wait to find out. the f.b.i. did an unbelievable job of clearing the scene by 11:00 all of the victims had been remanufactured and turned over to the medical examiner. they also stood tall and did their job and now all 49 of the 49 victims have been identify identifyied. 24 of the next of kin have been notified. with more to come. the number to call for families is 407-246-435 as the next of kin are being notified, we are putting the names of the victims on www. www.cityoforlando/victims. i compliment the medical examiner and the police

department for the work they did in making the identifications and then notifying the next of kin. we will continue that process today. we will not be define by the act of a cowardly hater. we will be defined by how we respond, how we treat each other and this community has already stepped up to do that. governor? >> a few minutes ago i asked the clearing of the state of message for florida yesterday. i did that yesterday for orlando, orange county and the mayor did it yesterday for the city. we think of this you think about thank god it wasn't our family but you go through the list of family members, we have a lot of victims from puerto rico we have wonderful community from puerto rico and one just moved here from hawaii to take care of mother and grandmother, an individual who worked at harry potter and i was there last

week. these are people that we interact with every day of our lives. our law enforcement has done a wonderful job, the orlando police department, and sheriff, and the f.b.i. did a wonderful job of getting the bodies removed from pulse and the medical examiner did a great job of identifying the bodies. this is a wonderful community we live in. a wonderful state. we are th bell melting pot in the world with 20 million people living here and over 100 million visiting here because it is a wonderful place to live and to visit. wen to work hard to take care of the families and make sure we try to get this community back as quickly as we can. right now it is time to grieve for each family member that lost a of whod one or who has someone in the hospital injured. i turn it over to orlando chef. >> good morning. i want to provide more

information about our initial response and citizen rescue of many, many people. again, we had an extra duty off duty officer working for pulse nightclub in full police unit finish. at 2:00, he responded to "shots fires," he engaged in a gun battle with the suspect near one of the entrances. shortly after that, additional officers responded. those additional officers made entry while the suspect was shooting and engaged in another gun battle with the suspect, forced him to stop shooting and retreat to the bathroom where we believe he had several hostages. at that time we were able to save and rescue dozens of injured and not injured and get them out of the club. it stabilized based on

statements made by the suspect about explosives about possible bomb vests. we secured everything and called swat and we did set up for an explosive breach on the bathroom wall where we knew there were approximately 15 people in open posing bath will radios. based on statements made bit suspect, based on information we received from the suspect and from the hostages and people inside, we believed further loss of hive was imminent. i made the decision to commence the rescueation and do the explosive breach. the explosive breach did not penetrate the wall completely. we used our armored vehicle to punch a hole in the wall and there is a hole in the wall 2' off the round and 2' or 3' wide

and we rescued dozens of people that came out of that holme -- hole. the system came out with a gun and help gamed in a battle with officers where he was ultimately killed. at that time, or at this time want to say no initial responding officers to the swat officers to other law enforcement, they acted herorically and courageously and saved manies manies many lives during this operation. our officer who was struck in the helmet across the for head and the helmet saved his life. i talked to him and specific to hill at length and he is doing great. at this time i turn it over to special agent banks. >> could you clarify in more victims were shot when with it was a hostage situation? good morning, i want to talk

very briefly about what our primary mission for all of us today is, the identification of the victims and the notification of the family. as you heard from the mayor we have confirmed the identity of 48 of the 49 victims. the last identity confirmation is pending right new so we anticipate having that name shortly. a number of those, as you heard from the mayor, we have notified their next of kin. that is our 100% priority mission today. as you are aware the city of orlando is advertising the names of the victims as we make notification to the family member. i will explain briefly how that is going. we have teams of agents, orlando police department and file agent we are deploy as we identify the victims throughout the state and throughout the nation to identify the family members to let them know their halved one is deceased the when we have con filled that, we will post that

to our website. i ask that everyone respect the privacy of the family and we will advertise the names of the victims but only when we can confirm the next of kin is notified. i want to state that is the primary mission of all of us right now, notifying the family members that one of their already ones is dead and we will advertise those names publicly to the rest of the community. i turn it over now to the f.b.i. is ready to speak. first, the united states attorney lee bentley. >> the mayor said, yesterday was the most horrific day in the history of orlando. it was a day of the largest mass shooting in history of the united states. a terrible tragedy. first of all, on behalf of the federal government i would like to thank our state and local partners on the florida

department of law enforcement, the orlando police department, the on county sheriff, and the men and women of the averages have been working tirelessly over the last day and a half. on before of the federal government i would like to thank the governor and the other elects official whose have been here today for their help, their interest in what is going on here. we are working very closely at the united states attorney office with our department at natural security division and with the f.b.i., of court, and with a.t.f an amazing amount has been done in over 24 hours. as has been explained almost all of the victims have been identified and the notification process is ongoing. we have been collecting a great amount of electronic and

physical evidence there is an ongoing criminal investigation that is in early statements. we do not know in anyone else will be charged in connection with the crime. we have no reason to believe that anyone connected to this crime is placing the public in imminent danger at this time. but this is an investigation of other persons. we are working diligently as we can on that with teams of prosecutors and tombs of agents working around-the-clock getting search warrants and court orders. in anyone else was involved in this crime they will be prosecuteed. i now turn it over to the a.t.f. i now turn it over to the a.t.f. special agent in charge, >> good morning. first i would like to extend

a.t.f. family, a heartfelt appreciation for the extended visit here today on before of the a.t.f. we say we are here to give you their role in the investigation. we found on the scene there were two weapons on the scene. we bring unique tracing capability to the table and we have traced the weapons. they have been traced to the last known purchaser which is the shooter. one of the weapons was also the third weapon, was found in his vehicle, we are still working on tracing that weapon. we would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims' families and the lgbt community. we are working the investigation with a team a.t.f. analysts, special agents. we are working together with the

f.b.i. and our state and local partners today. we have a team of people here that are able to provide we can to this vex. i would like to now turn it over to the f.b.i. special agent in charge. >> good morning, i am special agent in charge of the any fay field office in tampa including the orlando resident agency. yesterday you heard from special agent in charge, ron hopper who did a commendable job as the commander for the f.b.i. something to tack away from this is the event such as this as we learned in listen lend -- in 9/11 brings the community together including law enforcement. you can see everyone is represented and we all work together from the beginning from the time at 2:00 in the morning, when the shooting began everyone rallied to work the case as one force. we have a joint terrorism task force which all of the agencies represented spoke and are

represented on the joint terrorism task force so we work cases side-by-side and a last investigation so far has been disclosed to you. the main thing we looked at in the beginning is the victims. as you heard there are 49 that are deceased and 48 have been identified and 24 families have been identified and we brought down 34 victims and witness specialists who will work with the familiars it get the resources they need, has property resources from the family field office, atlanta field office, jacksonville field office and quantico, virginia, the laboratory superintendent down shooting reconstructionist and as of last night all the victims were removed from the

pulse bar and we will process with the shooting reconstruction team to get as much forensic evidence as we can. the investigation continues and we are process, 100 leads with the task force officers combined and the task force has been up and running since the beginning and it will run. that is something that amendments do is bring resources to bear, our focus is to get the truth and get it to you as quickly as we can. a lot of what we do could be classifyied. we ask you bear with us and we will disclose with we can when we can and recognize when we can't it is not because we don't want to but because we make the progresses down the road and we are not sure where the leads go. post 9/11 no stone was unturned

and at the same time, it is the same today and allism case and investigation is worked the same way, no stole will be lefted unturned and we will the leads and brief you when we can if we can. is to bear with us and trust our judgment. the f.b.i. has been in existence for 108 years and we have earned the people's trust by working cases harassment we do not want to violate the trust give you bogus information that we have to come back and say the nervous was wrong. we keep you abreast by giving accurate information and it could take time to get you the accurate information. bear with us as we move forward bear with us as we move forward in the investigation. lives and brought them out alive, and many more will cover. another bonus is the community

has come together. >> why has the number changed from 49 to 50? >> the shooter was included in the number at 50, and there are 49 victims. we down the count the shooter as a victim. that how you got the 49, 48 have been identified at present. 24 of the families have been 24 of the families have been made aware of their location. >> this was a news conference from orlando where it is 7:45 easton time. you heard from the mayor of orlando, and from the f.b.i. and the governor scott. a headline that now the number has changed, it is 49 victims. the 50th person would have been shooter in this case. also, we heard that only half of the families so far have been

notified. they say today that is the primary job they are going to notify the rest of the families. right now we have the sheriff speaking. we will listen in. >> we continue to work with the f.b.i. we have great partnership and i am certain in just a short period of time all of the victims will be able to be identified and the families will be reunited with their loved ones. that of the is going on. we have received a tremendous outpouring of support from across the country, from our colleagues and law enforcement. i can tell you it is very heart warming to all of us who wear the badge and carry the gun. as i have taught with some of my staff and some of the staff of the orlando police department who responded yesterday to this tragedy the men and women were

certainly touched by this. many of them saw carnage they would never see in any other location. if you think about it this is not a war zone. this is a civilized society and we had to deal with something unthinkable which 50 people or 49 victims and an individual died yesterday. many of the law enforcement officers had to go in and observe that. now it is about putting our community and our nation back together and at the same time ensuring those individuals would had to deal with what they saw yesterday are able to come back to work and do their job. i am working with all of our pans to make sure we take care of the brave souls who responded. we are turning it over to the we are turning it over to the attorney general.

>> good morning, to update you from last night, we have mobilized 14 of our victim advocates from pensacola to miami. they are all here on the ground together working with the f.b.i. and the city of miami. we necessity now that of the victims only 24 families have been notified. i know you have this number but i know you have this number but please repeat it distant friend, please don't use that number, that number is for relatives, loved ones, who are still attempting to identify the victims. we are here. who are prepared to help you. we have counselors, advocates and we also have compensation counselors who can also aid with funeral expenses in the victim

families are not able to do so for themselves. today, our goal as the sheriff said we are work together this is about unity and bringing the great city of orlando back together, our state, and our country. thank you to our federal and state law enforcement officers and governor scott for standing strong with us this entire time. >> can you clarify when this became a hostage situation? do you believe the killer fired anymore shots and kill any more victims during that timeframe? >> as soon as it stabilized and the suspect barricaded himself in the bath almost, our negotiators were talking with him and there were no shows at that tomorrow so this was talk of bomb vests and explosives throughout. there were statements made about imminent loss of life. that is why i made a decision to make entry at that time.

it happened at 5:00 a.m. >> he made the phone call to sunday after shoot increasing. >> while he was in the bathroom, correct, after the initial victims were shot. [ inaudible ] he was in one bath program with four or five hostages and therein people in the opposing bathroom, 15-20 people and unknown when we rescued dozens and dozen of people, we do not know from which bathroom they cape. that is part of the investigation. [ inaudible ] >> is there any other suspect that may have been in the club? >> not that i am aware. there is another investigation going on by the f.b.i. but nothing from inside the club. >> how do you characterize the killer's demeanor during the operation? >> i would say based on the calls he was cool and calm when

he made the phone calls to us. [ inaudible ] >> we had a team of crisis negotiators. they talked to the suspect. they were trying to get as muchness as possible. they focused what we could do to resolve the situation. >> you made the unemployment estimate decision... [ inaudible ] let me say i am unidea by a great team of people from the orlando police department but the sheriff and our federal partners and the information i received from my team is that loss of life was imminent so we had to make that decision, it was a hard decision to make but i wasn't alone and i had a team of people advise me. we all knew it was the right

thing to do and believe we prevented a lot of future loss of life and saved manies many lives. [ inaudible ] when he was on the no one there are reports he was loving, shouting, celebrating, as he was firing and three would claimed allegiance to isis? what did he really say? >> this was allegiance to the islamic state but for laughing as far as our negotiations were involved. >> enwill you release the sunday call? that is up to the f.b.i. >> is there a chance people could have been struck by friendly fire? >> it is part of investigation. i will say our swat officers, eight or nine officers opened fire and their backdrop was a concrete wall and they were being fired pop. that is part of the

investigation. [ inaudible ] >> i have not heard there. >> was this surveillance video in the club? >> video surveillance? i am not sure. >> why was there a three hour delay? >> there was a barricaded hostage situation. we were negotiating with him. there was talk of bombs and explosives. when the talk became a crisis when we knew there would be imminent loss of life and we had to make that decision. he was not asking for a lot and we were doing the asking. >> what is it like to make decision with people injured in the club that you want rescue personnel to help them and maybe save their life but you have to

make another decision to wait to prevent more loss of life what was it like to make that decision knowing people...could be losing their live because they could not get medical attention and you neededded to wait? >> it was a hard decision but it was the right decision. our number priority is say lives so it was the right decision to make. it was a tough decision knowing people's lives would be placed in danger and our officer's lives would be placed in danger by the entry but we train for that. we have some of the most heroic and greatest swat team member around and they did a fabulous job and save manies many lives. >> did you recover explosives? >> i don't know about any explosives recovered. >> was eight suicide -- was

eight suicide conversation? >> we could not determine it by connections we had. [ inaudible ] the lounge area, the bathroom, the bar area, dozens and ds of people were saved when our initial responding officers made initial responding officers made the first entry. >> a question for the f.b.i. --. [ inaudible ] >> there was a timeline given. we believe there was imanyone loss of -- imminent loss of hive. there were no reports of "shots fired." that i am aware of. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> final question. [ inaudible ]

tampa perspective in orlando is to work the case forward and back. >> we listen to the f.b.i. agent who is on the scene speaking about the orlando disaster that took place. the primary job today is to continue to identify the victims. they have one more victim to identify. they have notified the families of 24 of the victims and they will go across the city, across the state, and across the nation to try to identify or notify the remaining families of the victims. >> the new information we got in the past few minutes is the police chief saying shooter was cool and calm talking to the police on the point and held hostages in the bathroom.

in was an ongoing information between the police and the shooter while it was unfolding. >> we will bring you updates on the news. >> across the country the lgbt community and the allies continue to show up at vision els honoring those who were lost. the vigil grows this morning in the castro that is are we fine tiffany wilson. >> a lost sad news, anger and solidarity in the castro. there are dozens of candles and hundreds of flowers and several people camped out to honor those victims, signed written in spanish and english saying "we are here for our fallen brothers and sisters in orlando, r.i.p. in orlando r in peace." the emmonth says growing as people learned name of the victim they realized some are their friends. we will hear from a friend we will hear from a friend coming up next hour.

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vet recommended flea and tick killer. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i am matt keller here for natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. we are lending more of what happened at the massacre in orlando with a news conference from orlando from various law enforcement. the any number is 49 victims. yesterday we reported 50. it turns out the 50th person is the shooter. >> today there will be notifying of the families of the victims. one person still has to be identified. they have talked to the families of 24 victims. that is