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And to see this happen again, in a place where we come together as a community, its so deeply troubling for me, for people across the country. because, what weve seen and what were working so hard to respond to, in congress is of course public safety. its the first responsibility of government. and what we see with these increasing incidents, of gun violence, is an inability to keep our communities safe. and its heartbreaking to see whats happening today in california. >> originally, you and i w...

Thousands of people there. in fact, we were all there only one block away from the shooting. which occurred only hours later. its heartbreaking about during this time, when we were so overjoyed to start the lunar new year again. that there would be such a tragic, horrific, violent act that would take ted lives, and injured ten more. its unimaginable. >> it is in fact unimaginable we do not have a motive yet. regardless of intent, there is a significant impact on this community. there are ten dea...

And come for support. so our organization, and many other asian pacific islander community organizations. weve been talking, and weve been gathering. we want folks to reach out to 211. which is l.a. countys helpline. to get support from the debs, and also we are gonna be putting out resources for specific asian nonprofit organizations. we provide counseling, legal services like ours, victims of benefiting case navigation. so people can get the support they need in language, and in a culturally s...

Territory. and it seems like every day were breaking records just the statistics alone show that not only goes by that were not having some sort of mass shooting incident. particularly in terms of the aapi community. were seeing rising gun overnight ship rates, and so when you couple rising gun ownership rates along with the already unprecedented rise in anti asian american hate. these last three years -- its a horrible formula, and i hate to say this, but were likely gonna see more of this befo...

That he had. but clearly, the community is waiting now for hours to know whether this person is still loose. or in fact, has been killed, or has died. its no longer a threat to the community. and of course, begins the long process of figuring out exactly what precipitated this terrible incident. was in a domestic dispute? was there some other motivation that might have led to this? or was it simply a random act as unfortunately weve seen so many times throughout the country. with the gun violenc...

Helicopter about. we never get helicopters. very surprising, shocking to hear that something like this went on, and not only a small city, but my city. -- your town or something like that. >> there is a lot that we dont know about what happened last night. but we do know, we cannot accept this as normal. ten people are gone. in another mass shooting in this country. vice president kamala harris today underscoring a dark reality. >> a time of a cultural celebration, and yet another community has ...

Reach out to 11 l.a. countys helpline. to get support, to victims. and also we are gonna be putting out resources for specific nonprofit organization to provide counseling, legal sources like ours, victims of benefits and case navigation. so, people can get the support they need. in language, and in a culturally sensitive manner. >> talk to me about that cultural competence. to your point, this is a community thats been specifically now dealing with this. and its not just weeks, its months, its ...

That they need that our community also feels safe and i was asked all day whether they should send their kids to school, or close to businesses, and continue to go to lunar new year events. i said yes. because our police officers are going to make sure that you are safe, and what i say to you, im not a 37 years of living the city, and being its mayor and city council member. that this is a resilient community. and i know that we are stronger when we are together and we will get through this. >> ...

Visible, powerless, you do the organizational work of building power for this community. what does it look like to connect those dots? >> we are in uncharted territory. and it seems like every day we have breaking records, its assisted to six alone show that not a week goes by that were not having some sort of mass shooting incident. particularly, the apec community rising gun ownership rights and so when you couple rising gun ownership rates, along with the already unprecedented rise in anti as...

It is just so sad. it really is a sad night. we begin to do everything they can to prevent any future killing, and find out everything that has happened. >> riffing indeed, jim kavanaugh, as always, joining us by phone, thank you. we want to bring -- in the chief executive officer of asian americans advancing justice los angeles. connie thank you for making time for us, tonight. of course, we do not have a motive in this case. but as you have said, earlier on our air, regardless of the intent. t...