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sam cassidy opened fire at a vta railway, and the search for answers is far from over. >> we're going to be there throughout the night to clear every room and every crevice of that building. >> where the investigation plays out from here. also, we learned so much more about one of the victims who is being hailed a hero for alerting others as the chaos unfolded. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. our entire team has been covering this entire story since it first broke. we went on the air for a day of extended to bring you the latest of all of this unfolding. here is what we know at this hour. the vta light rail facility in downtown san jose where this all happened remains locked down as detectives remain on the scene. >> the gunman killed nine people

before turning the begun on himself. the ninth victim who was in critical condition at valley medical center died. at 10:00 this morning vta will hold a news conference and will share more information about all of the employees who lost their lives. >> we have pictures of four of them, the youngest victim 29-year-old adrian balleza. also 36-year-old taptejdeep singh. 40-year-old michael joseph rudometkin. 40-year-old paul delacruz megia. alex fritch. jose dejesus hernandez. 49-year-old timothy romo. 63-year-old abdolvahab alaghmandan. and 63-year-old lars lane. we'll do our best to learn more about who they are and who they loved. >> first let's start with kris sanchez outside of that shooting scene. kris, we're learning more about some of the true acts of heroism out there.

>> we heard a lot about how law enforcement was able to get qui learned that they responded quickly because they had been working with an active shooter protocol. other employees helped one another including one who is a father and who will not be going home to those children. he was able to save lives by alerting his colleagues. let's show you, everybody grieves at their own pace. only four of the families are ready to share those stories with us. adrian balleza was just 29 years old. as you mentioned, taptejdeep singh was 36 and paul delacruz megia was 43. we spoke with the singh family who told us he heard gunshots and then called for the people to get to safety, even pushing some of his colleagout. they waited for hours,

family, agonizing. and now they know he won't be coming home. >> we suffered a lot. this morning his body is still there. anybody could grab the purse and see the i.d. and who it is. he's family. he has so many friends. >> reporter: we will mention all of the families have been properly notified. we're not revealing their names without that happening. santa clara county will be providing victims -- the south bay labor council, another community organization set up funds to help those families. you can find links at our website. and tonight at 6:00 mayor sam liccardo and other city leaders will be hosting a vigil. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right.

thank you very much, kris. we hope to learn more about some of these people. they were just going to work on a regular day. this morning an ongoing investigation is under way at the suspected gunman's home as well. it's in south san jose on angmar court about eight miles away from the vta rail yard where everything happened. we have some video showing samuel cassidy leaving his home wednesday morning. you can see here that he's carrying a black duffel bag that he puts into the back of that white pickup truck. cassidy's home in south san jose is another focus for law enforcement as well as firefighters and federal agents because along with the flames at the house, firefighters were concerned there may be something in the house that could pose a danger to the neighborhood. so they evacuated nearby neighbors after that fire started at his house. >> "today in the bay's" sergio quintana was in the neighborhood y were allowed back to lo of angmar court in south san jose has been the scene of a fire and

is connected to one of the worst fatal mass shootings ever in the bay area. after several hours police began taking down some of the crime scene tape allowing neighbors to return home. many were concerned when they watched as thick smoke began rising out of a house on this cul-de-sac. >> flames coming out of the window and the roof. >> what did you do? >> grabbed a hose and started putting it out. >> i looked at the outside, smoke was coming from the outside. >> reporter: doug su lives right across the street from samuel cassidy, a suspect in the mass shooting. as the fire was burning he learned about the violence at the vta light rail yard. he decided to check his security video to see if he spotted anything unusual. in the video he shared you can see cassidy walking to the passenger door of a white ford pickup in the driveway. he's carrying a bag, which he arranges in the front seat before leaving. he says cassidy was not a frie

never said hi. he looked like a scary person. >> reporter: investigators including the fbi spent much of the day collecting evidence. they brought in a robot to help. so far the san jose bomb squad has not found any explosive devices at his home. they are allowing residents to return to their cul-de-sac but not anyone else can enter. >> many in the community only beginning to grieve. last night members of the faith community gathered at st. james park in san jose to remember the victims. as kris was mentioning earlier, there will be a vigil tonight at 6:00 p.m. at that san jose city hall plaza. and, of course, a lot of people getting around this morning, mike, vta suspending all of their services for a time now. obviously a huge loss for the vta family as they keep referring to themselves and understandably the impact. so there is no light rail service today.

a reminder on your screen, i have a phone number vta has given us trying to cover those vta light rail lines as best they can with alternate bus bridges. as you can imagine staffing is an issue and routes aren't exactly the same. we'll remind you of that throughout the morning. this is for the foreseeable future. light rail service is canceled. that's one reminder. the freeways in the south bay, we do have a crash. south 101 at story over on the shoulder. no problem in either direction there. no problems in any direction. we have the closure for 84 and the slowing in the altamont and a little breezy over there. how is that forecast looking? yeah. we are starting out with a breezy wind, and you may need to get out the door earlier this morning in san jose. a live look outside. as we're getting started, right now we're at 52 degrees. it's a clear morning, and we don't have a lot of sunshine today going from the 50s to the

mid-60s by late morning and we'll continue to have a nice little cooldown today with more of a breeze picking up. we'll reach into the upper 70s for the east bay from livermore over to antioch, and we'll see napa today reaching 79. 71 today in palo alto and 75 in san jose. we'll have a look at a warmer weekend forecast coming up a little bit later. back to you. >> thank you so much, kari. 4:39. up next on "today in the bay" -- we'll hear from the gunman's ex-wife and ex-girlfriend as they speak out for the first time after this tragedy in the south bay. their experiences with the suspect and their reaction to the shooting. plus, how you can help families of victims of the vta -- as family members recover.

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cierra johnson covering the latest on the vta tragedy yesterday as we look at the bay bridge live shot, we also see a light flow of traffic. you see the flags are lowered as well. the president of the united states ordered that in honor of the victims. just so sad. just such a sad day, but we continue our coverage of that mass shooting at the vta rail yard in san jose. the shooting victim that was in critical condition at valley medical center, sadly, died overnight bringing now the total number of victims to nine. this is the deadliest bay area shooting since 1993 when eight people died at 101 california in san francisco. >> the gunman in the recent case identified as samuel cassidy, you see right here, was a vta employee and turned the gun on himself. according to his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend, he had a temper. both women told us he would come home angry about issues at work. here is today's jean elle.

>> reporter: shooting suspect sam cassidy's ex-wife says he would come home angry about work when they were married more than 16 years ago, but she never thought he would hurt anyone. >> that's how it is on the job, there are problems and people may not like you for no reason and you may not like so and so for whatever the reason. that's how it is. sometimes he didn't like my sponsor he would get more mad. >> reporter: an ex-girlfriend, who doesn't want to be identified, says in the six months she dated him in 2008 he was unstable. >> he was angry, yelling, screaming, stealing my car, you know. so, yeah, he was mean to me. >> reporter: she also remembers him being angry with co-workers. >> he had an early shift, very early. he told me it was a really stressful job. he was complaining about his

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good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside in downtown san jose as we get started with the day, looking nice and pretty this morning. how are the temperatures going to shape up today? let's turn to meteorologist kari hall. how will it shape up for us today? another nice day. the days are getting longer, already seeing a little bit of light in the sky as we approach sunrise and our temperatures are anywhere from 41 degrees in napa to 60 degrees in clear lake. most of us in the upper 40s to low 50s. a cool start to our morning and it will shape up to be a breezy day. if you're going to enjoy more time outside at the park today in antioch expect our temperatures in the upper 50s over the next couple of hours. and then by 11:00 we're at 71 degrees. it will be a nice day to have lunch outside. just turning a little bit warm for this afternoon. seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen. as we take a look at today's

high temperatures. you'll notice that it will be a little bit lower than yesterday, so feeling very comfortable. we'd better take it in and enjoy it because we do have a heatup in our forecast coming our way for the weekend. even though there will be some showers nearby across the region it does provide some cooling for the next couple of days. but then once that clears out we'll see high pressure building and that's going to make those temperatures rise as that high pressure causes the air to sink and as it sinks it warms and it also gives us much more of a northerly wind instead of an ocean breeze and that wind coming over the land heats up as it moves across the hills and into the valleys. so we're going to have some hotter temperatures. let's head to walnut creek and show you the seven-day forecast. once again a really nice weekend. highs in the low 80s. early next week we're in the low 90s for memorial day into tuesday. that's when those temperatures will spike and then quickly come back down for tuesday into wednesday as a lot more people are heading back to work.

our seven-day forecast, we'll see temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s for the warmest spots inland and then for early next week, of course it's a holiday and it's going to feel like summer as we usually call memorial day the unofficial start of summer. and reaching 94 degrees on monday. san francisco is just going to see some slight warming. a little less fog, but we are going to see the fog close by over the next several days. mike, how is it looking right now getting out the door for work? pretty smooth. i do want to call folks' attention to something going on in the north bay. we'll take a look at the map. mostly green sensors. i did circle at the top of the screen eastbound 80, so going away from the bay and over into fairfield, there's that closure at red top road. you're directed off the freeway until possibly 6:00 a.m. get back on at eastbound 80. it shouldn't be a major problem. there's slowing. also, the closure here for 84

through alvarado niles. should be cleared by 5:00. haven't really seen any delays as far as the delay for picking up. in san jose the earlier crash cleared from 101 at story road. that's great news. no delays for the south bay. as we look at your live look at the san mateo bridge i did get a chp update about some sort of debris. 92 moves smoothly across the water. i'll check for delays. back to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. we know that police were very quick to help the people at the v it ta get to safety yesterday. this is video of workers being escorted out of the family assistance center near the sheriff's office where they could connect with loved ones they were so worried about. the silicon valley chapter of the red cross has its headquarters north of mineta san jose airport. jeff rosen announced the partnership. >> we know that mass shootings affect different people in

different ways. and over different periods of time. we're offering grief counseling, mental health counseling, victim compensation services and many shoulders to cry on. >> sadly, they learned a lot of that by helping people during the gilroy garlic festival shooting. the vta and the sheriff's office also have a help line. 408-321-7550. it's just for victims' families and vta employees. the sheriff's department help line is also for victims' families. both are on our website. i'll also try to tweet that out as well this morning. several political and law enforcement leaders are speaking out about how the city is grieving this loss of life. their words were genuine, many filled with sorrow and support. governor newsom spoke at the

scene and had a truss traited and pretty raw reaction. >> take a little damn responsibility, all of us, to do a little bit more and better this time and move beyond the platitudes of the usual rhetoric that tends to mark not just these moments but the aftermath of these moments. as all of you go away and this stays out of view and we rinse and repeat some place else in this country. >> the governor implored lawmakers to take action and deal with what he called the country's pre-existing condition of gun violence. >> vice president kamala harris is also react to go wednesday's shooting and her connection to the san jose community. >> the shooting in san jose, the facts are still revealing themselves, but it is absolutely tragic. it's absolutely tragic. i have family that live in san jose. i've worked for many years with the mayor of san jose and that

police department, and my prayers and my thoughts are with all of those families that have been affected. >> san jose mayor liccardo said harris called him to offer support from the white house. >> many mourning after the mass shooting at the vta rail yard. even the sports world reacting. coming up hear from our local teams. but first, happening now, senate republicans are preparing to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the capitol siege. a vote is expected later today, and if the gop goes forward, it will be the first successful use of a filibuster this year. most republicans oppose the bill, which would establish investigating the attack by fellow trump supporters over the election back on january 6. we'll be right back.

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4:56. bay area sports teams are reacting to wednesday's deadly rampage. >> local teams all tweeted out messages of support and condolences for the victims and their families. the warriors tweeted they are heartbroken. and from the giants and sharks, deep sadness. from the 49ers, violence has no place in our community. san jose earthquakes play a short distance from the vta facility and tweeted their deep sadness. the oakland a's says our hearts are with san jose. >> many people are asking how can they help the victims of this tragic shooting? mayor sam liccardo asked for donations to a fund set up by the south bay labor council that will go to the families of the nine vta workers who lost their lives. we posted that information on our website at nbcbayarea.com.

coming up here for you on "today in the bay," a transit community rocked by that mass shooting at the vta rail yard in san jose. the latest information as the victims' death toll rises. plus, the vta at a partial standstill. we'll talk about where the services now stand for you this morning and how the company is trying to accommodate riders.

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this is an active shooter. >> they are my true heroes. they responded the way that they should. they took their life in their hands. >> this is a very dark moment for a city and for our community. but we have already seen people pulling together in this very tough time. right now at 5:00, breaking news we continue to follow. a community in mourning, families waking up with pain and heartache after a gunman opened fire at a vta rail yard killing nine people. as we work to learn more about who those victims were, investigators are working to determine a motive. >> in coming days there will be more details about the whys and the whats of this terrible day. >> the search for clues isn't just at the rail yard. the suspect's home also being searched as those who