That. Several Officials Say she is cooperating with the fbi. Salman is originally from california. She is omar mateens second wife. The couple had a son who is now 3 years old. Today president obama addressed the alleged gunman and his sympathizing with isis terrorists. He acknowledged that isis propaganda may have inspired mateen. The president also blasted donald trump saying his muslim ban, quote, is not the america we want. He also dismissed the idea of having to refer to terror groups as radical islamists. Thats been a main point of criticism from trump since the shootings. Calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. Theres not been a moment in my seven and a half years as president that we have not been able to pursue a strategy because we didnt use theel now, donald trump responded by saying the president obama puts enemies ahead of the american people. President obama also called for a new ban on assault weapons after meeting with his National Security team.
Wrong there. This is ward seven. So far this year there have been 20 murders here in ward seven. Last year at this time, only six murders. On the scene over there on benning road i talked to vincent gray. He is the former mayor. This is what he had to say. This is an outrage that this kind of thing would happen, period, but then happen in broad daylight. Were in the middle of a well trafficked intersection where pedestrians are going back and forth. When are we going to see somebody get killed just innocently walking down the street . It is time for this to be over with. Reporter again, police are working five shooting scenes in our city in recent hours. Okay, four in southeast, one in northwest. Its unclear as to whether any of these are another. Police are looking into that possibility. Theyre trying to get evidence and figure it all out. Were on top of it here. Were gathering information. Ill be back later with more. Now back to you. Pat, thank you. Quickly, breaking right now, poli
There were celebrations on this sea front. A night of terror as he drives towards dozens of people. He zigzagged from the road to the boardwalk plowing through men, women and children for about a mile. There was panic. Thousands gathering, running for their lives. You saw People Holding babies, shouting. It was horrendous. Reporter eyewitnesss recall bodies every ten feet. As many as 200 were hit by the truck. Dozens died. Among them, two americans. A father and son from texas, Sean Copeland and his 11yearold boy brodie. [ gunfire ] the truck was finally stopped by police bullets. The windshield riddled, the driver killed. Officials say the driver fired shots from a pistol. Hes been confirmed as a 31yearold man from nice, a petty criminal known to for frances people and its prime minister, a troubling future. We have moved into a new era, he says, france will have to live with terrorism. President obama sent a message saying, we stand in solidarity with france, our oldest ally. France
But the violence that has been carried out in protests over and over again has been by the police. Reporter officer goodson stood trial on seven charges, including seconddegree depraved heart murder, manslaughter, and reckless endangerment. Judge Barry Williams found goodsons failure to seat belt gray was not a criminal act. Goodson didnt seek medical treatment for gray, but prosecutors failed to prove goodson knew gray was in distress. The judge determined there was insufficient evidence that goodson gave gray a rough ride. The judge said he couldnt determine that the wagon ran a stop sign from this video presented by prosecutors. The National President of the naacp says the trial shows the need for Police Reform in baltimore. We have a Police Department with a long tortured history of distrust with the community, so the fact that you a conviction, this is not an exoneration of the Police Department. Reporter after three Police Trials here in baltimore, there has yet to be a convictio
There was no mention of what happened to this mother, begging questions of whether or not this incident was reported. Hear from the mother who describes what it was like when it happened to her son. Numb. It was a little numbing that he would have been able to leave school, period. To get off a playground. There should have been watching him. Just its numbing. You dont know what to think, you dont know what happened. Reporter now that mother wrote a letter to the Prince Georges County School System outlining what happened to her child, she says that she did not receive any followup from Child Protective Services and doesnt know what happened. Lots of questions about why the report wasnt filed, leading to the real possibility that there were other improprieties that e the Prince Georges County school board will be meeting tonight. Were expecting them to address the head start issue, although it is not on the public agenda. Well have more on what happened with this mother and what she be