the sound of deadly gun shots believed to be from a florida video game tournament, ree dead and almost a dozen injured. >> we all just ducked under the table. i got shot under my foot. >> the nation prepares to honor the life and legacy of senator john mccain. >> to hawaii where they're still dealing with massive flooding and rain. a glimmer for the state as

the hawaiian team just captured the little league championship. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament until jacksonville, florida, killing three people including himself. one witness barricaded inside a bathroom, along with dozens of others, trying to escape the shooter. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> the adrenaline at the time, i think a couple people mentioned their kids. a couple people were just like -- i don't know exactly. i just know a couple people panicked and i told them god's got our back. >> the sheriff has identified the shooter as david katz, 24 of baltimore. they did confirm he was in town for the nfl ma den 19 competition. the first shots appeared to ring

out from the video tournament. nbc's dan shanman has the latest. we want to warn you somehe vide >> competitors flock to jacksonville to compete in the video game tournament. >> the first shot everyone look, and after the second, third and fourth shot everyone ran for the exit. >> authorities converged on the scene, witnesses ran for cover. >> i seen somebody on the ground. i seen a body on the ground. i seen a kid with blood all over him. >> reporter: police say three people were killed, including the shooter. >> three deceased individuals at the scene. one of those being the suspect who took his own live. there were nine victims transported to area hospitals, seven of those had gun shot wounds. in addition there were two vict

hospital. >> reporter: authorities didn't release details on the motive. a community must now cope with tragedy. >> i couldn't believe it. i thought i was still dreaming because i never in my life thought this would happen in jacksonville. >> reporter: jacksonville the latest american city to be touched by violence. this morning the nation remembers a maverick. arizona senator john mccain died saturday night of brain cancer. the war hero who became a giant in american politics was 81 years old. at the white house, the flag flying at half staff in honor to his six decades of service to his country. tributes pouring in from around the world.

arizona may have said it best, calling him a hell of a leader. he will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval cemetery. kelly mcdaniel is live. >> reporter: under the blistering phoenix sun, flags are lowered, respect shown in the small gestures of flowers and messages left outside senator john mccain's state office. >> i'm here to honor john mccain. >> an honor guard outside the phoenix funeral home. volunteers to plan to remain near the services here. served oay for a you think of multi-day service. >> john mccain is irreplaceable. this week will be about honoring his life and legacy, and comforting the family.

>> reporter: congressional leaders announced that the six-term senator would become only the 30th american to lie in state in the u.s. rotunda. like former presidents and statesmen. >> america is mourning, the world is mourning the loss of one of the truly great men. >> reporter: senator chuck schumer is urging lawmakers to rename a senate building in his honor. >> it's the most majestic senate building and i think there would be widespread support for naming that building after senator mccain, a fitting tribute. >> reporter: his commitment to troops around the world and gratitude. >> no one hadhe those legacy is civility, dignity and honor. >> it's tough. going to miss him. >> reporter: defeats, however painful, did not diminish

mccain's stature, former presidents and campaign rivals remember. barack obama, few of us have been tested the way john once was or required to show the kind of courage he did. but all of us can aspire to put the greater good above our own. gorge w. bush, some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. some voices so vibrant, it is hard to think of them stilled. during the last year, senator mccain took part in some of the planning for his own upcoming memorial, including his request to the white en who once house, former presidents, obama and bush be among those to deliver awe lowies. >> pope francis is back in the vatican this aft a for forgiveness for the crimes of the catholic church in ireland, the pope himself is being accused of ignoring abuse

in the united states. they say he knew about sexual abuse allegations against a cardinal and helped cover it up. >> reporter: this is a pope under pressure, in ireland begging forgiveness for the sexual abuse of children by priests and for the cover up by the church's hierarchy. the crowd here smaller than the half a million organizers predicted. a difficult day began former ambassador to the u.s. accusing the pope of a coverup and calling on him to quit. he says francis knew of allegations of sexual abuse but did nothing for five years until the cardinal resigned last month. in a 7,000 word statement published on two catholic news sites he alleged corruption has

reached the very top of the church's hierarchy. the pope, he said, must set a good example and resign. he is an arch critic of fan sra, he offered no evidence. the pope faced decent too on irish streets. an american that was a victim. >> he totally missed the opportunity. >> reporter: the pope is leaving ireland and these protests behind but not this crisis which is global and growing. on the plane, the pope reacted to his former vatican official. i won't say a single word about this statement, he said. the pope, though, did confirm he read it. it is perhaps the most public challenge to his leadership yet. and from within. >> that was bill neely reporting.

hundred dollars attended a funeral service for mowly tibts. her father said it was time to turn the page and urged attendees to remember her passion for life rather than the tragic way she died. >> her dad said we all have to heel, that molly would want everyone to move on and turn the page and be positive. eight people are dead, including six children, after a blaze tore through an apartment building in chicago. the fire broke out in the predawn hours. officials say a woman arriving home from work noticed it and warned people to escape. >> the person who came in and made the initial call also st t started knocking on doors that there was a fire. so they started to self-evacuate as the fire companies got on the scene. so this female who did that saved a lot of lives.

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>> reporter: perhaps most painfully forging a bond with john kerry, another veteran but also a war protester. kerry writing at first we didn't trust each other until we knew each other. in 1993 they travelled to hanoi, and worked together to help clinton still dogged by criticism that he dodged the draft, establish diplomatic relationships with vietnam. perhaps his most unique quality, his ability to admit mistakes. the courage to call for the removal of the confederate battle flag in south carolina. >> i was raised to know that i should never sacrifice a principle for personal ambition. >> reporter: a warrior who praised barack obama only weeks before the 2008 election.

>> senator obama talks about making history and he's made quite a bit of it already. >> i wish all of you great adventures, good company and lives as lucky as mine. >> reporter: saying he loved his life, all of it. andrea mitchell, nbc news washington. >> a great man. we'll remember fondly. >> we'll do that the entire week before he's laid to rest. great news for a state that really needs it. >> there you have it, hawaii wins it. >>aw decade,eating south or

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