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.

and the kevlar helmet damaged in a hail of gunfire. for the first time this morning, the s.w.a.t. team member who was wearing it. quite an image, the bruise on that s.w.a.t. team member. we say good tuesday morning. we are learning a lot more this morning about the massacre in orlando including that new information that the gunman had apparently frequented that same nightclub in the past. >> yep, this was the scene in orlando last night as nearly 8,000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil. a nearby church bell tolled 49 times, once for each victim killed. >> and all of those victims have now been identified by authorities. their families being told about their loved ones, so arrangements can be made. >> president obama will personally meet some of those families on thursday when he visits orlando. abc's elizabeth hur is there with the latest on this investigation. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning to you and, yes, as the search for the motive

continues here at the scene, this morning we are learning what the search of the suspect's apartment is revealing. no sign of the devotion to isis he professed. from paris to new york and here in orlando, touching tributes. >> to the families and friends of the victims, your city is with you. >> reporter: and a message of hope for communities still reeling from that night of terror. daylight now revealing the wall of the nightclub riddled with bullet holes and authorities releasing new information about why the s.w.a.t. team moved in. >> he did say he had a vest and he did talk about putting the vest on some of the hostages. >> reporter: that suspect, 29-year-old omar mateen, killed in the gun battle with police was able to legally buy the weapons used in the massacre despite having made two trips to saudi arabia and being under fbi surveillance for nearly a year for possible links to terrorism. >> i don't see anything in

reviewing our work that our agents should have done differently. >> reporter: the fbi says it never found evidence that mateen was a terrorist and the gun shop owner maintains there were no red flags. >> an evil person came in here and this man held multiple security licenses and he passed the background check. >> reporter: and in ft. pierce, florida, a look inside his apartment after it was raided by fbi. this video provided to abc news by a univision tv crew showing family photos on the dining table and walls, 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. well, as for those injured in the shooting, 34 are still in the hospital and some of them together with the surgeons who saved them are expected to share their stories of survival later this morning. diane and kendis. >> all right, elizabeth. and what do we know so far about the shooter's ex-wife saying

that he was scouting some other targets there? >> reporter: yeah, we are learning from a senior counterterrorism official that, number one, mateen's ex-wife is cooperating with the fbi and also she is telling investigators that mateen may have scouted several locations for his attack including disney properties here in orlando. now, disney, the parent company of abc, would not confirm this report, but they did say that it has increased security measures across all disney properties in what it calls a world of uncertainty. diane. kendis. >> it is a world we're waking up to nowadays, elizabeth. thank you. elizabeth hur for us here in orlando. meanwhile, a patron of the pulse nightclub tells abc news that the gunman used to come into the club on a regular basis. >> james van horn says mateen would visit for a few weeks at a time on weekends, and then he wouldn't be seen for awhile. van horn claims mateen was coming to the club for two years. >> my friends came out and said,

oh, come on in the back, we're going to take pictures. i got there. they said we don't like you talking to him. this has been like six months ago. and i said, why not. they said, well, we don't like him. he's weird. he's weird. he would try to meet people and try to bump up against people and put his arm around and maybe try to dance with them or something because that's what everybody tries to do. it's not like he just sat there and stared at people. he was an active person that tried to, you know, to find somebody maybe to go to bed with at night. >> van horn also said that he recalls talking to mateen about his divorce from his wife. also there was a report from our houston station that quotes a man saying he was contacted by mateen on a dating app. >> as we mentioned, all of the victims killed in the massacre have now been identified. one young woman who lost her life left behind more than she could possibly have known. >> yeah, she had absolutely no idea that she was documenting her final moments as abc's amy robach reports.

>> reporter: 25-year-old amanda alvea who tock that ominous snapchat as the first shots were fired. her last moment 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: christine leinonen waiting and 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 whose son eddie was trapped inside with the gunman sending these text messages. >> he has a gun and he's going to kill us. >> reporter: learning he is among the fallen. amy robach, abc news, orlando. >> and the mass shooting is also taking center stage in politics. and not surprisingly

donald trump and hillary clinton are expressing opposing views on what steps should be taken next and tempers are actually flaring up on capitol hill. we get more now from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: congress divided in anger over the mass shooting in orlando. >> networking and information technology -- >> reporter: democrats tried to advance gun control legislation. >> i'm particularly interested about three pieces of legislation that have been filed -- >> reporter: only to be cut off. some even walking out during a moment of silence. >> i will no longer stand here absorbing the full concern and contrived gravity and tepid smugness of a house complicit in the weekly bloodshed. >> reporter: while on the campaign trail donald trump is expanding his proposed immigration ban. >> i will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism. >> reporter: but that ban wouldn't have stopped the shooter in orlando. like trump himself, the shooter was born a u.s. citizen in new york. but trump had a different spin on the campaign trail. >> the killer whose name i will

not use or ever say was born in afghan of afghan parents who immigrated to the united states. >> reporter: while hillary clinton taking a different approach using the word radical islamism but saying she would not demonize an entire religion. >> we face a twisted ideology and poisoned psychology that inspires the so-called lone wolves. >> reporter: and the president says he will stand in solidarity with the community when he travels there on thursday. kendis and diane, you know he's made no shortage of comments about gun control legislation and his need for it. he says this is the 15th mass shooting of his presidency. kendis, diane. >> and it will no doubt be an emotional scene in orlando when the president is here on thursday. lana, thank you. also from the campaign trail donald trump is clashing with the media again this time revoking press credentials from "the washington post."

trump accused "the post" of covering him inaccurately calling the paper phony and dishonest. now, the editor of "the post" says they're proud of their coverage and will keep at it. the trump camp has already revoked credentials for a if you other outlets like "the daily beast" and politico and cited a headline linking the president to the shooting in orlando. still ahead, isis claiming responsibility for another deadly attack and once again the target is france. and survival stories inside the orlando nightclub. people hiding in rooms and texting their loved ones. we'll tell you about the heroic moments that are starting to emerge. plus, severe weather on the move. tornadoes spawned overnight. we're going to tell

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want to get to breaking news from france. a terror investigation is under way after two police officials were stabbed to death. those two officers were husband and wife, their attacker had a past terrorism conviction and had claimed allegiance to isis. he was also killed. but the couple's 3-year-old son was rescued by commandos. french officials reveal this morning there have been more than 100 terror-related arrests in the past month. we have some new pictures of the severe weather that hit oklahoma and texas. that's a twister you're looking at touching down in amarillo. the same storm system brought in flash floods and power outages and it's not just texas dealing with severe weather. on the radar you can see the powerful line of storms stretching from new mexico to the dakotas. today those storms are moving into missouri, minnesota and parts of iowa. it was a night of contrasting emotions at game five of the nba finals. >> the evening started with a large american flag and the former nba start grant hill who

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attending are members of the lgbt community. and another perspective from inside an orlando hospital that dealt with the aftermath is going viral this morning. this is the image of an er doctor's bloody shoe, and it's been shared more than 200,000 times on facebook now. the doctor posted it and wrote on his page," this is the blood of 54 innocent human beings. i don't know which were straight, which were gay, which were black, which were hispanic. what i do know is that they came to us in wave upon wave of suffering." >> the doctor says the blood which soaked through his scrubs and his shoes as well will stain him forever. >> and he says he's going to keep those shoes because in the light of the worst side of humanity, he then saw all these doctors, nurses, hospital staff come together and show the best side of humanity. >> yeah. >> in trying to help those victims. we also have an update on a picture that we showed you yesterday morning here on the broadcast. this is the kevlar helmet worn by a member of the orlando s.w.a.t. team. he was actually hit in the head with a bullet during the raid

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 430 club. i am natasha zouves. >> i am regular. it is tuesday, june 14. new developments on the orlando shooting and 9 background of the shooter. but, first, we get to meteorologist mike nicco back from a few days off. >> good morning. wind is the big story. the marine layer of clouds is not there. we will see a ton of sunshine. the breezes keep the temperatures in check, 50s at the coast and 60s at the bay and 70s inland. how is the morning commute? breezy on the bridges. >> high wind advisory on the san mateo bridge. grip tighter to the wheel. expect the winds to be for the

day. we have road work, as well. we will update that in a couple of minutes. >> breaking overnight in the south bay a home owner dealing with a mess, a car sticking out of the side of the house. we could not believe how many times he said this has happened. matt keller is in san jose. matt? >> good morning, natasha, what a mess. the homeowner said this has happened 19 times at his home but this is one of the worst. check out the video. can you see a four door gmc came off the 680 exit went through the fence, the concrete filled poles into a honda and pushed it into the garage. the homeowner said the driver said he was drunk and the neighbors held the driver until police arrived. how fast was he going? here is the homeowner. >> ever90 -- over 90

last car that bentley the car was going 70 when highway patrol was after him. it went the pole that much. it messed up the car. this guy...no skid marks, nothing. straight through. >> he said he has lived here since 1960 and most crashes were driverring turning from south jackson avenue, he said four of the 19 crashes have been drivers coming off 680. his mother lives with him. she is okay but is staying elsewhere. they have a cat who may have been in the garage and they are afraid she was killed. they have insurance and hope to rebuild but maybe some more concrete poles in front will need to be replaced. >> unbelievable how many times that has happened. >> now the terror in orlando. was the gunman gay? we are learn the orlando shooter was no stranger to the club he