Hi, friends. Good morning. Its sunday the 12th of june. Im anna kooiman. Breaking right now, fox news alert, gun fire erupting inside an orlando nightclub. The gunman just confirmed dead. Police now calling it a mass casualty situation. Orlando to command, we have shots fired on scene. Requesting you to stay back. Command all units to position of cover behind your apparatus. Garrett tenney has the breaking details. Garrett, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning,
yall. Theres still a lot we dont know about the situation because the police have had their hands full. But just a minutes ago, they confirmed on twitter that the shooter inside the club is dead. They said they will advise us shortly with more information. But what we know right now is that shortly after 2 00 a. M. , there was a mass shooting at the pulse orlando nightclub. Around 2 30 a. M. , the gay dance bar posted everyone get out of pulse, and keep running. Police tell us there has been multiple injuries and you can see some of those people being loaded on to stretchers outside. Then as Police Responded to that shooting, you can hear in this video there were more gunshots fired outside the nightclub. Now we have active fire shots outside. We have the shooter currently inside armed. We cannot take any more, we are on lockdown. Reporter then police carried out the controlled explosion. They havent told us why they
did that yet because frankly they have been caught up in the middle of the situation. There are unconfirmed reports on twitter from folks who say they were inside the nightclub. One tweeted never seen so many dead bodies on the floor. God is good that my friends and i didnt get shot. Another tweeting, four of us still hiding. Lights are off in club, cops are here but havent got us yet. Officials have not confirmed how many people have been injured but just a few minutes ago, the Orlando Police department tweeted, we can confirm this is a mass casualty situation. Support from local, state and federal agencies. We expect to brief the media shortly. The pulse orlando just posted an update to the Facebook Page saying as soon as they have any information, we will update everyone. Please keep everyone in your prayers as we work through this tragic event. Thank you for your thoughts and love. Again, we should be hearing from the Orlando Police department any minute now and we will bring
you those updates as they come. Back to yall. Thanks a lot, Garrett Tenney. We want to go to nick hornstein, an eyewitness to this. Nick, are you there . I am. How are you, tucker . Fine, thanks. Tell us what you saw. Well, i was woken by the gunshots and i went out on the roof here. And, you know, there are people running, screaming from the club, helping to carry others, you know up, just as far away as they could get them. And nick, how long has the situation has it been ongoing . Is the scene still active right now . When is the last time you heard shots and whats the Current Situation . There were shots exchanged about an hour ago i believe. Yeah, still a huge, huge scene. The roads are backed up with cars for about a mile, just police cars everywhere. The s. W. A. T. Team just came out. Of the building. And they looked like theyre about to head out. And nick, were hearing its just come into our urgent
that the nightclub, that the shooter is dead and our Garrett Tenney reported that as well. There are reports from the people on the inside who were concerned there was more than one shooter. Does it look to you that officers are scanning the area for other suspects or does it seem to be that theyre just trying to wrap things up and make sure the things are tended to . Yeah, it seems like things are under control. Theres like i said, an exchange of gun fire. Nothing after that. So i think they had the scene neutralized over here. Roughly, how many gunshots do you think you heard and how many people were carried out . I heard at least half a dozen, and i saw just probably at lre injured. And nick thats just outside the club. Nick, you were initially
awoken by gun fire at 2 00 or 3 00 and then a pause november gun fire. Presumably we heard about a hostage situation and then another volley of gun fire. It was two different incidents . Pardon me . It was two separate episodes of gun fire is what you heard . Correct. There was the initial gunshots from the shooter and then this brief exchange which i assumed to be police. And nick, you know, were not from that part of the country. Can you tell us what is your neighborhood like on any given evening . Is this an area thats known to have problems around there or not . Im actually not from here, im just visiting a friend. Its not typical, but, you know, it seems like there was the singer shot at the venue shot last night and then there is maybe a bigger problem in orlando. Can you see outside what does the Law Enforcement
presence look like . Its still heavy. Like i said, they still have the roads blocked off, s. W. A. T. Teams gather around the truck. Maybe debriefing or something. But definitely seems to be that theyre clearing the scene out a bit. And nick, we have heard reports of obviously many casualties unfortunately. Some of which were staging right near the locations. Is there a sense that everyone has been wounded has been transported to the hospital or still rendering care on the scene . Anything you can tell us about whats happening right there . I saw them taking people a couple of hours ago but seems like they have most of them off to the hospital which isnt very far from the scene. Just a couple blocks away. So i think everybody has gotten taken care of so far. How about the surrounding building, like the building that youre in. Have you been speaking with any neighbors or whats going through their minds at this hour . Theres actually this building theres no neighbors. Its an apartment on top of a
business. But the police have the area cordoned off. All right. Nick, thank you for calling in this morning. Have a good one, guys. So what we know at a nightclub in orlando, florida, a man opened fire. We know from nick hornstein, an eyewitness on the building next door, on the roof, in his estimation about 15 people carried out wounded. Some reports have had it even higher of multiple people potentially killed. Dozens wounded. So as of right now, reports as they often are from scenes like this conflicting, and varying in ranges. Also we have just confirmed that the shooter himself has been killed. I believe the Police Confirmed that so the scene less active now than it was. But still very much ongoing as we heard from nick on the roof tap. Pete, right now we are hearing from witnesses inside the club. Lets take a listen. Right now my nerves are so tense, i dont know what time it
is. I just know cops and dogs and helicopters and ambulances. I dont know if the people are still out here or if theyre not. We want to bring in steve rogers, a retired lieutenant and a frequent guest on the show. Good to see you this morning. Youre welcome. Whats the First Response to this . Youre getting a call, what do you do . You immediately deploy your s. W. A. T. Team. Like a special forces in the Police Department because you dont know what youre running into. You dont know if you have one, two or three shooters and you dont what the motive. Understand a lot of gay gentlemen go to this club, was it a bias related shooting, who was targeted . We need to find out who what when where why. We were reporting tragic news out of orlando, that a singer who had done very well on the show the voice was shot and killed outside a concert. Are there concerns about copy
cap instances . Not to say theyre related at all. Theyre about four miles apart, but is that something that concerns Law Enforcement . Yes a very good question. We are always concerned of that. Is there any connection to the incident, and in this case on the surface it looks like none. But there are incidents that you have copycat killers go out. It seems in this incident, because of the number of casualties, this individual or individuals we still dont know if thats other shooters, went out to do a lot of damage to a lot of people, for a reason yet to remain to be seen. I have been listening to the Police Scanners in orlando as they report whats happening on the scene. There was also a report of a controlled detonation. And then even early reports said that the shooter may have had a vest on. But these are unconfirmed reports. How would police be respond what would that controlled munition mean . What they did, what was
interesting, the individual wanted to go down shooting. Probably the bomb was going to be detonated upon the arrival of the police. Theyll send a robot in and the robot will actually put a device on the explosive device and its a controlled explosion. Thats what they did this morning. Will it be covered with a box . Oh, yeah, they carry the explosive devices in their truck and their shrapnel would be limited. This all began four hours ago and what youre looking at is live pictures, what youre seeing on the screen, the still shots are some that we have taken from eyewitnesses from twitter. But steve, i want to get to your take on when people were inside, they were saying that they were initially thinking this was just part of the carnival type atmosphere going on in the club. It was just part of the music going on or something. The fear that these people were
going through and then trying to get out, how does the nightclub handle Something Like that . I mean, likely they had some sort of security, but to get all the individuals out while theyre in panic mode. One word impossible. We have all been in nightclub, its dark, the music is blaring and glaring and when there is an incident or fire, there is panic. People are being stampede and trampled on. Its impossible to control a situation like that, especially with gun fire. Steve, contrast the panic of the scene with again listening to the Police Department in realtime. The calm with which they have handled this, moving the perimeter in and moving it back out. Calling in eod. How often do they train for this . An active shooting situation is almost every month now. Theyre trained to respond to
every single incident you can imagine and the objective is public safety. Get the innocent lives out. Protect them first and then neutralize the shooter. But you never know what youre walking into. You see the footage of the police cars coming to the scene. You know whats going through your mind, theres a sniper ready to take you out. Its very intense but theyre very, very well trained. No doubt they ended up saving a lot of lives by a quick response. Im sure you thought about this, it seems like an absolute increase in Mass Shootings. Any theories as to why . I have to tell you thats a lot of angry, angry, crazy people out there. How do we bring it under control . Its something that i guess our forensic psychologists have to figure out down the road. I can tell you this, we dead learn that when young people the video game, the violent on tv and in the music, we are consumed with violence in this nation. It does have a detrimental effect on a good number of
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and fellow club goers carried out at least 15 wounded in his estimation. Thats right. A lot of early reports unconfirmed. But the reports said upwards of a hundred shots fired. Could have been less or more. Some reports said potentially the shooter was wearing a vest, but again, multiple gunshots and casualties as high we have heard multiple killed. I have heard upwards of 40. But again, all unconfirmed. Police have not come out yet and reported exactly what they know, exact as you noted that the shooter appears to have been killed. There appears to have only been one, although its a very fluid situation. They continued to move the perimeter out. Explosive ordnance experts are on the scene. And the hospital issued a statement they are on lockdown after they have received several gunshot victims. They are only allowing essential
workers to come into the hospital. Also Arnold Palmer hospital has been placed on lockdown as well. Yeah. There were initial reports that hostages were taken and or a bomb was present and we cant confirm that. Apparently the bomb squad did detonate something in the nightclub. An eyewitness inside told the Orlando Sentinel that he had been able to get out, but his brother who was on crutches was still inside. He also said that he was in a in an area of the nightclub that was far away from the shooter. But he said he had seen two people and it was pow, pow, pow, something that was constant. But what were hearing from police is that the shooter is dead. So, you know, there are conflicting reports obviously about what was going on inside and people have their own ways of viewing situations. But the shooter according to police is dead. Yeah. As is always the case, a lot of
confusion on scene. Initial reports rarely correct. But were here for more information. Garrett tenney is live in washington, d. C. He has been following this story for us. What do you have . Reporter well, thats the key point, that the Orlando Police department tweeted out, the shooter is now dead. And there was a lot of questions if there was more than one gunman initially. As you mentioned a lot of the initial reports its unclear what the situation is there on the ground. But saying the shooter is dead would seem to indicate that there was in fact one shooter. There were also questions as if there were explosive devices involved there. Thats something we dont know whether or not that was the case, but police said they will update us shortly. But they are calling us a mass casualty situation. We dont know exactly how many people were killed and injured. But we do know local, state and federal agencies are all there on the ground, assisting in this investigation. What we do know, shortly after 2 00 a. M. , there was this mass shooting at the pulse Orlando Night Club. This is around 2 30 a. M. The gay dance bar posted on the
Facebook Page, everyone get out of the pulse and keep running. And you mentioned that one witness who was inside told the Orlando Sentinel he heard at least 40 gunshots. Less than about an hour ago now, police carried out a controlled explosion. We dont know why they did that. We do know typical in the hostage situations in the past, that is a tactical strategy that they used to distract a shooter to move in. We dont know if thats the case here or not. But were expecting an update from the police shortly. Hopefully well get a lot of the questions answered. Garrett tenney, thank you. 20 minutes after the hour. We are continuing to follow the breaking news out of orlando, florida. A mass shooting at the nightclub there. The gunman now confirmed dead by police. Police are calling this a mass casualty incident. Our coverage continues after this break. Now we have active fire shots outside. We have the shooter currently inside armed. We cannot take any more. We are on lockdown. Ng a ray. Amazing is moving like one. Real is making new friends. Amazing is getting this close. Real is an animal rescue. Amazing is over twentyseven thousand of them. There is only one place where real and amazing live. Seaworld. Real. Amazing. One of many pieces in my i havlife. Hma. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems
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dozens of emergency vehicles swarmed the area. Local, state and federal agencies all on the scene at this hour. Well bring you more as it comes in. All right. Switching gears now now to politics. The president ial race under way at a meeting in utah two days ago. Mitt romney apparently according to people who were there broke into tears talking about what has happened to the Republican Party under donald trump. He went on to attack the other 16 candidates who ran against him for not beating him. Heres part of what he said, quote, ted cruz basically was praising him and kasich was in well after the time that there was no possible pathway to becoming the nominee. The large field of gop contenders for that president ial bid from the gop side that they didnt play their cards correctly, that they were fighting each other rather than fighting the frontrunner that
gave rise to donald trump and thats given him staying power. Hes doing the 2020 vision thing. Its true. You get the sense hes thinking out loud and processing out loud and is very much and almost completely out of touch with the electorate on the conservative and the republican side. Thats just utterly on the left as well. Utterly frustrated with the status quo. When donald trump said you lost in 08 and in 12 and they want to move past that chapter. Hes sort of saying no, no, in revisionist sense, thats what were supposed to be about. Theres theres two different strands missing each other. So completely right now. I think the strand is quite clearly with mr. Trump whos articulated we dont want to lose any more. We have a different way of articulating it. Mitt romney i dont know hes being effective. Like hes looking after, tucker, not just the into the past recently. Leading up to Donald Trumps rise, but even past the president ial election in november. Almost saying, okay, were
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neighborhood, do police seem to have problems in that neighborhood . Is it not that type of a neighborhood at all . You know, the location of pulse is its considered as part of [ inaudible ]. This is a place being developed and there arent shootings like this that i would that i would, you know, necessarily know about. I dont really see stuff like this happen often. If ever at all. So thats why its so shocking to see this happen. You know, so early in the morning, you know, right when you know, right when we had a shooting just yesterday, you know, in orlando. Its just backtoback, you know, this is becoming a very big problem. And, you know, i have to leave the home. Me and my neighbor, we just decided that were going to leave because as things were unfolding throughout the night, we just became afraid that, you
know, in case the situation might spread, we decided to leave the home. Well, ollie, that was my next question. You had the initial volley of gunfire at about 2 00 a. M. Were you there while the second series of exchanges of volleys of gunfire occurred . Because there are reports that there was a Second Exchange or second volume of fire and if you would, how long did was it between those incidents . So the original the first shots that i heard that was around 2 00 in the morning. You know, after that after the gunshots occurred, there were you know, i could hear the helicopters come in. They had been flying in the morning. Theyre still flying. I could see them right now. You know, police have blocked off the entire main street and avenue, and they have called in
not just Orlando Police, but Orange County police as well as Seminole County police. I had already left the area because i wanted to look after my own safety and some of my neighbors who i had called overnight were they returned my calls. [ inaudible ] he could hear the gunshot and he heard the explosion for when the officers used the controlled explosion to enter the facility. I know its hard to tell of course but did you have any sense of how many guns were were fired . No. But dozens of gun shots. And describe what you saw as well. I mean, when we hear numbers of upwards of 20, you know, are there just stretchers coming out and ambulances and carrying people from the club and shuttling them away periodically . From our Vantage Point [ inaudible ]. I think yeah. Looks like we lost our guest. But that was an eyewitness account from a neighbor who lived right nearby the pulse nightclub in orlando which was the scene of a mass shooting overnight. We know the reports, still an active scene. They have i was listening to the Police Scanner again on the break and the cordon remains. They still have a perimeter. It appears that the s. W. A. T. Team is no longer actively engaged inside pulse, but theyre still assessing the situation. The eod is still on scene, explosive ordnance team. If youre on the ground right now, a lot of cont
contingencies that are ongoing. And in the active shooting situations, police are using social media in a way that you wouldnt have seen ten years ago or something. Orlando police have gotten on twitter and initially they were saying, look, our updates are going to be coming through here. Police stop emailing us and calling us. They were getting inundated with so many calls with a mass shooting situation as they call it and now theyre asking the public with any information. To please come forward, as they continue to search for answers. But they say local, federal and state Law Enforcement are all assists in this. We are expecting a briefing from them in about 20 minutes. Year. There was initially they called for a briefing at i believe 4 30 in the morning. Then it was so fluid they had o to they pushed it back to obviously deal with the situation now. Well hear from them at 7 00 and get on the ground situation. A lot else is going on in the world. Well start with this as your fox news alert. Another shooting that just happened, about ten minutes away from the overnight orlando nightclub shooting. Listen to this. Right now investigators are trying to figure out why this man shot the former the voice contestant Christina Grimmie on friday night. The shooter is identified as 27yearold kevin loibl of st. Petersburg, florida. Grimmie was signing autographs after her concert. She greeted loibl with open arms, and he shot several rounds before her brother tackled him. And this convicted sex offender armand dixon is back in police custody. He was located in a storm drain by k9 units and a robot. Police say another one is on the loose, clausen, and hes dangerous and to call 911. Protesters planning to gather outside the Stanford University commencement calling for the recall of a judge after a controversial rape sentence. More than a Million People already signing a petition to oust judge aaron persky for handing down a lenient six month jail sentence to former stanford student brock turner who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman on campus. He and his father said that the recommended sentence of six years would be severely impacting. And donald trump steps up his war of words against Elizabeth Warren. Pocahontas, Elizabeth Warren, i call her goofy. Pocahontas is not happy. But is it racist to say she
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would say call her lying ted or call her goofy and draw the distinction but do it in the way that dont maybe doesnt offend native americans. Being donald trump is being donald trump. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wouldnt American Indians be offended that Elizabeth Warren lied about being one of them in order to take advantage of a racial set aside program which she did, reserved for American Indians. But she got in it through dishonesty. Youre making my point. I think youre exactly right. I think theres a way that you spin that to make people know that you shouldnt be doing that and bringing up that shes offended these people, not calling her a name of an indian person who had done something with the american government. People can go into all this lets not distract away from somebody being dishonest. Call it what it is. I think it is worth having a debate on whether or not, you know, we should use Racial Discrimination in hiring and promotion. Hopefully thatll happen. So meanwhile, sanders surrogate
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dozens of gunshots. Were expecting an update from the fbi on this rapidly developing situation at the top of the hour, but before we hear on the ground from the Orlando Police department, lets bring in steve rogers. Hes a retired lieutenant from the nutley, new jersey Police Department. Right now, weve got reports from the police that the shooter has been killed. What else is going on at the scene . Weve heard explosive orderd ordnance teams. What now are they doing . They are going to gather as much evidence as they can close to the scene and as well as in the range of the perimeter. The couple of issues here. What is the motive . This is important to the investigation. What type of weapon . Weve got witnesses saying they heard pop, pop, pop. Were hearing multiple reports, over 100 shots fired. 100 shots. It could have been an automatic weapon and that may tell us that
he reloaded. There was some time there to do a lot of damage. The other question that has to be answered is in fact there was an explosive device, this suspect build this device alone or was there someone with the suspect . If this is a biasrelated crime. It was in a club that a lot of gay gentlemen visit. Those are questions that need to be answered which may lead to maybe another person involved. When you think about the people packed inside the premier Gay Night Club of orlando is how they bill themselves on their website. When shots ring out and dark in there. There are reports people thought it was part of the show, part of the music and your heart drops, i got to get out of here. They put that on their Facebook Page, everybody run, get out as quick as you can. What kind of challenges does security have, does the night club have getting everybody out . Complete chaos. Impossible to control. You have a stampede, being stepped on, pushed aside, im sure there was a lot of injuries involved because of this mass chaos. You are in a club, you hear pop, pop, and you think its part of the show and all of a sudden theres bodies around you. Until the police got there, one could only imagine what was going on in that club. In a couple of minutes, were going to hear from the authorities on the ground, the press conference. What could we hear from them . What could they confirm for us . Im sure you are going to hear who the suspect was. Thats very important. You are going to hear maybe, maybe a motive, which they may not have right now, but youll hear how many casualties but most importantly you are going to hear that the investigation is going to be ongoing. Thank you so much. Stand by for analysis coming up after the 7 00 press conference were awaiting. Four minutes before the top of the hour and were minutes away from an update on that top
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good morning, earn. Its sun the 12th of june, 2016. Im anna kooiman. We have a fox news alert here. A mass shooting in florida. The gunman who stormed a pack Florida Night Club overnight, spraying bullets, sending people running for their lives is now dead. We have shots fired on scene. Opd is requesting you stay back. Command to all units position of cover behind your apparatus. Police now calling it a mass casualty situation as at least 20 people are reported injured. Multiple people are being treated on the scene right now. News scanner audio describing the chaos. [ no audio ] well try to get that scanner traffic for you. Right now, though, we are waiting for an update for the police and fbi any moment now. Were going to head right to peter doocy live on the scene in orlando. Peter, what are you hearing . We are about an hour and 10 minutes beyond the time that the Orlando Police department confirmed via social media which is the only way they have been communicating with us through what has been a very chaotic night that the shooter is dead and i can tell you there are dozens of Law Enforcement officers who are securing an enormous crime scene. Its several long blocks, long, the part where we are, there are
s. W. A. T. Officers who look like they have had a very long night, standing right next to their cars. Police tape up. Theres no urgency right now, it doesnt seem, with these officers, but they do seem they are very serious about keeping the crime scene and keeping a perimeter, keeping us back from it. Were standing a block away from Pulse Night Club. There are two large crime scene investigative vehicles and right near pulse theres an ambulance pulling out with the sirens on and the street is so jampacked with Police Vehicles that hes kind of having to weave his way up the street toward the main drag to where theres an opening heading toward the hospital presumably. We think were going to get an
update any minute now from a representative from a few of the agencies that responded and we just got here, its hard to tell exactly how many there are, but this is as large a response as you see for an event like this. Obviously, the response matches the severity of the incident last night and now were hoping to get more details about just how many people were injured inside and also who the shooter was, hopefully. Right. Peter, i think were looking at your camera feed right now. Do we have any details on the scale of this and can you see any activity outside the night club from where you are . It looks like some police evidencegathering truck, the big truck is repositioning themselves right now. Obviously, they may have arrived at some point when it was still dark as the situation was still unfolding. It looked like they are actually repositioning to get closer, slightly closer to pulse night
club, but beyond that, theres really not a whole lot of activity. There are still i think two helicopters right now right above the scene and there are, again, dozens of Law Enforcement officers, but nobody is running right now. Nobody is screaming for anybody to get back. It was a few hours ago, as this was unfolding that the police the pulse put out on their social media accounts for everybody to get out and keep running. The scene right now is more calmed down but the sun is just coming up and it seems like they are using that to their advantage to kind of get a lay of the land to see exactly where everything happened last night, just in case there was anything that happened outside the night club. Peter we heard unconfirmed reports at the beginning that the shooter may have worn a vest, that explosives could have been involved. We heard also about a controlled detonation by the police either before, during, or after. There was a second volley of gunfire and im hearing reports that explosive ordnance experts are still there. Do you know whether or not they have any concerns about an explosive device still on scene or does it look like evidencegathering at this point . It looks like evidencegathering. Were a block away from the night club. If they thought there was a live ordnance inside, we would be pushed back a lot further than this. It would seem just like the lack of emergency from the Law Enforcement and the fact that they are letting us set up our cameras, you should see more live pictures in a minute, the scene is over. After hearing that the shooter has been has died. Were not sure how the shooter has died. Did he take his own life . Was he taken down by police or others within the night club or within the neighborhood . Well hopefully get some of those details in moments when we hear from Law Enforcement there on the ground. Peter, local tv affiliate there is reporting that one Police Officer was injured and taken to orlando Regional Medical center. Any news on that . We know that i saw that same report and it said that not only was there one officer taken to the hospital, possibly some kind of a shootout, but also there were so many casualties from inside this night club that the victims were being taken in the back of pickup trucks and one of the local reporters saw an officer performing chest compressions on someone who had been shot in the back of a pickup truck, so that gives you a sense of just how much of a
li lifeordeath race it was to get some of the people to the hospital and how severe a lot of injuries were. We dont have right now because it did just happen, we dont have a ton of specifics about how badly survivors were hurt or how many people were killed, but there was a real race to get people to the hospital which is nearby but still, obviously, there are social media reports that there were a lot of injuries, to their arms and abdomens, based on what was seen at the club and the hospital. They were loading people in whatever they could because there were not vehicles ready. We want to play some sound
from an eyewitness to this crime last night around 2 00 a. M. Here it is. Right now, my nerves are so tense. I dont even know what time it is. My phone is dead. I just know that there are cops and dogs and helicopters and ambulance and i dont know if the people are still out here or they are not. And what kind of between sweat and blood, i dont know whats behind me. Its under my nails. Are people from the neighborhood gathered around the police tape . Right now, its a lot of press. Were in a secure area. I can tell you im a block away from an Apartment Building and next to target, there are people out on balconies, trying to get pictures of a horrible crime that happened in their front yard. It is a very popular area. Timing around 2 00 a. M. , there
wouldnt have been a lot of people out but there are a lot of stores, restaurants. Were in the shadow of downtown, orlando, but i would say a 10minute drive away from any of the theme parks. Were far away from the theme parks. Close to downtown. Theres a lot of stuff going on. This is obviously a busy place, and there would have been its hard to imagine when you see how densely populated it is here, the scene that unfolded about 4 1 2, 5 hours ago. Peter doocy live on the scene for us. Thanks a lot. Were going to bring in former Police Department steve cardy. As peter is saying, it seems like the immediate area around the club has been locked down and it seems to be under control
in some senses of the word. The community can still at wits end. What is going on at the moment for everybody in the neighborhood . Some people will be going to church and work this morning. The importance is to maintain the integrity of this scene and investigation. When we see individual murders, we look at two things. We look at money and love. Mass shooting, we look at revenge or terrorism. Thats why you have all the local, federal, and state authorities in this on already in the event that it is a terrorist act or was it a an act of a madman for revenge . What would police be doing in preparation for this press conference . Are they confirming numbers . Details . Potentially could we hear about who was responsible . Could they know that by now, name and identity . They may. They likely will not release that. They will keep this pretty close
to the vest. They will release just enough information to give it out to the public so that they can quell and answer some questions that are out there. They are not going to release a ton of details. They are going to come out very, very slowly. The first order of business as you said is determining this wasnt a terror attack . Yes. What are they looking for . They are dealing with all the mass casualties. They have got a huge crime scene. They have got multiple, multiple injuries. Were going to right to the press conference. Were going to have mayor dyer speak first, then we have ron harper with the fbi. They will take a few questions afterwards and answer what they can, but then well continue to provide updates as the day goes on. Tonight, our community witnessed or experienced a very horrific crime. Many lives were lost and many more individuals were impacted by witnessing the crime. Many were saved however by the heroic efforts of the men and women of opd, the Orange CountySheriffs Office, Seminole CountySheriffs Office. We have great cooperation from fdle and fbi. All our Law Enforcement agencies, Fire Departments from orlando, seminole and Orange County and all of the Hospital Personnel that have been working through the night. Were a strong, resilient community. Tonight, we had a crime that will have a lasting effect on our community. We need to stand strong. We need to be supportive of the victims and their families. I would ask chief neena to explain what happened. Good morning, so at approximately 02 02 hours this morning, we had an officer working at Pulse Night Club who responded to shots fired. Our officer engaged in a gun battle with that suspect. The suspect at some point went back inside the club where more shots were fired. This did turn into a hostage situation. From there, obviously, multiple officers from various agencies responded. S. W. A. T. Team responded. At approximately 05 00 hours this morning the decision was made to rescue hostages that were in there. Our s. W. A. T. Officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The suspect is dead. He appeared to be carrying a rifle, an assaulttype rifle and a handgun and had some type of device on him. Thats what were doing right now, checking the area for devices. There are multiple people that are dead inside. I dont want to give anyone a number right now, but multiple people are dead inside Pulse Night Club, and at least 42 people have been transported to
various hospitals around. So do not have an exact count. Obviously, our condolences go out to the friends and family. Were going to continue to work with the fbi and Law Enforcement and the Sheriffs Office on this joint investigation. At this point, ill turn it over to the sheriff. Thank you, chief. While this certainly is a tragedy for our community, i will reiterate what mayor dyer said, that this community is resilient and this is a time in which we all should come together. The Orange CountySheriffs Office responded along with the Orlando Police department to the initial incident. There were deputy sheriffs involved with the Orlando Police personnel on the initial entry just after 2 00 a. M. This morning. In addition to that, members of my hazardous device team
responded and have been engaged in helping to secure the scene as well. We have had as many as about 100 of my personnel who have been actively engaged in this incident. I will also reiterate that this is a collaborative effort. At this point, the Central FloridaIntelligence Exchange center has been activated. That is our intelligencesharing consortium for this region. Well be working along with the fbi as well as the other Law Enforcement agencies as this investigation continues. Again, what i would say to our community is that if you are aware of any of the activities that may have led up to this horrific scene, to share that information with your local law
enforcement authorities. As we move forward, we will make every effort that we can to ensure that this Community Remains a safe and secure community. We have that commitment from all of the local Law Enforcement agencies. We have multiple Sheriffs Offices and Police Agencies who have committed to work to that endeavor, and if you see something suspicioustype activity, we have shared in this community in the past, our expect station that you Say Something about it, if theres anything that looks unusual at this point, this is an incident as i see it that we can certainly classify as a domestic terror incident. At this point, i believe the next speaker is going to be the supervisor agent in charge of the regional Florida Department of Law Enforcement office,
officer danny banks. Thank you, sheriff. Ill reiterate a couple of things that were said. One of the important thing is do we consider this an act of terrorism. Absolutely, were investigating this from all partys scperkt as an act of terrorism. Any time we have potentially a dozen victims in inform our communities that we can qualify that as terrorist activity. Whether thats an domestic terrorist activity or International One is certainly something well get to the bottom of. Were glad to have the partnerships we have spoken about, particularly the partnership of the fbi here. One of the important things that well obviously get to the bottom of is do we have any indicators before this event happened today. We will have some more information im sure forthcoming to all of you about who this individual is, was he a lone wolf, does he have any associates . Those are certainly all of the
things that will be looked into now as part of our intelligence and investigative activities. You know, the state of florida is a huge state, certainly for a lot of different reasons. One of them tourism and our industry and our businesses here and we have no suggestion that theres any threat to either of those, either today nor in the near future. That certainly is a concern. Right now, its important, the message we want to put out is we have no indication of other types of activities similar to last nights activity either in the state of florida or anywhere else in the nation right now is, but were putting every collective resource we have together to validate that statement and ensure the safety of the remainder of our zens not only today but through the next weeks. I want to reiterate the point, our see something, Say Something, campaign is valid, it works. As you come up with and you are aware of information that is concerning to you, its concerning to us. If you are aware of information relative to people either conversations, social media, or actions of people in our community that you believe could threaten the rest of us, please let Law Enforcement know. Use those tools to let Law Enforcement be aware of that information so we can act on it. Ill turn over the rest of the interview now to our assistant special agent in change for the fbi orlando office. Ron hopper. Let me start by saying i offer the condolences to all the friends and Family Members that are victims to this senseless tragic act of violence this morning. Fbi stands shouldertoshoulder with everyone you see here to address this matter. Were not just looking at this from one perspective. Ill tell you that every resource in the fbi will be brought to bear on this investigation, and i would echo with mr. Banks just said, at this time, at this particular time, theres no reason to
believe, we have no credible or singular information to suggest that theres any further threat to orlando or the surrounding area or anywhere else as it relates to this particular incident. I would caution everyone to be mindful that the fbi is known for slow, methodical detailed investigations, we follow the facts, see where they lead to and take them to the ultimate end. Theres nothing we wont do to get to the bottom of this case and well be prepared to present any information we can when we can and are able to present it to you. We look forward tok to being as completely transparent as possible. We here in the orlando region, especially with the fbi and the partnerships we share here, we take that see something and you Say Something, we take it one step further. If you see something, you Say Something, we will do something. If you have information that would relate back to todays events, please share it with us and i would urge you to call the
1800callfbi Public Access line. Were conducting countless interviews and youll be seeing a huge presence from the fbi in the coming days to resolve this matter. Thank you. Before questions, i want to add a few more things. There were at least nine officers that were involved in the shooting of the suspect. One of our officers was injured. It appears his kevlar helmet saved his life. So he has an injury to his eye, but it looks like the bullet did hit his kevlar helmet. Nine officers involved in the shooting and one officer injured but not that seriously. So it looks like that kevlar helmet saved his life. I think well take questions now. What do you know about the gunman . Well determine anything about the gunman to the fbi. [ inaudible question ]
were looking probably in the range of 20, but we dont want to give you an exact figure. Multiple people transported to the hospital. Unfortunately, there are people that were trying to clear that the Pulse Night Club of all and any devices. We did find a device on the suspect himself, and possibly his car, so were trying to clear all that and, unfortunately, there are some people who have succumbed to gunshot wounds, maybe 20 inside the night club. Can you go into a little more detail about your timeline once you were able to stop the suspect and get in there . I know that you had some of the surviving victims absolutely. 0200 hours, our officer who was working extra duty, responds to the shots fired, and he and two others officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. This developed into a hostage situation. Right about a little after 5 00 this morning, we made the
decision to go in and rescue. We were being contacted by people in the bathroom, nearby, at least 15 people that were in a separate area, and our biggest concern was future loss of life, we want to save those people, so we did an entry and exchanged gunfire with the suspect. Again, after some explosive devices were used as well as our bear cat was used to get through the wall. And from there, we exchanged gunfire with the suspect, and he was dead at that scene, but officers did a great job, s. W. A. T. Team did a great job. There were at least 30 people who were saved during that rescue. [ inaudible question ] i would say at this time were looking into all angles right now. We have suggestions that that individual may have leanings toward that particular ideology, but right now we cant say
definitely so were running everything to ground. What about the fact that there was. [ inaudible ] from what we know so far, we dont know if that any impact on the happenings this evening. [ inaudible question ] 42 taken to three area hospitals and approximately 20 dead inside the club. I dont want to give you an exact number. [ inaudible question ] the question was if it was tied to any type of terrorist activity and Islamic State activity and were always looking for any tie in any mass shooting situation such as this. [ inaudible question ] absolutely not. Theres no indication that this was related to the Christina Grimmie case. What about the bear cat . The shooting started inside or did it start outside . Right at the entrance, we believe. Its all part of the investigation. [ inaudible question ] our officer shot the suspect. [ inaudible question ] were checking the area. There were some devices found, unknown if there, the team is cg for devices right now. Can you characterize the shooter who came here to randomly shoot people or was he organized and well prepared . It appears he was well prepared and organized. [ inaudible question ] i dont have the exact description right now. [ inaudible question ] hes not from this area. [ inaudible question ] cant comment on whether hes a u. S. Citizen at this point because were still trying to positively identify him as the suspect. [ inaudible question ] were looking in all leads right now. We dont leave any stone
unturned. Theres a possibility. We will look at everything. [ inaudible question ] yeah, there was a report of shots fired. That turned out to be not true. There was some type of disturbance related to all the people who were responding but that was taken care of pretty quickly but no shots fired at ormc. Nawk. No [ inaudible question ] no witness accounts of second shooters that were aware of. [ inaudible question ] can you talk about that initial interaction between your officer and the gunman . The officer was working extra duty in full uniform at the night club at about 0200 hours. He responded to gunfire and at that point engaged in a gun battle with the suspect, unknown if he hit the suspect at that time. Two other officers were nearby and also engaged the suspect as
well. And like i said, we dont know if he was hit during that exchange, but that turn into a hostage situation and, obviously, the s. W. A. T. Team, multiple agencies responded. Have you had any indication of whether the gunman continued to shoot people inside after he went back in the second time . Thats all part of the investigation. [ inaudible question ] unknown at this time. We had indications that there were approximately 320 people total in the club when it was open tonight. Like i said, we rescued about 30 people. About 42 people were transported to area hospitals. [ inaudible question ] absolutely. So we were getting contacted by multiple people from within inside the club who were alive in a separate part of the club. So we made the decision to do an explosive entry on the outside of the club to get to those people. We also used the armored vehicle
to help defeat that wall and from there we were able to rescue people and our s. W. A. T. Team at that time encountered the suspect somewhere in that area, near one of the doorway entrances and shot and killed him. [ inaudible question ] yeah, the noises you heard when you were out there were two distractionary devices. [ inaudible question ] many time, s. W. A. T. Team members use distractary devices just for that, to distract the suspect. Well take a few more questions. Do you know what the condition is of the 42 people right now . All being treated for gunshot wounds. I cant give you the exact conditions. What about the device . I know you said there were [ inaudible question ] well, our s. W. A. T. Officers are highly trained for that situation but we take all of that into account. Thank you. Chief, there are a number of agencies here now. What is the very next step of all of these agencies . Obviously, were all going to Work Together to investigate this from starttofinish. The fbi will be the lead Investigative Agency for this incident. Florida department of Law Enforcement will assist with the actual officerinvolved shooting portion of the case. [ inaudible question ] we just know that he has something on him that well say suspicious device at this time. Were trying to verify that. We plan for the next update at 9 30. Youll be here at 9 30. Thank you. Wow. We just learned a lot from that press conference. To recap quickly. At 2 00 a. M. An off duty cop providing security for this night club got into a Gunfire Exchange with the suspect who went inside, held some number of hostages. It sounds around 30. He was killed ultimately three
hours later. The headline is that this may be an act of International Terrorism. There are some suggestion in that press conference. If you listen how many times every one of those members of Law Enforcement, if you see something, Say Something, that means Law Enforcement is concerned about possible additional ties to this person, whatever his motivation was. So the fact that the fbi is taking the lead with this investigation clearly indicates that its going down that road or is terrorism. Wow. You are listening to the same press conference we were. Break down for us the way that the police did during the presser of the first gun fight that Law Enforcement got involved with with the shooter and then the shooter going inside and having a hostage situation and then them going in to rescue what they said about 30 people. Like many night clubs throughout the country, they are Police Officers that are stationed outside in the event of some sort of a problem. Very brazen act. Somebody with ideological intent to murder, to take down a Police Officer at the entrance of the club. If its an active situation and the shooter is already in there, wasnt engage with police, police are going to go to the shooter and terminate him. Once its a hostage situation, we turned it over to s. W. A. T. And we turn it over to a negotiator. Who does make that call . Thats a bold call. Youve got hostages, a shooter, potentially a device. Who makes that call and whats the trigger for the call to go in and try to forcibly free hostages . Its the supervisor on the scene. When he goes in, hes got hostages, the shooting is stopped. It was between Law Enforcement and him and other people are being killed, its going to certainly take a lot of intelligence before they go in there, so i would imagine that they were speak to go a lot of people. Thats why they said dont call in anymore because they were on the phone with people in there trying to get intelligence and tactical information so they could make that entry, know
where he was, know where to go, know where to ignite the distraction device. Somebody at that press conference, i think it was our own peter doocy asked is there any tie to islamic terrorism . I think that was the question. We could barely hear it and the response from the fbi special agent is there are indications that yeah, possibly so. It may have leanings toward that ideology. They know more than they are saying. They want to be certain before they jump on that. Would they say without real evidence, would they . No, they have real evidence. They want to keep this close to the vest until they really know whats going on. Hence, the see something, Say Something. The ripple effects. There are concerns beyond this night club. At the beginning of the press conference, we heard it was being investigated as either domestic or International Terrorism and peter doocy is the one who pressed them and asked them that question. Peter, what can you tell us . Anna, were right on the very edge of the crime scene. The scene they just described at 2 00 in the morning, 2 02, an officer who was working at Pulse Night Club engaged this gunman in a fire fight, basically. That was all playing out in a very populated area. The sign for pulse might be out of shot, its two blocks down here. Theres a lot of buildings around here that are obviously there would be a lot of people out around here as it turns out at 2 00 in the morning on friday night and while the headline right now about who this gunman is is going to come from that fbi agent who answered my question about whether or not there is a radical islamic terror connection by saying that there are indications his leanings are toward radical islamic terror, the rest of the numbers that they just gave us are really, really stunning. Its hard to believe. There were 320 people in the club. They rescued 30 people at about
5 00 a. M. When they decided when they knew that there were 30 hostages in there. They decided they were not going to be able to negotiate with the gunman, so they executed they breeched a door. They rescued 30 people out of the 320 in there, but the estimate that they are giving us again, they do not have a specific count of how many people lost their lives in the club because they are still sweeping it for ieds because they already found something that they described as a device that concerned them greatly, they are saying that the estimate is 20 people are dead inside the night club right now, so 42 people were taken to the hospital. That was the first number that we heard. That kind of jumps out at you, 42 injuries and that is horrible, but it gets even worse when you find out that there are 20 people inside, victims of possibly, according to the fbi just now, a block away from the
crime scene, victims of somebody who may have leanings toward radical islamic terrorism. Now thats the information that is the latest information that weve gotten. You can see the scene has calmed down, but based on the description that we just got from multiple Law Enforcement agencies in terms of the investigation and also the intelligence that they are gathering, they have a lot of work to do inside the club and outside the club. Somewhere nearby here also we have reason to believe that the suspects car has been found because one of the officers one of the officers who just spoke said that they are clearing out the inside of Pulse Night Club, but that they are also trying to make sure that theres nothing inside this suspects car, and, again, they wouldnt provide any information other than he is a male and that he may have leanings toward radical islamic terror. Boy. This story has changed our assumptions changed abo weve seen a lot of night club
shootings over the years and its always somebody who has been thrown out and goes home, gets a gun and come backs. Islamic terrorism, boy. Soft target. Hes got a lot of people who were there. Law enforcement was there. He wasnt afraid to engage him. At the end of the day, its going to be much worse than what were looking at right now. Local, fate state and federal officials are working together. They are calling the gunman well organized and well prepared. He had a rifle and handgun and some sort of device. They are trying to figure out if the device was real. What does that look like . Take us inside the night club. Well, inside the crime scene itself, he obviously had time to set up these devices, these
explosive devices, and it took a lot of planning. At the end of the day, they look at his computer and they go up on his phone, you are going to see there was probably months and months of planning. Find yourself in the Police Position here. Peter doocy asked the spokesman, is there any indication this was related to islamic terror . May have leanings toward that ideology. Would they ever in a million years say Something Like that, something so potentially incendiary without real evidence . Not unless there was certainly yes. There was good evidence for him to make that statement. The fbi is very conservative and that comes he didnt just make that decision. That decision comes from up high to say Something Like that to the national media. Extensive, extensive planning. Highcapacity weapons. Ieds is what our own peter doocy talked about. Extensive planning as we talk about. Is this a crime scene or is this a war zone . What Law Enforcement faced there was someone sent to kill, presumably if the fbi is indicate whag we think its indicating, for a higher ideology, is that how we should be looking at this . Yes, yes. I would say that we have to look at it like this because from ive been talking on Mass Shootings since virginia tech, almost every major mass shooting going on in the United States, and im not surprised by this, im not surprised by this whatsoever. Peter doocy has a clear Vantage Point there. What can you add . You want to Say Something. I think it is important while the fbi obviously made quite a headline there by admitting that this person may have had leanings toward radical islamic terrorism, they were very careful to also point out that they dont think that there is any continued threat tied to this person in the orlando area or anywhere. So that in their eyes, whatever they know about this person, they dont think that hes part of a larger cell, but
they also dont know if hes a lone wolf. These are all things they said they dont know. They said he may have been a radical islamic terror pa sympathizer. He did have a rifle, a handgun, and incendiary device. The question was asked was he a u. S. Citizen and the response was were not sure because were not certain of his identity and yet you just reported that you think that they have located his car. If they are tying a man to a specific car, they know his identity, wouldnt be that right . It depends. You got to also keep in mind orlando is a place where at a time of the year just like this, there may be just as many rental cars on the roads as residence cars, were in the theme park capital of the world. This is a busy week for vacations. School just got out. We dont know anything about the
car but they did just mention that they were trying to clear the car as well and that is why this is as close as we can get to pulse, still about a block and a half away. It could be a rental car. It could be a stolen car. It could be his own car. They believe he was in that car. False identity. You never know. False documentation. At this point. Could we be looking at in this case, when they say leanings toward an ideology, that could mean a larnger network or an individual who radicalized themselves and had very little expertise or trained themselves, based on that press conference is, do you have any sense as to what its pointing toward . Just exactly what you said. We dont know whether its a lone wolf or whether hes part of a bigger organization, whether hes going to come out as they did with the San Bernardino shooters pledging for isis. Its just too early. Were going on what Little Information we have, and we can
only make speculative decisions. And in this political environment, it seems to me that Law Enforcement officials would be really hesitant to even imply a connection to islamic terror unless they had some pretty strong evidence . Look how long it took them in San Bernardino. Right. And it was pretty obvious, pretty fast. It took them a long time. We had buddy dyer, the mayor, the chief of the Orlando Police department, then the sheriff, then the fbi. Some of them talked about domestic terror, see something, Say Something. Our own peter doocy do you think there was ties and he may have leanings toward that ideology, does that comply they didnt want to answer that question yet . I dont think that they want to answer that question this early, even if they have that information. They dont want to cause an uprise of fear in the united
states. Its their job to do their job, investigate, you know, find out the reasons why, you know, arrest additional people that are involved, and do what they can do to try and learn as much as they can to prevent these things from occurring again. And they also did mention toward the end that they do not have any information that would indicate there are other instances like this coming down the track and they are working with every resource they have to validate that this morning. Were going to keep you here and just a recap for you if you are just waking up with us, a mass shooting inside an Orlando Night Club is now a possible case of domestic terror or international terror. As many as 20 people are dead. At least 42 people taken to the hospital. The shooter killed in a gun fight with the s. W. A. T. Team. Breaking News Coverage continues right after this. So you like to work out. Less intense . There we go. Which means you need to know your heart rate. When youre going up that hill. Or holding up that post. Or hiking on that trail. Baaaaah
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people are dead. 20 people dead and at least 42 people taken to various hospitals in the orlando, florida, area. Police say a gunman opened fire at the Pulse Night Club around 2 00 a. M. Eastern, exchanging fire with officers at the club. The melee began outside the front door. The shooter went back inside the club and began taking hostages. S. W. A. T. Teams stormed in and gunfire was exchanged and he was killed. He was armed with an assault rooil rifle and handgun and some type of explosive device. One person describes the scene. I had been here just an hour or so, the ground just rocked and we heard a very loud explosion and people just lost it. This is video. Survivors trying to find safety earlier while many of them were covered in blood. Police say they believe there is no more threat to that area and they are investigating this as an act of terrorism. [ no audio ] this is the first time were seeing these images. Horrific scene. We have a phone interview we want to go to now. Paul joins us now. Hes the ceo and a former supervisor of manhattans da office, criminal court unit. Thanks for being with us. Awms a pleasure. When you hear these numbers, they are startsing. 20 people possible died. 42 at the hospital. One officer injured. What is going through your mind in the size and cope scope of this when you hear this shooter may have been had leanings of
radical islamic ideology . What you are going to find right now is the factfinding process is under way. The collaboration between Law Enforcement between the Orlando Police department, fbi, flde and atf is top shelf. They are going to start gathering intel from him, how long hes been communicating about this. They are going to look at everyone who is connected with this. They will go after his laptop and start interviews, connect with the shooters, eyewitnesses, dct information, a search of his vehicle. Right now, thats what Law Enforcement is going to converge on, as far as identifying the pedigree of this particular individual. Law enforcement was just asked at this press conference whether this guy had ties to islamic terror and they
suggested he did. Is that something they would casually say . Im surprised they said it. They are going to keep it really close to the chest and they have to. They have got to be extraordinarily judicious when it comes to mentioning the world International Terrorism. Lets not rule it out. This could clearly be that. Its a prime soft target. It has a big splash. Orlando is a big market. That being said, when you look at the totality of the event, the motives behind this could be several. It could be islamic terrorism but also it could be a hate crime. It could be domestic violence. It could be an act of domestic terrorism. Once we peel back the onion, we would learn more. You would surprise that the fbi would in answer to a question by our own peter doocy say they may have had leanings
toward that radical islamic terrorism. You said you are surprised they answered that. If they were to have may have leanings, that wouldnt be based on speculation. That would be based on some sort of evidence. What sort of evidence 0 could they be basing that on, would you just speculate that they would speculate on it baselessly . No, no. Were coming back to the initial point and you have an allstar cast athey are running him immediately. Any information, theyve got a great sort of information to lead them. And what other types of things could that be . Would he have been carrying a koran . A flag . What types of evidence would lead them to say that theres a chance of that . First, he may have made statements inside the nightclub, which they havent said, while he was doing the shooting. Weve seen it in paris and brussels and a number of other places. It could be where hes from, is he a nationalized citizen. He could be from syria. Who knows. But they know. When they are examining him, it could be the weapons of choice that hes using. They havent divulged that. These are things that are probably already in place to say this could be an act of International Terrorism. So they said they dont know who this guy is, his identity, whether hes a u. S. Citizen or not. How do they go about determining
who he is . The collaboration of Law Enforcement is really impeccable in our country. Most people dont understand that. Instantaneously theyll have information from i. C. E. And military intelligent units on this particular individual. If there is ever particular information, visavis, traveling in and out of the country, they are going to know that very quickly. Paul, there was a brave hostage rescue, were told in this press conference. 30 innocent civilians were saved surrounded presumably by bodies of the dead who had already been killed by this shooter. Could that be premised on the fact that whoever is inside had larger intentions or it was an act of terrorism as opposed to a random shooting. Does the potential link towards
that ideology hasten the decision to go in on a hostage rescue . If they see that its imminent at that point, thats where they are going to go. The men and women on that team, they are like firefighters. They are running in to danger. And everybody is running out. They made that decision based on the intel at hand at that time. And do you think that what theyve done is was protocol, thats the way it should have gone down . The only way i can describe that is textbook. Anybody watching should rest assured, this will proceed expeditiously but also as a textbook. Were going to bring in steve
rogers, retired lieutenant from the new jersey Police Department. Just to recap, heres the fbi statement that we just heard. We do have suggestions that the individual may have leanings towards that particular ideology, ideology being radical islam. We have indications. What could that mean . I was stunned that that statement was made. I was a member of the joint tariff task force and they are meticulous in how they do this. Including statements. That wasnt even brought up until peter doocy brought that up. That troubles me. That would be the first thing they would want to let out. Im concerned, and you nailed it, tucker, weve got to be very careful of what we say, especially in reference to International Terrorism connections. I would hope that they have enough indication, were using words like they are suggesting. I think its more leaning towards, in my view look,
obviously i dont have any evidence and it seems like, some sort of a domestic terrorist act but to tie this in to a possibility of being international connected is troubling. Could there be a reason for that rather than just a politically correct culture that we live in, they wanted to make sure they got out all of the facts about how many were injured, how many dead, how many hostages, are there other reasons . I wonder if the question was never asked, if it was going to be brought up. It was a question by peter doocy that got it out of them. If you see something, Say Something, they say. Shouldnt they be giving out relevant details like that . It makes you think, maybe there is something more to this than they are telling you. They have to be very careful and transparent to what they are saying. A sense of where they were talking about it but also could be, hey, we think this was an individual who is acting alone radicalized but acting alone. Could that be part of their calculation . Yes, it could be. The fact is, they dont know. If there is an International Connection and weve said this all along, were at war, the war is coming to this country, whether it be a lone wolf is really immaterial. The fact is, terrorism is here and its here in the United States and weve got to deal with it. I would only hope that they would be a little more careful in bringing to the public issues like this before making statements like that with solid evidence. And or straightforward. Youve got to be
straightforward. Look, years ago, politically correct, dont tell the public, they are going to panic. We know what is going on. We need the truth and we need it based on solid evidence. They didnt say it for a long time. Thats right. They didnt have the evidence that they needed to say it but ive got to tell you, the fbi agent, no Law Enforcement officer said anything about that until peter doocy brought the subject up. It was an answer to the question. Interfering with the job of Law Enforcement, wouldnt you want to know . The fbi, i could tell you, are the best in the business. I would hope that the agent was authorized to say that. I would hope he was. And if he was, they might have enough evidence. I remember covering the San Bernardino shooting and being in that neighborhood and hearing that a neighr said, you know, ive noticed some bizarre
activity going on at this home at night and i was scared to say anything because i was worried about being seen as islamic phobic. Thats right. Thats the key. People have to, if they see something, to Say Something. It may end up saving lives. Indeed. Thats why its important. Not to indict anybody at that press conference, they are doing the best they can at the moment. Thats right. If you see something that looks suspicious and has ties to this, be willing to talk about it. Without compromising the investigation, just say, look, this is what we found on them. This is why we believe there may be an International Connection. Sure. Such a good point. Why wouldnt they do that . Because they may not have the evidence. Sometimes we say things on the air that come out the wrong way. No. I have the quote right here. We have suggestions flat out,
we have suggestions that the suspect suggestions. Not evidence. He never should have said that unless you have absolute evidence and, again, i give credit to peter doocy to get that information out if it is in fact true. They believe to have the car of the gunman because along with the assaultrifle and a handgun had some kind of a device. No credible further threat. Because they know that there is not a cell involved, could be leaning towards domestic terrorism. The point is, they are still gathering evidence. They have to look at his computer, his cell phones and his background and see if anyone knew him, interview him. Its startling to me that they would come out this early and say there is a suggestion of International Terrorism. They better be right. Well keep you here for more insight. Right now, were going to reset the show and as you are just waking up with us, were going to inform you what is going on. Good morning, its sunday, june 12th, 2016. As many as 20 people are dead and 42 people have been taken to various hospitals. The incident could be terrorrelated. We consider this an act of terrorism. Absolutely we are investigating this as an act of terrorism. Anytime we have a potential of dozens of victims, we can qualify that as terrorism activity. Whether its domestic or international, well get to the
bottom of it. The gunman opened fire at the pulse nightclub at 2 00 a. M. In orlando. The shooter going back into the nightclub and started taking hostages. S. W. A. T. Teams later, about three hours later, were told, making the decision to storm in and try to rescue hostages and ultimately killing him. Police say he was armed with something that looks like an Assault Rifle and handgun and some kind of a device. Gosh, you can imagine this panic. This is video of survivors and they are trying to find safety while many were covered in blood. Police say they believe there is no more threats to the area. So theres a press conference about half an hour ago. Peter doocy was at that press conference in orlando and asked a question about whether the
shooter had potential ties to radical islam. Reporter and it seems like a lot to a question, tucker, because all of these Law Enforcement officers from the different agencies made a point to say we consider this, we classify this to be an act of terrorism. They said that 320 people or so were in that Club Last Night and that right now at pulse nightclub, about a block and a half behind us, 20 of those club goers are laying inside dead and so is a gunman who they say had leanings for radical terrorism. This is from the fbi agent in charge on the scene. Listen to this. Were looking into all angles right now. We have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that particular ideology. But right now we cant say
definitively. And behind us there is a crowded street. Tons of investigators are here. 42 people were taken to the hospital. They located the suspects car and the reason we dont know how many people were killed by this person who they consider to be a terrorist, whether it ends up being domestic or foreign, is because they are still inside the pulse nightclub sweeping the area for devices. There was at least one controlled explosion overnight. They detonated something. We dont know exactly what it was. And then there was another explosion that they said was a diversionary tactic. At least one s. W. A. T. Officer at 5 00 a. M. So to go through the timeline with you quickly,
2 02 a. M. Is the exact time that an officer who was working at pulse nightclub, which is a premier gay nightclub in orlando, got into some kind of a fire fight with this suspect. Some other injuries joined him there. The suspect then went inside. And for the next three hours he killed approximately 20 people and held as many as 30 people hostage. So its 5 00 a. M. , three hours after this started, the police made the decision to go in and save these 30 hostages. And when they breached the door, they went in. As it turns out, there were nine officers who went in, nine s. W. A. T. Officers. And one of them was shot in his kevlar helmet. He had a eye injury but hes expected to be okay. He had some kind of a head injury but the suspect is dead
inside the nightclub along with 20 of his victims and possibly still improvise sd explosive devices. They need to make sure theres nothing left in there before they go in to see who the suspect is and what he had with him. The scene behind us, there is no more urgency to save any more lives but there is great urgency to figure out who this person is and figure out what kind of a connection to radical islamic terrorism he may have because there is obviously something if the fbi went so far to say that that is something that they think he had leanings towards. Well done. Peter saying that a valiant
effort. That fluid death toll of 20 could go up. The mood on this couch has changed even. Not that we didnt take this serious. It was serious the moment we learned about the shooting in this nightclub. Multiple deaths. But now were hearing about a potential tie to islamic terrorism. Were always very careful. You dont want to point fingers or assume motives. With that question being answered by the fbi and an admission that this is likely leanings towards islamic terrorism, youve got San Bernardino and ft. Hood. This would be a higher death count than both of them. Something to let soak in. We have ron hopper on the phone, special agent in charge
in orlando. Agent hopper, are you there . Yes, sir. Can you hear me . We sure can. Thank you for joining us. Did the suspect have ties to islamic terror . And the direct answer he got at the press conference you were at, yes, we have suggestions that he was inclined in that direction, something to that effect. What can you tell us about that . Well, what i can tell you is that the history that we know of this individual so far is that he may have made threats that he was tied to it. Obviously were in the initial stages of the investigation and were running every lead to the ground. Agent, he made threats he had ties to what . There are allegations that the individual has made threats in the past and has ties to terrorist organizations. However, those have not been confirmed or vetted so far. Obviously, we are in the initial
stages of this investigation at this time. Agent hopper, that information coming to you from what . His computer . His cell phone . His social media . Someone who knows him . A Family Member . Where does that information come from, those allegations . Unfortunately, i cant divulge that information at this time because thats tied to the active investigation so were trying to be as clear and transparent as we can because we want the general public to feel as safe and secure as possible and thats not something that i can share. Are any of the witnesses that you spoke to inside, are they saying that he made any threats specifically linked to radical islamic ideology during the fire fight . I can tell you that all of those interviews are actually ongoing right now and, to my knowledge, that hasnt been shared with me but i cant say that it hasnt been because, as you can imagine, this is kind of a busy, hectic scene at this moment. Is there anything about this acknowledgement or recognition, agent, that he made threats in
the past, i think you alluded to it was in the past. How does that affect or change your organization . Does it change where you look . What impact has that had on the work that you are doing . I will tell that you any investigation involving a mass shooting we treat very seriously and throw all of the resources that we have on this particular type of incident regardless whether its considered quote unquote a terrorist event. So there is obviously an uptick in urgency and everything were doing is being investigated to the maximum potential. It sounds like you know this mans identity. Do you . And was he a u. S. Citizen . I cant confirm that we in fact know his identity for sure. Once we do, that information well be sharing. Well be having a 9 30 press conference here from the orlando area. Can you give us an age range on the gunman . It would be a very general age range so it wouldnt be something that would be accurate, that you would appreciate, unfortunately. Do you have any more information about either the primary weapon used on the incident or the ploexplosive device . Were told there was a de detonation device. What do you know about the explosives found on the scene . I can tell you that the investigation is still going on at the scene and no explosive has been determined to be on the scene. There were devices that appear to have resembled the device but we do not have information that it was a device. A long gun type weapon was used the scene is continuing to be cleared to gather forms of evidence. As far as a device, was it a
wearable device or was it placed or both . Something that was targeting participants at the nightclub or maybe First Responders . At least initially what did it appear . Unfortunately, i cant comment at this time because the investigation is still ongoing. Can you tell us how many hostages there were and if any were killed . I dont have the official numbers but there were upwards of 300 people in the club when this took place and i cant be more proud of the men and women of the Orange CountyPolice Department because their actions saved lives. Several being 30 rescued and saved, according to the press conference that we were listening to. The hazardous device was called in. During the hostage negotiation process, tell us how that played out. Who was talking with the gunman . Were they able to talk to the gunman . I cant comment on that because i was busy devoting resources with the fbi. Can you confirm that the fbi is and it was stated at the press conference but actively in the lead and this is now a federal investigation . Yes, i can confirm that we have a single lead in the investigation but work collectively with our state and local counterparts. We are very blessed to have a fineworking relationship with our men and women in Law Enforcement. Well continue to work it as a unified command but that is correct. So are you confident that there was no plot involved and that the public in orlando and the rest of the country should feel safe, that this wasnt part of something bigger . Yes. I can tell you there is no singular or qualified events to any or potential plots here or throughout the u. S. That we are
aware of. Again, we are running everything in the ground and at the initial stages of this investigation. As ive said before, these are marathons, they are not sprints. Absolutely. Can we take implication from that that you believe that this person acted alone without extensive outside support . I can tell you at this point in time that is the information we have but were treating as if it could be any number of things. Were going to let the facts lead us to the conclusion as the fbi always does. Agent hopper, thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Friends, were going to continue to follow our top story of the morning out of florida. Terror inside an orlando nightclub. As many as 20 people dead and the gunman killed in a s. W. A. T. Shootout. Our breaking News Coverage continues throughout the morning. What super poligrip does for me
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towards islamic ideology, that was the quote, it pretty stunning if you think about all of the instances in the past in the u. S. And how long it has taken authorities to kind of even indicate that possible jump. Its not definitive yet. But they are saying that this shooter was wellprepared, wellorganized and everything from that News Conference indicates that it was somehow tied to International Terrorist groups or domestic terrorism. That changes the entire dynamic politically and weve seen it before after paris and likely will see it again in this current threat environment within which we live. Youre always on special report but youre doing fox news report for chris wallace. Donald trump tweeted this out. Really bad shooting in orlando, Police Investigating possible terrorism. Many people dead and wounded. He has sometimes in the past spoken more harshly than that as breaking news has been coming about. What do you make of this . Well, i think all of the candidates, both candidates are probably going to react to this quickly and i assume there will be some statement from Hillary Clinton soon this morning. First and foremost, its a tragic situation. Approximately 20 dead, some 42 taken to the hospital. And, you know, the first reaction is the thoughts and prayers for the families there involved. This, obviously, will have, as weve said, political ramifications. But in the first part, authorities are really trying to figure out if there are other people involved, if this is a network, if this is Something Else that some other shoe is going to drop and thats what we saw with paris and,
unfortunately, it looks like, at least at this hour, thats what were seeing in the u. S. Indeed, bret. Theres still a lot that we dont know. Again, that question was clarified and we dont know the extent of the islamic ties, whether it was truly a muslim devoted to isis or just a wanttobe thug. Nobody knows. Youve got conversations about guns and this was a gay club that was targeted. Where does this conversation go politically . Weve seen these things happen and everything gets thrown at the wall at the beginning and until we know more facts, its important to be cautious with everything we say. Youre right. These arguments on social media will continue about access to guns. We dont really know exactly how this person got his weapons. And we dont know if these ties are legitimate to a terrorist organization or a homegrown
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nightclub. Our community has experienced a very horrific crime. Many lives were lost and many more individuals were impacted by witnessing the crime. We need to stand strong and be supportive of the victims and their families. The gunman opened fire at a public nightclub cled pulse around 2 00 a. M. Eastern. Exchanging fire with an officer that was stationed outside of that club providing security. The shooter then going back into the nightclub taking hostages and, unfortunately, were hearing killing upwards of 20 people and injuring 40 s. W. A. T. Teams. It may be a tough decision to swarm into the nightclub, exchanges gunfire with the heavily armed suspect and then but eventually killing him. Mistake he was armed with what they are describing as a long gun or an Assault Rifle as well
as a handgun and some sort of explosive device or something made to look like an explosive device. Police say they think there are no more threats to the area. They are investigating this as an act of terrorism and trying to learn more about the shooter and whether or not he had ties to any other terror groups and whether or not hes a lone wolf. I want to bring in distinguished chair and frequent guest. This is a little confusing. We just had the fbi special agent in charge saying that this guy bragged about being a part of an Islamic Terror Group but there are no ties to a Islamic Terror Group in orlando. How can that be true . Thats the question. If that statement is true, that this individual has boasted of
connections or loyalties to the Islamic State, it really is impossible to rule out any other connection and i kind of think it misses the point. Were not interested anymore after San Bernardino number whether or not the Islamic State is in command and control of people such as the San Bernardino killers. The question is, do they share the same ideology. If this man turns out to be a jihadi, you can bet that there are other people in that state, even in that city in orlando, who share the ideology and thats the most important thing of all. Dont just look for operational connections. Look for anybody who sympathizes and shares the same ideology. And what will make the fbi and the fed who are leading this investigation what would make them definitively say that it was indeed islamic terror . Is there anything that they could find, any evidence that they could find at the scene on
the suspect, in his car, people that he has spoken with on his computer, anything to make them definitively call it that . Well, speaking from personal experience, i was in los angeles from the day of the San Bernardino attack and i was actually working with the fbi and as soon as the attack occurred, as soon as the individuals were identified, instantly the fbi did what they called a scrub. They stopped to scrub the social media and internet. And they are looking for a fingerprint of this individual. There may be some kind of bragging. Remember, the Boston Marathon bomber had written scrolls inside the boat, jihadi ideological statements. More obvious, now that they know who it is, they are going to be
doing an intensive scrub of the social media to say what this man has said. Dr. Gorka, you used an important word, ideology. We yet dont know the depths of commitment but they are leaning towards that ideology. They targeted a gay nightclub known to be the premier gay nightclub in orlando. Would that tell you anything on the ideological side . And also, how is this as youre watching this, were all kind of taking this in. Whats your overarching opinion as to what it is . Look, there are homophobics in every society. Well have to wait and see but theres nobody like isis or Islamic State that makes videos of the execution of men because
they are homosexual. They throw young men off the top of high buildings simply because they are home foe sexuals. There is no group like the Islamic State today that actually is proud of executing in vicious ways people simply because they are homosexuals. Number one, people must be aware, this is a jihadi trait. Secondly, what does this mean for the general public . This is why i wrote my new book. Every american, especially after San Bernardino but even now to date, if it turns out, you must understand you are on the front line of this war. Its not just our brave men and women in the middle east wearing a uniform. It is everybody, whether you carry a gun, it doesnt matter,
you must be alert and aware of your surroundings and most important of all, you must report suspicious activity. If that had happened in San Bernardino, 14 people may still be alive today. All americans have a role to play. You must be aware you are on the front lines. Be alert and report anything that you see which is suspicious. Isnt it the message and we saw this in San Bernardino. We were just reminded from a neighbor of the couple responsible for act, was afraid to report anything because of fear of being islamaphobe. Its horrific. I spent eight hours with a Midwest Police force, 250 officers teaching them about jihad, helping them understand about al qaeda and Islamic State. After eight hours of talking to them, a young woman walks up from the administration, from the department of Homeland Security and says, look, dr. Gorka, thats all very interesting and i disagree with all of this. This is the primary threat to americans is white supremacist. Dr. Gorka, i apologize. Stand by. We need to take a break. Well come back to you as the news warrants. Okay . Thank you. Still ahead on the program, our Team Coverage of the florida nightclub shooting continues. As many as 20 people gunned down in what is now being investigated as a terrorism. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. [ dreams by beck ] hmmmmm. The turbocharged dream machine. The Volkswagen Golf gti. Named one of car and drivers 10best, 10 years in a row. Hi, everyone. Breaking story out of florida. A gunman spraying bullets and taking hostages and getting into a fire fight with Police Inside a packed orlando nightclub. As many as 120 people are dead and at least 42 people are in the hospital at this hour. We are now learning its being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism as the fbi is trying to uncover more information on the shooter and his motives. Peter doocy is live for us in orlando. He was at the press conference at the last hour and has the very latest on this unfolding story. Good morning, peter. Reporter good morning, tucker. The key question right now is who did this and why. Pulse nightclub, about a block and a half behind us, is billed as orlandos premier gay
nightclub. There were 320 people inside last night at 2 02 when a Police Officer, who was doing security for the nightclub, engaged the shooter in some kind of a fire fight. Other Police Officers joined him. The shooter went back inside and then for three hours authorities tried to figure out the situation, what was going on. There were 30 hostages inside helpless. At 5 00 in the morning or so, they made the decision to breach the door and to go in and try to save those hostages. They did save the hostages. One of the nine officers from the s. W. A. T. Team was shot in his kevlar helmet. Hes expected to be okay. Once the 30 hostages were released and once they made it to safety, the officers realized that there were as many as 20
people dead inside. They went out to the pulse lounge on a saturday night now laid dead sunday morning inside along with the suspect who was killed by authorities. Many Law Enforcement agencies responded quickly. The scene has calmed down now. Its less of a race to save lives and more of a race to see if they can figure out anything about this person but i did ask if tlargs any known connection to the radical lichl and the fbi said this. We do have suggestions that individual may have leanings towards that particular ideology but right now we cant say definitively so were still running everything to the
ground. Reporter all that we know is that he had a long gun and some kind of a device. One of the explosive ordinance teams is inside pulse to try to make sure there are no other devices that could do anybody harm and since that sweep is still going on, thats why we do not know exactly how many people were killed in this horrible event that everybody has called a terrorist attack. We just dont know at this point if it was a domestic terrorist attack or foreign terrorist attack because nobody is ruling anything out this morning. We have another update from the fbi in one hour. Peter doocy, thank you. Joining us now, former fbi investigator bill daly. Thank you for joining us. Theres no mention at all that this guy bragged about his ties to Islamic Terror Groups. Its another connection of how wildly politicized these questions have become and how hard it is for ordinary people
watching the news to discern what is really happening. On one hand you could call it politicized and the other thing is, theres a lot of information flowing around and how it flows and what direction it takes can change very much from the beginning but if the fbi spokesperson announces this, thats not a relevant youre right. The fact is that, a, im surprised, much like other people said this morning, that they would come out this early and say it. However, if he is saying it, we need to discuss it. Its out there and what does that mean and what potentially route could this investigation take . They are ruling out or ruling in what the direct connection might be with any kind of inspired Jihadi Movement or activist on behalf of i. S. Or any other group as well as any other ties that this person might have. Sometimes were finding that at least historically as we look
at these people, they have multitude of interests and how they actually and why they carry out acts, sometimes to this day, its becoming a little bit vague and opaque. Sometimes weve seen a combination of Workplace Violence, workplace aggressive behavior and people who have been inspired by i. S. Or other islamic groups. In this case, they will look at whether this person was, a it boils down to, a, was this person sent by a radical group to be here, b, were they activated or were they inspired . Now, those are the three categories. How does that translate into the governments determination of how someone would fit into a terrorist category havent they made that calculation already . They said there are no credible further threats. I believe at this point they are saying theres no credible threat. They have gone out to all electronic connections that could be made, government intelligence agencies out there looking at all of this data, big data, sorting through it very
quickly to see whether this person had any recent connections or calls with anyone here, overseas and to see if theres any active plans. Probably eliminating of any immediate additional plans or activities by saying that this person didnt have any more immediate contact communication with people in and around the area. So they are probably saying, at least for the time being, that this is safe and we dont think anything further is going to happen at this moment. Former fbi investigator bill daily, thank you. We may come back to you. A lot more coming. Still ahead, horror inside a nightclub. A terror investigation now open. Approximately 20 people are dead. Up next, well take a closer look at the local community there and talk to a radio host who knows that neighborhood very well. I wanted to know where my family came from. I did my ancestrydna. The most shocking result was that im 26 native american. I had no idea. Its opened up a whole new world for me. A should i stay or should i go . Travel season fo nothing. This summer at Choice Hotels the more you go the better. Now get a free 50 gift card for staying just 2 times. So go. Book now at choicehotels. Com. You always have a choice. Dont let dust and allergies get and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. When we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Flonase outperforms the 1 nondrowsy allergy pill. So you can seize those moments, wherever you find them. Flonase. Six is greater than one changes everything. You stay up. You listen. You laugh. You worry. You do whatever it takes to take care of your family. And when its time to plan for your familys future, were here for you. Were legalzoom, and for over 10 years weve helped families just like yours with wills and living trusts. So when youre ready, start with us. Doing the right thing has never been easier. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. Wrely on the Us Postal Service . Because when they ship with us,
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packed orlando nightclub killing at least 20 people and ininjuring at least 40 others. The gunman killed in a shootout with s. W. A. T. Officers. Stephen houck is live. Thank you for joining us this morning. Give us some context for those who dont know orlando well. Was this a famous club . Whats the neighborhood like . Set the scene. Reporter it is a known club. It is a known club in the area and interestingly, its right up the street from where we are at ormc, orlando Regional Medical center. Very chaotic situation after the shooting which happened around 2 00 a. M. Many individuals who were injured were taken here and it continued for a few hours after several ambulances brought individuals here, we saw local Law Enforcement putting people in their vehicles and clearing
streets. As you can imagine, many people came out to see what was going on, those at the club and then those who had heard of the scene because of the size of this crime. There were people in the way and Law Enforcement got on bull horns saying, clear the streets. They were trying to get people in here as quick as possible to be treated. We saw absolute devastation from Family Members. One after another weeping because they werent able to get any information for hours as they waited to hear whether the person who they knew had passed away, if they were here. They didnt know. About an hour and a half ago, the hospital opened up their doors to Family Members who have an i. D. And allowing one person per family to come inside and get information. Those individuals are being briefed concerning their loved ones. A very frightening and concerning situation for several hours here at orlando Regional Medical center. It remains on lockdown because of the overwhelming presence of people here of Law Enforcement and, again, of those helping to
bring the people that were injured here to receive treatment. Guys . Thanks for joining us. We appreciate it. Now were going to go to joe kelly. Hes on the phone with us. Hes a news director of news 96. 5 wbdo there in orlando. Joe, thank you for being with us. If you can give us a little bit more of a sense of what this community is like around there, weve been wondering if its a problem zone for orlando Law Enforcement or quite a safe neighborhood . You know, its actually a really nice theres been a bit of a renaissance. We call it sodo, the sodo neighborhood, stands for south downtown orlando. Theres been a rejuvenation in the last couple of years. Its a nice part of town. Like much of orlando, its not very far from more highcrime neighborhoods but this is not a
bad side of town. This comes as a shock to all of us. Absolutely. Were working all of us are working on limited information today trying to gather facts, gather a sense of context. And when the special agent was asked, he said the shooter may have had leanings towards radical islamic ideology. May. Its an active search. We dont know if this is someone of muslim faith or personally radicalized or what the context is. Is there a large Muslim Population in orlando or not . Yeah, there is, actually. We are an incredibly, incredibly diverse community. People come to orlando, florida, from not only around the country but around the world. Theres not a day that goes by in which i dont encounter someone speaking a foreign language. My neighbors speak portuguese and my other neighbors speak
russian. We have a significant islamic presence in our community. And whether or not this gunman was muslim or islamicrelated, thats going to be part of the fbis investigation. They are going to have to look into that and find out what the motive was behind the shooting. Yeah. We should say that the fbi says that the shooter was not from orlando. We dont know more than that. Thanks for the context. Appreciate it. During that press conference, we heard the question asked if this was a u. S. Citizen and the question was unknown. Still ahead, well talk about the nightclub shooting. And well speak with Newt Gingrich and dr. Ben carson. They will be joining us later on in the show to discuss what happened. Our Team Coverage continues in moments. Before i had the shooting, burning of diabetic nerve pain, these feet learned the horn from my dad
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spokesperson and that spokesperson being that the fbi had taken over the investigation. All of that information should come from the special agent in charge. Of course, theres a lot of other variables there. Looking at this whole overall picture, it makes us think about paris and makes you think about a motive. It was a gay club and we know how isis and the radical muslims feel about gays. And then on the other side, the professionalism of the person that if he was alone thats another thing so much confusion, whos to say that it might not have been another person there who escaped out of there. Theres so much more we dont know. We know for a fact that the special agent in charge said this guy bragged about belonging to Islamic Terror Groups. The fbi said today and we know that the New York Times and Washington Post did not include that fact in their stories about
this shooting. We know what happened in San Bernardino. They needed to have the koran in front of them before they would say it was a radical muslim attack. With all of that said, that makes me think that this guy could have been on the watch list or was being followed and i honestly believe they shouldnt come out with that so quickly until they have information. Now, if its an ongoing attack and a possibility of other people getting involved and doing things, yes. Very briefly, could it be that they are going to get it out there for key evidence at this point . Lets get our facts lined up. I feel the same way that this has all of the marks of a muslim radical muslim tear terrorist. Thank you for that. Weve got to take a break. Were going to reset at the top of the hour. For fox friends after this. In a good, clean salad, every ingredient is the main ingredient. The new Green Goddess cobb with avocado, bacon, freshly made dressing, tomato. And chicken. At panera. Food as it should be. Hi, everyone. Were following breaking news out of florida this morning. The fbi is looking into whether a mass shooting in orlando is a possible act of terror. Overnight, a gunman opened fire inside a popular orlando nightclub murdering as many as 20 people, injuring at least another 40 in the hospital. We asked about the suspects possible ties to islam. What i can tell you is the history that we know of the individual is he may have made threats that he was tied to
terrorism. Obviously there obviously were running he made threats that he had ties to what . Theres allegations that the individual has made threats in the past to having ties to terrorist organizations. However, those have not been vetted so far. Were in the initial stages of this investigation at this time. Agent hopper, that information coming to you from what . His computer, cell phone, social media, someone who knows him . Where are those allegations coming from . Unfortunately, i cant divulge that information at this time. Were trying to be as clear and transparent as we can because we want the general public to feel as safe and secure as possible but at this time thats not something that i can share. Are any of the witnesses telling you that he made any threats specifically linked to
radical islamic ideology during the fire fight . I can tell you that all of those interviews are actually ongoing right now and, to my knowledge, that hasnt been shared with me but i cant say that it hasnt been because, as you can imagine, its been a busy and hectic scene. Authorities are still investigating all leads. Police will be holding another press conference at this hour with an update. First, we go to our own peter doocy who has been following this story live from orlando all morning. He has the latest details on the ground. Peter . Reporter pete, the question now, seven hours now after the pulse nightclub was attacked here in orlando, florida, about a block and a half behind us, is why did this gunman with a long rifle, a handgun and some type of a device attack target the
club that bills itself as orlandos premier nightclub. Now, to set up the very troubling events, at 2 02 a. M. , a Police Officer who was working security outside of pulse ebb gauged this attacker and a fire fight erupted. Some backup officers did come but the gunman made his way into the nightclub where 303 people were just enjoying themselves on a saturday night, early sunday morning. Many were able to escape. But 30 people were taken to hostage and between 2 00 and 5 00, the police were not able to negotiate with the shooter and hostage taker and made the decision to breach the outer wall. They were able to rescue 30
people but 20 others laid dead in the nightclub and so does the shooter now. He was killed by the authorities. We dont have an exact body count at this point. We dont know how many are victims at this point still seven hours and change after this happened because the facility is still being swept for incendiary devices, possible bombs that this person left behind. Now, again, to this point, why was this premier gay club in orlando targeted . I asked the fbi if there are any connections to radical islamic terrorism and this is what we heard back. Were looking into all angles right now. We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that particular ideology but right now we cant say definitively so were running everything into the ground. Reporter and obviously things have shifted from a search and rescue, hostage rescue scenario to an
investigation phase. Thats changed since 2 00 this morning when the incident unfolded when pulse posted on their social media, everyone get out of pulse and keep running many of the club goers made it out and 20 did not. 42 are at a local hospital right now. We hope to have more details within the next 30 minutes or so. Peter doocy, thank you for your great coverage this morning. Were going to bring in a former Police Detective a lot of talk this morning about a possible motive with this shooter. It was a gay club and they were apparently having a latino pride event last night. Was it an islamic terror event, Workplace Violence, just someone who wanted to cause as much carnage as possible . Why did us that matter to our investigation . Because that divide as motive on what actually occurred here. As the doctor said earlier, their hate of gays, did that
play a part . We dont know. We can speculate but we have some solid stuff to go on. There was a threehour gap before he was terminated. We dont know what type of communication he had, what he told the fbi or told people who may have been survivors. Why are the authorities hesitant to release his identity. They say they believe they know which car he drove there. They told us earlier in the show about statements he made about islamic terror and dont know his identity. How is that the fact . I dont believe that to be true. They know who he is and learned who he was during that threehour time period before they terminated him. They know a lot more than they are going to reveal to the general public. It took a while are to the fbi to designate it as such. We saw during the initial press conference it was not acknowledged. Peter doocy asked that question. That special agent called in to our show to basically affirm that. But still, a lot of uncertainty. Might there be a reason why the fbi is getting ahead of this and say, we this it is . I think they took a lot of heat in San Bernardino because it took them so long to come out. I was on the show when they came out and held that press conference and said they believe it was wad radical islam. It wasnt a Workplace Violence or lovers quarrel. We dont know the extent of the ideology. Theres so much uncertainty, were just going off what the fbi has told us that those leanings are mostly like exist. In history, they dont usually do that. It took us all for a surprise. No one wants to disseminate untruths but all of us have an interest in knowing what it was about in order to protect ourselves. What is the line between keeping Information Private and sharing it with the public . Typically its the integrity of the investigation to protect the integrity of the investigation. Being that the suspect is dead, they dont need to do that. Right. They need to do their investigation if there are other ties, especially in that area, ties to potential links that may occur somewhere else in the United States. Thats something that theyve got to be on. It was a profound statement they made at the end of the press conference, that they do not believe that theres a threat of another incident like this happening once again. How could they be sure of that . I dont think that they can be sure of it but they must have some sort of information to make a Statement Like that. Again, going back to the fact that he was on a terror watch list and known to the fbi and
Orlando Police department, they know who he is. In the first press conference, they initially called for one at 4 30. That didnt happen. They moved it to 6 00. Now theres another press conference at 9 30. Are they commonly that close together . Is there new information that you think they are going to release . Is that why . Or are they going to do it regularly . Typically when theres new information to be released, they will generally hold another press conference or they will say in anticipation of where their investigation is, they will have information that says there will be a 10 00 a. M. Press conference. Why would the fbi be involved . Terrorism. Its a local crime, obviously. Would that be the only reason . The fbi takes the lead in terrorism cases. Right. They are the lead investigators. Unless they believe it is terrorism, they wouldnt take the lead, right . They probably would not come out publicly and state it until they knew for sure it was a terrorist act. Lets talk about what is going on on the ground there. We know that during the press
conference they said the shooter was armed with some sort of Assault Rifle, they believe, and a happened gun device. They brought in a bomb squad to try to detonate that or subdue that if that was indeed a real one or if there were more. They are also sweeping a car that they believe belonged to the gunman. What else is going on and as they are combing the scenes, what are they looking for . In terms of the crime scene, right now its done. The suspect is dead. So they can fake their time and they want to be meticulous in gathering information. They want to make sure that safety is the prime concern, that nobody else get hurt and there wasnt an incendiary device that could go off later. Thats always a concern for Law Enforcement, especially arriving on a scene like this. Steve, thank you for your insight. Thank you. Appreciate it. Ten minutes after the hour, next on the program, former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich join
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fbi as terrorism. And were expecting an update from the police in minutes. Until then, well go to House SpeakerNewt Gingrich. First of all, i hope we extend our prayers to those that lost loved ones. Its a terrible thing to wake up to as a sunday morning and seen as one more tragedy. I dont know enough and im not willing to jump ahead to assert that this is terrorism related to islamic supremacist doespite the fact that they have released the name of the shooter. I think we all need to Pay Attention to the fact that there is a pattern of people connected to the internet who are potentially very, very dangerous. Right. We dont have a strategy to stop them right now. We dont. We know that the fbi announced this morning that this guy
apparently bragged about connections to Islamic Terror Groups. The fbi said that. The Washington Post and New York Times, two most important paper in america, did not include that in their writeups. That seems dishonest and intentional. The leads in this country are intentionally dishonest. Thats why you have the rise of trump and sanders. People know that the game is rigged. They dont want to tell us the truth about the world or trade deals or who is getting paid off in washington or tell us the truth about islamic terrorism. Why would you expect the Washington Post and New York Times to be honest in any serious way . Mr. Speaker, youve seen this as a tragic incident. Youve seen incidents like this and conversations are triggered
by them. How could this incident and again, were learning so much. We dont know everything were getting this in realtime. How should this be focused . In part, i hope tragically, that the Gay Rights Movement will come to realize that islamic supremacy is their mortal enemy. People get killed in countries dominated by sharia if they are gay. So i think in that sense, maybe this is the beginning of a new conversation about how serious of a threat islamic supremacist is. If the fbi knew that this guy was engaged with serious islamic groups, were going to have to redefine for the Courts National security restrictions and say if we know that youre in contact with people who actively want to kill americans, were going to
lock you up. We are not going to wait for you to go kill americans to prove youre sincere because you have to isolate and cauterize the wound. We did this to the nazis in the 1930s. This is an alien ideology that wants to destroy our civilization and our current approach to it is incredibly incompetent. So you have tragedy after tragedy. I was very surprised to see how rapidly the fbi was saying that this guy was probably a terrorist and i think it tells that they had been monitoring him. Well, thats unacceptable. It seems willfully dishonest. It seems like some authorities, not all, are intentionally misleading the public about the nature of the threat. I cant get past that. The fbi agent referred to that ideology. He couldnt use the words islamic extremism. He said that ideology because he probably would have been reprimanded. The Obama Administration has willfully avoided telling the americans the threat which is winning the war. If you look around the planet, from yemen to afghanistan, were in a world life death str ug gel with a radical movement and they want to destroy western civilization and yet our leaders in both europe and america blindly say they cant really mean it. How many incidents does it fake for them to realize they mean it
and you better hope they dont get nuclear weapons. Newt gingrich, thank you. Thank you. Police are expected to give another update on the nightclub shooting in just minutes. Well bring that to you live. Plus, dr. Ben carson will join us live as well. Stick around. Spending the day with my niece. That make me smile. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Try super poligrip free. The fbi is investigating where mass shooting is linked to islamic terrorism. At least 20 people are dead and 40 injured. The gunman opened fire at the pulse nightclub around 2 00 in the morning, exchanging gunfire with the cop at the door and taking hostages, up to 30 of them. S. W. A. T. Team members exchanged gunfire with the suspect and in the end killed him. Authorities are still investigating all of the leads, they say. They are trying to learn more about the shooter and his motive. Well be getting an update at any moment as we await a press conference. The president has been briefed about the tragic shooting in orlando, florida. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Family Members and the victims. To gather more information to
pursue the investigation and support the community. Well, we are learning that as Law Enforcement does have the name of a possible gunman. However, they are still investigating that. Were going to bring in a Fox News Contributor and terror analyst. Wally, when you hear the fbi in that press conference saying that the gunman did have leanings towards possible radical islamic ideology, what crosses your mind that they came out so soon to say that during the press conference . Well, number one, historically that was the fbi and other authorities have said in San Bernardino and other attacks. But we need more information. And obviously to get to the point to mention the possibility by the fbi, it means that they have evidence or the beginning of evidence. Now, were interested in knowing what kind of evidence would it be that the person was on their list. Would it be that the person had
said things that were revealing or that they had information of a different nature . Walid, the fbi has acknowledged that they believe the individual had leanings towards radical islamic ideology. Youre working with mr. Trump and at the front lines of dealings with these issues. A friend said isis issued a call to attack americans during the holy month of ramadan which is ongoing right now. Are we seeing a continuation of a new model where its motivating others and how do we deal with it . Reporter well, they are very cautious and dealing with what the fbi is saying. If they are saying that this is leaning towards Jihadist Terrorism or islamic terrorism, were going to have to wait for them to say that and then what
is isis doing . Let me answer a question saying they say its islamic terrorism. Yes, indeed, isis and other jihadi organizations have been calling on friends and supporters to target the United States and to target nightclubs, such as Public Places specifically, as you just said, there were releases made about the period of ram man dan. It has nothing to do with organizing more people. Yes. So we foe that the fbi is classifying this as terrorism. Which would make it by body count the worst terror attack in this country since 9 11. What do they mean when they say terrorism . What is terrorism, according to the federal government . Well, that could be violence and people have been killed or injured but, more importantly, to determine that its terrorism, its the political intention or ideological
intention that there could be inspiration either by an organization or ideology that calls on its members to cause massive casualty. Thats exactly right. Ultimately the ideology affixed to that. Yeah. And with the tragedy that happened at the nightclub, you cant help but draw parallels with what happened in paris at the bataclan theater. All of those victims, they have families. Its just awful to even think about. But why is it important, walid, to fight terrorists away and are you concerned that Islamic Terrorist Groups are coming to the west . Well, first of all, Islamic Radical or jihadi group are already present in the west. I mean, if this is really the
product of isis or isis affiliated or even al qaeda, even jihadi group, if this is the case, this is indeed the largest jihadi terror attack against the United States since 9 11. This would be significant. Because the last one was San Bernardino and it was a reflection of what was happening in brussels and other places. This country is under attack. The United States of america is under jihadi attack, if indeed its proven to be jihadists. But will it change the scenario . We spoke to Newt Gingrich. There seems to be a persistent unwillingness of people in charge of this country to acknowledge the nature of the threat and a tendency to lie about it. Why . Because this is a question of policy. Remember, the obamaadministrati consistently denying that this
is of jihadi nature. Actually, they dont want to call it jihadi or islamic terrorism because their advising body has been telling them that its lack of jobs and Foreign Policy of the United States going wrong. They havent a doctrine. They cant say we were wrong for the last eight years. So they are going to continue with that. A lot of mr. Trumps rise has been tied to fighting back against Political Correctness. Do you think thats infected so many parts of our culture that were unwilling to call it what it is . When it comes to national security, its even more dangerous. It is basically a bad reading of the fact. Its not just politically incorrect. Its a matter of not being able to read who is the enemy and that is very serious. Indeed. Walid phares, thank you. We appreciate it. Thank you. We do have reaction from the other candidate in this president ial race. Hillary clinton just tweeted this. Woke up to hear the devastating news from florida as we await for more information my thoughts are with those affected by this horrific act. We are in orlando with the latest on the nightclub shooting. And ben carson will join us with the possible political fallout from all of this. Stay tuned. Question, are my teeth yellow . Have you tried the tissue test . Ugh, yellow. What do you use . Crest whitestrips crest 3d whitestrips whiten. 25 times better than a leading whitening toothpaste i passed the tissue test. Oh yeah. Crest whitestrips are the way to whiten
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well, there was an overnight nightclub shooting in orlando and the fbi is saying it was an act of terror. As many as 20 people were murdered and another 42 in hospitals now with injuries. As we learn these heartbreaking details, families and friends are still dealing with the horror at several orlando hospitals now overrun by dozens of gunshot victims. Steven haulck is outside of the hospitals in orlando. Reporter there have been dozens and dozens of Family Members that have come down. It was agonizing because they didnt get information. We saw people in tears trying to desperately get information from hospital officials and about two hours ago they finally let people inside. They are asking family to show
an i. D. And proof that they are connected to a potential victim. We spoke to an individual who came out and Family Members are here learning at this location, at the hospital that their loved one has passed away. 20 wepeople are dead in the clu. Were told that 42 were transferred to local hospitals. I can tell the ormc, the hospital that were at, has been locked down as it has been for hours. Family members can show security and go through to find out information relative to their loved one. Weve been told that an Upcoming Press conference from Law Enforcement, the chief surgical
officer will speak to give details on exactly how significant this has been as they have had multiple surgeries this morning because of so many injuries that were flooding in over a few hour period. Back to you guys. Thanks a lot. We appreciate it. All right. We are now hearing cbs news is reporting the identity of the man. He is said to be born in 1986, from port st. Lucie, florida. Our pete doocy asked during a press conference if this was islamic terror. Listen. What i can tell you is the history that we know of this individual so far is that he may have made threats that he was
tied to i think your phone went out for one second. To be clear, he made threats that he had ties to what . Theres allegations that the individuals made threats in the past to have any ties to terrorist organizations. However, those have not been confirmed or vetted so far. As obviously we are in the initial stages of this investigation at this time. Agent hopper, that information coming to you from, what, his computer . His sole phone . His social media, somebody who knows him . A Family Member . Where does that information come from, those allegations . Unfortunately, i cant divulge that information at this time because all of those things are tied to the active investigation. Were trying to be as clear and transparent and thats not something that i can share. Are any of the witnesses that
you spoke to inside telling you that he made any threats specifically linked to radical islamic ideology during the fire fight . I can tell you that all of those interviews are actually ongoing right now and, to my knowledge, that hasnt been shared with me but i cant say that it hasnt been because, as you can imagine. This is a busy and hectic scene. Cbs is saying that authorities are telling them that they are leaning towards islamic terrorism as a motive in this case omar martin is the alleged suspect and he was born to afghanistan parents. Here to weigh in is trump supporter dr. Ben carson. Dr. Carson, thanks for joining us this morning. Your reaction to the attack this morning. Well, obviously its very
concerning. You know, as ive been saying for many months, we have to get much more serious about the way that we look at potential terrorist activity. You know, if you were having a party at your house and inviting 100 people and you had knowledge that one of those 100 people was a terrorist intent on creating havoc, would you still have that party . Or would you say, well, its just 1 out of 100. Thats not so bad. We dont really have to change anything. Thats the situation that were in now. We need to carefully examine how we are doing things and the Political Correctness is beyond the pale. In texas, there was an Explanatory Memorandum that came out and one of the things it indicated is that in order to accomplish the kind of civilization. I had that they wanted, they would depend on americas
Political Correctness to protect them while they were undermining our system. This is not to say that all people of islamic background are bad people nor would it be any other group that has radical elements. But we have to be smart enough to separate them out. One of the casualties in all of this is in the faith in the system and authorities. One of the saddest parts of this is all of a sudden you wonder who to believe. Are the people in charge being honest or bound by a political agenda that doesnt let you tell them what actually happened . Also, look what is happening down at our southern border. We have not been serious about that its what they call otms. They are establishing terrorist cells within our country. Why are they here and what are they waiting for . We have got to get serious about this or were going to destroy ourselves with our silliness. Dr. Carson, we read moments ago the statement from the white house about the president being briefed and how his heart is soft and prayers going out to the friends of the victims. What do the American People need to hear from both presumptive nominees today . What do you expect well hear from donald trump and Hillary Clinton . I dont know about Hillary Clinton but i suspect that donald trump will come out with some very strong statements about logical approaches that we will take to try to screen people appropriately in order to have the right level of vigilance when it comes to things going wrong. And whats interesting, this incident took place at a gay bar. I think many people on the left need to understand that these
radical elements, they hate gay people. They subject women to horrible things. These are people that they are at with their own survival and to just be ideologically driven that you cant see that, its problematic. Dr. Ben carson, i hope youll stay with us for a minute. Well take a quick commercial break but well come back to you. Okay. Thanks. Well be right back with continuing coverage of the horror in orlando. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow. Ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away tonight, our community witnessed or experienced a very horrific crime. Many lives were lost and many more individuals were impacted by witnessing the crime. We need to stand strong. We need to be supportive of the victims and their families. And as more details come in,
this crime appears to be more and more an act of radical islamic terrorism here on our soil in orlando, florida. Lets bring informer president ial candidate dr. Ben carson. Its reported now cbs is reporting the name of the shooter is omar mateen, parents are from afghanistan, hes a u. S. Citizen himself. Again, not to indict muslims universally but im from minneapolis where weve seen muslims travel to syria and train with isis. What do we do to ensure that there is allegiance as opposed to attraction to radical id rolli ideology . We need to assure that we will help to protect the muslim communities. One of the reasons that they are so mute on these things because of their tattling implications are severe. It could be death. They need to know that we will come to their aid if they reveal information about some of the radical elements. Its really the only way that were going to find out. We need to be talking with the i imams and clerics. If they are with us, we will also be with them. So the assumption is that somehow they will absorb through osmosis. Do you think those values can get people to sort of buy in to American Values when they come here . Well, you know, i subscribe to Teddy Roosevelt philosophy. Teddy roosevelt said were a nation of immigrants and we welcome anybody from any religious group, any ethnic background oreg origins. If they dont, they ought to stay where they are. Do you think the peaceful muslim groups are doing enough to speak out against these radicals . Well, i think they are afraid. They are terrified. And they see how tepid our responses are, you know, why are they going to risk their necks . We need to make sure that they understand that we will be with them if they will work with us. If they refuse to work with us, you know, im afraid that perhaps some of the darker elements of our nature may take, you know, control of our actions. What does that mean, dr. Carson, we will be with you if
you are with us . What do you mean by that . What does that look like . That looks like when they call for help, because they have, you know, exposed some activity thats going on in the community, they need to know that we will in fact provide them the kind of protection, surveillance, whatever is necessary. That needs to be a consistent feature. Our enemies are vicious. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Ten minutes before the top of the hour. Where will the fbi go with the investigation . Attack, but it could have been. Are there signatures and what does it tell us of those behind us . Whether or not this was isis, this is keeping with the code shariah. The penalty for homosexuality under that law is death. Theyre throws gays off buildings in iran, hanging gay people from cranes. Now theyre slaughtering them in night clubs here in the United States. Thats what were dealing with. Its not a tiny minority, as president obama would have you believe. More than half of muslims worldwide believe this barbaric code should be the law of the world and we should all be subject to it. Its horrific. Youre seeing it throughout west africa, by the way. This is widely known. Theyre open about it. They dont pretend otherwise. Youre saying this is consistent with their beliefs. Absolutely. This is what the prescribed code says. Even here in the United States, more than half of the muslims
believe that shariah law should supplant the u. S. Constitution. That doesnt mean all of them believe you should slaughter gays but it should give people pause, what are the beliefs of people who are not assimilating well to our culture. Thank you for your time today and for your expert analysis. At 56 minutes after the hour, well take a quick break and be back with more on the horror going on in orlando, florida. Allergies . Stuffy nose . Cant sleep . Take that. A breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than allergy medicine alone. Shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. Breathe right. What would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. Truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the car you want, there it is. Now youre an expert in less than a minute. This is truecar