tony would have enjoyed this support. vinnie for all the food for he loved to eat and tony because he would love to talk to all of the people there. he was strong, aggressive the best. tony became a firefighter. he was a ponytailed hippie who called himself the people s paramedic. he was like mother teresa with a siren. [ laughter ] we volunteered at the haight- ashbury free clinic vision on the overdose team so we could get into rock concerts for free. [ music ] make no mistake, these men are gladiators. they fight fire, one of the most powerful forces created by god to save lives. to my brother, now you are free. i will see you again. but not yet. not yet. [ bell tolls ] reporter: after the 2.5-hour service, perez and valerio were placed back on the fire trucks for their final ride. the funeral procession to holy cross cemetery included some 50 fire trucks. together, they slowly made their way from the church to market street through the mission and on to i280 whe
it was the largest funeral of its kind in 60 years. more than 6,000 firefighters turned out to honor two of their own killed in the line of duty. linda yee is at st. mary s cathedral where an overflow crowd came to pay their final respects. linda. reporter: it was a moving tribute for two men who made the ultimate sacrifice. thousands of people were here for the sad farewell for two heroes. they stood at attention as the casket moved off the fire trucks. lieutenant vince perez and firefighter-paramedic anthony valerio fought their last fire together. and now in death, they are side by side moving slowly through the plaza into st. mary s cathedral. their grieving families following close behind. governor jerry brown, congresswoman nancy pelosi and jackie speier, and thousands of others celebrated the lives of two heroes who will be missed. [ music ] the trumpet shall sound amazing grace we do this together, honoring and remembering them because they taught us not j
referee: good morning, i m amy hollyfield. where the victims in the blast in san bruno will meet with the head of the n.t.s.b.. he is going to tour the neighborhood where it happened and search for answers into what caused the explosion. eric: also this morning, angry neighbors blast police and firefighters for failing to do enough to stop a man from drowning. they call for an independent investigation into what went wrong. kristen: and helping fund schools for the poor. it looks familiar. marine layer clouds are back. warming trend are on tap for us inland and tell you how hot. thank you so much for joining us. i m kristen sze. eric: i m eric thomas. in a few hours, a chief of the national transportation safety board will tour the site of san bruno pipeline and explosion. they are investigating the cause of blast that killed 8 people. this is the first visit to the scene but homes are still boarded up. there is still empty places that are fenced in. it killed 8
cupertino. it wants to build another one in the same town. we ll tell you what s so unique about it. well, good morning to you. welcome to mornings on 2. i m dave clark. good morning. i m tori campbell. it s wednesday, june 8th. two suspicious fires in the berkeley his. both were reported on kragmont avenue one block apart. tara moriarty is live with why firefighters immediately suspected sar and arson. reporter: firefighters were on their way to this fire when they spotted a fire on the way and noticed something that was out of the ordinary. they called out an arson investigator. he s on the scene now. he believes the fair started at the back end of the car k you can see where it melted off the tires and it also threatened this house. these fires happened within minutes of each other just before 1:00 this morning on the 400 and 500 block of cragmont. a lot of elderly people live here. investigators say there are enough indications that these fires point to arso
if you want to check out the runners up, links on my page at facebook.com/suzannecnn. cnn newsroom continues with randi kaye in for ali velshi. thank you very much. i want to play you some video right now and you tell me what you re watching. get out of the way, cameraman! yeah. it is not american idol auditions and it is not black friday. it is the daily pre-dawn stampede to grab one of the 50 seats open to the public in the first-degree murder trial of casey anthony in florida. and that s where we start this hour. in a crowded courtroom where prosecutors are again using anthony s own family. her father, mother, now her brother, to try to put her away. lee anthony told jurors today about bar hopping in orlando. not for kicks, but to try to find casey in the days after caylee. casey s 2-year-old daughter disappeared nap was in the summer of 2008. more than a month went by before casey led on to her family that caylee was gone. at which time shep accused a nanny of