Enforcement has used robots it to examine the body of the shooter and his car. There have been concerns that both may have been booby trapped with improvised explosives. That now does not appear to be the case. They are shooting back and forth. Look at this. You can hear the witnesses who watched it unfold. It began shortly after 2 am florida time when the suspect entered the pulse orlando nightclub and opened fire. Witnesses say there were as many as 320 people inside at the time and the suspect began shooting the victims with a handgun and assault weapons an offduty officer began exchanging gunfire with the suspect almost immediately. The suspect made it back inside the club and barricaded himself Holding Dozens of people hostage. The suspect may have been in contact with Law Enforcement during the standoff and may have given officers his name. Law enforcement is not releasing that name. After three hours the decision was made by police swat to storm the club and take up a suspect. T
In, new video here, this is just inside pulse nightclub showing the moment that those shots rang out. At the club. [ [ bleep ] ] im at the club. [ gunshots ] at the club. The main woman there you saw in that video, her name amanda alviar, she did not survive. She recorded this video on her cell phone on snapchat, recording of what would become her final moments. The gunman apparently inspired by isis calling 911. Not just once or twice but three different times in the middle of his siege here at the pulse nightclub. Apparently one of the calls he pledged his allegiance to isis. He also pledged his allegiance to the boston bombers from a couple of years ago. The fbi declaring a short time ago, quote, this killer was radicalized. We are working hard to understand the killer and his motives and his sources of inspiration. But we are highly confident that this killer was radicalized and at least in some part through the internet. Authorities telling cnn today the shooter tried to buy milit
Hours and days and weeks, this community will learn the names of all 59 people thus far who have died and of the others, over 100 people in total, who are injured and wounded. And as they come to know that, the grief will grow and deepen. So we need to be here not just tonight but tomorrow and the day after and the day after. And we will be. And love will win. Thank you. [ applause ] the community in grief in orlando right now. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Reporter and im pamela brown coming to you live from orlando. Thank you so much for joining us on the breaking news story. The worst mass shooting in american history. Its awful, pamela. Well get back to you in a moment. A nightclub in orlando still an active crime scene just hours after a horrific and terrifying predawn massacre. As we have been reporting, 50 people, at least 50 people are dead. More than 50 people wounded. All shot by a gunman who opened fi
Shooting started around 2 00 a. M. Eastern time. As plane many as 53 others in l hospitals being treated, some serious injuries. We also know that the shooter identified as Omar Siddiqui mateen boars in new yorn in new lived in port st. Lucie, florida made a 911 call. We dont know exactly the moment this call was that, was it before the shooting, but we know he pledged his allegiance to isis. Also mentioning the tsarnaev brothers involved in the boston bombings. At this hour we also have not received any confirmation that he was in direct contact with isis, but an isis Media Organization claiming that this act was inspired by that terror group and that the man you see there on your screen is an Islamic State fighter. And Pete Williams says the claim of responsibility did not come after it was indicated that this 911 call was made. The effort to remove the bodies of all of the individuals continues. Identifying them also. There are Family Members on social media contacting authorities a
Real story of the unbelievable 24 hours since he walked out of those prison doors. If she spent 22 years behind bars for charges related to drug possession and Money Laundering after she fell on some hard times and faced financial desperation. Eight months ago she happened to catch the eye on twitter of a reality star Kim Kardashian who took up her case, and she pleaded it with Jared Kushner and President Trump. Just one week later, she is a free woman. She walked out of that jail cell this morning where she was supposed to spend the rest of her life and into the arms of her weeping and grateful family, can you imagine how all of these people feel having their mom and their grandmother back . She is going to join us in just a moment but we begin tonight with breaking news. Its been very interesting to watch this, this has become a priority for the Trump Administration to grant clemency, grant pardons what do you make of this part of the president s goals . It will go into the books for