them safe. in minutes, president biden will hit the road for cleveland. reporting about the case he is going to make there that his economic plan is working. first, heartbreak in silicon valley. nine families changed forever. this morning, we know their names and we know some of their stories as well. we will share some of the stories. we are live at the house where authorities say the shooter, samuel cassidy, lived. it s a home that was on fire around the same time of that shooting. what could change this time around, if anything? for years, lawmakers have not been able to agree on a way to regulate purchase and use of guns in this country. now, we are learning about some quiet bipartisanship that s apparently happening on this exact issue. we will dig into that. we start on the ground with our team in san jose. roughly this time yesterday, we were talking about america s latest mass shooting. nbc s lindsey reiser at there. jake ward is ten miles away at the shooter s
coronavirus. did it come out of a lab in wuhan? that s what they re looking at. questions also this morning surrounding the summer olympics in tokyo, as japan struggles to get its covid outbreak under control. what a new study is saying about immunity from coronavirus, for those who have beaten it and those who are vaccinated. and senate majority leader chuck schumer could force a vote as early as today on a commission to investigate the january 6th attack on the capitol. but we begin unfortunately with the latest from san jose, california, where nine people now are dead after an employee opened fire at a light rail yard. police say the shooter took his own life. according to authorities, the victims range in age from 29 to 63 years old. law enforcement sources say the gunman was an employee of the santa clara valley transportation authority. investigators say so far, the motive sun clear. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer reports. this is an active shooter.
how to pay for it. and brian sicknick is meeting with republicans ahead of the procedural vote of the commission. it passed the house but doesn t have support in the senate. [ question inaudible ] usually i stay in the background. nbc garrett hak is at capitol hill. having her there, raises the stakes. how will republicans listen to her, talk to her and go down to the floor and vote no. some of them, including ron johnson, saying they feel for the sicknick s family but will say they feel this is designed to be political and will vote no anyway. a republican senator from louisiana voted for conviction of former president trump in the last impeachment trial. he said he is still on the fence about the vote. it s possible that the sicknick family appearance could sway some of the republicans who have been wavering but by and large they think this is a political move. let s talk about infrastructure negotiations. the president just spoke on the tarmac about his conversat
elizabeth city, north carolina. chris. it s been almost a month since andrew brown junior was killed in a deputy-involved shooting on april 21st. now you can see the scene outside of the public safety building here. a handful of protestors chanting no justice, no peace a few minutes ago because the district attorney here, is holding a press conference any moment now where he is expected to give us an update on the investigation. the shooting was being investigated by the north carolina state bureau of investigation. now we do not, harris, expect to see video. remember under north carolina law that video is subject to a court order and a judge ruled that it would not be released until the f.b.i. had completed an investigation. maybe we ll learn more about that. you put your finger at the center of what s happening today and why there is so much media here. when the judge was deciding whether or not to release the body cam video the brown family first saw about 20 seconds of
we ll start with the news. violent continues between israel and hamas and now lebanon this morning. smoke, clouds and flames could be seen rising from gaza building following overnight attacks from israeli war planes this as sirens blared through an israeli city near the gaza border warning of hamas rocket attack. close to 90 rockets were launched from gaza overnight bringing the total to more than 3,300 since the conflict began last week. israeli forces also reported a shelling of lebanon last night in retaliation for six rockets fired toward israel. tensions have been high at the israeli lebanese border where protesters have come out in support of the palestinians. after a meeting with top defense officials, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said yesterday that israel would, quote, continue to strike terror targets for as long as necessary. gaza s health ministry says 212 people have been killed since air strikes began last week including 61 children. israeli offici