i want to go to brian stelter. i want to point something out that was interesting this morning, the majority of the communication between the orlando police department and the public was being done via twitter. and one of the things that came out of the press conference that they did eventually have about an hour and 15 minutes ago or an hour and a half ago was the fact that they have definitively characterized this tragedy as an act of terrorism. brian, what are you seeing? >> i'm struck by that because i think we're seeing a gradual evolution in the use of the word terrorism by american law enforcement and media. oftentimes you hear terrorism you instinctively think about international terrorist attacks, international actors. in this case authorities are saying it may be domestic terror, international terror. one way or another it is terrorism. it hearts to the heart of the word. any time 60 plus people struck by bullets this an act designed to instill fear and terror and thus matches the definition of terrorism.

cnn's senior media correspondent, host of "reliable" sources, brian stelter. cnn political analyst josh rogan, also a columnist for "the washington post". in case you went to sleep last night thinking when you woke up we would have a declared winner in california, not yet. hillary clinton leads there by about 400,000 votes. bernie sanders closing the percentage. over the last several hours, isn't made any headway in the total vote differential there. hillary clinton still up by 406,000 votes. a lot of votes left to be counted, but hillary clinton has a fairly comfortable lead there. nevertheless, hillary clinton is the presumptive nominee for the democratic party, something we knew 24 hours ago, something she finally declared and embraced last night, tal, in a very big rally to her supporters here in brooklyn. >> absolutely. in some ways, this is the moment that hillary clinton has been waiting for, for arguably even more than eight years. it showed when in the first minutes of her speech, she harkened back to that moment eight years ago where she conceded to

we will see what happens in the nra and trump. >> brian stelter, thank you.re buying guns in record numbers. if history is a guide, the shooting in orlando will spur more sales. the government conducted 11.7 million background checks this year over 8.9 million in the same time last year. sales of smith & wesson and ruger jumped after the orlando shooting. the surge is sometimes temporary, but business has been big for smith & wesson. the quarterly sales jumped 60%. >>> gun control taking over the conversation in washington. "new day" is next. at'sat e of? oh, miss maroney, your forehead! should not be doing anything. i just had botox. i know exactly what's happening! ah! whoa! this is a bad streaming experience. "the girlie show" is a real fun lady show. (vo) don't let bad streaming ruin a good show. don't look at me! (vo) only verizon has the largest, most reliable 4g lte network. can your network say that? switch now, buy two samsung phones and get a free tv, plus up to $650 back. only on america's best network. get your beauty sleep and use yonew aveeno®r?

i'm brian stelter.i just wanted to be treated fairly" when i asked him about his revoking of "the washington post's" press credentials. "donald trump seems to connect president obama to orlando shooting" it was later toned down. i think the original headline went too far. trump did talk about obama and sinister terms saying there's something going on but he didn't specifically suggest that obama was involved. so the headline did go too far. "the post" editors realized it and tamed it as you saw. trump was fed up and decided to top giving "post" reporters press credentials for his events. "post" editor marty barron said this "trump's decision to revoke "the washington post" press kre den,s is nothing less than the repudiation of the role of a free and independent press. "the post" will continue to cover donald trump." some called what's going on it a black list. he denied in avision months ago and others include the daily beast, politico, "the huffington post" and buzzfeed. how worrisome is it? the famed

brian stelter, thank you so much.> of course, you can watch brian's show "reliable sources" tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> all right. a tribute to orlando during a big event in london. how victims are getting love from across the pond. that story and other top headlines, next. hi, i'm dominique wilkins. when you have type 2 diabetes, like me, there's a moment of truth. and with victoza®, a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways-- in the stomach, the liver and the pancreas. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. non-insulin victoza® comes in a pen and is taken once a day. (announcer) victoza® is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid canc

. >> joining me now to discuss all this is senior media correspondent brian stelter.r being here. this was a heated filibuster. one lasted 14 hours. dozens of senators taking part. not just senator murphy. listen to what other senators had to say. >> i am most of the time around here a team player. but i had enough. >> what we're seeking is not something that is partisan. what we're seeking is common sense. >> we need more than another moment of silence. >> the members of this congress will have blood on our hands. >> our thoughts and prayers for their deaths are important, but not enough. >> brian, this is called gun control, but reality out there is these are baby stebs. you know, this is going to look to ban people on the terror watch list from getting gun licenses. it looks to expand background checks at gun shows and on the internet. >> the democrats are seeking incremental changes. close the loopholes. one involving the terror watch list. behind the scenes, about how to do that. this is a complicated measure about how exactly to handle people who are flagged as

brian stelter following the story. so they say that they were meeting to talk brexit.llar, they talked about more than brexit at the dinner. >> yes, absolutely. a year ago, who owns fox news, the fox network and lots of media properties, a year ago, he said he was embarrassing his friends and the whole country with his controversial stances. now, a year later, murdock has concluded as everybody has that trump is the nominee and murdock has warmed up to trump in recent months. it has all culminated in this meeting, riding off on a golf cart with trump riding the cart. >> trump in the driver's seat. i wonder, is there an endorsement coming, are we expecting more than just a thawing? >> people that watch fox news and read his papers and look for signs about where murdock stands, but sometimes he hedges his bets. with regard to the brexit decision, his newspaper was calling for a brexit. the other one say we should remain in the eu. it is curious to see how he does this. as a reminder, trump continues to court media attention, even courting one of the biggest media how lon

brian stelter here with that.ing to talk about on your show today, how it is framed in the media and the debate over what to call it, a mass shooting or act of terror. >> you may view these results assad, a sad narrative about our country, or might view them as just the reality of where we are today, a divided country. here is the result from gallop. do you view the incident in orlando as more of a terrorist attack or more of an act of gun violence. republicans, largely calling it islamic terrorism. 79% answering that way. 16% say gun violence. democrats, 60% calling it an act of gun violence, 29% calling islamic terrorism. of course, part of the problem, christi, this poll didn't let you choose multiple options. a lot of people may have chosen all of the above. hate crime to the list as well. this poll does show how divided people are and how quickly people form opinions. even as investigators are trying to get to the bottom of what happened in orlando. there were some results in the poll that did show some relat

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i'm brian stelter, time for "reliable sources" our weekly look at the story behind the story how news donald trump revoking "the washington post's" press credentials. should other news outlets impose a trump bracket? >>> plus an exclusive profile of the woman who defended the ban, trump's press shy press secretary au pics. >>> first the search for meaning after a murderous rampage in orlando. we've seen the victim's faces and heard their names and also now

i want to bring in brian stelter.e show and the content of the show. tell me, how was the tone from james corden and the "hamilton" cast changed their act. >> they usually perform with muskets. they decided not to have them. tv critics said it was more impactful to see what they were not using on stage. this was an unusual, but in some ways, powerful night. this time yesterday, there was talk if the tonys should go on at all. in some ways of this is having the show go on as cbs les moonves said they wanted the show to go on. here is what james corden said at the beginning of the broadcast. >> those affected by this atrocity. all we can say is you are not on your own right now. your tragedy is our tragedy. theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality and gender is equal and embraced and is loved. hate will never win. >> now, on the red carpet and across the red carpet at the theater in new york, many people were wearing ribbons for the victims. and michael bloomberg's group came out to show they were visible i

i'm brian stelter. hillary clinton campaign strategies are changing, and you can see it every day here on cable news. she's attacking donald trump in new ways, and she's even calling in to cnn newscasts, the same way he does. will she start granting trump-style press conferences next? earlier, i asked her press secretary. >> there's been this perception for weeks, really months, that donald trump is dominating every single news cycle. you've been saying that's okay. you don't mind him dominating the news cycle because you don't think that's the same as winning. what's your argument here? >> well, let me just say firstly that i would prefer if, say, media didn't show donald trump's them my podium instead of taking hillary clinton's comments live. but in terms of the reality that donald trump is always going to be willing to say the more provocative thing, the oftentimes trafficking and bigotry and misogyny and openly embracing offensive comments, it's going to command news attention because of the fact t

i'm brian stelter. reliable sources, our weekly look at the story behind the story of how news and pop culture get made. this hour, trump says is you're fired, cnn says you're hired. is this network crossing the line by hiring trump's former campaign manager, corey lewandowski? we'll talk about it. plus, this week's protest by house democrats, when the tv cameras were turned off, their cell phone cameras with r turned on. in just a moment, congressman scott peters will tell me how he live streamed this historic sit-in. and later, a sit down with the ceo of "the new york times." with trump continuing to block some news outlets from his events, including "the washington post," could "the new york times" be next? we'll get to all of t

i'm brian stelter. this is reliable sources, our weekly look at the story behind the story of how news and pop culture get made. this hour, trump says is you're fired, cnn says you're hired. is this network crossing the line by hiring trump's former campaign manager, corey lewandowski? we'll talk about it. plus, this week's protest by house democrats, when the tv cameras were turned off, their cell phone cameras with r turned on. in just a moment, congressman scott peters will tell me how he live streamed this historic sit-in. and later, a sit down with the ceo of "the new york times." with trump continuing to block some news outlets from his events, including "the washington post," could "the new york times" be next? we'll get to all of that coming up this hour. plus, fareed zakaria and dan rather are both here to talk with me about the brexit decision and the media coverage of that vote. let's begin a little counterintuitively with what happened in washington this week on the floor of the united state

brian stelter, as the new addition, we will start with you right now.eek to inspire. you seek to look ahead. you seek to lift up. both candidates chose last night to knock down and hit each other hard. >> and this was the hillary clinton we recognized because this was a culmination in some ways of her campaign speeches. it was not the donald trump that we recognized, right? this was a prompter donald trump. it was uncomfortable at times. i thought he was only having fun when he was ad-libbing and i'm curious how long he can stick with this prompter. >> mj, it's true the two attacks against each other really kind of frame, i think, what's going to happen between now and november 8th, doesn't it in. >> the two attacks between -- >> yeah, just the imagery we saw last night, the way they were each, you know, going after the other one. i mean now we've entered the general election essentially. >> yeah, and it shows that even though bernie sanders has decided to stay in the race, hillary clinton has moved on, and she actually moved on a while ago. and i think

we want to bring in cnn's senior media correspondent brian stelter in the house last night and joins brian, was there thought they would cancel the show or postpone it or that was never considered? >> reporter: there was talk about that briefly this time yesterday in the early after hours after the attack, but this is broadway's biggest night. the decision was made to go on with the show. it was a celebration of culture and in some ways, alisyn, culture was attacked in orlando. of course, striking a gay nightclub during a latin night there, and on broadway, onstage last night, we heard many remembrances, including as you showed from james corden who said hate will never win and quickly added, together we must make sure of that. we also heard from hamilton star and of course, "hamilton" winning most of the awards last night perform as sonnet in many ways was a tribute to the victims saying when senseless acts of tragedy strike they remind us that nothing is here, nothing is promised, not for one day. some of the other winners acknowledged, and urging orlando to stay strong and silver r