rosen. and the d.c. chief of police, robert couldn'tee -- conteiii. live coverage on c-span. >> i think my previous testimony at another hearing we addressed this issue. but the notification was sent -- basically sent through an email. it was an email to various agencies within the intelligence network. mr. conte: i personally did not receive -- >> the capitol police have notification? did you have aware of? mr. conte: i found out later on the capitol police had information. this was after january 6 occurred. >> ok. i guess for the other witnesses, the other chatter, apparently chatter going around on social media that -- even days before of organization or coordination. attorney general mr. rosen, were you aware any -- department of justice aware before january 6? mr. rosen: f.b.i. director wray addressed this in a previous hearing and i gather will again. let me address it at a high level. there were very robust mechanisms for looking for such things, but the bureau has to try to sort out

rosen?> i don't know the answer to that question. >> you don't know if a member of congress has been charged? >> let me put it different. i'm not aware that any have. >> our speaker has said that the enemy is within the house of representatives. she went on to say that she helped the republican members that were involved would be charged. has continued to state this false accusation. meanwhile, the capitol police and sergeant of arms, we met with them. i met with them personally and ask them specifically has there ever been any intelligence to relate to lead to the idea that members of congress were involved in the event or as was alleged giving surveillance tours and they said there was never any intelligence to lead to that. with any of you differ with that statement? any of the witnesses? hello? can you agree? disagree? are we disconnected? for the metropolitan police department, we have no information about that. ok, thank you. the speaker also promulgated a false accusation that an offi

rosen, let me now turn to you. you are the acting attorney general on january 6th and you reported directly to the president. did you speak to president trump at all on january 6? >> i did not. i did not require any authority that the department didn't already have. >> i think that the lack of direct communication from president trump speaks volumes. president trump swore an oath to protect the constitution and to faithfully execute his duties as commander-in-chief. when his supporters attacked our nation's capitol, the president was nowhere to be found, leaving it to others to scramble to respond. i'd like to close with a few simple questions. mr. rosen, you were the head of the justice department on january 6th. do you believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from president trump? >> chairwoman maloney, i addressed that issue in my written statement. i don't have anything beyond that other than to say there was no evidence presented of widespread fraud of a sufficient scale to overturn the election. >> m

>> i give very much for that, senator rosen. as you note 2008 i eight i was grossly impacted by losing 60% of my business which we spent a lot of time working with construction firms and working with and hospitality industry. one of things that's really important is to keep investing, keep investing in the workforce, keep investing in tourism. really investing in the jobs act because building the infrastructure is really what help navigating make a turn for the better when it came to small and minority firms and when it came to rebuilding our economy. because as you know we passed a fuel tax. we built a stadium. we build a new convention center. those things brought back jobs. not only that come out of beta state legislature in their wisdom put in the law that 15% % of those contracts would go to small businesses. that was huge because the focus on that has brought back a lot of the workforce, it brought people back from where -- they wanted to work and i agree with d. the people don't want to sit at home. people are not trying

rosen, you're now recognized for your testimony, mr. rosen? 24, 2020, until now, i appreciate the opportunity to discussion the actions taken by want department of justice to help restore the capitol to enable the completion of the electoral college vote and to begin the process of bringing to justice those that attacked the capitol. the events were a national travesty and an attack on our democratic values. for those that risked their safety to protect everyone at the capital i honor your bravery. to the families of the capital police officers or others who were injured that day or died, i extend my deepest sympathy. and to all of you and your staff that lived through that day, i share the justified anger at what you endured. i also take solice in the fact that our republic never faltered. builders were breached, but the constitution and our shared values were bullwork against the violent mob. the department of justice prepared appropriately in the period before january 6th and i'm proud of the department's response on january 6th when we urg

i want to thank chair rosen for hosting this hearing today. i want to thank all of our witnesses for being with us. and sharing your perspectives. there is a lot that the state of nevada, especially las vegas, has in common with the state of florida. we're, very much, dependent on our tourism industry. and i know we have four wonderful witnesses today. they're going to talk about impact it's had on our small businesses. i want to thank bill and drew daily for testifying today and sharing their insights from florida small businesses and their employees. florida, like las vegas, is a global-travel destination. people from all over the world come to enjoy our beaches, our attractions, and all our state has to offer. when i was governor, we worked hard to grow our tourism industry. and we were actually able to grow it from about 80 million tourists a year, by the time i left to 106 million tours. i know this pandemic has impact each of us differently in all of our small businesses differently. we have had to adapt to make sure our families, our bu

thank you so much senator rosen and senator scott. sen. rosen: thank you mr.aylor for your insight. into the hospitality workforce and our state and cities. i would like to turn it over to senator scott to introduce our next witness. senator scott? sen. scott: florida attractions represent a by over 120 theme parks. i've had the pleasure working with bill when i was governor. he and a lot of others bring a lot of visitors to our state. so welcome to bill, i look forward to hearing from you. mr. lupfer: i want to thank you for your leadership in -- especially in travel and tourism -- the florida attractions association is a trade association representing the tourist attraction industry. florida heritage is a vacation land that has evolved over decades. the natural wonders continue to attract business from around the world as states mandate attractions involving from kitschy west side attractions to popular themepark destinations. today the faa has comprised two hundred local business the largest attractions have most of our members being small businesses with o

i told chair rosen this. my first year in office we went to rio de janeiro and i think it was the biggest tourism conference in the world, every year, and they grew to have the biggest and a really nice spot there was las vegas. and they do a really good job of promoting las vegas and it creates a lot of jobs. the pandemic has impacted each of us differently and we've all had to adjust to make sure our businesses, employees stay safe. florida is a global travel destination. as governor i tried to make it a number one travel destination in the entire world and my biggest competition, of course, was vegas. people from all over the world come to enjoy our beaches, attractions and all our state has to offer. as governor we worked hard to grow our tourism industry. by the way, you can win the best state parks every six years. there's only one state in the united states who has ever won it twice. there's only one state that's won it three times, and it's the great state of florida. it's unfortunate what's happening

kudos to jeffrey rosen.overturn the election. he was even subject to a coup attempt by a trump loyalist within the doj. that was thwarted. he also refused to appoint special counsels to promote all this craziness. he refused to sign onto all these crazy lawsuits around the country which is more than i could say for 17 state attorneys general who embarrassed themselves with it. r he is acting now the way he did then. so kudos to him. it's not enough to save liz cheney tomorrow, but it's important because the big lie continues. as long as that continues, an event like january 6th could happen again. >> how significant is this testimony we expect to hear from rosen tomorrow? >> i think it's very important. it's very important for history and it's very important for the country to hear. remember that former attorney general barr resigned in part because he disagreed with the administration about pushing this fake narrative, which is that there was voter fraud around the country. and from what i've heard of rosen

senator rosen: -- senator rosen, i believe you are on mute. -- senator murray: senator rosen. senator rosen, i believe you are on mute. we'll hold one second for senator rosen's mute function to work. i believe they are trying to undo senator rosen's mute function from the studio. senator rosen, if you can just be patient with us for a minute while we get that fixed. i'm going to go ahead and ask a question. senator rosen, if you can hold for a minute. i wanted to ask dr. walensky, there are variant strains of covid-19 that threaten to disrupt progress made towards ending the pandemic. the c.d.c. reports that the b-1. 1. 7 variant is in the united states. we need to know which variants are out there and how they are spreading -- who they are spreading to. which is why we approved $1.75 billion in the american rescue plan to help c.d.c. shore up its genomic sequencing. do you have data? the right data and right data systems to be able to track these variances? dr. walensky: thank you, senator. we have scaled up our sequencing dramatically. every two weeks or so we get an update

you're going back and forth with jeffrey rosen on this question. >> mister rosen do you agree, basedur observation and your expertise that the doj acted differently in preparation for the january 6th attack that it did during the summer of 2020? just a yes or no? >> this is our very different situation. the results were tailored for the situation as a time. >> was it different for black lives matter than it was on january six, yes or no? >> i think we're talking about very different situations. >> reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. >> he concedes the point where he says difference iterations. because it was different. >> well i'll tell you what was in common here was white supremacy was the primary driver in our government's violent response to peaceful black lives matter protests, as well as what supremacy was the primary driver of their inaction in the face of the deadly insurrection of the january 6th attack. it just couldn't be more plane, the coalition of black activists protesting against the violence, a systemic racial injustice were demonized, traumatized, brutalized. th

the family talk to dia rosen as they waited. >> i'm just so sorry. >> rosen says they're doing everything that they can figure out if there's anything they could have done to prevent this and try to prevent future tragedies to remove dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. >> through gun violence. restraining orders are what are known as red flag laws. >> the center will be open until 00:00pm tonight. they will stay open late or if they're needed will be reopening tomorrow from 11 to 7. the da anticipates the center will be needed, at least into next live san jose. amanda hari kron 4 news. you would think that is a resource that folks will going back to 4 days to come. unfortunately. >> amanda, thank you for that live report tonight, our team coverage continues dan thorn. he is live for us right now at santa clara valley medical center where at least one person there is still in critical condition than. >> that's right. vicki. be a spokesperson here at the valley medical center confirmed with kron 4 news that they received 2 patients today. one of those victims was dead on

rosen?hink the best thing i can do on this is refer you to public statement made at the time january 6, january 7 and the days that followed. i don't think i could have been any more vocal and expressing my disapproval , having watched in disbelief as a mob reached the capital building. >> this is about public officials. >> i don't follow the question. >> were you aware they were inciting or supporting the insurrection? >> i'm not sure. i don't think i understand the question. >> reclaiming my time. the truth is clear the violence was built on a series of lies and attempts to further suppress the vote black and brown communities to undermine the election to overturn the results when ask if trump should concede one senior member of this committee said "no. no way. still trying to figure out what took place here. mr. miller word you agree the unconstitutional attempts to overturn the election and that dangerous rhetoric i decided played a role to incite violence on january 6? yes or no. >> thi

the family talked to dia rosen as they waited. >> i'm just so sorry. >> rosen says they're doing everythingey can figure out if there's anything they could have done to prevent this and try to prevent future tragedies to remove dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. >> through gun violence. restraining orders are what are known as red flag laws. >> the center is open until 00:00pm tonight, although they will stay open later if there is a need, they'll be open again tomorrow and friday from 11 to 7 rose and does believe that it will be needed into next week. live. amanda hari kron 4 news. amanda, thank you for that. >> we have just learned the name of one of the victims in today's shooting. he has been identified as 64 year-old lars lane. you're looking at his photo, his family says he was a husband father grandfather and a brother. his brother talked about his loss earlier today. >> what if it's horrible. i mean, this match my brother mean even though we don't see to the day today month to month. it's still my brothers, my family and they're not saying anything. you know, t

hearing testimony from jeffrey rosen and kris christopher miller. the former secretary of defense said donald trump hold him in advance of january 6th to protect the riotersrioters. >> i had a meeting concerning some international threats. at the very end, he asked if there were any requests for national guard support, and i informed him of the mayor's request. >> what was the response by the president? >> fill it, and to whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators, that were executing their constitutionally protected rights. >> okay, protect the demonstrators executing their constitutionally protected rights. pretty interesting, given trump's rhetoric around black lives matter protesters for the entire year prior. the president did not order him to protect the elected officials or his own vice president, it was protecting the supporters who would go on to storm the capitol at the president's invitation. jeffrey rosen refused to answer a question about this. >> prior to january 6th, were you asked or instructed by president trump to take any

senator rosen: thank you. i really just want to talk about building on what senator hassan talked about, child welfare. and child welfare professionals. children in c.p.b. custody, poor conditions, the treatment hasn't been good. i worked with the last administration trying to develop a plan to bring child welfare professionals to all c.p.b. facilities. unfortunately the previous administration ignored my request. to follow-up on some of the recommendations proposed by child welfare advocates, c.p.b. facilities current staffed with medical professionals with pediatric experience and child welfare professionals to provide that kind of wrap around services these children who are experiencing trauma or other issues that senator hassan brought up, do you have those folks at facilities? secretarty mayorkas: senator, we do have individuals with those capabilities and that expertise at border patrol stations. of course in march when we experienced such a great surge, we did not have the ratio that was optimal. our fo

that was jeff rosen. the santa clara county district attorney. >> he talked about the services he is providing for the victims and their families. of yesterday shooting. he spoke yesterday of the services he provided for the gilroy victims. he will provide something similar. >>> kit what else have we heard about the victims that are being honored this evening? >> just a lot of love. a lot of people coming together. trying to figure this out and process it on their own. it's nice to be out here. you look at the memorial that is out here and it is growing by the minute. flowers lined up and you can expect us to extend off into the street as the night goes on. several thousand people to the left. we see buses and fire trucks driving by. it is nice to be out here. you watch those images of the shooting yesterday unfold. whether you were alone at home or at work. it's easy to think sitting alone there in your grief by yourself. especially since we have been isolated for so long. being here it feels good. knowi

we want to go live now to the district attorney jeff rosen. he is now holding a press conference about today's tragic shooting. director. >> first people we call this morning when we heard about this mass shooting was the american red cross and said can we set up a family assistance center at your location in san jose and immediately said yes. we're grateful to have partners like this in our community. we have community solutions here as well. rebecca's children services the bill wilson center. of course, our own county's behavioral health. dream power, which is an organization we worked in gilroy and i'll talk about the kilroy the mass shooting in little bit as well. and then also we're grateful for our partners at the fbi, the fbi sent victim immediately to san jose to help us. and we're really grateful for them. this site here. is our family assistance center for this mass shooting event. it is devoted to help anyone who is affected by the vta mass shooting. if you are hurt, if your family member was hurt, you are a witness who were nearby.

i will toss it to senator rosen and then maybe the able to come back. i guess you will not be abandoned. with that, i turn it over to senator rosen with us remotely. >> thank you senator klobuchar. thank you dr. lander for your research, your service, and your willingness to serve in the future. we were able to have a great conversation. i want to build on my colleagues questions -- my colleagues tossed -- my colleague's question about stem education. that is one of my top priorities in congress. building our stem workforce. by building blocks to stem access expanded the national science foundation program. it helped increase participation for girls in computer science. there is just so much more work we have to do, particularly in breaking down barriers that stand in the way of students of all ages, of all genders, all backgrounds, urban, rural, across the board. what role do you see you have in helping promote stem education and workforce training? how can you partner with all of us? the 21st century economy needs a 21st century workforce to find wond

mike and evan, we heard from jeff rosen, the d. a that he confirmed that this cassidy took his own life that wasn't law enforcement that shot and killed him earlier this morning, but nothing pop in. i mean, i know you're just digging into him, but nothing popping on a criminal record wasn't on the radar before it any time. you know from san jose pd are their law enforcement agencies, right like that's what we're looking into right now. obviously in these cases, we start scouring the internet scouring social media trying to get a sense of who this person is. and. cassidy was kind of an enigma. he doesn't have a big social media presence. he didn't post any that we can see right away under his easy, easily searchable name any kind of screed before going on this alleged rampage and then when it comes to his criminal record, at least in santa clara county, he's not very well known to law enforcement, which. a lot of times in these workplace type shootings. i mean, you'll probably remember the 2017 shooting at the ups facility in san fr

rosen, you remember he was trump's acting attorney general who refused to go along with the attempts to overturn the election, standing up for the truth and again, saying there was no widespread voter fraud. trump's acting attorney general. doing all of this while the gop sides with the lie that fuels the insurrection. the contrast could not be clearer. so when you watch liz cheney, and you watch her tonight, think about the few people we have seen in the republican party who have stood up. the few who voted to impeach, the few who voted to convict, those who are willing to booed or ousted from office. you mercay disagree with them o many issues, what happens when they are gone? what happens when the mccains are gone, the romneys, the cheneys? then you get the mccarthys and the gaetzs and the taylor greenes. think about the mccains and the romneys and the cheneys, those who are gone and quitely retired and been defeated or who may be defeated in 2022, what's left? what liz cheney is warning about is a republican party that stands for nothing but one very unworthy man. you know what t

thank you very much. >> -- >> that was jeff rosen the santa clara county district attorney expressing his grief and again the best wishes, thoughts and prayers to family members who were at the assistance center right now and can you imagine just sitting there and hoping to get positive news? it has to be so agonizing. for everybody in that building right now. as you wait the one positive that i took from what he said was that the laws that are on the books right now have resulted in hundreds of weapons being taken away from people who may be deemed dangerous so we don't really see that, you don't see something that hasn't happened in terms of a crime so that is encouraging on a day where there is not a lot of positive news. >> yes. the other thing he also pointed out was that this was not a ghost gun as far as they know, as in not something that was untraceable or built from a kit or something like that. so we will find out more i'm sure in the days ahead and in the meantime let's go over to reporter laura anthony who is still at the home of the suspect. laura? >> reporter: yes, hi,

so let's talk about how employers could handle these situations, joining us now is less rosen an attorneynd ceo of employment screening resources which is a national background screening firm here in the bay area. thank you for your time. >> pleasure thank you for having me. >> the issue has come up not just from our guest yesterday but the question of had the gunmen said things are done things that made other employees fearful or uneasy before the shooting rampage, vta today said they are reviewing records and hope to say more soon about that. but tell us, if he had said things are those things that vta should have or could have told employees? >> well, obviously i can't comment on this exact case but generally speaking when you review the literature on these types of cases although you can't really predict violence, there are problems trying to do that, there are red flags and when those red flags come up you need to make sure that you have, that you are listening for them because often times what we find is that people who are workplace shooters are individuals that placed so much emph

rosen? that was fine. >> i'm sorry. i didn't understand if you were asking me to respond to that. >> is o -- is okay for jim mcgovern to object to alabama on january 6, 2017? he's allowed to do that, right? >> i think if members are and sponsibiliti, that s, les again a ques for all -- >> ms. waters objected to wyoming. she can object to that if she wants ? >> at least the constitution lows members of congress to raise objections. >> we've heard a lot of talk from democrats about revisionist story and the g lie. we'vhad democratic members of congress tl us we weren't allowed to objec that sohow we we trying to overturn the will of the american people en thoughe objected to states likeennsylvania, for example, where th -- i lieve in an theielectiaws inhe changed they're allowed to objecto alabama, wyong, florida, but i fail to see the logithe. how about the previous gentleman from virginia talked abo brutality. i just want to read you a coup stements here -- let me ask you this question first. was the 2016 election stole

the family talked to dia rosen as they waited. >> i'm just so sorry. >> rosen says they're doing everything that they can figure out if there's anything they could have done to prevent this and try to prevent future tragedies to remove dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. >> through gun violence. restraining orders are what are known as red flag laws. the center will be open from 11 until 7 thursday and friday. the dia does anticipated being needed into next week in san jose. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> this is the 15th mass killing of 2021 database. a database compiled by the associated press usa today northeastern university has tracked every mass killing over the last 15 years. all 15. this year have been shootings. a total of 86 people have died. that's compared to 106 people who died in mass shootings in all of last year. a mass killing being defined here as at least 4 people dead, not including the shooter. tonight we're hearing from the attorney. for an ex girlfriend of the gunman and she is describing her relationship with sam cassidy as challenging and describing

so, for example, the 1619 project doesn't include any mention of something called the rosen wall schools. they're one of the most incredible examples of black civilians in the face of unimaginable ad virts during the jim crow era where booker t. washington partnered with julius, the c.e.o. of serious roe buck and booker t. washington had a vision for black excellence, and even though black kids were not able to get access to a high quality education, he said, too bad, we're going to build schools, and they built nearly 5,000 schools throughout the south. and over a 34-year period, inable achievement of black teemps, black prince pass, focused on black students, incredible successes. ironically, it's the brown versus board of education decision that said that separate must mean inferior that led to the demise of the rosen wall schools. but that's an amazing story that young kids of all races should understand. it's the embrace of a country's founding principle that is we do need to grapple with, but do it in such a way that tells an honest, complete story, warts and all, of how our countr

the family talked to dia rosen as they waited. >> i'm just so sorry. >> rosen says they're doing everything that they can figure out if there's anything they could have done to prevent this and try to prevent future tragedies to remove dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people. >> through gun violence. restraining orders are what are known as red flag laws. the center will be open from 11 until 7 thursday and friday. the dia does anticipated being needed into next week in san jose. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> former san jose police chief eddie garcia now the chief in dallas tweeted this today after the shooting, quote driven past countless times dallas pd stand with my former home. the victims community and the brave men and women of law enforcement who responded to this calamity as san jose day and america deal with yet another mass tragedy. garcia served 28 years with san jose pd. to learn about the fate of these loved ones took hours and hours and hours today. and to be sure was agonizing for first, just walkman has that angle of our coverage. >> during our breaking news cov

>> i did. >> so, rosen either didn't answer or deflected a number of questions.what do you think we should take away from that exchange? >> well, i guess there's two ways to view that. former acting attorney general is citing what he said was attorney/client privilege and didn't want to get into the details of certain conversation s he had had with former president trump. lots of lawyers will give a similar answer in that setting. so we can give him the benefit of the doubt in that instance. however, he did answer other questions on other topics and said certain things that he felt comfortable talking about. and, you know, the democrats knew he should have answered these questions and should have said whether or not donald trump pressured him to try to overturn the results of the election and he refused to do so. so, he received quite a bit of harsh criticism from the committee, from the democrats on the committee over that. >> anna, let me play for you what liz cheney had to say when she was asked after the vote if she was worried about donald trump returning to

rosen's office and the district attorney's office, of course, has a role in a lot of different aspects to this and he's taken the time to talk to us. thanks for joining us. first, give us an idea in terms of what's happening to help the victims and the family members inside. >> so we've set up our victims unit services and activate that had early this morning and what they have set up is a place for victims to get counseling services and grief counseling and to be connected with food if they need food as well as emergency housing assistance and paperwork to fill out to get compensation from the statement we're providing all those services here in any language that's necessary and in addition to human beings we also have support dogs that we have here to -- that help to comfort people, including the d.a. support dag persiany. we're providing all these services now. beginning at noon we're going to move to 2731 north first street which is the location of the red cross, and we'll set up a family assistance center there that will be in effect for the next several days to help victims as lo

earlier, jeff rosen mentioned he was setting up a team of people who are going to be there to assist these family members either was some sort of counseling and also just information as to whether a loved one might be or where they can go next. have you seen anybody arrive yet? does it look like more personnel is going to this location? >> so kind of what happened, just very briefly, initially they did tell families to come here to the county government offices, and for the purposes of this day, this was the reunification center. now, because this was going to be something that was not going to happen quickly, that these answers weren't coming right away, the actually bust people from this area to the districts victim assistance area and another building a little distance away from here because i think they realized that this was not going to be something for which there was quick easy answers or resolutions. a few hours ago they did bust some people away from this location to a place where they will be waiting a little bit longer until they get the information they are seeking. >> i

jeffery rosen is going to testify tomorrow. he's going to testify this. i quote him.the department had been presented with no evidence of widespread voter spread at a scale sufficient to change the outcome of the 2020 election." no evidence. no evidence of a stolen election. just to be clear rosen was doing was reaffirming what chris wray said and what more than across the country courts have said. steve scalise voted to remove liz cheney, telling cnn "it is not about right or wrong, it is about the focus of our conference and focusing back on the agenda that's pushed by the biden administration." i want to take this into two parts. the basic thing right there that i said, "this is not right or wrong." right or wrong on the basic fact that a presidential election that was fraudulent or stolen did not matter. that's incredible. now the second part, "kicking cheney out of her post." well, that's a reason for kicking cheney out of her post is demonstelrly faulse. >> around the world we are watching as our adversaries are testing us. >> a massive increase of spending and

tony rosen as is with me now. she's a d w journalist and an expert on middle eastern affairs. shiny, welcome to the program. tensions are still running high. what needs to happen for this truce to really hold? well, it seems like both sides want to hold it. you know, we need to keep in mind behind every thing. we see it's intent and we see the political intent on both sides to start or to bring upon this escalation was high and now they understand they got all they could have gotten from this from this round of conflict and they need to keep it down and seems like it's going to hold for now, but we always need to be cautious. and, and then least, you know, both sides have been claiming victory after the last round of fighting. but really, are there any winters in this? if you ask the people counting the dads and, you know, burying their families, then there's never any victory in a war. but how much on his side has seemed victorious right from the very 1st rocket shot at jerusalem. you know, bringing together the

. >> reporter: former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen was also in the hot seat but refused to relaymp on or around january 6th. >> were you instructed to take vax to advance election fraud claims or seek to overturn any part of the 2020 results. >> well, congressman, as i just alluded to in the prior question, i can tell you what the actions -- >> no, sir. mr. rosen. >> i cannot tell you about private conversations with the president one way or the other. >> reporter: meanwhile merrick garland testify at a simultaneous hearing on domestic extremism denouncing the january 6th attack and the extremists who executed it. >> i think it's fair to say that in my career as a judge and in law enforcement, i have not seen a more dangerous threat to democracy than the invasion of the capitol. >> reporter: homeland security secretary said it remained a persistent threat to the u.s. and they have created a branch to deal with that threat of white supremacists. >> jessica schneider, thank you very much. >>> let's talk with phil mud and cnn lanalyst of law enforcement chief ramsey. did you hear su

that we can to find out if there is anything that could have been done to prevent this tragedy. >> rosens he expects the red cross center on north first street will be open next week to provide counseling and other services to the families of the victims. >>> vice president kamala harris was asked about her thoughts on the tragedy in the south bay. >> the shooting in san jose is, the facts are still revealing themselves, but it is absolutely tragic. it is absolutely tragic and i have family that live in san jose. i have worked for many, many years with the mayor of san jose and that police department. my prayers and my thoughts are with all of those families that have been affected. >> the vice president talked about her personal connection to the city before meeting with members of congress. >>> president biden is being updated about the shooting investigation. just yesterday, he ordered the flags at the white house to fly at half staff. he says every life that is taken by a bullet pierces the soul of a nation. the president's deputy secretary says the president wants more to be done to

senator rosen just put in perspective you were the biggest airport but miami did 44 million?the international airport and its peak was the only airport the united states served by more than 100 airlines, 110, the only one. it is a hub but the numbers went down. it's got minority businesses. we come in and out of that so it's very successful and this infrastructure money is needed but it's our numbers went down. what can we do. two things, open up international markets and get to the cruising gone again. >> the numbers are very light because of some of these health issues so if it changes from day to dayer you can't come today, u can't come tomorrow so once again it is coming back and also in the last two months miami international airport has added three carriers that were not in miami before. that's how robust our destination is and how much demand for travel to miami to south florida if you will international tourism to get the cruise industry going it's a big market. it's been disappointing this whole time. there's two things the federal government could do. i know from my

and i thought did a district attorney jeff rosen, sam kerr county talk about a point his comments.e need to use the red flag laws have those or do to educate people on those. we need to expand them and i'll be reaching out to him morning. to talk with him about how we can partner legislation that closely on legislation to reduce this kind of violence. when i was a county supervisor, santa clara county work well together. i believe that he sees much of this in what i do. and that you almost always come to find out in a in a situation like this that we have mentally unstable. individual who access to guns axes to farms. and in a very legal fashion. there's reasons for that to the database on mental health is separate from the justice to the base is very, very likely possible every one of our neighborhoods that somebody was. with mental in it. the clinical way doesn't have a record you can walk right in and get through the 10 day waiting period not only here but anywhere in the country. and get firearms and that combination is lethal and we need to have compassion for the mentally but

appreciate that, and i must. >> thank you, senator rosen.l have to step up briefly to produce it in a webex for the appropriations committee. in my absence senator kelly will be presiding. with that let me recognize via webex senator blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, ms. wormuth, thank you so much for your time this week, for the conversation that we had. and i'm going to come right along with what senator rosen was talking about with having people in the army with the skill sets that are specific to technology, stem and cyber. she and i are working on different components of legislation with rotc on stem, looking at a cyber civilian reserve corps. the national guard is a ready response unit that can work remotely when we have cyber attacks. so you can feel assured we're going to come to you with some of those conversations. i want to go back to something that we discussed, and that is afghanistan, and our conversation around afghanistan. we have talked about a quote you a given in march when you reflecting on your time with the ob

. >> yesterday district attorney jeff rosen speaking about services to people. he spoke about how gilroy which happened two years ago, they set up a center for people that witnessed the shooting and we are feeling the trauma from the shooting for them to go and get assistance. whether it be direction for help financially or help emotionally with dealing with what they saw. yesterday he mentioned he was setting up another center just like that. the center in gilroy is still open. still helping people who witnessed that vigil. there are services out there in the community to help. >> we want to take you live right now to san jose where the vigil is starting. we will stand by. >> i would like to first introduce angela toronto. >> [ music ] ♪ somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, and dreams that you dreamed of once in a lullaby. somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly. and the dream that you dream of, dreams really do come true. someday i will wish upon a star. and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. where troubles melt like lemon drops, way above that i

former acting defense secretary christopher miller, jeffrey rosen.y communicate to the white house they needed help? what was the response? they danced around this issue. will we get an answer today? >> this is the first time we're hearing from them publicly testify. the hope is, yes, we get an answer. both men will be pressed not only on their roles leading up to and the reaction to the insurrection on january 6th, but they will also be pressed on what they observed from the white house. and we know this because the house overnight committee six weeks ago requested communications between the white house and the department of justice, between the white house and the department of defense. we at cnn have been trying to figure out what those documents might show. we might get insight on that today. let's go quickly to a couple of excerpts from the opening remarks. former secretary of defense christopher miller testifying for the first time, is expected to say, according to prepared remarks, my concerns regarding the appropriate and limited use of the m

as that ara costri attorney jeff rosen d itr inw today. >> there is no indication that the department of homeland security shared that information from 2016 with anyone in local law enforcement. it was not shared with the da's office, certainly that is the kind of information that may be useful to law enforcement. >> reporter: both the vta and cassidy's union are denying published reports he faced a disciplinary hearing on the day he opened fire. 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