Survivors began to tell their stories and president obama reacted to the shshting saying the country has to do something about what we called the easy accessibility of weapons of war getting into the hands of people who have no business wielding them. We have two reports tonight and w w begin in Colorado Springs. Reporter police say this is the man behind the bloodshed, a federal official telling nbcc news rorort dear appears to be mentally disturbed but is talking to investigators. Attention all units. Attedtion all units. Reporter when officers arrived at planned parenthood in Colorado Springs, they faced a steady relentless volley of gunfire. Said to be armed with a highpowered rifle,e, dear unloaded round after round into a packed shopping area on a busy black friday. Hundreds scramblfd for cover. Witnesses say dear there was a guy behind me with blood splatter all over him. Reporter the standoff was just beginning. Some 45 people were inside planned parenthood when dear entered the lobby. He had a gun that was big and he was just shooting. Reporter Ketanya Craion was separated from her boyfriend, running into a back room where she hunkered down with three women. You could hear just gunshots. From there, the bullets went through the wall. You could see it. You could sell it and see the gun powder. Reporter we now know police tapped into security cameras in the clinic, watching the gunman live as he carriedut his assault. People in remote roomcould be extra ted ed extricated from the building. Reporter polole say robert dear suddenly surrendered but still offered no motive. Police were in the crosshairs for five hours. Five officers were hospitalized. Officer Garrett Swasey lost his life. Two civilians also killed. This morning the bodies of the three victims were removed. Somber salute to the fallen. Collective tears for the e ctims. Im heartbroken that we are in this situation again and again and again. And i cry out with you and ask why. Reporter tonight, there are still no answers. Craion is still waiting for her boyfriend. Only shock, heartbreak, and for three families unspeakable pain. Law enforcement sources say when robert dear was t ten into custody he began ranting about president obama, abortions, and baby parts. Toght the names of civilians who were gunned down in the parking lot behind me have not yet been releas. Theres a long history of protest and violence aimed at planned parenthood. Planned parenthood has also become an intense political issue. Reporter whihi investigators search for a motive in the colorado shootings,s, the violence comes as planned parenthood has recently been under the microscope. The planned parenthood community is resolute. Reporter heated rhetoric around abortion is encouraging violence. The extremist rhetoric thaha we hear from so many antiwomens Health Organizations and their targeting of planned parenthood can sometimes lead to these circumstances. Reporter those acts of violence are relatively rare between 1997 and 2012 there have been 76 attacks on abortion providers. In 2013, a man used an axe to damage a clinic in indiana. George tiller, a doctor who performed lateterm abortions, was shot to deathth in his church. Organization became the center of a pitched political battle. Videos were released by an antiabortion activivi group makingg it seem that planned parenthood was selling fetal tissue for profof. The outrageous videos are offensive and categorically untrue. Eporter it fueled republicans efforts to try to defund the organization which also provides Reproductive Services and cancer screenings. The attttpt was unsuccessful. These planned parenthood videos are horrifying. They dont mind having Big Government interfere with a a womanssight to choose. Theres a long history of violence against planned parenthood clinics. If i turns out to be an example of that, it falls v vy much in line with what history of violence. Reporter all the democratic president ial candidates have expressed their condolenees to the victims, reiteratiti their supuprt for planned parenthood. Ted cruz and john kasich said theyre praying for the families. The only two republican candidates to weigh in soo far. Donald Trumps Campaign stopped today in florida. The republican frontrunner was pushing back after being criticized for comments earlier this week in which he appeared to mock the New York Times reporter with a disability. Today trump attempted to clarify what he sa. I dont mock people. I dont mock people that have problems. I dont mock people that have problems, believe me. We turn too chuck todd. Chuck, goooo to see you. Good evening, jose. From the day he announced his presidency, is Something Like this going to have longterm repercussions for him . It depends on what his goal is. His longterm suppters, it doesnt have percussions. When he speaks facts or sentences that are totally untrue, they are sentiments that people gravitatingng towards trump want to believe is true. Thats why none of this has stuck to him as far as him losing support. The question is what about long term. The way hes been going about talking about and misrepresenting facts, i think hes hurting his ability to grow support, to win over republicans that are not yet withhhim,n thinking i can trust this guy to be the party. What about for the gop . At some point youre going to see more and more republicans gettinggore and more nervous that trump is defining the Republican Party in a terribly negative way, especially if it looks divisive with different groups of people whether its women, whether its muslims. I think its that that has more Party Leaders concerned by the day. Donald trump and ben carson will be chuck todds guests tomorrow on meet the press. Today in the northern part of the country militants fired rockets into a u. N. Peacekeeping base. Two u. N. Soldiers and a civilian contractor qere killed. Wounded. Though it is unclear who was behind the attack, northern mali has been targeted by islamic terrorists. Pope francisis brought his message of peace and hope to uganda today. Most of the population is christian. Reporter there was no containing their excitement. The crowd in a frenzy as popop francis ararved for his first mass in uganda. Each with their own expectation. I want him tg talkk about peace. Help us fight corruption. Reporter pope francis comes to uganda as a pilgrim to honor the memory of christian martyrs, whose lives of faith and sacrifice in the 19th century he hopes today. The pope was visibly moved a a the site where some of the martyrs were tortured in part because they refused the kings sexual advances. While francis has s sd the martyrs lived in dangerous time, he made no direct mention homosexuality. Its done nothing to diminish the vie branbrancy of the ugandan church. As francis toured the packed airfield in the popemobile, he heard from a young man who was kidnapped and tortured by a rebel group and a young man who is hiv positive. Francis told the crowd to turn their bad experiences into hope and assured them in life great miracles can be performed. Tomorrow the pope goes to the Central African republic torn by a bloody conflict between c cistians and muslims. A country that is looking for one of those miracles, peace. The Southern City of luxor where scientific testing has been going on in the tomb of king tut. One of them may may contain the nefertiti. Reportete across the plains, pounding rain, heavy snow and thick ice. Its all ice. Reporter in oklahoma roads frozen over, causing dozens of accidents. S. Drivers stranded in the cold. High temperatures today 10 to 30 degrees below average. Powned trees and icy power lines left customers without electricity today. When we walked out this morning, there were trees down everywhere. Nobody had power. Reporter in kansas slick roads caused highways. At least four people dead. Crews in omaha poured salt on roads to keep them from icing over. Down in texas, flash floods are blamed for at least three deaths. Dallasft. Worth hit the rainfall trifecta friday. Wettest november, wettest fall, and wettest year. Travelers were airport overnight as weather caused dozens of weather delays and cancellations. Nobody knew what was going on. It was just likikcon forth. Reporter back in oklahoma, some residents are bracing for winters early arrival. Forecasters say the ice storm, the warning has been extended until noon sunday. Theres plenty of r rn from memphis to louisville. More rain moves back into the dallasft. Worth area. A Flash Flood Watch continues there and little rock. Some showers as far east a a charlotte. Sunday a huge travel day, but a good one for most. Much of the country is dry. 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And were fulltime students. Reporter among them josiah and michael frank. Eyve been siblings in a band before, but known quite like the frank brothers. He didnt talk. The only thing micah would say is ma. Josiah had no language until about three, but talking, he would scream. Disabled, diagnosed with autism. What her sons didnt get in school, she made sure they got at home, tirelessly dicated to seeing them succeed. D. Mommyoves band. Lets try it. Reporter music would be the key that opened the world to these young men. Both picked up instruments i i their early ens. Now theyre in college. Theyre in the band. Theyre their director had his doubts. I said hell probably quit by the end of the week. When i saw tm i i action and t ty were catching on faster than some of the other students. Reporter but its not been easy. So sometimes ive felt alone. Like solilide. And i just tend to roam to other places that just have me in it and just focus on what brings me joy, which happens to be music. Reporter its music and their mom that is carrying them through. Shes basically a whole life support basicacay. An angel in disguise. Reporter putting that much more soul into the human jute box. And thats nbc nightly news for this saturday. For all of us here at good night. Stealing from several local stores is back in custody. And how to protect your car frfr winter roads and rust. Plus we hear the dramatic details of the victim involved in this weeks deadly shooting in Colorado Springs. Thanks for joining us tonight. Welcome to the kkwl news at six im macleod hageman. In Colorado Springs a gunman stormed into a planned parenthood building shooting three people duringga standoff that lasted nearly ffve hours. Police were able to take the man into custody and nine others are now recovering from their injuries. At this point police are trying to learn more about the shooterrs the tragic incident. And i saw a man crawling to