investigation, an american suicide bomber in syria. in both cases he was cleared. fbi agents follow detailed guidelines in domestic investigations. in mateen's case they opened what is known as a preliminary investigation which is limited to six months but can be extended. mateen's case stretched over ten months and included surveillance, informants as well as wiretaps. it ended in march of 2014, when agents decided there wasn't enough evidence to determine that he was a terrorist. federal investigators are casting a wide net searching for anyone mateen may have contacted in the days ands before the shooting. they're trying to determine if he was using gay dating apps. scott his wife has been cooperating but she could possibly face criminal charges. right now there is no evidence she ever called police to warn them that she believed he was planning an attack. >> jeff pegues

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the president joined the political debate around the shooting and margaret brennan is at the white house. >> it won't make us more safe it will make us less safe. fueling isil's notion that the west hates muslims. >> a passionate president obama ed

warning his rhetoric feeds hate. >> you hear language that singles out immigrants and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop? the orlando killer, one of the san bernardino killers, the fort hood killer they were all u.s. citizens. are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently? because that's not the america we want. >> reporter: that divisiveness hurts the u.s. war against terrorist he are gauze and betrays american values. >> if we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the word, but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect. the very things that make

the very things that make us exceptional. and then the terrorists would have won. and we cannot let that happen. i will not let that happen. >> reporter: the president also slammed critics who demand he use the term radical islam when referring to terrorists. >> it's a political talking point. it's not a strategy. groups like isil and al qaeda want to make this war a war between islam and america. that's how they recruit. and if we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion then we are doing the terrorists work for them. >> reporter: scott, didn't take long for donald trump to attack. he accused the president of claiming to know the enemy and prioritizing him over the american people. >> margaret, thank you. of

shot in orlando, 53 survived. 33 are still in the hospital. today, we heard from some of the wounded including angel colon and patience carter. carter went to the club with friend s, tiara parker and murray. all three wound up huddled in the bathroom. murray was killed. >> the gunman entered the bathroom and was shooting his machine gun. so we are all look scrambling around in the bathroom screaming at the top of our lungs. people are getting hit by bullets. like blood is everywhere. and then there was the moment where he stopped. and -- that's when i first realized my leg was shot. there were several other people shot and bleeding in the bathroom. that's when akira who didn't make it, realized she was shot

and i'm not sure that was when tiara got shot in her side. but we were all pretty bad. throughout that period of hours, the gunman was in there with us and he actually made a call to 911 from in there saying that the reason why he is doing this is is because he wants america to stop bombing his country. and from that conversation, from 911, he pledged his allegiance to isis. they bust through the wall. they tell him put your weapon down. he dent. they engaged in gunfire they got him. they shot him dead. i actually saw akira's phone right before i got ought the wall. i picked it up. because i truly believed after i was, told she was breathing that her pulse was still going the i would be able to give that phone beco back to her. once we got back -- once we got back into the hospital. >> i was shot about three times in my leg.

all i could do was just lay down while everyone ruz rwas running top of me trying to get where they had how to be. i could hear the shot guns closer. i look over, he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm any just there laying down. thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. so i don't know how -- but, by the glory of god he shoots toward my head. it hits my hand. and then he shoots me again and it hits the, the side of my hip. i had no reaction. i was just prepared to stay there. laying down. so he won't know i am alive. by this time he goes up to the front. i think that's when he is battling against the cops. . i just hear shot guns going all over the place. i am looking up. some cops, which i wish i could remember his face or his name, to say i am grateful for him. so he, he starts to drag me out across the street to the

and he just drops me off across the street. i look over and there is just bodies everywhere. >> the stories of survivors tonight. coming up next, a growing sense of safety is lost in the lgbt community. one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money.

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there has been so much progress for the lgbt community but we are now reminded that fear is still a constant reality. ♪ i see your true colors shining through ♪ >> reporter: from los angeles to new york, thousands of gay men and women stood in solidarity at vigils and make shift monuments. last night singer lady gaga was among the crowd. >> you are not alone. you are not

>> but gay men like steve scott say this tragedy is especially significant. >> i know what it is like to grow up with discrimination and with people constantly coming after you physically, emotionally, knowing that people are going through that in a club in a place that is supposed to be a safe place for the lgbt community is really jarring. >> reporter: in 2015, 24 reports of gay and transgender homicide in 11 states a 20% increase from 2014. laurie jeanne is ceo. >> politicians who slander lgbt people say we should be driven out of public life, not fit to raise children, a threat to moral fabric of our society. that kind of rhetoric promotes violence that happened yesterday. >> she says the hate has been perpetuated through social media with tweets and videos posted by a christian pastor in california. >> i think orlando, florida is a

little safer tonight, now that 50. >> we cannot allow this fear to silence us. we cannot allow this fear to push us back in the closet. because then the terrorists win. >> in the weak of the orlando massacre, the los angeles police department has pledged to "protect the lgbt community with all their might." scott, several gay clubs and businesses here locally have also said they beefed up security to make sure they protect their customers. >> thank you. and we'll be right back.

france last night. a police officer and his domestic partner were stabbed to death at their home outside paris. the attacker took the couple's 3-year-old son hostage. he posted a video pledging allegiance to isis. police stormed the house and killed the attacker. the boy was not hurt. a gunman took hostages at a wal-mart in amarillo, texas today. police would say it involved work place violence. a s.w.a.t. team killed the man. in a moment, a powerful message for us all.

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last evening we saw the people of orlando express their grief for souls they never met. it wasn't just support for the gay community or the latin community, it was empathy for humanity which we thought was expressed best today by survivor dimitrius knowlings. >> i want you to know and america to know that my friend died not in vain. he died for a purpose. he died for a purpose for me to speak on his behalf to speak on all of those people that died, in tragic, it

it wasn't a gay hate crime. this was hate on people. scott, if i cut you, you'll bleed red. if i died in that club tonight and my obituary it wouldn't say, my gay son. it would say dimitrius knowlings, my son. this was a hate crime on people. not just gay people. we were never a disease or abomb nation. we are human. we wanted to be accepted. we were in our safe comfort zone. this was some where we could be us. there is no judgment when you enter in somewhere, you're safe in. that's like your home. how you go home at night, and i don't know if you have kids or not, but when you go home you make sure you tell them that you love them. because, scott, i wouldn't hope that never happens to you that you have to get that phone call from their friend to

that they don't know where your son is. and to hear his mother say, "tell me he okay." because if he is with you he got to be okay. >> it struck us that dimitrius and survivor, angel santiago said that the nightclub was a safe zone for gay people. in 2016 it seems there are no safe zones for anyone. not a nightclub, not a movie theater, not a church, not a school. but hope remains, orlando now looks to the symbol of the lgbt community, the rainbow, which always shines brightest after the rain. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues, for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. reporting tonight fro

♪ ♪ welcome to the "cbs overnight news." we are learning more about the home grown terrorist who unleashed the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. 49 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when omar mateen opened fire inside the packed pulse nightclub in orlando sunday morning. it has been reported that mateen had a hatred of gay people. but those who frequented pulse say mateen was a regular there. often seen buying drinks and asking other men to dance. the fbi is also investigating reports that mateen used a gay dating app on his phone. he was married twice. the first wife said he was abusive. and the second was questioned by the fbi over reports she

killer. mateen had been under fbi surveillance twice. while working as an armed security guard. but it turns out the fbi never contacted the security company employing him. jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: omar mateen worked for g4s. cbs news learned that it was mateen who alerted his company about the fbi investigation. but it is not clear what he divulged. the company did not know about the second fbi inquiry into their employee which was to determine the extent of his ties to a suicide bomber. officials confirm omar mateen worked as armed security guard at the saint lucy main courthouse prior to 2014. cbs news has learned that there is no evidence to suggest that the fbi contacted his employer, g4s. when investigators began looking into complaints from co-workers in 2013. according to the fbi he was boasting of family

al qaeda. and that he was a member of hezbollah. fbi director james comey says he also expressed a desire to die. >> he said he hoped law enforce. would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child so he could martyr himself. >> reporter: investigations with wiretaps and informants and interviewed mateen twice. but he was cleared. in 2014 his name resurfaced into an investigation into an american suicide bomber in syria. that man and mateen went to the same florida mosque. again. mateen was cleared. but the investigation into the mass shooting reveals he had indeed become inspired over the years by extremist ideology. >> we are highly confident this killer was radicalized. and at least in some part through the internet. now that the fbi has his cell phones and computer they can track who he was talking to and what he was reading. law enforcement sources say there is evidence he may have

possible target. ultimately he chose the pulse nightclub. just over a week before the attack he purchased the six-hour mcx assault rifle then a glock 17 june 5th. gun store owner ed henson says mateen had multiple security licenses. >> he hadn't purchased them from us i am sure he would have gotten them from another local gun store in the area. >> reporter: the fbi will conduct a review of its actions in 2013 and 2014. agent working on the current investigation have mateen's samsung cell phone, law enforcement sources say they're not facing encryption roadblocks as they did in the san bernardino terrorism investigation. of the more than 300 people in the pulse nightclub sunday morning, 102 were shot. 53 survived. many thanks to the tireless efforts of a group of dedicated surgeons. scott pelley has their story. >> reporter: 44 gunshot vic

virtually all at once. nine of those patients died. but every patient that made it to surgery has survived. >> they brought the first patient in. then they brought another patient in. they brought another patient in. they said there were possibly 20 more gunshot wound patients coming in. >> in the vast array of things like in a military setting. >> we had gunshot wound to the chest, abdomen, extremities, most fairly severe because of the high velocity projectiles. >> what do you moon ean by that? >> this was an assault rifle. a military weapon. so the bullets have a lot more energy off to them. a lot more speed. and so they cause more tissue injury. >> there were patients that were -- in pain. there were patients that were crying. >> there is an individual who required multiple operations in the same 24-hour time period because of active ongoing bleeding.

>> we did, yeah. things like that. when people come in, dying in front of you. and they're able to, to wake up. and their families are smiling. it's -- it's pretty amazing. we had hundreds of families members in the lb ye lobby of t hospital. clamoring to know how their loved one was. and what struck many of us was just the devastation to these families in not knowing for hours and hours, because so many of the victims were still inside the club. >> i was trying to put myself in their position. just -- not knowing if their loved one was in the hospital or if their loved one was still at the nightclub. you know, i just want to say that i am proud that we were there to be there for them. and it's -- it's very humbling. >> maybe of those who survived owe their lives to a former united states marine who was working security at the

here is mark strassmann. >> i know the gunman is in there. high can hear him coming back with the shots. >> he had been working security at the club for less than a month when mayhem exploded early sunday morning. >> he must have literally walked in as i walked to the back staff hallway. that's when the shots went off. >> shots go off. how many? >> three, four shots go off. you can tell, high caliber. no way a pistol or something else. then i saw people start pouring into the, back, back staff hallway. and they just, started to impact everyone. >> he could see a life-saving option beyond the crouched panicky people. two doors. one led back into the club. the other, led out. to safety. but someone, anyone had to unlatch it. >> a bullet is going to go through the door or he is coming through. there is no other choice. either i am going to die right now with everyone else or get somebody out. i am screaming, everybody, shots kept going

screaming open the door. open the door. and none is moving. because, they're scared. i jumped over. opened the latch. we got everyone that we can out of there. >> how many people went through the door? >> probably over 60, 70. as soon as people found out the door was open kept pouring out. >> once he got safely outside. yusef, him in the gray tank top. carried the wounded to waiting ambulances. >> stay calm. have to stay calm. >> his call under fire came in uniform. the 24-year-old is also a former marine. he says his instincts came from six years in the corps and a tour in afghanistan. >> when the day comes you are going to see what you are made of. i think i reacted the best i could. >> too many people died, but you saved a lot of folks. >> i wish i could save more. to be honest. there's -- there's a lot of people that are dead.

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the orlando massacre touched off a political firestorm on the presidential campaign trail. donald trump's repeated calls to ban muslims from entering the united states was denounced again by both hillary clinton and republican house speaker paul ryan. president obama jumped into the fray. pointing out that the united states was founded on freedom of religion. nancy cordes reports. >> trump and clinton's responses could not have been more different. one proposed banning assault weapons. the other proposed banning muslim immigrants. one argued the u.s. made gains against isis in the past few months. the other said the president was intentionally going easy on terrorists. implying it's because he sympathizes with them. >> i can't define it. nobody knows what is going on. nobody knows why he doesn't have more anger. >> in

monday, trump argued the that was mistearously ignoring isis. >> true, he has more anger twor meeds than is me than isis. i don't know there is something going on. for years, trump claimed the president was a secret muslim born outside the u.s. >> what is clear if you take a look at the president's record it speaks for itself. that record includes a lot of dead terrorists. >> reporter: "the washington post" examined trump's comments but he didn't like the headline. so trump announced he was banning the nation's fourth largest national newspaper from covering his events. >> if i get in there it is going to change. and it is going to change quickly. >> reporter: in new hampshire trump are gaudgued a tell pour' is the only way. >> they enslave women and they murder gays. i don't want them in the country. and he sought pay back. bringing her up 18

>> we should be intensifying contacts in those communities, not scapegoating or isolating them. [ applause ] >> trump's ousting of "the washington post" puts the paper in good company. outlets like buzzfeed, politico and the huffington post have been partially or banned from trump events. in a statement, the post executive editor called trump's move a repudiation of the role of a free and independent press. and this morning, the post

his inclination now, imagine how he might wield the powers of the presidency. >> president obama had harsh words for both donald trump and republicans in congress who he claims only talk about being tough on terrorism. the president said there are several ways to combat home grown terrorists. one, is to keep people who are put on the terrorist no fly list from buying guns. another is to reinstate the ban on assault weapons. and, he was just getting warmed up. >> for a while now the main con trip bugs con -- contribution of some of those on the other side of the aisle, is to criticize this administration and me for not using the phrase radical islam. that's the key they tell us. we can't beat isil unless we call them radical islamists. what exactly would using

label acompolish? what exactly would it change? would it make isil less committed to trying to kill americans? would it bring in more allies? is there a military strategy that is served by this? the answer is none of the above. calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. this is a political distraction. since before i was president, i have been clear how groups have perverted islam to justify terrorism. as president i have repeatedly called on our muslim friends and al lies allies at home and around the

world to work with us to reject this twisted interpretation of one of the world's great religions. not once has an adviser of mine said, "man, if we really to that phrase, we are going to turn this whole thing around." not once. so someone seriously thinks we don't know who we are fighting -- if there is anyone out there that thinks we are confused about who our enemies are. that would come as a surprise to the thousand of terrorists who we have taken off the battlefield. now up until this point this argument about labels has mostly been partisan rhetoric. sadly we have all become accustomed to that kind of partisanship. even when it involves theig

and that kind of yapping has not prevented folks across government from doing their jobs. from sacrificing and working really hard to protect the american people. but we are now seeing how dangerous this kind of mind set and this kind of thinking can be. we are starting to see where this kind of rhetoric and loose talk and sloppiness about who exactly we're fighting -- where this can be lead us. we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states. to bar all muslims from emigrating to america.

out immigrants and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop? the orlando killer -- one of the san bernardino killers, the fort hood killer, they were all u.s. citizens. are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently. are we going to start subjecting them to special surveillance? are we going to start discriminating against them because of their faith? we have heard these suggestions during the course of this campaign. do republican officials actually agree with this?

because that is not the america we want. it doesn't reflect our democratic ideals. it won't make us more safe. it will make us less safe. fueling isil's notion that the west hates muslims.

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helicopters joined the battle to drive the islamic state out of fallujah, mostly used to destroy car bombs. 50,000 residents are trapped in fallujah used as human shields. 43 others from neighboring towns have been left homeless by the battle. charlie d'agata visited one refugee camp. >> reporter: crowds swarmed. every aid truck that arrived. desperate for food and water. medical attention, even blocks of ice from the temperatures well over 100 degrees. but they're safe here, away from the isis militants who took control of fallujah two years ago. abboud hussein ali told us the fight to take it back became so intense he had to take his young family and make a run for it. set off at night dodging the bullets of isis snipers.

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inside the nightclub nightmare. >> he shoots the gun next to me. i'm thinking i am next, i'm dead. >> begging for god to take the soul out of my body. i didn't want to feel any more pain. >> he looked at me. the imagine his face will haunt me for the rest of my life. he looked at me and it just said take care of me. please don't leave me. >> i feel guilty about screaming about my legs in pain because i could feel nothing. like the other 49, who weren't so lucky. >> it wasn't a gay hate crime. this was hate on people. we had imagined the horror

reality is worse. today survivors told us of the lights going out, the sound of an assault rifle being reloaded. pleas for help as the killer returned to the wounded to shoot them again. tonight, the death toll holds at 49. these are their names and their faces, the oldest was 50, the youngest 18. victims of the deadliest mass shooting in american history, the deadliest terror attack since 9/11. among those killed sunday morning, eddie justice, a 30-year-old tax accountant who went to the club at the last minute for last call. he took his best friend, dimitrius knollings.

>> we were standing at the bar, ordering a drink. we never got the drink. we were dancing. then there was a shot fired. went from shot firing to, to my phone falling to us on the floor looking at each other in total shock like this is happening for real. this can't be happening. this is, it had to be the music. but then when you hear the ringing of someone shooting and it's next, next and you don't even know if it is next to you, where is it coming from? are they cup coming over here, is it over here? is it really true? and -- and the shots just continued to go on. then it stopped. and it began again. then the lights went off. then it was complete silence.

you could hear a pin drop. you could hear the bullets drop. i even heard the clip fall on the floor. and for him to just reload again. and then the rings of shots just keep going. and people are running and yelling. we ran into the women's bathroom, me, three of my friends. everyone was going hectic. me and eddie justice was getting ready to go out of the women's bathroom. he looked at me, the imagine his face, i will never forget, scott, is, will haunt me for the rest of my life. he looked at me and it just said "take care of me, please don't leave me." and he knew i was going to take care of him.

he was like a brother. and the person that would put a smile on my face, the person that told me you are going to make it you are going to be big. people don't know you now, but you are going to be somebody. we're going to be somebody. and i told him, i said, i am not going to go, we are going to get out of here. and to hold your friend's hand and only make it three feet away from the bathroom to where the dressing room is, you know there is a door to exit out of. as i'm running out of the same hallway. > but it is dark. >> he wasn't behind me. as i'm looking behind me and still moving. a girl gets shot right behind me. she falls on the floor. and people trample over her like she is nothing they're so in a panic attack. we're at a stand still at this

time. it's dark. the gate is black you. can't really see where the latch is to open it. once the latch opens, i ran across the street to the, to the fire department then to the 7-eleven, i made a snap chat. i was look if you guys are okay, please just snap me back. the last thing -- my friend texted me was -- please help me. help me, i have been shot. i am going into shock. please help me. >> we will hear more from dimitrius and other survivors later in the broadcast. first homeland security correspondent jeff pegues has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: law enforcement

noor seen here, is telling fbi investigators she tried to stop her husband from committing the attack. investigators have interviewed her twice and given her a polygraph test. been to the club before. had - club patron jim vanhorn says mateen was a regular. >> he used to come in the bar about, on the weekend, sometimes, he would be there. sometimes he would miss a couple weeks and then be in again. >> reporter: investigators believe mateen was in the general area of pulse for several hours before entering the club at about 2:00 a.m. and launching the attack. authorities are trying to piece together all of his movements in the days and weeks before the mass shooting. they believe that he had also cased disney world once in april with his wife and earlier this month. visits likely captured by a vast security network at the resort. after reviewing evidence from mateen's cell phone and computer, investigators concluded he had been inspired by radical islamist ideology. in 2013, when mateen was an armed security guard at the

courthouse, he was investigated by the fbi co-workers said he boasts of family connections to al qaeda and he was a member of hezbollah. then his name popped up in connection with an investigation, an american suicide bomber in syria. in both cases he was cleared. fbi agents follow detailed guidelines in domestic investigations. in mateen's case they opened what is known as a preliminary investigation which is limited to six months but can be extended. mateen's case stretched over ten months and included surveillance, informants as well as wiretaps. it ended in march of 2014, when agents decided there wasn't enough evidence to determine that he was a terrorist. federal investigators are casting a wide net searching for anyone mateen may have contacted in the days ands before the shooting. they're trying to determine if he was using gay dating apps. scott his wife has been cooperating but she could possibly face criminal charges. right now there is no evidence sh

the president joined the political debate around the shooting and margaret brennan is at the white house. >> it won't make us more safe it will make us less safe. fueling isil's notion that the west hates muslims.

>> a passionate president obama ripped into donald trump, warning his rhetoric feeds hate. >> you hear language that singles out immigrants and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop? the orlando killer, one of the san bernardino killers, the fort hood killer they were all u.s. citizens. are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently? because that's not the america we want. >> reporter: that divisiveness hurts the u.s. war against

terrorist he are gauze and betrays american values. >> if we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the word, but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect. the very things that make this country great. the very things that make us exceptional. and then the terrorists would have won. and we cannot let that happen. i will not let that happen. >> reporter: the president also slammed critics who demand he use the term radical islam when referring to terrorists. >> it's a political talking point. it's not a strategy. groups like isil and al qaeda want to make this war a war between islam and america. that's how they recruit. and if we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion then we are doing the terrorists work for them. >> reporter: scott, didn't take long for donald trump to attack. he a

claiming to know the enemy and prioritizing him over the american people. >> margaret, thank you. of the 102 people who were shot in orlando, 53 survived. 33 are still in the hospital. today, we heard from some of the wounded including angel colon and patience carter. carter went to the club with friend s, tiara parker and murray. all three wound up huddled in the bathroom. murray was killed. >> the gunman entered the bathroom and was shooting his machine gun. so we are all look scrambling around in the bathroom screaming at the top of our lungs. people are getting hit by bullets. like blood is everywhere.

and then there was the moment where he stopped. and -- that's when i first realized my leg was shot. there were several other people shot and bleeding in the bathroom. that's when akira who didn't make it, realized she was shot in her arm. and i'm not sure that was when tiara got shot in her side. but we were all pretty bad. throughout that period of hours, the gunman was in there with us and he actually made a call to 911 from in there saying that the reason why he is doing this is is because he wants america to stop bombing his country. and from that conversation, from 911, he pledged his allegiance to isis. they bust through the wall. they tell him put your weapon down. he dent. they engaged in gunfire they got him. they shot him dead. i actually saw akira's phone right before i got ought the wall. i picked it up. because i truly believed after i was, told she was breathing that her pulse was still going the i would be able to give that phone back to her. once we got back -- once we got back into the hospital. >> i was shot about three times in my leg.

so i had fallen down. all i could do was just lay down while everyone was running on top of me trying to get where they had how to be. i could hear the shot guns closer. i look over, he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm any just there laying down. thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. so i don't know how -- but, by the glory of god he shoots toward my head. it hits my hand. and then he shoots me again and it hits the, the side of my hip. i had no reaction. i was just prepared to stay there. laying down. so he won't know i am alive. by this time he goes up to the front. i think that's when he is battling against the cops. .

over the place. i am looking up. some cops, which i wish i could remember his face or his name, to say i am grateful for him. so he, he starts to drag me out across the street to the wendys. and he just drops me off across the street. i look over and there is just bodies everywhere. >> the stories of survivors tonight. coming up next, a growing sense of safety is lost in the lgbt community.

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there has been so much progress for the lgbt community but we are now reminded that fear is still a constant reality. ♪ i see your true colors shining through ♪ >> reporter: from los angeles to new york, thousands of gay men and women stood in solidarity at

vigils and make shift monuments. last night singer lady gaga was among the crowd. >> you are not alone. you are not alone. >> but gay men like steve scott say this tragedy is especially significant. >> i know what it is like to grow up with discrimination and with people constantly coming after you physically, emotionally, knowing that people are going through that in a club in a place that is supposed to be a safe place for the lgbt community is really jarring. >> reporter: in 2015, 24 reports of gay and transgender homicide in 11 states a 20% increase from 2014. laurie jeanne is ceo. >> politicians who slander lgbt people say we should be driven out of public life, not fit to raise children, a threat to moral fabric of our society. that kof

yesterday. >> she says the hate has been perpetuated through social media with tweets and videos posted by a christian pastor in california. >> i think orlando, florida is a little safer tonight, now that 50. >> we cannot allow this fear to silence us. we cannot allow this fear to push us back in the closet. because then the terrorists win. >> in the weak of the orlando massacre, the los angeles police department has pledged to "protect the lgbt community with all their might." scott, several gay clubs and businesses here locally have also said they beefed up security to make sure they protect their customers. >> thank you. and we'll be right back.

there was a terror attack in france last night. a police officer and his domestic partner were stabbed to death at their home outside paris. the attacker took the couple's 3-year-old son hostage. he posted a video pledging allegiance to isis. police stormed the house and killed the attacker. the boy was not hurt. a gunman took hostages at a wal-mart in amarillo, texas today. police would say it involved work place violence. a s.w.a.t. team killed the man. in a moment, a powerful message for us all.

last evening we saw the people of orlando express their grief for souls they never met. it wasn't just support for the gay community or the latin community, it was empathy for humanity which we thought was expressed best today by survivor dimitrius knowlings. >> i want you to know and america to know that my friend died not in vain. he died for a purpose. he died for a purpose for me to speak on his behalf to speak on all of those people that died, in tragic, it wasn't just gay, it wasn't a gay hate crime.

this was hate on people. scott, if i cut you, you'll bleed red. if i died in that club tonight and my obituary it wouldn't say, my gay son. it would say dimitrius knowlings, my son. this was a hate crime on people. not just gay people. we were never a disease or abomb nation. we are human. we wanted to be accepted. we were in our safe comfort zone. this was some where we could be us. there is no judgment when you enter in somewhere, you're safe in. that's like your home. how you go home at night, and i don't know if you have kids or not, but when you go home you make sure you tell them that you love them. because, scoi

that never happens to you that you have to get that phone call from their friend to tell you that they don't know where your son is. and to hear his mother say, "tell me he okay." because if he is with you he got to be okay. >> it struck us that dimitrius and survivor, angel santiago said that the nightclub was a safe zone for gay people. in 2016 it seems there are no safe zones for anyone. not a nightclub, not a movie theater, not a church, not a school. but hope remains, orlando now looks to the symbol of the lgbt community, the rainbow, which always shines brightest after the rain. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues, for others, check back with us a little bt later for the morning news and cbs this morning. reporting tonight from orlando, i'm scott pelley.

♪ ♪ welcome to the "cbs overnight news." we are learning more about the home grown terrorist who unleashed the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. 49 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when omar mateen opened fire inside the packed pulse nightclub in orlando sunday morning. it has been reported that mateen had a hatred of gay people. but those who frequented pulse say mateen was a regular there. often seen buying drinks and asking other men to dance. the fbi is also investigating reports that mateen used a gay dating app on his phone.

he was married twice. the first wife said he was abusive. and the second was questioned by the fbi over reports she visited the pulse nightclub with the killer. mateen had been under fbi surveillance twice. while working as an armed security guard. but it turns out the fbi never contacted the security company employing him. jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: omar mateen worked for g4s. cbs news learned that it was mateen who alerted his company about the fbi investigation. but it is not clear what he divulged. the company did not know about the second fbi inquiry into their employee which was to determine the extent of his ties to a suicide bomber. officials confirm omar mateen worked as armed security guard at the saint lucy main courthouse prior to 2014.

cbs news has learned that there is no evidence to suggest that the fbi contacted his employer, g4s. when investigators began looking into complaints from co-workers in 2013. according to the fbi he was boasting of family connected to al qaeda. and that he was a member of hezbollah. fbi director james comey says he also expressed a desire to die. >> he said he hoped law enforce. would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child so he could martyr himself. >> reporter: investigations with wiretaps and informants and interviewed mateen twice. but he was cleared. in 2014 his name resurfaced into an investigation into an american suicide bomber in syria. that man and mateen went to the same florida mosque. again. mateen was cleared. but the investigation into the mass shooting reveals he had indeed become inspired over the years by extremist ideology. >> we are highly confident this killer was radicalized. and at least in some part through the internet. now that the fbi has his cell

track who he was talking to and what he was reading. law enforcement sources say there is evidence he may have researched disney world as a possible target. ultimately he chose the pulse nightclub. just over a week before the attack he purchased the six-hour mcx assault rifle then a glock 17 june 5th. gun store owner ed henson says mateen had multiple security licenses. >> he hadn't purchased them from us i am sure he would have gotten them from another local gun store in the area. >> reporter: the fbi will conduct a review of its actions in 2013 and 2014. agent working on the current investigation have mateen's samsung cell phone, law enforcement sources say they're not facing encryption roadblocks as they did in the san bernardino terrorism investigation. of the more than 300 people in the pulse nightclub sunday morning, 102 were shot. 53 survived.

efforts of a group of dedicated surgeons. scott pelley has their story. >> reporter: 44 gunshot victims came into the emergency room virtually all at once. nine of those patients died. but every patient that made it to surgery has survived. >> they brought the first patient in. then they brought another patient in. they brought another patient in. they said there were possibly 20 more gunshot wound patients coming in. >> in the vast array of things like in a military setting. >> we had gunshot wound to the chest, abdomen, extremities, most fairly severe because of the high velocity projectiles. >> what do you mean by that? >> this was an assault rifle. a military weapon. so the bullets have a lot more energy off to them. a lot more speed. and so they cause more tissue injury. >> there were patients that were -- in pain. there were patients that were crying.

>> there is an individual who required multiple operations in the same 24-hour time period because of active ongoing bleeding. >> but you saved them? >> we did, yeah. things like that. when people come in, dying in front of you. and they're able to, to wake up. and their families are smiling. it's -- it's pretty amazing. we had hundreds of families members in the lobby of the hospital. clamoring to know how their loved one was. and what struck many of us was just the devastation to these families in not knowing for hours and hours, because so many of the victims were still inside the club. >> i was trying to put myself in their position. just -- not knowing if their loved one was in the hospital or if their loved one was still at the nightclub. you know, i just want to say that i am proud that we were there to be there for them. and it's -- it's very humbling. >> maybe of those who survived owe their lives to a former united states marine who was working security at the club. here is mark strassmann.

there. high can hear him coming back with the shots. >> he had been working security at the club for less than a month when mayhem exploded early sunday morning. >> he must have literally walked in as i walked to the back staff hallway. that's when the shots went off. >> shots go off. how many? >> three, four shots go off. you can tell, high caliber. no way a pistol or something else. then i saw people start pouring into the, back, back staff hallway. and they just, started to impact everyone. >> he could see a life-saving option beyond the crouched panicky people. two doors. one led back into the club. the other, led out. to safety. but someone, anyone had to unlatch it. >> a bullet is going to go through the door or he is coming through. there is no other choice. either i am going to die right now e

somebody out. i am screaming, everybody, shots kept going off. screaming open the door. open the door. and no one is moving. because, they're scared. i jumped over. opened the latch. we got everyone that we can out of there. >> how many people went through the door? >> probably over 60, 70. as soon as people found out the door was open kept pouring out. >> once he got safely outside. yusef, him in the gray tank top. carried the wounded to waiting ambulances. >> stay calm. have to stay calm. >> his call under fire came in uniform. the 24-year-old is also a former marine. he says his instincts came from six years in the corps and a tour in afghanistan. >> when the day comes you are going to see what you are made of. i think i reacted the best i could. >> too many people died, but you saved a lot of folks. >> i wish i could save more. to be honest. there's -- there's a lot of people that are dead. there's a lot of people that are dead.

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the orlando massacre touched off a political firestorm on the presidential campaign trail. donald trump's repeated calls to ban muslims from entering the united states was denounced again by both hillary clinton and republican house speaker paul ryan. president obama jumped into the fray. pointing out that the united states was founded on freedom of religion. nancy cordes reports. >> trump and clinton's responses could not have been more different. one proposed banning assault weapons. the other proposed banning muslim immigrants. one argued the u.s. made gains against isis in the past few months. the other said the president was intentionally going easy on terrorists. implying it's because he sympathizes with them.

nobody knows what is going on. nobody knows why he doesn't have more anger. >> in interview after interview, monday, trump argued the that was mistearously ignoring isis. >> true, he has more anger twor me than isis. i don't know there is something going on. for years, trump claimed the president was a secret muslim born outside the u.s. >> what is clear if you take a look at the president's record it speaks for itself. that record includes a lot of dead terrorists. >> reporter: "the washington post" examined trump's comments but he didn't like the headline. so trump announced he was banning the nation's fourth largest national newspaper from covering his events. >> if i get in there it is going to change. and it is going to change quickly. >> reporter: in new hampshire trump argued a tell pour's ban is the only way. >> they enslave women and they murder gays. i don't want them in the country. and he sought pay back. bringing her up 18 times.

>> she vowed to crack down on terrorist recruiting and propaganda online and reach out to muslims in the u.s. >> we should be intensifying contacts in those communities, not scapegoating or isolating them. [ applause ] >> trump's ousting of "the washington post" puts the paper in good company. outlets like buzzfeed, politico and the huffington post have been partially or banned from trump events. in a statement, the post executive editor called trump's move a repudiation of the role

of a free and independent press. and this morning, the post editorial board adds if this is his inclination now, imagine how he might wield the powers of the presidency. >> president obama had harsh words for both donald trump and republicans in congress who he claims only talk about being tough on terrorism. the president said there are several ways to combat home grown terrorists. one, is to keep people who are put on the terrorist no fly list from buying guns. another is to reinstate the ban on assault weapons. and, he was just getting warmed up. >> for a while now the main con -- contribution of some of those on the other side of the aisle, is to criticize this administration and me for not using the phrase radical islam. that's the key they tell us. we can't beat isil unless we call them radical islamists. what exactly would using this label acompolish?

what exactly would it change? would it make isil less committed to trying to kill americans? would it bring in more allies? is there a military strategy that is served by this? the answer is none of the above. calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. this is a political distraction. since before i was president, i have been clear how groups have perverted islam to justify terrorism. as president i have repeatedly called on our muslim friends and allies at home and around the world to work with us to reject this twisted interpretation of one of the world's great

religions. not once has an adviser of mine said, "man, if we really to that phrase, we are going to turn this whole thing around." not once. so someone seriously thinks we don't know who we are fighting -- if there is anyone out there that thinks we are confused about who our enemies are. that would come as a surprise to the thousand of terrorists who we have taken off the battlefield. now up until this point this argument about labels has mostly been partisan rhetoric. sadly we have all become accustomed to that kind of partisanship.

against these extremist groups. and that kind of yapping has not prevented folks across government from doing their jobs. from sacrificing and working really hard to protect the american people. but we are now seeing how dangerous this kind of mind set and this kind of thinking can be. we are starting to see where this kind of rhetoric and loose talk and sloppiness about who exactly we're fighting -- where this can be lead us. we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states. to bar all muslims from emigrating to america. you hear language that singles

entire religious communities are complicit in violence. where does this stop? the orlando killer -- one of the san bernardino killers, the fort hood killer, they were all u.s. citizens. are we going to start treating all muslim-americans differently. are we going to start subjecting them to special surveillance? are we going to start discriminating against them because of their faith? we have heard these suggestions during the course of this campaign. do republican officials actually agree with this?

because that is not the america we want. it doesn't reflect our democratic ideals. it won't make us more safe. it will make us less safe. fueling isil's notion that the west hates muslims. making young muslims in this country and around the world feel like -- no matter what they do, they're going to be under suspicion. and under attack. it makes muslim-americans feel like their government is betraying them. it betrays the very values america stands for.

we have gone through moments in our history before when we acted out of fear. we came to regret it. we have seen our government -- mistreat our fellow citizens. and it has been a shameful part of our history. this is a country founded on basic freedoms. including freedom of religion. we don't have religious tests here. our founders, our constitution, our bill of rights -- are clear about that. and if we ever abandon those values we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the world, but we would have

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to die, he said. but we had to run and duck. like so many others they crossed the euphrates river in a frantic escape. 10-year-old amani told us she loved her beautiful home before isis. >> she was afraid to say what life was like then. but said she hated it. around 20,000 people have arrived here since the siege to recapture fallujah began. more arriving by the day. but with each day, concern is growing for those who can't get here. camilla aswad awad broke down when she told us two sons were killed and two more are missing. while her family is safe now. amani told us she is worried about the school friend she left behind.

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