>> i would like to introduce the rock of atu. atu international president john costa.k you everybody for being here. atu, 265 on behalf of 200,000 members and the united states and canada our condolences go out to the families. your loss, your brothers, my brothers, we can have our condolences. i also want to recognize the labor movement. yesterday, all of the unions, they have all expressed their condolences. i want to recognize the firefighters and law enforcement that were on the ground to stop this. firefighters were still on the ground giving members support with their grief. most of all, i want to send a message that we have to honor our brothers today and not forget what has happened here and not let this happen again. we can't sweep this under the rug. need to treat this as a drug and alcohol eap problem. we need to do the right thing now and move this in and talk about this and recognize this mental illness and workers violence. we need today to move forward for changing this and for stopping this. we can do better than this! we are here. we will be here all w

thank you and brothers and sisters of atu to 65. >> you put your lives on the line every hour of every day that you have been on shift. you should not have to go to work and worry about your survival. course of the first responders that showed up to help you. you should not have to worry about somebody who is so unstable. they should not be in possession of a firearm in the first place. we have to do something about that. i want to thank the faith community. we have heard from representatives of all of the mid-world religions now. they lead us time after time in the city of san jose. they have done it for decades. we cannot heal over this. do you know what i mean by that? we cannot heal over the part that is most broken. we need to go to the part that is most broken and fix it. that is on me and all the people that are standing behind me. we will get it done. if i had more to say i do not know what it would be. let me close again by saying thank you brothers and sisters. thank you all. >> when families are suffering unspeakable pain yesterday the district attorney's office and victim a

atu. 265.behalf of our 200,000 members in the united states and canada, our condolences go out to the families for your loss. 265, your brothers, my brothers. we give you our condolences. i also want to recognize the labor movement. yesterday all the unions, the afl-cio, they all have expressed their condolences and help. i want to recognize the firefighters, law enforcement that were on the ground to stop this. the firefighters were on the ground, giving our members support. but most of all, i want to send a message that we have to honor our brothers today and not forget what happened here, and not let this happen again. we can't sweep this under the rug. we need to treat this as if it was a drug and alcohol eta problem. we need to do the right thing now and move this in and talk about this and recognize this mental illness. we need today to move forward for changing this and to stop this. we can do better. i am so sorry and 265, we're here. i'll be here all week. we'll be talking. thank you.

on behalf of atu 265.ces go out to the families for your loss, your brothers, my brothers. we give you our condolences. i also want to recognize the labor movement yesterday. all of the unions expressed their condolences and help. and i want to recognize the firefighters and law enforcement that were on the ground to stop this. the firefighters there giving support. and most of all i want to send a message. we have to honor our brothers today. not forget what has happened. and not let this happen again. we cannot sweep this under the rug. we have to treat this as a problem. and do the thing right now recognize mental illness and workplace violence. and we need to move forward to stop this. we can do better than this. my condolences to all of the families. i am so sorry. 265 is here for you and we will be here for you >> we are blessed to be joined by many faithful leaders in i would like to introduce one now. welcome. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> we are here today to the recognize the loss of these

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the union president released a statement saying, i wish to make this crystal clear that the atu local 265 officials who were at the site of this unfathomable tragedy were not -- repeat not -- there to attend any disciplinary or skely-rights hearing or respond to any job site or racial oriented complaints. he says he was at the vta building wednesday to check on working conditions at the site. >>> two and a half days later vta employees are still trying to adjust to the idea of returning to work after this tragedy. today we saw a number of bus drivers like that gentleman there and vta employees stop at the memorial outside of san jose's city hall. they tell us it is painful getting back to work. among the visitors a co-worker of the 11 victims, a man who spent 20 minutes tending to the memorial fixing flowers and photographs and hats. he shared stories about each of the 11 victims. >> lars, that man showed up and took care of business. that guy was the back bone of vta. you are looking at the cream of the crop right here. >> the cream of the crop. while vta buses are still running ligh

that the atu local 265 officials who were at the site of this unfathomable tragedy were not, repeat, not there to attend any disciplinary nor skelly-rights hearings or to respond to any job scythe or racial-oriented complaints. courtney went on to say that he was at the vta building wednesday to check on working conditions of the site. >> if you would like to help th south bay labor council. the money will go exclusively to the victims' families. you can learn more about the nine men lost on our website. we've also posted other ways to donate to their individual families and we have the latest updates on the investigation. go to nbcbayarea.com/vtayardshooting. >>> in other news now, firefighters are on alert this memorial day weekend. this is a live look across our bay area cameras. you can see sunshine and fog. and as meteorologist rob mayeda told us, temperatures are about to heat up. fire crews are worried about the heat, the wind, the bone-dry conditions. they're asking everyone to be extra careful if barbecuing this weekend. >> not to leave your barbecue unattended. let's just s

i wish to make it crystal clear that the atu local 265 officials who were at the site of the unfathomabletrategy were not there to nell skelly rights. he was at the vta building wednesday to check on working conditions at the site. vta light rail service is suspended but the buses continue to run. drivers working through grief right now. today, we saw a number of bus drivers and vta employees stop at the memorial. they tell us it's painful getting back to work. among the visitors, a co-worker ty. he spent about 20 minutes tending to the memorial, fixing flowers and photographs and he shared stories. >> lars, he took care of business. you look at the cream of the crop right here. >> whis the buss are still running, light rail service is suspended until further know visit. >>> now, we are getting this question a lot. how can we help? a fund that will go go exclusively to the nine families. you can learn more about the victims also on our website. we have also posted ways to donate to their families and with the latest update on the investigation. go to nbc bay area. new at 11:00, prosecutor

netanyahu is probably going to spin this to be a big success for him and israel, inasmuch as hamas' appar atus has been destroyed by the airstrikes on the gaza strip. in those airstrikes, innocent lives were lost. children were killed. this is part of the huge tragedy of the ongoing situation in the middle east. the reason why international voices pushed toward a cease-fire, in the early hours of friday. i am wondering of the next step of the gaza strip. what about the gaza strip? where do they go from here? >> to elaborate more on what our correspondence was saying, the victory picture clearly for hamas will be, well, they have been trying to suffocate us for years and yet we still managed to make our own rockets and get through the iron dome system and we managed to hit israel all over the country. that is the likely hamas victory picture. what she was saying about netanyahu's statements are similar after every round of violence, so, hamas' statements are similar after every round. they play on this david verse goliath narrative, because they have been located in the gaza strip. you have to

union president releasing a statement saying, quote, i wish to make this crystal clear, that the atu local 265 officials who were at the site of this unfathomable tragedy were not, repeat not, there to attend any disciplinary or skelly-rights hearings. courtney says he was at the vta building wednesday to check on working conditions at that site. >>> in the last 90 minutes, the gunman's father spoke to the mercury news apologizing to the families of the victims and said his son was bipolar. he told the newspaper, quote, i don't think anything i could say could ease their grief. i'm really, really very sorry about that. cassidy says his son's mental illness is not an excuse for the shooting rampage. he says he and his wife rarely saw his son but did see him two days before the shooting. and then on wednesday they said they were blind sided by the tragedy. he would occasionally ask his son how work was going, but says his answer was always, quote, noncommittal and never indicated anything was wrong. >> this is all still so raw for so many people. city hall now, that plaza there in fron

we havto give em permanency, legal atus he, a saf pla they cabegin tovercom th trauma.edical community has been so clear that without real care, these families may not stand a realistic chance of leading healthy, productive life going forward. amy: like sandra in san ysidro, mabel from honduras, can stately used for three years in desk and stay, at least at this point, for three years in philadelphia. how are you pushing the biden administration on this? it has been months and four families have been reunited and you say there are over 1000 ago. also, is the government doing this? let me put this question to carol anne donohoe. is the government doing this or are your groups like al otro lado doing this? it sounds like you are paying for their reunification and yet it was the government of the united states that separated them and did the damage. >> i just want to be clear that what we are referring to in that case are the particular families of the four that reunited this week, al otro lado represend three and although they were not all mexican nationals, they were all

so what the labor movement, because these employees were all members of their unions, atu and they have set up a fund at act.wpusa.org. and that's really intended to help the families of the victims with any kinds of support they need throughout this tragedy. >> we know the shooter who is dead killed himself after murdering all those other people. was an employee over there. the mayor just told cnn and i'm quoting now, it's clear the victims and all the colleagues knew the shooter well. is that what you're hearing? do you have a sense of any motive -- possible motive at all? >> i don't know anything about motive, but there is really very little doubt in my mind that they all knew each other. again, this was a rail yard that, this yard is where light rail vehicles are kept overnight. it's not a public place. it's an internal working of our transportation authority here, and so it's largely where light rail vehicles are repaired and cleaned and fixed up and put back on the road today. so, yes, it's very likely that they all knew each other relatively well. >> you spoke about what a diffic

i just also want to acknowledge that the union leadership, atu, ipt and siu who are here supporting their and we've received massive requests for support at this time. thank you. >> so i know i mentioned earlier we have federal agencies assisting with this investigation. the federal bureau of investigation, fbi, is out here. i'm going to introduce a special agent in charge, craig fare, of the san francisco office of the fbi. >> my name is craig fare. i'm in the san francisco division of the fbi. i'd first like to offer my condolences to families of the victims, the vta family and the city of san jose in the wake of this very tragic event. the fbi's role in this investigation is to provide assistance to the santa clara sheriff's office, to provide evidence response resources. it is a fairly sizeable crime scene. it is going to take a while to process. so i would ask everybody's patience while we do that. we are also providing victim services, which will also assist not just the families but also the reunification process going forward. we will remain here as long as we can provide assistan

transit union president wrote, i was to make it crystal clear that the atu local 265 officials who were at the site of this unfathomable tragedy were not, repeat, were not there to attend any disciplinary or scaly rights hearings or to respond to any jobsite or racial oriented complaints here and we are also hearing the words coworkers were concerned about cassidy's combination of anger issues and collection of weapons. rosen told me they checked and no complaints came into local law enforcement or the das office about cassidy before wednesday's mass shooting. anyone could have tipped authorities to potential danger under the state's red flag laws. >> law enforcement will immediately investigate that here they will very quickly work with the das office and get in front of a judge and when we get a restraining order, we will immediately remove those guns. >> the vta also confirmed today that cassidy did not face any hearing the day of the shooting or in the past and had no hearings scheduled for the future as well. dan noyes, abc7 news. >> thank you, dan. family, colleagues and friends a

used to be a board member for the vta, as well as a board chair, so i do know the union leadership of atu. i spoke with the president yesterday who was, obviously, completely shattered. he was in the room when the gun was first revealed. i can't imagine what he and others that have survived are feeling. survivors guilt, seeing their co-workers, people they see every day gunned down and massacred. so absolutely, i'm very much connected to vta and to these workers. and to this community. and you're feeling that pain because it's so visceral. everyone sees the buses driving around. they know their local bus driver. they know what vta is all about. it's very connected to all of us that have grown up here. >> now you're an elected official. so what are you going to do about this? >> here in california, we have continued to have some of the strongest gun violence prevention legislation and background checks. we have red flag laws that are stronger than ever before. but at the end of the day, this runs a lot deeper than that. this is a cultural phenomenon that doesn't happen anywhere else and co

i look forward to working with atu and your staff on any proposed legislation. i haven't had a chance to look at that more carefully. >> thank you. the process, as chair gensler has indicated, is unfair to the persons who are making the dvana purchase in the market, who would like to become a participant but they don't have the advantage of the market maker. let me ask president botson, do you agree that this is a circumstance we have to take a look at because we don't want people to simply build into the cost of business the cost of trading ahead. >> thank you. we're not a direct regulator of the markets as the s.e.c. and finra are. i think the situation described would not be something any company would endorse, having similar criminal penalties viewed as a normal cost of business is not something i think any individual should be supportive of.the so, your comments stand, but i -- unfortunately, the part of the market you're talking about is creating side. that's not what we're involved in. we're>> post-trade. not being a regulator, there's not much i can do a

would that be an accurate you want no crude, no petrol atu used in the future?> we're going to be using crude.e crude first of all is used for lots of other things than food, fuel and power. >> not delivered by pipeline. >> f otheno,r it could well be delivered by pipeline. already we're doing that.or but our source of power.time president. biden has already mav this decision and the utilities are already accepting it. >> i want to ask one more question because i want to yield some time to one ofdecis my fri> here i who may not be able to a some questions. you're talking about nototbi bon allowing new avenues to deliver them even though they're more ec efficient like the keystone thai pipeline. not permitting a new truck to o over the road, which is what's being used to deliver those would that also be a part of th program? >>bein no.g i really think we're talking much more reasonably, t that congressman, in a way that we have to try to accelerate the m transition to clean fuel. that's what we have to try to tr accelerate. it's not going to happen overnight. goi