With scott pelley. Pelley we start tonight with an update on the more than thift wounded in orlando. The number still in the hospital is down now to 30. All are expected to survive, though some will be impaired for life. Today, we learned more about the terrorist who shot them, and the 49 who died in the pulse nightclub. Our Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has the latest on the investigation. Reporter moments before the attack, the killer left this chilling message on facebook it was the precursor for what was to come inside the pulse nightclub. Investigators are trying to determine who else may have been involved in the planning of the massacre. The killers wife is becoming a primary focus. Law enforcement sources say there is Surveillance Video of noor salmon. Ing ammunition with her husband. They also say she drove with him when he cased the nightclub. She has told agents she tried tow talk her husband out of committing an attack. If she had prior knowledge, she could fa
Little body was pulled from a lake at disney world after an alligator snatched him from his fathers arms. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The massacre in orlando spurred one frustrated democratic lawmaker to demand action on gun control. Senator chris murphy of connecticut started his filibuster yesterday morning. Continued through the night, lasting nearly 15 hours, and it ended early this morning. Ive had enough of the ongoing slaughter of innocents, and ive had enough of inaction in this body. Reporter in the wake of the orlando shooting and invoekting the sandy hook elementary shooting, murphy want action on two fronts a ban on the sales of guns to people the government suspects of being terrorists. Our thoughts and prayers are no longer enough. Reporter orlando gunman omar mateen legally bought guns even though he had been on and off the terror watch list twice. When you attack one america
We were trying to comfort him. New details about the orlando shooters wife the couple was apparently texting one another during the rampage. Those who were killed and injured here were gunned down by a single killer with a powerful assault weapon. Hes blaming guns, and im going save your second amendment, folks. President obamas strategy in syria coming under fire. A cable signed by 51 mostly midlevel diplomats urges air strikes against the Bashar Al Assad regime. Iraqi troops recapturing a building in central fallujah from isis. Cia director john brennan saying we have not been able to stop isis from growing. Our efforts have not released the groups terrorism capability and global reach. Britain is mourning the loss of jo cox, member of parliament shot and killed. Weve lost a great star. Wildfires forcing the evacuation of thousands across southern california, new mexico, and arizona. Terrifying really. Singer meat loaf is hospitalized in canada after collapsing during a show in edmon
Pelley americas twoyear war against isis has not reduced its terrorism capability or its global reach. That was the conclusion today of the head of the cia. John brennan told the Senate Intelligence committee, the Orlando Attack was inspired by isiss online propaganda, but the cia has found no direct links between the group and gunman omar mateen. Today in britain, a pleb of parliament was shot and stabbed to death. 41yearold jo cox was an outspoken campaigner for britain to remain in the european union. That has been a heated debate that goes to a vote next week. A suspect is in custody but the motive is unclear. Jonathan vigliotti is following this. Reporter police tackled the gunman. Coxs purse and shoes were left lying in the street. British media quoted witnesses that claimed that the mayor shouting britain first. Others say cox got caught between mayer and the other man. I saw him pull the gun out. Fired one shot. Reporter police would only say cox was shot and stabbed as she was
This is your skin. This is your skin in the sun. The sun ages your skin and can cause skin cancer. As shocking as the attack in orlando is, violence against the Lgbt Community is common even sanctioned in some parts of the world. Some islamic countries impose the Death Penalty for homosexuality. But none of them compare to the depravity of isis. The first images in Holly Williams story are honest but troubling to watch. Reporter isis propaganda videos like this one show men accused of having sex with other men executed in typically barbaric fashion. And it is not just under isis that gay and lesbian people face the Death Penalty. Samesex, sexual relations are illegal in more than 70 countries. But only in seven predominantly Muslim States can you be sentenced to death for it. This man told us he fled iran last year after spending three months in prison for handing out leaflets against homophobia. Translator they beat me. They tried to suffocate me with a pillow. And they stuck their sh