this morning on "world news now," we have new information on the deadly alligator attack on a 2-year-old at disney world. >> the ceo of disney releasing a statement overnight after the little boy was identified. the latest on the investigation and a warning from animal experts on how to stay safe. we also have new video from inside the orlando nightclub as dozens of people huddle together. a survivor shared it with his family during that three-hour ordeal. this as we learn new details about the shooter's wife and her possible involvement in that attack. and honoring the heroes in orlando, the hospital staff who worked tirelessly to save those injured in that nightclub shooting. we're learning how they handled such an overwhelming influx of patients in dire need and the powerful emotions that they must set aside to carry on their work. plus a breast-feeding mother finds herself in the crosshairs of an angry

their showdown in a target store is going viral after store employees rushed in to defend that mother. we have those stories all ahead on this thursday june 16th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. we begin with that heartbreaking end to what was supposed to be a fun family vacation at disney world. now matt and melissa graves are preparing to bury their 2-year-old son. >> and we do know his name now. he is lane. this is his feto. he was found not far from the water's edge, where he had been playing before that gator pulled him underwater. the sheriff delivered the news to the graves family with the help of a catholic priest. >> the family is from elkhorn, nebraska just outside of omaha. and lane's older sister is a student at the church's school. parish members say their entire community is just devastated and they're now offering their prayers and support. >> and just days before lane

guests at a wedding spotted this gator in the seven seas lagoon there in disney world property. though it's not known, however, if this is the same one that took the toddler. >> wildlife officials have captured and removed five alligators from that area, and they are being tested now for identification purposes. abc's marci gonzalez has more on how search crews finally found the little boy. >> reporter: dive teams on disney property in florida making the heart-wrenching discovery. the body of 2-year-old lane graves found six feet underwater, not far from where he was dragged away tuesday night by an alligator. >> the body was completely intact. there's likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator. >> reporter: the search effort nonstop since the first 911 call. it came in just after 9:00 tuesday night from the grand floridian resort, just across from disney's magic kingdom. the graves family there on va

little lane playing a foot from the shore of the seven sears la gon in ankle-deep water when that five to seven-foot gator grabbed him. his parents trying desperately to save the toddler. >> the father entered the water and tried to grab the child. was not successful in doing so. >> reporter: along that beach there are signs that read "no swimming" but nothing warning about alligators, which tourists have captured on camera there. >> an alligator! an alligator! >> reporter: as recently as two weeks ago. disney world for now closing its beaches and reviewing its signage. >> everyone here at the ball disney world resort is devastated by this tragic accident. >> reporter: and officials euthanized five alligators captured in the lagoon. they say if the one that killed lane graves isn't among them they'll keep searching. kend sxis diane. >> our thanks to marci there in orlando. and as many

at abc news. and disney chairman and ceo bob iger has spoken personally to the graves family to offer his condolences. >> he also issued a public statement about the trangedy saying "as a parent and a grandparent my heart goes out to the graves famil during this devastating lose. my thoughts and prayers are with them and i know everyone at disney joins me in offing our deepest sympathies." >> so we know this, florida is alligator country. the population is estimated right now to be about 1 million. but fatal attacks are relatively rare. >> still, this tragedy is sarg so many people. abc's gio benitez spoke to an expert who has important advice for potential visitors to the area. >> if you're out at night carry a flashlight. don't get in there and splash around in the water. the other thing we tell folks is don't feed them. it's against the law to feed an alligator in the wild. if you feed an alligator in the

wild or any animal at all you alter that animal's behavior and instead of being afraid of us they start coming over to where people are because they think they've got food. that's an attractant. don't do it. you get caught you can pay a fine, possibly go to jail. >> good tips there. we will have much more on this story in our next half hour. but we want to mf on to the other story that's developing in orlando. president obama and vice president biden will head there today to meet with the families of those killed in sunday's nightclub massacre. also, there is new video that was shot inside the club while the attack was under way. >> it may be difficult to watch, but it shows a group of people huddled together in a bathroom. the man who recorded it, miguel leyva, says he was with up to 30 people and they were there for four hours. leyva, who was injured in the attack, says he sent that video to loved ones to let them know they were still alive. >> we're also seeing the gunman in a documentary about the 2010 gulf oil spill. he was work a security job at the time. this is in pensacola, florida.

>> also, the owner of a florida gun shop tells abc news that the gunman tried to buy body armor and bulk ammunition from him. but the sale was turned down because the shop owner said the gunman seemed suspicious. the owner also claims he notified authorities about those suspicions three weeks ago. >> and this morning the attacker's wife remains under scrutiny about what she may have known before the massacre. abc's linzie janice is covering that angle. >> reporter: dozens of fbi agents in florida and across the country scrutinizing every aspect of noor salman's life. interviewing friends, family, anyone who knows her. she hasn't been seen in public since stopping by her apartment monday night. >> as exhaustive a review of evidence as you will find in the united states. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that when the fbi obtained surveillance footage of salman with her husband as he bought ammunition, when they confronted her with the video she soon began cooperating. reportedly telling them she tried to talk h

harming anyone. it's still unclear if she knew an attack was imminent. but shortly after the massacre salman took down her facebook page. mateen's father telling us he does not know if she was involved. >> my daughter-in-law is the most sincere and the most wonderful lady. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell us after salman started answering questions they gave her a polygraph test. linzie janis, abc news, fort pierce, florida. >> linzie, thank you. the senate is looking into a series of incendiary facebook posts made by the killer the day of the shooting. in them he railed against what he called the filthy ways of the west and he warned of attacks in the u.s. in the next few days. the senate homeland security committee has now sent a letter to facebook ceo mark zuckerberg requesting information and a briefing on the shooter's online activity. and the shooting in orlando has prompted a marathon session on capitol hill. a democratic senator from connecticut has staged a

filibuster, hoping to force a vote on gun control. senator chris murphy began speaking at 11:21 yesterday morning to a mostly empty chamber. murphy said it was unconscionable that congress has done nothing to change the gun laws since the newtown school massacre. >> he hasn't even taken a bathroom break as yet. donald trump wants to meet with the national rifle association to discuss gun laws. trump now says people on the terror watch list should be barred from purchasing firearms. the nra says they'd be happy to meet with trump. then restated its position. no gbz funs for terrorists, per. at a rally in atlanta trump said he would save the second amendment. he said the death toll would be smaller if the clubgoers had guns. and hill cy clinton tweeted "welcome to the quauz." and said trump was essentially forced into legislation to prevent people on the terrorist watch list from buying guns. clinton continued to slam trump as unfit to be p

from entering the country as reckless. overseas now wrtd wreckage of egyptair flight 804 has been spotted deep in the mediterranean sea. the aircraft disappeared nearly a month ago from paris to cairo killing everyone on board. a search vessel detected the wreckage between the greek island of crete and the egyptian coast. the next step will be to map the area and then begin an underwater search. the fbi, meanwhile, is offering a $50,000 reward for helping find one of california's most notorious criminals. the golden state killer is linked by dna to at least 12 murders, 45 sex assaults, and dozens of burglaries. his crime spree began 40 years ago in the sacramento area and eventually spread to southern california. investigators say that killer is now 60 to 75 years old. well, the federal reserve has decided to hold ifrpt rates steady after a disappointing jobs report last o'month. the fed decision was widely anticipated and had little impact on the stock

the dow down 34 points. and walmart is eliminating some 1,500 jobs. its stores mostly on the west coast. the positions affected involve invoicing and accounting operations. employees will be given a choice to remain with the company but in other positions. to baseball. all about numbers. maybe more than any other sport. and there's a lot of them in this next story. so pay attention. >> so we're talking about ichiro suzuki. of the marlins now. and some are calling him baseball's all-time hits leader. so he tapped one down the first base line yesterday in san diego, giving him 4,256 hits during his career in japan and in the majors. >> later he doubles to right, making it 4,257 hits. that's one more than pete rose's record, which was set entirely in the major leagues. rose reacted saying, "next thing you know they'll be counting his

>> i've got to get with pete rose here because it's a completely different league in japan. there was a guy in japan years ago who beat cal ripken's record. so that doesn't count. >> yeah. but i mean this isn't the minor leagues. it is still major leagues. just somewhere else, right? >> pete rose had like if they counted his minor league hits he'd be doing great. >> maybe ichiro should have an indented line, maybe an asterisk or something. >> there's a lot of that already in baseball. >> maybe a few too many asterisks already in that hall of fame. >> coming up we're going to show you an eighth-grader's "snl"-worthy political impressions performed at his graduation ceremony. >> that's coming up mention, but first a look inside the hospital that took in the orlando shooting victims. how these trauma nurses helped heal more than just physical wounds. and later the video of a man lashing out at a fellow target shopper for breast-feeding her child. what he said that had people

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until this the company had three successful ocean landings. spacex will launch a cargo mission to the international space station next month. hoping that one goes better. well, back on dry land, as we learn new details about the orlando gunman we're hearing story after story about acts of bravery and of course kindness. >> and many of those stories are coming from inside the hospital where victims were hushed and from those unsung heroes who've been working around the clock to help those patients heal both physically and emotionally. here's abc's dr. jennifer ashton with more on that. >> reporter: tearful reunions. dramatic revelations from that night of horror in orlando's biggest emergency room. the trauma team's leader still raw with emotion. >> i was walking out of the hospital, and walking out i saw team members walking in to work crying. and i just -- i just couldn't

describe how you feel. >> reporter: a trying time for this level 1 trauma center, nurses included. >> dr. cheatham, would you talk a little bit about the expertise of the trauma nurses, the surgical nurses and the emergency room nurses in this case? >> i will tell you we have the best nurses in the world. there is no question in my mind. [ applause ] >> reporter: shot in the leg three times and left to die, angel colon was reunited with his nurse, megan noble. >> i think you were my second patient because i got the call at like 3:00 a.m. and i came right in. and he was very brave. and i just remember his name was angel. it was a very chaotic night. all of this as the team worked together and we were really able to do a very good job. >> i love you guys. >> there were a lot of

>> reporter: but the emotion never got the best of them. >> the whole night was a little bit scary. but you have to put that aside. you can't be scared because your patients are scared. >> you saved a lot of lives. what did you say to yourself after you finally left the hospital after saving so many lives that night? >> so glad that we could help as many as we could. >> reporter: dr. jennifer ashton, abc news, orlando. coming up in our next half hour, the new fallout from the sentencing of a former stanford star athlete convicted of sex assault. the judge in the case now removed from presiding over a new sexual assault case. what the district attorney now says after the stunning reversal. but first the mother who was shamed for breast-feeding in public and the unlikely allies who rushed to her aid. you're watching "world news now."

breast-feeding in public is legal in nearly every state, but as one mom in connecticut found out, criticism can still get pretty heated. >> she was breast-feeding inside a target store and found some unexpected allies. here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: it's the video that's quickly going viral. >> yes! >> reporter: watch as this bomb is harassed for breast-feeding her baby at a target. >> because i'm feeding my baby this man is going crazy. and i'm shaking. >> reporter: jesse maher was nursing her infant at the store's cafe when she says she was verbally assaulted by another customer. >> he kept going and saying that i was disgusting and kind of kept going off. i started to shake and get really upset. >> i'm here protecting her. okay? >> reporter: onlookers including a team of target employees coming to her defense.

it's okay. this is what you should be doing. do not feel ashamed of this at all. >> reporter: the video which maher posted to her facebook page garnering national attention, with more than 6 million views and 76,000 shares and counting. >> a breast-feeding mom is sitting there defenseless. she's holding her baby and feegd them. you can't just jump up and react. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news target responding to the incident writing, "our breast-feeding policy which applies to all stores is just one of the ways in which we support our guests. guests who choose to breast-feed in public areas of the store are welcome to do so without being made to feel uncomfortable." >> i'm not the only one that this has happened to. this is one story, one story that is out there because i thought to pick up my camera. >> reporter: byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> never quite understand the reaction, how a breast goes from being something so beautiful in some contexts to suddenly when it

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nce with k-y ultragel. we're going to start this mix with a little bit of politics and really an amazing eighth-grader at chicago school graduation ceremony who decided that he was going to do his speech there on the stage impersonating some of the candidates in this year's elections. his trump is pretty killer. listen to it. >> and let me just tell you that thomas is such a great school. quite frankly it's been fantastic. and let me just tell you, by the way, that we have an entire team of mr. craigs, who by the way is fantastic. he's terrific. if we have an entire team of mr. craigs, we will win and we will win and believe me, we will win. >> spot on. >>

best part. that's jack aiello. he's an eighth-grader. and he by the way did not discriminate. he also showed his best hillary impression. here we go. >> i'd like to start off by thanking the great hard-working teachers of thomas middle school! they've given us the skills we need to get through sixth grade and through seventh grade and through eighth grade. and now we're going to take those skills and apply them to high school! >> he studied each of the candidates and their vocabulary and their penchant -- the clinton penchant for the word champion and he nailed it. my favorite i've got to say was bernie sanders. >> listen to this. >> let me start with the lunches. they're delicious. some of the best cinnamon rolls i've ever tasted! i do have one improvement for them, though. we need to make them free! what we need is a

revolution! >> i'd say he nailed it. >> if high school doesn't work out for him, "snl" may be a good option for him. >> he's quite a performer there at the school as well. >> happy graduation, jack. let's go over to virginia now to a pool party. >> oh, yes. who doesn't like a pool party? it's great. no? >> over there in the middle. not huge on pool parties. >> everybody loves a pool party. >> all the other dogs swimming around. barking, having a great time. >> come on, baya. >> baya not having it. >> come on. >> can i get out now? can i get out now? can i get out now? >> do you want a ball? let's play, baya. baya was having none of it. >> no. >> he was like, i just got my hair done, this is messing it up for me. >> maybe that's it. trying ton get her hair wet. >> we have the cronut, the bruffin, all these breakfast combinations. and now you have the dorito. this is in southern california. a southern california restaurant chain here. it's a burrito with a

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this morning on "world news now," fighting for change. senate democrats taking a stand on capitol hill, pushing for new measures in the wake of the orlando terror attack. as we're learning more about the victims' ordeal inside the nightclub. we have new details in that deadly alligator attack. search teams have discovered the body of the 2-year-old boy after he was snatched right in front of his parents. and new this half hour, extreme heat giving way to dangerous fires in the west. evacuations are under way as the latest wildfire scorches parts of california as other residents return to their charred homes in other parts of the state. and it is a first for the royal family. guess who has now become the first royal to pose on the cover of a gay magazine. >> george. >> no. >> charlotte. >> possibly. >> t