Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. And this is our western edition. Today, we heard chilling accounts of the terror in an orlando nightclub. The Orange County Sheriffs Office released recordings of frantic calls to 911 on that june night when a gunman opened fire, killing 49 people. It was the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Mark strassmann, who covered the massacre, has the jur gunfire reporter at 2 03 a. M. , 911 callers began reporting ag massacre in progress. Lets go right here reporter right after lastt call, a gunman with a nightclub. Hes coming in. Reporter this is the First Release of 911 recordings from people who were actually inside the club when the massacre began. Lets go lets go Reporter Police body camera video shows the chaos as First Responders arrived. 911 calls also kept coming, some from relatives of people still trapped inside. As they hid in bathrooms, like those in this cell phone video, they texted or called their reporter
David martin at the pentagon. Thank you. Now to the president ial campaign, race has once again become an issue after an africanamerican supporter of donald trump posted and then apologize ford a tweet he now acknowledges was offensive. Here is major garrett. Reporter Donald Trumps surrogate, pastor, mark burns called the tweeted cartoon of Hillary Clinton in black face a took him by surprise. I did not think it was going to be this big of a deal because, you know, there are so many more things that are more offensive than a cartoon. Reporter the episode set social media afire and raised questions about the Trump Campaign approach to race and minority outreach. After first defending the cartoon, burns told us, it was out of bounds. I regret the offensiveness of the black face, the black face american culture. Reporter among trump supporters, burns is cheered as a harsh critic of clinton and welcome africanamerican counterpoint to the black lives matter movement. He helped organize a tr
When we want to have a press conference. There is no problem with that. The real problem is whether secretary clinton has been taking questions from reporters, she has. Reporter unless the reporters are the one whose cover her every day. Thank you. Were making progress. Reporter their shouted questions tend to go unanswered. It is not unusual for candidates in the lead to try to run out the clock. In late 2008, obama drew flak for ducking the press but speaking to extra. President nice to see you. And the daily show. Are you concerned you may go into the voting booth and, i wont know what to do. Your white half will decide. I cant do this. Yeah, yeah, its a problem. Clinton may also be trying to avoid uncomfortable questions about her emails and the Clinton Foundation. Even she acknowledged in one of two interviews last week that her answers on those top ticks, norah, can end up sounding like excuses. Nancy cordes, thank you so much. Word that hackers may be frying to disrupt u. S. Ele
David martin at the pentagon. Thank you. Now to the president ial campaign, race has once again become an issue after an africanamerican supporter of donald trump posted and then apologize ford a tweet he now acknowledges was offensive. Here is major garrett. Reporter Donald Trumps surrogate, pastor, mark burns called the tweeted Hillary Clinton in black face a mistake and told us the backlash took him by surprise. I did not think it was going to be this big of a deal because, you know, there are so many more things that are more offensive than a cartoon. Reporter the episode set social media afire and raised questions about the Trump Campaign approach to race and minority outreach. After first defending the cartoon, burns told us, it was out of bounds. I regret the offensiveness of is very offensive. It does not belong in our american culture. Reporter among trump supporters, burns is cheered as a harsh critic of clinton and welcome africanamerican counterpoint to the black lives matt
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Semiautomatic rifle roamed through the nightclub. Hes coming in. Reporter this is the First Release of 911 recordings from people who were actually inside the club when the the massacre began. Lets go lets go Reporter Police body camera video shows the chaos as First Responders arrived. 911 calls also kept coming, some from relatives of people still trapped inside. As they hid in bathrooms, like those in this cell phone video, they texted or called their families, who then called 911. Reporter 50 people would die, including the mass killer, omar mateen. Around 5 00 a. M. , after a threehour standoff, the 29yearold former Security Guard was shot eight times by police. Orlando police have yet to release their batch of 911 calls about the nightclub shootings. Among them, norah, several recordings from the gunman himself who called 911 from inside the club to pledge his allegiance to isis. Odonnell mark strassmann, thank you. Tonight, a hurri