that we'll never forget. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." craig melvin is up next. a good friday to you, at this hour of msnbc, a new twist in the investigation of the massacre at pulse nightclub. the gunman started opening fire around 2:00 a.m. 30 minutes later, the family tells nbc news he started texting his wife during the four hour rampage. at one point, his wife text is, where you? mateen responded, do you see wha what's happening and then i love you babe. we are learning his past and concerns back to his childhood. i knew you got in contact with the gunman's family members. what has been revealed of mateen's childhood. what can you tell us about that?

>> reporter: we are learning a lot of what happened that night from all kinds of sources. we are learning about mateen's childhood. it is revealing a great picture in terms of his personal behavior. this is going as far back as he was when he was a third grader. in fact, records released by the county school board here revealing that in third grade going back to the third grade, he was considered verbally abusive and rude and aggressive and much talk about violence and sex. a report on him of lacking control and lack of remorse. all the way through sixth grade when there is instances of behavioral problems and in high school he was suspended for 48 days as a result of altercations with fights he had with other students. something he wrote about when he was applying for a job later on in his life. so you get a sense from some of these early reports that were coming out of his earlier years all the way through his professional years when colleagues of his, the security

company described him as aggressive and racist. his x-wife said he had mental ability. all of that painting someone that's extremely troubled in the early stages of his life. >> what do we know whether she was with him as he purchased ammunitions for r the attack. >> that was something reported that omar mateen knew and presented the picture of him and her purchasing ammunition. the account we were given from a source close to the family that's not the exact context. in fact, the way they describe it, the two of them went to walmart together. she went off to buy something for her son and omar went off to buy am negotiatimunitioammuniti. at which point he told her the ammunition was for him practicing at the shooting range in order to renew his license. for her perspective, she had no

idea that ammunition was the ammunition that was used in the attack. it was something normal for him to have since he was a licensed armed security guard. that was something that's been taken out of context in the way that was reported. in addition to that, she's been coop cooperative with the fbi and handing all electronic devices and over to law enforcement so they can continue to analyze it. he made call and posted on facebook and texted his wife throughout the course of the shooting rampage and the source have been speaking and some of these elements are coming out of context. she never drove omar tonight club. she drove him one night by the nightclub and she realized they were going out of their way, she had no idea that was something he was doing of that attack where he carried out the attack later. >> thank you, for clearing some of that here.

st. lucie, florida. again, more on that, i want to turn to our cia defense attorney, jack rice, thank you very much for being with me. the family telling nbc news confirming of a text message going back and forth during the attacks. >> anything in criminating about that exchange? >> well, it could be. the real question is going to be context. i think we see pictures which also raises a lot of red flags. there is going to be a lot of context in this case and much deeper investigation. the bureau was smart to get her hands on her cell phone or their child cell pho child's cell phone as well. you have to dig further boo the personal relationships and friends that were involved to see if she's a coc-conspirator n

this. there is a lot of questions right now and figuring it out as quickly as they can. >> what kind of evidence do authorities need to stee to conclude she was complacent in this attack. >> one of the biggest issues is the forensic questions. the issue of electronics and communication back and forth. you want her words and she's going to be under the microscope. there is going to be a lot of interrogations of her communications with her. right now she's cooperating and that's important. it is also more important to make sure we understand what else is going on here and what other motivations were happening. there is a reference from your report that there may have been more than one person casing that. that's a question, is there more than one person involved. even if they were not involved directly in the operation itself. if they were involved in the acquisition of the weapons and acquisition of ammunition,

target diagrams or anything else. those are all questions that have to be looked at. if there is another person that's out there, there is the potential threat. that's always a question. >> why were you having this conversation on the air, we are coming into nbc news that on april 5th, omar mateen, transferred property to his sister before the attack. april 5th is what we were toll. what if anything can we gleam from that information? >> not a lot other than the fact that it is obvious that he was planning this for a long time. he knew that this was coming of the intent was to push his property away. this is something that we can think of bare minimum of that date, well, clearly he seems to be motivated by something that's going to be happening. he knows something is going to happen that significant and it seems to me you can look at that issue and the fact that and here is the question, if he was doing that, was she doing that?

was his wife doing something else that would make you think she's involved or in the operation stages. i am thinking the sad situation that took place in san bernardino and that's what i was thinking about there. there is that possibility, too. >> really quick. we are getting more information of this property transfer. his wife was the witness to this property transfer to his sister. this is on april 5th with his wife issued a quick deed to his house to his brother and sister in law. what does that tell you? does that change the equation at all? as i think about this. not just a former cia officer but a prosecutor, too. i am contemplating how i would start building a case against her. we are talking about here is specific acts are that i canning

place by him which seems unusual. this is not just picking up ammunition at walmart because he had to train. he's starting to push his own property out away from him. she had to be asking questions, well, why would you do that. is it hers? if it is hers, why is she cooperating. there is a lot more here. if we think about what that means. i think we'll be sitting down clearly with her and lets talk a bit more about this issue. it raise a bit of a red flag. if she knew specifically that this was going on and she did not bother to find out, no, wait a second, why is that? it makes people thinking hmm, what's happening here. >> jack rice, thank you. >> absolutely. >> iraq special forces claiming major victory today of the

islamic state fallujah. it is a city 40 miles west of baghdad. it was the last major area under the extremist group controlled. coming out of four weeks of intense fighting there, all of this as the obama administration facing fresh criticism over its policy in syria today. 51 diplomats signed an internal memo urging the u.s. to defide assad. >> richard engel, he's in istanbul for us following developments on both of those stories. we keep on hearing how symbolic this is and what does it say about the united states and its progress in the fight against isis? >> reporter: um, well, it is not over yet. there are still some isis fighters in fallujah. they are surrounded and in the

northern part of the city and iraqis counter terrorism forces and federal police forces moved in from the south and they been out doing this operation over the last four weeks or so and meeting quite resistance. today, there were little resistance and they were able to get to street by street until they got to the mayor's office and it was an iconic photo of iraqis officer braising a flag over a building and that was broadcast on iraqis state television. there are other forces involved in this is being monitored by u.s. forces. there are shea malicious holding blocks positions to the north and zuni triable. is c closing in on them using special

forces. the first, i think we can say successful operation of the scale in iraq and at least monuments. >> do you get the sense of day it is going to hold fallujah? >> reporter: they have to liberate the rest of it from isis force first. a lot can happen as they try to do that. isis could regroup and trying to carry out attacks in baghdad or other places to divert attention, a lot can happen. it seems momentum in the central fallujah is in their favor at the moment. >> why now? . >> reporter: for the last several months and the last several weeks, the forces of assad, we have been all talking about isis and the u.s. government policies, the government is focusing on countering isis.

assad mou assad moscow had been watching on this and critics killing many civilian and bomb tg moderate rebels that are backed by the u.s. forces. so people in the state department did not want to remain silent anymore and didn't want to stay narrowly focused on isis and turning a blind eye to the killing machine of assad. his forces are responsible for the vast jeert majority of 400, people killed. >> nbc's richard engel for us. >> turning back to the terror in orlando. former nelson visited orlando on thursday along with vice president and president obama. he took part in the 15 hour filibuster demanding on action on gun control.

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of connecticut. he helped spirit monday's filibuster that led to the series of votes. the other two are backed by republicans. none o f the bills are giving good odds at passage. >> bill nelson of florida is joining me now. he was one of the members that joined on monday. i want to talk about the bill that you are proposing the week of the massacre there. this is not one of the four that's being voted on monday. among other things, ties with terrorism to this country and background checks system that includes those people currently or previously under investigation. all firearm purchases by these

individuals. your bill, though, stopping short from preventing people actually buying the weapon, why? >> well, my bill will be voted on and it is been fulled in from feinstein. it says if you were on a terrorist watch list in the past and that has been close. when you purchase the weapon, the fbi will be notified and that is what would have caught mateen. mateen was not on the terrorist watch list at the time of the prchl purchase. he had been in 2013 and 2014. that's been combined with diane feinstein's bill which will be voted on. if you are on presently on a terrorist watch list, you cannot purchase a weapon.

>> again, this is the so called no fly or no buy bill. >> the history of these mass shootings as you know senator of this public out cry for congress to go back and forth over what kind of action to take and finally for nothing to happen and the public's attention to fade. what gives you any reason to think it is fwoing to be any different at this time? >> i knew because there is something different. i am very proud of senator murphy. something happened of the course of the 15 hours of debate. the passion, my part was early on showing the bloody shoes of the trauma surgeon and reading what he posted on facebook and

it is emotional as to what he experienced in that trauma center. one thing and another, i think on the four years of sandy hook and the one year the church shooting and charleston, i think something has happened. >> lets say something does come out to the upper chamber on monday and goes to the lower chamber and controlled by republicans, what happens there? >> in the senate, we have to get not a majority but 60 votes to cut-off debate. i talked to lyndsey kbrgraham, and susan colins had an idea. you throw in a lot of republicans who are feeling the heat from their constituents, you may get up to 60.

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hearing possibly some russian athletes track and field athletes maybe able to ge get -- only those who have not been training inside russia. the reaction in russia has been furious. that's the argument that they are making. yeah, we know we had a problem and we have had a problem but we have these athletes and they are clean and they deserve to be able to compete. they won 18 medals but it is clear and the officials here just thought they could not trust the system in russia which is stunning. >> keir simmons for us, in vienna, russia. thank you. back here there was a melt down in cleveland.

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her, we should recognize her values, service and community and tolerance, the values she lived by and worked by, those are the values that we need to redouble in our lives in the months and years to go. >> itv news have identified the alleged killer as 52 years old thomas mayer. according to documents obtained by the law center has long ties to a white nationalist group here in the united states. nbc's chief global bill nealy is following this there joining me from london. what can you tell us of the ties to the u.s. group here in the u.s. >> good afternoon, melvin. his motives are unclear and there are con fliflicting repor when he stopped and shot jo cox. what we do know is detectives

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it is very odd to see him like this as you know in the past when ever he makes controversial statements, even some of his own party coming after him and many in his own party, he would continue to show that he was tough law in a way and not goij goi going down in the polls. now, he's explaining away suggesting those who are supporting him are embarrassed to talk to pollsters. here is what he said in dallas last night. >> when i polled, i do fine, when i run, i do much better. in other words, people say i am not going to say who i am voting for. don't be embarrassed. i am not going to say who i am voting for and they get in, i do much better. it seems to be an amazing effect. >> there is a new report about delegates trying to organize and an effort to change the rule that would allow them to vote their conscious. we talked about this before.

now, we have actual names of the washington post reporting of 30 of them. on some of those quoted there on their facebook pages talking about it. this is their last chance to do something they feel like they have to do something. even talk a lot about conscious. you heard that word, and speaker paul ryan and you heard mit romney are saying it. just that even if they don't believe their efforts will go all the way or in other words they'll be able to make big changes at the convention. a lot are now say ing and more than before, they feel they have to do something different, craig. >> jacob rascon. disney world deciding to add more warning signs following the two years old lane graves' death. his parents desperately trying to rescue him. we are hearing from the graves' family released a statement.

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people who have been killed or wounded. one of them in oakland, this is a memorial service for a group of young boys. one of them drowned on memorial day. that memorial service was shot up at least one and one teenage girl was killed and another three were wounded. the state of florida, 54 shootings in the state of florida and at least ten people killed and another 19 people wounded. take a look at this, since charleston, the mass shooting of charleston one year ago today. there had been 337 mass shootings in the country killing at least 403 people and wounded at least 1300 more. this is about people. a lot of this are about children. i want to introduce tyou to one of them. she was shot twice in the head last wednesday in mississippi while she was sitting in her car seat. she's in intensive care hospital

right now in jackson, mississippi, we are pulling for you. >> how many mass shootings. >> 337 mass shootings in america since the mass shooting of charleston a year ago. >> cal perry. >> thank you. >> yes, sir. >> today marks the one year today anniversary that a gunman opened fire at the ame church, emanuel. we'll go live to this memorial. calling for the change that has not happened one year later. >> it takes no courage to seal the contemptment and of the after math of the massacre here of san bernardino and orlando and many other mass murders that claims the lives of so many others in america. we must in congress and state legislatures all across the

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it was one year ago tonight when police say a 21-year-old walked into mother emanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. for nearly an hour, he sat with the worshippers, listening to them, even praying with them. then he opened fire killing nine of them. memorial services are being held today there. nine white ribbons are being tied outside to remember the nine church goers. >> it is our job as a people to prove to them that june 17th was not in vain and that we will forever take the lives of these nine and the survivors of those

three and live to be better people and be kinder than necessary as we move forward in our lives. >> we're joined now by long-time state lawmaker todd rutherford. here we are one year later and we're reeling from yet another mass shooting in this country. this time in orlando. i saw the current pastor at emanuel church a couple of days ago and asked her the same question i want to start with you. what has changed in our state since charleston? what has changed in that city since that massacre? >> you know, initially everybody's hearts and minds were heavy with the loss of a long-time friend and a long-time colleague. the state actually made a step forward in racial reconciliation and a step forward towards the

future. after that, i can't say much has changed. they still suffer the loss and still think about it. we were talking about it the other day. something we'll forever deal with. i remember where i was. i remember getting the phone call. i remember talking to judy, who was your former coworker. o i hope that we continue to take steps in the right direction. i am not hopeful right now that we're doing exactly what we need to be doing. >> in the aftermath of the shooting, i remember you specifically talking about the rhetoric and the hate speak in this country that led dylann roof to commit the horrible crime. roof wanted to start a race war. this is what a woman said yesterday. >> the pain of knowing my mother and cousins were killed in a

racially motivated hate crime is something that i carry with me every day. >> do you think that the conversation, at least the dialogue around race and tolerance, has moved in a positive direction since charleston? >> i can say that it actually has. like i said, it did initially afterwards. the conversations inside the general assembly and with constituents is very heartfelt. we knew what dylann roof did was horribly wrong. even those people who love the confederate flag knew what he did was so far wrong that something had to change. what we have to do is make sure that not just black south carolinians, but white south carolinians, that we hold hands. we cannot let the dylann roofs of this world or the orlando

shooters of this world control the dialogue moving forward. we need to do better. >> one of the things that struck people around this country is the speed you and other lawmakers have been able to get the confederate flag off the state house. has there been any backlash to that? >> we heard threats things were going to be worse. the black caucuses would have a price to pay. this year that did not happen. we tried to move forward. we continued to move forward on body cameras, even though it didn't pass this year. we looked at dash cams for police cars. we looked at legislation that we think would stop the killings and unnecessary shootings of african-americans. all of it did not pass, but we took a step in the right direction. in doing so, we didn't feel the backlash in taking the confederate flag down.

>> it's hard to believe it's been a year. good to see you. >> it is. it is. >> i sat down with jennifer pinckney, the wife of clemente pinckney, the year after the shooting that claimed her husband's life. >> every day jennifer pinckney thinks about the last moments she ever spent with her husband. >> i was getting ready to pray for a summer program for milan. he whipped out his credit card. he said, here you go, darling. then he went out the door. >> police say why they huddled silently under his desk, dylann roof shot him and killed eight others. >> before he left, he tried to start shaking the knob like he was trying to get in.

and then apparently he turned and i heard the door chime. >> more of her harrowing account about what happened that night and how she has spent the years since then. tune into my interview tomorrow morning on "today." peter alexander picks things up next. we begin this hour of "msnbc live" with new information in the orlando shooting. fbi director james comey is in orlando as investigators analyze the latest leads at this hour, including news that shooter omar mateen sold his property to his sister just two months ago. the significance of that we're going to get into right now. our correspondents have been working their sources on these new developments. we begin in washington with pete williams and port