monday after what was an historic shooting here in orlando. in the day ahead there is at least one large community vigil planned for the evening tonight, but through the day we hope to get more answers from law enforcement about their investigation and what they have been able to uncover about the real motive behind the shooting incident that left 50 dead, another 50 plus people injured in hospitals across orlando. we did stop last night at a few places around town where people were gather. some of the gay night clubs still open for business last night. a lot of the patrons saying that they felt the need to be around other people. they wanted to be together. this is a community that of course is quite sad today, there have been gatherings where people are hugging and crying together, at the same time there isn't effort effort i think to show resilience, to say despite what happened here in the early morning hours of sunday,this community still wants to show that it is strong, orlando strong is a hash tag trending on social media. so this community is trying to show that as they move forw

they expect that there will be additional vigils and gatherings throughout the week to try to get more information about the victims. there have been a few locations set up for families to get that information and for them to gather. but this is going to be several days more of sadness and pain for the orlando community and the gay community in particular here. but the resounds message is that they to intend to bounce back. we will be here throughout the day for nbc 4. i'm aaron gilchrist in orlando. and david culver from the live desk this morning, whereoff night we have been monitoring the city of orlando website. it's there that they have been updating the names of the 50 killed. at this hour officials have identified 21 of the victims, that is 11 more than we knew last night. they range in age from 20

many latinos, which is not surprising given the latin themed event for that night. loved ones are describing the lives of those lost and how they will be remembered. >> david culver from the live desk. thank you. it is now time to check weather and traffic. >> we want to check in with chuck bell. hopefully we won't have much humidity. >> can do. very nice way to get your morning started. temperatures in the 50s in some of the thorn neighborhoods. closer to town, low to mid-60s. but it will be a nice day to be outside today. northwesterly breezes 10 to 20 miles per hour, plenty of sunshine. so once again near perfect for mid june weather. plenty of sunshine coming your way for today. . the week is done, a chance for

up. it is traffic time. good morning. if you're traveling anywhere between leesburg and point of rocks by way of the point of rocks bridge on 15, you will find two work zones still in lays. we have a paving operation in both. you will find traffic alternatinging by. first one just south of the bridge near st. clair lane. the other down near lucketts. just be aware this should clear by about 5:00, 5:30. traffic is pretty light in the area. so good so far. on the top side of the beltway, outer loop after university boulevard, work zone should be in the clearing stages. as you right past university boulevard itself, two right lanes getting by. volume very light early. no be problems 95 at georgia avenue. work zone should be wrapping up if not already. he was

mentally ill. that's the only explanation that i can give. he was always disturbed. >> short tempered, violent and physically abusive, that is how the ex-wife of the orlando club shooter describes her former husband. more from her in a moment, but first here is what we know about the mass murderer. form he co-workers describe omar mateen as, quote, toxic and racist. they reported him to the fbi twice because of the comments he that about radical islamic propagan propaganda. the 29-year-old swore allegiance to isis moments before the rampage. his father says the sight of a same-sex couple kissing recently set him off. they cleared neighbors from the property late last night in ft. pierce, concerned police condo could be rigged with explosives. law enforcement is trying to determine whether terrorism, hate or both pushed mateen over the edge. we're working to

home. the time is 4:34. not back to the with him who may though the killer best, his ex-wife. sitora yusufiy calls him a sick person. >> emotional instability, sickness. he was mentally unstable and mentally ill. >> well, it has been nearly a decade since yusufiy says she has communicated with mateen or his family. they were only together about four months before she filed for divorce. she said that he is, quote, angry to be of fill -- or she is angry to be affiliated with someone who could do so much harm. >> everything that i stand for to not have that. more than anything, i was so deeply hurt and heartbroken for the people that lost their loved ones and the families are now suffering. the people that are wounded, that are

>> yusufiy says mateen was both mentally and physically abusive during their short merge. >> dozens of victims are being treated in orlando. authorities are making an you are departmeurgent plea for blo donations. megan mcgrath is live for us this morning. >> reporter: when a tragedy like this happens, people all around the country pull together and they search for ways that they can help. and giving blood is one such way. there are four blood drives taking place in our area daid amend all are expected to draw a big crowd. take a look at the locations if you want to make a donation. you can come here to the red cross on e street in northwest, there is another center in rockville, park lawn drive. l alexandria, the chapter this and the

prosperity avenue. the red cross has extra donation trucks on standby and they say that they can bring those trucks in if the crowds get large and it is required. so they will be monitoring that situation throughout the course of the day. these donation drives get under way later on this afternoon. back to you. >> as she mentioned, times like this many want to unite and for that reason, there are hundreds of vigils planned around the nation. today organizers planning to remember the victim this is baltimore as well as hampton roads. we know tomorrow a vigil in richmond. i've tweeted out a link with dozens most of expected in the next few days. there is a special edition of the "today" show this morning covering the horror of this event and how the orlando

the "today" show covering the terror in orlando begins at 7:00 a.m. right after "news 4 today." yesterday's shooting is shifting the tone on the campaign trail. how the candidates are reacting and how the tragedy is changing plans for all three of the candidates. we're also following a developing story closer to home where police are investigating a homicide in d.c. the latest on a deadly shooting in southeast. and if you've stepped outside this morning, you probably already notice a lot less humidity. and chuck bell says that should stick around today. closer look at that and the school day forecast. >> i saw bodies falling, people screaming. >> just sitting there having a great time at a club and then to hear what sounds like fireworks and balloons popping and you assume it's part of the show. >> i thought i was going to die. like i didn't know if he was going to come

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were mostly peaceful. it's their fourth championship. >> penguins, it's like the cowboys of hockey for us, you know what i mean? they played really well. so i guess we have to say congratulations. >> but we don't want to talk about it, so we'll go to the weather. >> it's been really nice, chuck bell. >> back to back 90s over the weekend. saturday we had the humidity. sunday we did not. and today the humidity is gone and more importantly the 90s are gop for a while. cool comfy start this morning. 66 in falls church and annapo s annapolis. so what do the kiddos need? shorts and t-shirts. so today temperatures in the 60s at the bus sfops here this morning. a-plus weather for recess today. if you can get outside, i highly recommend it. today's highs up in to the low 80s. actually a touch cooler than average. a look at the next accept da

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welcome back. new developments on that deadly orlando club shooting. 21 of the 50 victims have now been identified. we've also learned a little more about gunman omar mateen. his ex-co-workers say he was racist, belligerent and toxic. mateen was killed by a sw.w.a.t team. aaron gilchrist will join us with more later. the shooting is having ripple effects in the race for the white house. today both donald trump and hillary clinton are changing the focus of their speeches in reaction. edward lawrence is following this for us from capitol hill. edward, so the candidates are taking different proposapproach the reaction. >> reporter: both a

clinton tweeted out that her thoughts and prayers are with folks who are affected by this horrible terrorist attack. she went on to say that we need to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and other violent criminals. donald trump started by offering his condolences saying he's praying for all the victims and their families. and then he caused a social media storm taking credit for his radical islam claims calling to be more tougher and vigilant. this will change their speeches as you said for later on today. >> and how is bernie sanders reacting? >> reporter: bernie sanders spoke to reporters in vermont. he said that we need to destroy isis. he said those comments because the shooter pledged apparently allegiance to isis through 5911 call right before the act happened. bernie sanders went on to say that we need to close ghun control loopholes. >> edward lawrence live on capitol hillor

>> gun owners and nongun owners understand that we have to do everything we can to prevent guns from falling in to the hands of people who should not have that. that means expanding background check, doing away with the gun show loopholes, it means addressing the strong man provision. i think there is a wide consensus to move forward in that direction. >> reporter: he will take his campaign all the way to the convention. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you. happening today, u.s. senator bob casey will unveil new gun legislation in reaction to the orlando night club shooting. casey's bill would ban people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from actual actually owning guns. he's expected to introduce it later this morning after meeting with lgbt community leaders in pittsburgh. an indiana man is in prison this morning after police found three assault rifles and

explosives in his car. 20-year-old james howell's arrest came just hours after the shooting in orlando. a police chief initially tweeted howell said he wanted to, quote, to harm at l.a.'s pride event but she later corrected it to say that howell said he was going to the parade. one witness described his interactions with him. >> as soon as i looked at him, he came out of the car, started running across the street and he started hiding if between those trees and bushes. which where he stood there and we looked at each other for about a whole long minute, and then i guess he kind of got very nervous. >> the fbi says the arrest has no connection to the attack in orlando. the time is 4:49. this shooting in orlando now ranks as the deadliest single day mass shooting in the united states history. it passes the shooting at virginia tech in 2007 when a 23-year-old student shot

himself. 17 others were injured. right now prince william county police need to find this man, take a look, this is emerson duron, last seen saturday morning at a sheetz on prince william parkway. he was carrying a black backpack with a pink and red pattern. we know applies are investigating a deadly shooting this one in southeast. just after midnight, officers responded to report of gunshots on f street. when they arrived, they found 23-year-old antonio leach was shot. he died at the hospital. police are now offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect. three people were seriously hurt after a chain reaction crash in montgomery county. it happened on lockwood drive in the white oak area yesterday. a driver lost control of his truck, hit two people and several cars. one of those cars ended up hitting other cars. the truck ended up on its side and f

driver. two pedestrians and the driver are in the hospital now with serious injuries. take a look at this fire in manassas. it happened at an apartment building around 11:00 p.m. last night. we know two people did go to the hospital. 40 people had to leave their homes because of all the damage. today metro will be the subject of a multiagency meeting in washington. washington council of governments will bring together more than 100 businesses to figure out how to restore metrorail's reputation and reliability. representatives from other transit agencies will also be at the meeting. metro will also be the sut of a prince george's county council meeting today. general manager paul wiedefeld will provide the council with a briefing on transportation issues. metro's second surge of the safetrack program will have a big impact on prince george's county. surge two will shut down the blue, orange and silver lines between eastern

road and minnesota avenue. that surge begins june 18. the time is 4:51. after back to back 90s, this cool start this morning -- >> doesn't it feel nice? >> a fis nice relief. saturday we were roasting. >> 96. >> i'm well done. >> i don't blame you. hope you had your sun screen on. >> we were wearing it. >> it's all about the sunscreen this time of year and man, oh, man, our first 90 was all that and more. 96 on saturday, also 90s yesterday, but how different did they feel. saturday was a steamer and sunday the humidity dropped and winds picked up, so even though it was equally as warm, sure didn't feel anywhere near as oppressive yesterday. and that cool northwesterly breeze is with us again here this morning. on your way out the door, temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees cooler this morning than at the same time yesterday morning. plenty of sunshine and highs back in the 80s for today. today and tomorrow also nice

starting to get back into the forecast, a little chance for rain late in the day on wednesday. by and large most of the rain chances this week come up on thursday and friday. high pressure is in charge, so look at that it's driven all the rain off the eastern seaboard. dry from boston down to jacksonville. and for us, nothing but sunshine coming your way. hope you can enjoy. temperatures running one or two degrees cooler mainly dry. wednesday, here is future weather 7:30 wednesday morning, skies back over to mostly cloudy. and by the second half of the day wednesday, wednesday afternoon and evening, it does look like rain chances will at least be back in the offering and the "7-day forecast" again here shows best chance for rain comes up thursday, friday time frame. but look at this, another week in june with no 90s in sight. the wednesday a little shower chance and best rain chances thursday and

most of your weekend will be dry, but there could be a shower chance coming up on sunday. that's the "7-day forecast." i'll also break down the next 24 hours coming up at 5:01. over to jack taylor now at wtop. how are you this morning, jack? good, chuck. thank you so much. we have you're work zones still in place hanging in there. there are two of them on 15 south point of rocks headed down toward leesburg. traffic alternates by both directions. first one just south of the bridge, over one near lucketts road. again, traffic alternates past. these should be in the wrap-up stages. also just about to wrap up inside the beltway, 66 eastbound headed in toward washington boulevard. left side of the roadway had been tied up, you'll find the right lane getting by. last of the barrels to be pulled. should find just a minimal if any delay. back into you. it is a text message no parent wants to get. the final

son described before the club shooting. and another tragedy in florida over the weekend, shooting death of a singer who gained fame on "the voice." how friends and family are paying tribute to her later today. >> it's all a blur. i wish i could still weighiake from it, but i can't.

we're following the latest developments in the orlando club shooting. coming up, we'll learn more about what happened inside as authorities begin to realize just how many people were killed. we also have crews in orlando with a look at how the community is trying to bounce back. we're starting to hear some of the stories of exactly what happened inside the club when the shooting began. the mother of one of the shooting victims described the text exchange she had with her son and what would be their final conversation. >> he texted me at 2:06 and said mommy, i love you. in the club, they're shooting. that was at 2:06. trapped in the bathroom downtown. please call police.

call them mama, now. i'm in the bathroom. he's coming. i'm going to die. >> shalle went on to describe another text. >> i asked was he hurt and he said yes and i said what bathroom are you in. he said the women's bathroom. and then he said hurry, he's in the bathroom. he's a terror. and then i asked him in the men's bathroom and he said no. >> authorities confirm that her son, eddie justice, was among those dead in that shooting. today there will be an candlelight vigil for the woman killed in another deadly shooting in orlando this past weekend. 22-year-old christina grimmie was shot and killed on friday

after a show. grimmie was a former contestant of "the voice." she finished third on team adam. the vigil will be tonight in her hometown in new jersey. "news 4 your health," teens who use ecigarettes are much more likely to smoke cigarettes as a young adult. that is according to a study from the university of southern california. they followed a group of 11 and 12th graders for more than a year. students who reported vaping were more than six times more likely to have begun smoking sdret cigarettes by the age of 18. experts say more research is needed. oh, rmy gosh. people are getting shot, dude. >> i don't know where my son is. no one can tell me where my son is, if he's been shot, if he's dead. no one knows. >> it's being called a hate crime. domestic terror.