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here we are in the united states of america experiencing something that s not experienced anywhere else in the world. there is a sameness and numbness is something we re all feeling but begs the damn question what the hell is going on in the united states of america? is wrong with us? dan simon joins us from the scene. dan, what do we know? reporter: anderson, as usual, the main question is why? what would cause the shooter to go across the street, target his own co-workers, shoot and kill them? authorities have not established a clear cut motive. authorities did recover multiple weapons at the scene. they haven t said the make and model of the weapons but seems clear he wanted to inflict as much carnage as possible before taking his own life. at 6:34 a.m. the calls started. deputies responded and received information there are multiple shots fired calls. reporter: just as workers at the maintenance yard were beginning their shift. deputies and running officers re
for the country, what happened today was the 232nd mass shooting of the year. it was the 17th, since last wednesday. california s governor spoke to that reality, a short time ago. here we are, in the united states of america. we re experiencing something just is not experienced anywhere else in the world. there s a sameness to this, and a numbness, i think, is something we re all feeling. but it begs the damn question, what the hell is going on in the united states of america? what the hell is wrong with us? well, cnn s dan simon joins us, now, from the scene. dan, what do we know? reporter: anderson, as usual, the main question is why? what would cause this shooter to go across the street, target his own co-workers, shoot and kill them? at this point, authorities have not established a clearcut motive. what i can tell you is that authorities did recover multiple weapons at the scene. they haven t said what the make and model of those weapons were. but it seems clear, t
america s other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. this time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. there have been 17 mass shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. deaths from gun violence in the u.s. up 23% so far this year. it s another case where the victims were front-line workers. last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. and now it s rail workers helping other essential workers get to work during this pandemic. these are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are essential workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their family members are mourning their loss. the mayor says the gunman was a co-worker and the victims due them well. this is h
especially of the conditions migrants are be held in in texas. here is senator lindsey graham from fox news sunday. you have facility designed for 80 kids with 1000 in it. that is pretty bad. he needs to apologize, president biden to the border patrol agents and their families for putting them through this we re being overwhelmed at border. it is not a crisis. it s a complete loss of sovereignty down there. reporter: those senators visited a facility in donna, texas. they were not allowed to bring yaw with them. some senator complained that biden administration officials tried to block them from filming. senator ted cruz posted this on social media. the rules are arbitrary and gained to keep the american people reporter: president trump was on with fox news judge jeanine last night. he plans to meet at the border. criticized the biden administration for a lack of leadership. they re doing for leadership. there is nothing, there is no leadership. you have to see the