Jedediah by l bila, lisa kennedd adam inzinger. Kinzinger. Harris as we await remarks from the f. B. I. Chief we are learning more about the unimaginable hours of terror inside the pulse nightclub in orlando. Survivors who managed to get away describing the horror and chaos as the gunman methodically shot people one after another. Family members rushed to the scene hoping against all odds their loved ones would be the ones to make it out alive. You turn around and the person next to you is screaming. I didnt know if it was minor somebody elses. When i got out i realized it wasnt mine. He was texting me and calling me. He told me the shooter was in the womens bathroom hostage and was going to die. Harris that womans son would not be among the survivors. Bill hemmer joins us from orlando. Bill the f. B. I. Directors press conference will be illuminating. Its been five hours since anyone of authority has spoken on this. Its my sense after hearing from the f. B. I. This morning after talking about a great amount of electronic evidence, you have to think this investigation is in overdrive, especially when you consider that he has been on a terror watchlist and was taken off of it. He was questioned by the f. B. I. In 2013. He was questioned by the f. B. I. The following year for the alleged connection he had with the First American who below himself up in syria. What happened between 2014 and now . Thats a gap and a period we need answers for. Thats what we are waiting for with answers from james comey in washington. Harris you talked with Governor Scott there. Is there a sense today they are building toward more clarity about this man . We are learning things as far back as high school. The Washington Post report that classmates remember him jumping up and down on the day of 9 11. This moon has a history that goes beyond his trips to saudi arabia in 2000. Bill the trips to saudi arabia in 2011 and 2012. Prick scott had a very human reaction rick scott had a very human reaction to this. He said my daughters are 31 and 34 years old. And they go out on saturday night. It could have been his daughters or anyone. Whether it was boston or fort hood, chattanooga or San Bernardino. Now it has come to orlando. So many of us as americans think it wont happen in our town. But this is what orlando is dealing with. It rips your heart out. There are at least 20 still in the hospital wounded from the shooting on saturday night. Five now are listed in grave danger, harris. They need all of our support. Sandra we know from the News Conference you covered this morning is their mission is to reach out to all next of kin. As you stand there, bill, you can clearly see Emergency Response vehicles behind you. What is the investigation like right now at that nightclub as they try to analyze and track down every shot that was fired in that building . Bill its rare that you see so much Law Enforcement out and such a show of force. All of orange avenue has been shut down. Its the sheriffs department. The white vans behind me. Its sheriff investigative units gathering evidence and trying to piece this together. The Drug Enforcement agents are here, the f. B. I. Is here. Its a story thats still oh active. We are only 36 hours into this. If you think about boston or paris in november when i was covering that from the french capital. It is in these early hours that there is so much we do not know. We had no idea these guys went to chechnya. Imagine that as you look back on it. It was five days before we could even identify them. I dont know what we are about to uncover but it will tell us a lot about what happened. Kennedy we know isis has been targeting gaze sense the beginning of ramadan. What are Law Enforcement telling us they are doing to protect themselves and beef up protection . Bill its a great question. I dont have an answer because i have not heard from private businesses on that. If you look at the incremental changes in america. Every time we have a terrorist attack we change as a country. Think about the airports. We are still trying to figure that out. You will see a greater urgency for laws. Its our new reality as a nation. Reporter jedediah here, bill. You are on the ground there. I want to know what you see in the community. You saw people rushing to donate blood and a coming together that inspired the nation. What is the sense you have being on theground that you see from people who went through so much. Bill i believe they react as americans. They react and respond just like the u. S. Military members on fort hood. I believe they have react and respond like the people of boston, what a great town to carey on its traditions and sense of family. . I would expect even though its early here in orlando, to get a very similar reaction. Harris we are joined with our hashtag on oneluckyguy, congresn kinzinger. Bill, you are talking about the community and what it feels like. Is there a coming together or sense of anger people saying how did this happen and do you take the fight to them or is it coping with the human tragedy we saw it to it as lightly as you can. Bill the question, how do we react to it . What do we do. You think about all the terrorist attacks that had been carried out. They had popped up. Their lives had been highlighted. They were on a watchlist or they had had an interview with the f. B. I. Or local police. We knew about them still we were not able to stop them. Why is that . Is that because wow system is failing . Is that because the terrorists changed their ways . And oftentimes go dark in social media . Therefore you no longer have the opportunity to trace them and see where they are coming from. In paris and brussels they were using smart phones one time and tossed into the garbage can and moved on to the next item. How difficult is that for Law Enforcement. Its damn near impossible if you ask me. Now we have hundreds of thousands to track. I dont know what the answer is. But orlando is feeling the same pain so many areas in this country have felt. Who is going to do something about it . I would argue we had it cornered in sadr city in 2007. But now its syria and western iraq and very skin 7,000 isis fighters in libya today. We took the top off that boiling pot. And now we are left to catch up. Thats a significant challenge. Harris a point of irony of omar mateen running for president of afghanistan. There are pictures of him in the u. S. State department as he runs for office. And you are talking about that very country, that boiling pot, afghanistan. Bill hemmer, well see you again at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Bill well have a briefing in a couple minutes. Harris i want to go a couple places with this. Can we hear from his dad . There are some things that have come out in the last hour i think we probably want to talk about. Omar mateens father said this about what happened. Lets watch. If i did know 1 he is committing such a crime i would have called the f. B. I. , i would have called the local Law Enforcement. I dont know why he did what he did. I wasnt aware of it. And i always paid attention that he got a High Education in the United States of america, and i thank you all for coming in here and im sorry and very upset that he did what he did inside the United States. Harris president obama said draw upon your angels. Im feeling a different reaction. The Washington Post is saying as many as 15 years ago they knew this kid had a problem. On 9 11 omar mateens classmates were mourning as they watched video and he was jumping up and down. To say that radicalization had not happened before. We at least need to question it. How long was this person a red flag among us. There is what i call a short target and long target in winning this war. The long target is destroying isis where they exist. But the short target is we have to lift the veil of Political Correctness in this country. It doesnt mean you can hurl insults, but you have a lot of cases where people are scared to go to the f. B. I. Or scared to report suspicious behavior because they are afraid they will be labeled as a bigot or racist. The shooters in california. Neighbors saw there was some crazy stuff they were up to. You have to be able to take that to Law Enforcement about retribution. In a few cases you are going to be right. We need to develop the intelligence assets within the community that can harris you are saying the muslim community. There is always talk about blanket statement. In order to develop human intelligence you have to develop people within the community that maybe were radicalized and saw the light or they will do it for money. Or you see bomb plots and destroy the caliphate where it exists in syria. Because these guys arent going to have anything to swear allegiance to when its destroyed by a bunch of marines. We are going to have to many cop together to do it. We have too many people with a political agenda. Harris we are awaiting a briefing from the f. B. I. Director james comey and one from the white house. President obama would not use the word radical islamic terrorism in his remarks after the massacre. Ambassador john bolton joins us next to tell us why he sees the president s response is a hook problem on the war on terror. With my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. 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For the strength and energy to do what you love. New ensure enlive. Always be you. Sandra we are keeping our eye on f. B. I. Headquarters where we are awaiting f. B. I. Director james comey. Critics are slamming president obamas response to the attack. Listen to part of what president obama said in the last hour. It appears that the shooter was inspired by various ebb realist information that was difficult accept night over the internet. At this stage we see no clear evidence that he was directed externally. It does appear that at the last minute he announced allegiance to isil. But there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed by them there is no direct evidence he was part of a larger plot. Sandra lets bring in ambassador john bolton, former ambassador to the u. N. You wrote this oped criticizing the president for not calling the enemy by it name, radical islamist terrorism. You are also criticizing the use of the term lone wolf attack. What did you mean by that . I think the president is determined to avoid the fundamental reality which is we are facing a political ideology that has utter contempt for our system, our constitutional system. This is not another instance of a selfradicalizing terrorist. Somebody with medical problems, a lone wolf. All of these isolated unrelated incident that occur across the United States and europe. These are people motivated by the same political ideology. They may be motivated and operationallized in different ways. They may not be specifically directed by people at isis global headquarters. Isis isnt a corporation with a group of men sitting around in suits and ties. The president s unwillingness of the general he luck answer to face up to the reality. I thought this press appearance today was pathetic. I thought it reflected a complete lack of leadership. 49 innocent americans are dead and 53 wounded. Some grievously. Where is the president s leadership . His responsibility is to protect the youd against foreign threats and i think thats what this is fundamentally and hes not demonstrating a willingness to do it again. Harris if you rip off the word orlando and insert paris or belgium, you can stick up images that look like that crime scene. This is something we have seen in other countries. I remember you saying after the first paris attacks, charlie hebdo, you said our president missed such an important moment to stand with france. There will be a day when they will have to stand with us. We heard from hollande this morning, the president of france 37. France. Where are the Muslim Leaders from around that region . Maybe they are having private conversations with the president , but where are they . I think they are in the shadows. This isnt going to change because other people around the world take a leadership role. Its our responsibility. We are the ones ultimately most in peril. Others are in peril, too, and they need to be part of our effort to destroy isis. The president himself is saying we need to degrade and ultimately destroy isis. Where the president failed is the word ultimately. Because ultimately means there will be a period of time where isis can continue to plan and inspire terrorist acts around the world and innocent civilians will die. That is unacceptable. There is no justification for a slow pace. Its the president s failure to pull together the International Coalition to do whats necessary to stop isis not just in iraq and syria, but where it has spread elsewhere in the world. And its his fault for 7 1 2 years in not understanding this is a war against terrorism. We are not in the Law Enforcement paradigm. We are in the paradigm of war. Thats the way the terrorists are acting. Because of that well seal more dead americans sadly. Kennedy ambassador bolton this is kennedy. With all due respect i take issue with you saying this is not about Mental Illness and this is not a lone wolf attack because we dont have the facts in. You rightly state isis is not a nation state its not run in a hierarchy for us to understand its very diffuse and postmodern. How can killing an enemy that diffuse overseas, how does that negate people in this country who selfradicalize. Where is the correlation between killing people overseas. I dont agree with the concept of selfradicalization. This is not spontaneous combustion that mateen was a normal teen one day and the next day hes selfradicalized. He had contact with the imam in his mosque. During the malls kerr he called 911 and declared his allegiance to isis. Obviously we dont know all the facts. But thats the point of the kind of ideology we see sat work here. We have seen historical parallels to this. In europe after world war i. Socialists, communists, a an anarchists stepped in. Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here today. We are here to discuss the justice departments response to the stung and unconscionable acts in orlando. Our hearts are broken for the losses the people of orlando have suffered and our thoughts and prayers continue two their families and loved ones. The full resources of the departments of justice which includes the f. B. I. , the atf, the National Security office and the u. S. Attorneys office in the middle district of georgia are all supporting the ongoing investigation. Our agents and investigators have been on the ground since the very beginning and working around the clock and will continue to do so in the days ahead. I want to thank our Law Enforcement colleagues in florida and their dedication to the ongoing investigation. I have been in contact with the attorney general who is currently on her way back from china and continues to monitor developments in the case. Words cant express the depths of our sorrow or measure of our grief for losses suffered by those and lives that have been changed joar ever. What happened in orlando yesterday was a horrifying act, a horrifying act of evil and terror. For the lgbt community, pulse was more than just a place to go and celebrate and see friends. It was a place that promised inclusion and freedom to be themselves. The same promise our country holds for everyone. This was an attack on that promise it was an attack on our values as a country and national community. Sit was an attack on who we are as a nation and as a people. And our country as a home stands united in response to this cowardly and despicable act. With this ill turn things over to director comey who will provide Additional Details on where we are in the investigation. I want to echo what the Deputy Attorney general said just now. Our hearts are broken and ache feermt who were lost . Orlando. Those wounds and their families. We are so sorry for your loss and your suffering. I also wants to say a word of thanks and express admiration for the work of local Law Enforcement in orlando. They showed professionalism and extra ordinary bravery. We are ls of service in Law Enforcement. And i want to say thanks to the people who rendered care at the scene. The nurlss, the docs, the emts and the ordinary citizens who stopped to help family and friends. As you know, this is a federal terrorism investigation led by the f. B. I. With the assistance as we always do of our state, local and federal partners. The reason for that is there are strong indications of radicalization by this killer and a potential inspiration by foreign terrorist terrorist organizations. We are spending a tremendous amount of time trying to understand every moment of this killers path to that terrible night in orlando to understand his motives and details of his life. I am not using the killers name and i will try not to do that. Part of what motivates sick people to do this sort of thing is some twisted notion of fame or glory, and i dont want to be part of that for the sake of victims or their families. So what i want to do