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trump takes the strip. the presumptive gop nominee rallying with voters in las vegas as the party remains divided over him leading the charge against hillary clinton in november. gop delegates launching a last-ditch effort to block donald trump. democrats not holding back. slamming trump's tone and temperament. here is senator elizabeth warren going for the jugular hours ago. >> everyday it becomes clearer he's a thin-skinned racist bully. and every day it becomes clearer he will never be president of the united states. >> is it enough? new questions today about investigators' tactics to prevent loan wolf attacks in the united states. new information surfaces around the orlando shooter's past and apparent signs of radical radicallizati radicallization. a disturbing discovery. 12 girl s discovered in a

pennsylvania home. a 51-year-old charged with sexually assaulting one of those. those girls in protective custody. amid questions how they we-- we start in las vegas where trump is holding a rally at treasure island casino. perhaps the biggest trump can find is getting his party's full support. hallie jackson joins us now from the rally. what has trump's message been today throughout his speech? >> reporter: hey, ayman. i'm going talk a little bit of a golf whisper. donald trump is on stage behind me now. what is note able about the speech this morning compared to ones in the past, the length of time, frankly, he spent talking about the potential of the delegate fight at the convention. as you know, as reported in the washington post and elsewhere and nbc news there are delegates to pushing to create some

trouble, one could say, or try to unseat donald trump, essentially. and the rules committee just prior to the convention in cleveland next month. trump spent maybe the 10 minutes talking about that. saying essentially it cannot happen. reiterating what he told me last night. i want to play you that sound. listen. >> it's been going really well. you know, i read about this insurgent group. you know, the same group i beat is insurgent. there are a couple of guys they're trying to go to. they're trying to get delegates. i thought they already tried that. i mean, i could give you names but i won't. it's meaningless. first of all, it's illegal. second of all, you can't do it. third of all, we -- not me. we got 14 -- almost 14 million votes. 14 million votes in the primaries. that's more votes than ever

received in the primaries in the history of the republican party. >> reporter: and in those remarks, trump taking a bit of a dig at texas senator ted cruz without mentioning him by name talking about his former rivals who were looking to try to get the support of delegates of potential second ballot before the primaries ended. trump has been touting his fundraising. he's been talking about his campaign organization. he lags behind hillary clinton in both those areas. particularly on fundraising. he's coming off the texas swing in which sources telling us he raised about $8 million or so. maybe $8.5 million. it's a drop in the bucket compared to what democrats have been able to do over the last year or so as their victory fund in place. trump focussing on fundraising. that's why you're seeing in places like texas and georgia earlier this week. one more notable point to make, governor sandoval of nevada is not at the rally. it essentially makes it 0-5 for

the last six days where trump went to different states and governors didn't publicly back him. some including, for example, governor deal went to private fundraisers but none appeared on stage. we know in arizona the governor will be doing fundraising, potentially. >> all right, he hasn't begun to hit the battle ground states. ha hallie jackson in las vegas for us. thank you. and not only his donald trump is in a battle against hillary clinton but increasingly having to fend off his own party. some gop delegates are trying to change july's convention rules. that may be a long shot but it's more signs that the party isn't rallying around trump even house speaker paul ryan is enforcing unity. in an exclusive interview set to air tomorrow on "meet the press." ryan is telling his members to vote how they want. >> the last thing i would do is tell anybody to do something that is contrary to their

conscience. of course, i wouldn't do that. look, believe me, chuck. it's a very strange situation. it's a very unique -- i felt as a responsibility constitutionally as speaker of the house i should not be leading some causam in the middle of our party. that will knock us out of the white house. >> for more let me bring in eleanor clift and republican strategies patrick griffin. thank you very much for joining us. patrick, let me begin with you. i want to play you some sound. this is donald trump and what he had to say about his own party just moments ago. take a listen. >> breaking news! there will be this and that at the convention. who are they going to pick? i beat everybody. i don't mean beat. i beat the hell out of them. right. and we're going to beat hillary and it would be help ffl the republicans could help us a

little bit. >> so, is the division too deep to overcome or do you think there's going to be time to bring the party together? >> i think there's still time, ayman. this is not a good thing for the trump narrative. look, donald trump is right. he did win the nomination. that's over. all but over. i don't think anything that happens in cleveland is likely to change that. i think this. donald trump needs to find a second gear, a next place to go on this thing in order to practice what i like to call addition and multiplicatiomultit subtraction and division. his people will stay with him. the problem is raising money has been a problem for him. the problem is, building a real estate wide national political organization in these critical battle ground states is a real problem for trump. and the idea of trying to appeal to various demographics of voters. it's going to be very difficult, unless he can shift to a narrative that allows people to come toward him and not push him

away. a lady said last week, every time i accept the fact this is a republican, that trump is a nominee and i start to want to be for him, he does something to push me back. that's a real serious problem. especially against a nominee like hillary clinton who is a far, far from perfect candidate. trump should be doing much better at this point. >> let me ask you this, we're about a month away from july's gop convention. as we're hearing some convention delegates are trying to vote against donald trump. he is, as you heard in the sound byte, said he's aware of that. saying some is illegal. it could be a make or break four weeks for trump. how do you see it playing out on the republican side? >> first of all, it's not illegal. there are no federal or state laws that govern how the republican delegates choose their nominee. the rules committee will meet a few days before the convention. if a majority of the members of the rules committee vote to have

delegate the vote their conscience, then they can nominate somewhere else. there's no laws they will be breaking. they can change the rules any time they want. but there would be a big price to pay for that. >> what is that price? >> the price is the much of the republican base, the trump voters. i covered the reagan white house and president reagan was a wonderful story teller and joke teller. he told one joke that i remember after all these years. a fellow goes to visit a psychiatricist and he's there because his brother thinks he's a chicken. the psychiatric said how long it's going on? he said 15 years. he said how come you didn't come sooner? he said we need the eggs. the republicans were unable to dislaunch donald trump throughout the primary because the they need the eggs. >> yeah.

patrick, let's talk about the ground game. donald trump's ground game. the associated press reporting he has about 30 paid staffers in battle ground states. that's compared to hillary clinton who had an army of staff dedicated in the general election battle ground states in months. he's spending big money on ad buys. how concerning is it for party insiders that trump is not ramping up his staffing? >> it's very concerning. look, without a ground game there's about 30 staffers or so we've heard about. i think you reported it on your air. the fact of the matter is, without a ground game, and without money, money is what creates the ground game. those are two deficits for donald trump. he's gotten this far because he's in a small room, if you will, and not the big room at the casino. this is where push comes to shove. unless he can ramp it up, and in order to add more ground staff he has to raise more money. so far the money is not coming in either. this is a problem. eleanor may get her wish that

the democrats wind up with a weakened nominee even against someone like hillary clinton. that's disturbing for me as a republican. >> all right. we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. we'll be back with eleanor later on this hour. we continue to follow the investigation into the mass shooting in orlando, florida. and new revelations surrounding the gunman. a florida psychologist is ref e refuting she administrated a psychological test on omar mateen. it comes despite the fact her name is on his gun permit. in a statement provided by her attorney to nbc news the doctor says in part, quote, in september of 2007 i was not living or working in florida. i was not performing any work -- and i didn't administrate any type of examination to omar mateen. any statement to the contrary is absolutely false. joining me now from orlando is nbc sara daloff. good to have you with us. what is latest you're hearing

surrounding the investigation. what direction it's going in. >> reporter: well, good afternoon, ayman. the fbi is still working to process this scene here behind me. this, as we learned new details about mateen's behavior leading up to the shooting. indications he may have been preparing to die. he transferred his ownership share of his home to his sister for $10 about two and a half months ago and made purchases on his credit card, as if, one officials said, he never worried or planned to pay the card off. his wife continues to be treated as a witness. a source tells nbc news she's handed over a number of electronics, including cell phones, laptops, and an ipad. this, as funerals continue both here and puerto rico. an orlando secretary has donated a plot of listened f7of land fot wish to bury their loved ones here. >> we continue to hear accounts from sur vooifrs of the tragic

night. you spoke with a survivor. what did he say about what happened that fateful night? >> reporter: he detailed for me those moments leading up. he and a friend, who he later found out had been killed, showed ushow ed up to the club 10 to 15 minutes before last call. they were doing snap chatting when the shots began. >> to be hearing fire shots and gun and people were panicking and the lights go off and the husk. you still hear it and you're like is it ever going to stop? i'm going to relate it as the boogie man. when you're in your bed as a kid and waiting for the light to come on or your mother to open your door and say "it's okay." or check underneath the bed. that was that moment of fear. not knowing is he coming? is he coming over here? where is he? am i next? >> so stories of fear and horror

frommed in the nightclub continue to emerge. we have a bright spot of news to tell you, at least four more of the injured have been released from the hospital. we know of two that have been upgraded from critical condition. ayman, back to you. that's good news. nbc sara has been reporting from the early ours of last week. after a quick break, we go to pennsylvania where there are more questions than answers about why 12 young girls were living inside a man's home. he's charged with sexually assaulting one of the girls. his connection to them remains unclear. what we know when we come back. stay with us.

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we can whine about donald trump. we can whimper about donald trump or fight back. me, i'm fighting back. i'm fighting back. you bet. and hillary clinton is fighting back. democrats are fighting back. and here's the best part, america is fighting back! >> that was elizabeth warren, a short while ago hitting trump at the new hampshire democratic convention following her surprise visit to the clinton campaign's brooklyn headquarters. clinton herself has no events today. her campaign expanded. it's massive ad by eight critical battle ground states. the clinton campaign is in talks with bernie sanders and his top aids. the vice president senator is hoping to gain conventions on policy and prepare procedures before he decides to concede.

nbc kasie hunt is joining us live now. good to have you with us. we've seen elizabeth warren become a fixture in the race, so to speak. could she play another role besides bashing donald trump and trying to mend fences between clinton and sanders? >> well, she certainly has gotten on board with clinton in an aggressive way that sends a major signal to a lot of those progressive supporters of bernie sanders. there's some questions about just how much overlap there is between the supporters of bernie sanders and the people who supported elizabeth warren. clearly it exists. there's a sense among democrats that bernie sanders brought new independents into the process that may not be converted by warren but need bernie sanders to get on board. she's a way that the clinton campaign can potentially activate that progressive base that she struggled to connect with through the primary.

and warren, of course, has been getting a lot of practice as it turns out hitting trump. she's been very effective at it. take a look at a little bit more what she had to say at the new hampshire democratic party event today. >> donald trump says he likes to see women on their knees. ton donald, that's not happening. can you believe this guy? democrats believe in equal pay for equal work and a women's right to decisions over her own body and we're ready to fight for it. >> she's clearly able to say some things that hillary clinton maybe might want to steer clear of. we know she's potentially part of the vice president process but hillary clinton are beginning the process of getting to know each other personally. it started with a meeting between the two at hillary clinton's home a few days ago. >> kasie hunt in washington.

thank you. for more on the clinton campaign strategy, i'm joined by democratic strategies and host of the political talk show, the usual suspects and veteran journalist eleanor clift is back with us. good to have you both. sean, clinton is spending the most money in ohio, florida, north carolina. trump is not even on the air waive the in those states. how important is the head start for the clinton campaign? how much advantage will it give her, you think? >> well, i think it's important for her as she pivots to the general election. i mean, she's running against a guy who last five states he's gone to hasn't had any governors to support his candidacy. so it is important for her to go and make sure she's ready to put up a fight. i think her next steps needs to be opposite of his. the governors and those states she goes to now need to show up show solidarity. >> eleanor, we were talking

about elizabeth warren. she's become a prominent critic of donald trump in the past couple of weeks. raising her profile and pemeeti with senator clinton. how do you warren's role-playing out in the weeks before the convention? >> she's doing everything to audition for the vice president si. i'm a skeptic when it comes to thinking she's going to be on the ticket. she clearly has a role in energizing the progressives in the party letting them know that hillary clinton passes muster with her. i think there's a bit of a rivalry between warren and bernie sanders. the sanders campaign actually grew out of the 99% movement. their first choice to carry that banner was elizabeth warren. run, elizabeth, run. when she declined sanders stepped in to the void. no one took him seriously at first. he did better than anybody expected. now to win his support and to win the support of the people

who back him is an essential if clinton is going to unite the party. >> yeah. he's done a lot more than what anyone could have imagined. at least a this stage. how much can bernie sanders realistically gain from the policy talks with clinton? how much is he going to be able to impact the policy platform of the democratic party? >> listen, he really needs to let that go. i mean, what he needs to do now is show hillary clinton he has a strategy for moving his supporters to her and the democratic party. the last thing he wants to do is being known for and as the person who made hillary clinton lose and the democrats lose the white house. he has to be careful of that. he need to be strategic. i think right now he needs to be showing her as much support as he can. pulling in all those markers that have been supporting him from the beginning. he needs to hand them over. hand them to hillary clinton. and, you know, nobody is listening to the policies right now. the platform committee will meet in a small room, and the

convention won't -- but it does matter if he wants to maintain the power in control and momentum as it goes into the future. >> eleanor, quickly, as we mentioned she's stepped up her ad buys in at lot of these states. at the same time hillary clinton is having unfavorable numbers among voters. will these ads help clinton's favorability? >> some of the ads are designed to boost her. they're not all attack ads going after donald trump. you know, when her husband was nominated in 1992 he went into the convention with some pretty weak numbers in terms of favorability, also. and they did a film at the convention, sort of introducing the man from hope, arkansas. and so i think, you know, the convention will be a way to reintroduce her to the american people. and so, you know, i think she can help those numbers somewhat. when she was secretary of state, her approval was like 66%. she's been a political target ever since.

i think she can recover some of the numbers. she's never going to go into this, you know, as the most beloved candidate of times. far from it. >> we'll see if history repeats herself as it did with her husband. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. coming up new details about the orlando shooter and the flags raised about him before he carried out last week's massacre. it's raising new questions about lone wolves in america. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line.

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pose tour communities. >> that was barack obama in his weekly address. a prefather's day message that reflects on the tragedy in orlando. it requires parents to speak up about the dangers of guns. he called continued inaction inexcusable. new questions being raised in regard to the danger and risk of potential lone wolf attacks like the orlando gunman and other terror-inspired suspects. with me is executive director msnbc terrorism analyst malcolm nanse. i was in orlando covering this week and learned a lot about the suspect. there's a question, obviously within the fbi surveilled this guy. they had him under surveillance for 10 months. looked into his past. we're talking about flags that may have been missed. when you look at the issue of radicallization. we don't know when the individual was radicalized. how fast the process happened. you're wondering if there's red fl

flags. where do you begin to look at the intersection of radic radicallization and signs that were missed? >> well, to tell you the truth, the signs that were missed were clearly definitive. really, right there when we went to the gun store and tried to buy level three body armor and asked about level four body armor which will stop a police rifle. when you spoke on the phone in a foreign language and looking for bulk. 5.56 millimeter ammunition. that when they called the fbi the intelligence process clearly broke down. the fbi confirmed they received that call, too. that should have taken him from lone wolf status to known wolf status and calls to intervention on their part. >> on that specific point with the issue of the body armor. the fbi said they checked that out. keep in mind, this was a guy that had no purchase at that venue. there was no surveillance video. they didn't know his name. they're basing this on the fact think that was the person in

their store. how does the fbi take that piece of information and follow it up when they have no electronic trace or any trace that could have lead to him. >> right. the tipper itself should have brought attention to the joint terrorism task force and looked up to the high level. they're looking for bulk rifle ammunition. those two indicators should have raised a red flag and taken immediate investigation. not just, you know, put on the desk we'll come back on monday. >> let's go back to the issue of radicallization. his wife was saying she wasn't aware of any specific radicalization. his family wasn't aware. these are the people intimately living with them. let's say they're not aware of it. how in the world are law enforcement agencies going to track this internet radic radicalzation taking place if the closest people in his circle aren't aware. >> i've written two books how al

qaeda and isis radicalize individuals. the key component is that they put you in what is called a state of where you leave emigrate from the lands of the infidel off to their caliphate. if you go mentally, that means you separate yourself from your family. we saw it in the bernardino killers. they could prepare an entire attack and turn their child over to their grandmother and not leave any clues to the family whatsoever. leaving the family into the land of the unbelievers is a kpoi component of isis' consult like ideology. >> it makes it harder for fbi terrorism analysts to track it. thank you. a number of state department officials are calling for air strikes against bashar al assad according to the new york times, 51 u.s. diplomats signed an internal memo that sharply critical of the president's handling of the civil war in syria. it calls for military strikes against the syrian government.

after assad repeatedly violated a cease-fire put in place in february. >> it's unusual for to have as many signatories as this one. i think it tells us several things. i think it tells us that we have a unique process in place here through which employees of the state department can offer candid and unvarnished views. all the way to the top. i think it tells us clearly that syria matters a lot to the people who work at the state department, as it should. and i think it says we need to keep on working as hard as we can for better outcomes. as the secretary and so many others are doing. >> joining me now from washington the former u.s. ambassador to syria and kuwait. good to have you with us, mr. ambassador. >> my pleasure. >> 51 diplomats, mid-level

diplomats questioning or asking for the change in policy. is it significant? is it going to make a difference? >> well, it's significant. it's unprecedented that the channel has been around approximately 50 years and i'm sure there's never been a any dissent channel message that has gone up with that many people endorsing it. >> let's talk about, then, in terms of any impact it may have. obviously we're a few months until the end of the obama administration. can we expect based on this this push from the diplomats a change in policy toward syria? >> i don't think so. or at least i don't think it will be because 51 mid level u.s. diplomats signed a dissent channel cable. i think the president and this administration before the end of the term on january 20th are trying to reduce isis' hold on

territory and wealth and the overall power. and that's the goal. i don't think this administration is as keen to reduce the power of bashar al assad despite how badly how he's treated civilians living in opposition areas with barrel bombs and hitting hospitals and clinic clinics and the like. that's not been their priority. i doubt it's going to change now. reducing isis is a real goal. ousting assad is not. >> the 51 diplomats, assuming they're career diplomats and not political appointees. is there any implication for the incoming president. these diplomats will probably stay on. maybe different roles but will play a role in the state department. could be a message to the incoming president that the state department or diplomats want to see a more robust policy

toward the assad policy in syria? >> i think they do. they want it as means to an end. the end being force assad to come to the negotiating table in geneva, sit down with the opposition, work out a -- have his people work out a transition plan that where by he has to stand down and there is a new constitution, a new elections. that's the goal. i happen to believe in the law of unintended consequences, which means that rarely are we able to calibrate things that finely to get the results we want. ie see iraq, afghanistan, and libya. >> let me ask you quickly in terms of the overall policy strategy. what is the best way for the united states in dealing with both with the assad regime doing in terms of the innocent people it killed and isis. obviously we know that the assad regime is killing more innocent people than isis ever has >>well, we know that may be. i'm not sure i have such

statistics. but i don't think anybody that watched isis, for that matter, doubts for a minute that the situation reversed they wouldn't be slaughtering civilians all over the place and regime controlled areas and we've seen some examples of that already. so there are no good guys, generally, in all of this. and we have to recognize that. we have to work with the russians. we have to continue to try diplomacy. to do everything we can to rally the world to provide humanitarian aid. it would be nice if the united states were willing to take its share of syrian refugees rather than expecting turkey, jordan, and lebanon to do it all. >> all right. former u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. next we turn our focus to fa lucia. iraq's military is working to gain full control from the isis.

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how confident are you the iraqi forces and the current government can hold these gains? >> women, i think they can hold the gains inside fallujah. you asked the right question. is it, in fact, not only winning the city but the hearts and minds? i remain concerned that by the use of the shia popular mobilization forces in the fight, they may have won the city but losing the hearts and minds. >> there are wort reports, we haven't confirmed them yet, that the iraqi military opened a second front south of mosul today. what is the significance of that. do you think the iraqi military is capable of opening that second front without completely consolidating or solidifying its gains in fallujah? >> the u.s. forces and the coalition forces have certainly trained enough forces, iraqi forces to start the battle for mosul. mosul is the second largest city inside iraq. it has to be taken back before

the government can really claim a foothold and a long -- and a long battle against isis. but we got realize that mosul is about five times the size of fallujah and about five times the distance from baghdad. it's going to be hard to logistically support it. they're going to need more forces to take it. >> one of the biggest challenges i know even when the u.s. was on the ground there is the issue of urban warfare, particularly cities like fallujah and mosul. over 3,500 civilians died since fighting began in 2014. are the efforts on the ground to try to get people out of harm's ways proving to be effective, and what role can u.s. air strikes play when you're dealing with a density populated area? >> well, the presence of civilians inside of large cities always make it far more difficult. the advantages you have from air

power are to a great extent are taken away. it requires street-to-street, house-to-house fighting. the menemy is using civilian shield makes it difficult. the ability to get the civilians out of the city is often negligible. >> all right. retired army brigadier general, thank you very much for your insights. we appreciate it. next a former gop senator takes a stance sounding off on the need for gun control. at the same time, announcing his go to support hillary clinton ♪

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gun measures. >> there is a newfound imperative for this body to find a way to come together and take action. to try to do our part to stem this epidemic of gun violence and in particular this epidemic of mass shootings that plagued this nation. >> to vote on this measures this monday. donald trump said this week that he'll meet to discuss banning gun sales for people on terror watch lists but it was a former republican senator of south dakota that says the orlando night club shooting convinced him to go public with his endorsement of hillary clinton. secretary clinton has been courageous on the subject and stood up to the nra. the former senator joins us now live. there's been a long list of mass shootings in this country.

what was it about last week's shooting that made you decide to speak out now? >> it was yet another example but we don't seem to do anything. we have forgotten that we had an assault weapons ban in place in the united states until 2009 and it was allowed to lapse by the democratic two congresses. so both parties have a lot of guilt in this thing but hillary clinton is the only national figure today who is for an assault weapons ban and also for background checks. this thing that congress is going to do on monday is much more limited so she has really taken a high risk in her campaign and being so strongly for both an assault weapons ban and for a background check and i think we need to recognize that and i endorsed hillary clinton for president because she is the only person saying that. >> i'll get to the endorsement.

you're calling for universal background checks on gun sales and assault weapons ban. how hard would it be for either of those to actually move in congress? >> well we did move it. we did have an assault weathers ban in part. bill clinton signed that and it was in place for nearly ten years and it was dropped, ironically enough in the first year of the obama administration. >> why do you think that was? why do you think that happened? >> because of the power of the nra but the point is the democrats were many control of both houses in congress and usually the republicans are blamed for all of these things so both parties, we have hillary clinton in this campaign, a national figure that's strongly for specific gun control legislation and i think we need to reward her for that stand. >> you're obviously bringing up points about hillary clinton's position on guns in particular fighting the nra but i'm also curious to get your thoughts on how much of your decision to endorse hillary clinton was

based on the fact that donald trump was the presumptive republican nominee. >> in terms of policy issues about guns and defense and you could argue that she is conservative in terms of a balanced budget so voters have to work hard to look at policy issues and we're not getting much of that from donald trump. >> let me ask you if i can before we run out of time have you been speaking to other republicans trying to persuade them as well to follow your lead? >> well i have spoken to some and they have whispered in my ear that they'll vote for hillary clinton in the end. people's careers are on the line and it's very hard for people to speak out on something like this but this gun thing has dragged on and dragged on and we can't seem to get it off center and we

should use this opportunity. the thing the senate is voting on on monday is fine but it's easy. what is tough is more of a background check which we need and an assault weapons type ban but especially more of a background check and that should be passed. and nobody is speaking out for it except hillary clinton. >> it's a discussion long overdue in this country. former south dakota senator, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> well, that does it for me this hour. i am live at msnbc world headquaters in new york. my colleague picks up our coverage next. stay with us. making simple, smk choices... with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on liken that new laptop.here. quicksilver keeps ings simple, gary. and smart, like you! and i like that. i guess i am pretty smart. don't let that go to your head, gary.

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members of his own party try to launch a campaign to keep him off the november ballot again. warning signs missed. new questions today about if the orlando attacker could have been stopped as investigators exposed more about his life leading up to last weekend's attack and no fly, no ball. the worst mass shooting in history and congress volleying ideas back and forth to try to reach a compromise. we'll speak live to one of the senators that made it his mission to keep weapons out of the wrong hands. >> law enforcement officials expected to be greeted by hundreds of protestors nearby. he is wearing a white coat and carrying a white hood. the sponsor is unknown. trump was just in