Some connection between the gunman and the orlando mass shooting and isis. That shooting now stands as the worst, the deadliest in modern u. S. History. In washington. So many families still waiting for word f their loved ones are among the 50 People Killed or 53 others still hospitalized. Many in Critical Condition at this hour. The white house says president obama will give a statement later this afternoon in this hour. Youll see that here on fox. The gunman has been identified as 29yearold omar mateen. Investigators are now combing through every aspect of mateens life. He was killed in that gun fight with s. W. A. T. Response team on the site. Joining us now, Florida Governor rick scott. Hes declared a state of emergency for orange county. And the governor is on scene now in orlando. He joins us live. Governor, first, your thoughts on this horrific day. Well, brett, im just a few blocks away. Im at the command center from the nightclub. This is clearly an act of terror. Its sadness.
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In the opening pages of Laila Lalami’s memoir-cum-manifesto,
Conditional Citizens, the Moroccan-born novelist tells a story presumably experienced by a select number of naturalized Americans. Returning home from a sojourn abroad in 2000, Lalami, a newly christened citizen of the great republic and bearing a freshly minted passport, is met with a distinctly inhospitable greeting. While passing through Customs at Los Angeles International Airport, she and her husband hand over their passports to the waiting border agent. After examining their documents, the official, wearing “a conspiratorial smile,” turned to the husband and said, “How many camels did you have to trade in for her?”
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