director says the gunman's motives aren't clear. during a call to a dispatcher, the alleged shooter pledged allegiance to isis, but he referenced other attacks that were not inspired by isis. >> we make it very easy for individuals who are troubled or disturbed or who want to engage in violent acts to get very powerful weapons very quickly and that's a problem. >> right now, people are starting to gather at a memorial for the victims in orlando. aaron gilchrist joins us with more. >> reporter: the stage has been set up for the vigil tonight for the speakers who will speak. we have already seen a memorial grow in this area over the last few hours. you can see lots of flowers and signs. signs of support on the ground for the victims and the victims' families who are struggling so much right now. across the city you see other signs of people trying to do

>> hurtful. hurtful. there's no other way to describe it. >> reporter: he is one of many family members who started this monday looking for answers. he lost his 25-year-old nephew in the pulse nightclub. >> we're trying to find out where they're keeping his body so we can make all the arrangements. >> reporter: family members were directed to the local senior center to find information about the victims. we spotted clergy and counsellors coming and going. today orlando wants desperately to help. >> it's heartening to see how much support there really is. >> reporter: volunteers have shown up in droves at the glbt center. they've been putting together donations that are coming in so fast it's hard to keep up. it comes in and sent right back out to first responders and people working with families or even folks donating blood. >> a couple came over and they were from nortro

drove here from north carolina just to donate blood. >> i got the call yesterday hysterical. i will be here every day until they tell us we can go home. >> reporter: she's been hugng anyone who needs it. at times like this, momma dee, believes in the power of love. >> if that was my son, i would want someone to hold me and not let me go until it felt better. >> reporter: and so tonight we do expect we'll see at this vigil a lot of people gather to hug and support each other. we have seen some come to pray. there are concerns in other parts of the country as well about what might be happening in the gay clubs around the

circle with more of our coverage. >> reporter: aaron, the violence down there has brought a great deal of pain and sorrow here to washington. gay bars are thought to be safe havens, but after what happened in orlando people are rethinking security. for this orlando massacre to happen on pride weekend makes it doubly hard for people here. jr's is one of the oldest gay bars in washington. jimmy is the manager. >> it's unfathomable to think that you're that vulnerable to somebody who is just hates everything about you. >> reporter: freddy is the owner of freddy's beach bar and restaurant, the only gay bar in arlington. today he was hanging black bunting in honor of those

died in orlando. are you worried? >> to be honest with you, this has always been on my mind. >> reporter: freddy says he's already taken steps to make things safer. >> we already have started upping security and no backpacks. we don't know somebody and they have a purse we're probably going to look through their purse. we have done a lot already security-wise. >> reporter: at jr's they're continuing to be vigilant, but they say they're also continuing to live their lives. >> jimmy, if i ever got to the point that you would to go through a metal detecter to go into a bar in this country, what would life be like then? >> let's hope we never have to get to that point, but if that is the small inconvenience i have to do, put me through seven of them. >> reporter: a number of

they have a security plan, but don't want to talk about it. they want to keep it a secret. what about patrons and police? we'll hear from them coming up at 6:00. >> local leaders jumped into action the moment they learned what had happened in orlando. today the mayor and police chief said steps are being taken to keep our area and visitors here safe. our team coverage continues with mark segraves live in northeast d.c. >> reporter: any time there's a terrorist attack anywhere in the world or a mass shooter event, the d.c. police department is one of the first agencies that is notified. then work begins to determine whether a similar threat might be present here in our area. >> we always operate in a heightened state here in the district of columbia. we know that we're a target because we're the

capital, so we continue to operate that way and we tell residents, just like we did yesterday, we're going to live. we're not going to be scared off by terrorists or hate filled people with big guns. >> reporter: within minutes of the shooter in florida being taken down by orlando police, d.c. police chief cathy lanier was on the phone making changes to security here in the nation's capital. >> within the first 45 minutes to an hour, just started moving some resources around here. i mean, we had on the schedule, as you know, on sunday large events on the gay pride festival downtown and several other events going on. >> reporter: the news says the increased security you saw at the gay pride festival like the patdowns may become more common place depending on what they learn from the review of the orlando shooting.

and rethink what we do. i would imagine over the next several weeks we'll get a much clearer picture of things that we may need to reconsider or reevaluate. right now we're trying to adjust daily and hourly, if necessary, based on information that we learn. >> reporter: as for the proactive measures the police department takes, chief lanier says she has quarterly meetings with the hospitality industry here in d.c. to talk about security protocols and they update those regularly. she says it will be weeks before they know the lessons learned from orlando. back to you in the studio. the gunman's father says he never noticed any signs of his son becoming radicalized or anything that would indicate that he planned to carry out an attack. the son omar mateen was an american born in new york to parents who came here from afghanistan. he had a degree

a private security officer. mateen had been married twice and his first wife describes him as being abusive. speaking to nbc news, the gunman's father expressed frustration and confusion. >> he was the type of person that he got a good education and a good life and a good job, so i'm as shocked as you are. when he was coming to see us, i didn't see anything, emotional behavior. i wish i did see something that you have brought my attention. this would not have happened. >> because you would have -- >> i would have took action against him. >> mateen had been on federal investigators radar after some inflammatory comments he made to coworkers. the fbi closed their investigation after interviewing him twice. health officials are still encouraging people to donate blood, but at this point the need is no

urgent. in the past day, thousands of people have been answering the call for blood donations. blood drives are being held in four places. they are include e street, rockville, alexandria, and fairfax. there's still a couple hours left to donate today, but the red cross is saying although they sent blood to orlando, the current drives are not being sent to orlando. jurors are deciding the fate of a fairfax county lawyer accused of nearly killing a mclean attorney and his wife. a question posed to the jurors, does this look like a man in his right mind? the second surge of safetrack. coming up on news4, i'll explain. and temperatures struggling

most areas only in the 70s now. what's that mean for the rest of the workweek. may get a little unsettled. and now we are learning more about the victims of the terror attack in orlando and reality is settling in for families of the ones who didn't survive. still ahead, a look at the names and the faces lost in this terrible tragedy.

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developing right now, jurors are deciding the fate of a former military lawyer accused of a bizarre home invasion that nearly killed a mclean couple. his defense said he should be found not guilty because he was involuntarily intoxicated at the time. julie carey joins us with the prosecution's response. >> reporter: the prosecution says andrew schmuhl is a con artist.

pain meds from doctors and then those pain meds made it so he couldn't remember he tased, stabbed, and shot a mclean lawyer and his wife. andrew schmuhl's defense attorney ended his closing argument with this photo and this question for jurors. does anyone see him as a man in his right mind that night? the photo of schmuhl was taken in the hospital after his arrest. they had to give him narcan. he was wearing only a diaper when he was arrested. for three hours on that evening of november 9th, 2014, inside this mclean home, schmuhl terrorized leo fisher and wife sue duncan. a bizarre interrogation came just weeks after fisher fired schmuhl's wife from the law firm. thot

the plan was her plan. they suggested she manipulated schmuhl's medication and then gave the orders. the prosecution says there is no evidence of what medication schmuhl was taking at the time of the attack. schmuhl helped skillfully plan and carry out the mission. he is in complete and total control. they have zero liberty in three hours in that house. and prosecutors say schmuhl's true motive is clear. there is no question or doubt that the intent that night was to end leo fisher and sue dun n duncan's life. in fact, the attack ended when duncan played dead. prosecutors say schmuhl was thinking clearly enough that night to take his hat, his jacket, the spent shell casing, and the pieces of the taser before he fled from the house. jurors are considering a variety of charges. they are headed home for

night, but will return to deliberate tomorrow. a couple drivers got a pretty bad scare in fairfax county. police are investigating reports someone shot up their cars. the first incident happened around midnight saturday on old dominion drive near falls run road. the second near bellview road. no one was hurt, but the cars do have what appear to be bullet holes. a chilling video from the account of one of the victims of the nightclub massacre in orlando. it was posted the moment gunman fought his way into the club and opened fire. amanda posted this clip to the snapchat account. she was a 25-year-old nursing student and was very involved with the lgbt community. the video shows she didn't realize she was hearing gunshots. [ gunshots ]

her sister-in-law says amanda and her friends scattered when they realized there were gunshots. the friends managed to get out, but amanda hid in the bathroom and that's where she was shot and killed. pat lawson is in the newsroom with a look at how differently the presumptive nominees are responding. >> hillary clinton said today is not a day for politics. she didn't mention trump's name, not even once. clinton discussed the shooting and laid out her plan for defeating isis. she called for more scrutiny for people buying guns. meantime in new hampshire trump renewed his call for a temporary ban on certain people coming into the u.s. and there should be more intense screening. >> if the fbi is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you shouldn't be able to just go buy a gun with no questions asked. the terrorist

hatred and bigotry. and an attack on any american is an attack on all americans. >> they have put political correctness above common sense, above your safety, and above all else. i refuse to be politically correct. we have to screen applicants to know whether they're affiliated with or supporting radical groups and beliefs. very simple. >> we should point out the gunman in this case was born here in the u.s. and bought his weapons legally. back to you. metro's safetrack program is not only disruptive for riders. it's expensive. the federal transit administration agreed to free up $20 million. safety inspectors will be on hand during the one-year project to monitor the

the safetrack program is getting ready to shift gears. it is going to be those in maryland feeling the brunt of it. phase two starts this saturday. it is going to have a big impact on prince george's county. the county council just got a briefing on the project. >> reporter: people here in prince george's county need to prepare for major delays if they decide to take metro on the orange and blue, silver lines. they're looking at waiting for up to an hour. to make this clear to the county council, metro's general manager and the chair of its board all came for a visit. metro's general manager and the chair of the board, jack evans, visited the prince george's county council to explain among other things the upcoming impact of the second surge of metro's safetrack initiative. >> around the region people are trying to step up and figure out to how to m

>> reporter: a spokesman said the county lacked the money necessary to supplement metro's efforts to move commuters around closed metro stations on the orange, blue, and silver lines. >> our neighbors to the east and west in montgomery and in virginia and d.c., they're running surpluses right now and we're not. >> reporter: the county is planning to offer a free shuttle for residents from new carrollton metro station to the green line. the complete shutdown makes the second surge more complicated than the first that involved single tracking. >> this one requires obviously to do the bus bridge. you have a little bit more options for people to go to the green line. >> whatever t county can come up with is more helpful, whether it is buses or ride sharing. anything that will lessen the inconvenience for the passengers. >> reporter: the second surge begins this saturday. we're expecting this m

be very hectic for commuters. i am told that metro is expecting or asking the county to get them up to a 60% to 70% diversion rate, meaning 60% to 70% of its riders avoid metro coming out of prince george's county. just how serious this second surge is expected to be for commuters at 6:00. back to you all in the studio. a virginia mother is on a mission. her daughter was hunted down and killed. now a new step could help prevent the same thing from happening to someone else. a man from maryland was arrested for crashing through a gate at cia headquarters. why his mother said he did it. the federal trade commission has a big warning for folks who are looking for these types of companies that come along un unsolicited and promise they can

with doug kammerer. beautiful day out there today. plenty of sunshine. really a beautiful monday. this coming off what was an extremely hot weekend. 96 degrees on our saturday. a high of 93 yesterday. winds gusting

30 miles per hour yesterday. a very windy day. now we're dealing with temperatures only in the upper 70s. we had a front go through. you can see the winds out of the north at 12 miles an hour. everybody upper 70s to around 80. 81 manassas. 78 over towards clinton. the nats are taking on the cubs tonight. what a great night for a ball game. looking pretty good for that too if you're thinking about heading down. 78 degrees. 75, light wind at 7:00. nice and dry at 10:00. no rain to talk about. we're not going to see much in the way of rain for the next day or so and then on wednesday and thursday things start to get a little more settled. you can see what's happening. this is because of two systems.

the west that's giving us that heat, that heat has moved out to the south and east. an area of low pressure in the north. between the two, we're in the middle. only in low 70s in boston, new york. 94 in st. louis. 92 in atlanta. 60 degrees early tomorrow morning. that's below average. 82 around 3:00, 4:00. a few clouds during the day, but all in all another nice one. 78 martinsburg. beautiful tuesday. wednesday is the day i said gets a little more unsettled. we have cloud cover every way on our wednesday. notice some shower activity during the day on wednesday too. i'm not expecting a lot of rain. you may not need the umbrellas, but the clouds will be here. those clouds sticking around on thursday and friday as well. that's something we'll be ch

83 on wednesday with more cloud cover. isolated shower. most of us dry. 84 on thursday. better chance of showers, especially early in the day. a better chance of not just showers, but rain and much cooler weather on friday. highs only in the low 70s. that depends on exactly where our storm system sets up. we'll have much more on that and the weekend in just about 20 minutes. when the feds came knocking, he fessed up. >> a man from montgomery county caught with thousands of images of child porn. investigators are looking into whether there were any local victims. we're learning members of the nbc universal family are among the dead in florida. >> we are highly confident this killer was radicalized and at least in s

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now at 5:30, a show of solidarity across the country, including the bridges that bind us from kansas city to oklahoma city. they are being lit up in rainbow colors. landmarks across the world are being draped in colorful flags to honor the victims of that shooting in orlando. there is a different kind of bridge that's

people today. >> and that's the unspeakable pain that people feel from the loss of those 4 9 lives. the youngest just 18 years old was just a week out of high school. she graduated third in her class. their deaths have torn families apart. as you're about to hear, it happened in an instant. >> you're sitting there having a great time at a club and then you hear what sounds like fireworks or balloons popping. >> people are getting shot, dude. >> and then you hear people start screaming and the sound doesn't stop. >> it was rapid fire. then he changed. put another ammunition. then changed and put another ammunition. i could just smell the ammo in the air. >> it was enormous relief just to see him. >> i can't find him, so please just keep us in your prayers. >> how is he doing right now? >> he's doing good. he saw me. he cried. >> he

mommy i love you, trapped in the bathroom downtown. please call police. i'm going to die. he's coming. i'm going to die. >> my heart just fell to the ground. i saw him and i hugged him. i told him god has given you another chance. make life a better way. he goes, i know that. i know. >> and that tragedy in florida is also hitting close to home. two members of the nbc universal family were killed in that attack. louise worked at universal studios. he was at the harry potter and forbidden journey ride. jonathan was a contractor with telemund telemundo. he worked on a show that was produced in orlando and areas on the telemundo network. there are other

employees who were currently right now in the hospital. the gunman had been on the radar of the fbi before after comment he made to coworkers. investigators are now looking closely at two trips he made. in the past five years, omar mateen took two trips to the middle east, saudi arabia, and the uae. he came to take part in a muslim pilgrimage, but federal investigators say they want to know more about those trips. >> while they look at some of his travel, there's a bigger question about how omar mateen became radicalized. >> pete williams explains why it may be a complicated task to find out. >> one of the puzzles for the fbi is what was he radicalized about and by whom. he claimed to be interested in isis, al nusra,

al qaeda. in terms of trying to say what he was radicalized by and how, the fbi is finding that hard to figure out. he was all over the map. he was on a terrorism watch list. if he tried to buy a gun then during the time he was under investigation, the terrorism investigators would have been notified of that. they would have been told the guy you're investigating is trying to buy a weapon. once the investigation was closed and he was taken off the terror watch list, there was no mechanism then for when he bought the guns in early june for telling the people who had investigated him a couple years ago, hey, the guy you were once investigating is going to buy guns. we asked justice department officials today whether they thought that system should be changed. they say it hasn't been discussed, but they would take a look at whether that system should be changed as a result of the

right here. lester holt is reporting from the ground in orlando and will be airing a special one-hour edition of "nightly news." a new law is on the books if virginia that aims at preventing dating violence. governor terry mcauliffe signed the bill today. harrington is the mother of morgan harrington, who vanished from a concert in charlottesville in 2009. the body was found a year later. >> stopping predatory violence is an issue of our time. virginia is spearheading some very creative, substantive responses, and i hope that other states follow in behind. >> jesse matthew has pleaded guilty to harrington's murder as well as the murder

graham. investigators say tomas luu rammed through a gate this morning. he made it 75 feet onto cia grounds. he crashed the gate to get the cia's attention, but his mother says he was troubled and distraught by what happened in orlando and went missing. today a maryland man whose family operated a day care out of his home admitted to child pornography and exploiting a child. >> reporter: here at the federal courthouse in greenbelt this afternoon, steve baker pleaded guilty to a federal charge of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography. he admitted having 50,000 images of child pornography and 1,000 videos of it both on his work computers here at

home computers. it's in that home state records show where baker's family once ran a day care operation up through 2012. prosecutors didn't go into the details about the victims, but said a lot of those videos were downloaded by baker onto his comput computers. in an affidavit, it showed what the fbi found when they went knocking on the door of baker's business. they questioned baker if he knew why they were there. he said identify child porn on my computer. i've been waiting for somebody to come. he said i'm actually downloading a file right now. do you want to see it? he's facing between 15 and 30 years in federal prison when he is sentenced on his charges in october. the loudoun cty

and then staging it to look like a suicide took the stand in his own defense. braulio castillo told jurors he has an alibi. back in march, he says he was at a friend's house the night his wife died. then he went home afterward. he tried to counter prosecution claims that he was in the midst of a bitter divorce. a wild scene in montgomery county. the crash had pedestrians scrambling to get to safety. it is one baltimore police officer testifying against another. we alright guys, we've brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. which truck brand offers engines with best in class v8 towing or fuel economy? are we moving? where we going? it's the answer to the question baby! silverado. oooh that's cool. it's truck month. qualified buyers get 0%

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right now, we're working to find out what caused a crash in montgomery county that set off a chain reaction and sent three people to the hospital. this happened yesterday on lockwood drive and white oak. the driver hit two people in several cars. one of those cars hit a few more cars and the truck ended up on its side. the two pedestrians and the driver are all in the hospital with some pretty serious injuries. there was nobody hurt in this huge fire in montgomery county, but fire officials say it is nearly a total loss. chopper 4 flew over the home this afternoon in potomac. more than 65 firefighters have had to put this massive blaze out which left only the frame

home when the fire broke out and the cause still under investigation. crews are still working tonight to repair a water main break in takoma park. an eight-inch pipe burst this morning. that section of pipe has been replaced, but 31 customers are still without water. it's the time of year that a lot of folks go off to use their timeshares, but one woman found a deal to help her rent hers but too good to be true. william porter is compelled to testify against a fellow officer on trial for murdering freddie gray. ahead, why some feel that porter

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nbc 4 responds to some timeshare troubles. a woman in virginia gave hundreds of dollars to a company to help her rent her timeshare. >> but she says the company never did and won't give her her refund. susan hogan tells us about what happened. >> for people who own a timeshare, it's almost impossible to use all of the points in one year. as this woman found paying another company to rent it out seemed like a great deal, but this deal turned

>> reporter: she and her husband recently bought into a timeshare company and so far traveled to places in virginia, florida, new jersey, and las vegas, nevada. >> we have a lot of points. >> reporter: and they simply can't use them all. when she received a call from a timeshare company in florida, she was intrigued. >> it seemed like a deal i couldn't pass up. >> reporter: pay $950 up front and the company will advertise and promote her listing. >> they told me after one rental i would make that money back. >> reporter: that was back in october. as the months passed by with no renters, she realized this deal was turning into a rental dud. >> i was told after a couple rentals you're going to have a nice christmas. >> reporter: she isn't laughing now after five months and no renters to speak of. she asked for a refund and was flatly refused.

grease. i was hot. >> reporter: refunds are only given if you cancel your contract within the first ten days of signing it. the agreement also states the company has 180 days to rent your property. if they can't within that time frame, they'll pay to remarket your timeshare. >> they had said again that the dates were incorrect or this was not the correct location. >> reporter: that's when she contacted nbc 4 responds. >> i was watching the news and i seen how you guys go out there for the consumer. >> reporter: we contacted the timeshare rental company although we never heard back from them, she did the very next day. >> she said, this is what we can do. we can give you half of your money back. at this point, if she said $2, i would have been happy. i just wanted something to say you can't do this to

>> the company never did get back to us. the federal trade commission has a warning on its website regarding timeshare rental companies. i warns never pay upfront fees and don't fall for a company that claims the market is hot and has a ton of renters or buyers for you. if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, go to our nbc washington app and search responds. i'm susan hogan. the kennedy center's newest honoree is going to bring a bit of comedic star power to d.c. later this year. the kennedy center just announced bill murray as the newest recipient for twain's prize of american humor. we remember his portrayals on "saturday night live" and the original "ghostbusters." what's happening out the

>> the weather's great right now. >> you can actually pop your sunroof, put the windows down today. >> i've been trying to soak it up as much as i can. get that sun in because we have clouds. we've got rain rolling our way. nothing we can't handle here in d.c. at least it's not going to be brutally hot. our average temperature in the low 80s. and we are just about there. we were a few degrees shy of our average temperature for this time of year. hard to believe because we've been in the 90s over the weekend. 96 on saturday. 93 on sunday. today 80 degrees here in d.c. some areas didn't get out of the 70s. look at those blue skies thanks to high pressure in charge. absolutely gorgeous. 79 is that temperature right now. we have a little bit of wind. just a little on the breezy side. another great day on tuesday. now we will start to see a transition day on wednesday. then it'll become a little

midweek to the end of the week. temperatures out there right now. we're at 81 here in d.c. i guess we came up a few degrees. 78 in gaithersburg. 79 in frederick. 81 in fredericksburg. not much to show you on the storm team 4 radar. we're going to be dry if you're headed out to nats park for the game against the cubbies. it's going to be a great night for baseball or a great night to eat outside. open those windows overnight. temperatures falling into the 50s and 60s once again. we've got sunshine tomorrow. again we'll be in the low 80s. it's going to be another comfortable day out there with temperatures in the low 80s with plenty of sunshine and mild conditions. some areas will stay in the upper 70s as well. shenandoah valley, we're talking about you. wednesday at 8:00 a.m., we

we'll have a few rain showers possible in the morning and then again in the afternoon and into the evening. go ahead and take that umbrella with you on wednesday. you're probably going to need it on thursday and friday too. hopefully you're not going to need it for the weekend. this is the way the weekend forecast looks right now. now things could change. we've got several days. we'll have to watch an area of low pressure off the coast, but right now i'm thinking high pressure is going to wedge on in. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with low humidity. again this could change. i am keeping the weekend forecast dry for now. unfortunately wednesday, thursday, and friday not keeping it dry. we're keeping some rain showers in as temperatures go up again. humidity comes back wednesday, thursday. starts to drop on friday. looks like a humidity free weekend and a rain free weekend for now. well, it's not something he wanted to do, but today baltimore officer william porter had to testify against another officer. both of them among the six charged in the death of freddie gray. chris gordon was there for the

means going forward. >> reporter: after going all the way to the court of appeals, maryland's highest court, prosecutors today for the first time got baltimore police officer william porter on the stand to testify against a fellow officer on trial for murdering freddie gray. officer caesar goodson drove the police wagon in which freddie gray suffered fatal neck injuries in april of 2015. goodson called for a unit to check on the prisoner and porter responded. porter testified he found gray on the floor. gray asked for help and porter assisted him getting onto the bench. porter asked gray do you want to go to the hospital. gray said yes. porter testified he told officer goodson, gray said the magic wor words. >>

absolutely had to have him. >> reporter: porter testified that goodson didn't call for medical help or seat belt gray onto the bench. porter testified he had a good rapport with freddie gray and he said he didn't believe that gray needed immediate medical attention or that he needed to be taken to the hospital. >> one has to wonder whether all the state went through to get officer porter on the witness stand was counterproductive. >> reporter: prosecutors are trying to convict officer goodson of second-degree depraved heart murder, but they have to show exactly when and how freddie gray suffered his fatal injuries. in our coverage of the terror in orlando, the shooter spent time in the northeast. we found out he had

far from here. we'll get a closer look at the man who pulled the trigger. big election day primary tomorrow. will mayor vincent gray make a political

it was apparently a religious man and a father and his ex-wife says he was mentally ill. tonight we're learning more about the man who opened fire at a gay club in orlando

history here in the united states. cindy long has our story. >> reporter: the shooter's ex-brother-in-law spoke to us reluctantly and briefly. he did confirm his older sister was abused by mateen. he is happy and relieve thad the two divorced. >> my sister is doing pretty good. she is a strong woman, as you can tell. that's all i can tell you. >> reporter: without sharing with us his name, his ex-brother-in-law reacted to the nightclub massacre. it was carried out by the man who married his sister in 2009. >> i barely knew the guy. i feel bad for those 50 people who lost their sons and daughters. >> reporter: we've learned fbi agents spent time there on sunday. edison police are assisting the fbi investigation and the mateen's new jersey ties

past. >> can you share anything? >> i'm not at liberty to discuss anything the fbi has done thus far. >> reporter: from colorado, mateen's ex-wife told reporters her family rescued her from his physical abuse and control four months into their marriage. >> i was devastated, shocked, started shaking and crying because more than anything i was so, so deeply hurt and heartbroken for the people who lost their loved ones. the families are now suffering. >> reporter: neighbors spoke to us on camera saying they want their quiet neighborhood to go to being just that. they later came outside and said they didn't want their names or faces to be affiliated with this story and shown on tv. from edison, new jersey, i'm sydney long for news4 wrc. oh, my gosh. people are getting shot, dude. >> new reaction to t

orlando. >> we will not be defined by the act of a cowardly hater. >> tonight our first look at the faces of the victims and the stories from survivors. >> people were just dropping like flies. at that time, my calling was to help and just make sure everybody got the attention that they needed. >> as investigators zero in on the gunman who pledged his allegiance to isis as that rampage unfolded. >> we're learning about the gunman's potential connections to terror and the victims who lost tlheir lives in that tragedy. >> omar mateen was his name. you know that by now. he was interviewed by the fbi at least three times in the past for saying that he had connections to al qaeda and the boston marathon bombers. he was questioned while he worked as a security guard at a courthouse. during that time, he was on the terror watch list, but the fbi did

connections. they removed him from their watch list and that allowed him to legally buy guns. >> this man held multiple security licenses. he had an armed and unarmed license. he passed the background check that every single person that purchases a firearm in the state of florida undergoes. >> the owner of the shop that sold him the gun said he did not provide any body armor to mateen. >> reporter: t >> the investigation continues. we're also getting a new look from inside the nightclub as the terror unfolded. jay gray begins our team coverage. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: this new cell phone video shot by a woman inside the pulse nightclub and released today is part of a better picture now of exactly what was happening during the massacre early sunday morning. her family