Communities look for ways to keep residents safe. That is especially true in our area. Melanie alnwick this morning with more on how local Law Enforcement is responding, mel, good morning. Well, steve, allison. You can see the memorial here the local memorial in dew point circle for those lost in orlando continues to grow and it certainly was felt very deeply here in washington d. C. And it happened to be a very big weekend as we know pride weekend in washington a lot of big events going on as well. We learned from d. C. Police chief kathy linear that she got a call just as that event in orlando was unfilleding and because she had so many resources already in place because of a big concert and large event happening on sunday afternoon she already had resources in place and had to move things around and mobilize things quickly to try to make sure that the community here was safe and people are concerns with gathering and maybe once upon a time and not a target for terrorist and sadly we
Here is orlando health, the main hospital, the pulse nightclub is just five blocks up the street. Orange avenue. Perhaps the busiest thoroughfare through orlando. A good five to sick blocks of the main corridor are closed as the media has taken over the center of the road in front of the nightclub and as the Investigation Continues to be under way. We understand from one of the local stations here in town that a 48 victim has been identified. That leaves one outstanding and sadly bruce, families and at least one that does not know that they have lost their loved ones. The investigation still a very active scene up the street at the nightclub and investigators at this hour tried to find out more about who this suspect is, this american born moslem name omar mateen. A show of saladdity as the family members mourned. Awlunteers keeping the media dont know the status. 49 club goers died and 53 wounded with five hospitalized in grave condition. Investigators trying to determine why oma mate
Force pierce people that prayed are horrified. This board member last saw mateen at prayer friday night and no indication that 29year old was about to carry out a deadly attack. Mateen was on the f. B. I. s radar. He went to saudi arabia in 2012 to attend the hodge. F. B. I. Says he was interviewed at least twice and once in 2013 after coworkers said he made inflammatory remarks about terrorist ties and in 2014 after contact he had with abdul, the first suicide bomber in syria. He was cleared. We are going through the killers life and his electronics to understand about his path and whether there was anyone else involved in directing him or in assisting him. Most of the 49 people gunned down have been identified, several are still hospitalized in grave condition. Police say it was an awful bodies and lots of blood. Reporter as of yet not a commune gathering for people in the orlando area to remember the friends and the victims of loved ones that they lost but here outside of the hospit
Amana. During the height of the fire around 4 30 this morning, you could see the flames from miles away. Tv9s Forrest Saunders is live in amana. Forrest, what do you see so far . Crews from several departments responded around 4 a. M. To the clubhouse. The entire building was engulfed when tv9 arrived on the scene. Firefighters initially held back and were unable to approach the fire due to the intensity of the flames. Thick smoke covered the scene around 5 30 a. M. As firefighters finished putting out the fire. There was Severe Damage to the walls and roof, making the building likely a total loss. A sheriffs deputy on the scene said he was not immediately aware of any injuries as a result of the fire. Crews on the scene said the fire and its remote location far from fire hydrants required the assistance of several other departments. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Now that our cold front has moved through the area, plan on temperatures to be around
Found out he was alive and well. And we do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. What an incredible story. Can you imagine searching for your child for 13 years . No. Wow. Unbelievable. The family is overjoyed right now and i can only imagine as youre talking about what that first hello was like after all that. Well get to that. But right now, lets get right to the stepped up security at the worlds airports. Look at three of the busiest airports in this country, hartsfieldjackson, atlanta, l. A. X. And washington dulles, a crackdown on security involving luggage handling expected there, and at the hundreds of overseas airports that fly directly to the u. S. , as investigators try to figure out what took down that plane in egypt. Abcs brian ross starts us off. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. According to the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee, the u. S. As soon as this weekend is expected to order sweeping security changes to the u. S. Fro