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kas center, this is abc 7 news. 49 victims dead, the gunman shot and killed by police, dozens of families now learning their loved ones are among the victims. good afternoon, i'm dan ashley go and i'm ana, the director of the fbi is investigating the gunman, saying nothing agents should have done differently. the agency is now trying to determine whether he had recently scouted walt disneyworld and other locations as potential targets. he had drinks at both the gay nightclub where the shooting happened several times before yesterday's attack. >> we have live team coverage,
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beginning with katie marzullo, live at the memorial that is growing still this afternoon. katie. >> reporter: dan, on the city so very much on lockdown there are road blocks like this one everywhere, surrounding the hospital and the around pulse nightclub, which are very close together where the memorials are growing. meanwhile, scared family trying to navigate grief and relief. people with loved ones at orlando regional medical center can't hide their emotions. grace ortiz shared her family. her cousin was shot twice in the stomach. >> he was able to come out of the -- alive out of there, because somebody held him, jumped off the back fence. >> he has had two surgeries and is in critical condition. he is among the lucky. >> two of the roommates did not make it. >> reporter: for brian, the
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worst may still to come. >> he is in an out of consciousne consciousness. we don't want to tell him because of his condition. >> reporter: they'll have to tell him if he asks, for now, they're counting their blessings. >> we have a big faith through god. he knows that god was there with him. >> reporter: the community of orlando is truly rallying around the families. in fact, people are coming from all over to try to help. we will have some of those stories, coming up at 5:00. live in orlando, florida, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. 48 of 49 have been identified by the orlando city officials. these are pictures of some of the victims. am ex cou mexico say three people were killed from his country. one was shot but survived. most were local residents of the orlando area, but others came from puerto rico and as far away
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as south africa. the pain is particularly sharp here in the bay year. >> that's right. the former partner of the security guard lives in san francisco. >> they remained best of friends, despite living 3,000 miles apart. >> abc 7 melanie woodrow is live at the plaza with more. >> reporter: a growing memorial here in the castro. take a look. you can see lots of flowers and candles and signs, and many people that have been coming here to pay their respects, as you mentioned, this is especially personal for one san francisco woman. she is the former partner of orlando shooting victim, k.j. morris. the two remained best friends, who spoke everyday. today, she shared with us how she would like k.j. to be remembered. k.j. morris' beaming smile, they met in october 2014 in boston. >> she is is a wonderful person.
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you know, she should have had the name star, she really should have. >> reporter: during their afteryear and a half relationship, they relocated to hawaii. this would be a wonderful time to go to orlando, take care of her mom and grandmother, and she loves them very much. >> reporter: k.j. cassetteling in, working at pulse nightclub, just two weeks. >> she was very excited to have this opportunity in orlando, to get involved in the community again. i was happy and proud of her. >> reporter: she was working her evening shift as a bouncer when the shooting began. they texted star, who turned to social media for more information. >> i started looking for her, unfortunately her phone was going to voicemail. >> reporter: she remained hopeful she was alive. >> i thought maybe she's hiding somewhere in the club and they're going find her and she'll be okay. it broke my heart for her mom to call me and tell me that we lost
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her. >> reporter: she has no doubt k.j. likely saved others inside. >> whoever she was help to save, i'm glad she could. i'm glad it wasn't in vein. >> reporter: she would never want hatred to fill anyone's heart. >> love will win. it will. >> reporter: star and k.j. spoke for the last time via text just hours before the shooting. we'll have that conversation coming up tonight new at 5:00. one that star says she is especially grateful for. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> i imagine so. melanie, thank you so much. a live look right now of the vigil getting way in downtown orlando to honor the shooting victims along with their family and friends. cou you could see a large crowd. the crowd will probably continue to grow in orlando, as you look live. san francisco pride
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organizers in the meantime met with police to look at security measures. >> the annual parade and festivities will go on as planned on june 26th after what happened in orlando, this year's celebration will be bigger than ever. >> we have been doing the pride parade festival for almost 50 years. it is the biggest in the world. tt best in the world. we're going to celebrate extra this year, to show our strength and our love as a community. >> san francisco police will meet with castro district bar owners later this week to review security measures. >> we have to start thinking of things if this does happen, what is the extra strategy, what is the plan. do the patrons know that these exist, you can leave in an emergency situation. >> san francisco police are working with the fbi to have an increased presence during prooid festivities. it has renewed efforts to beef up gun control.
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they'll discuss a number of bills. >> live in san francisco with a cam comparison of california and florida's. >> reporter: it is easy to buy a gun in florida is an understatement. now a reputable company gave them an f score. on the opposite side of the spectrum is new york, connecticut, massachusetts, and of course, california. a rifle like this one was used by the orlando shooter, but because it was purchased in florida, the rifle likely had a high capacity magazine with up to 100 rounds. california's strict gun laws only allow for ten rounds of magazine. >> we're so much more restrictive already. florida law, you can get a gun over-the-counter as long as you're a residents of the state.
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it is not a waiting period. >> reporter: there is a three-day waiting period in florida for handguns only the not assault rifles. >> guns that are so dangerous to human life available so easily. >> california lawmakers addressed the issue by highlighting a number of bills that have already passed the assembly. one of the bills called for stopping the sale of semi-automatic rifles that slow down the reloading process. it uses a sharp object like a bullet that allows the magazine to be removed. the couple involved in the san bernardino shooting last december had rifles with bullet buttons. another bill would require that owners of ghost guns assembled from parts many times purchased on the internet must apply for a serial number and undergo a standard background check. >> we think this is the way to ensure that guns don't fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: opponents say the
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wave of legislation will not stop the acts of violence. >> to jam it through quickly through both parts of our legislature we try to take run for cancer. it doesn't work. >> the state senate is expected to vote on the bills this year and must be signed by the governor. leann melendez, abc 7 news. san jose, where county officials raised the rainbow flag. one by one, the names of those killed were announced. they hope it will sends a message to the world that santa clara county doesn't stand for hatred. solidarity with the lgbt community and the families. nbc 7 news was in oakland, and they were wearing rainbow uniforms on their uniform. they'll wear them all week. now world news tonight will dig deeper into the family next
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and you can get updates any time on the news app. download it for free and enable push alerts on your mobile device. a massive response to help the orlando shooting victims. >> hundreds of people waiting hours to give blood. but many were turned away. the tragic shootings are renewing the call to lift a restriction on donations. see how apple ceo paid tribute during the tech developer conference. i'm larry deal, or arena. can they win the nba title
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one of the lasting images of the orlando terror attack will be the long line of people who showed up to donate blood. quite moving, really. more than 700 people went to a donation center not far from the pulse nightclub. more than 300 people showed up in that region. on a normal day, about 1,000 people donate. >> difficult for gay men to
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donate, because of a long-standing government policy. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at the government center with the story. vic. >> reporter: well, the fda, the food and drugs administration has long maintained that a ban on gay blood donations helps prevent the spread of hiv. and all blood centers have to follow that mandate. it's a regulation that made it extremely difficult for gay men to donate blood yesterday in orlando, even though a local blood center had issued a plea for help. >> the line at the one blood donation center near the pulse center was long. several hundred people showed up here yesterday. in all, 5,300 gave blood in florida and three other southern states. laura is withstand ford blood center. >> 5,300 people in less than 24 hours is almost an unprecedented
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response. >> reporter: but for many, the outpouring was rejected. >> i got turned away for being gay. i feel helpless. angry. >> reporter: the grim irony, the shooting victims were from a gay nightclub, but many potential donors could not give their blood. the u.s. food and drug administration, had a lifetime ban for men who have had sex for other men. that ban was partially lifted last december. >> they'll be deferred for only one year. >> abstinec. >> he believes it is still discrimination. >> the homophobe yo was still there, the policy, and then they didn't overturn it altogether. >> reporter: he hopes the shooting in orlando will help change the fda policy on gay blood donations.
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vic lee, abc 7 news. apple's annual developer's conference kicked off with a moment of sigh lenlence, and ti offering his deepest sympathies. >> terrorism and hate, aimed at divides and destroying. >> cook says the apple community celebrates its diversity and knows it makes the company stronger and moves everyone forward. apple showed updates on syri, and big changes to photos and messages. in fact, tim cook calls it the mother of all releases. among the other highlights today, a completely redined apple mu psy apple music, apple pay that can be used on macs. all right, you're seeing sky
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hd over the arena right now, where the warriors are getting ready to take on the cavaliers. game five, this could be it. look at the countdown clock, it counts you down to the coverage. oakland is a happening spot, with both the warriors and you can expect traffic delays in the area. >> if you have to choose, i think you would rather be at the warriors tonight. nbc 7 news anchor, larry is live. larry, the warriors, even without draymond green, could win it all tonight. >> reporter: yeah, the challenge is getting it done without draymond green. to tell you how important he is, he is the only warrior to have participated in each of golden state's 88 victories this season, and draymond, because of the suspension after the altercation in game four with lebron james, he can't be allowed in the arena. he is not allowed on the
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premises. earlier in the day, he was shoot-around, a light practice at the warriors facility. he is still getting his work in. you know the motto is strength in numbers. if they're going to close it out to win their second nba championship, they're going to need all of the strength and numbers. >> another test. we went through a lot of tests this year. i think it is kind of the ultimate being in the position we're in, and so you know, it's a great opportunity. you know, for a lot of guys and for our team and coaches and staff. >> reporter: shawn live inc. in may have to play longer because of the absence of draymond green. he'll be a short distance away, he is at the baseball stadium, in a suite overlooking the as game and he'll race through the tunnel that is underneath the facilities and hopes to participate in a victory
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celebration. >> he is close by. all right, thanks larry. we're back to the big game now. they take them on in a little over in an hour and a half. show your social media, #dubs pride. abc 7 news.com. run it down for you, coverage begins at 5:30, tip off is at 6:00, and if you're not at oracle, abc 7s the only play to see it. join larry bei lechlt after the game for analysis, all live from oracle arena. all right, so we're hopefully forecasting a win for tonight, but how about the weather? >> that's true. sen sp spencer, can you guarantee the weather. >> beautiful skies to celebrate a championship.
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why wait. here is live hd. sunny skies right now, a few wisps of clouds blowing down under breezy conditions. check out the temperature change, napa and santa rosa are warmer than they were this hour yesterday. heyward, 13 degrees cooler, san francisco, 4 degrees cooler. let's look at the camera. 61 here in the city. oakland, 66, mountain view, morgan hill, we see partly cloudy skies over the golden gait. a listing of temperatures, 81, santa rosa, 73 in and a half pa and novato. this is the view from our rooftop camera, and here are the forecast fe forecast features. cooler than average days continue through midweek, and we'll have a warming trend over the weekend for father's day. overnight, look for partly cloudy skies, mainly clear up north, and cooler up there with
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temperatures in napa and santa rosa, but most of the location also have lows overnight in the low to mid 50s. here's the forecast for tomorrow. whatever clouds, low clouds there are in the early morning will be sweat away by the winds. sunny skies in the afternoon and high temperatures will range from near 60 at the coast breezy conditions, to mainly upper 60s around the bay, and then low to mid 70s in the inland locations. here is the accuweather forecast. cooler than average pattern continues through thursday with partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies through the first few days of the week. sunny or warmer conditions on friday. look at the weekend warmup. a few degrees warmer on saturday and sunny and quite warm on father's day, highs of 90 on sunday, and mid 90s on monday. just in time for the weekend. all right, thank you so
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much, spencer.
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well, you can see a firefighter working to rescue a driver, trapped inside a car after a large tree feel. a santa clara firefighter tweeted pictures. crews freed the driver with the jaws of life. big business news. linkedin stock soared today, closing $192 a share. a whopping 46% gain. microsoft has agreed to buy the company for more than $26 billion. it's by far microsoft's largest acquisition to date. linkedin will keep its name and independence. they have more than 430 million members. up next, a different kind of dye in honor of tonight's warrior's game. >> some 20,000 fish.
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game time team early in san francisco aquarium at the bay. jerseys with curry and other warriors players. >> check out the amazing underwater moves almost as spectacular what the team is doing on the court and hopefully tonight. >> egdoing exactly what you saw there. >> fans stream into oracle arena. >> nbc coverage continues in half an hour at 5:00 from inside oracle. >> don't go any where. tonight, they could win the championship. thank you for joining us at
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4:00. >> i'm dan ashley, for all of us here, tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight," the terror in orlando. breaking developments here on the ground. new video from inside the nightclub of the dancing and the moments the horror broke out. the shootout between the gunman and s.w.a.t. teams. plus, tonight, we hear from survivors, trapped inside during the three-hour hostage ordeal. some amid the bodies. and tonight, the moment authorities knew they had to move in. what forced their hand. 49 victims killed, the shooter then taken down. and this evening, new details now emerging about the gunman. a first look, right here, inside his home. the fbi revealing the killer had been under surveillance for nearly a year, yet still able to buy guns just last week without any alerts. our team here on the ground tonight. a special edition of "world news
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tonight" starts now. good evening. and as we come on the air from orlando tonight, a new and difficult portrait is now emerging of what played out inside that nightclub behind me here. the s.w.a.t. team captain talking for the first time, and we have new video tonight of the moments before the gunfire and then during that massacre. and when the s.w.a.t. teams blew through that nightclub wall. afterward, the wall riddled with bullet holes. tonight, we also have major new developments on the gunman who the fbi had interviewed three times. and we have now learned he was under fbi surveillance for ten months at one point. how did he get those guns in recent days without that federal background check alerting anyone at the fbi? and, of course, the human face of this horrible story. the images of so many of the young people who have died. tonight here, we have the list. but we begin with that s.w.a.t. team captain. and abc's gio benitez here in orlando.
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>> reporter: tonight, chilling new details about the deadly rampage, and the three-hour standoff between police and a determined terrorist. ♪ late night, couples dancing at the popular gay club, pulse. and just after 2:00 a.m., omar mateen arrives heavily armed, with a high-powered assault rifle, a handgun, multiple rounds of ammunition. near an entrance, he starts to fire. an offduty police officer responds. then, a shootout. and mateen moves deeper inside the club, to the main dance floor. 25-year-old amanda alvear is there, partying with friends. her brother shows us this snapchat video she recorded. over the music? gunshots. [ gunshots ] amanda alvear becomes one of the gunman's 49 victims. police officers now rushing into the club, exchanging gunfire with the terrorist. mateen retreating to these bathrooms. in one, as many as 20 people
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huddled together, but mateen enters another, taking four to five hostages. this man, orlando, was there, playing dead. >> i was uncomfortably wedged between -- my shoulders up against the back wall, my face, my forehead up against the toilet bowl, stiff there, for three hours, uncomfortable. >> reporter: at 2:30 a.m., the gunman calls 911, hanging up twice before a dispatcher calls him back, and there, on the phone, mateen pledges allegiance to isis. for hours, police negotiating with the killer. but at 5:00 a.m., the s.w.a.t. team leader says, mateen threatens to strap explosive vests on his hostages. >> he did say he had a vest and he did talk about putting a vest on some of the hostages. >> reporter: it's a turning point. s.w.a.t. teams move in, using controlled explosives and heavy machinery like this, to break holes in the wall of the club. this video capturing the barrage of bullets in the night. the killer, dead.
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and daylight revealing the wall riddled with bullet holes. >> and gio is with us now with a really critical number that's been released from the hospital tonight. >> reporter: that's right. some people have already been released. it's important to remember, david, 34 people are still in the hospital. some in critical condition tonight. >> gio, thank you so much. there were so many young people hiding in rooms of that nightclub. a wardrobe room, in the bathrooms, as the gunman who went from room to room. tonight, a young man who survived after he and his friends were shot while hiding in a stall in that bathroom. they had no place to go. lying there, shot several times, he texted his family. and tonight, they are talking to us. >> reporter: tonight, the stories of the people people who were inside that club during the hostage ordeal. but somehow survived. jeff rodriguez, this photo taken just 30 minutes before the attack began to unfold. he was shot three times, when the gunman stormed into a bath room where he and so many were hiding. at least a dozen others.
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nearly the entire group huddling in the handicap stall, trying to barricade that door, as well. he sends a text message to his brother, santos, who talked to us today for the first time. >> his first text was at 2:25 a.m., he states here, "i've been shot at a club. i'm dying. i love you. dead bodies on top of me. tell everyone i love them." >> reporter: he tells his brother to tell mom and dad i love them. but the text messages are so horrific, his brother thinks he's kidding. until he goes online. >> my heart just literally, it just, like -- it was broken. i was just like, my gosh, he was reaching out to me and i thought it was a joke this whole time. >> reporter: he wakes up their parents. >> he says, no, no, i can't be. it's real. and he just -- he just started, you know, crying, and we all did. >> reporter: all of them crying. unsure if their son would survive. one of his last text messages included this image from inside the bathroom. tonight, we have blurred out the faces. not everyone would survive.
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but their loved one would find himself in the midst of all of that horror in the bathroom. >> some of the people in the bathroom did not survive. >> reporter: and he was in there with them? >> yes, he was. he was there. he was -- some of them were actually hiding underneath the dead bodies. and it's -- pretty much, it was a survival game. >> reporter: and tonight, this new image of geoff, now lying in his hospital bed, after somehow surviving that scene in the bathroom. after a friend held pressure to his wounds to stop the bleeding. have you talked to your brother? >> he has tubes in his mouth. he doesn't -- he knows that you're there, he can hear you. but he can't say anything to you. like, he'll say, like, he'll mimic it, like, like he'll try to say "i love you." >> reporter: spelling out "i love you" with his hands. we also met malcolm berazza. seen in this video, he was one of the survivors who got out of the club, and yet still stayed to help the other victims.
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even as the gunshots continued. you can see him, his hat on backwards, helping to put victims into any vehicles they could find, when there were no ambulances in sight. they were putting victims into this pickup truck. >> his eyes were, like, they were rolling to the back of his head, and he was with, you know, there was about four or five of us carrying him and one girl started crying, she said, "i can't do this, i can't do this," she put him down and she collapsed and started crying. and, like, i don't know, i wanted to yell to everybody, give them energy, you know, we have to do this, come on, let's go, pick him up. i'm looking at them, screaming at them to get this guy to a truck, because i know in those instances, like, seconds matter. >> reporter: and today, malcolm told me he is still horrified by how one person can inflict so much harm. >> how a person can do that to someone they don't know, like, they don't know anything about you. and you just walk into a building and you just go and you change people's lives, you know, so much and it's unreal. it's unreal.
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>> reporter: and then, there was the emt we met, among the first to arrive here, julio salgado jr. he could still hear the gunfire inside the club when he lifted up his first victim outside. a young man asking julio if he was going to make it. what did he say? >> he just asked me if he was going to be okay. and i tried to reassure him. >> reporter: how hard is that? >> it's very hard. it's just -- never been on a scene like this before, you know? because they seemed so helpless, you know? and it's just like, you know, there's only so much we can do on the road. you know? >> that emt heard what so many of the victims were asking, "am i going to be okay?" in the meantime, we move to other developments involving the gunman now, who inflicted so much horror in that nightclub. for the first time, we see
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inside his apartment tonight, just as we hear more about the warning signs for years. from the ex-wife who describes a violent and erratic husband, to a former colleague who said he hated many different groups. here's abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: today, in ft. pierce, florida, after fbi agents left mateen's apartment, a first look at how he lived, provided to abc news by a univision tv crew. with the reporter describing the messy aftermath of the fbi's raid. otherwise a portrait of a normal life. family photos on the dining table and walls. on the kitchen counter, an expired florida firearms license. and the room of the terrorist's 3-year-old son, filled with toys and a bike with a spider-man helmet. no sign of the devotion to isis that mateen professed during his attack sunday. but long before then, he was known as a troubled, violent man. >> i can just honestly say that this was a sick person.
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this was a sick person that was really confused and went crazy. >> reporter: mateen's ex-wife, sitora yusufiy, told abc news he regularly beat her, and had a deep hatred for gays. >> he would express his anger towards a certain culture, homosexuality. >> reporter: mateen was born in new york, the son of afghan immigrants, who later attended a high school in stuart, florida. a classmate recalls mateen cheering after the 9/11 attacks. >> he stood up and clapped. he was, like, happy about it. >> reporter: mateen later worked as a security guard at this florida courthouse, where one co-worker also recalled him as a man with many hatreds. >> black people, women, jews, hispanics, nor did he like gay or lesbian people. >> reporter: his ex-wife, sitora, says she was lucky to escape the marriage alive. >> i'm blessed to have the
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family that i do, because they saved me from -- from death. >> and brian, tonight, the fbi is now talking to members of the gunman's own family? >> reporter: that's right, david, including his current wife, seen in this photo. a senior counterterrorism official tells abc news tonight that she is now cooperating with the fbi and has told them mateen may have scouted a number of locations before his attack, including disney properties in orlando. disney, the parent company of abc, would not confirm the report, but says it has increased security measures across its properties in what it calls a world of uncertainty. david? >> brian ross with us again tonight. brian, thank you. we were on the air here today when the director of the fbi, james comey, revealed to the country that not only was this gunman interviewed three times by the fbi, he'd been under surveillance for months, and undercover informants had been engaging with him. so, we ask tonight, when he
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bought those guns in recent days, why didn't a federal background check alert the fbi teams who once had their eye on him? here's abc's pierre thomas on that. >> reporter: today, the fbi facing tough questions. could omar mateen have been stopped before his murderous rampage? >> i don't see anything in reviewing our work that our agents should have done differently. >> reporter: but why was the killer allowed to walk into this gun store and buy firearms, despite the fact that he had once before under fbi surveillance for nearly a year? with undercover informants infiltrating his life. the fbi says it never found hard evidence that mateen was really a terrorist threat. and they had hundreds of isis investigations under way. >> we are looking for needles in a nationwide haystack. >> reporter: terror investigators weren't flagged when mateen walked into this gun store three times in the last ten days, legally buying a handgun and an assault rifle. >> an evil person came in here. this man held multiple security licenses. he passed a background check. >> reporter: today, the president frustrated critical information isn't being shared.
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>> if they do get alerted, sometimes it's hard for them to stop them from getting a gun. >> and pierre thomas joins us from outside that gun store tonight. pierre, why wasn't the fbi tipped off during the background check? it would seem to a lot of americans that there should have been a sharing of information here. >> reporter: david, there are very specific rules about how long the fbi can investigate someone when they don't find evidence of terrorism. and their limitations on sharing those files once an investigation is closed. even inside the fbi. today, we got no indication that these policies are changing. david? >> pierre thomas with us tonight. pierre, thank you. and we turn next here to the moms who begged for any information on their sons, in the aftermath of the massacre. and the young woman who was inside the club and unknowingly documented her final moments. here's amy robach. >> reporter: 25-year-old amanda alvear, who took that ominous snapchat as the first shots were fired. her last moment, hiding in the
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bathroom with her best friend. >> that's the hardest part. i don't know if my sister suffered. i don't know if it was quick. >> i haven't heard anything. >> reporter: christine leinonen, waiting an agonizing 24 hours in limbo to hear about her only child, christopher, before getting the news no parent should hear. >> this is a club that nobody wants to be in. >> reporter: mina justice, who's son, eddie, was trapped inside with the gunman, sending those text messages. >> he said, "he has us and he is going to kill us." and that was it. >> reporter: today, learning he is among the fallen. amidst the tragedy, alvear's brother, brian, saying his sister would want to spread a message of unity. >> we shouldn't be unifying in hate. we should be unifying in love. >> reporter: a message already being heard. amy robach, abc news, orlando. >> amy robach tonight. amy, thank you. when we come back here tonight, we want your opinion. two very different responses today.
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donald trump and hillary clinton. trump doubling down on his muslim ban. and hillary clinton declaring she has no problem calling it, quote, radical islam. but she did add something else. also, the new headline about gun sales across this country. and the star of the broadway blockbuster "hamilton," taking that celebratory moment, and instead, honoring the victims from orlando. his very emotional moment on that stage, when we come back.
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closed to anyone from certain parts of the world regardless of their religion. >> i will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism against the united states, europe or our allies. until we fully understand how to end these threats. >> reporter: from hillary clinton today, a very different approach. >> inflammatory, anti-muslim rhetoric hurts the vast majority of muslims who love freedom and hate terror. >> reporter: trump portraying clinton as so scared, she won't even utter the phrase radical islam. >> and her continuing reluctance to ever name the enemy broadcasts weakness across the entire world. >> reporter: but today, clinton did say those words. >> whether you call it radical jihadism, radical islamism, i think they mean the same thing, i'm happy to say either. but what i won't do, because i think it is dangerous for our efforts to defeat this threat, is to demonize and demagogue
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and, you know, declare war on an entire religion. >> reporter: david, tonight, we reached out to the trump campaign to get some more clarity on this expanded ban on certain immigrants, but there was no comment. trump is standing by his statement tonight. david? >> tom llamas with us tonight on the campaign trail. tom, thank you. and when we come back here, more of our coverage of the terror in orlando. the list of victims. and the star of "hamilton," taking the stage and then paying tribute to the victims here. that emotional moment overnight that had so many talking today. overnight that had so many talking today. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. doctors have been prescribing
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the value of the stock of major gun manufacturers is surging. smith and wesson was up 6.8% today. sturm, ruger and company up 8.5%. that's because the number of people buying guns is expected to increase now as it did after the attacks in paris and san bernardino. from here in orlando, and across america, millions watching the powerful tribute to orlando during the tony awards last night from "hamilton" creator and star lin-manuel miranda. >> this show is proof that history remembers, we live through times when hate and fear seem stronger. we rise and fall and light from dying embers remembrances that hope and love last longer. and love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. >> the star of "hamilton," last night. when we come back here tonight, a vigil set for this evening here in orlando, and we have the list of names, the families who don't want you to forget their loved ones. i love that my shop is part of the morning ritual around here.
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finally tonight, 49 people dying inside that nightclub. so many more fighting for their lives. this evening, we pay tribute with the names of those lost. ♪ ♪
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♪ >> we cannot forget. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here t
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>> records indicate the wife has family in row day i don't and continue costa county. he used an ar 15 rifle. it's a magazine which holds 30 rounds which can penetrate multiple people in a single shot. >> he killed 49 people in the club. 24 of the families have been quote fied. >> we have live team coverage of the terror attack in florida. >> we begin with abc 7's katy march zullo live in orlando. >> reporter: people continue to bring flowers here near the hospital. they're also taking the time to leave handwritten messages at this memorial. it's a sad and beautiful thing aimed at bolstering a beautiful city.

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