good evening once again. i'm thomas roberts live in orlando, florida. this is where msnbc has been covering the deadly mass shooting in modern american history. this was the scene of unspeakable horror early this morning. a gunman later identified by authorities as omar mateen at pulse nightclub. mateen was armed with an ar-15 type assault rifle and a 9 millimeter handgun. 103 people were shot. 50 are dead. 53 more are injured. it took a massive gunfight with 11 officers to bring the shooter down. all happening in the early morning hours. mateen 29 years old. born in new york. living here in florida. authorities say he called 911 just before opening fire swearing his allegiance to the head of isis. at this hour, there is no

indication from law enforcement mateen was in touch with terrorist organizations overseas but we have new reaction from those who knew mateen well. his ex-wife speaking to reporters describing him a short time ago as short tempered and violent. >> but then few months after we were married, i saw his instability and i saw that he was bipolar and he would get mad out of nowhere. that's when i started worrying about my safety and then after a few months he started abusing me physically. he was mentally unstable and mentally ill. that's the only explanation that i can give and he was obviously disturbed. >> so that is from the ex-wife of mateen. as you can see the aerials above. this is a very active crime scene still and officials have begun the process of removing the victims' bodies from inside the club. in fort piece, florida, fbi

agents descended on the home of mateen for clues about muotives and if he had help. carry sanders is live outside the apartment. describe the scene for us there and what fbi investigators are doing. >> well, it has been a very slow moving process here today at around 8:30 this morning the local police began clearing people out of the condos here and told they can't come back. this place is empty of residents. now, the fbi with the florida department of law enforcement, the local sheriff's office and local police department had been here waiting for teams to arrive. these are forensic teams and armed tech teams from the fbi to make entry into the apartment which is around the other side here. that's apartment number 107. now, they are under no rush. they tonight have a clock ticking to get in there and of course concerned that this suspect may have left behind some sort of bobby trap so they

will move slowly. the u.s. government has some equipment that has been developed by georgia tech that can actually see through a wall. so that is among the type of equipment. it's about the size of a garage door opener they will put up there and look through the wall as we've seen in the past they have robots that can go in so somebody's life isn't in jeopardy if there is a trap and remember here that in all of this we believe that from that 911 call by omar mateen that he mentioned the tsarnaev brothers in the boston bombing. it may be possible he has some sort of booby trap along the lines of what they learned about how to build bombs. so all moving very slowly. the reason the authorities want to get inside here is to find out whether this is a lone wolf or whether he was getting command and control from somebody else. was he acting on somebody else's orders and pulling this off?

as we're here just a short distance away, thomas, is the islamic center of fort pierce and that is where members of the community in the islamic community gathered and praying tonight and broke the fast for ramadan tonight and i had a chance to speak to the imam to ask about the idea that when somebody does something in the name of islam, that somehow they are rewarded. >> you don't believe as some who believe in the jihadist movement that he has gone to a better place? >> oh, man, jihad you think you go in the middle of the night and you kill 50 people civilian and woman and men innocent this is jihad? who said this is jihad? if a person did a crime and died in front of you, they would say he went to a better place but i mean, i'm not in authority to say. this is between him and god.

>> the imam says omar mateen was a semi regular at the mosque there. that he would come in three or four nights a week, genuinely showing up just as prayers began and leaving shortly thereafter. he said that he didn't have a close relationship with the gunman but he did have a good relationship with the gunman's parents. specifically speaking to his father on a regular basis, especially when the gunman's sister was getting married. he says they are from afghanistan. and while omar mateen was born in the united states, the family had come here from afghanistan speaking more language of a suggestion that he was not necessarily sympathetic to the taliban but rather was more aligned with the northern allian alliance. however, there are online postings by the father where the

father shows sympathy to the taliban and so what i asked the imam about this, look, do you think perhaps the father may have influenced his son? he said that he was very surprised to hear that there was any kind of sympathy towards the taliban and towards isis and at the end of the day, they say that they are shocked that this is somehow being pinned on their relationship or their religion. at this point, they are just as angry and upset they say as everybody else. >> carry, we know that apartment can hold very valuable clues about a digital footprint mateen could have, whether or not there is any type of terrorist connection or inspired connection. what are you hearing from sources about mateen acting alone on the ground here in orlando? >> well, you know, it's all still being pieced together. this is what i can tell you of

the procedure. i don't know specifically if this has happened. a federal magistrate from the southern district in miami would be requested for a search warrant for the phone number. so that they could then use that search warrant and have the phone number from the 911 call. so even if in the carnage, they have been unable to locate which phone belonged to the gunman, they can use the search warrant to begin searching the signal, the movements, where he went when he stopped. if he stopped at a place for a long period of time. is that a place where somebody lives. maybe there is something going on there. authorities will be using that kind of information and that's among the digital fingerprints and of course here, if there is anything on a computer, they hope they can get that, look at it and see if it tells something they are yet to find out. >> carry sanders reporting in fort pierce, florida for us. i want to bring in our colleague gabe gutierrez.

he has been on the scene reporting from the beginning. let's talk about two fronts. i know you had access to the sheriff and their investigation. talk about what they have let you know about their investigation and also that question for carry, do they think mateen acted alone on site? >> all indications are he did act alone and this is a very active scene and will continue to be so for several more days. we just spoke, sat down with sheriff jerry demings and he talked more about this inve gages and did say that the suspect barricaded himself inside that restroom while during that period of time between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. where these hostages were taken and when authorities went inside and made that decision at 5:00 a.m. and at the sideed decided storm the area to distract the gunman and took him out. he also talked about that we've been hearing about hero police officers and earlier in the

afternoon, we heard there was at least 1 1 police officers involved but involved three of his sheriff's deputies. 14 law enforcement personnel fired at this suspect and while names have not been released, the sheriff told me several of them were very experienced. one of them a 14-year veteran of opd he hired when he worked inside the police department and talked to me about what this is doing to those sheriff deputies as well as those police officers. take a listen to what he had to say about that 14-year veteran of the force. >> i can tell you that i saw utter anxiety in his face at that time. he had the look as if he had witnessed something that was very horrific and he, in fact, shared with me that he said

sheriff, there are multiple bodies in there. i just saw something that i never seen before. in fact, he said to me, you know, i got to gather myself for a moment in order to be able to assist me with the information that i was asking him at the time. >> even for seasoned law enforcement personnel, it shook them up? >> even for seasoned law enforcement personnel, this is an unusual extraordinary circumstance. >> so chilling details there, thomas for seasoned law enforcement personnel. they had a very tough time and are having a tough time dealing with the police officers he spoke with had to collect himself before he could debrief him on the scene. of course, those officers and the sheriff's deputies names have yet to be released. they are undergoing counseling and will and that is part of the

procedure. >> we spoke to grief counselors at the hospital that will be dealing with family members getting the worst news of their lives and spoke about that directly, how they need that type of help. the sheriff sent out a note thanking those involved and so proud of the men and women that were serving. >> certainly. that's something we hear over and over again as well. there was that officer that was injured when bullets struck him in the head and he was saved by that helmet the police department tweeting that photo today just an amazing set of circumstances and not just survivors and bystanders within the nightclub but also the first responders just heroic effort and just starting to hear more and more of the stories, thomas. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. jac jacob is joining us. there were 53 people that were injured and taken to the hospital.

there were others that were shot inside the pulse nightclub that made it to the hospital but then sure co surcomed to their injuries. 43 people are still at the hospital. one has been discharged. others arrived deceased or died shortly thereafter. we talked to many families, family members or those wounded. many walking out of the hospital either waiting for the operation to be finished for many hours or just spending a lot of time with their family members. each person as you might imagine tell as very different but horrifying story. we notice many of them said loved ones were shot in the back as they were running away. one woman told me that her best friend was shot eight times in the back, had to undergo surgery and is on a ventilator but awake and aware of everything. somebody else told me his son was shot in the leg and fell onto the ground and a stampede

of people walked over him, ran over him, his leg was broken and the shooter came back moments later, shot him in the other leg and in the hand and shot different people who were laying next to him. some of whom died. just a horrific scene as i said, only one person has been discharged. everybody else still recovering. many of the family members say that their loved ones are expected to be here for more than a week because of the injuries. many saying they will return tomorrow just horrified at what happened but relieved that their family members are okay initially many thought because they couldn't get ahold of them that their loved one had passed away. thomas. >> jacob, i'm working through sources to confirm this, the one person treated and released is a bartender working at pulse nightclub. he posted on facebook earlier today about being shot in the leg but tweeted and back at home. jacob outside of the hospital,

thank you so much. straight ahead, investigators confirm the shooter was on the fbi's radar but the weapons used were recently purchased and done so legally. so what comes next in this investigation? we'll tackle that after this. . >> my son sean was at the club. he was sitting out on the patio and he heard several pop, pop, pops and he heard people say run so he jumped over the wall across the street. so he didn't get injured but the friend that brought him, he's been shot three times. we don't know what his condition is. there was another one of their friends, we haven't found him yet.

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we have more from the terror investigation and details about the shooter.

29-year-old omar mateen was born in new york however living in fort pierce, florida. that's about 125 miles south of orlando and the site of this massacre behind me. the atf tweeting out mateen legally purchased the firearms used in this attack within the last week and he also referenced the boston bombing brothers in his 911 call. now, his past work resume shows he worked as a security guard and the fbi explained that he had been on their radar twice in the past. so what did they miss? red flags didn't pop up that could have averted something like this? an nbc terror analyst and brian levin and ari, msnbc's chief legal correspondent. gentlemen, this is once again a situation where we're brought together by tragedy to discuss how something like this could happen. and brian, let me start with you

when it comes to the fbi saying that yes, mateen had been on their radar at least twice but he was able to purchase these firearms used here legally. is this a failure of the system or something else? >> we don't know yet. here is the thing, there is a terror watch list, which is flawed, i admit it but people who can't fly because they are on the terror watch list can nonetheless buy weapons. we don't know whether this assailant was on the list. this is something we have to look at and perhaps have greater coordination of people that are persons of interest and a connection perhaps of notifying state and local authorities. you have civil liberty issues, about aggressive fbi tactics with regard to terror investigations. it's a balance.

we have to open this up and look how to refine this. interestingly enough, we had 141 hate crime homicides from 1999 to 2014. we had 50 alone early this morning. >> and as we look at this, this is such an intersection when we get to discussion of policy about hate crime when it comes to conversations about lone wolf activity within the muslim community. we've been together in san bernardino putting puzzle pieces together there and let me ask you now that they have recordings of him calling 911 talking about the brothers from the boston marathon bombing fledging allegiance to the head of isis, are those the clues that will help solve this as mateen acting as a lone wolf or do you think it will put together maybe bigger puzzle pieces about something more sinister of a group here in the

orlando florida area. >> it's not really clear just yet. they certainly provide some clues, you know, him pledging allegiance to isis leader an bb backer al baghdadi and he didn't have to leave a digital fingerprint and let authorities search for it. it's recorded. in the grand scheme of things, i think authorities need to conduct forensic evidence on any digital division and follow the fingerprints and see if he's communicated with any individuals in the united states overseas, somebody or some group that is, you know, a terror group, radical group connected to isis somehow but so far, you know, isis has not claimed responsibility for the attack. a unit affiliated with the group said a source told it this guy was a fighter for isis. it's not clear yet whether his motivation was just to do it to

inflate the nor ryety of isis or a young man that wanted to take action according to some what were -- political believes. >> i'm looking behind me and we know what is going on out there where crime scene investigators are doing the brim work of removing bodies, people not taken to the hospital. this is still an active crime scene and this is where we begin to talk about the fact that yes, something like this would be categorized as a hate crime because of the fact that it happened at an lgbt nightclub but also something that we need to learn more about. is this just a soft target for a lone wolf, a place where they would know that security would not be super tight and that it would be a popular place where a lot of people would be in

attendance? >> exactly, everything we learned today shows that the place you're standing and reporting from thomas is both the site of a terror attack and hate crime and the two can co-exist. what law enforcement authorities want to do, they are trying to counter act people using weapons to kill us because of who we are, we're american and believe or because they want to sympathize with isis. at the risk of over simplifying, the law enforcement challenge is you go to the people or weapons. you mentioned at the top of the segment something we'll hear about is how did the fbi investigate this person twice in 2013 to 2014 and not come up with the kind of materials to prevent this? they surely would like to. you have the weapons side if you look at the boston bombing or look at timothy mcveigh, those were individuals using explos e explosives obviously completely illegal. under federal code called wmds, weapons of mass destruction. here this particular act as we've learned today was

basically done through lawful means because it was an assault-style weapon that is legal. it's a national security concern to talk about whether those assault style materials should or should not be legal. indeed, the assault weapons ban expired did ban some of them. obviously gets you into a hot political debate about gun control but hot debates about immigration, about screening, about profiling all of this has to be on the table, i think, but that's what authorities want to do. what is their people based model for security and weapons based model and what if anything from policy needs to be tightened. you have terror watch lists where they can still get guns and security question whether that's the right balance. >> can i say something -- >> brian, go ahead. >> yeah, i just have been having a very interesting discussion with a colleague of mine with respect to which extremists entity has more homicides, but bottom line is what we're seeing

and what we can agree with is that in recent years we've scene an escalation in the fatalities coming from both. i happen to believe south jihadists represent the most prominent risk right now followed closely by right wing and racist extremists. bottom line is we're seeing greater fire por power, active shooters. this is a problem getting worse. and we have to address it because these types of weaponry are now in the hands of lone wolves of all stripes and in particular violent jihadists. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. these conversations are going to go on as we continue to follow every development in this investigation learning more about the victims, the lives that were lost here, the ripple

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florida's governor rick scott is adamant what happened behind me is an act of terror. he has been here for most of the day and night and personally called some of the victim eds' families to deliver the news. i went behind the police tape and one on one about the state of this investigation. >> so governor, what's the very latest update on the situation at pulse? >> there's still -- fbi is in there with the local law enforcement. they are notifying families. i've been calling and talking to some of the families that have been notified, which is really heart wrenching. it's frustrating this happened here in my state but our law

enforcement has done a good job. i want to thank the law enforcement that went in there and going in there without knowing what was in there. everyone worked together. the fbi, the local state law enforcement, everybody showing up and this is a great community and great state. >> so why did you want to call the families yourself? that's not something you might need to do but why did you feel the need to talk to them? >> i have daughters basically the age that would have gone to a club, and i just personally can't imagine this happening. so i wanted to do two things, telling them i grieve with them. on top of that, if they need something i want to make sure they know how to reach me and so, you know, you don't know what they are going through right now and they are calling other family members. it's a tough time for them. >> explain the command center behind us, the work taking place right now with what is still remaining at pulse, which is an

active crime scene. >> what is happening is law enforcement is working jointly sharing information. they are basically along with others just saying what do you need? i'm there to say what can we do to be helpful? i called the state of emergency this morning and allowed more resources to come together faster and that was the whole purpose of that. it's really people coordinating efforts to get things done as quickly as we can. >> what's the outpouring? the showing of love from so many people? that's what mean to you especially when there is rhetoric bouncing around, as well politically? >> this is -- i mean, so appreciative of people all over the world, wishing and giving good wishes to what is going on in orlando. i want to thank everybody for doing that and the number of people have gone to give blood is just overwhelming but the big thing is we need to pray. we need to pray for every one of those individuals that the

families that have been impacted their lives completely changed from somebody that could have been a joyful evening last night going to the club to today their family members might have gotten news or still don't know what's happened to their loved one or their loved one is in the hospital and scared to death what will happen to them. so just think of your family if that happened to your family that would be devastating. >> that was my one on one outside the command center here at pulse nightclub with the governor rick scott earlier this evening there was one more name added to the list of those confirmed that were killed inside the nightclub. her name is kimberly morris. she is 37 years old. she is the oldest confirmed victim out of the 50 people killed behind me. the youngest only being 20 years old. very emotional vigils and messages of support coming tonight for the victims in the shooting. we're going to go live to a historic landmark in the fight

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don't fall for directv. xfinity lets you download your shows from anywhere. i used to like that song. welcome back to our coverage here in orlando. as we mentioned, this shooting happening in the middle of national lgbt pride month. june historically significant for the community. last year the supreme court legalized marriage equality in june. in june of 1969 when police raided the stone wall inn in new york city. that raid was a turning point in the gay civil rights movement. today my colleague brian williams spoke with stork milk about the tragedy and how it's another pivotal moment in lgbt rights history. >> june 12th will live forever as one of the darkest days of

the lgbt community not only in the u.s. but across the globe. >> my colleague nbc's richard lui is joining me from the historic storm wall inn. in a lot of people recognize it for what it is, the birthplace for the lgbt civil rights movement and i know there were people there that were joining in collective sorrow tonight. >> yeah, thomas, there are few places where the rainbow flag has flown longer here at the stone wall inn. you mentioned 1969, june 28th that day the beginning of as you were mentioning, the civil rights movement for the lgbtq community. that today it represented. one of the important things to remember, the stone wall inn is a new york landmark. it is also on a list of historic sites, it is also to be considered at this moment to become a national monument and

the first national monument that gives remember france to the lgbt community. there are other national monuments, african american civil rights and gender equality and other groups. this will be historic if it happens this month during pride week, june 18th through the 28th where many community activists are saying it may happen. i spoke with the owner a co-owner here of the stone wall in. she was one of five or six that came together in 2006 to buy this place because it was closed and her expression of feeling of emotion today was to say they will not give up. they remember orlando and that was stan scy lance. thomas, this was packed. 5, 600 people earlier. they had a moment of silence. i was speaking to law enforcement officials that will keep it closed as long as needed. they will open it back up at

11:30 and tomorrow will be the time where they officially have a vigil some time in the evening they expect 1,000 people or more. >> richard lui reporting live. thanks so much. the stone wall inn in 1969 was a safe place for people within the lgbt community to join, to be together in terms of not only having community but having family because when we think about back in the '60s, the '70s, '80s and early 2000s and modern day, so many people are dealing with the fact that they are a member of the community but afraid to tell their own family. so some of the people they tell first are friends that they meet in bars and places like the one behind me, pulse. joining me now from orlando is nadine smith spear heading fundraising for the survivors and nadine, thank you for

joining me. talk about pulse itself. what this spot represents for the community in orlando typically. >> you know, it's hard to explain to people what a club like that can mean in a community. you were mentioning, you know, the '80s, '90s, 2000s, the club was the first place and only place you could be safe and anyone who doesn't understand that has never had to fear for their safety because you held your partner's hand walking down the sidewalk. so to have this attack occur has pride month begins and strike at a place that was a gathering spot and place where some people who maybe where family or friends or co-workers could be themselves strikes at the heart of us. >> nadine, i'm looking at ages,

20-year-olds, 22-year-olds. we don't know all of the stories behind the people there last night into early this morning but we can imagine that a lot of these people with their futures bright futures ahead of them might not have had that opportunity to talk to family and loved ones to express their full shelves. it means acceptance and means being who you are in a comforting welcoming space around folks just like you. when it comes to the work that you're doing now, the fundraising efforts for the families and the victims involved, how is that going so far? >> well, last time i checked it was over $800,000 and every penny is going directly to victims' families and survivors and we are overwhelmed by the

outpouring, i think people recognize that this could have happened to anyone and it could have happened anywhere but it happened here. it happened to the victims and it happened to those of us here who feel it and so there's a common reck nation and violence unfortunately is not new to the community in the first five months of this year, ten transgender people have been killed. you know, we celebrate stone wall, which was pushing back against violence directed at our community and so unfortunately, there is a matter of scale, not of action, we have experienced violence and i'm impressed and heartened by what i've seen today with people, lines wrapped around the building at places where people can donate blood and, you know, we've been hearing from all over the world, not just all over the country and of course, there have been

vigils and i think that tonight in orlando people are really stepping forward and saying we're not going to be consumed by hatred. you know, we have a slogan during the marriage campaign love wins and we believe that and we don't give into hay trade by becoming hatred. it has been amazing to see the outpouring not just from lgbt organizations, from faith organizations, christian organizations, muslim organizations, just the -- an understanding that this is a national tragedy. >> we know so many people there was an outpouring of folks because one blood in orlando wanted o negative and universal blood types to donate and lines around the block of people willing to do that. that de nadine, thank you very much and continued success with the efforts. you've done a lot of great work in a short period of time.

thank you. >> please tell people to go to equality florida.org and they can donate to the victims and survivors of the act. >> nadine, thanks again. as we talk about what is taking place behind me, the task of the removal of victims inside pulse we're learning more the confirmation of the victim identities. there are only eight people of the 50 so far that have been identified because their families have been notified. that includes 34-year-old edward sotomyor. there is stanley just 23 years old and a pharmacy tech from massachusetts. and kimberly k.j. morris. she was a bouncer at pulse. k.j. was 37 years old. in a good, clean salad, every ingredient is the main ingredient. whether it's big... or small.

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more from the terror in orlando as we examine the background of omar mateen. american born but the man, the person that shot up the pulse nightclub behind me with 103 people shot. 50 of which are dead called 911 and said that he praised the tsarnaev brothers and their actions at the boston marathon bombing and pledged allegiance to the head of isis. this is drawing a lot of concern for people about what it means to witness domestic home grown terrorism and that connection to radical islam. chairman of the american islam

commune ity center and working orlando regional medical center. i know this is is not the type of story you want to be front and center on to answer questions about someone, mateen, that could have been radicalize whether it was directly by isis or by isis-inspired activities as the tsarnaevs or the farooks in san bernardino. what's your message about what happened behind me? >> my message today is one of solidarity. we stand strongly with the american community, with the lgbt community to show our support and that we do not in any fashion approve of this senseless violence that is permeating our society, and the self-radicalized people are hurting not only the muslim

community but the american community. all of us people of faith should stand together, people of conscious should stand together against such hatred and bigotry that leads to senseless vi violence. we don't have answers on how to combat racism or hatred that drives this type of evil. we can look at the example of what happened at the mother emmanuel church and dylan roof when he entered that prayer meeting and took those lives but the pattern being put on the muslim community to answer for the activity of the tsarnaevs or mateen, it's something that for many americans seems logical to answer questions about radical islam. what can be done to stop this type of home grown terrorism from an american born like mateen if there is a connection that is definitively made to

isis? >> well, we need to remain vigilant. at the mosque level we have a lot of youth activities that are programs, and just today we brought in a psychologist to talk to our young people so they don't feel disenfranchised or victimized. that's the key, that they feel good about themselves and not be marginized because of the actions of a deranged criminal. last week we celebrated muhammad ali's legacy, being a good ambassador for islam throughout the world, and we celebrated his life last week, and then this week a demented person creates havoc in a month that we are fasting and trying to be more god conscious, trying to be better human beings, better husbands, better children,

better parents, and better citizens. we're trying to get closer to god, ask for forgiveness and show mercy and kindness. just this morning we were feeding the homeless in downtown orlando. we were feeding the homeless every week throughout the month of ramadan as we always do. so we double up on our efforts to do charity work, and then this demented person tries to distract us from our god consciousness. >> the amazing contradiction about this when we think about what happened behind me, and as we talk about the profile of a mateen, and whether or not he felt marginalized in coming to a place like this to slaughter people who also feel marginalized in the society of america for a myriad reasons. thank you. i want to move onto what's

taking place in d.c. we have an update about president obama's schedule being briefed about the latest. kelly o'donnell is joining me. she's been working the story all day. this is just the latest in a series of meetings, politically speaking, surrounding the shoot zblchl we know the white house said the president has been briefed since the crisis enfolded. we know tomorrow he's having a face to face meeting with james comey and meeting with the homeland security secretary, jeh johnson, and loretta lynch, the attorney general's deputy because she's on her way back from china, turning around because of his events. also we've seen the political campaign trail weigh in on this in both sort of sympathetic tones today and very partisan tones at times. donald trump and hillary clinton tweeting and releasing statements. the latest from duonald trump i

he tweeted what's happened in orlando is just the beginning. our leadership is weak and ineffective. i called it and asked for the ban. must be tough. they will continue with a planned speech that will address some of these issues and talk about terrorism. hillary clinton will also be holding her own event that was planned but changing the topic. she will have a speech in cleveland that will deal with this as well. she tweeted and released a statement in contrast to trump saying this is a time to stand together and resolve to do everything we can to defend our community's country. hillary clinton also expressing several times today concern and solidarity with the lgbt community saying millions are standing with them, and saying she's one of them. trump referred to radical islam as waging a war against women, jews and gays but not

specifically referring to the lgbt community. the president and vice president will get that in person meeting tomorrow with any additional updates. perhaps there will be intelligence included after searches and interviews with those who might have had associate with the gunman. that could be a new development in the morning. whatever comes from that, we'll be following this through the night and tomorrow. thomas, washington is taking note and responding as you would expect. >> i reached out to hope earlier this evening, and i asked if the speech tomorrow mention the orlando massacre. she wrote back yes. did i hear earlier this is the 16th time the president has had to address mass shootings. >> different kinds and numbers of victims from new town where children and schoolteachers and administrators today, to a

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>> we're back at the top of the hour. a dark sunday across our country. put another way, america made history today and not in a good way. we witnessed the deadliest mass shooting in our history, and what you're looking at there was and perhaps someday will be again, a nightclub. it was