Call 202 7488000. Members of the Lgbt Community, others,2 7488001, all call 202 7488002. 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 ocasiocapo, 20 years old. Juan ramon guerrero, 22 years old. Eric ivan ortizrivera, 36 years old. Peter o. Gonzalezcruz, 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 wilsonleon, 37 years old. Mercedez marisol flores, 26 years old. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano rosado, 35 years old. Gilberto ramon silva menendez, 25 years old. Simon Adrian Carrillo fernandez, 31 years old. Oscar a aracenamontero, 26 years old. We are spending all three hours of the program this morning getting your reaction to the worst mass shooting in u. S. History taking place in orlando, florida. Of the front pages from florida newspapers out this morning. Tampa bay times this morning, the headline the worst mass shooting u. S. History. Front page of the daily son in this is an attack on america, on all of us. The world moores the deadliest mass shooting u. S. History. Front page of the tallahassee ourning together. The, our community will heal. Front page of the daily news of northwest florida, the quote from one of the victims there is blood everywhere. ,ront page of the miami herald work of hate. 50 killed, 53 heard in americas worst mass shooting. We will show you more newspapers from around the country. Those were just from florida. This is the front page from usa today, talking about the attacker in that shooting that took place at the pulse nightclub, noting that federal authorities identified the shooter as omar mateen, 29 years old, in new york or in resident of force peers fort pierce florida. He died in that attack. Allusions to the Islamic State connector medication with Law Enforcement authority was killed by police. Agents had investigated my teen mateen, but lack sufficient evidence to pursue charges. We are getting your thoughts on that tragedy. Phone lines will be open for the next three hours on the washington journal. Robertson first in waldorf, maryland. Caller the federal government thed the american failed American People. They have plenty of notice and did nothing to get this guy into custody. Congress needs to act and allow the American People to arm themselves, to carry openly. Freely. With no penalty. We are come as a people, being attacked. The people are being attacked. We need the legal right to carry a side arm, a weapon. We are at war. People decideican to make a deterrent for these guys that want to come out here and be lone wolves, the American People need to take the families of these guys and burn their houses. Then they will then have a , the next time they will think will the American People come burn my family out of their house . They need to burn this guys Fathers House down. Host were going to go to and in woodbridge, virginia. Caller there is a perfect example of what we need to do about people who have Mental Health. My comment is i saw the show ak47s,about ar15s, and they have no purpose to what it was used for. To kill people. And to carry magazines think about this. He shot one third of the people that were in that club with one weapon. He had to do load that weapon at least three or four times to do what he did. Why do we allow this . Any rational human being that thinks weapons are designed for anything but this having one the range and shooting holes in paper is not what they are designed for. They are designed to kill. Ourselves that guy who just called in, i cant believe that the 300 people that were in that club, there was nobody that had a weapon that could have drawn down on that guy. He is not going to in that situation. You need to get these guns out of here. We need to stop this by eliminating the guns. Look at the killings. Think about this. Those poor little kids and sandy hook, cspan had a video of the shooting. And the sound of that weapon going off think of those poor little kids in sandy hook who heard that in their school this morning. Some wacko got their hands on a gun. If you look at the people have gotten these guns this guy bought it legally. The kid in sandy hook, his mother bought that gun in the United States, through retailer, legally. Even though the terrorists in california obtained the gun they gave in to the terrorists. Host there is a lot to learn about what happened in the background of this attacker. You talk with the guns were purchased, this is the abc news reporting on the guns and omar mateen used at the shooting in the pulse nightclub. Illegally purchased the guns the he had on him within past week, even though he had been known to Law Enforcement for years, federal officials confirmed to abc news the lawenforcement sources told abc news he had at 223 caliber ar type rifle and a glock handgun out the time of the shooting early on sunday morning. He says he bought legally. Purchasese legal determined that he had been interviewed three times up to the shooting. His name came up with two different cases. Such a permission would not show up in a background check because both cases were closed. Law enforcement sources confirm that mateen was on the radar, but not as early on the watchlist. Himould not have prevented from gaining weapons. Charlene, you are on washington journal. Caller thank you for taking my call. The first caller this morning is somewhat outrageous. It has to be a little bit of caution on the part of cspan, allowing Something Like that to air this type of ideas. Thats feeling more violence and to the american public, and i think thats wrong. Burning peopless houses down, we have to cut that conversation off. My reason for calling today is i struggle with the fact that we dont put enough focus on the actual cost of these incidents. There are people in our country that guns, i think we have but ight to carry a gun, think the definition of insanity is allowing these types of guns available for purchase in our country. To me, its just crazy. That someone can walk into the in to the nightclub and do what they did. The cost of these incidents, and andmany of these incidents, how many tens of millions of dollars, either the families which are involved with all how maydical expenses, people wont be able to work , the cost of the police and fbi never when coming in to deal with this terrible situation. One incident, one person, one now its costing americans tens of millions of dollars. Is i dont understand. We are walking blindly down a road, when we talk about our right we dont really focus on what this costs us. Those are my comments today. Thank you. Host i appreciate the call for caution against violent rhetoric at a sensitive time. Were going to be talking about this topic all morning here on the washington journal. The phone lines are open, we want to have this discussion and have this be a place for people to be able to talk about this some constructive way, or air their feelings. I appreciate the call for caution against some of the violence. Orlando residents, call 202 7488000, lgbt viewers, call 202 7488001, all others, call 202 7488002. Harry is from pittsburgh, pennsylvania on the line for all others. Caller this is horrible. This whole thing is horrible. , and why iay people saw their name, they were black, hispanic. We have a president with the Democrat Party ignoring whats going on in the world. How many times is is going to happen . This is what it worse, you have to call him what they are. Just because you dont call them radical islamists or anything doesnt mean they arent. This guys father was on tv, he was a nutcase from what i saw this morning on fox watch comic he denied anything about his son at all. The bad thing is you take someone running for president ,ays a mexican judge is racist scan these people make sure they are all right to come in this country. Is started a look like nostradamus. Since he has been running, how many of these things is happened . If this guy had had a bomb he wouldve killed everyone inside. You cant ignore problem by not technology. That seems to be what a lot of people are doing in this country. I have seen the names. Its horrible, its really bad. These are the people that they claim are against trump, gays, blacks, hispanics, they are the ones who got killed in this. Maybe the often change their mind and stop people from coming in here and start vetting them better. This guy, they let him go twice. Host we got your point, harry. On the front page of the Washington Post today, the headline of the perspective column when tragedy hits, americans stand divided. Contentious most questions in American Culture and politics host he did it with an ar15. Graders and 59 host that is what karen told he writes this morning. We want to hear your reaction, and what your message would be to members of congress as they get back to meeting this week on capitol hill. In the wake of this incident early on sunday morning. Frank, good morning. Caller good morning, cspan. Here we go again. Its always the guns fault. Now,merican people right in this election cycle, theres going to be a lot of changes and theyre going to be different people up there in washington when this all starts to come to fruition. We have a president in the white house right now, no disrespect to the office of the president he is a weimp. A wimp. These people are here now, and they are trying to kill American People anyway they can. I really want to discuss the guns. We have an individual that is running on the democratic platform that is on the verge of being indicted by the fbi for National Security reasons, with secret emails and stuff, she deleted over 30,000 emails. Were never going to know the truth about that. I just wonder how many deals the white house made with the fbi to keep her out of this. Host you mentioned president obama, yesterday he spoke for the 15th time following a mass shooting. His remarks for about five minutes he made them yesterday afternoon at the white house. Here is present obama yesterday. [video clip] president obama today, as americans, we grieve the brutal murder, the horrificassacre of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families who are grasping for answers with broken hearts, we stand with the people of orlando who have endured a terrible attack on the city. Although it is still early in the investigation, we know enough to say that this was an act of terror, and an act of hate. And as americans, we are united in grief, in outrage, and resolve to defend our people. I just finished a meeting with the fbi director and my National Security advisers, the fbi is on the scene, and leading the investigation in partnership with local Law Enforcement. Ive directed at the full resources of the federal government be made available for this investigation. We are still learning all the facts, because its an open investigation. Weve reached no definitive judgment on the precise motivations of the killer. The fbi is appropriately investigating this as an act of terrorism, and i have directed that we spare no efforts to determine what if any inspiration or association this killer may have had with terrorist groups. What is clear is that he was a person filled with hatred. Over the coming days, we will uncover why and how this happened, and we will go wherever the facts lead us. This morning, i spoke with my good friend, orlando mayor buddy dyer, and i conveyed to him the deepest condolences of the American People. This could have been anyone of our communities. I told mayor dyer that whatever happens, he and the people of need, theyre going to get it. As a country, we will be there for the people orlando today, tomorrow, and for all the days to come. We also express our profound gratitude to all of the police and First Responders who rushed to harms way. Their courage and professionalism save lives. And kept the carnage from being even worse. Of sacrifice their lawenforcement professionals make every single day parole all of us, and we can never thank them enough. This is an especially heartbreaking day for all of our friends and fellow americans who are lesbians, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came together to be with friends, to dance and saying, and to live. The place where they were attacked is more than just a nightclub, it was a place of solidarity, and empowerment for together to raise awareness, to speak their mind, and to advocate for their civil rights. This is a sobering reminder that attacks on any american, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or Sexual Orientation is an attack on all of us. And on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that define us as a country. And no active hate or terror will ever change who we are, or the values that make us americans. The most deadly shooting in american history. The shooter was apparently armed with a handgun and a powerful Assault Rifle. This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or Movie Theater, or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. To actively do nothing is a decision as well. Days, weming hours and will learn about the victims of this tragedy. Their names, their faces, who they were. The joy they brought to families and friends. And the difference that they made in this world. Say a prayer for them, and say a prayer for their families. Strengthive them the to bear the unbearable. May he give us all the strength to be there for them, and the strength and courage to change. We need to demonstrate that we are to find more as a country by the way they live their lives, then by the hate of the man who took them from us. As we go together, we will draw inspiration from heroic and selfless acts, the friends who helped friends, took care of each other, and save lives. In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear or turn against each other. Instead, we will stand united as americans to protect our people, defend our nation, and to take action against those who threaten us. May god bless the americans we lost this morning, maybe comfort their families. May god continue to watch over this country that we love. Thank you. Host i was present obama yesterday afternoon. We are taking your calls this morning on the washington journal. In rented House Brandon house and brandon towels and townsend. It met with Homeland Security and National Security advisers yesterday in the wake of that incident. What is the top priority in the meeting, what is the biggest unanswered question that this federal officials are going through their . Guest its fair to assume that regardless of the president , the first question the president of the United States asks his team is what we have done to stop this . What are we not doing that we could be doing to prevent the next orlando, the next to San Bernardino. I think part of the answer to that question is going to be one of resources. The director has said repeatedly he has terrorism investigations in all of the 50 states, he doesnt have the resources to cover all of those investigations equally. Told iswhat we were they can only cover in terms of 24 7, somewhere between 45 and 50 of those. Theres certainly a resource issue. The second question is, while the fbi obviously operates under the constitution and the laws of the United States, are there internal Justice Department guidelines like the attorney general guidelines that restrict them from looking at material when they are making judgments about which threats are aspirational that is people who were just talking about it, versus threats that are operational. Guy, mateen, who has been on the fbis radar went and bought the Assault Rifle and pistol a week ago, that was an indication that he was turning from aspirational to operational , and so you want to make sure that investigators have the tools they need to be able to pick up that change and to act on it. Host you talk about that change from inspiration to aspiration, how much of a going to go back and review those meetings that reportedly took place at the fbi and the attacker back in 2013 and 2014 . What clues are they looking for that they obviously missed at that time . Guest its interesting, the head of the fbi office in the orlando area said they have gone back and they have looked at those files, and based on what they knew at that time, they dont believe that they missed anything. He was sort of a blowhard, he was talking about support, but there was nothing we have a First Amendment in this country, people can say all sorts of offensive things. That wasnt enough for them to act. And they will certainly look at a later interview in 2014, where you can where he had contact with american suicide bomber in syria. They said going back and looking at that file, it was mental contact. Internally, they are surely going to have to decide whether or not its judgment that the contact with the suicide bomber was only minimal. A correct judgment, or could they and should they have done more to understand that relationship . Guest were talking with host were talking with fran , a terrorism adviser. She currently wor