Lisa fletcher joins us from the terrorism alert desk with the latest now. Lisa . Lisa today, president obama called the attack homegrown extreme extreme schism. Something we have been worried about for a long time. Lone wolf attacks are some of the most difficult to foil. A lone wolf may be what shooter omar mateen turns out to be. President obama said while mateen was inspired by extremist information he got online, there is nothing to suggest he was connected to a coordinated threat. President obama there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed. At this stage there is no direct evidence he was part of a larger plot. Lisa f. B. I. Director james comey says they are working hard to understand the killer, his motives and sources of inspiration. We are looking for needles in a nationwide hay tach. Attack more names are added to the city of orlando website. Next of kin are reached with the devastating news. Its terrible. He is my only child. Lisa nina justices son edward franti
Then he hung up. Then the dispatcher called him back again and they spoke briefly. So there are three total calls. During the calls he said he was doing this for the leader of isil, who he named. And pledged loyalty to. Lisa oddly, comey said, mateen claimed solidarity with several extreme organizations some of whom are enemies of isil. We can highly confident he was radicalized and some part through the internet. Lisa they are reconstructing his electronic devices. Its reported that the f. B. I. Is investigating whether mateen was potentially targeting disney world. He pleaded with americans not to be paralyzed by fear and to channel anxiety in awareness. He said in every f. B. I. Case, someone always sees something they should have told them but didnt. As of a few minutes ago, 43 people are still condition. Alison all right. Thank you very much. You know as this Investigation Continues tonight we are hearing more stories of survival. During the moments the gunman started shooting. He
For the win. The mvp taking one for his team leading the Golden State Warriors to victory plus the nolook shot of the night everyone is talking about this morning. And good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news. An egyptair flight heading from paris to cairo disappeared overnight, 66 people on board. The radar shows it over the mediterranean after it entered egyptian airspace. Youre looking live at the airport in cairo where it was headed. Passengers families gathering there. It is an airbus a320 with 56 passengers, ten crew members on board. It departed Charles De Gaulle airport in paris at 11 09 p. M. Local time and officials lost contact with it as it was over water 3 40 into that flight. The french president spoke confirming it was damaged and we have full Team Coverage live in paris and cairo and begin with our aviation correspondent david kerley in washington, good morning, david. Reporter good morning, at this hour an air and sea search is under way for th
Radio conversations. Greek, egyptian, parisian military teams are searching for wreckage and answers. Lets not try to jump to decide to identify this as a technical failure. If you analyze the situation properly the possibility of having a different action abroad of having a terror attack is higher than having a technical problem. We have learned a lot since 9 11 about what is necessary to protect the aviation system. It has not diminished the desire of extremist organizations to try to carry out attacks against the aviation system. Scott a lot has been made of the fact that the plane left Charles De Gaulle airport in paris. I have been there half a dozen times in the past year. Security is very tight. Thorough for passengers. What about the ground crew . That is being investigated at this moment. And, of course, the fact that this was the fifth leg of the flight for this it had come from tunisia, and they are trying to find out if anything unusual occurred in those places. A lot to la
Multiple pieces of evidence to include child pornography. Evidence that child pornography was not only being possessed by also created. Bailey who in the maryland president ial primary was elected as a trump delegate to the Republican Convention remains behind bars. First Court Appearance not expected until next week. Now mr. Bailey is from a family that has been long active in republican politics here in southern maryland. His father served several terms on the Charles County school board and was the republican nominee for the fifth Congressional District race in 2008. His home was also searched as part of the investigation. No charges filed against the father. In waldorf, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon okay. Thank you, brad. We are covering metro tonight now with new information about metros safe track plan. That is general manager paul wi Transit System on track with maintenance. Much of it overdue. Transportation reporter Brianne Carter is live in arlington with a look at the revised p