With large demonstrations in the bay area. We begin our team courage with News Reporter katie who is live in orlando. Katie . Eric, it has been 24 hours since those first shots were fired and the scene pulse nightclub, beyond us is still active as authorities work still to identify the victims. I had the opportunity to talk with two men who were here at the crime scene tape. They were too shaken to talk on camera but they told me they were supposed to be at pulse last night, but they decided at the last minute to go elsewhere. Then of course hours later they find themselveses visiting friend in the hospital, one friend with three gunshot wounds and they are waiting to learn of the fate of other friends. Look, they are shooting back and forth. Reporter utter terror in this orlando nightclub. Oh my god. They are all shooting back and forth. Reporter a lone gunman armed with an assault weapon and handgun killing 50 people injuring more than 50 others. Everybody just dropped to the ground and people started running. There was bodies everywhere. I was crawling and kept crawling. It was like a scene out of a horror movie. I played dead. Reporter the nightmare in this gay bar lasting three hours. S diddens of people held hostage and some sending heart wrenching Text Messages to their family. Please come and get us out because he is about to kill us. He said he was gonna die and he loved me. Thats the last thing i heard. Reporter after several agonizing hours kristine learned her son christopher was among the dead. I dont know. It is terrible. He is my only child. Reporter the gunman killed at the scene identified by investigators as 29yearold omar mateen. Law enforcement Officials Say after the shooting began he called 911 to pledge his allegiance to isis. The terror group is claiming mateen was an Islamic State fighter, but there was no indication the attack was planned by isis. Tonight investigators are searching the teens home two hours from orlando and his exwife calling him a sick person. He wouldnt allow me to speak to my family. He would beat me as i would try to call them. Reporter federal Authorities Say mateen bought the weapon legally in the past week. Back to you. As you landed there and as got a feel for the orlando region what was that like . Reporter it is quiet here, eric. Our drive from the airport to the scene here not a lot of cars on the road. Not many people are out. There is more media at the scene at this point. Of course, it is very late and that might be due in part to police asking people if they were going to hold vigils to maybe do it at their church and not here at the scene because of Course Police have enough on their hand at this hour. It has to be overwhelming. Thank you very much. The faces of the victims are beginning to emerge. Many were in their 20s and 30s enjoying a night out with friends. We have pictures of six of the victims tonight. One 34yearold edward sotomeyor junior. A friend of his was at the massive vigil in San Francisco. Sergio picks up the Team Coverage at city hall. Sergio . Reporter and that vigil started in the castro and then turned into a march and came here to San Francisco city hall. We lift our light and say we shine our light on you. Reporter this is the way San Francisco holds a vigil for 50 victims of a mass murder at a gay club in orlando. Most of these people likely didnt know any of the victims, but what happened in florida touched the Lgbt Community here. For supervisors like david campos apologized. Im sorry for being emotional. As a gala tino man as a gay latino man, it is not shocking to me the worse mass shooting in the history of this country would target the queer community. Reporter one of the first to be named was Edward Sotomayor is known to the people in the crowd. I met him last september when we went on a cruise in europe. Reporter he was the cruise director for a gay travel agency called alan tux travel. There was a lot of anger and there was a lot of sadness but there was solidarity. Among those who spoke was a muslim doctor from the hospital. The tragedies are coming to us far too frequently. As a physician i see them as a deeper illness. It is a disease of the soul that goes by different names. Reporter tonight a diverse crowd of people came together to mourn and to hold each other up in the face of tragedy. There are a lot of people feeling down. Including this sixfoot nun. It is important to come to the place where harvey milk said they need to give them hope. Reporter like they honored harvey milk years ago they took to the votes to honor those in orlando. Many of those in the Gay Community were looking forward to pride in the next couple weeks. Leaders pointed out that parades were first started not just for the community to be seen but to stand in the face of hate. Hopefully thats some of the things coming up in the next couple weeks. Abc7 news. Sergio, thank you. Hundreds of people honored the memory of the orlando shooting victims in the east bay. Before the giantsdodgers game at San Franciscos at t park the tomb held a moment of silence for the victims of this mornings mass shootings. In san jose tonight the sharks held a moment of silence as well prior to game six of the stanley cup. We should mention that pittsburgh won the cup tonight. The Muslim Community in Silicon Valley came together to pray for the families of the victims. Abc7 news was in milpitas for a Prayer Service will the Muslim Community has condemned the violence and they want to send the message that extremism will not be tolerated. It has nothing to do with islam. This person has a misguided conception and islam does not allow that person to ascribe those misguided conceptions to the teachings of the prophet and the kaw ron. They want them to break their ramadan fast to donate blood. Nightclub owners owners are going over security wondering if they need to upgrade because of this soft target. We go to the castro district. Alyssa . Reporter flags are at half staff in the castro including this one paying tribute to the victims. Someplaces are ramping up security with the hopes of preventing an attack from happening here. A moment of silence is held in the lookout bar in San Franciscos castro to honor the victims in the shooting in orlando. Thank you. Everybody is apprehensive. Keeping his patrons safe weighs heavy on his mind. The gunman targeted a gay nightclub. People are a lot more observant. In our case we will check all bags of anyone coming in through our bar. The recent terror attacks in europe hit vulnerable places like bars and restaurants that the retired San Francisco police chief said are hard to protect. Soft targets are very tempting to people that want to do harm. He says Law Enforcement needs to have a Rapid Response and establish meant establishments must train the employee. They say it was more important than ever to come out and show solidarity. We have to celebrate we have. We have come so far in the struggle. They want us to feel threatened. I want to refer the fact that we are going on with our lives and we are doing what we want to do. The lookout collected donations with money going directly to orlandos Lgbt Community. In San Francisco alyssa harrington, abc7 news. As you saw donations are pouring in to help the victims and the families uh of coursed it by affected by the mass shooting. Theysraised 1. 2 million in 15 hours. The original goal was 1 million and the goal has been doubled to 2 million. We have a link to the fundraising page on our website at abc7news. Com. Members of San Franciscos latino and lgbt communities met today to raise money for pride events later this month. Organizers shared their anguish over the terror attack and their resolve to move forward. The shooting in orlando happened on latin night. One of the most popular events in the bar. There is a lot of heartache, but we are coming together to one create some type of solidarity with not only the Community WithinSan Francisco but also beyond ourselves. We are still here. We are still strong. We are still fighting. We are not going to live in fear. Acts like this, they dont make me back down. They want to make me fight and continue to fight. One of the leaders we spoke to say the violence reminded him of the murder of the supervisor harvey milk in 1978. The people of orlando are on so many of our mind. You can share your thoughts with the love for orlando. It is on our abc7 News Facebook page. Following todays shooting facebook activated the safety check feature for the First Time Ever in the united states. This message went to people in the orlando nightclub asking if they are okay. It helps family and friends check on people during a Natural Disaster or a crisis. Still to come on abc news at 11 00, president ial candidate react to the mass shooting in orlando. The different responses from Hillary Clinton and donald trump. And why a man on the way to the l. A. Pride parade faces serious charges tonight. And see the demonstrations over a lenient sex assault that impacted in 300 feet, turn right. In 25 feet turn right. Turn right now. Recalculating. Todays terror attack in orlando sparked quick reactions from the top two contenders for the white house in november. Republican donald trump and republican Hillary Clinton. Trump started by tweeting he was praying for the victims and their families. The billionaire politician followed with another tweet appreciate the congrats on being right on radical islamic terrorism. I dont want congrats. I want toughness and vigilance. We must be smart. The former secretary of state offered condolences in english and spanish. She said we need to keep guns used last night out of the hand of terrorists and other violent criminals. Many called for tougher gun lasses after the mass car. Omar mateen purchased two guns legally in the past week and was able to do so even though the fbi checked him out in 2014 for having ties to the First American to carry out a Suicide Attack in syria. One local coming man believes todays tragedy should serve as a wake up call. Whether it is carried out in the name of a religion or in the name of hate, certainly there is more we can do to keep these weapons out of the hands of individuals who can do Something Like this. Fbi agents determined that mateen posed no threat because his connection to the suicide bomber was said to be minimal. Nancy pelosi tweeted horrified. The painful and brutal attack is magnified as our nation celebrates lgbt pride month. San Francisco Mayor ed lee wrote profound tragedies leave us numb and speechless. But we know that love will triumph over hate, fear and violence. Jerry brown tweeted restand with the people of orlando and the entire Lgbtq Community in solidarity against these acts of hatred. You are looking at items including bombmaking early materials they found in a mans trunk in santa monica. They say the heavilyarmed man said he was headed to the pride parade the center of los angeles lgbt mount. Police discovered three assault rifles, but no links established to the terror attack in orlando. Students parents and protesters showed up for todays Graduation Ceremony at stanford. The protesters are angry with the sixmonth sentence given to the former stanford swimmer brock turner for a Sexual Assault conviction. They hope to bring attention to what they call rape culture. It was a chant greeting seniors seniors and their families filing into Stanford Stadium for commencement ceremonies. They carried signs and convinced some graduates to wear signs that read one in three and it was not a math assignment. It is down from the survey that found one out of three trans transgender nonconforming will booy sexually uh will be sexually assaulted by the time they leave stanford. It stems from brock turner. He is accused of 6 looy assault sexually assaulting a female student passed out while partying. Prosecutors recommended six years. Campus activists say they werent surprised. People have been doing this work for awhile. They say this happens all the time. Reporter activists want turner expelled, but that hasnt happened. This parent hopes people remember this is a graduation that many people planned to enjoy without controversy. We are here for my daughter and for my son. We brought them down to enjoy the weekend and the commencement and i want to continue to do that and not really think too much or worry about the controversy. Turny did withdraw from stan turner did withdraw from stanford and the campus banned him from being there for life. They are on the scene to make sure a brushfire does not reignite in a hilly part of san jose. It was captured by someone with a cell phone moments after it started in the silver creek area. People called 911 after 8 00 this evening. The crews brought it under control after sunset and the flames burned about 10 acres. It is time to check the forecast and see what the fire danger looks like. It will be decreasing as we head through the week. We have cooler temperatures on the way. Live doppler 7hd with a quiet picture out there. We are precipitation free but clouds are building along the coast. 50 from San Francisco and Half Moon Bay to novato and napa. You move away from the ocean influence and we are in the 60s in a lot of spots. Hayward and brentwood are at 67 degrees. A live look outside at kgo and the embarcadero. You notice the flag on top of the ferry building. We have a breeze at 10 to 15 miles an hour. The wind will pick up tomorrow around. The forecast calls for Morning Cloud across the region. There is that chance along the coast. Might have a little drizzle. The cool down for the second half of the weekend will continue through midweek this week. And then on thursday we are tracking a chance for some showers. There is a slight chance but the chance is there. Well show you the timing in one second. The call everybody dropping to the 50s. 53 in San Francisco and the same in oakland. 56 san jose. 56 vallejo and antioch. The future weather will time out the fog on monday morning. 6 00 in the morning you are waking up to 50 so grab a light jacket as it will be cool. Well get dryer air working in here rather quickly. By the midmorning hours the fog is pulling back to the coast and we will see a good amount of sunshine on monday afternoon. Cooler numbers as that cooler ocean air continues to move in. Tomorrow comfortable 65 in San Francisco and 78 san jose. 70 in oakland and 81 fairfield with sunshine and santa rosa and up to 80 degrees. The future tracker wind speeds will show you throughout the day especially in the evening the winds will pick up and along the coast it is not out of the question to have wind gusts over 30 miles per hour. That will continue to cool the temperatures through midweek. Look at our wednesday numbers. A lot of 60s on the board. Our warmest locations in land are topping out in the low 70s. That will feel refreshing and brisk compared to what we have. Here is a chance of a light shower in the north bay around santa rosa and cloverdale. Not very likely right now that this shower activity makes it south of the golden gate. It is something we will keep tracking for you. Accuweather sevenday forecast shows fog quickly clearing. The cool down continues through wednesday. Here is the chance of a shower through thursday. After the shower chance the temperatures rebound once again. By next weekend we are going back above normal. Thanks a lot. Still to come on abc7 news at 11 00 you can see the moving moments as steph curry makes a dream come true for a teenager deali your sister could have asked for anything in the whole world and she asked for something for you. How does it make you feel . Shes a special person. Selfless 14yearold dealing with leukemia had her wish granted by steph curry. Ashley wanted her twin brother to meet the twotime mvp. The pair spent a day with the curry and got a chance to watch a game courtside. Tonight thankfully ashley is in remission. The special aired on Sports Center and you can watch the whole segment on our website abc7news. Com. Shu you have seen it already. It is touching. Thats what makes steph curry so special on and off the court. The men in teal came so close to winning their first cup if franchise history. The sharks could not find enough of their offensive mojo as they snag their fourth cup. Highlights a in 300 feet, turn right. In 25 feet turn right. Turn right now. Recalculating. Abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. The sharks are expected to be the second team in nhl history to win a stanley cup. Pittsburgh had other ideas in game sikh at the tank as in the game at the tank. They are in game six and down 10 in the 6th. He states in and evens things up at one apiece. It seemed like the roof was about to blow off. Just over a minute later and the shot ricochets off his arm and through for a 21 pittsburgh lead. Joe pavelskys shot comes through. 24 saves but the sharks cannot get another goal. There is an empty netter to win it 31. The sharks are so close yet so far. Said sid crosby is the mvp. They talked to some disappointing sharks in san jose. The sharks have a lot to feel proud about. They didnt even make the playoffs last season. This year with a ne