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the victims and abc's stephanie ramos has more on their stories. >> reporter: communities across the country continue to mourn the young people shot at orlando's pulse nightclub. 25-year-old amanda alvear was documenting a night out with friends early sunday morning. in this snap chat video chaired by her brother brian, you can see she stops at the sound of gun shots. it's the last time she's seen alive. but a friend of hers who managed to escape says he spoke to her on the phone as she was hiding from the gunman in the bathroom with her best friend. then the call drops. >> that's the hardest part. i don't know if my sister suffered. i don't know if it was quick. i mean, i know she was scared and she wasn't alone. her best friend was with her. >> reporter: the gunman also killing juan guerrero and his boyfriend. we heard from his mother as she held on to hope that her son would survive, only to find out he died in the massacre. >> it's terrible, he's my only child.
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>> alvear's brother said his sister would want to spread a message of unity, not hate. we shouldn't be unifying in hate. we should be unifying in love for the victims, the survivors, the community. >> reporter: stephanie ramos, abc news, los angeles. >> security is being stepped up at upcoming gay pride events across the country. officials in san francisco are already meeting with police ahead of one of the world's largest and oldest gay pride festivals. gay club owners in colorado are also planning to hire off-duty police officers, but organizers say the festivals will go on. >> los angeles held its parade this past weekend with police on high alert. clubs and other venues are being extra vigilant in the meantime to protect the public. yet authorities admit there are limits to what they can do. >> there is a price for freedom. and absolute freedom, it makes it very difficult for us to create strong security.
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>> security experts note there are certain steps every individual should take in a confined setting. you should always be aware of the exits, what's the quickest way in and the quickest way out. >> and a lot of events, as we mentioned, are stepping up security. in denver, the pride organizers took it upon themselves to hire off-duty police officers for extra security for that event. chicago stepping up security in boys town, in the gay neighborhood there, and in other popular parts of the city as well. >> the next few weeks are critical. you have pride celebrations. san francisco, new york is having its event in a couple of weeks. security will be stepped up all around the country as a result. >> but everyone is planning to go to the festivals. >> in their fiercest outfits. >> it's happening. >> i think the outfits will be a lot more fierce. absolutely. when we come back, the tribute from the basketball court for the orlando victims.
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of the orlando massacre. >> game five of the nba finals started out last night like this. the american flag, unfurled on the court and former nba star grant hill, who spent most of his career in orlando, called for a moment of silence before the playing of the national anthem. >> on behalf of the entire nba family, we send our thoughts and prayers to the families impacted by the horrific tragedy in orlando yesterday. so please observe a moment of silence for those who have lost their lives. >> and as you can hear, the entire oracle arena went completely silent for those moments. >> it's amazing how powerful that alone can be. >> just that sound. >> to have an arena that large be completely silent. >> 30,000 people in grief there. i gotta give it to lebron james
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because before his press conference he mentioned he wanted to offer his prayers and condolences to the victims in orlando. he said it definitely puts things in perspective on basketball for himself and then offers prayers to the loved ones. didn't hear anything from steph curry, but his wife didn't mention as well, offering her prayers. >> and you're going to see this as we continue throughout the week, but you mention the >> and you're going to see this as we continue throughout the week, but you mention the basketball game. they did go on to play. and maybe that gave them some inspiration. >> maybe it worked. >> because lebron, he kept hope alive for game six in a very tight game. the cavaliers toppled the golden state warriors, 112-97. sending the best of seven series back to cleveland on thursday. the warriors lead the series 3-2. >> there was also a lot of smack talking beforehand. >> but as we mentioned, the tribute to the victims ahead of the games and the world of wrestling actually also paid tribute to orlando as well. >> they did. and it happened at the top of the wwe's opening of yesterday's episode of raw. the tribute was quiet, and
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classy. the major players stood quiet under a giant screen, reading "we stand with orlando" as the crowd respectfully stood silent. the wwe has particularly close ties to orlando. ever since it opened the wwe performance center in the city nearly three years ago. then there was this moment, which was really touching as well. adele opened up about her emotional ties to the gay community. >> and a ten-time grammy award winner, literally herself was overcome by emotion, as he dedicated her concert sunday night to the victims in orlando. and keep in mind, this was just hours after the attack. >> and i would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in orlando at pulse nightclub. [ applause ] the lgbt community, they're like my soul mates since i was very,
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very young. and then she cheered people up a little bit, by saying, let's go into "rolling in the deep." adele joked, saying, i don't know why i'm crying already, because most of tonight is pretty miserable, because my songs are blanking miserable. she's like, this is the early part of the show where we can dance, "rolling in the deep." >> everything else is all emotion. but what great songs they are. i'm sure her fans appreciated all of it. meanwhile, harry potter author j.k. rowling is mourning one of the victims. we're talking about luis vielma. she tweeted out a photo of him, saying, i can't stop crying. and another one saying, he just wanted to make people smile.
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just like your mom won't walk in on you... forever. let's be clear. clearasil works fast. flags from coast to coast have been lowered to half-staff. many of them, including the rainbow flag, flying proudly underneath old glory. >> and across america and around the world, mourners have been paying their respects to the victims, of course, of that massacre, in every color of the rainbow. >> thousands of central floridians have been gathering at vigils across orlando. and last night, a mega vigil, to remember and to rally support at orlando's lake yola bancho. ♪ >> in baton rouge, louisiana -- ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: politics slammed to a halt, giving way to prayer. >> we call this a moment of
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unity, because it servings as a reminder that today and every day, there's far more than unites us than divides us. >> in greenwich village, at the stonewall inn, the site of the modern day gay movement, flowers, flags, and these words "stop the hate." >> mourners from around the world showed solidarity with the u.s. in russia where homosexuality has been all about criminalized, a make shift memorial outside the u.s. embassy in moscow. >> and this in berlin, as thousands placed flowers. city hall lit up in the american, israeli, and gay pride flags. >> soccer fans took time to remember as the eiffel tower lit up in paris. in madrid, candles on a giant rainbow flag. >> in australia, a crowd
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gathered as the council house building in perth was bathed in rainbow colors. >> in britain, bagpipes played in scotland. as thousands crammed the streets of soho, the gay center of london, breaking out to london, breaking out to simon & garfunkel that has become the clarion call of a new generation. ♪ like a bridge over troubled water ♪ >> so many touching tributes all around the world. >> and some of them from kind of unexpected places. we saw the memorial in russia. the prime minister of pakistan and russia, two areas where gay sex is illegal, yet pakistan calling it a gruesome act of terror. india saying, condolences. >> queen elizabeth saying, prince philip and i have been shocked by the events in
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good morning, i'm good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> here are some of the top headlines we're following for you now on world news now. investigators in florida have the orlando nightclub gunman's phone and are working to retrieve as much information from it as possible. they're now analyzing the websites and the apps he visited, looking into who he communicated with as well. >> all the victims of the orlando nightclub attack have now been publicly identified. their names released by city officials after their relatives were informed about their deaths. we'll have much more from orlando straight ahead. strong storms that brought flash flooding to texas and oklahoma moved toward the center of the country today. there's a threat of strong winds, large hail, eastern tornadoes in kansas and nebraska. and the cavaliers have forced a game six, lebron james and kyrie irving, each pouring
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in 41 points last night in the cavs' victory against golden state. warriors still lead the series, 3-2. game six right here thursday night on abc. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, june 14th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good tuesday morning, everyone. we'll start with some of the emotional scenes from orlando overnight. thousands of people, many holds candles, gathering last night at a downtown park to remember the 49 victims of the massacre at the gay nightclub. president obama is going to orlando on thursday. the people there last night were preaching tolerance and love and they were not alone. >> a huge crowd got together in new york, near the stonewall inn, where gay activism got it start in the 1960s. >> and a patron of the pulse nightclub telling abc news that the gunman used to visit the
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nightclub on a regular basis. he said mateen came into pulse two years ago. with more from orlando, here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: thousands in orlando standing in solidarity. ♪ let it be >> we know that love trumps hate. >> reporter: and paying tribute. >> leroy valentine fernandez. tevin eugene crosby. >> reporter: to the victims. >> alejandro barrios martinez. >> reporter: all 49 people killed inside the pulse nightclub early sunday now identified. their families getting the heartbreaking news, as some of the survivors and their families share the horror that unfolded. [ rapid gunfire ] >> reporter: in those three hours of terror. >> he was there. he was -- some of them were actually hiding underneath the dead bodies. >> reporter: the killer pledging
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his allegiance to isis during the attack. the fbi raiding his home, going through his digital records to figure out how he was radicalized. though he was interviewed by the fbi three times for possible links to terror, he was not deemed a threat and allowed to buy the handgun and assault weapon used in the attack legally. he may have scouted other potential locations for the attack, including nearby disney properties. kendis and diane? >> thanks to marci there. as we mentioned in our headlines, all the victims of sunday morning's massacre have been identified. the families of the 49 people who were lost, now planning their final goodbyes. >> while the arrangements are being made, dozens are still injured and hospitalized. david muir has been speaking with some of those who were at pulse that night and made it out alive. >> reporter: the stories of the people who were inside that club during the hostage ordeal. but somehow survived. we met malcolm bar asa, seen in
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this video, one of the survivors who got out of the club, and yet still stayed to help the other victims, even as the gun shots continued. you can see him, his hat on backwards, helping to put victims into any vehicle they could find, when there were no ambulances in sight. they were putting victims in this pickup truck. >> his eyes were rolling to the back of his head. and he was with, you know, there was people -- there was about four or five of us carrying him and one girl just started crying. she said, i can't do this, i can't do this, i can't do this. and she put him down and collapsed and started crying. and i don't know, my natural instinct was to yell at everybody, give them energy, come on, we have to do this, pick him up, let's go, let's go. and i'm looking at them, screaming at moment to get this guy to a truck, because i know in those instances, seconds matter. >> reporter: malcolm told me how he is still horrified by one person can inflict so much harm. >> how a person can do that to someone you don't know. you just walk into a building
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and you just go and you change people's lives, you know, so much. it's unreal. >> reporter: then there was the emt we met, among the first to arrive here, julio sal gado jr. he could still hear the gunfire inside the club, when he lifted up his first victim outside. a man asking julio if he was going to make it. >> what did you say? >> he just asked me if he was going to be okay. and i tried to reassure him. >> 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. and it's just like -- you know, there's only so much you can do on your own. >> definitely the way a lot of people feel this morning. david muir there in orlando for us. we're getting a look inside the
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shooter's home and a glimpse of his life. this is what omar mateen's apartment in ft. pierce, florida, looked like after it was raided by the fbi. aside from the aftermath of that search, all signs seemed to point to a normal life, including the bedroom of the killer's 3-year-old son, filled with toys. look there. there are no visible signs of the devotion to isis that mateen reportedly professed. his ex-wife described him as a sick person who beat her and had a deep hatred for gays. and a former classmate said that he stood up and clapped after the 9/11 attacks. >> and in addition to being interviewed by fbi agents three times, the fbi chief revealed mateen had been under surveillance for months, but that didn't stop him from entering this man's gun shop and legally purchasing weapons used in that attack. pierre thomas has more on what signals may have been missed and why. >> reporter: the fbi facing tough questions. could omar mateen have been stopped before his murderous rampage?
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>> 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 in this gun store and buy firearms, despite once being under fbi surveillance for nearly a year? with undercover people infiltrating his life. the fbi said they never found hard evidence that he was a terrorist threat. >> we are looking for needles in a nationwide haystack. >> reporter: terror investigators weren't flagged when he 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. >> the president frustrated, critical information isn't being shared. >> if they do get alerted, sometimes it's hard for them to stop them from getting a gun. >> reporter: there are 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
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inside the fbi. we got no indication that those policies are changing. pierre thomas, abc news, port st. lucie, florida. >> as the investigation moves forward, we're getting a more complete understanding of who that gunman was. a co-worker at a florida courthouse where he worked as a security guard said he not only hated gays and lesbians, but blacks, jews, hispanics, and women as well. mateen's ex-wife seems to back up that claim. >> i can just honestly say that this was a sick person. this was a sick person that was really confused. and went crazy. and i'm blessed to have the family that i do, because they saved me. from -- from death. >> she also says she believes her ex-husband was bipolar. mateen's current wife, the fbi says, is now cooperating with the investigation. >> and earlier we showed you the vigils that took place last night.
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and now we can say that there's another source of comfort for those in orlando. >> they're so-called comfort dogs, and they're arriving in orlando from all over the country. a dozen golden retrievers from the chicago area are already there, and they're been visiting with families and friends who lost people at the nightclub. >> this is the best thing that everyone can do, just get together and thank god, we're getting love from everywhere. oh, my god. >> wow. a couple more golden retrievers from north texas are being flown to orlando later on this morning. they're trainers say the dogs will stay in florida for at least a week and maybe longer, depending on whether or not they're needed. >> dogs do bring comfort, don't they? >> they do. a lot of them will be needed there, no doubt, in orlando over the next few weeks. >> it's nice to see the reactions from the family members that are getting at least this small ounce of comfort, in such a dark time.
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>> and of course many of those dogs can sense the pain, the grief that a lot of us are going through. >> sure. all right, coming up, a surprise appearance by lady gaga, her powerful words yesterday in los angeles for the victims and what she said to the crowd that turned her own personal anger into a message of peace and love. >> and why people at colorado's red rocks amphitheater outside of denver were forced to scramble for cover at a steely dan concert. don't put off checking out your medicare options until 65. now is a good time to get the ball rolling. medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. taking informed steps really makes a difference later. that's what it means to go long™.
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in other sad news this morning, singer christina grimmie is being remembered in her new jersey hometown. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the former contestant from "the voice" who was shot and killed on friday night. she was just 22. she was gunned down as she signed autographs after a concert in orlando. police don't believe she had a personal connection to the gunman who fatally shot himself. adam levine, grimmie's coach on the voice, has offered to pay for her funeral. in france, police are investigating a possible terror attack that took place not far from paris. a top police commander was stabbed to death outside his home. his girlfriend was also found dead. a s.w.a.t. team raiding the home where they found the attacker dead as well. a 3-year-old boy, we should point out, was rescued. a canadian hostage in the philippines has been beheaded. robert hall is the second
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hostage to be killed after ransom demands were not met. paul was held hostage by the group for nine months. another canadian, john ridsdel was executed in april. they were kidnapped with two others in september. a fast-moving fire has killed at least one person in the los angeles area. the blaze broke out at what was supposed to be a vacant two-story office building in west lake. but fire crews found a victim inside. three other people also had to be rescued. more than 150 firefighters were battling to keep those flames from moving to other buildings. and there's been a medical crisis for rapper lil wayne. his plane made an emergency stop after he suffered a seizure on board. he apparently refused medical treatment. the plane took off again, but made another emergency stop after the rapper had another seizure. wayne is now being treated at a hospital in omaha. the rapper has previously disclosed that he suffers from epilepsy. severe storms brought flash
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floods to texas and oklahoma. all southbound lanes of interstate 45 near dallas, closed as crews pulled stranded vehicles to safety. power was knocked out as well for thousands. and in colorado, people at the famed red rocks amphitheater, got pelted with hail, while they were waiting for the steely dan concert to get under way. fans were forced to scramble for cover wherever they could, and people still in their cars were told to stay there. and speaking of hail, here's a look at today's weather. there are some severe storms moving into the central plains, from minnesota to kansas, with damaging winds, large hail possibly, even a few possible tornadoes. >> it does remain hot in texas. the plains and into the deep south, dallas, up to 94 degrees. atlanta, 93. hot spot, phoenix, you win, 101. >> coming up, an emotional vigil in orlando last night -- or for
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the orlando nightclub massacre is sending shock waves through the heart of the race for the white house. >> both candidates are responding to the attack but with two very different approaches. >> reporter: donald trump, expanding his proposed muslim ban, saying the doors to the united states should be closed, to anyone from certain parts of the world regardless of their religion. >> i will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there's 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, 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."
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>> and her continuing reluctance to ever name the enemy, broadcasts weakness across the entire world. >> reporter: but clinton did say those words -- >> whether you call it radical jihadism or radical islamism, i think they mean the same. but what i won't do, because i think it's dangerous for our efforts to defeat this threat is to demonize and declare war on an entire religion. >> reporter: we reached out to the trump campaign to get more clarity this expanded ban on certain immigrants, but there was no comment. tonight trump is standing by his statement. tom llamas, abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> trump has been back and forth with "the washington post." he's revoked their press credentials, saying that the paper's dishonest, covering him inaccurately, because of a headline that apparently said that he was connecting the president with the orlando shooting. >> he was on quite a tirade on twitter yesterday. no planned events today.
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he has one planned in atlanta tomorrow. today he turned 70 years old, on a side note, donald trump. >> among the many vigils for orlando held around the world, there was one in l.a. last night that had a surprise appearance by lady gaga. the six-time grammy award winner, dressed simply all in black, shared some powerfully emotional words with the crowd, calling the massacre an attack on humanity itself. but she stopped short of getting too political. >> but tonight i will not allow my anger and outrage over this attack to overshadow our need to honor those who are grieving truly for their lost ones. >> fighting back tears. as you can tell, lady gaga said lost members of the lgbt community, i hope you know that myself and so many of your allies tonight. orlando, we are united with you to remember.
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solidarity in the form of sacrifice, as donors flooded a blood drive. >> it's a terrible tragedy, it's the least i could do. >> reporter: it was tragedy in the triumph born from it. the first named stonewall in, the monument to america's gay rights movement and a gathering place tonight. in 1969, patrons violently clashed with cops, over raids meant to humiliate and harass gay men and women. their effort made life safer for the lgbt community. >> stonewall is such a big part of our history, our fights for human rights. ♪ >> reporter: but mass murder inside a gay club in orlando reminds us all that community is still not safe. there remain dark corners where dignity is denied and daily places where it's demand. this young woman from england, a muslim and a lesbian, she wrote,
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the rumors are true. i exist. >> i hope you know that myself and so many are your allies. [ applause ] ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: and from the gay men's chorus in washington, reassurance, we do overcome. terror can wound, but it can never win. ♪ >> it's sad that it takes these kinds of events often to see this kind of unity, but it is nice to see that response and you kind of go from seeing the worst of humanity to the best of humanity. >> it's been absolutely touching and helps in all of our grieving. >> and with pride celebrations, more on the way, that's for sure. borld in mourning.
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>> messages this morning america and the world in mourning. >> messages increase and support from all over the world after the terror attack on the nightclub in orlando. thousands come together with symbols of strength and pride hoping to overshadow the grim reality of lives lost. >> weir honoring those victims and more and more stories are coming out from the tragedy. moments of courage inside that nightclub and the scenes families are coping with. they thought that it was initially just a joke. and the search is on for a solution as a terror attack has already become a point of political contention. the capitol floor got heated with some lawmakers refusing to hold any more moments of silence saying it's time to take action. >> and the simple gestures of
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kindness showing what america is really all about. like a young girl, this young girl desperate to help in any way she can, making cards for the families of the victims, one of many small beacons of light shining on this dark day. it is tuesday, june 14th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone i'm kendis gibson. >> new develops from orlando where there's been an outpouring of emotions following that attack on a nightclub. >> thousands gathered for a vigil in support of the victims, their families, as well as those who survived sunday morning's attack. all victims have been publicly identified. >> the president is pay respect to those victims' families. more from orlando.
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>> reporter: thousands in orlando standing in solidarity. >> we know that love trumps hate. >> reporter: and paying tribute. leroy valentine fernandez. >> kevin eugene crosby. >> reporter: to the victims. all 49 people killed inside the pulse nightclub early sunday now identified. their families getting the heart breaking news as some of the survivors and their families share the horror that unfolded in those three hours of terror. >> he was there. he was -- some of them were hiding underneath the dead bodies. >> reporter: the killer pledging his allegiance to isis during the attack. the fbi raiding his home, now going through his digital records to figure out how he was radicalized.
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he was interviewed by the fbi three times for possible links to terror, he was not deemed a threat and allowed to buy the handgun and the assault rifle used in the attack legally. >> i don't see anything in reviewing our work that we should have done differently. >> reporter: he may have scouted other potential locations in the attack including nearby disney properties. >> thank you. we're getting some more gripping details about what so many people saw inside that nightclub as the gunman went from room to room. >> and as we attach names to the numbers an faces to the 49 innocent lives lost, we're also finding out what those who survived went through. men and women who cowered in different hiding places frantically texting their families. david muir has one man's harrowing ordeal. >> reporter: this photo taken just 30 minutes before the attack began to unfold. he was shot three times when the gunman stormed into a bathroom where he and so many were hiding. at least a dozen others, nearly
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the entire group huddling in the handicapped stall trying to barricade that door as well. he sent a text message to his brother who talked to us for the first time. >> his first text was at 2:25 a.m. he says 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 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 was no, no. it can't be. he just start 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.
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we have blurred out the faces. not everyone would survive, but their loved one would find himself in the mix of all that horror in the bathroom. >> some of the people in the bathroom did not survive. >> reporter: he was there with them. >> yes, he was. some of them were hiding underneath the dead bodies and it was just -- pretty much was a survival game. >> reporter: and this new image of jeff 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 knows 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 try to say i love you. >> reporter: spelling out i love you with his hands. >> that's a touching scene and
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just seeing that image from inside that bathroom gives you a sense of what they were going through at that hour. and of course we showed you a little earlier the large crowd in orlando last night. i want to show you the scene as well. look at this. this is in new york, thousands of people getting together for a second day in a row near the stone wall inn, the bar where the gay rights movements started in 1969. the governor was there and the names of all the victims were read aloud. >> it's moving to hear them go through all the names one by one, giving a little information about the victims. >> and to see all those phones lit up. just a touching scene. >> we will have much more ahead this half hour and throughout the morning. a terror investigation is underway in france after isis claimed the double murder of a husband and wife, both were police officers. the attacker was killed after a standoff with a swat team who were then able to rescue the couple's three-year-old child.
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the attacker is believed to be a french citizen who had been sentenced to three years in prison in 2013 on terrorism charges. this morning a french official called the attack despicable. >> and in new york city police are searching for a gunman who shot and injured five teenagers at a playground. the victims are being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. they were shot following an argument over a $500 designer backpack. christina grimmie who was gunned down on friday night, hundreds of people gathered for a candle light vigil in her hometown. the 23-year-old was shot and killed as she signed autographs after a concert in orlando. police say she had no apparent personal connection to the gunman who then fatally shot himself. adam levine has offered to pay for her funeral. >> that incident taking place only four miles from where the nightclub shooting took place. now to some more heavy rains that have hit texas and oklahoma causing flash flooding.
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some businesses near oklahoma city were forced to close for the day after water rose to dangerous levels. that storm system now on the move. kansas and nebraska could see strong winds, large hail as well as possible tornados later on today. and it was a night of contrasting emotions at the nba finals. take a look. this was how the evening in orlando started with the giant america flag unfurled on the court. >> then grant hill, who spent most of his career in orlando led a moment of silence for those victims in the attack before playing the national anthem at that game in oakland. then after that, it was on to the game. the warriors and cavs got down to business. cleveland's lebron's james, he's good. so is kyrie irving. >> they kept their season alive winning the game 112-97.
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golden state still leads the series, but game 6 is now on here thursday night on abc. >> and twitter was really into this game. wondering why? cleveland went with the shirts that had sleeves. i didn't know that was really an issue. >> big concerns over the fashion choices? >> big concern over the fashion choices. >> maybe that helps them out. >> i like you said lebron james, he's pretty good. kyrie irving, he's pretty good. >> portugal plays iceland today. >> i couldn't name single player. >> you know, all is improving with the world if we're talking about sports. >> you can still cheer for the team even if you don't know anybody on it.
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>> even if i don't know anyone on it? >> when you hear them shout goal, you're good to go. just jump up and down with them. >> they're going to beat up on iceland. >> coming up, we'll turn back to our top story, the ripple effect from orlando straight through the political heart of america. >> hear how the massacre is pushing the two presumptive nominees even further away on how the country should deal with terrorism and this morning what we're learning about the victims, the names, their faces and their stories all tragically cut short. >> we do want to hear from you. you're watching "world news now." atching "world news now." you're watching abc's "world news now." it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program.
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back now with the latest from orlando. thousands gathered for an emotional candle light vigil to honor those lost in sunday night's club massacre. a nearby church bell rung 49 times, once for each victim and we've gotten a first look inside the apartment of the gunman. there's no sign of reported allegiance to isis which witnesses say he professed during his attack. also, a patron of the pulse nightclub tells abc news that the gunman used to visit the bar on a regular basis. omar mateen came into pulse for two years. >> interesting development there. and we're also learning so much about the victims of this tragedy and every detail does add another layer of sadness. this morning we're hearing
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about one young woman inside the club who had no idea that she was actually documenting her final moments. >> reporter: 25-year-old amanda took that ominous snap chat as the first shots were fired. her last moments hiding in the 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: 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: her son eddie was trapped inside with the gunman. >> he says he has her and he's going to kill her and that was it. >> reporter: learning he is among the falling, amidst the
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tragedy, her brother saying his sister would want to spread a message of unity. >> we should be unifying in love. >> reporter: he released those very last snap chat images of his sister because he was proud of her. he says amanda had worked very hard to lose nearly 200 pounds and she was out with her friends doing what she loved and that's how he wanted her remembered. >> all right. thanks there. that video gives you goose bumps but watching the tribute at the stonewall inn today, they not only read the names of the victims but also their ages. >> which is really -- >> it's so sad because so many are so young. >> 18 to 50, the range in ages. you see christine speaking there. her son christopher died of course and apparently his boyfriend was also there. and the plans now are for them to have a joint funeral together. they were planning on getting married and now their funeral
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will be together. >> his mother tried to figure out if he was among the dead but he did find out that hi boyfriend was before she found out her son was. she said that feeling of not knowing was the hardest part. >> a tough 36 hours for many of those family members. >> the youngest was 18-year-old, she had just graduated high school and was also a star athlete. chaos erupts on capitol hill. >> the confusion all went down yesterday on the floor of the house and it happened after a moment of silence held for the victims in orlando. we'll tell you why. you're watching "world news now."
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things are calmer there from that picture of capitol hill but chaos erupted. democrats started to shout down speaker paul ryan, but ryan refused to address the issue. >> the clerk will report the title of the bill. >> hr 5312, a bill to amending high performance -- >> members will record their vote by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. >> democrats are outraged at republican leaders observed a moment of silence, but left the nation's gun laws untouched. some lawmakers walked off the floor while others shouted, where is the bill, referring to gun legislation. >> actually chanting it while
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all that was going on. meanwhile outside the capitol the orlando massacre is making some fresh political waves in the race for the white house. >> both donald trump and hillary clinton are focusing on terror policy but each is approaching it from a starkly different angle. >> reporter: donald trump using the shooting massacre in orlando to justify his controversial campaign positions, doubling down on his call for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> we cannot continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country, many of whom have the same thought process as this savage killer. >> reporter: gunman omar mateen was born in new york city, just like him but trump went after his immigrant parents. >> the only reason the killer was in america in the first place was because we allowed his family to come here. >> reporter: and in a stunning comment, trump suggesting that president obama may sympathize with islamic terrorists. >> he doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody
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understands and either way it's unacceptable. >> it's important not to get distracted by things that are so small. >> reporter: and hillary clinton's cleveland rally, a more somber tone. no upbeat warmup music and no direct mention of donald trump but it's clear who she's talking about. >> inflammatory anti-muslim rhetoric hurts the vast majority of muslims who love freedom and hate terror. >> reporter: she zeroed in on one of the weapons mateen used, an assault style rifle. >> i believe weapons of war have no place on our streets. >> reporter: donald trump's speech yesterday was originally billed as focused only on hillary clinton. they believe he'll deliver that speech soon. >> all right. thank you. well, coming up, this stunning image from one doctor who treated many of the orlando victims.
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feel the difference with k-y ultragel. >> lewis escaped with his friend, never looking back at the murderer coming towards them. >> i didn't even want taking a look at the outpouring of mutual grief of support coming in from all over the world and one particular photo that came from a doctor at an orlando hospital has gone viral this morning. this is a doctor who actually helped some of the victims who were in that nightclub that night and he says that on the shoes, he says on these shoes is the blood of 54 innocent human beings, i don't know which were straight, which were gay, which were black, which were hispanic. they came to us in a wave upon wave of suffering and screaming and death and somehow in that
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chaos, doctors paramedics and others performed superhuman feats. he says he wants to keep these shoes in his office. he wants to see them every time he goes to work. he says what happened i saw the best of humanity come fighting right back and i never want to forget that. >> just imagine the scenes that he experienced. i imagine it will stay with him for years to come. >> over 220,000 shares so far, that photo. >> and i want to give you another image. this beautiful young girl in orlando, six-year-old girl just randomly was just kind of handing out something. a reporter from our tv station down there, roy ramos was in his live truck and saw her and interviewed her. this is what she said. >> i made some cards so people can feel much, much better so they won't -- so they can remember people who were killed
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and shot. >> that six-year-old made several handwritten cards. you see some of the messages there. live out loud and one love. she made them for the victims' families and was just handing them out there at a corner in orlando. >> we've been seeing people trying to find their own ways of trying to help. some donated blood. in her case she made those beautiful cards and the members of the emergency staff in san bernardino, california, many of whom helped deal with that mass shooting found this way, they sent this collage telling the nurses and staff that they're thinking of you. they said when they had to deal with their own attacks, it meant so much knowing they had the support of other people in the country and the outpouring of support was incredibly helpful. >> we forget this is really a difficult thing for those first
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this morning grief and outrage as the horrifying events in orlando begin to sink in. new details of the three-hour standoff between the shot shooter and police and stories of bravery from the survivors of that deadly terror attack. >> and we're learning more about the lives tragically lost that night. their grieving family and friends are coming together to support each other as the country and the world shows its support. and looking for clues inside the killers' home. >> a seemingly normal condo, hoping to find a reason why this man would cause such senseless violence. >> and emotional moments on the court, on the stage and in the audience, the silent but powerful tribute to the victims of the orlando shooting.
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bringing strangers together in an outpouring of love and support. it is tuesday, june 14th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good tuesday morning, everyone. we'll start with some of the emotional scenes from orlando overnight. thousands of people, many holds candles, gathering last night at a downtown park to remember the 49 victims of the massacre at the gay nightclub. president obama plans to go to pay his respects to the families. and we now know he may have
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targeted disney properties. >> reporter: chilling new details about the deadly rampage. late night couples dancing at the popular gay club pulse and just after 2:00 a.m., omar mateen arrives with a high powered assault rifle, a handgun and multiple rounds of ammunition. he begins to fire, an offduty police officer responds. then a shootout and he moves into the main dance floor. ivory mcneil still has the band on his wrist. he scrambled off this back patio escaping. >> they were just one after the other like constantly pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: police officers now rushing into the club exchanging gun fire with the terrorist.
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as many as 20 people huddled together, but mateen enters another taking four to five hostages. the gunman calls 911 hanging up twice before a dispatcher calls him back and there on the phone mateen pledges allegiance to isis. >> he was telling them stop bombing isis. >> reporter: for hours police negotiating with the killer, but at 5:00 a.m. mateen threatens to strap explosive vests on his hostages. >> do you think he had a vest and he did talk about putting the vest on some of the hostages. >> reporter: swat teams move in using controlled explosives and heavy machinery like this to break holes in the wall of the club. >> the suspect came out of that hole himself, armed with a handgun and a long gun and engaged in a battle of officers. >> reporter: this video capturing the barrage of bullets in the night. the killer dead and daylight
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revealing the wall riddled with bullet holes. >> in addition to the 49 people killed more than 50 others were also injured in that attack. >> 29 of them are currently receiving treatment right here at the orlando regional medical center. we do expect to hear from two of those patients as well as several surgeons later on this morning. a handful of patients are being treated at another hospital, all of them listed in fair condition. >> let's get more details now from the scene. we're joined live. marcy, what's the latest on the investigation so far? >> reporter: good morning. investigators are still going through mateen's phone, his computer his social media accounts trying to figure out how he was radicalized, whether anyone maybe helped him plan this attack or at least if anyone knew that he was planning this. we also got our first look inside of his home. we want to show you that video now. his home is about two hours from here and it's seemingly normal. you see family photos, his son's toys, there are signs of how
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thoroughly the fbi went through it during that raid when they collected evidence and all of that evidence as well as interviews with survivors and people who knew him all a part of the ongoing investigation. >> and there was quite a vigil last night, quite a scene in downtown. what was it like there? >> reporter: oh, so incredibly moving, and it's because the scene here is still blocked off for the investigation. so they held that vigil, about a mile and a half from here. there were about 7,500 people that came out for that. the images are so moving, when you see how large the crowds are, all of these people coming together. at one point, they called for a group hug. you hear the singing there. they read each of the names of the 49 people who were killed in the attack. the message here that we kept
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hearing was that love trumps hate. and even the owners of pulse nightclub were there, vowing to re-open. they said they're not only going to come back, they're going to come back bigger and better than anyone could ever imagine. >> that's abc's marci gonzalez for us in orlando. marci, thank you. sometimes in these moments, you see the worst of humanity and then in the aftermath of it all, you see the best of it come out in response. >> absolutely. so many scenes around the world. even a pittsburgh held a vigil last night as well. a powerful message that you mentioned there, unifying in love and not hate. >> a difficult time for so many and we'll have more coverage later in the half hour and throughout the morning on both the investigation and the responses that we're seeing around the world. we do have some other news to get to, including a developing story out of los angeles right now. one person has died in a very fast-moving fire. it broke out at what was supposed to be a vacant two-story building, but fire
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crews found a victim inside. investigators were questioning a person of interest in connection with that fire. and thousands lost power in the dallas area after a storm moved through yesterday afternoon. flooding rains made travel very difficult. all southbound lanes of interstate 45 were closed as crews pulled stranded vehicles to safety. tense moments in a baltimore courtroom as a fellow officer takes the stand against another officer charged in the death of freddie gray. caesar goodson drove the police van in which gray suffered a fatal injury. he saw no signs that gray needed immediate medical attention, but he did acknowledge that gray wanted to go to the hospital and should have been taken there. the first trial ended in a hung trial and he's awaiting a new one. donald trump is clashing with the media again, this time revoking press credentials from "the washington post," calling them phony and dishonest.
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as an example, he cited a headline accusing him of linking president obama to the orlando nightclub shooting. the editor of the post said they're proud of their coverage and will keep at it. the trump camp has already revoked credentials from "the daily beast" and politico. and what can only be described as a blockbuster of a deal, microsoft is buying linkedin. the price tag, $26 billion. this makes it microsoft's largest acquisition. the announcement was good news for linkedin shareholders, who earned more than $61 a share yesterday. the deal is expected to close before the end of the year. coming up, we have new details about the orlando nightclub shooter. >> and the tributes playing out. how people are showing
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>> we want to turn our focus to the victims and abc's stephanie ramos has more on their stories. >> reporter: communities across the country continue to mourn the young people shot at orlando's pulse nightclub. 25-year-old amanda alvear was documenting a night out with friends early sunday morning. in this snap chat video chaired by her brother brian, you can see she stops at the sound of gun shots. it's the last time she's seen alive. but a friend of hers who managed to escape says he spoke to her on the phone as she was hiding from the gunman in the bathroom with her best friend. then the call drops. >> that's the hardest part. i don't know if my sister suffered. i don't know if it was quick. i mean, i know she was scared and she wasn't alone. her best friend was with her. >> reporter: the gunman also killing juan guerrero and his boyfriend. we heard from his mother as she held on to hope that her son would survive, only to find out he died in the massacre. >> it's terrible, he's my only
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child. >> alvear's brother said his sister would want to spread a message of unity, not hate. we shouldn't be unifying in hate. we should be unifying in love for the victims, the survivors, the community. >> reporter: stephanie ramos, abc news, los angeles. >> security is being stepped up at upcoming gay pride events across the country. officials in san francisco are already meeting with police ahead of one of the world's largest and oldest gay pride festivals. gay club owners in colorado are also planning to hire off-duty police officers, but organizers say the festivals will go on. >> los angeles held its parade this past weekend with police on high alert. clubs and other venues are being extra vigilant in the meantime to protect the public. yet authorities admit there are limits to what they can do. >> there is a price for freedom. and absolute freedom, it makes it very difficult for us to create strong security.
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>> security experts note there are certain steps every individual should take in a confined setting. you should always be aware of the exits, what's the quickest way in and the quickest way out. >> and a lot of events, as we mentioned, are stepping up security. in denver, the pride organizers took it upon themselves to hire off-duty police officers for extra security for that event. chicago stepping up security in boys town, in the gay neighborhood there, and in other popular parts of the city as well. >> the next few weeks are critical. you have pride celebrations. san francisco, new york is having its event in a couple of weeks. security will be stepped up all around the country as a result. >> but everyone is planning to go to the festivals. >> in their fiercest outfits. >> it's happening. >> i think the outfits will be a lot more fierce. absolutely. when we come back, the tribute from the basketball court for the orlando victims. >> and what brought adele to
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of the orlando massacre. >> game five of the >> game five started out last night like this. the american flag unfurled on the court and former nba star grant hill who spent most of his career in orlando called for a moept of silence before playing the national anthem. >> on behalf of the entire nba family, we send our thoughts and prayers to the families impacted by the horrific tragedy in orlando yesterday. so please observe a moment of silence for those who have lost their lives. >> the entire arena went completely silent for those moments. >> think how powerful that alone can be. to have an arena that large be completely silent. >> 30,000 people in grief there. i've got to give it to lebron james because before his game press conference he mentioned that he wanted to start off and
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offer his prayers and condolences to the victims there in orlando. he says it definitely puts things in perspective on basketball for himself and offers his prayers to the loved ones. didn't hear anything from steph curry, but his wife did mention as well the offering for prayers. >> and you'll continue this throughout the week, but you mentioned the basketball game. they did go on to play. and maybe that gave them some inspiration. >> maybe it worked. >> because lebron, he kept hope alive for game six in a very tight game. the cavaliers toppled the golden state warriors, 112-97. sending the best of seven series back to cleveland on thursday. the warriors lead the series 3-2. >> there was also a lot of smack talking beforehand. >> but as we mentioned, the tribute to the victims ahead of the games and the world of wrestling actually also paid tribute to orlando as well. >> they did. and it happened at the top of the wwe's opening of yesterday's episode of raw.
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the tribute was quiet, and classy. the major players stood quiet for a moment of silence under a giant screen, reading "we stand with orlando" as the crowd respectfully stood silent. the wwe has particularly close ties to orlando. ever since it opened the wwe performance center in the city nearly three years ago. then there was this moment, which was really touching as well. adele opened up about her emotional ties to the gay community. >> and a ten-time grammy award winner, literally herself was overcome by emotion, as she dedicated her concert sunday night to the victims in orlando. and keep in mind, this was just hours after the attack. >> and i would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in orlando at pulse nightclub. [ applause ] the lgbt community, they're like my soul mates since i was very,
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very young. and then she cheered people up a little bit, by saying, let's go into "rolling in the deep." adele joked, saying, i don't know why i'm crying already, because most of tonight is pretty miserable, because my songs are blanking miserable. she's like, this is the early part of the show where we can dance, "rolling in the deep." >> everything else is all emotion. but what great songs they are. i'm sure her fans appreciated all of it. meanwhile, harry potter author j.k. rowling is mourning one of the victims. we're talking about luis vielma. he worked at universal studios at the wizarding world of harry potter. she tweeted out a photo of him, saying, i can't stop crying. and another one saying, he just wanted to make people smile.
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reminder that today and every day, there's far more than unites us than divides us. >> in greenwich village, at the stonewall inn, the site of the modern day gay movement, flowers, flags, and these words "stop the hate." >> mourners from around the world showed solidarity with the u.s. in russia where homosexuality has been all about criminalized, a make shift memorial outside the u.s. embassy in moscow. >> and this in berlin, as thousands placed flowers. city hall lit up in the american, israeli, and gay pride flags. >> soccer fans took time to remember as the eiffel tower lit up in paris. in madrid, candles on a giant rainbow flag. >> in australia, a crowd
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gathered as the council house building in perth was bathed in rainbow colors. >> in britain, bagpipes played in scotland. as thousands crammed the streets of soho, the gay center of london, breaking out to london, breaking out to simon & garfunkel that has become the clarion call of a new generation. ♪ like a bridge over troubled water ♪ >> so many touching tributes all around the world. >> and some of them from kind of unexpected places. we saw the memorial in russia. the prime minister of pakistan and russia, two areas where gay sex is illegal, yet pakistan calling it a gruesome act of terror. india saying, condolences. they're shocked by all of this. it really is the world coming together. >> queen elizabeth saying, prince philip and i have been
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on this tuesday, june 14th making news in america, we remember the victims in the orlando nightclub massacre. an emotional gathering in orlando and other vigils around the world as more stories of heroism emerge. new details about the shooter, a look inside his apartment after it was raided by the fbi and a witness saying the shooter was seen many times before mingling at that same gay nightclub. >> he would try to meet people and try to bump up against people. plus, the gun shop owner who sold the shooter his weapon speaking out for the first time. and a protest on capitol hill. some lawmakers walk out during a moment of silence demanding action on guns in america. we're live in washington with the late.
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