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randi kaye looks back. >> reporter: this is the scene in 1973. gay club in new orleans, louisiana. in june, an arsonist poured lighter fluid on the stairs and rang the doorbell. flames swept inside. the bartender helped 20 people escape but unintentionally looked the fire escape door so the fire wouldn't spread, trapping everyone else inside. >> everybody was screaming. everybody was like so confused. several people that jumped out of windows hurt fatally or hurt. >> reporter: 32 people died. by the time firefighters got inside, bodies were piled up at windows, many left unclaimed, victims who had never come out to family members. family members who were too embarrassed to bury them. police reportedly never actively pursued the case, no one was ever charged in the attack. in 1980, a new york city gay bar was a target, the suspect fired an uzi at men in line. one man died instantly, another died at the hospital. others left bleeding and wounded on the sidewalk. >> they say we should wait, just be quiet, mourn people. >> reporter: before the shooti

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> up next, new global plan to fight hiv and aids.ll look at the aids crisis in the 1980s, deadly ignorance from some, raw terror, and deep compassion. a decade that sparks a movement. i will speak with a writer that's been on the frontlines. >>> this week, wormd leaders at a u.n. conference adopted a plan to end the aids especially dim i -- epidemic by 2013. # the u.s. estimates 37 million live with hiv and aids around the world. another 2.1 million become inflected each year. # it is caused mostly because of lack of access to drugs, it made it a chronic condition. drugs we take for granted here. that's where we are today. it has been 35 years since first cases of a mysterious disease were reported in the u.s. at the top of the hour, see how far we have come in the cnn series "the eighties." here's a preview. >> scientists at the national centers for disease control in atlanta today released results of a study which shows that the life-style of some male homosexuals has triggered an epidemic. >> reporter: bobby cam pell of san franci

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> justice correspondent pamela brown joins me with the latest. do things stand? >> investigators have gone through more than 100 leads, anderson, and there's more work to be done. initial indications are that the gunman did do some reconnaissance, scoping out possible sites lead to go the shooting. we know according to orlando sentinel he visited a dozen times, perhaps he was looking at other areas. people saw him around town, different places, the fbi has to corroborate that. we know back in april the gunman visited disneyworld with his family, but at this stage it is unclear if he was casing or just a family trip. >> one of the survivors heard him on the phone talking to 911, pledging support to isis. what's known about that. the fbi had investigated him before, interviewed him previously. >> that's right. conflicting signals to investigators. not only did he pledge aloojance to isis but also to the tsarnaev brothers. some contradictory statements, unclear which terrorist group he aligned with most. >> and we don't know whether there were actua

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> joining me is chris ross, former lead international kidnapping negotiator for the fbi, author of "never split the difference" and back with us cnn rodereric. what do you make of this. they say it was three hours before the guy was taken out. doesn't that go against most active shooter training the way it is since columbine? i thought it was interesting the police chief last night saying no one was being shot in that time and police were able to get some wounded and the dead out of other rooms. >> one of the issues is when the situation changes, how do they respond appropriately. the problem for law enforcement, they don't help if they become part of the problem. they have a shooter barricade situation, he is more dangerous at this point in time and law enforcement goes in and gets shot, they've compounded the problem. they have to go in, they have to have 100% success rate, can't risk having more officers shot and adding to the problem. that's what they had to do here. >> they also, art, there are potential hostages in the stalls. he shot twice into the sta

randi kaye reports. >> reporter: as disturbing as this looks, it's only a simulation.gned to teach people how to respond to an active shooter threat. no plan and experts say chances of surviving drop dramatically. a training program known as alice was developed by a police officer whose wife was an elementary school principal. alice is the first training program of its kind that teaches proactive survival strategies. it stands foray lert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate. worst things victims can do is wait. once you're aware of the shooter, alert others and call police if you're in a safe place. >> is this 911? yeah. there's shooters i think outside the building, everybody is screaming. >> reporter: dozens at pulse nightclub did the right thing and quietly contacted loved ones and police. >> she was calling and on the phone with the cops. >> reporter: lockdown is also key. silence cell phones, lock doors, barricade rooms. in orlando, bathroom doors didn't lock, allowing the gunman to barricade himself in there with club goers. victims are also supposed to inform la

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randi kaye reports. >> reporter: as disturbing as this looks, it is only a simulation.signed to teach people how to respond to an active shooter threat. no plan, and experts say that your chances of surviving drop dramatically. a training program known as a.l.i. a.l.i.c.e. was developed by a dallas-ft. worth police officer whose husband was a elementary princip principal, and alice stands for alert, lockdown, inform, call and evacuate. once you are aware, alert others and get to a safe place. >> is this 911? there are shooters outside. >> reporter: the people insooid of the pulse nightclub did the right thing. they called loved ones and police. >> she called and was inside of the club. >> reporter: and stay the inside and barricade the rooms. in orlando, the bathroom doors did not lock allowing the gunman to barricade in there with clubgoers, and victims are to inform law enforcement about the injuries and the location of the shooter, which those at the pulse nightclub did. and also, they suggest negotiating with the gunman, and they did that, too, as clubgo s clubgoers

randy kaye, cnn, new york. >>> with us again, cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson, andaily beast editor and co-author of "isis, inside the army of terror" and clarissa ward who you just saw in randi's piece. >> this tactic of using guns and suicide vests to cause as much damage as possible. we saw it in in paris and this attack how new of a tactic is it? >> it's not something that perhaps they were prepared for and something this organized and well orchestrated. if you look at what's been taking place on the battlefields across the border from turkey in iraq and syria, we've seen isis using these kinds of jerry-rigged armored vehicles rigged with explosives and they look like something out of mad max and we'll see in the videos that isis puts out a suicide bomber getting into one of those vehicles and driving straight towards front lines to try to soften them up and maybe just not one of these vehicles, but more than one to pave the way for the ground troops that will follow and you can argue in the case of ataturk airport that was a similar tactic that would have been

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. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> speaking with jake tapper, donald trump objected to judgeuriel's member in what he calls a pro-mexico society, referring to lar az a lawyers association. katrina pierson says it is a group that organized sometimes violent anti-trump protests outside his rallies. the group's president joins us now. thanks for joining us. the trump campaign says the judge's membership with the san diego lawyers association is problematic, the organization has been out there organizing anti-trump protests which at times turned violent. has the organization been involved in any way organizing anti-trump protests? >> absolutely not, anderson. thank you for having me, by the way, and happy birthday. our organization is diversity bar association. its focus empowering and increasing diversity and equality with latinos particularly in the legal field. has nothing to do with the trump protests that were organized in san diego or any other part of the country. and we certainly p don't condone the violence on either side going on around the country. >> at the least, don

randi kaye has the 360 bulletin. >> everyone wants to wish you happy 50th! >> thank you very much.50, by the way. i am not 50. >> i know. it happens to all of us. i know you want to believe that. but you're 50, right? everybody thinks you're 50. that's why we have the candles. >> 49. i know. all right. thank you, everybody. all right. thank you. >> i think there's a cake. we're celebrating your 50th, anderson. 5-0. >> thank you very much. >> it happens to all of us, just accept it, embrace it, enjoy it, celebrate it. >> i am 49, just for the record. >> i don't think so. >> the cake is real. >> quit denying it. we're all so convinced you're turning 50 today on your 50th birthday that a whole bunch of your colleagues put something special together to wish you happy 50th. watch this. >> happy birthday, anderson. i'm told you're going to be 50 years old. wow, you don't look a day over 49. >> seriously, cooper, i have to do this happy birthday. he keeps pretending he is not getting older, but he is. stand by, we're going to do this taping now. here we go. happy 50th birthday, anderson.

randi kaye takes a look. >> reporter: he was spinning records when >> i heard the shots getting closert he was holed up behind i had deejay booth along with another man and a woman. the man took off running. but the deejay helped the woman escape unharmed. >> the girl was down there panicking. i kind of, you know, told her she needed to be quiet. as soon as there was a break in the shots, then kind of just pushed her and said let's go. >> reporter: when the shooting started, josh mcgill ran outside. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: then more shots and screams. so he took cover underneath a car. that's when a stranger this man named rodney sumpter began stumbling toward him, covered in blood. josh pulled him behind the car. >> he had multiple gunshot wounds. one in each arm. i took my shirt off and tied it around his arm. i took off his shirt and tide it around his other arm. >> reporter: the man was shot in the back, too. josh applied pressure on that wound all the way to the hospital in the ambulance. he talked to rodney to keep him conscious, telling him god has got this. >> i was mainly

randi kaye spoke with an expert on gorillas at the philadelphia zoo to learn more. >> reporter: this spend their days, sitting quietly, snacking on leaves and berries. at the philadelphia zoo, there are five gorillas, including three silverbacks. matuba weighs more than 400 pounds. >> he's a relatively adult male gorilla. gorillas have personalities just like people do. >> reporter: the zoo's chief operating officer has studied them and it's really the male who is responsible for managing the social order of the group, managing their day-to-day activities. activities that include playtime. >> tumbling across the grass, tackling, all of the things that you would expect to see in adolescence humans. >> reporter: he refers to them as quiet giants. they have many as 30 different vocal lie zagss, including roars if throughout tended and rumbles if satisfied compared to other prime plates, they are quiet but at times can be hostile. >> they have a fairly dramatic display. the whole chest-pumping thing although it's actually not this, it's with an open hand. and they can charge across and u

. >> reporter: in the face of hate, heroes emerged, randi kaye, skrn, new york. >> equality florida,e in orlando. they are collecting money to distribute to the victims and their families. so far, they've raised almost $3 million and counting. live here in orlando, florida, and you can see this investigation continues. the crime tape is still up, and investigators processing this crime scene. there are many families that are dealing with the news that their friends, that their loved ones are not coming back all because of this gunman and whatever issues he had. that does it for this hour here in orlando, florida. i'm george howell. >> thanks, george. i'm robyn curnow at the cnn center. "early start" with christine romans and john berman is up after the break. . . . be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fi