He looks like hes taking the Republican Party with him. Good morning to you, im Victor Blackwell live in orlando. Good morning, victor, im christi paul here in atlanta. And also ahead for you this hour, the fight to kick isis out of fallujah. The iraqi city thats witnessed so much bloodshed since Saddam Hussein has ousted. Our ben wedeman has been to the center of the city within the last couple of hours to see the war of terror firsthand. I can hear the thump of artillery, incoming artillery rounds within the city itself. And were also hearing the occasional crackle of small arms fire. So even though iraqi officials are very eager to announce that the city is nearly liberated, it does appear there are battles ongoing. Well take you back to that in a moment. The first of several funerals today for the victims of sundays shooting massacre is happening right now. At this moment family, friends and im sure a few strangers who just want to show their support for 21yearold cory james connell. Theyre being walked down to the facility to begin to say their final goodbyes. Cory was a student at Valencia Community college. He wanted to be a firefighter. He was one of 49 people gunned down overnight sunday in a terrorist attack on pulse nightclub. Now the tragedy is sparking an outpouring of support for the Lgbt Community here in orlando. Exactly what that shooter probably did not want to happen is happening now. Bringing the city closer together. And joining me now, patty sheehan, central floridas first openly gay commissioner here in orlando. And we have blue star who worked at pulse nightclub for six years. You, too, have hugged four or five times just stance standing here. This is the first time weve seen even other since this happened. We live in different places, and were good friends. Had you several friends who were there. Yes. That night. Likely lost some friends. Yes. What are you hearing, what are you feeling a block from the club. I sit here two days ago and i have to tell you standing here two days later, it gives me the same feeling. I walked away from this site two days ago, with maybe the heaviest heart ive ever had in my entire life. I have concern for my friends, i have concern for the city. I have concern for our patrons. I have concern once all of this is said and done, and we start to try to act as a community again, how its going to affect people. Because the effect is is really strong. Even standing here with you right now. But i think its up to us, victor and blue, i think its up to us and orlando to say that we are not going to allow this hatred and discrimination that created this young monster, that did this horrible crime, to permeate our community and to have a lasting effect. Because i think that is the best way for us to heal as a community. I keep saying it. I understand this was horrible. And you know, people say how could you still have faith during this horrible, horrible time this is the time when you have to have faith. You have to come together and you have to say i love. Does it last . Because unfortunately ive stood in this position doing a similar show in different cities across the country, and five days later, six days later this is what we hear. Five or six months, does this last . They ticked off gait community. We were the ones who put a face to aids and fought discrimination in people that were dying and got federal funding put in place over tremendous odds. We are the people who have fought for our jobs, we fought discrimination for so many years. They unloaded on the wrong, they unloaded their guns on the wrong community. Let me ask you, youve been hosting fundraisers, putting together care packages. How are you . How is this community . Give us some of the specifics to beginning the healing process. I was thinking today where everybody was in the healing process and how last night we had an event and everybody danced as a part of healing and how amazing that was for five minutes just to not think about the outside world. And when i got done with that moment, i thought about these victims and families that were still in the hospital and when that time of the healing process was going to start for them and how the variation of where were all going to be as time goes by is going to shift and change so much. As how do we connect and we do that because of the Community Support that weve already gotten. And i keep telling everybody, this is a marathon, not a race. When you tell me that you want to be a volunteer, im going to call you in three months, im going to call you in six months, im going to call you a year from now and i expect you to stand up the same way that you did this past week. You worked at the club, so you know the owner, you know the owner very well, commissioner sheehan. Will pulse reopen . Theres been, ive heard people and theyve been critical of that. And i understand barbaras commitment to reopen it. She wanted to do it for her brother who died of aids. She wanted people to have a nice place to go. And now she says that its going to be the pulse of not just one, but 49 additional people. A pulse of 50. And i respect that. And i think that this community will support her as she rebuilds. And i think as the Business District will support her as she rebuilds. I do not think that theres going to be, there will be critics, theres critics on everything. There have been critics of i got criticized because i didnt say magazine instead of clip. I said 49 people are dead thats the stupid stuff youre focusing on . Theres going to be critics, but theres people lined up downtown to buy one orlando shirts. The decal is all over the mall. In every restaurant, every Convenience Store you go to. Something that im hearing now, maybe its uniquely southern or something that is happening after this tragedy. When you say goodbye people say have a good day. Be safe. And they add that on the end. You talk about the healing, both of you, part of it going to be financial support. Theres the one orlando fund thats gained nearly 8 million from individuals and corporations. Something theyve realized through this process that we never had before, a lot of these young men and women were the primary breadwinners for their families, they were sending money home to their families from other countries. These are the first funerals, people have gone to funerals in other places, puerto rico, guatemala. Theres so many countries that these young people that support will be important as we move forward. Weve got to figure out a way to get this to these parents who were supported by these kids. They were good kids, they were sending money home to their families. Its not just friends and family, its the colleagues and the people you had dinner with. And people around the community. This is a community thats real and blue star, commissioner sheehan, thank you so much for being here this morning. Thank you so much for supporting the community. As family and friends gather in orlando this is the scene weve seen on air with these two and in quiet moments across the city, they may not say it out loud, but you know why its happening. Authorities are still on the scene trying to piece together the killers motive. I want to bring in paolo sandoval, who has been following the investigation. Some things weve learned make it clear that this was a man setting up a few elements, preparing to die. Victor, in order for investigators to track down and find that motive that you mentioned, they have to retrace some of the steps of the killer and that includes taking a closer look at some acts that could be considered suspicious. For example, the suspect, at least investigators believe he gave his wife access to his bank account in the days leading up to the shooting. They also believe that he added her name to the insurance policy that he held. And the things we learned, that he attempted to purchase large amounts of ammunition, he tried to purchase body armor and then also the Facebook Messages that not only show him going on a rant. But also even threatening an attack. All of that now has to be evidence to be weighed by investigators. And finally you have the Surveillance Video. Law Enforcement Video telling my colleague pamela brown, that investigators have obtained the Surveillance Video from the inside of the pulse nightclub, which will obviously be very disturbing, but nonetheless, it will provide a crucial window into what happened in there. Investigators will able to see with their own eyes which, where the killer went. Who he targeted specifically. So again, or if he targeted anybody specifically. Again this is all the evidence that continues to surface now. Victor, seven days into the investigation as the community continues to heal. And as you just learned from that conversation from with the two incredible individuals, healing will happen. Its going to take time. All right, Polo Sandoval reporting this morning, thank you so much. Christi will continue our coverage now as the funerals continue here. And i understand theyll continue throughout the week. And into next weekend. Well be back here live in orlando. Back to you in atlanta. 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A Large Exchange of gunfire just up the street from us. And to the right, there was also an Intense Exchange of gunfire. So certainly there is still quite a lot of resistance by isis within the city. And theres no question about that. And in fact, when we left fallujah and stopped on the outside of the city, we saw two incoming mortar rounds exploding just about 300 meters or yards away from us. So definitely we saw a lot of iraqi troops, federal police and army within the city. Moving around in humvees, but they still seem to be running into a fair bit of resistance. What we did not see, christine, was a single civilian. They seem to have fled the city. Or some of them may have been, may have pulled back with isis. More important to keep in mind, they may have been forced to pull back with isis. We know that isis has been using civilians as human shields. And there have been quite a few civilian casualties in recent days, as a result of them being caught in the crossfire as this battle rages on. When we hear about the fact that fallujah is now essentially almost in iraqi hands, i know there are real concerns. You talked about earlier, regarding ieds and car bombs that may be left behind. So the city is far from secure, so to speak, would that be correct . That would be very correct, christine. Its not secure. Certainly it will be weeks if not months before civilians can move back. For one thing, theres a fair amount of destruction from all the bombardment that went on before iraqi forces went into the city. And of course, since the fighting has raged in the streets. So yes, theres ieds, theres car bombs still in the city according to iraqi officials. And what weve seen in other cities, like ramadi and other city in anbar province, not far from fallujah, theres a big gap between when isis is essentially defeated in a city, and months before civilians can actually move back, if they can move back at all. Because many of them, their homes are utterly destroyed. The possessions oftentimes looted. So its one thing to actually crush isis in a city like fallujah. Its a completely other thing before people can actually move back. Very good point, thank you for giving us the sense of whats really happening there. Ben wedeman. Do stay safe to you and your crew there, thank you. Meanwhile i know youve been watching the story all week, the family whose little boy was killed by an alligator at disney world. We learned that the family is back in nebraska and near talking, Bryan Gingras following that story. The wall street disney World Company is making progress, making the beaches safer. Well have the latest on that. 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Even when they returned home to nebraska, their house, there were blue bows on it from their neighbors, in that statement they wanted to thank the people who have lent that emotional support to them. Its melissa and matt graves. The statement in part read, melissa and i continue to deal with the loss our beloved boy, lane and are overwhelmed with the support and love we have received from family and friends in our community as well as from around the country. So certainly they are grateful. But they have a long road ahead. Meanwhile, here at walt disney world, the employees are making progress and trying to make this area safer for not only its employees, but also of course, their guests, so an incident like this does not happen again. And they are putting up signs that we have seen, cnn crews gotten video of and many of them, four different messages, danger, alligators and snakes in the area, stay away from the water. Do not feed the wildlife. These are sort of the signages and fences that were seeing be put up across some of the properties here. Also were told employees are telling their guests, their emp