the minute he heard the gunshots, he said he dove under the table. >> crawling with my drink in my happened. >> my son was in the club with his boyfriend, juan. and juan got shot multiple times. it's being called a case of domestic terrorism. 42 wounded x approximately 20 dead. >> well on to our special coverage of the mass shooting in orlando. we do want to begin with darcy spencer who is at the live desk tracking the very latest. >> good morning. we are following the latest in that deadly shooting at the gay night club in orlando. we just learned the name of the shooter, omar mateen. he was born in new york, but lived in port st. lucie. we also learned

being beefed up as a result of the shooting from overnight. mayor muriel bowser just released a statement minutes ago ahead of today's festival saying i have been briefed by chief cathy lanier about increased security measures. today as always well not be deterred by hate as we gather to celebrate love. we're also hearing from orlando's mayor, buddy dyer. >> our community experienced a very horrific crime. many lives were lost and many more individuals were impacted by witnessing the crime. many were saved however by the heroic efforts of the men and women of opd. >> a news conference is scheduled in about 15 minutes in orlando. we'll continue to bring you the latest developments. back to you. right now we do want to turn our attention to what is going on out there, outside. good morning, everybody.

it will be another hot day, but the humidity not so much a factor on this sunday. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking how hot it will get. >> lower humidity will be moving in later this afternoon. but right now, still rather steamy as you're about to head out the door, maybe you have plans for perhaps maybe getting in a quick walk or run this morning. you will work up a sweat because it's still rather humid. temperatures respect look at that, have really jumped here in the last half hour, we're already well into the 80s. upper 80s much of virginia and maryland. reagan national now up to 89 degrees. we'll be hovering near 90, so if you plan to getting biking in, some hiking, we'll be near 90 between now and around 1:00, but then between 3:00, to 5:00, low to mid-90s with the winds gusting up to about 30 miles per hour as the lower humidity moves on in. look at the storm chances for the week ahead, that is coming up in a few mes

40 people out of their hoof hom blaze in manassas. it broke out last night around 11:00. this is video from a hotel guest there across the street. two people had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the cause is still under investigation. and police in prince william county are investigating a stabbing that happened in manassas on double day lane. police say one man has life threatening injuries. they don't have a suspect in custody right now. and d.c. police are investigating a shooting this morning. they say it happened on f street just after midnight. one man does have life threatening injuries. now a story that we have been following for the last day. she rose to fame right here in nbc. former "the voice" contestant kr christina grimmie is being remembered for her amazing talent and spirit. she was shot and killed as she signed autographs. and this morning we're

barry errant has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: fans in orlando, florida gathered to share their grief over the death of 22-year-old christina grimmie. >> just horrible. >> reporter: leaving signs and flowers at a makeshift memorial. >> no reason to take someone so perfect in music and general and just take her life away. >> reporter: police say grimmie was signing autographs when kevin james loibl approached and opened fire. >> no indication that he knew her. we're looking into that, trying to find a motive for the crime. >> reporter: a note attached to the door where the gunman is believed to have lived. grimmie's brother tackled him and he killed himself during the struggle. >> definitely could have prevented future loss of life there.

>> reporter: grimmie's brother released a statement saying she loved the lord and her family and honestly there for me and i honestly don't know what i'll do without her. christina grimmie was a star on the rise, becoming a fan favorite on the season six of "the voice." >> very looked up to. >> reporter: fans struggling with the loss and no answers as to why. barry errant, nbc news. and still no word on who could have killed two in prince george's county. santos and gonzalez were both found dead outside a hyattsville apartment building, this was friday night. officers were called to guilford road for a welfare check. . we still don't know how they died.

>> kings dominion will reopen after a partial power outam forced to close yesterday. this happened just before 8:00 last night. our nbc affiliate in richmond tweeted a picture of a roller coaster stuck halfway up a hill. park says all rides were stopped and safely evacuated. the maryland man shot by police outside dallas love field airport is now being charged with two counts of assault. police say sean diamond using large rocks to smash car win toes and threaten the mother of his children when an officer showed up. they say diamond was shot several times after he lunged at that officer. he's still in the hospital. turning to the race for the white house, it's not hillary clinton in donald trump's ross hairs. he had tough words for mitt romney after romney told an audience that trump is setting a bad

down racism. trump responded by calling romney a choker. >> and i said to myself it's absolutely pathetic. he lost, he choked, like a dog he choked. and now it's time for somebody else, we're going to win. i don't choke. >> trump also called out former republican rivals jeb bush and ted cruz for not endorsing him as the party's presumptive nominee. the endorsements continue to come for hillary clinton. reverend jesse jackson endorsed clinton for president on saturday in chicago. this is at a memorial site for children killed by gun violence in the city. he says clinton is the most qualified candidate to be president and that he trusts she will look out for the interests of all people. meanwhile bernie sanders is vowing to fight ahead in the d.c. primary, but what does he hope to gain? sanders will speak with chuck todd oig n meet thes from oig a

temperatures will be back in the 90s. almost there at reagan national already. tom is tracking how long the sunny and warm stretch will last and what you can expect for your monday morning commute. and we continue to follow breaking news on that big shooting in orlando. the gunman is dead and multiple people are wounded at a night club. police are calling it a mass casualty situation. coverage continues. p

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we're awaiting a news conference update from orlando in the mass shooting at a guy night club there in orlando where about 20 people were killed, 42 were injured overnight. pete wilam

shooter's name, omar mateen. nbc news has spoken with the gunman's father by tone just this morning, he said, quote, we are apologizing for the whole incident. we weren't aware of any action he was taking. we are in shock like whole country. this had nothing to do with religion. he claims his son got very angry when he so the saw two then kis a downtown miami a couple months and go and he thinks that may have caused the mass shooting. there will be a stepped up police presence at today's capital pride festival as a result of take shohat shooting. now back to you. and authorities are expected to give an update on the investigation any minute now. >> that's right. sarah dallof has been live at the scene. she has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning. a tranlg egic scene south of or where authorities say just after 2:00 this morning, a shooter armedit

and handgun entered the night club. he engaged in gunfire with a -- >> no those of you joining us right now this is a 13esh8 report. news conference just getting under way. the shooting in a took the lives of approximately 20 people, let's listen in. [ inaudible question ] >> well, i think it's more likely than not that it was an ideologically motivated attack. right how we don't have any direct information that he was associated with any particular group. but it does seem that it's no coincidence that the attack took place where it did and when it did. [ inaudible question ] >> i think it's very likely the case. we will know more if there is any indication of florida through his personal paper, through his involvement in social media and so on. we'll learn more about that over time. but certainly it would not the

why -- [ inaudible question ] >> because it's a guy club. and it might be that we've seen the commission of an awful hate crime last night. [ inaudible question ] >> our sadness and the fact that we well understand that it could have happened to anybody. it's in the nature of terrorism that all of us feel there but for the grace of god go i. and that is the very function of it. 20 people are dead, over 40 people injured. but thousands upon thousands feel some degree of father. every single one of these people that died or was injured was innocent. and could have happened to any one of us anywhere anytime. that is the nature of terrorism. he's in his late 20s. he is from -- he lives in port st. lucie. he himself is a u.s. citizen. that iot

family members. omar mateen. [ inaudible question ] >> police release that information when they are ready to do that. [ inaudible question ] >> what i've been doing among other things he at sheriff demming oig request is to make sure that the hospital is free to let those who are in the hospital trying to help their injured relatives provide that assistance without violating privacy laws. what are called the hipaa laws. so we're doing our part this my office to make sure that there are no bureaucratic impediment thes to letting them comfort the injured. [ inaudible question ] >> i don't know. i don't know. every victim has been removed. [ inaudible question ] >> well, let me put it 24 way. the nationality

members is indicative. but again, the police are holding back take information until it's time for that to come out euntil they have done the full background check, have found whatever there may be, computers and writings and so on. as well as checking social media. 5ud. >> no evidence of that at this point. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> police never actually said it was a bomb, she sathey said suss device. all the killing was done with an assault rifle. it was done very quickly respect also. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm sorry, i can't hear you. [ inaudible question ] >> it will take many hours. there is blood everywhere. i spoke with somebody on the site. there is an enormous amount of evidence to be collected over the course of many hours inside.

>> that congressman from the nirnt district of florida covering parts offed orlando talking about the shooting. many of the informationmar mate, living at an address in the port st. lucie area. let's bring in gabe guttierez as we watch a bomb disposal unit move outside the night club the there. >> reporter: still an active scene here. behind me the authorities have kept the media and by sanders several blocks away from the night club. at least 20 dead, 42 wounded and taken to hospitals. this investigation is just on going and now lots of questions about the motive. nbc news it speak with the father of that suspect,

were able to reach him by phone. the father says it's possible that his son actually noted a while back in miami two men kissing and that may have caused this according to his father. again, authorities are still -- >> forgive me, i have to interrupt you as we go to the police briefing. >> we have cleared the building. and it is with great sadness that i share we have not 20 but 50 casualties. in addition to the shooter, another 53 hospitalized. because of the scale of the crime, i've asked the governor to declare a state of emergency. we are also issuing a state of emergency for the city of orlando so that we can bring additional resources to bear to deal with the aftermath. our focus is on identifying the victims and notifying the mi

for concerned family members. identification process may take some time. so we ask for your patience because we want to be accurate. concerned family members can call the hotline and let them know that you have someone that you are concerned about. i continue to be so proud of our communi community, the support that has been shown. i'm also thankful to entities from all around the country and all over the state of florida, the governor has made all the resources of the state of florida available we have assistance from the white house so every possible asset we have brought to bear. >> thank you, mayor dyer. let me start with expressing my sympat f

have lost in the last 24 hours. we know that this affects a large segment of our community, we know that we have a very close knit lgbt community who have been dramatically impacted by this, so to everyone who has impacted, our thoughts and prayers are but. what we saw last night sdchb do reflect what we feel in our county and i'm calling on every citizen here in orange county to never forget that we stand together in times of diversity, but we don't just stand together in the city, we stand together as a country. we've heard what others can do to help. so when evil like this comes to our community, we respond in force. i guarantee you we will do that again and thank you all for everything that you do to make

we he know that it will take time to be able to answer the questions of the loved one and there is nothing, nothing more difcult than waiting to find out stat it us of the people lo. please be patient. we're doing our best. >> as the mayor said, the night club pulse has been cleared. we're in the process of clearing suspect's vehicle. and we ask people be patient. unfortunately there, are many victims inside the club. and like was said, our priority will be on the identification of victims. notification of next of kin p. i want to thank all the outpouring of law enforcement support from as far away as boston and chicago that let will us use their resources if needed. and of course great communi

well. i also want to commend the courageous actions of the initial responding officers who c exchanged gunfire with the gunman and the s.w.a.t. team who rescued at least 30 possible victims and brought them to safety. so again at this point, just patience because unfortunately, this tragedy and the amount of bodies that are in there, amount of victims, it will take some time. thank you. we'll answer questions at the end. >> i'm sheriff jerry demings. i join our entire community in offering our sympathies to these families who have lost loved ones. this has certainly been a tragic day for all of us. in that this is a day of worship and most places in

clergy to pray for those families and this community and this nation for healing. in the last several hours, the men and women here in law enforcement have been working diligently to ensure the overall safety of everyone involved. you've seen most recently where there were members of our hazardous device people, bomb units working from the orange county sheriff's office with units from the orlando fire department to make certain that we did not have any secondary type devices off what have you in the crisis site itself. that process has taken an extended period of time tone sure t to ensure the safety of everyone. so that's why we have not been able to remove all of the victims, if you will, from the crisis site at this

that process is continuing. we likely have another hour to two of operational necessities to ensure the safety before we can begin that process. but we do appreciate the collaborative effort amongst different local governments as well as our state and our federal government. we've all come together in unity to address this issue, and on behalf of our entire community we thank you, the media, for covering this event and this tragedy. thank you very much. >> can you please confirm 5-0 dead. >> we'll take questions after we're finished with the prepared statements. >> hello. the fbi has confirmed the subject involved in this shooting incident. at this time we're making the notifications to the next of kin, so we will have that name to be officially

what i want to put out right now is that we all know in many situations people come and go to nightclubs such as these so if anyone out there attended this nightclub and then left before the shooting happened, i would urge you to still come in and come and talk to our investigators because you may not know what you may or may not have seen we appreciate your help. we're setting up a family assistance centered a 43 comia street at the hampton inn. we'll move it down to the hotel in order to accommodate more family members in an attempt to reunite people with either their loved ones or gather information on people who have not yet confirmed. >> can you confirm that number? 50? >> 50, yes. >> in addition to 53 in the hospital? >> you mentioned earlier -- >> i

who are going to speak and then we'll answer some questions. >> good morning. as many of you are aware, a little after 2:00 this morning we were notified of many victims, gunshot victims as central florida's only number one trauma center. we immediately activated our trauma plan, brought in six surgeons, one trauma surgeon. we continue to operate on a number of victims. we have found many of them are critically ill as a result of their injuries and we're in the process of trying to reunite families as we identify the names of these victims. as has been mentioned it will take time and we ask for your patience and we'll reunite the families and the victims just as quick

>> do you need blood donors? >> blood is a wonderful gift that. can all be arranged through the local blood banks. please, don't come to the local hospitals, but you can work through the local blood banks. >> many stations joining us. expecting to see "meet the press" but this is an nbc news special report on an update on a mass shooting in nightclub in orlando. >> i'm the president and senior imam of the society of florida, national president of islam. i'm here today to stand as a faith leader with our law enforcement community and our city leadership in this hour of horror that was brought upon our city. i've worked with these leaders for over 20 years. i know their caliber, their strength and their determiti