Uncover why and how this happened and we will go wherever the facts lead us. This morning i spoke with my good friend orlando mayornd ico gel lechess of the american people. And whatever help he and the people of orlando need, they will get it. As a country we will be there for the people of orlando today, tomorrow and for all the days to come. We also express our profound gratitude to all the police and First Responders who rushed to harms way. Their courage and professionalism saved lives. And kept the carnage from being even worse. Its eelt ki its the kind of sacrifice that our law phoenforcement make eve day and we can never thank them enough. This is especially hard for our fellow americans who are lesbian, dlesbian gay, by sexual or transgender. Shooter targeted a night club where people came together to be with friends, to dance and to sing and to live. A place where they were attacked is more than a night club, it is a place of solidarity and empowerment, where people have come
And prayers. We have to do some soul searching. On sunday americans woke up to a nightmare thats become mind numbingly familiar. In this country it is so easy for terrorists to buy guns. To get very powerful weapons very quickly and thats a problem. The orlando terrorist may be dead but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. Perversion in islam that you see generated on the internet seep into the minds of troubled individuals. We are looking for needles in a nation wide hey stack. We need to tell the truth also about how radical islam is coming to our shores. Inflammatory, antimuslim rhetoric plays right into the terrorists hands. 70th annual tony award dedicated those effected by the tragedy in orlando. Hope and love lasts longer and love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. Well, here we are again. The last time we did this, we all knew it would not be the last time. In a country that makes it easy for anyone, including terrorist
Something terrible happened that happened to all of us. As americans, we are united in grief, in outrage. You will fought break us. We are better people than this. Good evening from orlando. Im lester holt and there is a special edition of date line. At least 50 dead, 53 wounded, many of them in critical condition. The deadliest mass shooting in American History and says president obama an act of terror. The gunman, omar mateen, stormed a packed gay nightclub, opened fire with an assault style military rifle and left the dance floor covered in blood. His motives, pure hate. Here is thbzs Dennis Murphy with the latest. It was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down. Saturday night had become early sunday morning. The music, loud. This video, povertied at 1 00 a. M. Last call, last dance. A crowd of about 300 packed into orlandos popular gay nightclub. At approximately 2 00 a. M. , everything changed. The gun man, holding an Assault Rifle encountered an off duty officer exc
Revealed that mateen himself expressed allegiance to isis in a 911 call before launching his attack. Police say the 29yearold walked into that popular gay nightclub just after 2 00 early sunday morning and opened fire. This morning, we received an update on how things unfolded after that. Police say officers engaged the gunman, forcing him into a bathroom where he was holed up with hostages. For three hours, hostage negotiators talked to the gunman as he was barricaded in the bathroom with several other people. Around 5 00 a. M. Those talks broke down and at that point Police Feared imminent loss of life n used explosives and a robot to break through the nightclubs back wall. There was a hole in the wall about two feet off the ground and two or three feet wide. We were able to rescue dozens and dozens of people that came out of that hole. The suspect came out of that hole himself armed with a handgun and long gun, engaged in a gun battle with officers where he was ultimately killed. In
Begnaud and the bond between Wounded Warrior and service dog. Is there a science to it . She is like my security blanket. I wish i didnt need one but she ask in my life now. Shes great. Begnaud good evening tonight from new york, im david begnaud. This is our western edition. The central u. S. Is stuck in a cycle of dangerous storms that may not stop any time soon. Tornadoes struck again today in iowa, illinois and indiana and more may fire up tonight. In the past week at least 15 people have been killed by tornadoes and flooding. Rivers are rising to record levels, threatening homes and businesses in arkansas, oklahoma, kansas and missouri. We begin tonight with omar villafranca. Hes in oklahoma. Oh my god. Reporter more Severe Weather slammed the midwest this afternoon. Heavy rain and hail hammered illinois. Ive never seen one. Reporter this tornado touched down in iowa. Over the past few weeks, spring storms have soaked the nations midsection. Drone video shows the scope of the hist