and metering lights. >> that's what's happening today in the bay. >> see you for a live update at 7:25. have a great day good morning. breaking overnight, new claims that the orlando gunman was active on gay dating apps and visited the nightclub pulse before the massacre. >> he's been in that venue several times. that's not his first time going there. >> the new twist in the investigation as the nightclub's owner speaks out in an inclusive intervie >> i can't stop imagining what that was like for them. >> as thousands come together in orlando and around the world to remember the 49 victims today, tuesday june 14, 2016. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from

studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. you're just back from orlando. it's been so moving to see these tributes to the victims. >> there's so much sadness down there. i'm sure it is heart warming to people in orlando knowing people in other countries are keeping them in their prayers. >> hopefully that is some comfort. we want to get right to overnight developments. police have identified the 49th and final victim. there's a glimmer of hope this morning. one of the hospitals treating the wounded says all patients have a positive prognosis and do appear to be improving. >> that's really good news. last night nearly 8,000 people gathered in downtown orlando to support the victims and survivors of the massacre. the bell tolled 49 times, one for each life lost. >> and the fbi is telling nbc news it is investigating claims that gunman omar mateen frequented that pulse nightclub in the past and that mateen may have profiles on a number of

dating sites for gay men. >> the white house saying president obama will head to orlando on thursday to honor the victims there. he's also expected to address the shooting today following a meeting with his national security council. >> we have coverage of the investigation of the 49 fallen and ongoing political fallout. let's start with nbc's stephanie gosk outside the gunman's home in ft. pierce. >> reporter: good morning. on the outside, omar mateen lived a seemingly average life, a family man with a wife, 3-year-old and steady job. investigators want to know if his family saw any signs of what he was planning and if they could have or should have done something to stop him. this is the first look inside the home of mass murderer omar mateen. the photos obtained by daily mail.com include a seemingly

happy family portrait. but mateen may have been living a secret life. several regular customers at the pulse claim mateen visited the gay club where he carried out his deadly rampage repeatedly. and possibly used gay dating apps. >> he's been in that venue several times. >> reporter: orlando resident chris cedeno told chris hayes he immediately recognized mateen's face when he was identified as the gunman. >> you said the shooter when you saw the picture, did you recognize him? >> i recognized him from one of the apps. i instantly blocked him because he was like very creepy in his messages. i blocked him immediately. >> over a gay dating app? >> yes. >> reporter: he says mateen has profiles on a number of sites for gay men and regularly sent messages to his friends. >> two of my friends went to the fbi and spoke to them. they already turned in their phones. >> reporter: mateen's ex-wife was asked about his sexuality on cnn late monday. >> do you think he was gay? >> i don't know. >> reporter: the fbi tells nbc

news that investigators are checking out the claims which only add to an already complicated portrait of the 29-year-old. his pledge to isis in the 911 call was not his only show of extremism. he told co-workers he had family connections with al qaeda and that he was a member of the terror group hezbollah, triggering an investigation in 2013. but the case was eventually dropped which meant when mateen went to st. lucie shooting center a little over a week ago to buy the guns used in the massacre, he was no longer on a watch list. the gun shop owner says his background check went straight through. >> unfortunately, he's evil. we happen to be the gun store he picked. there is nothing else i can say. >> reporter: questions are being asked about how a man who was once on a terror watch list can so easily buy a gun. a former atf official is recommending an alert be sent

out when anyone who has been investigated for terrorism regardless of how the case turned out, goes to buy a gun. >> stephanie gosk on the investigation. thank you. we are learning more about the 49 victims as tributes to them grow around the world. "today" national correspondent craig melvin is in orlando with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. victims ranging in age from 18 to 50. president obama will be here on thursday doing what he has done so many times now, standing in solidarity with a grief-stricken community. meanwhile, this morning, shocking new details about precisely what the gunman did inside that nightclub. thousands gathering in downtown orlando monday night, the city's first official vigil since sunday's mass shooting sunday night at the nightclub. >> i have five friends that i will never see again. i was just with them not too

long ago, and they are gone. >> reporter: church bells tolled 49 times marking each life lost. in a makeshift memorial, people left candles, flowers and notes for the victims. orlando's close-knit gay community saying love will triumph. >> i want everybody to know that the lgbt community will not be defeated. we will not give in to fear. 25-year-old geraldo ortiz-jimenez was identified as the 49th and final victim. thursday president obama will travel to orlando to honor the victims. >> we are all americans. we need to be looking after each other. >> reporter: the picture of what happened inside that nightclub now coming into focus. >> oh, my god. people are getting shot. >> reporter: from his hospital bed, tony marrero says when police arrived, the gunman initially tried to blend in with

the crowd. 2:00 a.m. mateen opened fire on a police officer working at the club. when additional officers arrived on the scene, more gunfire erupted and mateen retreated into one of the club's four bathrooms taking four or five hostages with him. in a series of calls with police, mateen pledged his allegiance to isis twice. in the other restrooms, 15 people hid including amanda alvear who posted this video on snapchat. trapped inside the club, alvear did not make it out alive. hiding in the bathroom was jeff rodriguez. he sent his brother santos a horrific scene. >> bodies just piled up. >> reporter: jeff survived multiple gunshot wounds. the standoff came to an end at 5:00 a.m., nearly three hours after carnage began leaving 49 people dead ages 18 to 50. as the reality sets in for those

families, grief and sadness and anger. a bit of good news to report. at one point yesterday five of the victims were listed in grave condition. we are told that all of them now are expected to survive. >> thanks, craig melvin. >> let's bring in shawn henry, former assistant director with the fbi. let's talk about some of the reporting that the gunman reportedly had visited this club in the past and had profiles on a multitude of gay messaging apps. what do you make of that? what do these strands of information suggest? >> when i think about that from an investigative perspective, two things come to mind. is he doing reconnaissance? looking at how the nightclub is set up, how many people there are. how big of an impact will it have if he does an attack. is he struggle with his own

sexual identity. >> incredible contradiction. his dad said perhaps what triggered his outrage against the gay community was maybe seeing two men kissing weeks prior. again, is this plotting or is this a smokescreen to cover up something that he wants to hide? >> i think that that's right when you think about if he's out on apps, is he looking to infiltrate the community because he wants to launch an attack or going through this personal issue. >> the investigation centers on the people who knew him best. it may be the father. also his current wife who, according to some reports is not cooperating with police. how is that fitting -- figuring into the investigation right now? >> i think the motivational perspective is so important right now. fbi, local law enforcement want to find out what was happening, what caused this. while they are focussing on this particular act, they are also looking at the broader potential conspiracy, if there are others out there, still looking at that area. >> can i ask you a tactical

question? a lot of people are posing the question about what happened after the shooting begin at that club n woand wondering out loud the police waited three hours to enter that club. although there was confrontation between the police officer off duty and the shooter early. just from a purely tactical point of view, can you shed some light on that. >> tactically when you think about the tactical teams arriving on site, there's a shooting out front. he retreats into the club and shoots a number of people. then there's communication between him and the police. hostage negotiators. you have this point when the tactical team wants to save lives. if the shooting has stopped and they're now engaging with him, they're trying to collect intelligence, talk him out of there, get him to release hostages. all the while there's a tactical team preparing to do an assault if at the time they determine that it's time to go in because there's imminent death going to occur. that appears to be what happened in this case. while negotiating, they got intelligence that said this is going to go bad and they

assaulted that facility. >> another piece of this is a policy piece. there's a lot of next day quarterbacking. and people, for good reason, looking at what the fbi did. having interviewed the suspect three times. according to the fbi director it was not a cursory investigation. they hadn't talked to undercover agents, he was under surveillance, onance, on a terr watch list. he is able to buy a weapon. does that suggest that maybe something needs to change in terms of policy? >> here's what it says. it says this is an incredible challenge for law enforcement. after ten full months they were not able to obtain enough information to raise this to a level of probable cause to arrest him or take him off the street. the fbi is looking for a needle in a stack of needles. you cannot make a determination when that switch is flipped. and he moves from not exhibiting direct violence to actually killing 50 people. >> shawn henry, so many questions to answer. thank you for being here. >> coming up, we're going to

have an update on the woman we introduced you to yesterday morning who was still searching for her son in the wake of that shooting. and we'll have an interview with the owner of the nightclub coming up as well. we're also following an overnight terror attack in france with possible ties to isis. two law enforcement officials kimd in a paris suburb by a suspect who had a past terrorism conviction. nbc's bill neily has the latest on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. paris, france, is on edge this morning, already horrified by events in orlando and now dealing with this. an attack here with clear islamic links. was the killer here inspired by the massacre in orlando? a suburban street where last night a senior french police commander was brutally attacked outside his home, a man stabbing him multiple times. the killer entered the house, taking hostage the officer's partner who also worked for the

police and their 3-year-old son. after negotiations failed say officials, s.w.a.t. teams stormed the house and shot the killer. they also found the body of the woman. the 3-year-old was unharmed. a source told nbc news the killer was larossi abballa who was 25 and known as a radical. he served six months in jail for membership of a jihadi network. french president francois hollande said this is without question an act of terrorism. prosecutors say the man pledged allegiance to isis three weeks ago. and at his home, police found knives and a list of targets, including police, journalists and rappers. he struck just a day after the massacre in orlando. investigators will try to establish if he was inspired by

that attack and if he was a lone wolf or directed from overseas. his attack came as france showed solidarity with orlando's dead at vigils and on its most famous symbol, lit up in the colors of the rainbow and of the stars and stripes. the prosecutor says the killer posted a 12-minute video on facebook and heeded the isis call to kill unbelievers at home with their families. it appears to be the work, like orlando, of just one man. so difficult to predict. so difficult to prevent in the future. matt, savannah? >> bill neily, thank you. now to the political firestorm connected to the orlando attack. hillary clinton and donald trump going head-to-head. peter alexander is following that part of the story for us. good morning. >> good morning. donald trump notably celebrating his 70th birthday today.

but he still appears to be dabbling in conspiracy theories about president obama. and new this morning, after becoming her party's nominee, securing the president's endorsement, hillary clinton is expanding her lead over donald trump. according to our brand-new nbc news/surveymonkey national online tracking poll, there are the numbers. outpacing trump by seven points, 49% to 42%. donald trump on fox news keeping up his latest attack implying president obama may sympathize with terrorists. >> nobody knows what's going on. nobody knows why he doesn't have more anger, why he doesn't have more competitive zeal. truly our president doesn't know what he's talking about. >> reporter: in his speech on the orlando attack, trump echoed comments first made monday on "today" suggesting the president's motivations may be sin ter. >> there may be people that think he doesn't want to get it. he doesn't want to see what's really happening. >> reporter: accused of trying

to exploit the orlando tragedy, he named clinton by name several times. >> support policies that bring the threat of radical islam into america. >> reporter: his solution renewing a ban on muslims entering the u.s. but later a change. insisting it would only apply to nations tied to islamic terror. in dueling speeches, clinton delivering a sober take. >> but today is not a day for politics. >> reporter: no campaign signs, not a mention of trump but a warning about the dangers of what clinton called inflammatory rhetoric. >> that's wrong and it's also dangerous. it plays right into the terrorists' hands. >> reporter: while specifically acknowledging the threat posed by islamic extremism. >> we do face enemies who use their distorted version of islam to justify slaughtering innocent people. >> reporter: the two candidates in sharp disagreement. >> she wants to take away americans' guns and then admit the very people who want to slaughter us.

>> if the fbi is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you shouldn't be able to just go buy a gun with no questions asked. >> reporter: and the dramatic moment on the house floor after a moment of silence for the orlando victims. loud protests from democrats. demanding action on restricting guns. some democrats yelling "where's the bill" there. also trump's campaign attempting to bar "the washington post" from his events. upset about its coverage of his latest speech saying "the post" has no journalistic integrity. "the post's" executive editor called trump's decision a repudiation of the role of a free and independent press adding, we're proud of our coverage, and we're going to keep at it. matt and savannah? >> peter alexander, thank you. let us take a turn and get a check of the weather. >> some severe stuff popped up yesterday. we'll see more today. take a look at some of this video.

this is amazing. simon, a good buddy of ours shot this. this is in masterson, texas, just north of amarillo. see that funnel cloud. look at the tail coming down here. just amazing stuff. you can see the wall cloud. it is unbelievable. look at that rotation. that is unbelievable. we're going to see more of this possibly today. we're already seeing some pretty strong storms firing up from arkansas down into louisiana. we could expect to see more of this today. now the storm threat, the enhanced areas, central iowa, 7 million people at risk, damaging wind, hail and a few tornadoes. tomorrow look how it expands out. we've got an enhanced risk over detroit, indianapolis, chicago as well. 48 million people at risk for severe storms. we could be looking at isolated tornadoes, damaging winds and a lot of hail. the rest of the country fairly quiet. the eastern half of the u.s. and a little disturbed weather into the pacific northwest. we'll get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

giving them the agility to be flexible & reliable. because no one knows & like at&t. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. it will be a beautiful day. comfortable temperatures with a high of 65 in san francisco. low 70s for the east bay peninsula, as well as south bay and tri-valley. 74. in the north bay expect a high of 75. a mix of sun and clouds. winds will pick up as we go through the day. we'll have gusts up to 20 miles per hour.

thank you, al. coming up, a sad moment. the mother learned the fate of her son missing after the attack in orlando. the owner of the pulse nightclub in orlando opens up in her first interview after the tragedy there. first this i

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>> we are already seeing a lot of sunshine across the bay area. here is a live look from mt. hamilton. you see nothing but a clear view across the south bay. temperatures feel nice, too. it's 57 in san jose and oakland. 56 in san francisco and palo alto with highs today reaching 60s and 70s. up to 76 at los gatos. into the next couple of days our temperatures stay the same. we'll have a slight chance of rain in the forecast. i'll keep you up-to-date on that. keeping up up-to-date on the roads, here's mike. >> pretty busy morning early in the commute. things calmed down. looking all over the bay, predictable pattern of slowing here. toward the peninsula biggest issue is southbound 280, a crash there. distraction on the northbound side. earlier problems there caused more problems at the dunbar

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7:30 on a tuesday morning, 14th of june, 2016. you can see here in our plaza, single american flag at half staff in honor of victims in orlando part of tributes and vigils being held around the world. we'll have the latest on the terror attack coming up. let's look at other top stories of the morning. a new online tracking poll on the presidential race shows hillary clinton with lead over donald trump. 49% to 42%. >> a deadly attack on two law enforcement officials just outside of paris now under investigation. the knife-wielding suspect killed by police had previous conviction for terrorism and this morning an isis linked news

agency claims he was a fighter for that terror group. the cleveland cavaliers win. defeating the golden state warriors. they staved off elimination. warriors now lead the series three games to two. game six will be in cleveland on thursday night. our top story remains that terror attack in orlando. when we were there on monday we spoke to a mother who was desperate to learn the fate of her son who had been missing since the shooting began. we received enormous response from people who wanted to know what happened. sadly, later in the day, christine leinonen was told that her son was among the 49 victims. >> no one can tell me where my son is, if he has been shot. if he's dead. >> reporter: a mother's unbearable pain seen by millions as christine leinonen searches for her 32-year-old son christopher.

>> i don't know if he is in the club, if he is incapacitated. >> reporter: from the outset of the terror attack at 3:00 a.m. sunday morning and more than a full day after, the fate of her son is unknown. you have heard no information? you checked with hospitals. you have checked with law enforcement, no one has mentioned anything about your son? >> no one has. i was out at the emergency room from 4:00 in the morning waiting to see if my son would be coming in. they say they can't release information. >> reporter: she held a sliver of hope. >> he would be identifiable. i have his photo. he's very identifiable. >> reporter: while bracing for the worst. his boyfriend was in the club. >> they saw his boyfriend was being carried out. they knew he was going to an ambulance, but he died at the

hospital. they never saw christopher going out. >> reporter: we will do everything we can to try to help you get information so you can stop guessing. thank you for joining us. and then finally after nearly 30 hours of not knowing, the heartbreak was official. >> i found out i think about 11:00 this morning. >> reporter: christine spoke to lester holt shortly after she learned christopher was not among the survivors. >> what was it like to hear that chris was gone? >> my heart wanted him alive. he is always going to be alive in my heart. but i have already been rationalizing that he had to have passed away. >> reporter: according to friends of christopher, he and his boyfriend, juan, were in the direct line of fire of gunman omar mateen. >> he never made it to the hospital? >> he died on the floor of the club. that's what they said. if i had known that my son was

in the club laying on the floor, i would have gone in myself and brought him on my back and carried him to the trauma center. >> reporter: now the anxiety and anger over not knowing replaced. >> i can deal with anger. anger is easy. that's easy. i just -- can't deal with the sadness. it's overwhelming. >> we are so sorry for christine's loss and loss suffered by so many people. >> i hope she feels the arms of all of us. mr. roker, sorry about that. >> the heartbreak continues. let's show you what we have going on as far as the heat. it is going to be continually expanding as we look in the mid week period. the jet stream to the north. high pressure dominating. look at temperatures.

98 in memphis. new orleans 93. charlotte 97 degrees. worse out in the southwest. this big dome of high pressure just dominating. by the mid week phoenix 103. look what happens as we get into the weekend, excessive heat warnings issued. dangerous heat for the weekend. it will feel like up to 120 degrees throughout the southwest right through saturday. that's what's going on around the country, h we can't complain. we'll have beautiful weather all across the bay area today and a lot of sunshine. 57 is now the current temperature in the east bay with highs today reaching 73. mostly low 70s today. winds start to kick in as we go into this afternoon to evening. winds at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. san francisco expecting a high of 65 while 75 in the north bay. tri-valley will be up to 74

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>> it was supposed to be a safe place. >> can you describe how you found out about this? >> the most surreal phone call i ever received. when my manager called me and told me he was yelling into the phone. he kept saying we have a shooter. we have a shooter. i kept screaming what. finally it sunk in. you can't wrap your brain around that. >> barbara, we initially heard there were casualties, but then the numbers came out. it was almost impossible to believe. did you have that same moment? >> yes. the number rose, it just was overwhelming. >> how many employees did you lose? >> i lost one. >> can you tell me about that person? >> she was kind of new, only with us about a month. we called her k.j. she was a surge. security guard.

she was really good. she was a good fit for our family. >> you know every inch of that club. how do you stop yourself from imagining what it was like? i can't stop. i can't stop imagining what that was like for them. sorry. >> it's all right. >> i don't think i'll ever stop that. >> i have been watching some interviews with some people in the club that night. there was a dee jay working there. he made it out safely fortunately. when they were asking him about a group of people in that club he was like you have to understand this is family. these are part of my family. do you understand what he means by that? >> yes, i do. we are family. it has been something that has been important to me since day one is that we weren't just a place to work.

we work together towards one certain goal, a certain mission and we do it together and now we mourn together. >> can you talk to me a little bit about this place? it has an incredible reputation. tell me when you decided to open the club? >> i think 13 years ago. my brother was gay and died of hiv. complications from aids. i was looking for a platform, a place to reach out to our gay community in orlando. >> and the name pulse, you chose that why? >> because it has to do with your heart beat and your life and we just wanted to keep the heartbeat alive. >> you created this place in honor of your brother. so the mission was to honor one soul that was lost. and now there are 49 others who have lost their lives. how do you take what was the mission and do it justice now?

>> we welcome families into our family and we have to move forward and find a way to keep their hearts beating and keep our spirit alive. we are not going to let someone take this away from us. >> can you go back to that club? >> i have to go back to that club. >> you do have a mission still. >> i will always have a mission. >> if we sit down in years to come and we bring up pulse what do you hope we talk about? >> i hope we talk about wonderful things that happen there. >> a difficult severalays. she didn't want to talk about the man who did the shooting. she told me it is important never to let hate win. >> incredible. obviously so raw still. coming up, we will tell you about moving tributes to orlando. carson will share some of that right after this. hi, i'm the honorary real trix rabbit. general mills wants me to let you know that we use real

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we're back at 7:49. want to go to carson looking at tributes to orlando. they are really pouring in. >> good morning, savannah. many late night hosts swapped out the jokes and talked about orlando. here is what some had to say. >> we need to support each other's differences and worry less about our own opinions. get back to debate and back to supporting -- >> it is almost tempting to be paralyzed by such a hateful act and say it is the way the world is now. i don't know what to do, but i do know that despair is a victory for hate.

>> whether shooter was mentally, ill or a terrorist inspired by isis, what allowed this was killed by a gun. >> nobody i know or have ever met in my entire life should have access to a weapon that can kill so many people so quickly. >> 49 good people and one bad guy. and there will always be more good than evil. >> nearly 4 million tweets have come in as people try to process the devastating news. here is leonardo dicaprio. shocked by the senseless tragedy in orlando. from beyonce she shared this lovely image of peace. maeve matt, savannah. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, new concerns over how to protect so-called soft targets across the country. and then how easy is it to get the weapon often called america's most popular rifle used in another terror attack in this country. first your local news.

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wx toss to traffic traffic toss traffic good tuesday morning. i'm kari hall. we get a live look from point reyes. unusually clear this morning. we'll see a lot of sunshine all across the bay area. it's now 59 degrees in san jose. 57 in concord and 53 in napa as you head out the door. temperatures warming up into the mid 70s for the south bay from 61 at half moon bay to 72 in palo alto and mid 60s for san francisco. upper 70s for fairfield while napa's at 73. oakland 70 today. livermore up to a high of 73. for the giants game we'll have temperatures that will be in the low 60s and clouds increasing as we go into the end of the game. let's head over to mike. >> slowing in the south bay. specifically 101 northbound at 680. 680 north south to northbound

280. that's not the worst of it. this here is where the camera shot was. look at 280 jamming up out of san jose into cupertino. north 280 has two lanes blocked by a crash. that's been about a half hour since they had that crash blocking lanes causing a big backup. 5 northbound is a much easier drive. head south to head north. san mateo and dunbarton not so bad. approaching the bay bridge, smooth easy flow. happening now, survivors of the tragic orlando massacre are talking about their harrowing ordeal. that news conference is happening at the hospital where many of the victims are treated. >> south bay business leaders are planning a show of solidarity for members of the lbgty community. we'll post updates on our home page. >> warriors have a lot of work to do.

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> it's 8:00, vigils for the victims. coming up, vigils for the victims. ♪ people unite to mourn those killed in orlando as new details emerge about the man behind the shooting. was omar mateen living a secret life. how vulnerable are we? all that and the latest on the investigation today, tuesday, june 14 th, 2016. welcome back to "today."

>> this investigation now taking several new turns. >> let's get to our craig melvin in orlando. he has the latest. good morning again. >> good morning. there is a new conference happening right now at the hospital where nearly all of the victims were taken. 44 are still in the hospital. 27 of them -- of 44 taken, 27 still in the hospital, six of them in critical condition. shocking new details about what the shooter did inside that nightclub. a hart broken city comes together to mourn and remember so innocent lives lost. thousands gathering last night in downtown orlando for the city's first official vigil since the mass shooting. >> i have five friends that i will never see again. i was just with them not too long ago. and they're gone. >> reporter: investigators now looking into new leads about the gunman's motives, checking reports that omar mateen visited the nightclub pulse multiple times and talking to witnesses

who say mateen contacted them on the gay dating app grinder. an eyewitness to the shooting said it looked like mateen was familiar with the club. >> it's not an ordinary guy that comes into the club. he had a plan. he went to that club before. went straight to the people in the back part of the club where the restroom is. >> new details of pulse's layout show where the gunman took four to five hostages with another 15 people hiding in a nearby restroom. >> one of them was amanda alviar who posted this video on snap chat during the attack that took her life. 49 victims in all, the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. police say the decision to storm the building may have saved lives. >> loss of life was imminent. so, yes, had to make that decision. >> reporter: fbi agents seized the compute eastern searched the home of the gunman. these pictures show a seemingly normal domestic scene including family photos of his wife and young son on the walls.

the fbi director said so far there's no indication that the killer was part of any network even though he pledge add leejance to isis during the massacre. over the years, mateen claimed to be connected to various terrorist groups. >> first he claimed family connections to al qaeda. he also said he is connected to hezbollah, a bitter enemy of the so-called islamic state, isil. >> reporter: in orlando, the city's close knit gay and lesbian community say they're determined to show that their love for life will triumph over this devastating attack. >> i want everybody to know that the lgbt community will not be defeated. we'll not give into to fear and we'll overcome this and be strong. >> just a few moments ago at that news conference doctors said that all of the patients who are still there are steadily improving. we can also tell you this

morning that president obama will be coming here on thursday to pay respects to the victims and survivors as well. doing what he's done so many times, before standing in solidarity with the grief-stricken community. matt and savannah? jay johnson joined us in the studio a little earlier today. we talked about the investigation and the fbi's previous encounters with the gunman. >> should there be different policies, once on the watch list, you should be continued to be watched, alergt the fbi. >> we continue to evaluate our security posture. and whether more is necessary, there is something to be said for not letting somebody linger on a list long after an investigation of a matter is closed. we continue to re-evaluate. >> should there be an -- i'm not being trivial, should there be

an asterisk that goes along with that person's name so when he goes to buy a weapon, something is triggered? >> that is a question that we'll consider. these are difficult questions. they're not always as simple as it's closed, it's gone. sometimes there might be such an asterisk depending upon the context. but we continually evaluate our security po posture. our number one priority is keeping the american public safe. >> you talked about how important it is to have the public's help. are you satisfied that you're getting sufficient cooperation from the public? and specifically the muslim community because there have been suggestions in the political arena that perhaps you're not getting the cooperation you should get. what is the feeling on the ground? >> the reality is that when someone self radicalizes, there is almost always someone else close to that person in a

position to seat sige the signs is why the efforts we've been making in department of homeland security to build bridges to kplunts is so critical right now. not vilify the american muslims and drive them into corners. we want to build bridges to the communities and encourage them, if you see something say something. >> nice to have you join thus morning. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> let's turn to other stories making headlines. and that we bring in natalie. >> hey guys. good morning you to. talking this morning about another tragedy that happened last weekend, kristina grimmi yechlt, the one time contestant on "the voice" was remembered last night during a candlelight vigil. kristina's brother mark opening up about the senseless loss. he was credited with saving more lives after tackling his sister's killer. ♪ an motional tribute as hundreds gather to remember kristina grimmie. a candlelight vigil more than 1,000 miles from where violence silenced the voice of the

22-year-old singer forever. >> she loved this town. she loved this state. she loved singing. she loved the lord. and she loved me. ♪ >> grimmie, a youtube sensation, her star shiited brightest on "the voice" as part of team adam. ♪ i came in like a wrecking ball ♪ >> but friday this man, 27-year-old kevin loyville shot and killed grimmie as she signed autographs after a show. >> she was arms open wide. so she had no idea and she treated everybody the same. >> reporter: grimmie's brother tackled the man who managed to shoot himself, perhaps preventing him from taking more innocent lives. a big brother just trying to protect his baby sister. >> you know, you didn't know her like i did. she was awesome. >> reporter: this morning kristina also being remembered by her coach on "the voice" in a big way. adam levine reaching out to the

grimmie family, offering to pay for kristina's funeral expenses. adam posting this throwback picture on twitter shortly after news that kristina's untimely death. >> and her brother mark says he's at peace with kristina's death because he knows she's in a better place. plaza live theet rer opens today. wrenching testimony in south africa where the farmer of reba steamcamp spoke at the sentencing hearing of oscar hiss to hiss tore yas. >> i started to panic. and in driving home, i realized more and more reba is being killed. that eats at me every day. it's -- it's like it happened yesterday. >> steenkamp testified that former track star must pay for killing my daughter. he was found guilty of murder after a court overturned an

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shooting in u.s. history. >> we are learning more about the gunman and what he was doing in months leading up to the massacre and the place he picked to carry out the attack. nbc's joe fryer is on the scene for us in orlando. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. according to senior law enforcement officials investigators are looking into all aspects of the gunman's travel including a visit to disney world earlier this year. what we do know is that he attacked a nightclub, a so-called soft target which can be difficult to defend. before gunman omar mateen scouted his soft target pulse nightclub, senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news he visited disney world in april. >> a little unnerving. i feel a little sick to my stomach. >> reporter: disney released a statement in the wake of the attack.

unfortunately, we have all been living in a world of uncertainty and we have increased our security measures across properties adding additional k-9 units and law enforcement officers on site as well as less visible systems that employ state-of-the-art security technology. >> we are here to enjoy ourselves. >> reporter: an fbi official says investigators are looking into claims mateen visited pulse nightclub before the attack. pulse had no metal detectors making it a so-called soft target. from that orlando nightclub to schools, churches, temples, movie theaters, christmas parties, airports and marathons and restaurants, protecting soft targets can be a challenge. >> we constantly have to balance our privacies and our freedom with security. and people need to be aware and be alert but can't be afraid. >> reporter: across the country police are on heightened alert. in washington visitors were patted down at a pride event. in california investigators

arrested a man whose car was filled with weapons and ammunition. his intentions unclear. security experts are asking for the public hfs eyes and ears, be suspicious of someone who makes threats, seems to be gathering information on anything from shift changes to security procedures or seems to test security with false alarms. >> the little things that law enforcement officers do that stop a lot of mass murders, a little interview, surveillance, tip. tip from the wife or from the father that he seemed enraged. >> reporter: we heard it before but once again the nation's top cops are reiterating a simple message, if you see something say something and right now that message may be more important than ever. savannah and matt. >> joe fryer, thank you. another issue has to do with one gun used.

an ar-15 style rifle can fire up to 45 times a minute. >> it has been used in more than a dozen mass shootings in the united states. nbc's tom costello is at a gun range in virginia where the ar-15 gun is very popular with customers. tom, good morning. >> reporter: the ar-15 is a semi-automatic weapon. it is not a machine gun. you have to pull the trigger for each individual round you fire. it's a favorite at this gun range and favorite target for gun control advocates. it is powerful and precise. and like any gun deadly. the bullets that tore through the pulse nightclub came from ar-15 style weapon. now itself is a target. >> it is not a hunting gun, not a gun that needs to be in our streets. >> reporter: it is also one of america's most popular guns used

mostly for hunting and target shooting. >> all i have to do is take the magazine out and put another magazine and i'm ready. >> that takes you three seconds. >> if that. >> reporter: katie myers is a former police officer who teaches gun safety. the bullets used in an ar 15 are usually smaller than the bullets in .45 caliber handgun. >> i can create more damage using a handgun. the bullet holes from the .45 are the top target here. the bullet holes from .223 are bottom target here. >> reporter: what can make it so deadly is it can hold much more ammunition in the magazine. >> all the magazines for the ar-15, 30, 60, 100, just the same policy as buying a loaf of bread in the u.s. as far as federal law. no restrictions.

>> reporter: ar-15 sales took off after assault weapons ban was lifted in 2004. today americans own five to ten million of them and have been used in 14 mass murders including aurora, sandy hook, san bernardino, santa monica and now orlando. just six states restrict or prohibit them. at this shop, buyers must show three forms of i.d. >> do you have somebody come in and think i don't think this person should buy a weapon like that? >> we turn down people all the time. we say i'm sorry but we can't sell you a weapon. >> reporter: in florida omar mateen had to wait three days to legally purchase a handgun but no waiting for the ar-15. the nra calls it america's most popular guns. you hear a lot of responsible owners say they enjoy using the gun and teaching their kids how to responsibly use that gun. there is a lot of anger and

resentment that someone would use that weapon for mass murder. >> thank you, tom. al has a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have going on. we are looking at wet weather making its way through the southern states. we see heavy showers and thunderstorms dissipating in oklahoma but firing up along the louisiana/arkansas border. look at the heat from texas, southwest to southeast. temperatures getting into the 90s and 100s. heat index makes it feel hotter. we have enhanced risk of severe weather. wet weather into the upper mississippi river valley. beautiful along the eastern seaboard. we have showers moving into the pacific northwest and another nice day in southern california. l.a. looking at a high of 76. that's what's going on around the country, we're in in for a day of nice weather across the bay area. temperatures starting to warm up in the peninsula. already 62 there. 59 in the east bay with highs

reaching the low 70s, south bay, peninsula and north bay and in fran, we'll have a high of 65 degrees. tri-valley, expecting a high of 74. our winds will pick up as we go through the day with gusts up to 15 to 20 miles per hour and we'll see the same weather tomorrow before some showers in parts of the bay area on thursday. weather. we want to start now with fresh start today. that's the summer edition of our popular start today series. >> warmer weather has a lot of people focussing on fitness. good morning. >> i have a girl crush. she is at the top of her game. not only does she have amazing pipes but those legs. i tracked her down in her hometown to find out her fitness routine and secrets to having it all. carrie underwood, singer, song writer, actress, wife and mom to 16-month-old isaiah. she sold 58 million records

world wide to date. last week making history, winning most cmt music awards ever. she is at home on stage but her heart is here at her hometown in oklahoma. >> my parents still live here. this is home. it will always be home. i tell my husband whenever we come back and visit it's like this is the only place in the world i feel like i can turn off. >> when you get back to your parents' house and drive in what memories come back to you? >> mostly things i was able to do as a child. we climbed trees. i was involved in girl scouts and played softball from a really young age and played basketball. >> reporter: playing sports started her passion for fitness.

we know her for this, her powerful voice she is also known for this, her powerful body. how important is exercise to you? is it something you love? >> i do. i love seeing progress. i feel better about myself because i feel like my clothes fit me. it doesn't have to be spent in a gym. i'm lucky i live in a place with a lot of hills around. my baby loves being outside. put him in a stroller and go. >> reporter: it was time to belt out rapid fire questions. first thing in the morning? >> probably attend to a crying baby. he is my alarm clock. >> reporter: what is your biggest guilty pleasure? >> i am mostly vegan. mostly cheese is a problem. >> your favorite workout jam? >> kick start my heart. >> i love that you listen to -- >> on that note i had to know the secret for toned legs. >> you said before that your legs are your best attribute.

>> i like working them. it is a big muscle group and you can see that when you start working them. >> you can add a little kick, add a little booty. >> my least favorite exercise. >> you do your burpee. i do a pushup at the end and hop in and jump forward. >> you don't make any dying noises when you workout. >> my problem area and i think a lot of women -- >> so what is a good exercise for that? >> side shuffles. stay squatted. hold it all down and then just stay low. >> my legs should -- >> sure, you are working inner thighs and booty. >> i feel it in the booty.

this is a booty buster. what about starting off slow and building up for people at home thinking i can never do this. >> go walk and see how you feel and the next day try to beat your time. >> working out is such a big part of her life that she launched her own fitness clothing line and is in town shooting the fall campaign with female athletes from her alma mater. she is also here to deliver a big surprise for the girls sports program. >> i'm here because sports are very important to you guys, very important to me. here we are. we have a giant check. >> $100,000! >> one, two, three! >> needless to say the wildcats were excited.

she plans to give another $400,000 to girls sports teams across the country. she says that start of sport helped her stay in shape forever. she is in shape. >> i burn 400 calories watching it. >> workout a lot and don't eat very much. >> tomorrow a special summer travel edition of steals and deals. what is the best toothpaste? what about sun screen? we are revealing the top choices from pharmacists all around the country. we will find out what it takes to become an american ninja warrior. get your shoes ready. after your local news. ==anim==

a developing story in the south ba good tuesday morning. 8:26. i'm sam brock. a developing story out of the south bay. police have reportedly arrested the driver of a truck that slammed into a home late last night. happened in san jose at the jackson street off-ramp from inner state 680. the owner of that house says this kind of thing has become al all-for a comm all-too common. by at least 19 times, he says a vehicle has left the road in that same spot and hit his property. that dates back to the 1950s. his home has been hit four times. police say no one was serious have i injured, but the driver could be facing dui charges. this morning mike is keeping a close eye on your highways and a south bay jam going on. >> real trouble northbound 280

at 85, a crash plaguing followings about 45 minutes, it's cleared, but look at all the recovery that remains. 85 suggest as an jammed, as wel. rest of the bay looking really good. there is the tri-valley. 880 out of hayward both directions and approaching the bay bridge toll plaza, the left approach is great. >> we prefer the left. another update in just 30 minutes. ♪ this goes out to every backyard hero. for all the effort you put into making the perfect barbecue, there's only one grill that's engineered and designed with the same kind of passion,

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good morning. we're coming on with a major development into the investigation of the orlando terror attack. pete williams is breaking exclusive new information in this case. pete, what can you tell us? >> lester, we learned that omar mateen's current wife told the fbi she drove mateen to the pulse nightclub in oregon lalan prior occasion and tried to talk him out of conducting an attack. what she told the fbi says she was with him when he bought ammunition and a holster. they say she also told

investigators that she drove him to the nightclub because he wanted to see it in advance but that she tried to dissuade him from doing anything. law enforcement officials tell us that authorities are considering filing criminal charges against her for failing to tell them what she knew before the attack. but they emphasize that no decision has been made about that. it's possible she won't be charged. but that possibility is under consideration. several officials say she is cooperating with thef fbi with, the investigators. she's been staying with mateen's father in port st. lucie. >> what do we know about her? >> not a lot. she's from california. she's 30 years old. she is the mother of their young son. you don't see his face here. we blurred it out because of his age. but we don't find a record for them in florida for getting married. it's possible they were married in another state.

it's also possible, some have said, that they were married in an islamic ceremony so there is no record of it. >> is it clear whether the sources believe that she had specific intent, knowledge of his intent to attack that club or just a general awareness that he was going to try to attack somewhere? >> not entirely clear about whether she had a good idea that he was going to attack the club or some other place. she has told them she also drove him to some other locations but they're not at all clear that in those trips, in fact, were sort of casing trips. but does it seem pretty clear that she believed that the trip to the pulse nightclub was such a visit. but whether she knew he was going to attack that club or whether she knew it was going to be a mass shooting or whether she knew he had some evil intent, that's not 100% clear. but the point is she did think she -- that he was up to no good and she was trying to talk him out of doing anything that would be criminal. >> do they believe she had full

knowledge of the weapons he bought and what his intent was with those? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> pete williams. i know you'll continue to work developments. we'll see with you a full report on "nightly news." the president right now is meeting with members of his national security team to get an update on the battle against isis and the white house strategy against isis. we expect he's going to come out in about 20, 25 minutes from now. and talk to the press and perhaps give us more information on the orlando situation. we'll come back on the air when the president appears. full details and nbc "nightly news." for now, i'm lester holt. nbc news, new york. pharmacist does the farmest recommend for burn relief. >> solarcain.

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♪ welcome back. season eight of american ninja warrior is now in full swing. >> competitors are put through the ringer hoping to be the last one standing and get the million dollar prize. hosts of the show are here. good morning. this show gets more and more popular which means you get more and more would-be contestants splm. >> we had 70,000 applicants. people camped out for up to 31 days to try to get a shot at the course. >> i notice that the seasons go on you guys get bigger and bigger. >> we have to start working out because we see the ninjas day in and day out. >> because two finalists last

year achieved total victory, did that mean you guys say that is great or do you make it tougher? >> on top of that we come up with different obstacles. >> 27 brand new obstacles this season and put a twist on some of the more iconic. >> this is the -- >> imagine trying to hold yourself up but only certain placements. it's a math problem in your head, as well. >> you try to figure it out while your body is -- you can see the biceps, everything just engaged here. >> in competition there are three boards. this is an abbreviated one. everyone moving to bar hop next week in oklahoma city. >> this is not like your college town. when you bar hop you have to be precise or you are getting booted out the club.

>> when you said bar hopping, finally a competition i might be good at. what about the ladies? >> last night we had megan martin get to the top. the women are getting stronger. we had jesse who is just blowing up on the internet. she is a stunt woman and absolute stud. we have women out here, some girls are telling us they are training now to do american ninja warrior. >> you have women competing on the same platform as men. >> natalie morales, what a run she had. >> i thought she would be out here trying to get the circuit breaker. >> al roker told us he was going to be out here to work on his obstacles. i don't see al. >> i just saw him get into a cab. >> those who can do, those who

can't host. >> how many people in elementary school had nightmares thinking about just the rope part of this. >> this course is not set up for us. >> thank you so much. >> you can catch american ninja warrior mondays on nbc followed by presentation on esquire network. >> what is the one thing we should all have in our kitchens? we will ask the just crowned world's best female chef. first this is "today" on nbc.

we are back now with they were here in new york, drew a who's who of chefs from around the world. >> taking home this year's prize for the world's best female

chef. congratulations. put that into perspective. your career has been amazing so far. what does this mean? >> it means the world to me. this is amazing. this means a lot of work, long hours, long years but it is for my team and the people that supported me all these years. >> you are a chef and an artist. i think we have a couple of examples. we have two desserts that look too pretty to eat. what do we have here? >> you can find this anywhere in france. and here you have a cheese cake with blueberry. >> at your restaurant you start

with a poem? >> the menu is a poem. it's a connection. >> fantastic. >> it is beyond. >> you grew up in france? >> i was -- i grew up outside of paris. >> do you ever walk in the streets of new york and crave a piece of pizza? >> no. >> why would she? >> that brings up a good point. we always joke about it here. if you had a last meal, one thing to choose for a last meal? >> a glass of rose and a dozen oysters. >> did you notice we didn't do

this as a cooking segment because we are like don't try this at home. you couldn't do this. it is too beautiful and too complicated. >> you can. it's pretty easy. cheese cake. blueberry. you can do that with any berries. it's a lot of fun. you can do that with your kids, too. it's not hard. it's all about the way that you present things and you detail. >> it's an honor to have the best female chef in the world here this morning and she brought food. congratulations. >> thank you very much. just ahead, forget when pigs fly. we have pigs that swim. we'll tell you about this straight ahead. first this is "today" on nbc.

8:49. this is a story about pigs doing something extraordinary. here is nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: the bahamas is known for beautiful beaches and crystal clear waters. there is a tiny uninhabited

island, big major cay, an island with pigs. not just any pigs. these pigs swim. >> this is amazing. i love it. the most beautiful thing i have seen in forever. >> they don't seem like they belong in water this pretty but they sure can swim. >> reporter: as soon as they hear the boats come into shore the pigs head out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. their favorite meal? they will eat everything. >> i wonder when enough is enough for these guys. >> they are pigs. >> did you know pigs could swim? >> no. >> they don't fly but swimming pigs are quite famous from posing with celebs like amy schumer to appearing on the bachelor and the angry birds trailer. and they are featured in a documentary. >> these pigs are living on

islands. they have the best island in the world. it's amazing. really, who wouldn't want to live like these pigs. >> reporter: how did the pigs end up on this island? there are a few theories. >> i heard a story that pirates dropped them off and escaped off the boat and never left. >> sandy said they came here a long time ago and that one of them might have been ship wrecked so the pig swam away. >> reporter: so many stories but it turns out they are here for a far more modern reason. remember y 2 k? >> last minute preparation. >> talking about millennium in the early '90s and talking about computer crashing. >> y 2 k. and preparing for the world to end. the pigs were brought to start a

farm for food. >> this was your protection. >> and now how many? >> hundreds. >> these pigs are jewel of the bahamas. >> reporter: no shortage of food coming in daily. everyone comes here for their selfie with the swimming pigs. >> it's a lot of fun to see something here you wouldn't see anywhere else. >> visitors, a once in a lifetime experience. >> this would be the eighth wonder of the world because we are swimming with pigs. >> don't tell anyone. >> that is what we call the end of our story. for today kerry sanders, nbc news, the bahamas. >> kind of a mixed reaction. >> i think they are cute.

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fire. a police officer helped pull angel from the floor while the shooting scene was still active. six victims are listed in critical condition, and another five in guarded condition. doctors it at the orlando regional medical center are talking about the challenges they faced after the rampage. they say the center's close proximity to the club may have helped to save lives. happening right now, michelle roberts is at that news conference and is posting updates on our twitter feed. here a sex scandal involving a young woman who says that she slept with numerous police officers from different departments continues to widen. she said she was underage at the time. that scandal is impacting richmond police department. we'll have a live report midday. in the meantime look for updates on our home page. ♪

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morning. very fitting morning jam "rise up". >> as i was leaving here yesterday the song was just in my head all day and the words are so perfect given the situation and the tragedy that this country has endured yet again. what a powerful voice and i hope people listen to her words about rising up and finding strength within each other. >> that is a beautiful choice. >> incredible singer. >> you said the words mean so much. we watch the images from orlando, the memorial growing there, around the country. yesterday lady gaga and l.a. right now we know that all 49 victims of orlando shooting have been identified. here are the faces of 33 of them. i will say if you have a minute

pick up your smart phone and go on your computer and look up some of the stories of these wonderful people and you hear how their families are remembering them. we talk about social media and many things we question. when you can see the power of it, those pictures on your phone with the story. i don't want to say bios, stories, celebrations that family members have posted on facebook, twitter and other places. we know that 25-year-old was the last name released. patients are in at least one orlando hospital received positive prognosis. one hospital specifically. news coming regarding those who were injured. we know president obama plans to travel to orlando on thursday.

it will be interesting to hear what remarks he provides of confident and this role of addressing the nation in mourning as well as ongoing conversation about policy if anything can be done to perhaps change this. that is another part of the conversation. remembering the victims and their loved ones who now know we saw stories of people waiting until the last hour, calling cell phones with no answer but hoping you are not getting the answer because the person is in the hospital. >> first responders saying that while they had to wait to treat the victims hearing cell phones going off. last night an emotional night in orlando, a church bell tolled 49 times. we'll listen just a little bit.

orlando's first official vigil since that attack. in los angeles lady gaga helped read names of the victims. and then this was the scene last night in new york city. of course, the international tributes continue. they lit the eiffel tower last night in honor of those killed in rainbow colors. i don't know if you saw nightly news last night, the mother of one of the victims giving that so emotional interview, christine leinonen had been searching for her missing son christopher and 30 hours after the shooting, her son died in the club. said she was in some ways more angry than sad. >> if i had known that my son was in the club laying on the floor i would have gone in

myself and brought him on my back and carried him to the trauma center. i can deal with anger. anger is easy. i just, the sadness you can't deal with the sadness. it's overwhelming. >> mother's heartbreak and so many mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters feeling what she is feeling today. our hearts certainly go out to all of them and our prayers, as well. when something happens like this once again all the questions and the debate arises again, guns and america's love of their guns in some places. ar-15 semi-automatic rifle was used in the attack. americans own 5 to 10 million of them used in the last 14 mass murders including aurora, sandy

hook and san bernardino. after sandy hook we saw gun sales start to climb and rise and go up because people thought there might be an assault rifle ban. just six states restrict or prohibit the sales of ar-15. in florida the suspect apparently just had to wait three days to legally purchase a handgun but there was no waiting time apparently for the ar-15 which raises more questions. as you would expect politics played into all of the debate, as well, yesterday presumptive presidential nominees taking different stances on the shooting. we heard different words from hillary clinton calling for increased gun control. take a listen. >> i believe weapons of war have no place on our streets.

and we may have our disagreements about gun safety regulations, but we should all be able to agree on a few essential things. if the fbi is watching you for suspected terrorist links you shouldn't be able to buy a gun with no questions asked. >> that was hillary clinton. donald trump sparking controversy highlighting what he wants of u.s. immigration policy and then so much more. >> the bottom line is that the only reason the killer was in america in the first place was because we allowed his family to come here. we have a dysfunctional immigration system which does not permit us to know who we let into our country. and it does not permit us to

protect our citizens properly. she wants to take away americans' guns and then admit the very people who want to slaughter us. let them come into the country. we don't have guns. let them come in. let them have all the fun they want. >> very different political reactions. and, you know, of course, if you look on either side of the conversation online you will have those who support what donald trump has to say and those who support hillary clinton. the conspiracy theory comes to the surface with donald trump on this program ignited more debate when he talked about i don't know what president obama isn't seeing what is happening or why he isn't preventing it. alluded to sympathies that he might have with these terrorists. >> i think that obviously there

is a debate and journalistic integrity. what donald trump has said is that this individual was afghan. he was born in queens a few minutes away from where donald trump was born. >> his family came to the united states in 1980 not as a result of syrian refugee crisis. hillary clinton never called for abolishing the second amendment which she couldn't do anyway. there is the debate that we can all have. i'm from texas. my father owns a gun. my nephew is a hunter. there is a conversation that can be had but then factual based conversation. when donald trump says that the president may be complicit. that is accusing the president of treason. that is a fact-based conversation versus a reasonable conversation that we can have wherever you stand on guns about guns. how is it that there is no wait

time for ar-15? whether a member of the nra or brady organization, that is a logical question. >> furthers the debate in this country. how somebody on the watch list was able to buy two guns on the same day and one being an ar-15. >> in a democracy you never have 100% safety. it can't happen. you can make it as safe as possible, but you are just not going to be able to do that as long as we have a democracy. >> which we all love and are happy that we have one. >> last night was the night the talk show hosts have to go back to work and unfortunately they are left in a situation where how do you handle these national tragedies. they put all jokes aside and all

of them spoke from the heart. take a listen. it's as if there is a national script that we have learned. i think by accepting the script we accept that the script will end the same way every time with nothing changing. love allows us to change the script. love your country. love your family. love the families and the victims and the people of orlando. let's remember that love is a verb. and to love means to do something. >> i wonder if president obama thought to himself that mass shooting speeches would be such a big part of his job. you know at this point he has hosted 12 state dinners but he has had to give 16 mass shooting addresses. >> i am a father of two. i like to believe i have a shred of common sense and i do not understand why anybody in this

country is allowed to purchase and own a semi-automatic assault rifle. it makes no sense to me. [ cheers and applause ] these are weapons of war and they have no place in civilian life. >> this is just one bad guy here. 49 good people and one bad guy. and there will always be more good than evil. when i think of orlando i think of nothing but fun and joy and families. if anyone can do it you can. keep loving each other. keep respecting each other and keep on dancing. >> i love that line about love and joy and fun. you think about the kids at the park, having a good time and families. >> you hope people will get back to that.

it just takes a while to heal. >> the idea that we have gotten used to this script and the inevitability of that script. >> love is great and we all need love, but there is action involved in that, too. something needs to be done. >> you saw it on the floor of the house yesterday chaos broke out there. where is the bill? i think maybe we are getting to that point now where this conversation is not going to end after this memory fades. we'll see. let's take a look at what is going on as far as your weather is concerned. and we are watching storms really firing up especially in central and southern arkansas from texarkana to monroe, louisiana. now starting to move into mississippi. we have a storm threat today for 7 million people. we look for the storms to start to redevelop especially in central iowa. could be looking at tornadoes, wind, hail, a real mess. tomorrow it expands out.

enhanced risk from chicago, indianapolis to the west of detroit, columbus. 48 million people at risk of most likely damaging wind and hail. can't rule out we've got nice weather across the bay area. nothing but sunshine and some comfortable temperatures. 61 in san jose. 63234 palo alto. 61 in concord and 61 also in the north bay. high temperatures 60s and 70s. cooler than average. and low 60s in half-moon bay. and san ramone a high of 70 degrees. >> >> and that's your latest weather. she is living the rock and roll lifestyle on "vinyl." >> good to see you.

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here's lester holt. >> good day, everyone. president obama is at the treasury department right now, about to speak after receiving an update from his national security team about the orlando terror investigation and on isis. we're told he will go right to the argument over radical islam and address donald trump's proposed muslim ban, but first, there is a major development in orlando that we're breaking right now. our justice correspondent pete williams learning exclusive new details. pete, what can you tell us? >> lester, several officials familiar with what his wife has told the fbi, saying that when she was with him, he bought ammunition and a holster and she told investigators she drove him to the nightclub because he wanted to see it in advance, but that she tried to talk him out of it, she tried to dissuade him from doing anything. officials tell us they're not sure exactly how much she knew about specifically what he was planning, but apparently it was enough that she was concerned and tried to talk him out of doing anything violent, lester. >> all right, pete, thank you

for that. and while we wait for the president, let's go to peter alexander now, also in washington, the white house north lawn. peter, give us a little more guidance about what the president is going to be speaking about. >> reporter: interrupt me as soon as you see the president. he will address the investigation right now about the tragedy in orlando. he'll update americans on state of fight against isis. but i am told he will go right at this argument over specifically the term radical islam. as described to me by a senior administration official, the way they view it, the fallacy that those who say they are tough on terror, are in fact, very easy in their willingness to allow extremists access to assault weapons. that's a real frustration for members of this administration. the president will also address the muslim ban proposed by donald trump. i'm told the speech is less about donald trump himself, and more about the values that we as americans hold dear, and the president's strong belief that a ban of this kind, even this type of rhetoric, only puts americans

in more danger. >> this meeting with the national security council, we're told, not only an update on orlando, but an update in general on the efforts against isis. do we expect any policy announcement, any changes in how the u.s. is going about that? >> reporter: it's unclear. he is there with ash carter -- >> and peter, here is the president. >> everybody all set? i just met with my national security council as part of our regular effort to review and intensify our campaign to destroy the terrorist group isil. our meeting was planned before the terrible attack in orlando, but obviously, that tragedy, the awful loss of life shaped much of our work today. in all of our efforts, foremost in our minds is the loss and the grief of the people of orlando.

those who died, those who are still recovering, the families who have seen their loved ones harmed. the friends of ours who are lesbian and gay and bisexual and transgender who were targeted. i want to remind them that they are not alone. the american people and our allies and friends all over the world stand with you and are thinking about you and are praying for you. as director comey has said, we currently do not have any information to indicate that a foreign terrorist group directed the attack in orlando. it is increasingly clear, however, that the killer took in extremist information and

propaganda over the internet. he appears to have been an angry, disturbed, unstable young man who became radicalized. as we know all too well, terrorist groups like isil have called on people around the world and here in the united states to attack innocent civilians. their propaganda, their videos, their postings are pervasive and more easily accessible than we want. this individual appears to have absorbed some of that, and during his killing spree, the shooter in orlando pledged allegiance to isil. as i've said before, these lone actors are small cells of terrorists are very hard to detect, and very hard to prevent. but across our government at every level, federal, state, and

local, military and civilian, we are doing everything in our power to stop these kinds of attacks. we work to succeed 100% of time. an attacker, as we saw in orlando, only has to succeed once. our extraordinary personnel, our intelligence, our military, our homeland security, our law enforcement have prevented many attacks and saved many lives. we can never thank them enough. but we are also sobered by the fact that despite the extraordinary hard work, something like orlando can occur. in our meeting today, director comey updated us on the investigation in orlando. secretary johnson reviewed the measures we continue to take on behalf of our homeland security. secretary carter reviewed the military campaign against isil and i want to thank secretary lew and his team here at the treasury for hosting us and for

their tireless efforts to cut off the money that isil relies on to fund its terror network. at the outset, i want to reiterate our objective in this fight. our mission is to destroy isil. since i last updated the american people on our campaign two months ago, we've seen that this continues to be a difficult fighut we are making significant progress. over the past two months, i've authorized a series of steps to ratchet up our fight against isil. additional u.s. personnel, including special forces in syria, to assist local forces battling isil there. additional advisers to work more closely with iraqi security forces and additional assets, including attack helicopters, and additional support for local forces in northern iraq. our aircraft continue to launch from the uss harry truman, now in the mediterranean. our b-52 bombers are hitting isil with precision strikes.

targets are being identified and hit even more quickly. so far, 13,000 air strikes. this campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. and as a result, isil is under more pressure than ever before. isil continues to lose key leaders. this includes the senior military leader in mosul. al sudani, who plotted external attacks. isil's military leader in anbar province. and the top isil commander in fallujah. so far, we've taken out more than 120 top isil leaders and commanders, and our message is clear, if you target america and our allies, you will not be safe. you will never be safe. isil continues to lose ground in iraq. in the past two months, local forces in iraq with coalition

support have liberated a western town and pushed up the euphrates river valley, liberating the town of heat and breaking the isil siege. iraqi forces have surrounded fallujah and begun to move into the city. meanwhile, in the north, iraqi forces continue to push up the tigress river valley, making gains around maqmoor and tightening the noose around isil in mosul. isil has lost nearly half of populated territory that it once controlled in iraq and it will lose more. isil continues to lose ground in syria as well. assisted by our special operations forces, the coalition of local forces is now pressuring the key town of mandegde, which means the noose is tightening around raqqa as well. our coalition continues to be on offense. isil is on defense. it's now been a full year since isil has been able to mount a

major successful operation in either syria or iraq. as isil continues to lose territory, it also continues to lose the money that is its life blood. as a result of our strikes against the oil infrastructure and supply lines, we believe that we've cut isil's revenue from oil by millions of dollars per month. in destroying the storage sites where they keep their cash, we deprived isil of many millions more. thanks to the great work of secretary lew and many others here today, and working with nations and financial institutions around the world, isil is now effectively cut off from the international financial system. cutting off isil's money may not be as dramatic as military strikes, but it is critically important, and we're seeing the results. isil's cash reserves are down. it has cut salaries for its fighters. it's resorting to more extortion of those trapped in its grip, and by isil's own admission, some of its own leaders have been caught stealing cash and

gold. once again, isil's true nature has been revealed, these are not religious warriors, they are thugs and they are thieves. in continuing to push on this front, i want to mention that it is critical for our friends in the senate to confirm my nominee for undersecretary of terrorism and financial intelligence. adam has served in democratic and republican administrations. everyone agrees he's qualified. he has been working on these kinds of issues for years. it's now been more than a year since i nominated him. more than 420 days and he still has not been given a full vote. there is no good reason for it. it is inexcusable. so it's time for the senate to do its job, put our national security first and have a vote on adam, that can help keep our country safe.

isil's ranks are shrinking as well. their morale is sinking. as one defector said, isil is not bringing islam to the world and people need to know that. thanks to international efforts, the flow of foreign fighters, including from america, through syria and iraq has plummeted. our intelligence community now assesses that the ranks of isil fighters has been reduced to the lowest levels in more than two and a half years. even as we continue to destroy isil militarily, we're addressing larger forces that have allowed these terrorists to gain traction in parts of the world. with regard to iraq, this means helping iraqis stabilize liberated communities and promote inclusive governance so isil cannot return. with regard to syria, it means our continued support for the fragile cessation of hostilities

there. the cessation of hostilities has not stopped all or even most of the hardship on the syrian people. the hardship on civilians. and the assad regime has been the principle culprit in violating the cessation of hostilities. isil and al us nussra also conte to terrorize syrians. but as fragile and incomplete as the cessation is, it has saved lives and it has allowed the delivery of some life-saving aid to syrians who are in desperate need. as difficult as it is, we will continue to push for a political process that can end the civil war and result in a transition away from assad. beyond syria in iraq, isil is also losing ground in libya. forces of the libyan unity government are going after isil

in their stronghold and will continue to assist the new l libyan government as it works to secure its country. lastly, here at home. if we really want to help law enforcement protect americans from home grown extremists, the kind of tragedies that occurred at san bernardino and that now have occurred in orlando. there is a meaningful way to do that. we have to make it harder for people who want to kill americans to get their hands on weapons of war that let them kill dozens of innocents. it is absolutely true. we cannot prevent every tragedy. but we know that consistent with the second amendment, there are common sense steps that could

reduce gun violence and could reduce the lethality of somebody who intends to do other people harm. we should give atf the resources they need to enforce the gun laws that we already have. people with possible ties to terrorism who aren't allow on a plane shouldn't be allowed to buy a gun. i'm not talking about being tough on terrorism. actually, be tough on terrorism. and stop making it easy as possible for terrorists to buy assault weapons. reinstate the assault weapons ban. make it harder for terrorists to use these weapons to kill us. otherwise, despite extraordinary efforts across our government by local law enforcement, by our intelligence agencies, by our military, despite all the

sacrifices that folks make, these kinds of events are going to keep on happening. and the weapons are only going to get more powerful. let me make a final point. for a while now, the main contribution of some of my friends on the other side of the aisle have made in the fight against isil is to criticize this administration and me for not using the phrase "radical islam." that's the key, they tell us. we can't beat isil unless we call them radical islamists. what exactly would using this label accomplish? what exactly would it change? would it make isil less committed to trying to kill

americans? would it bring in more allies? is there a military strategy that is served by this? the answer is none of the above. calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. this is a political distraction. since before i was president, i've been clear about how extremist groups have perverted islam to justify terrorism. as president, i have repeatedly called on our muslim friends and allies at home and around the world to work with us to reject this twisted interpretation of one of the world's great religions. there's not been a moment in my seven and a half years as president where we have not been

able to pursue a strategy because we didn't use the label "radical islam." not once has an adviser of mine said man, if we really use that phrase, we're going to turn this whole thing around. not once. so someone seriously thinks that we don't know who we're fighting? if there's anyone out there who thinks we're confused about who our enemies are, that would come as a surprise to the thousands of terrorists who we've taken off the battlefield. if the implication is that those of us up here and the thousands of people around the country and around the world who are working

to defeat isil aren't taking the fight seriously, that comes as a surprise to those who have spent these last seven and a half years dismantling al qaeda, including the men and women in uniform who put their lives at risk, and the special forces i ordered to get bin laden, and are now on the ground in iraq and in syria. they know full well who the enemy is. so do the intelligence and law enforcement officers who spent countless hours disrupting plots. and protecting all americans. including politicians who tweet. and appear on cable news shows. they know who the nature of the enemy is.

so there's no magic to the phrase radical islam. it's a political talking point. it's not a strategy. and the reason i am careful about how i describe this threat has nothing to do with political correctness. and everything to do with actually defeating extremism. groups like isil and al qaeda want to make this war a war between islam and america. or between islam and the west. they want to claim that they are the true leaders of over a billion muslims around the world who reject their crazy notions. they want us to validate them by implying that they speak for

those billion-plus people. that they speak for islam. that's their propaganda. that's how they recruit. and if we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them. up until this point, this argument about labels is mostly just partisan rhetoric, and sadly, we've all become accustomed to that kind of partisanship. even when it involves the fight against these extremist groups. and that kind of yapping has not prevented folks across

government from doing their jobs. from sacrificing working really hard to protect the american people. but we are now seeing how dangerous this kind of mindset and this kind of thinking can be. we're starting to see where this kind of rhetoric and loose talk and sloppiness about who exactly we're fighting, where this can lead us. we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states to bar all muslims from emigrating to america. we hear language that singles out immigrants and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop?

the orlando killer, one of the san bernardino killers, the ft. hood killer, they were all u.s. citizens. are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently? are we going to start subjecting them to special surveillance? are we going to start discriminating against them because of their faith? we've heard these suggestions during the course of this campaign. do republican officials actually agree with this? because that's not the america we want. it doesn't reflect our democratic ideals. it won't make us more safe.

it will make us less safe. fueling isil's notion that the west hates muslims. making young muslims in this country and around the world feel like no matter what they do, they're going to be under suspicion and under attack. it makes muslim americans feel like their government is betraying them. it betrays the very values america stands for. we've gone through moments in our history before when we acted out of fear and we came to regret it. we have seen our government mistreat our fellow citizens.

and it has been a shameful part of our history. this is a country founded on basic freedoms, including freedom of religion. we don't have religious tests here. our founders, our constitution, our bill of rights are clear about that. and if we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the world, but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect. the pluralism and the openness, our rule of law, our civil liberties. the very things that make this country great. the very things that make us exceptional. and then the terrorists would have won.

and we cannot let that happen. i will not let that happen. two weeks ago, i was at the commencement ceremony at the air force academy. and it could not have been more inspiring. to see these young people stepping up, dedicated to serve and protect this country. and part of what was inspiring was the incredible diversity of these cadets. we saw cadets who are straight applauding classmates who are openly gay. we saw cadets born here in america applauding classmates who are immigrants and love this country so much they decided they wanted to be part of our armed forces. we saw cadets and families of all religions applaud cadets who are proud, patriotic

muslim-americans, serving their country in uniform, ready to lay their lives on the line to protect you and to protect me. we saw male cadets applauding for female classmates, who can now serve in combat positions. that's the american military. that's america. one team. one nation. those are the values that isil is trying to destroy. and we shouldn't help them do it. our diversity and our respect for one another, our drawing on the talents of everybody in this country, our making sure that we are treating everybody fairly. that we're not judging people on

the basis of what faith they are or what race they are or what ethnicity they are or what their sexual orientation is. that's what makes this country great. that's a spirit we see in orlando. that's the unity and resolve that will allow us to defeat isil. that's what will preserve our values and our ideals. that define us as americans. that's how we're going to defend this nation. and that's how we're going to defend our way of life. thank you very much. >> president obama at the treasury department after a meeting with the national security council in remarks that began updating us on the terror

investigation in orlando. transitioned into a call for a ban against assault weapons, and then into a full-throttled response to donald trump's speech yesterday that seemed to call out the president for being weak on terrorism. let's go to peter alexander right now on the north lawn of the white house. peter, did we expect this from the president today? >> reporter: lester, i was struck. we've rarely seen this president this angry, this upset as he is by donald trump, not just by his comments yesterday, but by trump's comments throughout the course of this campaign season. never once in those remarks did the president mention donald trump by name, but he did mention radical islam, a phrase that trump and other republicans have insisted this president will not use, and the president said very clearly that there is no magic to that phrase. he said it is simply a talking point. it's not a strategy. he said in effect, it is a political distraction right now.

this is really a tag team taking place as we speak right now. elsewhere, hillary clinton delivering her own speech at this very time, where she was making a very similar point, the frustration from many members, not just of this administration, but across the democratic party right now, that republicans, they say talk tough on fighting terror, but have done very little to help in that effort to fight terror, specifically the president spoke about the no-fly, no buy efforts, saying that there has been congressional efforts to make it more difficult for would-be terrorists, for people who are suspected of possible terror ties from walking into a star like omar mateen did and purchasing a gun on the spot. of course, mateen was formerly on the terror watch list. he was not on the watch list at the time that he bought that weapon. but the president right now really -- in as strong of terms as we have seen him through the course of this presidency, going head-on, attacking this issue. one of the major talking points of republicans about the president's unwillingness to

refer to islamic terror as radical islam. >> right, and when he brought that up, he referred to the other side of the aisle, and then later on, the remarks, he turned the corner and directed it directly at donald trump. let's play that portion. >> we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states to bar all muslims from emigrating to america. we hear language that singles out immigrants. and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. >> peter, it's not lost on anyone, this comes about a week after the president endorsed hillary clinton. >> that's exactly right. as the president just said, he said calling a threat by a different name doesn't make it go away. in effect, he said this is all language, these are all talking points. we need a strategy. and you can call it whatever you

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didn't set out to become an internet sensation but ted talk on body language has more than 34 million views. >> i probably watched it a million times she is author of the book "presence" here with tips on making a better first impression. >> finally getting you here. so excited about this. i listen to everything you have to say. >> a lot of people judge right away. you pretty much make assumptions about people. >> it is very fast. our first impressions of other people are largely based on two traits. i think we will look at possible traits that might be. two questions when you first meet them what would you choose?

>> are you trust worthy? >> having fun sdplmpt with turns out that two traits that largely account for first impressions are are you trust worthy and can i respect you? this one matters more to determine if somebody is friend or foe. respect and confidence matter much lessism people thinking they need to put respect out there first in job interviews, need to show off all skills and competencies and they neglect to establish trust. that is a huge mistake. >> you want to win over that person's trust first cht. >> i love the next one. >> all about the power pose. >> you taught me this. tell us about the power poses and how important they are. >> the funny thing is when we go into something like a job

interview, something high stressful we tend to get frightened and collapse cht that is the opposite of what we do when we feel powerful and that prevents us from being trust worthy and confident. we need to not act like frightened animal. act like a winner. like an unthreatened animal. what do you do when you cross the finish line in first place? you feel powerful and proud. what do superheroes do? they stand. when you feel powerful we expand. when we feel powerless we contract. before you go into a stressful situation do big poses in privacy. you are not challenging people. you do it in privacy to configure your brain to deal well in this stressful situation. >> you did research to back this up. many studies and testosterone

levels rise after standing for two minutes doing this. >> there is some evidence that it happens and some that it doesn't. there are many different pieces. the take away is that many studies show you feel more powerful and confident and in charge if you spend a minute or two in a powerful position before a stressful situation. >> things not to do is cower. >> don't play with jewelry or hair. don't make yourself small. expand. >> the first one, the difference between talking and listening. why is listening so important. >> we go into stressful situations wanting to have the first word. we start talking sometimes nervously. we need to let the other person speak. let them speak. it shows you are interested in them and you want to be there. you care about what they have to

say. that establishes trust. you also want to practice active listening which is where you don't just listen but are presently engaged in what is happening, not responding to what you fear is happening but to what is actually being said. you are not preparing your next answer. you are listening to what they are saying and responding to that. last, you have to be yourself when you do these things. the funny thing is that the harder we try to make a good impression the harder it comes. >> you have made such a great impression already. watch her ted talk. thank you so much. we are back in a moment. this is " trt: 26

=trx at ck= ck san mateo bridge going throughout the day we'll have a lot of sunshine and temperatures reaching into the low 70s. we'll see those 70s in the is o south bay as well as the north

bay. wins ewinds from temperature northwest 15-20 miles per hour. so feeling a little more breezy through the day. and here is mike for a look at what's happening on the roads. >> we still have slower traffic on the roads. san mateo bridge has a little lit traffic. we looks like most of the bay is seeing a lighter commute. looking to the to south bay as well with some slowing. 92, 84 also slow. and the peninsula side and 801 through palo alto. easing up after earlier crashes caused more slowing. . that news conference took place at the hospital where many of the victims were treated. you can link to video in our twitter feed. ==rvl== south bay business leadrs arplaf solidarity .. for members of the lgbtq community. we're sending a crew to that event for our 11 a-m newscast. look for updates on our homepage. ==rvl== on a lighter note - the warr still have some work

to do. night's game-5 loss - and a look ahead to game 6 - on our homepage. =anchor/cu= i'll have another local news update for you in half an hour.

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