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next presenter is very nervous as it is his first time at the tonys, please get behind him. give him a warm welcome, it's neil patrick harris. >> it gives me great pleasure to be here tonight. i'm currently working on a project in vancouver, not "the king and i: live!" but as a member of the community, i couldn't pass up the opportunity to come back to new york to be a part of this amazing night. this season, work by the men nominated for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical has been fearless, inspiriational, groundbreaking. the nominees are: alex brightman, "school of rock - the musical." danny burstein, "fiddler on the roof." zachary levi, "she loves me." lin-manuel miranda, "hamilton."

leslie odom, jr., "hamilton." and the tony goes to: leslie odom, jr., "hamilton." ( cheers and applause ) >> in his first starring role on broadway, leslie odom, jr. takes home a tony for his wonderful performance as aaron burr in hamilton. >> thank you. thank you so much. i want to thank the broadway league, i want to thank the american theatre wing. i will cherish this, lin-manuel, god bless you, man. really, you have given us a new vision of what's possible. i thank god for your mission. i thank god for the calling on

your life. there has been a lot of talk, deserved talk tonight about the cabinet, about those four brilliant men who pushed us higher, who pushed us to greatness, deserved talk. but i want to talk for a second about my cabinet which was this brilliant company of actors. i wish i knew which camera to look into. i know you are off in a room on the side but i want to tell you something. you are extraordinary in every way. don't ever let anybody ever tell you otherwise. you are limitless, boundless. i thank you for the fiddlity of your friend shivment i almost didn't make it here. i almost fell. and everywhere i looked, there was a renee, there was a phillipa, you are a lion, there was say sash ra, ephraim, an oak, a daveed, an anthony, a jasmine, a john, i can't say all of your names but i thank you so much. i would not be here without you. i want to thank our producers,

jeffry, jill, sandy, may it last and last and last. you deserve it. the show deserves it. oscar and lori in the public theater, thank you for your open arms. and lastly, lastly i want to say there were a lot of question marks on this role for me, in this show for me at the start of it. and what cleared it away was love, was that i could hang this entire performance on love. and nicholette robinson teaches me with grace and kindness the meaning of the word. leslie odom sr and elizabeth taught me well as well. thank you so much. good night. >> announcer: and now, please welcome record-breaking six-time tony winner, audra mcdonald. ( cheers and applause ) >> it is an exciting year to be on broadway! it's also my pleasure to celebrate the work of five

outstanding women whose sparkling contributions to this season are intelligent, resonant and vibrant. >> the nominees for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical are: laura benanti, "she loves me." carmen cusack, "bright star." cynthia erivo, "the color purple." jessie mueller, "waitress." phillipa soo, "hamilton." and the american theatre wing's tony goes to: cynthia erivo, "the color purple." ( cheers and applause ) >> with her broadway debut, cynthia erivo win this tony for her spectacular performance as seely johnson in the color

purple. >> i promised myself i wouldn't cry because my makeup artist would be really mad at me. hi, mommy, look. just thank roy, oprah, thank you for giving me this opportunity. i would not be here if it was not for you. for alice walker, for writing a story that could last through time and time again. thank you. for john doyle, for holding my hand all the way through this, from london right to here and for giving me all the tools i needed to tell a story that everybody needs to hear. to every single person in my cast, you are magnificent. thank you so much for lifting me

up when i'm tired, for holding my hands when i'm happy, for kissing me on my forehead when you know i just need some love. danielle, jennifer hudson, heather headley, you are wonderful women. and i thank you very much for looking into my eyes every night on stage, for making me a stronger woman on the stage, every one in that theater, thank you. and thank you american theatre wing for making a london girl very, very happy. thank you. (applause) ( cheers and applause ) >> announcer: next, barbra streisand and the award for best musical. the tony awards! only cbs! votes tabulated by the global accounting firm of grant thornton.r ere you go. which urgent care do you want to try this time? uhh, this one's only a mile away. oooo, and it's in-network. this is our best idea yet. steve! steve! steve!

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which contain 14 more. now i should tell you there are medical staff standing by for the many of you that on hearing her name may collapse. i'm going to be honest, i'm struggling myself. ladies and gentlemen, barbra streisand! ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you, thank you.

you making me k-- well, tonight our joy is tinninge-- tinged with sorrow, but remember we're here to celebrate broadway and the beauty that artistry can bring into this world. is i'm very thankful to be in the company of the people in this theater, the artists who write the plays, the composers and lyricists who write the songs. and the actors who bring them to life. art can entertain us and educate us. and in times like these, console us. so the nominees for best musical are: "bright star." "hamilton." "school of rock." "shuffle along, or the making of the muscial sensation of 1921 and all that followed." "waitress."

>> thank god i picked the right outfit. and the tony goes to: "hamilton." ( cheers and applause ) >> accepting the award for "hamilton," producer jeffrey seller. >> thank you, thank you so much. tomorrowee, may, josh, my homebase, alexander hamilton was a dreamer. george washington, eliza hamilton, thomas jefferson were

dreamers. i stand on this stage tonight and in this theater surrounded by dreamers. dreamers like lin-manuel who had a big idea and worked tireilessly over six years to bring it to life. dreamers like tommy and andy and alex and the extraordinary company of "hamilton" who have showed up at our theater almost every single day for the last year and a half to share their vision of america. to the most supportive, appreciative and diverse audience i've ever witnessed, "hamilton," an american musical embodies the best values, the best impulses that make our nation a beacon to the world. inclusiveness, generosity, ingenuity, and the will to work hard to make our dreams come

true. look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now! (cheers and applause) thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, what an incredible night. and here to sing us out, what other way could we end it than right here in the greatest city in the world, the 11-time tony winning cast of hamilton! (cheers and applause) >> summer in the city, some like it pretty. ♪ excuse me miss. ♪ i know it's not funny. ♪ but your perfume smells like your daddy's goes money. ♪ you're searching for an you arechin that can give you ideals. >> you dises gust mee.

>> you can trust me. >> thom as payne, some say i'm intense or insane. you want a revolution. i want a revelation. so listen my declaration. ♪ we hold these truths to be self-evident. ♪ that equal. ♪ when i'm to include women in the sequel. ♪ work. ♪ look around, look around. ♪ how lucky we are to be alive right now. ♪ look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now. ♪. >> history is happening. ♪ and we happen to be in the greatest city in the world. ♪ in the greatest city in the world. ♪ look around. ♪ new york. ♪ look around new captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ look around, look around. ♪ how lucky we are to be alive right now. ♪ history is happening.

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>> a man opened fire inside an orlando night club in the worst mass shooting in american history. >> no one can tell me where my son is. >> they went with the beat almost until you heard too many shots. >> there was bodies falling down. >> swat teams moved in killing alleged gunman omar you. tonight flags fly at half mass. >> i'm natasha brown. >> i'm jessica dean. 53 people killed and 53 injured in that night club shooting. we've learned two of the people who were killed are from philadelphia. their names have yet to be released. also, a new in person working in philadelphia was shot and is expected to be recover. cbs news correspond craig boswell is in orlando with the latest. >> reporter: a service was held sunday for victims of deadliest

mass shooting in u.s. history. >> we're heart sick and heart sore but we are not defeated. >> omar meehan took assault rifle into a gay night club and opened fire. >> just kind of just shooting anybody and anything. >> reporter: among the victims 34-year-old edward sotomayor junior, 23 stanley almodovar and 22-year-old luis. meehan called 911 to pledge his allegiance to isis and took several people hostage in a bathroom. a swat team decided to go in. a neighbor recorded sound of the massive shoot-out. mateen was killed. one officer was injured. his helmet is credited for saving his life. the fbi is now investigating the massacre as an act of terrorism. meehan was a security guard born in new york.

his family later moved to florida. mateen attended this islamic center in fort pierce florida. it says the shooting comes as a complete surprise. >> innocent four people who are killed. >> reporter: much of the day, friends and family searched hospitals for people in the club. jose was he searching for his brother. >> he was in the club with three of his friends. they made it out ok. they lost them and they don't know where he's at. >> reporter: many others continue to wait for news about loved ones. craig boswell cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> one striking image in the aftermath of this shooting is this helmet worn by one of the police officers during the gun fight with meehan. you can see the mark on it. that's a bullet hole. the helmet stopped the round and likely saved the life of the officer wearing it. we're learning more tonight about the shooter. who was killed by swat officers. "eyewitness news" joe holden is live in our stat center with

what we know tonight about omar meehan. >> reporter: good evening, right now the hunt is on for a motive. om omar mateen's father said he had been outright disgusted at the sight of two men kissing. we know he was a security officer. the weapons were legally purchased in the last week. he had twice before drawn the eye of federal investigators, in 2013 coworkers claimed he made inflammatory remarks saying he knew the two brothers responsible for the boston marathon bombing. the fbi thoroughly investigated the matter including interviews of witnesses, physical surveillance and records checks. >> reporter: cbs what you told the short lived probe was closed. but ma teen would be back on investigators radar. >> in 2014 mateen again came to the attention of the fbi because of possible ties to abusalha an american suicide bomber.

>> reporter: investigators apparently found nothing. mateen's parents were born in afghanistan. in calls to 911 early sunday morning, the 29-year-old pledged allegiance to isis. that was before he entered what's described as orlando's hottest gay bar and opened fire. he was arm with an assault style rifle which records show he bought legally. he worshipped at the islamic center. couldn't make sense of what was in his mind. >> what was in his mind, we don't know what was in his mind. >> reporter: isis claimed responsibility for attack. describing mateen as an a islamic state fighter. witnesses to his active terror at the night club say they hustled into the freezer as the hail of gunfire was unleashed on everybody and everything. >> they heard it repeated. everybody dropped to the floor. >> mateen's ex-wife had to be rescued from her marriage after

mateen became physically abusive. cbs news confirmed he made two trips to the middle east in 2011 and 2012. joe holden cbs3 "eyewitness news." philadelphia's must decide community is condemning the slaughter in florida. >> we're muslim but we're americans as well. we're american muslims. we want everyone to feel like we are fellow citizens and we the same sadness that everyone else feels. >> islam tells us you cannot take a life unjust fully. it is very clear in the holy quran. >> the muslim community was established in the united states in 1921. idea of nonviolence is one of the group's core principles. the orlando shooting led to an increased presence at philadelphia's pride parade. >> obviously this morning as a result of events occurred we

tweaked out, made minor adjustments. it was our position that people would probably feel better if they saw more visible presence of police officers. >> security measures in the gay neighborhood were also stepped up. patrons were patted down as they entered woody's night club. trang do joins us live from the neighborhood with more reaction from today's tragic events. >> reporter: a ton of people out here. we actually had to move our live location from 13th and locust because the crowd was getting loud. but record turn-out. the owner of iconic bar. they came out because of the shooting in orlando. >> reporter: this year they celebrated more passionately. >> i can't imagine anywhere else i would rather be after something to horrible and

standing with people and saying this is a wonderful way to be and that love wins. >> reporter: the crowd grew quiet just once. during a moment of silence for the victims. it's a. >> it's a heavy day while we all stand together, and find ways to celebrate. we also are grappling with mourning and looking for answers. >> reporter: those with direct ties to the tragedy making sure the festivities continued. candy is friends with the owner of pulse in orlando. >> we're devastated. some of my staff actually knows staff that works there. we've been in contact with them. it was a shocker. >> reporter: determined to show the world the resilience of the lgbt community. >> no matter how many times our community has been hit and hurt by violence, we pick ourselves up and say, we're going to have pride no matter what you try to do with us. >> taking time to not only

celebrate pride but to make a bold statement in honor of the lives lost. >> i think it's important we stand together and not allow hate and terror to drive us back into the closets. to make us live our lives half full or hidden. >> and owner of woody's would like to hold some kind of fund-raiser but tonight he did have moral screens up up for those hurt and killed. we're live in the gay neighborhood. i'm trang do. >> jim kenney. jim kenney was at the parade. he shared his thoughts. >> i'm sad with what happened in orlando. we have to remember that folks in the lgbt community need to come out, be proud of themselves and each other and be protective and just bitter sweet type of feeling. >> the mayor was joined by local politicians at the parade. he and city employees were honored collectively as grand marshals. now on same day as the night

club shooting, police prevent what could have been another deadly attack on gay american. >> police say a heavily armed indiana man was arrested on his way to a gay pride parade. 20-year-old james wesley howe was allegedly armed with multiple weapons including at least one assault rifle. >> we recovered additional firearms, high capacity magazines. officers did find chemicals that could have been used for explosive device which in turn led to us calling out the la county bomb squad. they responded and rendered the area and the vehicle safe. >> police do not believe today's arrest is related to the night club shooting in orlando. a moment of silence was him in capitol dc today. the day was supposed to be one of celebration. instead, took on a very somber tone as hundreds of thousands of people paused to remember the victims. police security was also beefed up in the wake of the shootings. the american flag at city

hall was lowered today in honor of the victims. governor tom wolf ordered flags at all public buildings throughout the state to be flown at half staff. a vigil will be held tomorrow night at 6:30. presidential candidates are responding, bernie sanders called the attack horrific and unthinkable. >> isis must be destroyed and we have got to do everything humanly possible to prevent these types of tragedies from recurring again. >> hillary clinton released a statement on facebook also calling for vigilance in the face of terrorism. she also wrote, quote, the gunman attacked an lgbt during month, to lgbt community please notes you have millions of allies across our country, i am one of them we'll keep fighting to live freely and without fear. hate has no place in america. donald trump used the attacks as

an opportunity to attack president obama in statement this afternoon, trump demanded the president resign because he did not use the word radical islam in his comments. he continued if we could not get tough and smart real fast we're not going to have a country anymore about our leaders are weak. i said this was going to happen and it is only going to get worse. i'm trying to save lives and prevent the next terrorist attack. we can't afford to be politically correct anymore. coverage of the orlando night club shooting does continue right after this break. >> still to come we'll be hearing from families of the victims who died. of their message for the man who took their loved ones lives. lauren? >> after a hot and humid weekend, cooler more comfortable air is settling in across the delaware valley and i'll talk about a pleasant stretch of weather in your work week forecast coming up. the phillies hope to avoid the sweep down in dc. could they?

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among those who survived, a news in person who works here in philadelphia. the shooter omar mateen was killed in a fire fight with swat officers. he was investigated twice by the fbi but they closed both investigations. donors lined up all over blood banks around orlando today doing what they could to help the victims. however, many gay and bisexual men were unable to donate because the fda bans men who have had sex with other men in the year from giving blood. it was implemented in 1983 to help stop the spread of hiv. we're learning a lot more about the victims and families. >> report from our sister station in miami joins us with more on that. >> reporter: police have set up a staging area for family members at the to hotel behind me to give them information as it comes in. earlier they learned they would

not be given another briefing until tomorrow morning. in the meantime we're learning more about the victims from inside pulse night club. >> we can't find him. we can't find him. >> the pain was unbearable for family and friends who gathered at a hotel less than a mile away from the pulse night club. all the waying for an update. a familiar name, a condition. when they finally did get tan update. >> no, please. >> it was their worst fear. >> there's no more john does. everybody is identified. everybody is -- everybody else -- they won't give us news until 10:00. 10:00 tomorrow. i'm trying to find my son. >> she did hear from her son, 30-year-old eddy, he was texting her from inside the night club.

>> he texted me at 2:06 and said mommy i love you. in the club, they're shooting at 2:06. trapped in the bathroom. downtown. please call police. i'm going to die. call them. >> she asked him if he was hurt. he said yes. then she got one last message. >> he's coming, i'm going to die. >> as we hear the stories of those unaccounted for. there are the survivors, angel sharing this smiling pictures of him in a hospital bed. before information came out the people of orlando stacked up to show support. hundreds lined up at local blood donations centers when the call went out for help. donations for food and water for and first responders went in. not lost on some of them. there is still good in the world. >> it's definitely good to see people connecting. that shows that, you know, we're not defeated in this. we come