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Pacific islander committee or talk about more than 50 different languages, and at the cities here in los angeles county alone. and so, even if we know that monterey park is a large chinese community. youre talking about language support in mandarin, cantonese, region ease, taiwanese, different languages, and dialects. that dont always translate. and you need folks, on the ground, who can speak these languages. to serve our community members. its an incredibly diverse community. that means we nee...

Gun. instead, that gun was wrestled away from him by bystanders, essentially. with police saying it was not a high powered assault weapon. it was some other type of weapon. that he had. clearly, the community is waiting, now. for hours, to know, whether this person was still loose, or in fact has been killed? or has died. but is no longer threat to the community. then, of, course begins a long process of figure out exactly what precipitated this terrible incident. was this a domestic dispute? wa...

And i also want to know how he obtained the gun. was it a legal gun or did he go through a background check or just got it under the table. so these are all the questions that are in my mind? >> i know that you are grieving, today, for hometown, for community, thank you so much for taking the time to talk us through all of this. as we wait for the press conference ever made, we do have a new statement from president biden on the motor partially overnight left ten people dead. the state been read...

Who might have been in that ballroom, last night, so there are so many measures taking place right now. to try to care for the people that were affected by this tragedy. as the thats agism condolences come from not only president biden, as youre mentioning, but so many leaders here in california across the nation. >> we were talking to experts earlier who reminded us of some of the complexities. a nuance of serving a community like this one. when you talk about the center that has been set up fo...

Community, and are victims being heard, and seen. for so long, asians have been rendered invisible in this country, in this community, for so long. we will or i am so glad to hear that statement former new mayor. because it is that solidarity between other communities of color, or being a woman of color, between other loss angelenos. showing their support for community at this time. it means so much. we need to know that as asian pacific islanders we are not alone in this. that we sometimes feel...

In a spanish language conference. an official from the sheriffs office mentioned that this van had been involved in some type of a traffic stop. so that is about all the information we have on that, but apparently this ban, which was spotted, if it is the same ban, was spotted near the scene and alhambra and then spotted and involve some type of traffic stop and then surrounded by the swat vehicles for hours, and ultimately, police just covering the person inside that, according to the law enfor...

Lives of the families who are going to be permanently affected by this tragedy. of course, others who were present for this. were also going to have lasting effects from being part of this awful experience. we should not forget that there were two incidents. with two sets of people who are going to be dealing with the aftermath of this crisis not only the shooting here in monterrey park, of course, that second ballroom weather was what seems to be a potentially, attempted second shooting that, t...

Pounds. heres how wanted witnesses describe the situation. >> i heard some sound going off and i was like, fireworks? and then you for fact it was not fireworks when i heard the helicopter. because we never get helicopters around here. >> very surprising. shocking to hear something like this went on and not only in the small city, but my city. you dont ever think would happen here. >> there is a lot that we dont know about what happened last night. what we do know, we cannot accept this is norma...

Menendez, and we are breaking news out of california. lloyd forsman sediment described as a positive suspect in the monterey park shooting is dead. officials are expected to hold a press in the next half hour they take a look at the case, we will see it here on american voices life. law enforcement, earlier today, expected a white man they believe was connected the gunman. the man was nearby towards california, the men inside who was possibly the suspect is dead. saturday night, ten people were ...

A small vigil has started to be set up with some individuals coming to pay their respects. as they begin the long process of grieving this horrible tragedy. >> in the process of grieving. indeed for those of you who are just joining us we are waiting an update on that california shooting. josh, you are there, youre on the ground, youre just talking with that vigil. can you give us a sense about where the community is. what are you hearing from people on the ground? >> in the first hours that we ...