updates as they happen. we are expecting another one to come shortly after a mass shooting in san jose, california, in just the last hour or so. right now we know that the suspected shooter is dead. that was confirmed with the first news conference a short time ago. he sent clara sheriff's department is located right next door to the valley vta, the transportation authority, where this happened, with the light rail. and multiple people were killed, multiple people injured. the numbers on that remain unclear. they are notifying families who are showing up at the sheriff's headquarters located just off the grounds of this light rail.

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with attacks on police and acts of vandalism. authorities say the black lives matter protesters didn't only launch fireworks, they also hurled frozen bottles at officers and torched dumpsters. a crowd of 200 even gathered outside the city's justice center, shouting "burn it down." it wasn't long before the situation was declared a riot in a scene reminiscent of what the city went through last year with more than 100 consecutive nights of violent protests. "the new york post" calling it "a hell of a tribute to george floyd." tomi, i'd like to start with you on this. as i just outlined, portland has endured 100 straight days during the last year of destruction and violence, and a city council diverted funds from the police department to community policing, park rangers, meanwhile officers are assaulted nightly. minority-owned businesses are disproportionately shut down, and this dumpster fire is occurring throughout the country. a lot accomplished in the last year in the way of social

justice, huh? >> tomi: that's what happens when you pass off these acts of lawless thuggery as justice, that's what's been happening for the last year and half or more. probably the last five years, but specifically in the last year, definitely come after the death of george floyd. these groups have never been interested in justice. blm, and he thought, they've never been interested in civil rights or justice or focusing on the to activism or message. back lives matter the organization only cares about black lives and they can use them for political gain, profit, or an excuse to destroy their communities, to loot, seal, and riot. to these officers out there on a daily basis protecting and defending these communities, i give them a huge congratulation and hats off, i don't know many americans who could do that. but it's getting to the point where if the biden administration won't step in like a trump administration dead, send federal agents and the national guard to quell this mayhem, i would say to those officers, go home, let the city burn.

if this is what these liberals in these liberal cities want, let them see what it looks like when they no longer have the protection and defense of those men and women in blue. >> emily: lee covered on this show just moments after gun fire erupted at george floyd square in minneapolis, just moments before a festival of celebration of the community, in remembrance of his life, was set to take place. the violence is spiking, has been for the last year, and there is no sign of stopping. >> harris: i want to pick up on something that tomi was just talking about. i'm going to take it into directions. one, how disappointing is it that you don't back up your employees? these aren't just cops, they are city employees. they work for the very people who are trying in some places to defend them, which makes no sense. that is like your boss saying, "i expect you to do better and i'm giving you half your pay." you see them in a dangerous situation like that, why don't you yourself as city leaders pick up the phone and say, "i need help, i need you to send

some resources in." some cities are forced to do that, but we don't have a president is going to do that anymore. this is not former president trump who sent in federal and state authorities to go help out kansas city last year when it was, you know, riding beyond control. by the way, the mayor of that city, quentin lucas, didn't even find out until he saw it on twitter. you don't have that kind of president right now. now you have the kind of president that's going to take your activities, to speak on behalf of your employees to keep them safe from your citizens. >> emily: kayleigh, harris and tomi mentioned the prior administration. the federal tools utilized by president trump to essentially punish the mayors, or at least protect the communities as derelict mayors were stepping up to condemn it and protect their communities. as we pointed out, the segmentation has done anything but.

>> kayleigh: that's right, harris picked up on an important point, and that is what the tribe administers and did in response to this violence. i was in the white house as portland burn for 100 days last summer. in order to quell the violence, a local jurisdiction requested the national guard. but what did mary tetley they do? he didn't do that. instead he marched with protesters, extolled how peaceful and wonderful it was, said it was paramilitary forces, because president trump was able to send federal authorities to protect the federal courthouse, he called them "paramilitary forces" the 473 days later doing an about face and saying this. "if you try to burn down an officer in a federal building, where you have trapped him, that is attempted murder." quite a turn of events for the mayor of portland. leading president trump, by the way, when he's rejecting the national guard to say you are what we can't and i kissed jurisdiction, you don't deserve federal funds if you're not protecting your citizens, and what did joe biden do when he

came in? he ripped it up and said no more anarchist jurisdictions, protesters have added. >> emily: in the only real reasn he survived the elections last year's because the alternates were even worse. all right, tomi lahren goes deeper on policing in america with her latest fox nation special called "honoring the badge." she sits down with atlanta police officer jerome turner who was shot six times in the line of duty. he shares his story and unique view on issues facing law enforcement in today's tense climate. fox is celebrating our men and women in uniform with a special offer. all active-duty military and veterans get a free year fox nation if they sign up today for memorial day. go to foxnation.com and click on the offer link. just ahead, "the new york times" quietly changes a headline in framing a rise in anti-semitic violence as a political upside for the right. the backlash, next.

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>> harris: oh, this story. "the new york times" is changing the headline of a recent op-ed which appeared to suggest there was a political benefit to disturbing rise in anti-semitic violence here in the united states and in europe. the piece, by left-wing columnist michelle goldberg was originally entitled "attacks on jews over israel are a gift for the right. the time quickly changed that "the crisis of anti-semitic violence" without including an editor's note of the change although it does acknowledge the print version ran with the original headline. your response? >> well, i think it's thinly-cloaked and of course it's not politically correct to talk about anti-semitism, right, harris? in europe it's much more

apparent but in the united states it's more thinly-cloaked and i think that's what led to the zionist movement, i think the op-ed in "the wall street journal" this week was right about that, the zionist movement basically came to be because he didn't trust the idea that we could just rely on liberal ideas, on socialistic ideas that everyone is equal so in a way it's hard and israel's resolve now, all the skirmishes around the united states, mobs attacking random jews has hardened israel's resolve. israel is a state that came into being because of the holocaust were 6 million jews were incinerated by hitler. it has a right to exist and by defending its borders, rockets start flying across. the world condemns israel for that end random jews star being attacked? that shows a deep rooted anti-semitism not only in europe or the united states paid >> harris: that's an interesting set of points they are and dr. siegel, you started off with one of the tenants of

our friendship which is show us who they are, show us who you really are. so that headline running from "the new york times" even though they tried to scrub it and cover it up and change it is a good thing we know, right? we know who they are. kayleigh? >> kayleigh: it's appalling that they allowed a headline to go to the editing process that in any way uses the word "gift" in association with the images we are seeing on the screen which is anti-semitic discrimination. the woke forces of the society, media, hollywood, the democratic party have essentially green-lighted one form of discrimination and that is anti-semitism, by allowing people to come into their party, say the awful things we've heard from ilhan omar, by hollywood calling israel an apartheid state, by "the new york times" using the word "gift" in association with anti-semitism. this is unbelievable, at a time where we are seeing anti-semitism on the rise over the last quarter-century, we need to stand in unison, all get

behind kevin mccarthy's bill which condemns this. i hope we have a unanimous vote in congress. >> harris: i want to pop up some tweets because you talk about some response out there. one twitter wrote this, one tweet says this, rather. "i wonder what made them change the line on the headliner? perhaps it seems a bit anti-semitic." "when you accidentally say the quiet part out loud" and "newsweek" opinion editor called the original headline simply "bio." tomi? >> tomi: yeah, again, i think it is outrageous and a complete insult for "the new york times" to assume that somehow anti-semitism is only offensive to the right or that somehow jews are only republicans and only on the right which we know is certainly not the case but this is "the new york times" showing their true colors and i think it's great that we can point it out and discuss it but furthermore, talking about

what's happening in our country and by the democrats aren't acknowledging it like they should be acknowledging it, in order for them to acknowledge it they'd also have to acknowledge members of their party that if tweeted disgusting things about israel, tweeted disgusting anti-semitic remarks, they would have to acknowledge that and route that out but the problem is the left is being controlled by those members, by the members of the squad, they can't do that, they can't acknowledge a problem, they had to have a solution to the problem and they don't want that because of the leaders of their party. >> harris: i tell you, if all of that is the case it is really sad. hold on one second, dr. siegel, i want to get to emily. i call it a change of shame, did they change it because they were ashamed? why isn't there just on awakening, they say they are woke, why are they not awaken to the fact that that's hateful, what they do? >> emily: i think, frankly, harris, it would be generous to think shame had an effect on them. i think it's too brazen, frankly. that's an atrocious headline but i have to call out the author,

the content was atrocious, too, she wrote "many progressives have worked hard to open a space in the democratic party to denounce israel's entrenched occupation and human rights abuses" and she retweeted an echo chamber tweet by the jerusalem bureau chief for "the new york times" calling it a "sharp article," i just wonder if "the new york times" will publish any of the letters to the editor condemning the content in the headline for this article or they will simply retweet and amplify those agreeing with her anti-semitic views? >> harris: i'd offer to hold my breath but my goodness, i don't think i good. real quick before we scoot to break? >> marc: tremendous answers, brilliant answers and i want to add, "the new york times" had a long history of anti-semitism, during world war ii they were apologists for the nazi party. the last thing they should be doing is something like this, they should be acknowledging

their own history. >> harris: that's what you get the last word. what do silicon valley, big-time sports and hollywood have in common? they will lecture america on social issues but suddenly go silent on human rights when it comes to china. some, like john cena even apologizing. the panel on hypocrisy, next. ♪ ♪ veteran homeowners. while mortgage rates are still near all time lows, home values just keep going up. now's the time to refi and take out cash. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. you could take out $50,000 or more, to pay down credit card debt and other expenses. and lower your payments $600 a month. the newday 100 va loan. only from newday usa.

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calling the democrat island of taiwan a country. take a listen. >> [speaking nonenglish language] three so there he is in mandarin, dr. siegel saying he loves and respects china. there's a few problems here. number one, he is apologizing to a country that is committing a against the minority muslim population, where they are forcing women to have abortions, forcing them to have iuds, putting people in internment camps and he's issuing an apology to china? >> marc: it certainly punctures the image of a strong male figure wrestler that he obviously is quaking along there, he thinks he will get more viewers but maybe he ought to look at what's actually happening in taiwan where the democratic progressive party is

gaining more of a foothold and as you know they elected a president last year and they've got more viewers that might say hey, we want independence and you said that, we are not going to go see your movie now. i think pandering to china is an enormous mistake which obviously president trump did not do and we can learn from this. >> kayleigh: tomi, john cena has a history of standing up against human rights abuses when he turned down an opportunity in saudi arabia, he rightfully stood up against the murder of a journalist but won't do so against the of a people. >> tomi: again, it's all about money, money speaks and we know china has a large stake in a lot of these people's careers and especially when it comes to entertainment, when it comes to sports, we know nba players like lebron james and others who are very vocal about what they see a civil rights and human rights abuses are very silent on china and we've seen a lot of also retribution on athletes that have spoken out against

china and what china has done but at the end of the day this is all about money. i don't know if it was john cena himself without the need to protect himself in this way or if he was pressured to do so but it just goes to show that when we have the celebrities that want to take a platform, get on a soapbox and lecture us, we are told we are supposed to listen to them because they have a platform and they have a right to express themselves, it's not so much their platform we have an issue with, it's their consistency in what they choose to advocate for that's most upsetting to most of us. >> harris: all right, we have some breaking news. san jose, california, the authorities there are reacting to a mass shooting about an hour and a half ago, we are covering this live, let's watch. >> upon receiving multiple phone calls of shots fired, deputies showed up to the scene and learned that there were multiple victims that were shot at the scene and there are multiple injuries and multiple casualties.

from this incident. i can't confirm with you at this point how many injuries there are or how many casualties, this is still a fluid and ongoing investigation and we are still trying to corroborate what exactly happened within incident. i will tell you now the suspect involved with this incident is deceased. i'm not going to go into details as to what was the cause of death at that point but he is deceased and the biggest thing we want to ensure his public safety for our community out there and right now public safety is a short at this point. we do have investigators on scene, pretty much doing our investigation to see exactly what happened and transpired. we had multiple law enforcement agencies it responded to the incident including multiple fire personnel from different agencies that responded as well. we did initiate our active shooter protocol to the santa clara county's sheriff's office, multiple agencies assisted with this incident including fire departments initiating a rescue task force in that incident.

that's all the information i have at this point, i will tell you that our reunification center is here next-door, it's going to be over at isaac newton center which is downstairs, so if anyone is looking for a family member or trying to get in contact it's going to be over here. >> do we know the relationship between the shooter and what type of weapons they used? >> i not going to go into detail, any type of information in regards of anyone that is deceased is going to go through the santa clara county's coroner's office, they had to do their investigation and find out, the next of kin and contact in that case. in regards to weapons involved i don't have that information at this point. >> did any police officers opened fire on a suspect? >> i don't have that information right now if deputies are police officers opened fire. i don't know if it was indoors or outdoors, i will tell you it

was a male subject and that's all i have the information at this point. >> [inaudible question] >> i don't have that information in this point, this is all preliminary, and about an hour we will have an update with that information. right now i'm going to run it over to the san jose mayor and he will speak and we will go from there. >> do you have a phone number that family members can call should they not be in the area? >> good -- and, yes phone numbers going to be 408-299-2311. i will speak it again, 408-299-2311. that is our santa clara county communications center. >> at any point did a rescue operation commence at all? >> say that again? >> at any point was there a rescue operation of sorts where authorities had to go in and get people out of the building? >> there was a rescue operation, multiple tactical teams came into the building to extricate

victims out as well as county fire assisted -- fire department came in, multiple agencies came in and initiated what we call a rescue task force as part of our active shooter protocol where they come into pretty much what we call the warm zone to exist in extricating victims out. the biggest thing is public safety. we want to get them out as fast as we can. one second. i'm sorry? >> where did they go into? >> so the information with the building, i don't have that information at this point fade in the building, there is an indoor and outdoor area as well, i don't have that information at this point. one more question, i need to run it over. >> was there a battle between officers and the shooters? >> i don't have that information right now, it is so preliminary. >> the number of people who were shot? >> i don't have that number at this point. again, this is so preliminary, we asked for privacy for the families and victims at this

case. i'm going to run it over to mr. glenn hendrix. okay? >> my name is glenn hendrix, the chairperson of the board of directors, glenn hendricks. a horrible tragedy today and our thoughts and love goes out to the bta family, the organization and what they've had to go through. i could not be more proud of the vta organization. as i drove here i saw vta buses out on the road, this is just a horrible tragedy that has occurred. one piece of information, the event did happen on the vta light rail yard, it did not happen in the operations control center. it did happen on the yard. i want to go ahead and let

people know that as of noon today, vta light rail service will be suspended and additional bridges will be put in place. so we will continue to provide service to our county residents. the reunification here is here at 70 west where people can get together and get information about their loved ones. >> i'm sorry for your loss, what kind of security is on the parameter? >> i will let someone answer the question later. we are so sorry this event happened, we are there for you. vta is in the process of getting grief counselors in place to help them. as i said, vta is a family. people in the organization know everyone. this is a terrible tragedy and

we will do everything we can to help people get through this. i have no information about the investigation or what happened. >> can you describe the facility and how many employees are there and that sort of thing? >> i don't have a number of people that are normally there but it's early in the morning when light rail service is starting. this is a maintenance yard where we do maintenance on the vehicles and also it's where the vehicles are dispatched from. >> i am the mayor of the city of san jose and i also serve on the vta board with chairman hendricks. this is a horrific day for our city. and it's a tragic day for the vta family. and our heart pains for the families and the coworkers.

because we know that so many are feeling deeply this loss. of their loved ones. and their friends. now is a moment for us to collect ourselves, to understand what happened, tom moran ends to help those who have suffered to heal. that will be my attention today. and for the foreseeable future. my attention will then be immediately turned to ensuring we do everything possible to ensure this never happens again in our city. and in the next 48 hours, i will be back in communication with you to talk about what we've been working on over the last year and a half and what we intend to do in the weeks to come to ensure we never see a horrific tragedy like this again in san jose.

we are in a very dark moment but i am heartened to see the response of the vta family coming together to help their coworkers. we are going to do everything we can to support the families of those who have lost their loved ones. and i'm grateful for the immediate response with law enforcement led by the sheriff's office who were able to secure the scene and to ensure there would be no more loss of life. thank you. >> can we say something in spanish, please? >> [speaking spanish]

i don't have any further statement. >> thank you guys. at 10:30 we will do another briefing. thank you. >> 10:30. >> harris: we've just heard from the mayor of san jose, sam liccardo expressing his condolences to the employees, families and friends, who will miss them today who perished today, and both english and spanish there. he sits on the valley

transportation authority board along with the chairman, glenn hendricks who gave us a little more information then we got from police, police gave us just some of the same details we got last hour, we anticipate to get more, perhaps, or at least an update in the next hour, that's what was promised. suspect deceased, public safety is assured at this point according to the santa clara county sheriff's department deputy russell davis just now. multiple law enforcement and fire responded, reunification center for family and friends who want to pick up those loved ones who survived today. that sort of thing we have had before, we got it again. what we did not have came from chairman glenn hendricks who told us that outside of it being a horrible tragedy an important detail, he said this happened on the vta rail yard not in the operation center so there's a lot of questions for that sheriff's deputy whether this was in or outside. another interesting piece of information that we did get through the questioning of the media and that was, there was a

rescue mission, correct? and the deputy said yes and went on to tell us that the rescue task force operation had to get people out of a building. it is helpful to know a little bit about where this played out because we now know that it was early morning and that's where the vehicles go to be maintained in that maintenance rail yard and they are dispatched from that. ted williams has been on the story with me today and i want to bring him and just shortly, former d.c. police detective. not a lot of time now but just to get your quick thoughts, ted, on all that we are learning now. >> harris, there is so much that we don't know. i'm happy that you picked up on the fact that hendricks represented that this happened on the yard there. the other thing that came out was that this suspect is definitely a male suspect. quickly, they know a lot more,

quite naturally, then they are sharing, they, by now i am sure have been able to identify this male suspect, i think they would know if there is a connection with him and any of the employees at that location. they are doing, i'm sure, a scrub of the male suspect's home, looking into what is the motive behind this as best they can. a lot of work that is going on behind the scenes unfortunately was not discussed here. i wish that they would have shared more with the public. i will hope later on when they have another press conference that they will, in fact, share more with the public because the public is clamoring to know, what was the motive, if there was a relationship, was this a

coworker-related mass shooting, there are a lot of questions. >> harris: or random. right. for them to ascertain that the public safety is assured at this point, that's why these questions are so important to have answers, the relationship, that was one of the report's questions. ted williams, thanks for being with me on the breaking news today and thank you for watching "the faulkner focus" and "outnumbered." right after this commercial break, "america reports." one of the benefits that we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we can say yes when banks say no. veteran homeowners. three reasons to do a cash out refi right now. home values are high while rates are low.

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>> a tough day in san jose, california. you're looking live at another command post, different perspective where a mass shooting has taken place. we know from the vta, the valley transportation authority on the rail yard is where he said it happened. then we know that several people are dead. several people are injured including the suspected shooter. want to bring you up to date on that. as we leave today to our

co-hosts and our guests today, this sort of took over the end of the hour. a very sad place to be. i want to thank everybody for watching us today and for being with us. a quick thought, kayleigh. >> yeah, we'll be praying for san jose. i can't imagine what's going on there. our prayers are with that community. >> amen. "america reports" now. >> sandra: thank you. new scrutiny for the white house. members of the trump state department say an investigation they began in to the origins of the pandemic was shut down by the biden administration in its early days. we'll talk to ted cruz and more. >> john: we'll talk with senator lindsey graham about that and pete hegseth and mark meadows. that's ahead. >> sandra: john, first we're learning more about a shooting in san jose, california where police say has ended in