we will hear from a woman who lost her father in the virginia tech massacre. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers continuing their historic sit-in to demand the republican leadership take action on gun control after the orlando massacre left 49 people dead. yet another massacre. we're joined now by democratic congressman alan grayson of a florida whose district includes orlando. he is drafting an assault weapons ban bill in the wake of the mass shooting at the pulse nightclub. welcome to democracy now! what exactly are you demanding? >> i'm demanding a one sentence bill called the freedom from fear act that we reinstate the successful assault weapons ban we had throughout the entire 2000ry for 10 years, from -- up to 2004. during that time, mass murders committed by assault weapons dropped by two thirds. the assault weapons ban was effective. unfortunately, put a sunset clause that ended it after 10 years. if not, it would still be protectin

virginia tech dozens gathered at the april 16th mem to the 32 people kill on the blacksburg campus until yesterday it was the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. >> that's a mantle that we never wanted but we obviously never wanted to give it up because we never wanted anybody else to go through what we went through. >> the virginia tech campus stood in solidarity with orlando and paused for a moment of silence for the victims and their families. >> people on social media have been paying tribute to orlando using the # orlando united. twitter user says prayers continues for friends and family, may god hold them tightly. >> unbowed and unbent and unbroken. # orlando united. >> johnny says we have come together not as a commune but as a nation. the amount of donations, love and acceptance and support my community has received thh roug all of this is truly a blessing and warms my heart. thank you. and christina says there is more love than hate in this world, i still believe in love. >>> coming up tonight. dc area bars and restaurants, hopefully a lot of other new aerial footage aerial puls

. >> it brought back painful memories for the virginia tech community.esterday it was the deadliest shooting in history. dozens met at the memorial at the blacksburg campus to mourn the shooting victims. members of talked about their new reasons to be afraid. >> virginia tech carried this mantle of being the place where the most deadliest shooting happened and that is a mantle we never wanted but we obviously never wanted to give it up. because we never wanted anybody else to go through what we went through. >> those new fears are sparked by the fact that a gay community was targeted. virginia tech pausing for a moment of silence in honor of the victims and families. >>> donald trump thinks that president obama should called the random shooting of act of radical islamic. >> matthew says it is radical islamic terrorism. that doesn't mean that every moslem is a terrorist but that radical islamic terrorism does exist. >>> sylvia rights no, it doesn't matter to me, people that died are still dead. the conversation on our facebook page. you can join in at any

. >>> drexel facing virginia tech, final minute of the first half.es up 12-7, virginia tech padding its lead with a try and dragons lose it 24-7. that will do it for sports. i'm marshall harris. george? >>> look up on a sunny day like today and you are likely to see skyforce 10 zooming through the air but nbc10's aerial news gathering team was on the ground today making a landing at marlton on display at the sports unity family fun day and kids got a chance to climb on board and sit at the controls of our high-tech helicopter, provides the best bird's-eye view in all of the philadelphia region. fun to be in there. >>> big changes coming up by tomorrow, definitely watching. >> yes. for tonight, i'm thinking maybe we will get showers north and west. it will be really tomorrow before they ramp up. i'd say let's say, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. they can intensify quickly, talking about potential for damaging wind and very heavy rain and even hail. you need to make sure you're checking with our nbc10 app for all the changes. >> we will update it tonight at 11

bush after september 11 and the massacre at virginia tech. but president obama has done it most of all, 14 times, including fort hood, texas. newtown, connecticut. charleston, south carolina. and now, orlando, florida, where 49 died. in his prayer today, mr. obama asked god to comfort the families, heal the wounded, bring solace to those whose hearts have been broken, and give us resolve to do what's necessary to reduce hatred in the world. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. wrely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you >> right now on your only local news at 7. storms closing in on your metro. >> heavy hail on route 7 not far from leesburg a short time ago. thank you for joining us. >> let's go to topper tracking the storms. topper. >> backing a couple of severe sto

bush after september 11 and the massacre at virginia tech. president obama has done it most of all, 14 times, including fort hood, texas. newtown, connecticut. charleston, south carolina. and now, orlando, florida, where 49 died. in his prayer today, mr. obama asked god to comfort the families, heal the wounded, bring solace to those whose hearts have been broken, and give us resolve to do what's necessary to reduce hatred in the world. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> taylor's whiplash romance with tom hiddleston. 103 photos of this new couple. did she dump calivn for the t star. >> how do you feel about taylor and tom dating? >> mila and ashton's baby news. >> the wait is over. >> this is tokyo. >> this is tokyo. brother house with julie. >> each room is a destination. >> then.

bush after september 11 and the massacre at virginia tech.nt obama has done it most of all, 14 times, including fort hood, texas. newtown, connecticut. charleston, south carolina. and now, orlando, florida, where 49 died. in his prayer today, mr. obama asked god to comfort the families, heal the wounded bring solace to those whose hearts have been broken, and give us resolve to do what's necessary to reduce hatred in the world. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh now an east bay city is going on the offense.. putting extra ey >>> new at 6:00, it's got a reputation as one of the bay area's crime hot spots. now an east bay city is going on the offense putting extra eyes on the street. good evening, i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm allen martin. the city of antioch just signed off on new surveillance cameras. three will go into one of the most dangerous parts of town. the sycamore drive area in west antioch. kp

the one thing i saw i remember after virginia tech was mr. was.or emphasis on colleges, schools, every where for these text messaging systems to alert people. we have one here at fox5. i noticed the nightclub did thad on facebook and i feel like that's the new norm. social media is the way to go hy with you have to disseminate that kind of information out there. >> hands down. it's the way our kids communicate. we as an adult this is the way we communicate and it is the fast test way to get a messagems out. very good for them for doingoing such and that's it. one thing that really stuck out the helmet that the officer was wearing. he was shot in that kevlar helmet.he >> that's astounding.g what is going through your mindr when you see that? >> that's a very brave individual. those law enforcement officerst are go into an absolutely known threat. they know what they're going into. they are trained. are they are continuing to train.ai. i've recently worked with the city of annapolis both with theh fire department and active shooter training as well

up until yesterday, virginia tech had been the seen of the deadliest shooting in american history. >>hat is a mantle we never wanted. but we obviously never wanted to give it up because we never wanted anybody else to go through what we went alison: a vigil held on the virginia tech campus last night. they were standing together in solidarity as they mourned the shooting victims in orlando. a reminder now tune in to the special town hall tonight. "your voice, your future: terror alert." hour long broadcast. it will be dedicated to what happened in orlando and where the nation goes from here. that is at 7:00 p.m. on the sister station newschannel8. leon: moving on now to other news. closing arguments made today in the trial of a fairfax county lawyer accused of brutally assaulting a couple inside their home. jeff goldberg is live with the details. tell us about it. jeff: well, closing arguments took up most of the day today so the jury didn't get the case until 3:30 this afternoon. no verdict today. it will resume tomorrow morning. last week when he took the witness stand, in his own d

the horrible shooting at virginia tech that occurred when i was governor. the experience of having been mayor which was really tough ecause of some public safety issues and dealing with challenging issues being at mark's right hand as lieutenant governor helped me prepare to be governor. >> where were you that day? what did that tell you about guns in virginia, guns in america and the issue of mental ealth? senator tim kaine: i had been an elected official in a place where i went to too many crime scenes and too many funerals and n victim's families and church s. but that day in particular, worse day of my life. i had left to go on a trade mission with 100 business leaders from virginia to japan and india. we had just landed in japan and literally land, gone to the hotel, checked in. and i had just fallen asleep. and the head of my security calls back, you have to call back, there's been a horrible incident in virginia. it was unfolding and we still didn't really know. i just said get me back to the airport. ann and i are flying back. as we're sitting in th

families because we voted almost on the anniversary of the virginia tech shooting. the fact that we couldn't do the right thing, do the thing that the american public wants us to do is extremely disappointing. i'm not giving up because sadly these tragedies are continuing to pile up. we had a journalist killed on live tv in rogue close to blacksburg last summer by somebody who wanted publicity. somebody with a horrible mental illness. we have to do a better job in this country. there are a lot of things i want to do in the senate. i work on a lot of issues but i want to embrace some commonsense strategies that will and this gun violence in this country. i will do all i can to make sure we do. >> let me ask you about, as governor you had to deal with 11 executions. you are catholic and you talked about that. how do you deal with the public official obligations in your own personal faith? >> really hard because i'm against the death penalty. i don't think we need it. other nations don't have it and they're fine. i refuse to believe that the american public is worse th

it passes the shooting of virginia tech in 2007. 23-year-old student shot 32 people to death before killing himself. 17 >>> people gathered outside of the iconic stonewall inn in new york city sunday to mourn those who were killed. they denounced violence and intolerance aimed at the lgbt community. the inn became iconic for the gay rights movement following a police raid and street riots in 1969. >>> an indiana man is behind bars after police found three assault rifles and chemicals to make explosives in his car. it came just hours after the shooting in orlando on sunday. a police chief initially tweeted that howell said he wanted to do harm at l.a.'s pride event. she later corrected her tweet to say that howell said he was going to the parade. one witness described his interaction with him. >> he came out the car. he started running across the street and hiding in between those trees and bushes. he stood there and we looked at long minute. i guess he kind of got very nervous. >> the fbi says the arrest has no connection with the a

i was in virginia tech, at virginia tech in the hours and noons in the days after the shooting there.d there and you would think that would be as bad as it could get and now here we are in orlando trying to make sense of what happened, not really able to make sense of it, at the same time looking for ways to comfort aech otheach ot. we saw a lot of strangers hugging each other in the streets last night. we went to one of the other gay bars here in town. they were all open. there was have a security, but people felt like they needed to be together, they needed to not sort of sit and stew. but to get together and try to comfort ea they were doing yesterday. and now here we are on a monday, they will go back to work and again try to make the effort to find normalcy. >> and aaron, you're right, it seems like togetherness has been an overwhelming theme in the wake of this horrific act. we've been seeing live pictures from orlando this morning. it lacks liooks like an active still. you can tell us more about the investigation? >> reporter: yeah, the fbi fooish still the lead agency on this

. >> reporter: so now an orlando dance club joined the roll call, virginia tech, new town, connecticut, san bernardino, charleston, a movie theater in colorado. and then, just after 10:00 a.m., local and federal officials stepped up to the cameras with a sickening update. orlando mayor buddy dyer. >> since last update we have gotten better access to the building, we have cleared the building. and it is with great sadness that i share we have not 20, but 50 casualties. in addition to the shooter, there are another 53 that are hospitalized. >> reporter: with that, the tragedy had achieved a milestone nobody wanted. some of the newest newest victims were the friends and families at the hospitals outside the crime scene, desperately waiting for any information about what had happened to their loved one. >> it's just unspeakable. you just don't expect your child to be involved with something like this. >> reporter: and by mid morning, the shooter had a name. omar mateen. he's said to be a 29-year-old divorced father working as a security guard, a u.s. born citizen of afghan parents. >> we c

. >> reporter: so now an orlando dance club joined the roll call, virginia tech, new town, connecticut, san bernardino, charleston, a movie theater in colorado. and then, just after 10:00 a.m., local and federal officials stepped up to the cameras with a sickening update. orlando mayor buddy dyer. >> since last update we have gotten better access to the building, we have cleared the building. and it is with great sadness that i share we have not 20, but 50 casualties. in addition to the shooter, there are another 53 that are hospitalized. >> reporter: with that, the tragedy had achieved a milestone nobody wanted. some of the newest newest victims were the friends and families at the hospitals outside the crime scene, desperately waiting for any information about what had happened to their loved one. >> it's just unspeakable. you just don't expect your child to be involved with something like this. >> reporter: and by mid morning, the shooter had a name. omar mateen. he's said to be a 29-year-old divorced father working as a security guard, a u.s. born citizen of afghan parents. >> we c

wonderful panel of people, none of them connected to the victims and none of them are connected to virginia tech. they made a bunch of suggestions about campus safety, training, guns, mental health, and they made those recommendations back to us and we made a lot of the changes. i am very sad to say the one i was i could not make, able to fix some of the gap administratively, but i went to my legislature and said look, we need universal background check system. safer.ll make us my legislature would not do it even in the aftermath of the worst shooting tragedy in the history of the united states. the horrible shooting in connecticut of these schoolchildren and their teachers and again, i made the case on the floor in april of 2013. we learned a lesson in blacksburg and now we learned a lesson again. we can make ourselves safer. we can respect the second amendment. i own a gun. we can also have rules that make people safer. that day, in the senate, trying to enact background check legislation with the new town families sitting in the gallery like that cloud of witnesses watching us and sitting wit

. >>> virginia tech was in trouble, a few years earlier, he uncovered a lead poisoning disaster, promptingplace lead pipe, now bogged down with the centers for disease control. how much damage the lead had done to kids in d.c., determined to prove it. tens of thousands of his own money, put his family into debt. it wasn't clear financially, how much longer he can keep up the fight. out of the blue, he got a call. prepare to receive a check for a half million dollars to use however you want. it was a genius grant from the mcarthur foundation. nobody knows who picks the recipient for those. they call you up, send you the money, no strings attached. the professor used his grant to win that fight over d.c.'s drinking water. with that vindication, because mark edwards was able to continue his work on america's drinking water, last year, a mom in michigan, who knew something was wrong with the tap water, she decided when nobody else would listen to her, mark edwards took her call, drove 15 straight hours from virginia tech, to test water in flint michigan. that is how the country learned that st

virginia tech, blacksburg, virginia. where were you that day? what do that to you about guns in virginia, and the issue of mental health? sen. kaine: when i was on city council, richmond had the second highest per capita at my time. i went to too many crime scenes and funerals, too many gatherings of victims in church basements to be supportive of them. so i had some scar tissue already. but that day in particular, worst day of my life, i had left to go on a trade mission with 100 business leaders from virginia to japan and india. and we had just landed in japan, and literally landed, gone to the hotel, checked in, i fell asleep, my security detail says you have to call back. there has been a horrible tragedy in virginia. this is now midnight, tokyo time. my chief of staff told the will is happening, unfolding. we still not really know. i said, get me back to the airport. ann and i are flying back. as we are sitting back in the airport lounge, the tragedy is unfolding. injured,led, 70 more is horribly deranged young person who had mental health

in 1985 he got a one-year teaching tpeup at virginia d fellowship at virginia tech to teach engineering. he came in 1985 for a one-year fellowship and kept renewing year after year because he found in virginia, he found in america, he found in blacksburg a community that he loved and a community that he cared about. so somebody who survived the holocaust of the nazis, who survived the soviet oppression of his native land couldn't survive the holocaust of gun violence in this country. and there's one -- and there's one more thing about lebrescue. it's about the day that he was killed because it was a very different day for him than it was for his students. it was a monday. it was april 16, 2007. but that day was a special day in the jewish faith, for somebody who is jewish. from sundown on the 15th of april 2007 to sundown on april 16, it's the day to remember the holocaust. and jews worldwide and people who care about judaism worldwide, it's a day to remember the holocaust. and when you remember the holocaust, well, it's one thing to reflect upon it but it's another thing to reflect upo

the report we have says in light of recent tragedy events at virginia tech, talk of bringing a weapon to class is at best extremely disturbing. this event took place in 2007. we also have new details, disturbing details about what was going on in the planning up to this. now, john, it appears not only was this killer planning his attack, he was also planning for his death. law enforcement sources say in weeks leading up to the attack, the killer made numerous preparations, including making sure his wife had access to bank accounts and adding her name to important documents like his life insurance policy. he bought his wife an expensive piece of jewelry and transferred his share of a home where his sister and brother-in-law currently reside for $10. fbi agents visited the mosque where the orlando shooter prayed. mosque officials telling cnn the agents were looking for anyone who knew him or know anyone he associated with. and the fbi director visited the crime scene in orlando for the first time as his investigators continue to examine what the killer's wife knew about his attack and w

virginia tech, newtown, connecticut. san bernardino, charleston, a movie theater in colorado. then, just after 10:00 a.m., a sickening update. orlando mayor buddy dyer. >> it is with great sadness that i share we have not 20, but 50 casualties. there are more that are hospitalized. >> the club massacre was suddenly deemed the worst u.s. shooting in mass history. and some of the victims were the friends and families of those outside the crime scene desperately waiting for any information about what happened to their loved ones. >> it's just unspeakable. you just don't expect your child to be involved with something like this. >> reporter: and by mid morning, the shooter had a name. omar mateen. of port st. lucie, florida, a beach town on the atlantic coast about two hours south of the coast of orlando. he's said to be a 29-year-old divorced father working as a security guard, a u.s. born citizen of afghan parents. >> one of our nbc news producers contacted mateen's father in florida a couple of hours ago who had quite a lot to say. saying first of all he wanted to know the fami

that set off alarm bells specifically because of the virginia tech massacre that had just taken place. now we believe that is why he was expelled from school. again, this warning sign that we are looking back in hind sight didn't prevent him in the security guard industry and carrying a firearm. >> there's also news about mateen's actions leading up to the massacre. what have you learned about that? >> reporter: yeah. from law enforcement sources it appears not only was he planning this attack but life after the attack, believing he would be killed. we know in weeks leading up to this he was making sure his wife's name was added onto bank accounts, onto his life insurance policies. he even in the last month or so transferred a portion of property that he owned jointly with his sister and brother-in-law, he transferred that to them for a cost of $10. police believe it was a sign he was not only planning the attack but planning he would be dead after the attack took place. >> you have information you found out that mateen spoke to someone in the d.c. area during the attack. what else ca

. >> april 2007, virginia tech shooting. >> yeah. >> where were you that day and what did it tell you about guns in virginia and guns in america and the issue of mental health? >> when i was on city council richmond had the second highest homicide rate per capita. i went to too many crime scenes and too many funerals and too many gatherings of families in church basements to be supportive to them. i had scar tissue already. worst day of my life. i left to go on a trade mission with 100 business leaders from virginia to japan and india. we had just landed in japan. landed, gone to the hotel. i got a knock at the door. the head of my security detail said you got to call back there has been a horrible tragedy in virginia. i called back. my chief of staff told me what was happening. i said get me back to the airport and we are flying back. we went right back to the airport. as we are in the lounge the tragedy is unfolding. 32 people killed, so many more injured. this horribly deranged young person who had mental health issues that were not being treated. the 33rd death. i flew back super

moments ago, and emotional tim kaine spoke about the virginia tech massacre when he was governor. >> that was the worst day of my life and will always be the worst day of my life. alison: roz plater is live with the very latest on all of this. roz: the filibuster began during debate over an appropriations bill. democrats are asking for an amendment that would require background checks. connecticut senator chris murphy began the filibuster in late in the morning, vowing to keep talking as long as necessary to force the senate to take action on gun violence, although it is not clear if any measure would pass. murphy said the families from the sandy hook elementary school who lost their pilots -- gun violence prevention groups held a fundraiser in d.c. tonight. vice president biden said he would continue to fight for commonsense gun control balls, even though it seems incredible they are still fighting the fight. it was theent biden: saddest day of our entire administration, that day, taking so many innocent, beautiful little lives. and who would have thought several years later that on

it surpasses the virginia tech shooting where 30 people were killed.shooting in 2012, 27 people were killed there, most of children. police released this photo of the officer's kevlar helmet worn responding to the attack likely saving that officer's a life. >>> former president karzai said the shooter and isis don't represent islam they are against islam. >>> a great tragedy, we commiserate with the people of the united states with the families who lost their loved ones, the wounded it's a crime that we condemn in the strongest possible terms. balls we in afghanistan suffer from it daily and for a long time. so we are with the american people. >>> the gunman identified as omar mateen is an american citizen born in new york to afghani parents. >>> tony pay tributes to the victim. we run down the big winners. did hamill hamilton make history. >>> will the terror attack impact the presidential race? a live report from washington is still ahead. (avo) how much protein does your dog food have? 18%? 20? nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real turke

when the virginia tech shooting a supervisor recommended he be kicked out, saying his behavior is extremely disturbing. this is cell phone inside the pulse nightclub minutes before shots rang out. >> i know he is gone. [ indiscernible ] he was so wonderful. >> time magazine features the names of each of the 49 victims and the question, why did they die. >>> donald trump weighed in on the orlando shooting tonight. he said things would have been different if someone inside the nightclub had a gun to countther gunman -- countther gunman -- counter the gunman . >> you know what, that would have been a beautiful, beautiful sight. . >> the presumptive republican presidential nominee has argued that lesser gun restrictions would reduce death tolls. >>> in the wake of the orlando shooting, tonight security is a top priority for san francisco's pride celebrations. >> the official start of pride week, kicked off with the flag rising. with it come rising concerns over safety in the days to come. >> this is the mother lode. >> reporter: sunday's deadly shooting at a orlando gay nightclub has all folks

the report that we have said that in light of the recent tragedy events at virginia tech, this talk of bringing a weapon to class is at best extremely disturbing. this event took place in 2007. we also have new details, disturbing details about what was going on in the planning up to this, because now, john, it appears that not only was this culler planning his attack, he was also planning for his death. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say that in the weeks leading up to the attack, the killer made numerous preparations, including making sure that his wife had access to bank accounts and adding her name to important documents like his life insurance policy. he bought his wife an expensive piece of jewelry and transferred his share of a home where his s sister and brother-in-law currently reside for just $10. fbi agents visited the mosque today where the orlando shooter prayed. and mosque officials telling cnn say that the agents are look g fing for anybody who knew him and anybody who associated with him. and the fbi drirector visited te crime scene in orlando for the first time a

among them virginia tech shooting survivor colin. >> i'm one of the very few survivors who were shot and lived. kimberly: with three bullets still lodged in his body, a rod in his knee and now hours away from the birth of his first child he stood before signs reading, "disarm hate." what do you say to people who say you have to arm yourself against hate? >> the idea that if only more guns in more places of our country made us safer, the united states of america with 300 million guns in circulation already would be the safest place in the world and we are not. kimberly: this crowd standing up for democratic members of congress who literally sat down on the house floor. 24 hours later the democrats emerged down the capitol steps and up a small ladder to thank the protesters. >> we want to continue to push, to pull, and if necessary sit down. kimberly: congressman and long-time civil rights activist john lewis staged the sit-in. violation of the house rules that led for the leaders to cut the mics and call for recess. they argueded it won't stop what all call not a moment but a movement

he was sitting in a french class at virginia tech university when a gunman shot him four times. 32 people died in that attack. thank you for joining us on "france 24." here we are in the wake of yet another massacre. 92 people killed per day in the united states. what do you say to people who say it's not guns that kill people, it's people that kill people? colin: i've heard that a lot in my line of work. i would make the argument that guns health people kill people -- guns help people kill people very easily. i would say that they must agree that we need to do a better job of checking people before they buy guns. in the majority of states in the u.s., we don't even check if buyers of guns can legally own them first. we don't even require a background check on every sale. that is the main points that we .re trying to enact in congress progress in congress has been slow. there has been much more progress on the state level, locally around the country. and after every shooting like this, more and more americans are upset. they have been through this before. they want something to be done di

the previous shooting to hold that distinction was the virginia tech massacre.007 when a 23-year-old student shot and killed 32 people on that campus. in december of 2012, 27 students and staff were shot and killed at sandy hook elementary school in new town, connecticut. that seemed to bring up a new anewareness of gun issues in th country and a married couple opened fire that in san bernardino and 14 people there were shot and killed. >>> coverage of the nightclub terror attack continues on our website. nbc bay area.com. find the latest on the investigation and information on the victims. >>> waking up to this news, of course a terrible way to start the weekend but many people are out there, still trying to have their time off and do their day. it's been typical bay area weather for us. >> you try to make the best of it in situations like this, like folks giving blood and you saw the san francisco individuals, the hearts go out to the victims and families there. if you haven't had a chance to get out and enjoy, temperatures will cool off. a little treat for yo

it passes the shooting at virginia tech in 2007 when a 23-year-old student shot himself. 17 others were injured. >>> right now prince william county police need to find this man, take a look, this is emerson duron, last seen saturday morning at a sheetz on prince william parkway. he was carrying a black backpack with a pink and red pattern. >>> we know applies are investigating a deadly shooting this one in southeast. just after midnight, officers responded to report of gunshots on f street. when they arrived, they found 23-year-old antonio leach was shot. he died at the hospital. police are now offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect. >>> three people were seriously hurt after a chain reaction crash in montgomery county. it happened on lockwood drive in the white oak area yesterday. a driver lost control of his truck, hit two people and several cars. one of those cars ended up hitting other cars. the truck ended up on its side and f driver. two pedestrians and the driver are in the hospital now with serious injuries. >>> take a look at this fire in manassas. it happened

that, like florida, has no waiting period for rifle sales. >> reporter: in virginia where the virginia techhootings killed 32 people, there is no waiting period for a firearm. even a so-called assault rifle, similar to those used in orlando and san bernardino. we sent a cbs news producer into a gun store in alexandria just outside of washington, d.c. >> i would like to buy an ar-15. >> reporter: per virginia law, she provided two items t license and i.d. card as well as her passport to prove u.s. citizenship. she filled out these federal and state forms requiring her name, date of birth, social security number, and a few basic questions about any past criminal activity or current restraining orders, and she passed a brief electronic background check. >> did this go through? >> it did. you've been approved. >> reporter: all told, it took 38 minutes and $1,030 for her to walk out legally armed with this rifle. 100 round of ammunition and a 30-round magazine. >> throughout most of america, you can go into a gun store and buy an ar-15 just like you'd go into a starbucks and buy a cup of coffee.

shortly after the virginia tech massacre. obviously, the students felt uncomfortable with that kind of talk. it got him expelled from the school. didn't trigger any red flags that he wouldn't be able to buy a gun or go on to become a security guard. it got him kicked out of law enforcement academy. >> did he go to his job the weekend before the shooting? >> reporter: he was a guard at a gated community. we know from it company that he showed up for work on saturday. worked a regular shift. that shift would have ended mid afternoon. then, i know from talking to his father that he came and visited his father, around 3:00 in the afternoon. his father called it a regular visit. a regular son dropping by to say hi. he was working, he was visiting his father. on i day before the night of this terrible tragedy. >> you understand that you learned about another person mateen spoke to on his cell phone during the attack? >> reporter: now, this is the last person that we, in the press have been unaccounted for. we know he called 911. we

shooting at virginia tech back in 2007, when 32 people were killed, now falls to number two. the third deadliest mass shooting was sandy hook school shooting in 2012, 27 people were killed there, and mostly children. >>> and in the wake of the tragedy the people of orlando are doing all that they can to help. long lines formed outside blood donation centers with the call to announce, officially, officials say zero negative bloodies in high demand but still in short supply. surgeons have already performed more than three dozen operations and many victims will need follow-up procedures. there are also heroes who stayed behind, after escaping the carnage and help the wounded. >>> try to make sure everybody is okay, and telling him he would be okay. >> some people took off their t-shirts to use as tourniquets for wounded. still others had been bringing food and water to police and families who spend a long day in and around the crime scene. >>> meanwhile this kevlar helmet saved the life of the air land owe police officers. authorities released this photo revealing how the helmet

. >> reporter: it's been nearly ten years since 32 people were killed boy a gunman at virginia tech. and that was the last time congress made any significant change to federal gun laws. >> it is so damaging to this country to leave people exposed to this potential terror, but it is also damaging to the reputation of this body which is about as low as you can get. >> reporter: members of both parties want a solution. >> let's get to work here. let's sit down together and figure out how we achieve this because i think everybody ought to be in agreement in principle. we don't want terrorists to be able to walk into a gun store and buy a gun. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that he may be open to serious suggestions on gun control. earlier efforts to create a compromise appeared to have collapsed. >>> and we will talk with senator chris murphy about his efforts toward gun control. that is coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> the debate over gun control has been a key issue on the campaign trail. the democrats have an unlikely ally, donald trump, who says he's ready to cons

this is number two as far as mass shootings and it's a round number, virginia tech, sandy hook, lube'sd's as the number of dead. this is one of the largest mass shootings that we've seen, but unfortunately it's not the first one we have' seen at a nightclub. we've had a number of shootings at night clubs dating all the way back to the early 1980s, so -- >> certainly nothing of this magnitude. >> nothing of this magnitude. >> this man came in, just to clarify, this man came in with an assault type rifle, a handgun an other devices. >> reporter: certainly he was well armed. he was prepared. he knew it was a soft target, just like you were talking about. you had a tremendous number of people in a very small place and unfortunately that's what leads to a very high body count. >> so since you've written this book "six steps to survival of mass shooting" were you surprised as many of our law enforcement analysts were, that it was a mass shooting that turned into a hostage situation at one point? >> yes, usually you don't see that. typical characteristics that we see as the shooter goes in, h

remember that the last time that there was significant gun control legislation was a decade ago after virginia techith all of these massacres in the last couple of years, it seems like the country is kind of in a different place than it used to be. the politics on the issue -- seems to have changed because of the just the number of horrible incidents. >> so if trump does lean to the left on this, could that be a bigger problem for the gop? >> i don't -- it -- trump is dragging the gop kind of across the finish line and telling them that they have to really, you know, update their stance on this issue, given that the majority of americans support gun control on certain topics. >> all right. daniel, thanks so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, what health officials say about coffee's link to cancer. >>> and a warning about drinking beverages that are way too hot. neutrogena® cosmetics. with vitamins and antioxidants. now with foundations in shades fomore skin tones. hey kevin. hey, fancy seeing you here. uh, i live right over there actually. you've been to my p

. >> this reminds me of the virginia tech shooting.dn't realize so many people were down and what happened after that so the police have to have that immediate response in intelligence gathering across the entire map of the campus to figure out is this isolated? is this contained or ongoing? the second part when you look at where this is headed and how this could have happened that is the biggest question, we simply don't know at this point. connell: there is much more you don't know as opposed to what you do know but you see many of them standing there, part of setting up the so-called perimeter we talked about earlier, first responders are important. >> critical. how do you know what the perimeter is. we know how massive that campus is. >> it is a giant campus in a huge city, one of the best-known colleges in the country. the size of it and sprawling nature. >> if you have lapd, ucla, sheriff's department what is the perimeter? your point is what do you do? we hear run and hide, fight, but the problem with that, you are not teaching

history 53 people killed 52 injured and before the deadly shooting was virginia tech back in 2007 senatepeople killed respectively. at clorox 2 we've turned removing stains into a science. now pre-treat with clorox 2! watch stains disappear right before your eyes. remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. >> marty: a shooter open fire in orlando florida earlier this morning police say 50 people are dead and the exact number still unknown this is the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. they investigated as a hate crime and act of terrorism. investigators said of the shooter's identified as 29 year- old omar machine many injured people being carried out of the nightclub rushed to hospital on the back of whatever people could find people are not in a hospital the shooter did take hostages according to police that to us what to make the decision to enter the nightclub. it was killed during the raid near orlando has since declared a state of emergency we continue the if if this for you an on- line >> marty: the stairs in a crash investigators said the shooter's identified as 29 ye