Whether the Virus Jumped from animals to humans or whether it escaped from that lab in wuhan, china. Why this sudden push from the White House . And what do we know about the intelligence right now and what it leans toward . Mary bruce on that tonight. Also, america at its first major test as we begin to emerge from this pandemic. More than 37 Million americans expected to travel for the Memorial Day weekend. And tonight, the news late today, the new report about how long protection against the virus may last. If youve had covid, how long your cells will remember the virus. And if you then get the vaccination, how powerful the immune response might be. Whit johnson with late reporting. In the northeast at this hour, were tracking severe storms as we come on the air tonight, the potential for dangerous storms from washington, d. C. , to philadelphia to New York. Potentially heavy Rain And Straightline winds up to 70 miles per hour. And the second system from texas to the dakotas. Rob ma
Tonight, the deadly workplace shooting and what we ve just learned tonight. a gunman opening fire at a transportation facility in san jose, california, shooting and killing at least eight victims. authorities now say they were shot in two different buildings. the bomb squad sweeping the facility all day, searching for possible explosives. and late today police now identifying the shooter, an employee found dead at the scene. they say he set his home on fire before driving to work. we are at both scenes tonight. and a short time ago president biden again lowering flags to half-staff for a mass shooting. the fifth time since he became president. saying, enough. the major news on the coronavirus tonight. where did covid come from? tonight president biden now asking u.s. intelligence to, quote, redouble efforts to investigate the source.
The the team sits down with a woman who shares an intimate and dangerous history with the suspect in today s deadly vta shooting. to get think it could have killed you? is it that serious? in their relationship, where there warning signs that predicted today s violence? i am laura anthony in east san jose where a neighbor surveillance video shows the suspect calmly loading his truck just before the mass shooting. i am chris nguyen with new information to the side of the shooting where authorities continue to investigate. now from abc7, live breaking news. we are in a very dark moments. today, eight people went to work and will not go home. they are victims of america s latest shooting at a vta site in san jose.
Authorities say he then shot and killed himself. and we learned late today that investigators believe he set his own home on fire before leaving for work. the first 911 calls coming in at 6:34 this morning pacific time. multiple law enforcement agencies responding. the gunfire under way when they arrived. the attacker shooting across two separate buildings. stunned workers led away to safety. there was a rescue operation to get victims out. all day today they searched for potential explosives after reports it was a possibility. the bomb squad probing the sprawling plant. and that fire at the gunman s home. neighbors forced to evacuate as investigators searched there too. those scenes that have become all too familiar in our country, family members waiting in a nearby sheriff s office for word on their loved ones. and late today president biden ordering the white house flag to be lowered for the fifth time after a mass shooting just since he became president, issuing a statement saying
Identifying the gunman, and abc s kaylee hartung leads us off from san jose. reporter: tonight, federal and local law enforcement are combing yet another mass shooting crime scene for evidence after a deadly rampage at this rail yard in san jose. this is where everything unfolded this morning. multiple people shot and killed, reporter: the calls for help from the valley transportation authority light rail maintenance yard started coming in just after 6:30 a.m. local time. we have three code 3 ambulances. this is an active shooter. reporter: happening just as train service for the morning commute was getting under way, preparing for increasing ridership as the pandemic subsides. and just as some 80 employees were reportedly holding a union meeting. multiple law enforcement agencies swarming the rail yard which is just down the street from the sheriff s office and other county government buildings. tactical teams racing in to reach victims. desperate family members rushing to t