on this tuesday, june 14th making news in america, we remember the victims in the orlando nightclub massacre and an emotional gathering in orlando and other vigils around the world as more stories of heroism emerge. new details about the shooter, a look inside his apartment after it was raided by the fbi and a witness saying the shooter was seen many times before mingling at that same gay nightclub. >> he would try to meet people and try to bump up against people. >> plus, the gun shop owner who sold the shooter his weapon speaking out for the first time. a protest on capitol hill. some lawmakers walk out during a moment of silence demanding action on guns in america we're live in washington with the late. the kevlar

the gunfire. the s.w.a.t. team who was wearing it. quite an image, the bruise on that s.w.a.t. team member. we say good tuesday morning. we are learning a lot more this morning about the massacre in orlando including that new information that the gunman had apparently frequented that same nightclub in the past. >> this was the scene in orlando last night as nearly 8,000 gathered for a candlelight vigil. a nearby church bell tolled 49 times, once for each victim killed. >> and all of those victims have now been identified by authorities. their families being told about their loved ones, so arrangements can be made. >> president obama will personally meet some of those families on thursday when he visits orlando. abc's elizabeth hur is there with the latest on this investigation. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning to you and, yes, as the search for the motive continues here at the scene this

search of this the suspect's apartment is revealing. no sign of the devotion to isis he professed. from paris to new york and here in orlando, touching tributes. >> to the family and friends of the victims, your city is with you. >> reporter: a message of hope for communities still reeling from that night of terror. daylight now revealing the wall of the nightclub riddled with bullet holes and authorities releasing new information about why the s.w.a.t. team moved in. >> they said he had a vest and did talk about putting it on some of the hostages. >> reporter: that suspect, 29-year-old omar mateen killed in the gun battle with police was able to legally buy the weapons used in the massacre despite having made two trips to saudi arabia and being under fbi surveillance for nearly a year for possible links toism interest. >> i don't see anything in reviewing our work that o

differently. >> reporter: the fbi says it never found evidence that mateen was a terrorist and the gun shop owner says there were no red flags. >> an evil person came in here and held multiple security licenses and passed the background check. >> reporter: in ft. pierce a look inside his apartment after it was raided by fbi. this video provided to abc news by a univision tv crew showing family photos on the dining table and walls and expired florida firearms license and the room of the terrorist's 3-year-old son filled with toys and a bike with a spider-man helmet. well, as for those injured in the shooting, 34 are still in the hospital and some of them together with the surgeons who saved them are expected to share their stories of survival later this morning. diane and kendis. >> all right, elizabeth. what do we know so far about the shooter's ex-wife saying that he was scouting some other targets

there? >> reporter: yeah, we are learning from a senior counterterrorism official that number one mateen's ex-wife is cooperating with the fbi and also she is telling investigators that mateen may have scouted several locations for his attac including disney properties here in orlando. now, disney, the parent company of abc, would not confirm this report but they did say that it has increased security measures across all disney properties in what it calls a world of uncertainty. diane. >> it is a world we're waking up to nowadays, elizabeth. elizabeth hur for us in orlando. meanwhile, a patron of the pulse nightclub tells abc news the gunman used to come into the club on a regular basis. >> james van horn says mateen would visit for a few weeks at a time on weekends and then he wouldn't be seen for awhile. van horn claims mateen was coming to the club for two years. >> my friends came out and said, oh, come on in the back we'll take pictur

they said we don't like you talking to him. this has been like six months ago. and i said, why not. they said, well, we don't like him. he's weird. he's weird. he would try to meet people and try to bump up against people and put his arm around and maybe try to dance with them or something because that's what everybody tries to do. it's not like he just sat there and stared at people. he was an active person that tried to, you know, to find somebody maybe to go to bed with at night. >> van horn also said that he recalls talking to mateen about his divorce from his wife. also there was a report from our houston station that quotes a man saying he was contacted by mateen on a dating app. >> as we mentioned all of the victims killed in the massacre have now been identified. one young woman who lost her life left behind more than she could possibly have known. >> yeah, she had absolutely no idea that she was documenting her final moments as abc's amy robach

>> reporter: 25-year-old amanda alvear who took that ominous snapchat. her last moment hiding in the bathroom with her best friend >> that's the hardest part. i don't know if my sister suffered. i don't know if it was quick. >> i haven't heard anything. >> reporter: christine lieinone before getting the news no parent should hear. >> this was a club no one wants to be in. >> reporter: this woman's son was trapped inside sending these text messages. >> he has a gun and he's going to kill us. >> reporter: learning he is among the fallen. amy robach, abc news, orlando. >> and the mass shooting is also taking center stage in politics. >> donald trump and hillary clinton are expressing

taken next and tempers are flaring up on capitol hill. we get more now from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: congress divided in anger over the mass shooting in orlando. >> networking and information technology -- >> reporter: democrats tried to advance gun control legislation. >> i'm particularly interested about three pieces of legislation that have been filed --% only to be cut off some even walking out during a moment of silence. >> i will no longer stand here absorbing the full concern and tepid smugness of a house complicit in the weekly bloodshed. >> reporter: while on the campaign trail donald trump is expanding his proposed immigration ban. >> i will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism. >> reporter: but that ban wouldn't have stopped the shooter in orlando. like trump himself the shooter was born a u.s. citizen in new york. but trump had a different spin on the campaign trail. >> the killer whose name

afghan of afghan parents who immigrated to the united states. >> reporter: while hillary clinton taking a different approach using the word radical islamism but saying she would not demonize an entire religion. >> we face a twisted ideology and poisoned psychology that inspires the so-called lone wolves. >> reporter: and the president says he will stand in solidarity with the community when he travels there on thursday. kendis and diane, you know he's made no shortage of comments about gun control legislation and his need for it. he says this is the 15th mass shooting of his presidency. kendis, diane. >> and it will no doubt be an emotional scene in orlando when the president is here on thursday. lana, thank you. also from the campaign trail donald trump is clashing with the media again this time revoking press credentials from "the washington post." trump accused the post of

calling the paper phony and dishonest. the editor of "the post" says they're proud of their coverage and will keep at it. the trump camp has revoked them for "the daily beast" and politico and cited a headline linking the president to the shooting in orlando. isis claiming responsibility for another deadly attack and once again the target is france. survival stories inside the orlando nightclub. people hiding in rooms and texting their loved ones. we'll tell you about the heroic moments starting to emerge. tornadoes spawned overnight. we're going to tell you where it's all heading right

want to get to breaking news from france. a terror investigation is under way after two police officials were stabbed to death. those two officers were husband and wife, their attacker had a past terrorism conviction and had claimed allegiance to isis. he was also killed. but the couple's 3-year-old son was rescued by commandos. french officials reveal this morning there have been more than 100 terror-related arrests in the past month. we have some new pictures of the severe weather that hit oklahoma and texas. that's a twister you're looking at touching down in amarillo. the same storm system brought in flash floods and power outages and it's not just texas dealing with severe weather. on the radar you can see the powerful line of storms stretching from new mexico to the dakotas. today those storms are moving into missouri, minnesota and parts of iowa. it was a night of contrasting emotions at game five of the nba finals. >> the evening started with a large american flag and the former nba start grant hill who spent a lot of his carr

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had been visiting the club for two years. now, the families of the 49 people who lost their lives early sunday morning are now planning, of course, their final good-byes. >> while those arrangements are being made many of those injured remain hospitalized. abc's david muir has been speaking with some of the people who were at the club that night and made it out alive. >> reporter: we met malcolm barazzo. he was one who got out and still stayed to help the other victims. even as the gunshots continued. you can see him his hat on backwards helping to put victims into any vehicle they could find. when there were no ambulances in sight. they were putting victims into this pickup truck. >> his eyes were like -- they were rolling to the back of his head and he was with, you know, there were people -- there was four or five of us carry him and one girl said i can't do. >> reporter: malcom said he is still horrified by how one person can inflict so much harm. >> how a person can do that to someone they don't know like

you just walk into a building and you just and you change people's lives, you know, so much and it's unreal. it's unreal. >> reporter: and then there was the emt we met among the first to arrive here julio salgado jr. he lifted up a young man asking julio if he was going to make it. what did he say? >> he asked me if he was going to be okay and i tried to reassure him. >> how hard is that? >> it's very hard because they seem so helpless, you know, and it's just like -- you know, there's only so much we can do on the road. you know. >> many emotional tributes pouring in and another emotional tribute last night for christina grimmie, the former contes

down on friday night. hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil in grimmie's new jersey hometown. the 22-year-old was shot and killed as she signed autographs after a concert in orlando. the gunman fatally shot himself, adam levine has offered to pay for her funeral. in los angeles a body was discovered after crews responded to a massive fire at a vacant office building. five people who appeared to be unauthorized occupants were in the building at the time of this blaze. according to. 0s, that is, one of those people is being questioned by police in connection with the fire. and in new mexico a close call for three people, sta state trooper was helping a stranded truck driver and the truck rolled into traffic and a semi slammed into it and rammed into a police car and burst into flames. you can see it there with the driver trapped inside. well after several mens that driver was rescued. coming up, a surprise appearance at a vigil for the orlando

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>> and another perspective from inside an orlando hospital that dealt with the aftermath is going viral. this is the image of an er doctor's bloody shoe shared more than 00,000 times on facebook now. the doctor posted it and wrote on his page this is the blood of 54 innocent human beings. i don't know which were straight, gay, black, hispanic, what i do know they came to us in wave upon wave of suffering. >> the doctor says the blood which soaked through his scrubs and his shoes as well will stain him forever? he says he's going to keep those shoes because in the light of the worst side of humanity he then saw all these doctors, nurses, hospital staff come together and show the best side of humanity. >> yeah. >> in trying to help those victims. we have an update on a picture we showed you yesterday morning here on the broadcast. this is the kevlar helmet worn by a member of the orlando s.w.a.t. team hit in the head with a bullet during the raid which killed the

nightclub. >> this officer's name, michael napolitano. you can see the bruise on his head. other than that bruise we're told napolitano is said to be okay. he's very lucky man. >> very lucky man thankful for his helmet. a little girl this orlando is trying to do her part to reach out to those who lost loved ones or were injured in the shooting. >> 6-year-old madison lindsay stayed up late sunday night making some adorable cards and handing those out. colorful with drawings to spread the message peace and love bringing a little sunshine in a time of unbearable grief. >> i made some cards so people can feel much, much better so they won't -- they they can remember people who were killed and shot. >> shooting apparently took place right down the street from madison's school. and she said it took long to make the cards and she started

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this morning.. the world continues to mourn the 49 people shot and killed at a gay nightclub in orlando over the weekend. president obama will travel there on thursday to pay his respects. as the victims are remembered, officials are beginning to paint a clearer picture of the gunman, omar mateen. we now know the shooter may have considered other targets, including disney world in orlando. there are also reports out this morning that the gunman frequented the nightclub for several years - and had engaged other men on gay dating apps. but this morning -people throughout our area are paying tribute to the shooting victims. at least five vigils were held last night.. including this one at the unitarian universalist congregation of sterling. about 150 people were there.. hoping to send a message of unity. they represented religions from all over the world. during the vigil,

people spoke and sang. they later walked outside, carrying candles. sponsors of the vigil included the all dulles area muslim society, and loudoun interfaith bridges. in dupont circle in northwest d.c.. another vigil. many people who gathered there to remember the victims are members of the l-g-b-t community. they say they're stunned by the loss of dozens of lives at pulse nightclub in orlando. the muslim american women's policy forum organized the vigil.. in an effort to promote unity. during the event.. there were prayers in many languages. yesterday, abc7 brought a banner to dupont circle for people to sign with their condolences and thoughts for orlando. we'll be sending it to "the center" in orlando this morning -- that's an organization that works to promote and empower the l-g-b-t

everyone who stopped by to sign. around the world -- and here at home: tributes to the lives lost in orlando. the eiffel tower, lit up in the colors of the rainbow flag in support of the l-g-b-t community around the world. of course the pain of terror attacks still fresh to the people of paris -- after the attack on that city back in november. and closer to home -- the capital wheel, also lit up in the colors of the rainbow. the wheel is equipped with over one and a half million lights. it's xx and we're just getting started. the city of orlando - and the world standing together to remember 49 lives lost. how the victims are being honored this morning. and we are learning brand new information about the gunman this morning. the latest on possible plans to hit disney - along with reports that he frequented the nightclub where the shooting happened for several years.

good morning washington. partly cloudy and low humidity today. highs in the low 80s. higher humidity and added clouds are on the way. stray t-showers are possible tomorrow afternoon, mainly west of washington, d.c. so far so good as we sta