times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. as weeks and months persisted here in the united states senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we don t read about because the media doesn t rush to the scene when somebody dies in a drive-by shooting or in a place that doesn t garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. so i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in t
call (202) 748-8000. members of the lgbt community, others,2) 748-8001, all call (202) 748-8002. killer, theto the motivation, and the weapons. but first, the victims of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub. 21 have been named so far, 50 dead. , as family orlando members have been notified, has been posting the names of those killed at the pulse nightclub strategy. your the 21 who have been named so far. [reading names] edward sotomayor jr., 34 years old. stanley almodovar iii, 23 years old. luis omar ocasio-capo, 20 years old. juan ramon guerrero, 22 years old. eric ivan ortiz-rivera, 36 years old. peter o. gonzalez-cruz, 22 years old. luis s. vielma, 22 years old. kimberly morris, 37 years old. eddie jamoldroy justice, 30 years old. darryl roman burt ii, 29 years jean carlos mendez perez, 35 years old. amanda alvear, 25 years old. martin benitez torres, 33 years old. luis daniel wilson-leon, 37 years old. mercedez marisol flores, 26 years old. xavier emmanuel serrano rosado,
they were addment and they were une adamant and they were unequivocal. we can t have moments of silence when we see americans perish. as robin kelly, republican from illinois, said we can t just think about americans lives that are lost when it s mass shootings. every day there is an american that is killed 30 people, 30 americans killed every day as a result of the use of weapons. and we need to stand up and the message was very clear in today s caurks. members will stand today s caucus. members will stand. we understand it s important to express to the people of this country this moment of silence to let the families of the victims know we are thinking of them. by god, this is the people s house, and if we can t stand up and then do something, then we re in trouble. there are any number of things that could be done. must do a better job identifying and checking the background of those who seek to buy weapons, especially assault weapons. we could ask people to pass the
for example, should everyone who ever gets questioned by the fbi be on some sort of watchlist? we don t want to go that far. but we have to ask those sorts of questions. for me, you have to pay attention to the authorities that law enforcement and thelligence folsks have, resources they have. part of the reason they close investigations is because they have to use those resources for a higher priority. back to my daily week, and is important to tarnish isis s by defeating them there. and combating their ideology. thoset it is harder for people who may have grievances, or anger, to plug into this ideology and think they are accomplishing something great. all of that has to be on our radar screen. with regard to the fbi investigation, d do you feel mr. thornberry: obviously, the fbi will go back and see if it could of been improved. my point is, there are a number of people who traveled back and forth to iraq and syria. that, there are those were radicalizing on the interne
mr. jolly: i will tell you this is clear this is an individual who sought to be a terrorist and he achieved that. it is unfortunate. law enforcement has done human work. yeoman work. they were well aware of this individual. they had worked the case very hard, but obviously this is one that turned out with consequences that the nation will forever regret. sought to anne who act to an act terror on the homeland. reporter: did they explain why? mr. jolly: you have to ask law enforcement. [inaudible] the first question was about gun control and we will arrive as to what the right policies. we have lived through this for 20 years. the partisan solutions aren t working. this is a week one nation mourning together and if we can t arrive at a consensus and reject this democrat-republican divide, we all lose, and we dishonor those who were lost. shame on members of congress who use a tragedy in orlando to play politics. and that s on both sides of the aisle and shame on presidential
responsibility for a man who stormed a popular gay nightclub in orlando, armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, though there is no evidence they were in contact with him directly. witnesses describe what happened. after the second shot, there was a pause and then it just started shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting and that s when we knew something was wrong, everybody dropped to the ground and people started running. it just happened that quick. that quick. nobody knew. it s just like somebody else some normal person like you walked into the club and it just just happened. we see quite a few gunshot wounds, but nothing to this scale. just takes over when you see the coroner s van pulls up, it just all takes it all comes to light and i just want to wake up from this dream. i just want this to be a dream and i m going to wake up any minute. bless his heart. we all want it to be a nightmare and have it end. police say they took out the shooter, 29-year-old
they ve since backtracked from that statement. global reaction pouring in at this hour. the tributes being paid to the victims of america s latest and deadliest mass shooting. we ll have full coverage and the latest details straight ahead. you re watching a special edition of world news now. let s begin with some of those latest details that we re hearing about the nightclub massacre in orlando. at least 17 of the 50 victims have been identified by city officials. 53 other people were injured in that attack. the ex-wife of the gunman says that he was not a stable person. sources say mateen used an ar-style rifle and 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun in that rampage. a go fund me account has raised more than $1.2 million online. it was set up by florida s main lgbt organization, which says the money will go to the victims, as well as family members who are affected by the attack. many of those injured are listed in critical condition at orlando-area hospitals. doz
investigators searching for answers a a global outpouring of support. a gunman armed with an assault style rifle and handgun somewhered the pulse nightclub in orlando 2:00 this morning and opened fire. in all, 50 people were killed, another 53 are wounded. after a three-hour standoff involving hostages, the s.w.a.t. people shot and killed the gunman. this afternoon the fbi identified him. he is 29-year-old omar mateen. we have a team of reporters covering this story from the bay area all the way to florida. let s begin with jay gray in orlando with the latest. reporter: good evening. the pulse nightclub behind us an active crime scene right now, less than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. a makeshift morgue has been set up alongside the popular gay night spot as investigators continue their work here. oh, my god. people are getting shot, dude. witnesses describe it as a slaughter. bang bang, screaming and loud noise. and the person ne
today monday, june 13th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today , terror in orlando with matt lauer live from orlando, and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and we say good morning on this the monday morning, a special split edition of today , 7:00 on the west coast, a very somber morning here in orlando, florida. i m matt lauer. savannah is back in studio 1a. the pulse nightclub just at the end of the block on orange avenue. you can see a lot of vehicles still out in front of it. people are still searching for evidence there was a team from the atf, from the fbi here just a second ago, walking down the street behind me. side by side looking down, looking for any kind of evidence they could find. once in a while stopping, bending over to put a marker in the spot where they were standing. let us get to what we know right now, the developments as we said the death toll at 50. that includes omar mateen, the gunman who op
many have arrived and there will be no official update on his condition until those family members have been told everything they need to know first. once we get the information, we will update the officers from condition. live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. a difficult night for that family for sure. thank you, robert. let s take you back to the orlando massacre. tonight we re hearing from survivors of the pulse nightclub, many of which were hospitalized and telling their horrific story. they may be on the road to recovery physically, but the emotional scars may never heal. nbc bay area michelle roberts is where another vigil was held tonight. reporter: raj, it wrapped up about an hour ago. i talked to people whien they walked out. they prayed, sang, of course the thoughts are with the victims and survivors. today some of the survivors are sharing more details about exactly what happened inside that nightclub. we went from having the time of our live