Show but first an exclusive new reporting to bring you on the attacker and his past which raises new questions about his motivations. Earlier today the Orlando Sentinel reported the customers of Pulse Night Club said theyd seen the gunman omar mateen at the club a dozen times before the shooting. Mateens ex wife was asked about that report in an interview this evening. When we had gotten married he confesed to me about his past that was recent at that time and that he very much enjoyed going to clubs and the night life and there was a lot of pictures of him so, you know, i feel like its a side of him or a part of him that he lived but probably didnt want everybody to know about. Do you think he was gay . I dont know. He never personally or, you know, phsyically made any indication while we were together of that. But he did feel very strongly about homosexuality. Performer lisa lane, a regular at the pulses latin night told the advocate that she recognized matin from shows at the club.
Announcer terror in orlando, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from orlando. Good evening. First, the shock and now the soulsearching questions. Tonight we now know virtually minute by minute how a single gunman perpetrated the deadliest shooting in American History and about the three phone calls between the terrorists and a 911 operator during the siege. The questions focus on how a man previously investigated by the fbi over jihadist sympathies still managed to slip below the radar, to buy guns and commit this hideous attack. And there are questions about the police response, and the timing of their assault. A day of rapid developments about the killer, his motivations, the victims, and those they leave behind. And we begin our expanded coverage with nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight new images inside pulse. The gay nightclub during its popular last night. Music, dancing and then gunfire. Amanda captured the shooting is among the dead. Today survivors
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