as shocking as the attack in orlando is, violence against the lgbt community is common even sanctioned in some parts of the world. some islamic countries impose the death penalty for homosexuality. but none of them compare to the depravity of isis. the first images in holly williams' story are honest but troubling to watch. >> reporter: isis propaganda videos like this one show men accused of having sex with other men executed in typically barbaric fashion. and it is not just under isis that gay and lesbian people face the death penalty. same-sex, sexual relations are illegal in more than 70 countries. but only in seven

muslim states can you be sentenced to death for it. this man told us he fled iran last year after spending three months in prison for handing out leaflets against homophobia. >> translator: they beat me. they tried to suffocate me with a pillow. and they stuck their shoes in my mouth, he said. >> reporter: not all muslims societies are intolerant of homosexuality. here in turkey which is majority muslim, gay sex was legalized in 1858. that's nearly 150 years before it finally became legal in all american states. both the koran and the bible condemn homosexuality according to some interpretations. but as the the west has become more tolerant when it comes to sexuality, it sparked a culture clash with many conservative muslims. the massacre in or lane

been praised by isis and its supporters. but scott, at this point there is no indication that the shooter had any contact with the group or its leaders in the middle east. >> holly williams reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, thank you. orlando suffered yet another tragedy today. the body of a 2-year-old boy was recovered this afternoon after he was taken by an alligator at a disney resort. mark strassmann is covering. >> reporter: in the lagoon behind the grand floridian resort, dive teams searched for 15 hours. and in murky water about 6 feet deep they spot aid child's body completely intact. >> sheriff jerry dennings. >> we recovered the remains of the 2-year-old from the water and -- and that bed has now been turned over to the orange county medical examiner's office. >> reporter: matt and melissa

vacationers from elk horn, nebraska, walked along the lagoon's edge last night. lane, their 2-year-old son, waded into water 1 foot deep around 9:00 p.m. an alligator then pounced. his father tried but failed to wrestle his son back to safety. and the gator and the boy disappeared into the water. in their search, divers helped by sonar found and killed five alligators. mark mccue, an alligator expert says summer is their breeding and nesting season. >> these alligators can pop up almost anywhere in florida? >> pop up almost anywhere. i am not real familiar with the situation, there are canals, pond. lakes that interconnect through the disney property. wouldn't be unusual for alligators to move from one body of water to the next. >> gators are part of the landscape at walt disney world. we found signs inside the park, warning against feeding alligators. at the

was killed, signs say no swimming. no signs warn about alligators despite the fact that disney has had to relocate gators discovered in the past. disney says it will re-evaluate the messages and added in a statement everyone here is devastated. we are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist law enforcement. alligator fatalities are rare in florida, scott, this was the state's third since 2007. and the first in the 45 year history of walt disney world. >> mark strassmann tonight, thank you. well the presidential primary season came to a quiet close with hillary clinton defeating bernie sanders and the democratic contest in washington, d.c. she now takes on republican donald trump in a cbs news poll out tonight, finds clinton has a six-point lead. trump advocated a return to waterboarding terror suspects. and the cia has

declassified documents from its so-called enhanced interrogation program. this release was a response to a lawsuit by the american civil liberties union which claims that the cia tortured suspects. here's david martin. >> reporter: the heavily censored documents give a real time look into what the cia was thinking when it began waterboarding senior al qaeda captives. this is a train wreck waiting to happen one officer wrote announcing he was quitting the cia. but director george tenet assured the white house, so-called enhanced interrogation techniques enabled cia to disrupt terrorist plots, capture additional terrorists and collect critical intelligence on al qaeda. the first al qaeda prisoner to be water boarded was abu zebeta, a draft memo shows before the water board being gain, the cia wanted attorney general john ashcroft to state in write he would not prosecute anyone f

what they were about to do. in a cable from the secret prison where the prisoner was held, said he must never be allowed to tell what happened. we need to g reasonable assurances that subject will remain in isolation and out of communication for the remainder of his life. abu zubaydah was water boarded 83 times. evaluation by the cia office of medical services said az probably reached the point of cooperation even prior to the institution of enhanced measures. the same office of medical services also pointed out what appears to be a glaring conflict of interest. psychologists who had a say in whether the enhanced interrogation should continue were getting paid $1,800 for each day they worked. eventually the cia stopped using some of the harsher techniques. the cia director told his staff, president bush was "concerned about the image of a detainee chained to the ceiling, clothed

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judge in the trial of a nurse charged with attacking an unconscious patient. >> reporter: the santa clara county da's office took unusual step of removing judge aaron persky from a new sexual assault case. we lack confidence that judge persky can fairly participate in the upcoming hearing. comes after a local newspaper published a scathing letter from one of 12 jurors in the brock turner case who unanimously convicted the stanford student on three counts of felony sexual assault. when persky handed down a six month sentence, the unnamed juror called it ridiculously lenient adding it makes a mockery of the trial and ability of the justice system to protect victims of assault and rape. justice has not been served in this case, the jury continued. shame on you. >> this is someone who is very frustrated the judge's sentence doesn't fit what they believe they reached the verdict in the

case. law professor laurie levinson said jurors rarely speak out like this. even more out of the ordinary aamount of public backlash persky received forcing the da to act. >> there is a rationale basis for the district attorney to say, that came out of the blue. we cannot take another chance at a brock turner type of result. we want him off these types of cases. >> persky's problems are unlikely to end here. last week a women's rights advocacy group calling for persky's removal delivered nearly 1 million online signatures to the state commission on judicial performance. the santa clara county district attorney's office handles 40,000 cases a year, but scott, the da's office tells me last year, they only requested to have a judge removed less than 10 times. >> from our los angeles newsroom, thank you very much. coming up next, was this rock riff ripped off?

for years led zeppelin fans debated the meaning of the mystical epic "stairway to heaven." now carter evans tells us the song's origins are being argued in court. >> reporter: dressed in a suit with his hair pulled ,

stage in his own defense this afternoon claiming it was two years ago when he first heard the song he and robert plant are accused of plagiarizing in 1971. at stake whether led zeppelin stole that famous stairway to heaven opening guitar riff from a lesser known band spirit and their song "taurus." now listen to "stairway to heaven." again. ♪ ♪ spirit's guitarist randy california first released taurus in 1968. an attorney representing his estate claims page and plant heard the tune when the two band played the same venues in the late 60s. attorneys for led zip lynn say the 10 second riff is rooted in a core progression that goes back hundreds of years. this piece by

giovanni is from the 17th century. larry iser, a copy right attorney >> you got to remember there is only 12 notes in a music scale. there is only a certain number of genres. it's -- almost impossible to -- not be influenced by what came before you. ♪ i know you want it >> reporter: the lawsuit at the heels of another controversial decision that rocked the music industry last year when a judge awarded marvin gaye's family $4.7 million saying robin thicke and pharrell william's song, blurred lines copied "give it up." >> stairway to heaven earned $5550 over,00045 years. randy california's estate wants a portion of that and future royalties. >> carter evans on the stairway tonight. thank you. we'll be right back.

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we have told you how doctors are healing the bodies of the wounded in orlando. jon lapook tells us, souls need mending as well. >> reporter: in a small house in downtown orlando. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: healing starts with a call for help at an lgbt resource center. it is also in the work of a performer called blue star. reeling from news of a friend's death, but continuing to offer support from her theater

headquarters. >> providing love. anything that we can do to ensure that someone makes it through this day and that when they wake up tomorrow they know they have a safe place to go. >> for people like aaron hernandez, healing begins with a vigil for those who were lost. >> why did you come here today? >> to celebrate my friend. i lost five of them. >> reporter: oh, my. >> i think that the best way for mae to get better is to be surrounded with people that i love. >> reporter: since 9/11 research taught mental health experts the best medicine following traumatic events is not having people relive the events in their minds but instead making them feel safe, calm, and connected to others. all around this grieving city, there are signs of healing. >> when you wake up in the morning and it is your family, it is your community, unless people experience it you

the cut actually is. >> reporter: how does the cut heal? >> i don't know. >> reporter: no one knows. but this is how it begins. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, orlando. >> that's the overnight news for this thursday. 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. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley.

this 'tis the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. the investigation into the orlando massacre is focused on the killer's wife. investigators tell cbs news, noorsalman went to pulse nightclub with her husband at least once went with him to buy am nation and told the fbi she tried to talk him out of committing the attack. 49 people died and more than 50 others were wounded when omar mateen turned the club into a killing ground. jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: cbs news learned that sunday, omar mateen went to work as a security guard in a gated community in florida. went home only to go out back again ending

nightclub. investigators believe he was in the area for several hours before walking into the nightclub carrying a backpack and then launching the attack at abt 2:00 a.m. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: sunday's shooting rampage wasn't omar mateen's only objective during the three-hour attack. he was on face book, declaring allegiance to isis. he repeated his pledge in a phone call to 911 and to a television producer according to a local cable news station. >> he started saying he did it for the islamic state, isis. and he started speaking in arabic. >> reporter: law enforcement source says mateen's wife noor videotaped with her head covered is telling investigators she tried to stop her husband from committing the attack. investigators have interviewed her twice and given her a polygraph test. she told them the couple had been to the club at least once before. >> everybody knew his name. omar

says mateen was a regular. >> he used to come in the bar on the weekend some times. he would be there, some times he would miss a couple weeks and be in again. >> reporter: the fbi has been speaking with owners of the clubs in the area, michael bass who operates gay club revere. he says he received a face book friend request from mateen three days before the shooting. i saw that picture that morning of the incident. i've swallowed my tongue it was omar mateen. >> good morning. >> reporter: 2012 documentary appears to show mateen working as a security guard following the bp oil spill. where he seems skeptical of the clean-up efforts. >> no one gives a [ bleep ] here. everybody is just out to get paid. they're hoping for more oil to come out. more people to complain so they will have the jobs. they want more disaster to happen. >> reporter: the killer's wife has been cooperating with authorities. but prosecutors are kidding whether to charge her for having prior knowledge of the

ever called police to warn them that she believed he was planning an attack. >> the orlando massacre has renewed the debate over gun sales. president obama said it is just crazy to allow someone on a terrorist no fly list to buy a gun. and now the nra says it agrees. the group which supports donald trump for president, now says anyone on a terror watch list who tries to buy a gun should "be thoroughly investigated" and the sale delayed. while that investigation is under way. the nra also wants people to be able to get their names off of the terror watch list. right now there is no mechanism for that. nancy cordes reports from the campai campaign trail. >> he said i will abolish the second amendment. that's wrong. >> reporter: clinton said he favors a return to restrictions for people on the no fly list. >> people being watched for

buy a gun with no questions aske democrats on capitol hill chimed in pointing to a new federal report that shows in the last year alone, people on the terrorist watch list were able to pass federal background checks and buy a gun in 223 cases out of 244 attempts. >> let our republican colleagues contemplate that. they want to fight terrorism, but they say they're going to continue a situation where 91% of suspected terrorists can get a gun. >> republicans have their own bill. they say would do the same thing while making sure those denied a gun have a right to appeal it. an assault weapons ban they say would be unconstitutional. >> do you think the founders anticipated assault weapons that could very quickly kill 50 people? >> right now, our democratic friend seem to be more interested in opportunistically using this tragedy to advance their agenda rather than looking to work w u

problems. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> reporter: republicans noted last time an assault weapons ban came up for a vote in 2013, 16 senate democrats voted against it including west virginia's joe mansion. >> where do you stand on an assault weapons ban now? >> i know with the ar-15 they're talking about, type of weapon, what it is used for. the people that go hunting we don't use that type of gun. there is an awful lot of people that collect and go sports shooting. they use it very legitimate, legal way. >> the senator did co-author legislation to close loopholes in background checks after the sandy hook massacre. and it was seen as the best chance for a bipartisan compromise back then. but it also failed. he is hoping this tragedy could give it new life. >> more than two dozen people shot in the pulse nightclub are still in the hospital. about a half dozen are listed as critical. some survivors well enough off to talk described their

>> we are all scrambling in the bathroom screaming. >> reporter: the survivors' gut wrenching accounts of the massacre are difficult to listen to. >> people are getting hit by bullets. blood is everywhere. >> reporter: during the attack, patience carter and 32-year-old angel santiago sought shelter in pulse's bathrooms. >> when it didn't stop. the gunfire kept going. we heard it getting louder and closer. i did think to myself. wow, this is probably it for me. >> both shot in the leg. santiago hit multiple times. >> every time the phone rung or text message went off. he would say where is it? give it up. where is it? >> carter with tiara parker and akira murray were among those held hostage. >> i could see piles of body laying over the toilet seat. slumped over in the bottom of the toilet which is covered with hand prints and blood. >> reporter: when the gunman first opened fire, carter a

murray escaped outside. they became trapped when they reentered the club to find parker. parker survived. murray who had just celebrated her 18th birthday was the youngest of the 49 victims to die. >> i could see my best friend on the floor. and akyra looking lifeless. at that pin the i was look i don't think i am really going to get out of here you. know, i made peace with god within myself. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm just there laying down, thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. angel colon said he was helpless on the floor of the club after he was shot about three times in the leg. the gunman took aim at him again. >> i don't know how -- but by the glory of god he shoots toward my head, but it hits my hand. then he shoots me again. it hits the side of my hip. >> colon one of 44 victims transported to orlando regional medical center where doctors performed ds

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survivors of the orlando massacre are sharing their terrifying experiences. scott pelley spoke to one young man who got out alive while his best friend did not. >> we were standing at the bar. we were ordering a drink. we never even got that 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. it had to be the music." but then when you hear the ringing of someone shooting and

don't even know if it is next to you where is it coming from, are they coming over here. is it over? is it really true? and the shots just continue to go on. then it stopped. and it began again. then the lights went off. then it was complete silence. complete silence for, 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 and my friends.

as me and bryson, eddie justice was getting ready to go out of the women's bathroom. he looked at me, and 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." he knew i was going to take care of him. because he was more than just a friend. he was like a brother. and the person that, that would put a smile on my face. the person that told me that, 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 are going to be somebody. and i told him, i said i am not going to let go. we are going to get out of here. and to hold your friend's hand and only make three feet away from the bathroom to where the dressing room is, is where you know there is a door to exit out of.

as i am running out of that same hallway, but it is dark. it's dark. he was behind me -- he wasn't behind me. as i am looking behind me and still moving, a girl gets shot behind me. she falls on the floor. and people tramp over her like she is nothing. because they're in such a panic attack. we are at a stand still at this time. because it is dark. the gate is black. and you can't really see where the latch is to open it. once the latch opens, i ran across the street to the fire department. then to the 7-eleven. i made a snap chat, i was like "if you guys are okay, please just snap me back." the last thing i -- my friend texted me was -- please help me. help me. i have been shot. and i am going into shock. please hel

well you can't help someone when you know you want to help them but you can't help them. when you know you always help them. you always were there. they always were there for you. so to hear, help me, you can't help. you can't help me. you are trying to keep calm. so you can keep them calm. because they told you they're in shock. >> there was nothing you could do. >> it's easier said than done. in the back of my head i fault me. because i am supposed to be the bigger brother. >> there is nothing you could have done. >> demit rich. us told us, it was not a hate crime against

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the gator carried him away. it took a full day to find the remains. >> we recovered street remains of the 2-year-old from the water and -- and that bed has now been turned over to the orange county medical examiner's office for an autopsy. the child was found, the body was completely intact, and so at this time we will go through the formality of making a formal identification. but there is no reason for us to believe that the body that was recovered is not that of lane graves. >> in the past 68 years there have only been 22 deaths in florida by unprovoked alligator attacks even less common than shark attacks. one of the most famous shark

jersey shore. anna werner has that story. >> reporter: welcome to beach haven, a slice of heaven on the new jersey shore. >> just wonderful. and we can't wait for another great summer here. >> been coming here since i was 18 months old. love this place. love the beach. >> it's relaxing. just a beautiful beach. >> reporter: the perfect place to take a dip and put your mind at ease. >> america thought they were having one last golden gentle innocent summer. but that wasn't to be. >> reporter: author and physician richard fernicola has the written about the events. >> the nature of the attacks, the viciousness in that period it still stand out. stood out then. stand out even more perhaps in retrospect. >> reporter: back then sharks were a distant offshore cure yos team. it was widely assumed they would never pose a threat to man. that all changed july 1,

when a 25-year-old accountant from philadelphia, charles van sant went for a swim and was viciously attacked. doctors say there was no doubt he had been killed by a shark. five days later some 45 miles north in spring lake, a bellhop swam out beyond the breakers, he too was killed. >> here you had a case where there were no attacks for 50, 100 years. here you had two men in their 20s who were viciously mauled by a shark right in the beach zone. >> reporter: what happened next would turn fear to panic. 25 miles north where the ocean waters meet matawan creek, a sea captain walking near a draw bridge saw a large shark heading upstream. this is where he saw the shark. >> reporter: we went with dr. fernicola to look at the scene. >> the important distance how far from the mouth, how far from the bay are the attack sites.

>> about one mile. >> reporter: in the next 45 minutes. the shark swam that mile. up to a swimming hole popular with boys from the town of matawan. like 11-year-old lester stillwell. >> reporter: right where we are going over right now? >> yes, right where we are going over right now. exactly. >> reporter: it is here where the shark found stillwell in the deepest part of the swimming hole and took him under. it is such a serene spot. >> serene, tranquil. >> reporter: you just would not expect that right here. >> no, no. you wouldn't. >> reporter: the other boys ran into town for help. 24-year-old stanley fisher was one of those who answered the call. he and others dove in to attempt a rescue. and it was fisher who finally emerged with the boy's body. but the shark wasn't done. >> he had come up to a little bit of a shallow on the bank. and was viciously struck on the right thigh by this marng

took him under twice. >> reporter: the boy was dead. fisher died a few hours later. >> they dammed up the creek, more narrow and shall low than at the time. >> reporter: for john nickels, fisher's death isn't just fact, it is family. stanley was nicole's great uncle and more. >> reporter: a man in your family who died a hero. >> he was a hero. and he was a man of his times. he knew the boys well and a member of the community. >> reporter: and the community and all of america it seemed crowds descended on new jersey to hunt the shark. >> they set up bounty rewards for sharks. they used dynamite. took old spears, pitch forks, rifles and weapons to tripe to hunt the shark. >> reporter: the way you describe it sounds almost like a frenzy. >> it was aut

number one. >> reporter: and to this day, random shark attacks are always front page news. although they're extremely rare, there were a record 98 attacks worldwide in 2015 including six fatalities. last month sharks bit swimmers off the coast of florida and california. but the experts say the fact of the matter is that humans are the real threat to sharks. with some 100 million killed every year, primarily for shark fin soup. we have 26 sharks in the exhibit. we have tiger sharks above you. the ones the teeth hang out. >> reporter: like this one here? >> look that one. >> reporter: shark educators, at the adventure aquarium outside philadelphia work to convince people sharks if not exactly our friend are a vital part of the eco system. >> what i really want people to understand is to learn to love the underwater world in the

are out there to be revered and not feared. to understand how wonderful they are. that they make up, you know, an important part of the food chain. and they're not these killing machines that are out there to eat humans or interact with humans. we are not on their menu. >> reporter: the 1916 jersey shore shark attacks ended soon after they began. while a great white shark was captured near matawan creek, the debate continues as to the culprit, the great white, a bull shark which can swim in freshwater, or several sharks? at stanley fisher's gravesite, john nichols pays respects to the relative he never met but grew to know and admire. >> just in the wrong place at the wrong time, bizarre set of serk stan circumstances that will never be repeated. >> reporter: you don't blame the shark? >> i don't blame the shark. it was a collision course. and i, i don't hold any

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the national aquarium in baltimore the latest venue planning to end the live dolphin show. the aquarium will move the animals to seaside dolphin sanctuary within a few years. don dahler has the story. in this 1.3 million boutros-boutros gali lon pool they glide and flip interacting with kids and adults. trainers keep them occupied. gave them daily checkups and endless supplies of fish. chesapeake is 24. >> go ahead and touch her in the mouth. check the condition of the teeth. look at the tongue. the first dolphin born in the

aquarium. see how calm she is with this. how long have you had a relationship with her? >> i have been here ten years. constantly building the trust and relationship. >> reporter: but that relationship will soon change. within five years the conveyor yum wants to move the dolphins to a sanctuary like this along an ocean front. looking at places such as florida and the caribbean. >> the operating principle is dolphins first. >> reporter: the ceo of the aquarium. the site will allow the dolphins to interact with other sea life. >> these dolphins need to learn to cope with natural features. >> reporter: they have been fed almost where though lives. >> have to teach the dolphins. the good news they're smart incredible cognitive capabilities. >> reporter: that intelligence humans have started to grasp over the last 50 years. ♪ they call him flipper, flipper ♪ >> reporter: in the 60s. americans were captivated by flipper. andte

marine animals like orcas up close. in the 1990s, "free willie" showed the escape of an orca whale. in 2013 "black fish" exposed what captivity can do to marine animals. >> all whales in captivity are all psychologically traumatized. sea world is phasing out the orca show and the circus has ended its elephant show. >> really this has been a reaction to the fact that times have been changing dramatically generation to generation. as altitudes change we think that our attitude should too. >> the baltimore community will be able to stay in touch with the dolphins after they leave. the aquarium plans to have wi-fis on, web cams on 24/7 so people can monitor them. and visitors to the sanctuary will likely see these guys in person. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back

and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm michelle miller. the killer's face book message. before the massacre he called it islamic state vengeance. the investigation now focuses on what his wife knew. survivors search for emotional healing. >> how does the cut heal? >> i don't know. also tonight. death at disney. >> we recovered the remains of 29-year-old from the water. >> killed by an alligator. >> and is led zeppelin a band of bandits. an alleged case of musical theft goes to trial.

this is the cbs overnight news. we'll start with an update on the more than 50 wounded in orlando. the numbers still in the hospital is now down to 30. all are expected to survive. though some will be impaired for life. we are learning more about the terrorist who shot them and the 49 who died in the pulse nightclub. our homeland security correspondent, jeff pegues has the latest on the investio investigators are trying to determine who else may have been involved in the planning of the massacre. the killer's wife is becoming a primary focus. law enforcement sources say there is surveillance video of noor lm

ammunition with her husband and say she drove with him when she case the the nightclub. she told agents she tried to talk her husband out of committing an attack. if she had prior knowledge she could face charges. in 1995, michael fortier admitted he knew of plans for the bombing in oklahoma city. after cooperating he served 10 1/2 years in prison. the fbi's ron hopper is leading the orlando investigation. we are continuing to do interviews, whether that means they were involved in the planning or execution of the act they will be brought to justice. >> authorities are digging into omar mateen's background. he worked as a security guard following the bp oil spill when producers of a 2012 documentary spoke with him he was skeptical of the clean-up effort. they want more disaster to

happen. >> reporter: according to his employer, mateen had his florida security officer license renewed four times each time requiring a criminal background and fbi check. he also had at least 28 hours for firearms training. records indicate he was a good shot. last saturday he returned home after working in a gated community. later that night he drove himself off to the pulse nightclub carrying a backpack. by then he had already posted the face book message which also included this ominous warning. in the next few days you will see attacks from the islamic state in the usa. investigators found no evidence that mateen was in direct contact with any radial group. the saint lucy county sheriff confirmed he want ee eed mateen employer to transfer him out of his job. scott, the sheriff says mateen made inflammatory remarks about

fort hood shooter. jeff, thank you. the fbi had investigated the killer for possible ties to terrorism. omar mateen was on the terror watch list until the fbi cleared him. it seems hard to justify, but people on that terror list are still allowed to buy weapons. and that has set off a debate that dean reynolds is covering. >> to be silenced, light, short. >> reporter: this advertisement highlights the assault weapon the orlando killer bought 11 days, a mcx. >> it's the start of a new era. >> reporter: he bought it and glock 17 pistol legally know he had been on and off the fbi watch list for suspected terrorists twice. the last time in 2014. what's more, under current law, had he actually been on the watch list, this month, no law would have automatically stopped

that's because right now the law bars felons, fugitives, illegal immigrants or juveniles for example, from buying guns, but not suspected terrorists. fbi data show that people who were on the terror watch list last year were involved background checks, 244 times. and in 223 of those cases, the firearm purchases went ahead. that's a 91% approval rate. now, in the aftermath of orlando, the presumptive presidential nominees are suggesting the laws need to be toughened. hillary clinton today. >> if you are too dangerous to get on a plane, you are too dangerous to buy a gun. >> reporter: and donald trump tweeted when he next meets with the national rifle association he will talk about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list or no fly list to buy guns. >> senator from connecticut. >> in congress senator patrick

murphy launched a filibuster to force a vote on gun control legislation. >> i have had enough of the ongoing slaughter of innocents and i have had enough of inaction in this body. >> reporter: some in congress worry that law-abiding citizens on the list by mistake would be blocked from buying protection. and yet, of 323 million americans, there are just 25,000 on the watch list. and 6,400 on the no fly list. cases of mistaken identity would involve a small portion of the population. but there is another concern, scott. voiced by fbi director james comey, and it is, that if a suspected terrorist is blocked from buying a weapon it might tip him off that the fbi is on his trail. >> dean, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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allergy research and education. as shocking as the attack in orlando is, violence against the lgbt community is common even sanctioned in some parts of the world. some islamic countries impose the death penalty for homosexuality. but none of them compare to the depravity of isis. the first images in holly williams' story are honest but troubling to watch. >> reporter: isis propaganda videos like this one show men accused of having sex with other men executed in typically barbar f

that gay and lesbian people face the death penalty. same-sex, sexual relations are illegal in more than 70 countries. but only in seven predominantly muslim states can you be sentenced to death for it. this man told us he fled iran last year after spending three months in prison for handing out leaflets against homophobia. >> translator: they beat me. they tried to suffocate me with a pillow. and they stuck their shoes in my mouth, he said. >> reporter: not all muslims societies are intolerant of homosexuality. here in turkey which is majority muslim, gay sex was legalized in 1858. that's nearly 150 years before it finally became legal in all american states. both the koran and the bible condemn homosexuality according to some interpretations. but as the the west has become more tolerant when it comes to sexual i

muslims. the massacre in orlando has been praised by isis and its supporters. but scott, at this point there is no indication that the shooter had any contact with the group or its leaders in the middle east. >> holly williams reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, thank you. orlando suffered yet another tragedy today. the body of a 2-year-old boy was recovered this afternoon after he was taken by an alligator at a disney resort. mark strassmann is covering. >> reporter: in the lagoon behind the grand floridian resort, dive teams searched for 15 hours. and in murky water about 6 feet deep they spot aid child's body completely intact. >> sheriff jerry dennings. >> we recovered the remains of the 2-year-old from the water and -- and that bed has now been turned over to the orange county medical examiner's office. >> reporter: matt and melissa graves and their two kids, vacationers from elk horn,

nebraska, walked along the lagoon's edge last night. lane, their 2-year-old son, waded into water 1 foot deep around 9:00 p.m. an alligator then pounced. his father tried but failed to wrestle his son back to safety. and the gator and the boy disappeared into the water. in their search, divers helped by sonar found and killed five alligators. mark mccue, an alligator expert says summer is their breeding and nesting season. >> these alligators can pop up almost anywhere in florida? >> pop up almost anywhere. i am not real familiar with the situation, there are canals, pond. lakes that interconnect through the disney property. wouldn't be unusual for alligators to move from one body

of water to the next. >> gators are part of the landscape at walt disney world. we found signs inside the park, warning against feeding alligators. at the lagoon where lane graves was killed, signs say no swimming. no signs warn about alligators despite the fact that disney has had to relocate gators discovered in the past. disney says it will re-evaluate the messages and added in a statement everyone here is devastated. we are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist law enforcement. alligator fatalities are rare in florida, scott, this was the state's third since 2007. and the first in the 45 year history of walt disney world. >> mark strassmann tonight, thank you. well the presidential primary season came to a quiet close with hillary clinton defeating bernie sanders and the democratic contest in washington, d.c. she now takes on republican donald trump in a cbs news poll out tonight, finds clinton has a six-point lead. trump advocated a return to waterboarding terror suspects. and the cia has just

so-called enhanced interrogation program. this release was a response to a lawsuit by the american civil liberties union which claims that the cia tortured suspects. here's david martin. >> reporter: the heavily censored documents give a real time look into what the cia was thinking when it began waterboarding senior al qaeda captives. this is a train wreck waiting to happen one officer wrote announcing he was quitting the cia. but director george tenet assured the white house, so-called enhanced interrogation techniques enabled cia to disrupt terrorist plots, capture additional terrorists and collect critical intelligence on al qaeda. the first al qaeda prisoner to be water boarded was abu zebeta, a draft memo shows before the water board being gain, the cia wanted attorney general john ashcroft to state in write he would not ec

what they were about to do. in a cable from the secret prison where the prisoner was held, said he must never be allowed to tell what happened. we need to get reasonable assurances that subject will remain in isolation and out of communication for the remainder of his life. abu zubaydah was water boarded 83 times. evaluation by the cia office of medical services said az probably reached the point of cooperation even prior to the institution of enhanced measures. the same office of medical services also pointed out what appears to be a glaring conflict of interest. psychologists who had a say in whether the enhanced interrogation should continue were getting paid $1,800 for each day they worked.

eventually the cia stopped using some of the harsher techniques. the cia director told his staff, president bush was "concerned about the image of a detainee chained to the ceiling, clothed in a diaper, and forced to go to the bathroom on themselves." scott. >> david martin reporting from the pentagon. david, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. y delights. the mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. tum tum tum tum. chewy delights. only from tums. >> important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you are on a fixed income, learn about affordable whole life insurance that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information, call this number now. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about a popular life insurance plan wi

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lysol that. the judge who is under fire for sentencing a stanford university swimmer to just six months for sexual assault has been blocked from a similar

case. prosecutors objected to the judge in the trial of a nurse charged with attacking an unconscious patient. >> reporter: the santa clara county da's office took unusual step of removing judge aaron persky from a new sexual assault case. we lack confidence that judge persky can fairly participate in the upcoming hearing. comes after a local newspaper published a scathing letter from one of 12 jurors in the brock turner case who unanimously convicted the stanford student on three counts of felony sexual assault. when persky handed down a six month sentence, the unnamed juror called it ridiculously lenient adding it makes a mockery of the trial and ability of the justice system to protect victims of assault and rape. justice has not been served in this case, the juror continued. shame on you. >> this is someone who is very frustrated the judge's sentence

doesn't fit what they believe they reached the verdict in the case. law professor laurie levinson said jurors rarely speak out like this. even more out of the ordinary amount of public backlash persky received forcing the da to act. >> there is a rationale basis for the district attorney to say, that came out of the blue. we cannot take another chance at a brock turner type of result. we want him off these types of cases. >> persky's problems are unlikely to end here. last week a women's rights advocacy group calling for persky's removal delivered nearly 1 million online signatures to the state commission on judicial performance. the santa clara county district attorney's office handles 40,000 cases a year, but scott, the da's office tells me last year, they only requested to have a judge removed less than 10 times. >> from our los angeles newsroom, thank you very much. coming up next, was this rock riff ripped off?

for years led zeppelin fans debated the meaning of the mystical epic "stairway to heaven." now carter evans tells us the song's origins are being argued in court. >> reporter: dressed in a suit with his hair pulled back,

stage in his own defense this afternoon claiming it was two years ago when he first heard the song he and robert plant are accused of plagiarizing in 1971. at stake whether led zeppelin stole that famous stairway to heaven opening guitar riff from a lesser known band spirit and their song "taurus." now listen to "stairway to heaven." again. ♪ ♪ spirit's guitarist randy california first released taurus in 1968.

estate claims page and plant heard the tune when the two band played the same venues in the late 60s. attorneys for led zeppelin say the 10 second riff is rooted in a core progression that goes back hundreds of years. this piece by italian composer giovanni is from the 17th century. larry iser, a copy right attorney >> you got to remember there is only 12 notes in a music scale. there is only a certain number of genres. it's -- almost impossible to -- not be influenced by what came before you. ♪ i know you want it >> reporter: the lawsuit at the heels of another controversial decision that rocked the music industry last year when a judge awarded marvin gaye's family $4.7 million saying robin thicke and pharrell william's song, blurred lines copied "give it up." >> stairway to heaven earned $550 million over 45 years. randy carn

>> carter evans on the stairway tonight. thank you. we'll be right back.

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we have told you how doctors are healing the bodies of the wounded in orlando. jon lapook tells us, souls need mending as well. >> reporter: in a small house in downtown orlando.

>> good afternoon. >> reporter: healing starts with a call for help at an lgbt resource center. it is also in the work of a performer called blue star. reeling from news of a friend's death, but continuing to offer support from her theater headquarters. >> providing love. anything that we can do to ensure that someone makes it through this day and that when they wake up tomorrow they know they have a safe place to go. >> for people like aaron hernandez, healing begins with a vigil for those who were lost. >> why did you come here today? >> to celebrate my friend.

>> reporter: oh, my. >> i think that the best way for mae to get better is to be surrounded with people that i love. >> reporter: since 9/11 research taught mental health experts the best medicine following traumatic events is not having people relive the events in their minds but instead making them feel safe, calm, and connected to others. all around this grieving city, there are signs of healing. >> when you wake up in the morning and it is your family, it is your community, unless people experience it you can never explain to them how deep the cut actually is. >> reporter: how does the cut heal? >> i don't know. >> reporter: no one knows. but this is how it begins. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, orlando. >> that's the overnight news for this thursday. 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. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm michelle miller. the investigation into the orlando massacre is focused on the killer's wife. investigators tell cbs news, noorsalman went to pulse nightclub with her husband at least once went with him to buy ammunition and she told the fbi she tried to talk him out of committing the attack. 49 people died and more than 50 others were wounded when omar mateen turned the club into a killing ground. jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: cbs news learned that sunday, omar mateen went to work as a security guard in a gated community in florida. went home only to go out back again ending up near pulse nightclub. investigators believe he was

before walking into the nightclub carrying a backpack and then launching the attack at about 2:00 a.m. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: sunday's shooting rampage wasn't omar mateen's only objective during the three-hour attack. he was on face book, declaring allegiance to isis. he repeated his pledge in a phone call to 911 and to a television producer according to a local cable news station. >> he started saying he did it for the islamic state, isis. and he started speaking in arabic. >> reporter: law enforcement source says mateen's wife noor videotaped with her head covered is telling investigators she tried to stop her husband from committing the attack. investigators have interviewed hetw

she told them the couple had been to the club at least once before. >> everybody knew his name. omar. >> club patron, jim van horn says mateen was a regular. >> he used to come in the bar on the weekend some times. he would be there, some times he would miss a couple weeks and be in again. >> reporter: the fbi has been speaking with owners of the clubs in the area, michael bass who operates gay club revere. he says he received a face book friend request from mateen three days before the shooting. i saw that picture that morning of the incident. i've swallowed my tongue it was omar mateen. >> good morning. >> reporter: 2012 documentary appears to show mateen working as a security guard following the bp oil spill. where he seems skeptical of the clean-up efforts. >> no one gives a [ bleep ] here. everybody is jst out to get paid. they're hoping for more oil to

more people to complain so they will have the jobs. they want more disaster to happen. >> reporter: the killer's wife has been cooperating with authorities. but prosecutors are kidding whether to charge her for having prior knowledge of the attack. so far there is no evidence she ever called police to warn them that she believed he was planning an attack. >> the orlando massacre has renewed the debate over gun sales. president obama said it is just crazy to allow someone on a terrorist no fly list to buy a gun. and now the nra says it agrees. the group which supports donald trump for president, now says anyone on a terror watch list who tries to buy a gun should "be thoroughly investigated" and the sale delayed. while that investigation is

under way. the nra also wants people to be able to get their names off of the terror watch list. right now there is no mechanism for that. nancy cordes reports from the campaign trail. >> he said i will abolish the second amendment. that's wrong. >> reporter: clinton said he favors a return to restrictions for people on the no fly list. >> people being watched for suspected terrorist links can buy a gun with no questions asked. that is absurd. democrats on capitol hill chimed in pointing to a new federal report that shows in the last year alone, people on the terrorist watch list were able to pass federal background checks and buy a gun in 223 cases out of 244 attempts. >> let our republican colleagues contemplate that. they want to fight terrorism, but they say they're going to continue a situation where 91% of suspected terrorists can get a gun. >> republicans have their own bill. they say w d

while making sure those denied a gun have a right to appeal it. an assault weapons ban they say would be unconstitutional. >> do you think the founders anticipated assault weapons that could very quickly kill 50 people? >> right now, our democratic friend seem to be more interested in opportunistically using this tragedy to advance their agenda rather than looking to work with us to solve problems. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> reporter: republicans noted last time an assault weapons ban came up for a vote in 2013, 16 senate democrats voted against it including west virginia's joe mansion. >> where do you stand on an assault weapons ban now? >> i know with the ar-15 they're talking about, type of weapon, what it is used for. the people that go hunting we don't use that type of gun. there is an awful lot of people that collect and go sports shooting. they use it very legitimate, legal way. >> the senator did co-author legislation to close loopholes in background checks after the sandy hook massacre. and it was seen as the best chance for a bipartisan compromise back then. but it also failed. he is hoping this tragedy could give it new life. >> more than two dozen people

shot in the pulse nightclub are still in the hospital. about a half dozen are listed as critical. some survivors well enough off to talk described their ordeals. here is jamie yuccas. >> we are all scrambling in the bathroom screaming. >> reporter: the survivors' gut wrenching accounts of the massacre are difficult to listen to. >> people are getting hit by bullets. blood is everywhere. >> reporter: during the attack, patience carter and 32-year-old angel santiago sought shelter in pulse's bathrooms. >> when it didn't stop. the gunfire kept going. we heard it getting louder and closer. i did think to myself. wow, this is probably it for me. >> both shot in the leg. santiago hit multiple times. >> every time the phone rung or text message went off. he would say where is it? give it up. where is it? >> carter with tiara parker and akira murray were among those held hostage.

laying over the toilet seat. slumped over in the bottom of the toilet which is covered with hand prints and blood. >> reporter: when the gunman first opened fire, carter and murray escaped outside. they became trapped when they reentered the club to find parker. parker survived. murray who had just celebrated her 18th birthday was the youngest of the 49 victims to die. >> i could see my best friend on the floor. and akyra looking lifeless. at that pin the i was look i don't think i am really going to get out of here you. know, i made peace with god within myself. >> i look over and he shoots the girl next to me. and i'm just there laying down, thinking, i'm next. i'm dead. angel colon said he was helpless on the floor of the club after he was shot about three times in the leg. the gunman took aim at him again. >> i don't know how -- but by the glory of god he shoots

towar my head, but it hits my hand. then he shoots me again. it hits the side of my hip. >> colon one of 44 victims transported to orlando regional medical center where doctors performed dozens of surgeries. >> the way you guys have taken care of us, this hospital is amazing. if it wasn't for you guys, i definitely would not be here.

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kin healthier and stronger. survivors of the orlando massacre are sharing their terrifying experiences. scott pelley spoke to one young man who got out alive while his best friend did not. >> we were standing at the bar. we were ordering a drink. we never even got that drink. we were dancing. then there was a shot fired. went from shot firing to -- to my phone falling to us on the

total shock like "this is happening for real? this can't be happening. 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 coming over here. is it over? is it really true? and the shots just continue to go on. then it stopped. and it began again. then the lights went off. then it was complete silence. complete silence for, 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 and my friends. everyone was going hectic. as me and bryson, eddie justice was getting ready to go out of the women's bathroom. he looked at me, and 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." he knew i was going to take care of him. because he was more than just a friend. he was like a brother. and the person that, that would put a smile on my face. the person that told me that, 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 are going to be somebody. and i told him, i said i am not going to let go. we are going to get out of here. and to hold your friend's hand and only make three feet away from the bathroom to where the dressing room is, is where you know there is a door to exit out

as i am running out of that same hallway, but it is dark. it's dark. he was behind me -- he wasn't behind me. as i am looking behind me and still moving, a girl gets shot behind me. she falls on the floor. and people tramp over her like she is nothing. because they're in such a panic attack. we are at a stand still at this time. because it is dark. the gate is black. and you can't really see where the latch is to open it. once the latch opens, i ran across the street to the fire department. then to the 7-eleven. i made a snap chat, i was like "if you guys are okay, please just snap me back." the last thing i -- my friend texted me was -- please help me. help me. i have been shot. and i am going into shock. please help me. well you can't help soon

you know you want to help them but you can't help them. when you know you always help them. you always were there. they always were there for you. so to hear, help me, you can't help. you can't help me. you are trying to keep calm. so you can keep them calm. because they told you they're in shock. >> there was nothing you could do. >> it's easier said than done. in the back of my head i fault me. because i am supposed to be the bigger brother. >> there is nothing you could have done. >> demet rich. us . >> he told us this was not a hate crime against gays, not a hate crime against latins. he said it was a hate crime

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another tragedy in orlando. police recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy carried away by an alligator. it happened at walt disney world grand floridian resort. the boy and parents out by a man made lagoon, clearly marked as no swimmg

the father fought to free the child. the gator carried him away. it took a full day to find the remains. >> we recovered the remains of the 2-year-old from the water and that body has now been turned over to the orange county medical examiner's office for an autopsy. the child was found, the body was completely intact, and so at this time we will go through the formality of making a formal identification. but there is no reason for us to believe that the body that was recovered is not that of lane graves. >> in the past 68 years there have only been 22 deaths in florida by unprovoked alligator attacks even less common than

shark attacks. one of the most famous shark episodes 100 years ago along the jersey shore. anna werner has that story. >> reporter: welcome to beach haven, a slice of heaven on the new jersey shore. >> just wonderful. and we can't wait for another great summer here. >> been coming here since i was 18 months old. love this place. love the beach. >> it's relaxing. just a beautiful beach. >> reporter: the perfect place to take a dip and put your mind at ease. >> america thought they were having one last golden gentle innocent summer. but that wasn't to be. >> reporter: author and physician richard fernicola has the written about the events. >> the nature of the attacks, the viciousness in that period it still stand out.

stand out even more perhaps in retrospect. >> reporter: back then sharks were a distant offshore cure yos team. it was widely assumed they would never pose a threat to man. that all changed july 1, 1916, when a 25-year-old accountant from philadelphia, charles van sant went for a swim and was viciously attacked. doctors say there was no doubt he had been killed by a shark. five days later some 45 miles north in spring lake, a bellhop swam out beyond the breakers, he too was killed. >> here you had a case where there were no attacks for 50, 100 years. here you had two men in their 20s who were viciously mauled by a shark right in the beach zone. >> reporter: what happened next would turn fear to panic. 25 miles north where the ocean waters meet matawan creek, a sea captain walking near a draw bridge saw a large shark heading upstream. this is where he saw the shark. >> reporter: we went with dr. fernicola to look at the scene.

far from the mouth, how far from the bay are the attack sites. >> reporter: yeah. >> about one mile. >> reporter: in the next 45 minutes. the shark swam that mile. up to a swimming hole popular with boys from the town of matawan. like 11-year-old lester stillwell. >> reporter: right where we are going over right now? >> yes, right where we are going over right now. exactly. >> reporter: it is here where the shark found stillwell in the deepest part of the swimming hole and took him under. it is such a serene spot. >> serene, tranquil. >> reporter: you just would not expect that right here. >> no, no. you wouldn't. >> reporter: the other boys ran into town for help. 24-year-old stanley fisher was one of those who answered the call. he and others dove in to attempt a rescue. and it was fisher who finally emerged with the boy's body. but the shark wasn't done. >> he had come up to a little bit of a shallow on the bank. and was ci

right thigh by this marauding shark. it spun him around twice. took him under twice. >> reporter: the boy was dead. fisher died a few hours later. >> they dammed up the creek, more narrow and shall low than at the time. >> reporter: for john nickels, fisher's death isn't just fact, it is family. stanley was nicole's great uncle and more. >> reporter: a man in your family who died a hero. >> he was a hero. and he was a man of his times. he knew the boys well and a member of the community. >> reporter: and the community and all of america it seemed wanted revenge. crowds descended on new jersey to hunt the shark. >> they set up bounty rewards for sharks. they used dynamite. took old spears, pitch forks, rifles and weapons to tripe to hunt the shark. >> reporter: the way you describe it sounds almost like a frenzy.

>> reporter: and to this day, random shark attacks are always front page news. although they're extremely rare, there were a record 98 attacks worldwide in 2015 including six fatalities. last month sharks bit swimmers off the coast of florida and california. but the experts say the fact of the matter is that humans are the real threat to sharks. with some 100 million killed every year, primarily for shark fin soup. we have 26 sharks in the exhibit. we have tiger sharks above you. the ones the teeth hang out. >> reporter: like this one here? >> look that one. >> reporter: shark educators, at the adventure aquarium outside philadelphia work to convince people sharks if not exactly our friend are a vital part of the eco system. >> what i really want people to understand is to learn to love the underwater world in the oceans to understand that sharks

not feared. to understand how wonderful they are. that they make up, you know, an important part of the food chain. and they're not these killing machines that are out there to eat humans or interact with humans. we aotre n on their menu. >> reporter: the 1916 jersey shore shark attacks ended soon after they began. while a great white shark was captured near matawan creek, the debate continues as to the culprit, the great white, a bull shark which can swim in freshwater, or several sharks? at stanley fisher's gravesite, john nichols pays respects to the relative he never met but grew to know and admire. >> just in the wrong place at the wrong time, bizarre set of circumstances that will never be repeated. >> reporter: you don't blame the shark? >> i don't blame the shark. it was a collision course. and i, i don't hold any animosity towards that shark or sharks in general.

>> reporter: and if he doesn't, maybe we shouldn't either.

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