the shooter was born in new york in 1986. his parents are from afghanis n afghanistan. he rented a car, drove here and po opened fire on the pulse night club. 50 people killed, more than 50 wounded. more than 300 people were in the night club when he opened fire. and this is being regarded as an act of terror. this is sad, it s disgusting, an act of terror. you just can t imagine it happening in our country. i can tell you, we re going to work hard. our justice is swift here, and we have severe penalties. i ve asked for a moment of silence at 6:00 p.m. tonight, nationwide. as soon as i think about this, i think about having daughters and grand kids, and you never want a call about somebody being a victim of this. and the ex-wife of the gunman, they re saying the gunman didn t have any clears ties to religion. but they did say he had an anti-gay sentiment. we also know investigators have been speaking to the ex-wife, that said he had a temper and anger management issues. i
long nightmare and pleading for help. others risks their lives to save their friends. did key decisions by law enforcement prevent further loss of life? and vastly different views. the presidential candidates outline very varying visions of america. hillary clinton calling for a ban on assault-style weapons and donald trump calling for a ban on muslims in the united states. how will voters respond? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following the breaking news, disturbing new information about the terror attack on the gay nightclub. american-born omar mateen was a the subject of a ten-month investigation by the fbi after he expressed sympathy for a suicide bomb early and placed on two terror watch lists but it was deemed inconclusive and the investigation was eventually dropped. there s chilling new video of the killer. snapchat recorded by a victim as the gunfire was breaking out. the 25-year-old woman was one of the 49 people killed in the attack.
you. reporter: this, as we re learning more stories of heroism from survivors. i just heard the shots getting closer and closer, at that point, all right. time to go. reporter: ducking behind his deejay booth, ray ra vevirez survived. a woman was panicking, i said you need to be quiet and at a break said, come on, let s go. reporter: this woman shot twice. to escape he climbed over the bodies of his friends that couldn t make it out alive. someone starts screaming, like, please, please, please, don t shoot us and he does the first round through the door. of the stall where you are. of the stall i was in and he put his hand over the stall and just free shot. reporter: these heart-wrenching stories having an affect around the world, lighting up in rainbow colors to symbolically show that love wins. british singer adele opens up her concerts with this emotional tribute. i would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody at orlando. the
its focus and stop terrorism. we have to focus on terrorism and have to stop terrorism. since i ve raised that criticism and it s okay, got noncredit for it but these are minor details nato since announced a new initiative front page of the wall street journal four days ago focused on just that. america must unite the whole civilized world in the fight against islamic terrorism. [applause] pretty much like we did with communism during the cold war. we ve tried it. president obama s way. doesn t work. he gave the world his apology tour. we got isis. and many other problems in return. that s what we got. remember the famous apology to we re sorry for everything. i d like to conclude my remarks today by again expressing our solidarity with the people of orlando, who have come under this horrific attack. when i m president, i pledge to protect and defend all americans who live inside our borders. wherever they come from, wherever they were born, i don t care, all amer
Orlando City Commissioners Monday signed off on the $2 million purchase of Pulse nightclub, the site of one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings that rocked the city and its LGBTQ community in 2016.