tv Anderson Cooper 360 CNN June 15, 2016 5:00pm-6:01pm PDT
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thanks as always for joining us. you can watch "outfront" any time, anywhere on cnn goment ac 360 begins now. good evening, we are live from orlando, florida, over the next two hours, we are going to listen to stories of people that survived the attack on the pulse nightclub four nights ago, continue to try to give a voice to those that fell silent that night. tonight hear from people that were struggling with the fact they made it out when their friends did not. we are going to hear from a man that lost his husband two weeks before their anniversary. hear from the medical examiner who went inside to see flights flashing, food still on the tables, drinks on the war, as if time itself stopped. so many victims were young, just starting out. so much life ahead of them. tonight we bring you the story of the youngest, a woman who first got out of the club then
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voluntarily went back into the club when she realized her friend and cousin were still inside and didn't make it out a second time. we begin with the latest on the investigation which is focused on calls the shooter made during the incident and what his wife may have known about his plans. chief correspondent jim sciutto joins me here, senior investigative correspondent drew griffin have new information. >> reporter: early after the attack the wife said she knew in general terms he was considering a jihadist attack, now she's telling investigators she feared the day he left their home and went out to carry out the shooting he might be doing something violent. >> that day. >> that day and possibly on pulse nightclub, much more specific fears in advance of that attack, coupled with the fact she visited some of the sites with him before, she went with him to buy ammo on at least one occasion, that's adding evidence she knew something she should have told cops before.
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>> and let's be clear, she's saying she had been to the pulse nightclub, thought it might be that day, might be the pulse nightclub and didn't tell anybody. >> didn't tell anybody. they haven't decided to charge her, but are going to the grand jury. >> drew, what have you learned? >> we know she was at least home sunday morning, anderson, when local police went and knocked on her condominium door and told her about her husband and the attack. local police won't say if she seemed surprised, aware of the shooting, or knows her husband's whereabouts at that time. they turned it all over to the fbi. as for her husband, we have been learning a great, great deal about his ability to use deadly weapons. as a security guard we now know that he took yearly proficiency exams in shooting at the shooting range, anderson. year after year he scored high marks. at one point near perfect, which
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could explain this deadly ability he had to carry out the massacre. anderson? >> jim, what are we learning about phone calls made by the killer during the attack. >> he made at least three calls. he called 911, claimed it for isis. he also called a friend to say good-bye in effect, but called a local television station, producer picks up the phone to make sure they knew the attack was under way and to identify himself as the shooter. i spoke with a survivor in the bathroom, overheard his phone calls as he was speaking. in them he said he was not the only attacker, said there were snipers outside and suicide bomber hiding inside. that was not true, but he was trying to spark fear and perhaps keep first responders from getting inside. >> talked to a survivor in probably the same bathroom where the phone call was made, heard him saying as well there were multiple people involved which obviously questions had been raised, why did the police wait
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so long to go in the final assault, that's one of the possibilities. they didn't know how many people they were dealing with. >> exactly. >> by the way, have authorities been able to recover information from the phone? >> they have the phone but the phone was found in a puddle of blood sadly, nature of the attack, and water. as they busted that wall to get in the bathroom, they broke a water pipe and that damaged the phone. hasn't destroyed it. they got met a data from cell phone towers, but that doesn't give content of the messages. >> drew, anything else we should know about tonight? >> i don't think so. we are talking to the father. one post script, we told him about his son's body in the morgue. he didn't know he should contact the morgue. he said he is going to do that now. he insists he knew nothing, didn't know his son was radicalized, didn't think he was politicized and had no idea his
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son may or may not have been gay. anderson? >> and we just learned today about this phone call that was made by the killer during the attack to a producer that jim mentioned. we have some of the sound talking about that conversation. let's play that. >> it was at 2:45 when i just received the phone call of someone claiming to be the orlando shooter. i answered the phone, news13, this is matt. on the other end i heard do you know about the shooting? i said yep, i'm getting information, receiving some calls now. he can you tell me off and said i'm the shooter. and i didn't know what to say. it was alarming to say the least. he sounded really calm on the phone and started saying that he did it for the islamic state, he did it for isis.
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>> drew, we heard from him saying the guy sounded calm on the phone. i talked to survivors that were in the bathrooms, again, they said he sounded calm. one time after he shot somebody point blank, one of the survivors heard him let out a laugh that the survivors described as pure evil. it is incredible he could remain calm in the midst of all this. >> i would say so. combine that skill to remain calm, if you call it a skill, along with proficiency in firearms, you can see how methodical he could go through a nightclub like this. what doesn't match, anderson, is what we hear from his past. he had outbursts in his past. from his first wife, he may have been violent toward her, had violent vocal outburst guarding the st. lucie courthouse which is why he was interrogated in 2013. even believe he was involved in some outburst at a law
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enforcement academy which he was kicked out of in 2007. so we know all along the line there were these outbursts or violent reaction, and yet somehow i would say he slipped through the cracks, certainly the family didn't notify anybody about this. >> a lot more still to learn. drew, thanks very much. jim as well. joining us, national security analyst, former assistant secretary of homeland security, julia kiem and long history of working in this state. learning more bits and pieces. >> and complicated. there's no eureka moment. he had many motivations, all of them hatred. we have to sort of recognize that. there's not a moment that says it was isis, it was isis, it was al qaeda, it was hezbollah. it was anti-gay attitude. i think that's why a lot of
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people like me that are national security are focusing on the means and methodology, on the gun issue because look, we're never going to be able to stop all bad ideologies from being bad, but what we can do is we can minimize damage they can do. the gun issue is part of counter terrorism. >> mark oh mira, if the wife knew there was an attack today, may be pulse nightclub, we have been there before, bought ammunition together before, what responsibility does she have to come forward? can she be charged? >> we talked about this today, misdemeanor or felony, i know about it, didn't do enough to stop it, we can go to the other side of the spectrum, conspiracy to commit first degree murder
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takes knowledge of the act and any act in furtherance of it. if i drive you to the bank and you rob the bank, i am guilty of conspiracy. she could go up the spectrum of real responsibility for 49 murders if they can show she was aware of it and did anything in furtherance of it. >> if it wasn't specific knowledge of what the target was or when it was, can she claim ignorance? >> she's going to try -- the problem is willful blindness. if she tries to argue i didn't know enough, i wasn't fully aware, that's where the forensic evidence, messages, cell phone calls they make, gps coordinates of the car that shows where she was, where the car was. all that information will be very relevant. that's why the fbi is taking time to do this methodical as they are to make sure it is done right, not necessarily to get her but have a template for the
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next one. >> thank you so much. there's so many moving pieces in this to cover. the orlando police did and are continuing to do their job under extraordinarily difficult circumstances, the crime scene, largest mass murder in this country's history. getting a lot of support from the community, other police departments, officers from aurora, colorado posted support online. another police department knows what it is like to serve the community in time of chaos. joining me the chief of police, john mina. thanks for joining me. what's the most important thing for people to know now about the investigation and what you're going through? >> the most important thing to remember, first officers on the scene and s.w.a.t. officers saved many, many lives. >> there have been a lot of questions, people trying to figure out exactly what happened. obviously the investigation is going on, there are still teams on the ground.
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there was a three hour or so window. can you explain thinking on the ground about waiting to go in, what the initial encounter between -- because he tried to come out. that's where there was engagement with an officer is my understanding. >> that's correct. we had an off duty working full uniform. responded to shots fired, exchanged gunfire. >> right away. >> right away. the officer was outgunned, only had a handgun, suspect had a long gun, a rifle. he waited for backup. as soon as enough arriving officers responded, enough backup, there were three or four of them, i believe, they made entry. >> that's standard training. >> active shooter training, as soon as you have enough backup. they went in, ex-changed gunfire in the first few minutes and that's important. this caused the suspect to stop shooting and retreat to the
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bathroom where he was now isolated and contained. from that point on until 5:00 in the morning, there were no shots fired. >> that's interesting. i talked to a number of people in the bathroom heard him on the phone making calls. you say he went in the bathroom because he was forced in by shots from the officers. >> absolutely. they went in, exchanged gunfire, forced him to retreat, become a barricaded gunman in the bathroom. during the time he was in the bathroom, officers were saving people, getting injured people out, getting many people out the doors. >> there were officers anyone believes there weren't police inside helping people in the three hours, that's a misperception, there were officers in the other rooms helping people get out. >> they were inside from the beginning helping get people out. once it became contained, we knew it was going to be a big situation. we called the s.w.a.t. team,
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s.w.a.t. team came right away, surrounded -- the s.w.a.t. team started to replace patrol officers on scene. immediately we knew what we had, we set up for explosive breach in the bathroom where we knew there were about 15 other people in the opposing bathroom from the suspect. >> was there ever belief, i have been reading fbi studies, ext d extended studies since columbine. was there ever a belief this was a hostage negotiation situation? seems like a lot of active shooter situations, it is not believed you can negotiate any more. >> in this incident, this started as active shooter and turned into a hostage situation and our negotiators were able to talk with him at some point in that while he was in the bathroom, contained and isolated. like i said, there were no shots fired during that time. >> do you know, was he making specific demands? >> i don't want to talk about that, given the fbi
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investigation but here's the important thing to remember. we had information, both from him and other people in that club that at that time people were going to put on bomb vests and there was a time limit given of 15 minutes. s.w.a.t. officers set up for explosive breach. we believed further loss of life was imminent. that's when i made decision to do explosive breach and get them out. >> must have been a tough call. >> it was a tough call, knowing to put the officers' lives in danger and possibly others in the club in danger, but that's what we trained for since 9/11. i knew the officers were ready for it, we trained many, many times. i thought they performed spectacularly. >> i talked to one guy in one of the handicapped stalls saying he heard the guy making claim on a phone call or saying it out loud that there were multiple shooters involved in different locations, was that part of the concern? were you 100% sure there was
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only one guy in there? >> we believed there was only one person inside. they train for the worst, but we believed only one shooter inside. >> you mention fear of ballistic vests. was that -- and i didn't hear fully what you said. you were afraid people would put them on? he was going to put them on people or he was wearing one. >> he admitted that he was wearing some vest, wouldn't elaborate. we had information that he was going to put explosive vests on four people and blow the place up in 15 minutes. by that time we were already set with our explosive breach and made the decision. >> the four people weren't confederates, they were victims. >> absolute victims, innocent people. >> in a situation like this after every kind of incident like this, you do reassessment and pass it on to other police
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departments around the country so they can train. is there anything at this point that you think you know that in the future can help other police forces around the country? every kind of these situations is different. after mumbai, new york city police and washington, d.c. police trained on mumbai, how to do it. i wonder, will this be a new training scenario for police forces around the country? >> it could be because this is different from any scenario we faced in the united states. absolutely. when we get all of the debriefs done, we will pass that information along to all our brother and sister law enforcement officers so we know how to respond in the future. >> he clearly knew that club well. it is a dark club, rightfully has pistols, knew the layout of the club. >> i'm not sure if he knew the layout or not. >> chief, i appreciate the time and all you've done. thank you.
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>> thank you. >> sorry to be under these circumstances. tell me about your husband. >> we met at a nightclub in 2007? >> we met through a friend. his name is leo, introduced us. what is funny, got here the same time, same year i got here from panama. >> he came from puerto rico. >> exactly. started a good friendship. then decided to date and then we got married. >> you have been friends since 2007? >> exactly. >> you have been friends a long time. >> we are very close. we were really close. i know him very well. >> what was the decision to get married, what was that like? when did you know he was the one you wanted to marry? >> it started with a friendship.
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decided to get together, spend life together. it is curious, june 2015 we went into the courthouse and got married. when we got out, went to social media to share with everybody and in that moment 50 states got legalized that same day, it was really an honor for us to get married on that specific day. >> great timing. >> and we didn't know. >> had no idea. wow. you wanted to thank, there's been such an outpouring of support. >> yes, yes. >> from police, medical personnel. you wanted to thank people. >> i want to thank everybody that has been helpful with us, that reach under the circumstances and make sure we're okay, helping with everything that we need from the government, all are willing to
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help. this is a tragedy, it was a big thing. the police department, fire department, fbi, everybody that has been here for us. >> how are you so strong right now? because i believe in positive energy and i believe that he is helping me to go through all this. >> you still feel him. >> absolutely. i have been having long days, since day one looking for him, i left my apartment at 8:00 a.m. i found him because i looked for him the whole day in the afternoon, and -- >> spent the whole day looking for him to find out what happened. >> exactly, yes. so i feel like he has given me the opportunity to handle this in a good way and i have to. >> you want people to know about
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this wonderful man he was? >> he was wonderful person, willing to help everybody. putting everybody first and then him in second place. he was so much support for everything for me and he was a good worker, actually his job has been wonderful. he used to work at party city. i talked yesterday with the hr director how wonderful employee eric was. they were devastated, it is a big loss for them, too. >> i am so sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> last night i talked to attorney general pam bondi. today on a radio show she took shots at me over the interview. just ahead, we will go through what she said and go through it claim by claim.
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welcome back. now a follow-up interview with attorney general pam bondi. as a rule, it is important reporters not become part of the story. i don't get into feuds with other anchors. we try to keep the focus on victims and survivors and loved ones left behind. the attorney general today went on a radio show made claims about our interview that are factually incorrect. she's either mistaken or not telling the truth. talking about my interview with
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her, here's part of what she said on new york talk radio today. >> we have been dealing with price gouging issues, with potential scams about people trying to donate to legitimate charities, that's what they told us they wanted to talk about and we felt like anderson cooper had a huge audience to help people yesterday. we went on there, we were going to talk about the interview was supposed to be about helping victims' families, not creating more anger, havoc and hatred yesterday. yesterday was about unity. about bringing people together about helping these people. before we wept live, i said anderson, these are all the issues we need to help people with. he said okay, and maybe a couple minutes if that about the scams, the potential scams that people all over the world want to
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donate, make sure the websites are legitimate. >> attorney general bondi is correct when she says we spoke just before we went on the air live as i do with most guests, i ask what they want to talk about. she mentioned possible scams that awake in the rise of tragedies, shady funerals homes and things hr office are trying to ensure are legit. let's start with that, lead off the interview with that. she warned me she had no specifics about scams but i still said we would discuss it. and that's what we did. that's the only reason that topic ever came up in our discussion. but it is not true for her to say she was booked to talk about scams in the first place. you might ask how do i know this. here are the preinterview notes based on what bondi's office said she could discuss. nowhere were scams mentioned. her office said she would talk
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about the investigation process, but couldn't get into specifics beyond what the fbi already said. she could say it is critical for law enforcement to be allowed to do their job properly and avoid missteps. also said she could talk about the fact she's meeting with victims' families, trying to help them, also said she would not talk about gun control or issues surrounding gun control. that's all in the notes. instead of following what her office suggested, i chose to ask about comments she made on numerous television appearances in the last few days, she has been on a lot of tv, comments that seemed contradictory to her record of dealing with gays and lesbians in the state. another attorney general saying how cnn presented the interview. >> when he posted the clip, he cut out the entire first portion that discussed people donating to legitimate sites. >> for the record, the interview aired live, unedited in the 2:00 p.m. eastern hour yesterday on
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cnn. everyone watching across the country and around the world saw and heard pam bondi say exactly what she said in real time as she said it. she said apparently they're referring to a clip that was posted on cnn.com about her public statements and past record. i don't control what's posted. i am told they shorten interviews online for time. frankly, i wish they posted the whole thing immediately which they did later in the day yesterday, and it is now online for you to watch in its entirety, including vague comments about possible scams and making sure you donate to a reputable organization which are important. let's be real here. miss bondi's big complaint seems to be that i asked in the wake of a massacre of gay and lesbian citizens about her new statements about the gay community and about her old ones. >> i was extremely disappointed in that and it just wasn't the
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time nor the place for that yesterday because all it did was encourage anger and hate and families who are trying to help to probably not trust my office and the 14 advocates we brought in who are trying to get them compensation to bury their loved ones, and of course i've been getting horrible hatred e-mails and texts now based on anderson's story. so that was just sad because he had a real opportunity to bring our country together yesterday and talk about what's right and what's good instead of a story filled with anger. >> a story filled with anger. for the record, my interview was not filled with any anger. i was respectful before the interview, i was respectful during the interview and i was respectful after the interview. i don't know pam bondi, she seems like a nice person. i don't think she has hatred in
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her heart. but on sunday they talk about embracing the lgbt community, i don't think it is unfair to look at their record and see if they've spoken that way publicly before which i never heard her say. the fact is that attorney general bondi signed off on 2014 federal court brief that claimed married gay people would quote impose significant public harm, harm. she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money, gay and straight taxpayer money, trying to keep gays and lesbians from getting the right to marry. good people can and do disagree on that issue. everyone has a right to their own opinion, thank goodness, but miss bondi is championing efforts to help survivors for the very right that allows gay spouses to bury their loved ones, that's a right that wouldn't exist if she had her way. i think it is fair to ask about that. i don't think anyone should send angry messages to her or anyone else, but that isn't what i have
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seen here. what i have seen here is not hate and it is not anger. i have seen love and unity. i mention one of miss bondi's issues is when the interview was first posted on cnn.com for a couple of hours, the bit about the charity scams was cut out. she wanted it seen. it was reposted yesterday and is still on there now. just to oblige her again. she said take it all off or put it on in its entirety. just so everybody can see the whole interview in its entirety. here it is again. >> i want to bring in pam bondi, florida attorney general talk about what's happening on the ground. there's a lot you can't talk about on the investigation, i won't press you on that, family members, what are you hearing from them and i know you're concerned about scams. >> yes, we have so many great americans out there who want to donate who are watching this on tv, seeing you give names of the victims and people want to help
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and want to give but please go to legitimate disaster relief organizations. right now we don't know whaegs legitimate and what's not. >> hundreds of sites are popping up. you're worried about fake ones. >> hundreds, please. also legitimate disaster relief. some of the scam artists change one letter in the name, come up with that. people think they're helping the victims and families are helping scammers. don't stop giving to the public but be vigilant how you do it. >> i saw you the other day saying anyone that attacks the lgbt community will be gone after with the full extent of the law. >> exactly right. >> i talked to a lot of gay and lesbian people that are not fans of yours and said they thought you were being a hypocrite, that you for years fought -- basically gone out for gay people, said in court that gay people by fighting for marriage
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equality were trying to do harm to the people of florida, to induce public harm i believe was the term used in court. do you really think you're a champion of the gay community? >> let me tell you, when i was sworn in as attorney general i put my hand on a bible and was sworn to uphold the constitution of the state of florida. that's not a law, that was voted into the state constitution by the voters of florida. that's what i was defending. had nothing to do, i have never said i don't like gay people. >> but do you worry about using language, accusing gay people of doing harm to the people of florida, doesn't that send a message to some who might have that in mind? >> i didn't say gay people would harm the state. >> you said that in court. >> my lawyer argued a case defending what the supreme court allowed voters to put in the state constitution. >> you argued that gay marriage, if there was gay marriage, same-sex marriage, that would do
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harm to the people of florida, florida society. >> it was constitutional to put it in the constitution. >> are you saying you do not believe it would do harm to the people of florida? >> of course not, no, i never said that. those words never came out of my mouth. >> that's what you argued in court. >> no. what we argued was it was in the constitution of the state of florida. let me give you an example. medical marijuana, 12-year-old could get it if it passed. we took that to the supreme court. because of that language. hold on. if that passed, i would defend that as well because it is my job to defend what's in the constitution of the state of florida. that's what it was about. >> the hot line that you have been talking about on television which allows family members and spouses of the dead to get information which is incredibly important, appreciate you talking about it on the air, had there been no gay marriage, no same-sex marriage, you realize that spouses, there would be no spouses, that boyfriends and girlfriends of the dead would
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not be able to get information or visit in the hospital. isn't there a sick irony in that. >> let me take it a step farther. people right now who are partners and aren't married officially aren't able to get information. we are trying to assist them in getting information. >> isn't that a sick irony that you for years were fighting that very idea? >> i was defending the constitution of what's over 69% of the voters put in the constitution. >> the courts, federal court said that's not the constitution. you continued to fight it. >> that's why we rushed to get to the u.s. supreme court. >> there was a federal judge and you continued to fight after the federal judge ruled and spend hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money -- >> anderson, we rushed to get it to the supreme court. today is about victims. lgbt victims. >> is it hypocritical to portray
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yourself as a champion of the gay community, just reflecting what a lot of gay people told me they don't see you as that. >> i don't see myself as being anything other than help human beings that lost their lives right behind us now in hospital beds, who have family members who aren't getting services they need. this morning you know what i have been doing, trying to fight with a funeral home for overcharging family members to bury loved ones. not championing anything other than floridians, that's what this is about. we are about human beings, this is about victims that need help, family members that need services. >> i will say, i have never seen you talk about gays and lesbians and transgender people in a positive way until now. i read your twitter history for the last year, saw you tweeting about national dog month and national shelter dog appreciation day, it is gay
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pride month, never tweeted about gay pride month. >> if you look at my website, we have hands clasped together, rainbow hands. >> you just put that up? >> i did after this horrible tragedy, absolutely. the only thing i champion are human beings whose lives were lost. >> again, i am just telling you what people have been telling me to ask you. moving forward, do you see yourself as being a vocal champion for gay and lesbian citizens in the state? >> they're citizens like anyone else. my goodness, anderson, we have had 49 people murdered simply because they were in a bar at the wrong time. that's horrible. i am a career prosecutor. these family members are devastated. these surviving victims are devastated. that's what this is about. >> i know a lot of gay and lesbian people want to feel the people represent them, represent everybody in the state. >> we are human beings. that's what this is about.
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thank you. >> thanks so much for all you do on behalf of the victims. thanks so much. pam bondi. >> that was the whole interview in its entirety. you can make up your own mind. just ahead, the orlando attacks and the campaign trail. and filibustering on gun control and donald trump breaking rank over the nra. the victims being remembered and more of their stories ahead.
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the tragedy in orlando is playing out in washington. here are live pictures from the senate floor, a filibuster launched by chris murphy to force action on gun control reforms, wants to expand universal background checks and make it illegal for those on no fly lists and watch lists to buy guns. donald trump signaled support for banning people on the no fly list from buying guns, plans to
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meet with the nra and they endorsed him. he kept in fiery rhetoric about preventing more terror attacks. phil mattingly reports. >> it is going to happen again and again and again because we're not doing what we have to be doing. >> reporter: donald trump raising serious concerns on the campaign trail today in the wake of the devastating attack at an orlando gay club. >> we have to maybe check we have to check respectfully the mosques. check other places because this is a problem that if we don't solve it, it is going to eat our country alive. >> reporter: attacking hillary clinton and again swinging back at president obama's broadside of his foreign policy. >> he gives a speech yesterday, a long speech that at the end of it nobody knew what the hell he was talking about. >> reporter: after this retort tuesday night. >> and i watched president obama today and he was more angry at me than he was at the shooter.
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>> trump is calling on meeting with the nra to keep those on watch lists from gun purchases. the nra said they will welcome the meeting but say the position hasn't changed. continues to support republican legislation that expands the ability of law enforcement to block such sales. this as many gop leaders in recent days have taken pains to distance themselves from the presumptive gop nominee. trump faces bigger problems. the u.s. voters. a new abc news "the washington post" shows 70% unfavorable mark and 50% for clinton. new bloomberg shows 55% of reresponsible and thes will never support the billionaire and 43% for hillary clinton. clinton is seizing on new momentum hammered trump today
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during a national security event in virginia. >> not one of donald trump's reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. it is just more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief. >> that was phil mattingly reporting. joining me, presidential campaign correspondent maggie hagerman. neither trump nor clinton is letting up. they think they have the correct argument. does this one continue to get more heated? we have a long way to go. >> i think we're going to have da daily focus. there is a schism, democrats approach it as a gun control argument and republicans are doing the opposite or doing something different, talking about national security and terrorism. trump has obviously done it in
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very specific terms. i think it is important to notice the difference between what congressional republicans have been talking about in terms of this issue and what trump is talking about. trump talked about extending his ban on muslim immigrants. he is now doing it by geography. he also talked about aggressive profiling of muslims already in the country. that's different than what we are seeing a lot of republicans talking about. they're talking in broader terms about being more vigilant but not supporting what he is doing. >> and the idea trump is putting out there that's a better candidate for gay and lesbian americans than hillary clinton, at one point he said people should ask the gays. "the gays" raised some eyebrows. does he see that he has an avenue to pick up support of gay and lesbian americans? >> in terms of the gaze, he has
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a history of framing every group as "the." in terms of how he sees the issue playing out for him, he has, and i have written about this prior to this campaign where he has been vocal about gay marriage and being against it, he has a history of tolerance in terms of the lgbt community. he was open about the north carolina transgender bathroom law, much to the surprise and chagrin of some republicans. what he is doing now is pushing a wedge between lgbt and muslims which is a characteristic seen in a lot of european far right politicians and he is adhering to that play book. he is genuine when he talks about his history in terms of employing gay people, mar-a-lago having been the first reportly
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sounds cliché to say 49 lives were taken by a hate filled gunman but that's what happened. there's no more accurate way to put it. most victims were under the age of 40. young men and women full of dreams and full of plans. some taking their first steps. the youngest victim was 18 years old. she already accomplished a lot, went to the pulse to celebrate. tonight we have a picture of the final hours of her life and selfless choice her family says cost her her life. >> reporter: playing possum, how her friends said they survived saturday night. >> came in, could hear the loading the gun. >> playing dead praying to get out alive. her cousin recounting it to npr.
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>> get us out of here, we too young for this. >> started at graduation, headed to orlando. she picked pulse because she was under 21, wanted a place to have a good time and dance. >> i didn't want her to go. she kept begging, dad, take me. i was saying your vacation. >> then 2:06:00 a.m., please come get us now, please, they shooting. her parents racing back to the nightclub where they dropped off their daughter hours before. >> at this point, it was 90, i turned it into 35 minutes. >> inside the club, she manages to escape, realizes her friend and cousin are inside. all three hide in a handicap stall with 15 to 20 others.
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the gunman walks in and she says in what seemed like a miracle his gun jammed. >> looked at each other. we can bum rush him out. >> she said it was too late, he pulls out another gun and opens fire. shoots her in the arm, another in the side, patience in both legs. she recounts the moment. >> never thought i would have so many brain fragments in my fingernails. >> ten minutes in, got the phone call from my daughter, mommy, please hurry, they're shooting, i'm hit, i'm hit in the arm. >> her parents are miles away, need to call the police. >> she's like i am bleeding so bad, please help me, call the cops. i am like baby, i need the gps, i need to call the cops and disconnect with you. >> they lied for hours playing dead, a pool of blood surrounds
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them, trying to be as kwie elt as possible, using morse code to communicate. >> just kept tapping each other. >> but akira was bleeding badly in need of medical care, soon no longer responds to morse code. >> i was tapping her. she didn't respond back. >> after 5:00 a.m., they punched through the wall and killed the gunman, dragging hostages to safety. her parents can do nothing but wait for news. monday, some 36 hours later received word that she's dead. >> i keep seeing her face. >> akyra murray, superstar basketball player, honor student. the youngest victim of the senseless tragedy. >> i can't even imagine my baby girl, honor roll student that graduated from high school last week on the way to college next
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month would be dead today. it is surreal. >> so much life ahead. we are going to share thoughts from some of orlando's youngest citizens. pictures from orlando police department twitter page, kids and family coming to the station to offer gratitude, care packages for officers on site. one card says dear life saver, thank you for butting your life first especially during this hard time. god bless you, love joshua. another, don't forget you're the best. and thank you, you're a hero. thank you for helping us. you can see she drew pictures on the bottom left. a rainbow with smile. we will be right back. more coverage ahead. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine
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