former senator mel martinez has been kind enough to join us.is republican and former mayor of orange county, which is a post a lot of folks in this country aren't used to, a county executive but not a mayor. orange county is what is the county surrounding orlando, florida. senator martinez, my question to you, i asked bill nelson the same question, why orlando, florida? >> brian, i have been asking myself that all day long. it's hard to believe. as i have talked to friends and neighbors all through the day, it just seems like very unlikely place for it this to have happened. you know, this is at a nightclub that frankly, i think the lgbt community coming together is very understandable. but it's a place that i remember members of my political staff when i was a candidate for senate, gay and straight both going there to enjoy. it's a very, very enjoyable sort of nightclub that people in this community have enjoyed for years. it's very tragic to think of it happening in our community. it just doesn't seem right. but you know, these events, they d

former mayor of orange county mel martinez is joining us.ecutive, maybe, but not a mayor. the point is orange county is the county surrounding orlando, florida. and senator martinez, my question to you is i asked bill nelson this same question. why orlando, florida? >> brian, i've been asking myself that all day long. it's hard to believe and as i've talked to friends and neighbors all through the day, it just seems like a very unlikely place for this to have happened. this is at a nightclub that, frankly, i think the lgbt community coming together is very understandable, but it's also a place i remember members of my political staff when i was a candidate for senate, gay and straight both going there to enjoy. it's a very enjoyable b nightclub that people in this community have enjoyed for years. so it's tragic to think of it happening in our community. it just doesn't seem right. but, you know, these events, they don't have a lot of rationale behind them, it doesn't seem, except hatred and a desire to disrust the lives of people with a mis

joining us now, former florida senator mel martinez, also once the mayor of orange county, which includessenator, thanks so much for being here. >> my pleasure. >> this is your town. you lived a mile and a half from here. what's today like for you? >> just surreal. hard to conceive in our own neighborhood this is happens and that's just the reality of terror. this isn't happening in some strange city in europe or in the middle east. this is happening right here in orlando, in the heart of orlando, in a peaceful neighborhood. and so what used to be lorenzo's pizza became the pulse and now -- >> you know that building? went to that building aun before it was the pulse? >> sure. right. and i've had staffers, political staff that went there, even as the pulse. so it's a well-known neighborhood, and it's sad to see what has happened here and the tragedy that's touched so many lives. >> what do you think was at the root of this attack? >> i don't think there's any question this was motivated by a radical vision of a religion that is not appropriate. and that is probably not the right approach t