And prayers. We have to do some soul searching. On sunday americans woke up to a nightmare thats become mind numbingly familiar. In this country it is so easy for terrorists to buy guns. To get very powerful weapons very quickly and thats a problem. The orlando terrorist may be dead but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. Perversion in islam that you see generated on the internet seep into the minds of troubled individuals. We are looking for needles in a nation wide hey stack. We need to tell the truth also about how radical islam is coming to our shores. Inflammatory, antimuslim rhetoric plays right into the terrorists hands. 70th annual tony award dedicated those effected by the tragedy in orlando. Hope and love lasts longer and love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. Well, here we are again. The last time we did this, we all knew it would not be the last time. In a country that makes it easy for anyone, including terrorist
Show but first an exclusive new reporting to bring you on the attacker and his past which raises new questions about his motivations. Earlier today the Orlando Sentinel reported the customers of Pulse Night Club said theyd seen the gunman omar mateen at the club a dozen times before the shooting. Mateens ex wife was asked about that report in an interview this evening. When we had gotten married he confesed to me about his past that was recent at that time and that he very much enjoyed going to clubs and the night life and there was a lot of pictures of him so, you know, i feel like its a side of him or a part of him that he lived but probably didnt want everybody to know about. Do you think he was gay . I dont know. He never personally or, you know, phsyically made any indication while we were together of that. But he did feel very strongly about homosexuality. Performer lisa lane, a regular at the pulses latin night told the advocate that she recognized matin from shows at the club.
Theres a lot of people that are dead. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from orlando. Pelley today we learned what our country lost this weekend when a gunman traveled 100 miles to murder people he had never met at a Latin Dance Party in a gay nightclub. We lost part of our future. We learned the names, saw the faces, and heard the aspirations that will never be realized. Amanda alveare was working at a hospital and a drugstore to pay for nursing school. It was her passion. Luis vielma worked on the harry potter ride at universal. He was described as a kind and gentle soul and was scheduled to go on another mission trip as leader of a youth group at his church. Mercedes marisolflores wanted to be a Party Planner and worked with her brothers who are deejays. Shane tomlinson brought music to this world with his band frequency. Peter gonzalezcruz loved to dance and he taught folks how to salsa. Edward sotomayor, they called him t
This is cnn breaking news. It is top of the hour. Breaking news. President barack obama, once again, comforting families after a deadly mass shooting. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon live from orlando. And with each passing day, were learning more about this nightclub killer. Omar mateen, and his wife, exchanging Text Messages during the deadly rampage. Elementary records show he was disciplined dozens of times for aggressive and violent behavior. Brian todd has been digging in on his troubled history. What have you learned . Reporter we have new accounts from former classmates. These documents from the st. Lucie account School System, showing red flags for omar mateen. But along the way, no one in the School System he came up through, to the fbi, was able to put that mosaic together and stop that dangerous progression toward the night at the pulse nightclub. Alarming information that this disturbing behavior extended back to his childhood. As a boy, omar mateen was troubled and disr
Announcer terror in orlando, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from orlando. Good evening. First, the shock and now the soulsearching questions. Tonight we now know virtually minute by minute how a single gunman perpetrated the deadliest shooting in American History and about the three phone calls between the terrorists and a 911 operator during the siege. The questions focus on how a man previously investigated by the fbi over jihadist sympathies still managed to slip below the radar, to buy guns and commit this hideous attack. And there are questions about the police response, and the timing of their assault. A day of rapid developments about the killer, his motivations, the victims, and those they leave behind. And we begin our expanded coverage with nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight new images inside pulse. The gay nightclub during its popular last night. Music, dancing and then gunfire. Amanda captured the shooting is among the dead. Today survivors