reporter craig boswell tells us: it could be just a matter of time before noor >>> the investigation into the orlando over it. >> reporter: attacks is zeroing in on the shooters wife. reporter craig boswell tells us it could be a matter of time before noor salman faces charges in connection with the nightclub massacre. >> reporter: there is growing evidence the wife of the orlando shooter may have helped him plan the rampage. law enforcement sources confirm he and his wife were texting when he carried out the attack. the words i love you were exchange. sources say she purchased ammunition with him and was in the car when he cased the pulse nightclub. the terror inside the club was captured on cell phone video more than a dozen people in a bathroom for three hours. not everyone survived. >> there was a guy that he was choking on his own blood and he wanted water so bad. so we just were trying to comfort him as much as we could. >> reporter: some people were freed when a s.w.a.t. team broke through the bathroom walls. when it was over 49 people were dead and dozens more wounded. the ci

live in orlando, craig boswell. >> what's going on right now at the scene? >> right now investigators still working this crime scene. you can see the crime scene tape closer to the club. they're removing the crime scene tape and adding metal fences so they can better secure this crime scene. as for bystanders, many standing off to my left, on the other side of the club, just trying to get a sense of what happened here, taking it in, trying to just decompress on what's taken place in their city. >> craig boswell in orlando. thank you. >>> there are memorials in some 90 cities across the country tonight. one just got underway at the billy defrank center in san jose. there will be a prayer service at 8:00 at a mosque in milpitas and there was a big event planned for tonight in the castro. that's where kpix 5's mark kelly is right now. >> all day today people here have been paying their respects to the people in orlando. also reassurance from police that they're doing all they can to prevent a similar tragedy from happening here at home. >> reporter: at 18th and

crase -- craig boswell reports on this. >> reporter: attorney general loretta lynch says she met with former president bill clinton monday aboard the plane at the phoenix airport. >> he did come over and talk to my husband and myself and talk about his grandchildren and travels and things like that. that was the extent of that. >> the unplanned meeting with the former president's, it was his idea and the discussion was small talk. >> no discussions were held on any cases or anything like that and he didn't raise anything. >> it is a question amid hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server during the tenure of secretary of state. bloomberg politics managing editor john highland told cbs this morning, it was an avoidable distraction for mrs. clinton's campaign. >> bill clinten who has a good finger on politics and perception, is having the conversation, it does his wife no good, so what is the point? >> republicans have called for a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into mrs. clint p's e-mails -- mrs. clinton's emailing, including

reporter craig boswell is live in washington with where the presidential race goes now. craig. >> reporter: kenny, good afternoon. this is a pivotal time in the race for the white house. hillary clinton has claimed her place in history as the presumptive democratic nominee but i spoke to an operative who is very skeptical that bernie sanders is going to step aside so quickly. he has millions of supporters that hillary clinton needs. hillary clinton picks up wins in four of the six states that voted tuesday and broke barriers in the process. >> first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: in an emotional speech, she remembered her mother who was born the day the 19th amendment was ratified allowing women to vote. she then spoke about donald trump. >> when he says, let's make america great again, that is coated for, let's take america backwards. >> reporter: bernie sanders wowed his supporters with promises to fight on. >> and we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to

as cbs correspondent craig boswell shows us, proposals are unlikely to pass. >> mr. mcconnell -- >> the senate set to vote this evening on legislation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. democrats have a proposal to stop people from buying guns if they're on the no fly list or terrorist watch list as well as expanded backgrounds checks for firearm sales made on line and at gun shows. >> mrs. compelling evidence, not necessarily probable cause, but reasonable suggestion pigs, that this could be a terrorist threat, they can deny the weapons. >> but republicans wore that i people could wrongly ends up on these lists, their plan, sponsors by senator john cornan would require the fbi get court order to stop the sale of gun to proposed terrorist, proposal being backed by the national rifle association. >> it provides due process for the good people, and it gives law enforcement the ability where they can conduct these investigations and it won't blow what they're doing. >> but the nrs a big reason why none of the proposals up for vote today are expected t

craig boswell reports. >> i did see the president. >> reporter: attorney general loretta lynch says shemet with former president bill clinton monday aboard her plane at the phoenix airport. >> he did come over and say hello and speak to my husband and myself and a, um, talk about his grandchildren and his travels and -- and things like that. that was the extent of that. >> reporter: lynch says the unplanned meeting was the former president's idea and their discussion was small talk. >> no discussions were held on any cases or anything of that and he didn't raise anything. >> reporter: the meeting happened amid the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. bloomberg politics managing editor told "cbs this morning" it was an avoidable distraction for mrs. clinton's campaign. >> former president clinton who usually has a good perception just having the conversation does them no good. so what's the point?! >> reporter: republicans have called for a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into mrs. clinton's email s

craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >> as for the other officers in this case, edwin narrow was found not guilty in may. william porter's trial ended with a hung jury in december and will be retried. >>> new at noon, more than 29,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the creek in ventura. the spill flowed down a half mile of the creek which feeds into san buenos ventura beach. a spokesman of the fire department says it probably won't reach the ocean. it's from a burst pipe. >>> the bay area is getting a presidential visit today and it could affect your commute out there. this is a live look at joint base andrews. the president will arrive at moffett field at 5:30 p.m. to begin his bay area visit. he will then head to san francisco to spend the night in soma. the visit wraps up tomorrow at a global entrepreneurship summit at stanford university. >>> in preparation for the san francisco visit, 5th street will be closed from mission to folsom streets and howard street will be closed from 4th to 5th streets from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. >>> still ahead, a major vote across the pond. sti

cbs correspondent craig boswell with the latest from the white house on this developing story. >> well, did i see the president. >> attorney general, lore eight lynch, says she met with former president bill clinton monday aboard her plane at the phoenix airport. >> he did come over and say hello and speak to my husband and myself, talk about his grandchildren, and his travels, and things like that. so that was the extent that far. >> lynch says the unplanned meeting was the former president's idea, and their discussion was small talk. >> no discussions were held in any cases or anything of. that will and he didn't raise anything. >> the meeting happened a mid the fbi's investigation, in hillary clinton's use of private e-mail server as secretary of state. >> bloomberg politics managing editor john hileman told cbs this morning, voidable distraction for her campaign. >> for perception ... just going and having the conversation, it just him and his wife no good. so what's the point? >> republicans have called for a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into mrs. clinton's e-mail,

cbs news correspondent craig boswell has very latest. >> reporter: there is glowing evidence that theife of the orlando shooter may have helped him plan the rampage. law enforcement sources confirm omar mateen and nora salmon were texting as he carried out the attack. the word i love you were exchange. sources say she purchased ammunition with him and believed she was in the car with him when he cased the pulse nightclub. the terror inside the club was captured on cell phone video, more than a dozen people huddled in the bathroom for three hours, not everyone survived. >> there was a guy that was choking on his own blood and he wanted water so bad, so we just were trying to comfort him as much as we could. >> reporter: some people were freed when a swat team broke through bathroom walls when it was over 49 people were dead and dozens more were wounded. the city of orlando is doing its part to help families of the victims. more than seven million-dollar is already been collect to help with funerals, plane ticket, and other expenses. >> it became very clear early on that there were fami

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> clinton announced she and president obama will campaign together for the first time in charlotte on july 5. >>> we are following breaking news out of san jose. these pictures are just in of a brush fire that's keeping firefighters pretty busy. it broke out behind happy hollow park and spread to heavy brush and then burned into a pile of railroad ties. that's why there's so much black smoke there. crews having to use tactics they would in a structure fire to battle the flames including a water cannon to put lots of water on it. no word how it started. >>> still ahead, another wildfire burns dangerously close to northern california homes. how firefighters are working to get it under control. >> plus, keeping uber drivers in check. the new software that's helping the company monitor safety on the roads. >> what a difference a day makes. good afternoon, everybody! we have clouds stacked up at the coast. we have a refreshing sea breeze. and we have temperatures coming out of the triple digits. what you need to know now about the 4th of july for

live in orlando, craig boswell. cbs news. now back to you. >> what do we know about the shooter's motives? why did he target this club? >> that's something that certainly investigators are looking in to. when you talk about the 911 call, claiming to pledge allegiance to isis and they're certainly going to go go back to interviews with this suspect. they thought he was not a threat. they'll certainly go back and look at those interviews once again. >> live from orlando, florida, craig boswell, thank you. >> this is pride weekend in l.a. police arrested a man who said he wanted to, quote, harm the parade in west hollywood. people in a santa monica neighborhood called police when they said they saw this man acting suspiciously. police found three assault rifles in his car along with a gas mask and chemicals used to make explosives. but the pride parade went on as planned. >> 46 years ago we took to the streets to march against violence and we are doing the same thing today. and i encourage everyone to come out and support the co

craig boswell, cbs news, orlando. >> the orlando massacre is prompting a renewed debate on gun controln the halls of congress and on the campaign trail. we'll have more on that coming up at 5:15. >>> san jose state university police are looking for a possible witness in a sexual assault case. you can see the man here in the surveillance video. police want to talk to this man about what happened on the morning of march 15th. they say a man entered a woman's dorm room at the washburn residence hall and assaulted her. police say the man in the video may have information to help them with the case. >>> we are learning more about the 17-year-old girl gunned down and killed at a vigil last night in oakland. kpix 5 reporter mark kelly is live where the shooting happened with new details on the investigation. mark >>> reporter: well, veronica, we learned today that last night's shooting right here in oakland's chinatown was in fact gang-related. and the one fatality turns out was an innocent teenaged girl from antioch. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: this music at a vigil in downtown oakland yesterday

craig boswell, cbs news, orlando. >> 23 people are still in the hospital from that attack. six remain in critical condition. >>> some vigils tonight in the bay area to remember those killed in orlando. one will be in san jose at 5:30 at seiu local 521's union hall on zanker road. another in oakland starts at 7 p.m. at st. columba catholic church. >>> new at 5:00, in west hollywood, a new pro gun motto is popping up. several rainbow flag posters featuring the don't tread on me snake and the hashtag, shoot back! they were spotted this week. here's one right outside of west hollywood city hall. since the orlando shooting, a guns rights group called the pink pistols has been urging the lgbt community to consider carrying firearms to fight back. officials with the group say their membership numbers have doubled since the attack on sunday. west hollywood has long been a hub for the los angeles lgbt community. the debate over gun control is once again heating up, particularly because the orlando shooter bought the guns legally used in the attack even though he had been on the fbi

craig boswell has the latest from orlando. >> family member of the victims cried and held each other after finding out about their loved ones. they had gathered at orlando hotel waiting for news, for many, the news was devastating . >> police seo march mateen took an ar assault rifle into gay night club in orlando and opened fire leading to the worse mass shooting in us history. >> he was just swiping around, no specific purpose, like just kind of just shooting anybody and anything. >> among the victims, 34 year old edward sewed omare, jr., stomachly, and 22 year old ruiz svielma. he called 911 to claim isis, swat team decided to go in to the bathroom. mateen was killed, one officer injured, his helmet credited for saving his life: >> the fbi investigating the massacre as act of terrorism. mateen was a security guard, born in new york, his family ily moved to florida and attended this islamic center. bus had i ex-wife said he was short tempered and abuse. >> i've was mentally unstable and mentally ill. that's the only explanation i can give. >> friends, family, searched hospitalizati

craig boswell cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> one striking image in the aftermath of this shooting is thisg the gun fight with meehan. you can see the mark on it. that's a bullet hole. the helmet stopped the round and likely saved the life of the officer wearing it. >>> we're learning more tonight about the shooter. who was killed by swat officers. "eyewitness news" joe holden is live in our stat center with what we know tonight about omar meehan. >> reporter: good evening, right now the hunt is on for a motive. om omar mateen's father said he had been outright disgusted at the sight of two men kissing. we know he was a security officer. the weapons were legally purchased in the last week. he had twice before drawn the eye of federal investigators, in 2013 coworkers claimed he made inflammatory remarks saying he knew the two brothers responsible for the boston marathon bombing. the fbi thoroughly investigated the matter including interviews of witnesses, physical surveillance and records checks. >> reporter: cbs what you told the short lived probe was closed. but ma teen would be back on i

craig boswell with the latest. >> reporter: there is growing evidence the wife of the orlando shooter may have helped him plan the rampage. law enforcement confirms that they were texting as they carried out the attack. the words i love were you exchanged. sources say she purchased ammunition with him, and believes she was in the car with him when he cased the pulse nightclub. the terror inside the club was captured on cell phone video. more than a dozen people huddled in a bathroom, for three hours. not everyone survived. >> there was a guy that he was choking on his own blood and he wanted water so bad. so we just were trying to comfort him as much as we could. >> some people were freed when a s.w.a.t. team broke through the bathroom wall. when it was over, 49 people were dead. and dozens more wounded. the city of orlando is doing its part to help families of the victims. more than $7 million has already been collected to help with funeral, plane tickets and on that there were families and individuals and victims that were in need, and in need of compensation, in a very quick fashio

craig boswell cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> one striking image in the aftermath of this shooting is thisn. you can see the mark on it. that's a bullet hole. the helmet stopped the round and likely saved the life of the officer wearing it. >>> we're learning more tonight about the shooter. who was killed by swat officers. "eyewitness news" joe holden is live in our stat center with what we know tonight about omar meehan. >> reporter: good evening, right now the hunt is on for a motive. om omar mateen's father said he had been outright disgusted at the sight of two men kissing. we know he was a security officer. the weapons were legally purchased in the last week. he had twice before drawn the eye of federal investigators, in 2013 coworkers claimed he made inflammatory remarks saying he knew the two brothers responsible for the boston marathon bombing. the fbi thoroughly investigated the matter including interviews of witnesses, physical surveillance and records checks. >> reporter: cbs what you told the short lived probe was closed. but ma teen would be back on investigators radar. >> in

craig boswell, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> as you just saw, president obama just finished speaking moments ago about a tie vote by the supreme court this morning, blocking his immigration plan. this morning's tie vote leaves in place a federal appeals court ruling the state of obama administration did not have necessary authority to shield millions of ill league a.m. immigrants to deportation, one sentence opinion effectively kills the plan for the rest of the president's term. the president shared his disappointment in the ruling. >> i think it is heart breaking for millions of imigrants who made their lives here, who have raised families here, who hope for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, is her in our military and more fully crib to this country we all love in an open way. >> house democrats continue an unprecedented protest, they say, is necessary to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. the democrats are calling for new gun control legislation, in light of the orlando shooting, and they say, they'll keep it up until they get a vote. >> but cbs weijia jiang reports, repu

craig boswell has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: hillary clinton picked up wins in fiveart of the six states had voted on tuesday and broke barriers in the process. spew in for the first time in our history a woman will be a major party nominee. >> reporter: in an emotional speech she remembered her mother who was born the day the 19th amendment was ratified. she then turned her sides to donald trump. spew in when he says, let's make america great again, that is code for let's take america backwards. >> reporter: bernie sanders got his supporters going with promises to fight on. spew in we will take the fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to philadelphia. >> reporter: but sanders is flying home today where he says he will assess the situation. he has a meeting with the president at the white house tomorrow. donald trump delivered the more subdued a speech, complete with a teleprompter. you down. >> reporter: trump is still taking heat for questioning a judge's ability to preside over his case. something even paul ryan announced -- denounced as ra

cbs news reporter craig boswell has that story and is what next for bernie sanders. >> reporter: with the democratic nomination now, locked up, hillary clinton, expected to take a few days off before she hits battle ground states of ohio and pennsylvania. >> our campaign will take this message to every corner of our country. >> reporter: clinton campaign is already making its pitch to bernie sanders support tours join them to defeat trump. >> as we look ahead to the battle that awaits, let's remember all that unites us. >> reporter: bernie sanders left l.a. to assess the campaign but he does ant peer to be ready to give up just yet. >> he can be a pretty stubborn guy. >> reporter: jim manly is democratic consultant and hillary clinton supporter. >> he believes in what he is doing despite the fact that he has lost. i am very skeptical that he will step aside anytime soon. in fact he will go all the way to philadelphia a. >> reporter: sanders is planning a campaign rally in washington d.c. on thursday but first he will meet with president obama here at the white house to discuss race an

cbs news correspondent craig boswell says terrorism is once again a issue following the deadly attacksrkey. >> reporter: donald trump reiterated his pledge to fight terrorist with many strength after suicide bombers attacked an airport in is stan bull. >> we have to stop it. we have to be so strong, we have to fight so viciously and violently because we're dealing with violent people. vicious people. >> reporter: trump called american leaders weak for not doing more to stop terrorism. he says america need to bring back water boarding. >> i said i like ate lot, but i don't think it is tough enough. >> we cannot do water board bug they can do chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cagees they can do whatever they want to do. >> reporter: hillary clinton has spoken out against water boarding in the past calling it torture and u.s. military officials say it does not work. the clinton issued a statement after turkey bombing saying today's attack in istanbul strengthen our resolve to defeat forces of terrorism and radical gee haddism around the world. clinton says that trump supporters

craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> coming up at 5:30 a look at impact the orlando massacreas had on the gun control debate, with what many americans demanding change one senator took a strong stand, find out how his actions could lead to new legislation. >>> also this evening a jury has yet to reach verdict in the federal racketeering trial of the pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah. this is new video of the congressman leaving court, this afternoon. fattah is accused of arranging an illegal one million-dollar campaign loan, and then paying back part of it with federal grant money and charitable donations. his lawyers complain blamed two consultant. jury deliberations continue tomorrow. with birth defects caused by sick a birth defect from his zika were found in another three pregnant sees that have ended. none of those cases that happened in new jersey and camden county is hoping to keep that it way at least within its boundary. justin u do from our sister station kyw news radio shows us the way they are keeping tabs on the mosquito population in that area. >> reporter:

cbs news correspondent craig boswell tells us why. >> reporter: attorney general loretta lynch is havingexplain a meeting she had with former president bill clinton. >> i did see the president, at phoenix airport the other night as i was landing he was heading out. >> reporter: lynch said clinton initiated the conversation and it was all small talk. >> did he say hello, speak to my husband and myself, talk about his grandchildren and his travels, and things like that so that was the extent of that. >> reporter: even count are comes as hillary clinton is subject of an ongoing fbi investigation into her use of the private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state, loretta lynch will have final say over any charges once the investigation is complete. >> lynch says there was no discussion of the federal probe. >> lor let a lynch is one of the most outstanding human beings i have ever known, her ethics is above reapproach. >> reporter: republicans who called for a special prosecutor to lead investigation into mrs. clinton's e-mails says the appearance has an appearance of the confli

in orlando, florida, craig boswell for-3 " "eyewit news".ca. >> political debate, to determine how to prevent more mass shootings. >> president obama and two candidates vying to be the next command inner chief are all weighing in. president obama emerged from the meeting with his national security t cauautioning against putting politics before policy, with the orlando massacre. he spoke about the need to address terrorism inn gun violence. >> we have to counter extremist, but we also have to make sure that we -- it is not easy for somebody who decides they want to harm people in this country, to be able to take weapons. >> reporter: gunman omar mateen legally bought the assault rifle he bought to shoot more than 100 people. even though he was on the fbi radar for ties to terrorist groups. >> 91 percent of those who try to act as terrorism, legally buy guns in america. >> reporter: on capitol hill senate democrats called on collogue toss immediately pass legislation that would prevent people on terror watch list from his buying firearms or ex

craig boswell, cbs news, orlando. >> president obama will travel to orlando on thursday to pay respects to the victims. >>> another of the shooting victims was brought to meet with the media. the young woman read a poem then described the horror of being trapped in the bathroom with the gunman. >> the gunman entered the bathroom and was shooting his machine gun. so we're all, like, scrambling around in the bathroom screaming at the top of our lungs when he was in there for the first time and then, you know, people are getting hit by bullets, like, blood is everywhere. >> 44 people were brought the orlando regional medical center five blocks from the nightclub. it's a level one trauma center. the hospital recently staged a mass casualty exercise but surgeons never examined to see something on this scale. >> we are used to use gunshot wounds and a multitude of injuries each and every night but this was, um, somewhat of a surreal experience. >> they performed more than 30 operations, eight more scheduled for today. and we learned 23 of the 49 people killed were puerto ricans. they were cel