Wait to hear the status ofs of their loved ones. Ne weve also learned the accused gunman 29yearold omar mateenar bought that assault rifleo anda handgun used in the massacre mae legal within the past week. All of this despite beinghidesp investigated by the fbi twice in 2013 and then again in 2014 4 on suspicion that he had terrorist ties. Or both of those cases werethe ca eventually closed. Clo just within the last hourn a Islamic State radio calledald mateen a soldier in the fight against america. Omar called flynn 11 duringnn the hostage situation inside iid of that nightclub reportedlyepoe pledging his allegiance and alliance to isis but investigators are still tryings to make that connection can. Theyre also looking at thist ts as a possible lone wolfe wf attack. His father condemned ther attack saying his son became bec angry after he saw two men two kissing in miami. In his had father also said he he saw his son saturday and didid not suspect the tragedy hisrageh son was about t
Cleveland park metro station flash flooding there yesterday evenings rush hour. Take a look people had to weighed out in knee deep watt to get out of the station. You can see what a problem that was. Riders said as much as 3. 5 flooded the station and while they dealt with flooding in Howard County in par mar they appeared to take the hardest hit. Some an ef 0 touched done on western part of county didnt just touchdown stayed on ground 20 minute. Winds up to 80 miles an hour damage extensive. Day a look at this the tree that fell on to a house split that house in half. Two people were inside thankfully they were not hurt. And neighbors describe a frightening afternoon. One blink of an eye horrible everything turned black we seen the trees going left and right. We ended up going downstairs and surrounding ourselves with soft stuff and put it laying probably fly. Smart, smart, young people right there. Really. Thousands remain without power including theres a threat for more receive ever
Good morning a better angle of oak tree fallen and now blocking roadway here on route 1 beach wood road near campus of university of maryland. Im not a tall person that tree it mass every. The entire things has come dow down. And its a mess all these utility lines came down and strewn cross the entire yard and as you go here might be hard to see theres a couple lines hanging across the roadway theyre touching the ground and some point making it very difficult for drivers to driver through. There stay away you never know if its power lines these dow its been a common theme thought the area this morning. And in montgomery counts yeah loan there are numerous reports on downed trees and downed wires and at least five homes hit by falling trees or branches and some cases causing significant damage. An exit ramp as long the beltway. Be careful headed to work this morning. Live in college park anjali he hemphill fox5 local news. Turning to politics now. 6 02 trump is now officially nominee fo
Facebook live 10 45 a. M. And 5 p. M. And 6 p. M. Each day this week and catch our new show 5 630 hosted by shawn yancy and jim lokay every day after fox5 local news at 6. Shootings of police and black men in texas, minnesota, and louisiana smind a spotlight on racial tension between minorities communities and Law Enforcement officers. And xhup think members and police about establishing trust ape figuring outweighs to reduce gun violence. This is video of we were going to show you video of last nights town hall meeting in silver spring. Tonight that town hall meeting starts 7 p. M. At the up county Regional Service center in germantown. Meantime in rockville 500 black ministers and paris parishnerves will get together to pray for fallen officers Mount Calvary Baptist Church and theyll offer prayers for gop nominee trump and for republicans attending the rnc to get serious about passing gun control laws passing violence against police and citizens. Lines were part of metro first surm.
Friendly, consider at and real. And antisentiment of this election. And enough feel like government is ignoring you and enough of Government Hand youd and bailout and enough of feeling less safe and less secure in a more dangerous world where the bad guys are winning and good quiz are losing. But i have good news, in 112 days, it is over. Tonights speakers including jumps former opponents ted cruz and marco rubio they will tell republicans what it will look leak under trump administratio administration. And stay with us for complete coverage over the Republican National convention, Tom Fitzgerald will be live all week. You can interact with him 1 10 45, 5 p. M. And 6 p. M. Each day of the week live and our show with jim lancey and at six. Track five starts today and its orange and silver lines turn to be impactd fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live at the East Falls Church metro station. Melanie, same story, different track. Thats right, yeah, so its same section of track here for surm five as