Donald Trump Doubles down on his immigration stance. But opens the door to gun reform. This is special report. Association, to talk about keeping people on terrorist watch lists from buying guns. The nra opposes such legislation. But also backs the gop presumptive nominee. Senior National Correspondent john roberts reports tonight on what could be a true test of leadership. Some people love me. My problem is they love me or hate me. Under withering fire from democrats and republicans following his comments on the orlando massacre. Donald trump wouldnt back down an inch. Insisting doing the same old thing when it comes to terrorism isnt working. We have to stop on a temporary basis at least, we have to stop people from pouring into our country we have to stop it. Until we find out what the hell is going on. President obama and Hillary Clinton are battering trump for what they call divisive, inappropriate rhetoric. Obama angrily ridiculing obamas criticism. Trump firing back that it makes a difference. Unless youre willing to discuss and talk about the real nature of the problem and the name of the problem, radical islamic terrorism, youre never going to solve the problem. But trump did Say Something that caught the white house eye in a favorable way. After meeting with nra officials yesterday, trump said he wanted another meeting to discuss
denying gun purchases to people on the terror watch and no fly lists. In an exclusive interview, trump said he might be open to changing some gun laws. Im going to be looking at it very seriously. The terror watch list and the no fly list, im going to be talking to the nra about that. The issue is a sensitive one for the nra, which opposes a measure in congress to do that. Their fear that innocent people often wind up on those lists. Trum aides wouldnt eliberate on his thoughts, but the white house cautiously welcomed him to the gun control debate. We would welcome the support of anybody. The Trump Campaign is explaining why trump seemed to suddenly take aim at troops who served in iraq at his rally in greensboro last night. Trump appeared to accuse Service Members from taking the money from the hearts and minds of locals. I want to know who were the soldiers who had that job. I think theyre living well right now. Trumps campaign insisted he
was talking about iraqi soldiers, but it was americans who controlled the money and there were some convictions for theft and bribery. Last september trump appeared to implicate americans. I want to know who were the soldiers that are carrying cash of 50 million. Cash. How stupid are we . I wouldnt be surprised, if those soldiers, i wouldnt be surprised if the cash didnt get there, i have to be honest. Trumps comments angered a number of iraq war veterans, a constituency that trump can ill afford to alienate. A New Washington post poll found trump with a 70 disapproval rating. Brett . John, thank you. While some republicans are questioning whether they can support donald trump, one republican governor said today, he definitively will not vote for the partys nominee. Maryland governor larry hogan who endorsed new Jersey Governor Chris Christie for president
last year said today while he will not be voting for trump, he does not know who hell vote for on election day. Christie did endorse trump, hogan left the possibility open of writing someone in. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton focused her attention on the general election, attacking donald trump over National Security in the wake of the orlando terror attack. Even as she continues to campaign for the white house, her democratic opponent continues to hang on. Senior Political Correspondent mike emanuel reports from virginia. A new Bloomberg Politics poll reveals that Hillary Clinton has opened up a doubledigit lead of likely voters over trump. Clinton blasted trumps response to the orlando massacre. After all the twitter rants and conspiracy theories, weve been hearing recently, its time for substantive discussions about how we protect our country. How we respond to terrorist
attacks. Like the one that tragically occurred in orlando. Clinton held a conversation with military families and veterans to make the case she should be the next commanderinchief. As president i will make identifying and stopping lone wolves a priority. We will assemble a team from across the government, private sector, our communities, to get on top of this challenge. In battleground wisconsin, a new Marquette University law poll has clinton leading by nine percentage points, 4637 with 13 saying they will support neither of them. Last night clinton tried to convince her rival for the democratic nomination, senator Bernie Sanders that its time for the party to unify. Clinton and sanders met privately in washington for almost two hours, with some of their top advisers also in the room. A clinton aide said quote clinton and sanders agreed to continue working on their shared agenda, including through the Platform Development process for the upcoming democratic national
convention. While sanders said the two discussed a variety of issues where theyre seeking common ground, substantially raising the minimum wage, Campaign Finance reform and making health care universal and affordable. At the head of the meeting, sanders said hes also seeking changes to the way the party selects its nominee. We need major changes in the Democratic Party, in converting it to a party of the people. Welcoming working people, welcoming young people. We need an electoral process. Which is worthy of the democrats. Primary season ended last night with clinton winning the district of columbia contest. But sanders shows no sign of going away. Bret . Mike emanuel live in new york norfolk. The fight over gun control in the wake of the Orlando Attack made its way to the senate
floor. Democrat senator chris murphy of connecticut took over the floor today to demand a vote on gun control measures, senator murphy is demanding that lawmakers strike a deal over stronger background checks and blocking suspected terrorists from being able to buy guns. New details on the orlando terrorist attack investigation and a new focus on omar mateens wife. What she knew and when. Correspondent Steve Harrigan has the latest on that investigation tonight from florida. Law enforcement officials are now calling the orlando shooting both a hate crime and a terror crime. But they refuse to say whether the arrest of the killers wife is imminent. Im not going to speculate today as to any charges that may be brought or indeed about whether any charges will be brought. It is premature to do stuff. It would interfere and hamper the investigation. Noor salman, the 30yearold second wife of the orlando killer could face charges as an
accomplice to 49 counts of murder. Salman told investigators she knew her husband was planning a quote jihadist attack unquote. And said nothing to authorities. Salman, from california, met the killer on a muslim dating website. The two were married in 2013 and have a 3yearold son. Fbi agents searched the California Home she grew up in, one of four daughters in a conservative palestinian family. Salman also said she was with the killer when he purchased ammunition and a hollister. And accompanied him on at least one of his scouting missions to the pulse nightclub. New details are also emerging about the behavior of the killer during the threehour slaughter sunday morning inside the pulse nightclub. He made at least five phone calls during the attack, three to 911, one to an as yet unidentified friend an one to a local news station, he did not go on air but identified himself as a shooter to the producer and wanted to make sure the station was aware of the attack. The Security Firm where the killer worked is defending its screening process. Mr. Mateen passed a full background investigation, criminal history, employment, drivers also, drug, medical in 2007 when he was hired by g 4 s. The weapon used for most of the killings was a semiautomatic rifle developed for use by the u. S. Special forces. According to manufacturers and experienced shooter with this rifle can fire up to 45 rounds in one minute. Bret . Steve harrigan in florida. Thanks. Defense secretary ash carter said our partners need to do more to fight isis in iraq and syria. Cy believe theres more that nato can do and i believe theres more that each of us as individual nations can do to hasten the destruction of isil. Nato defense ministers have agreed to extend training of iraqi troops. Some of the wreckage of
egyptair 804 has been found a month after the plane crashed into the mediterranean, killing all 66 people on board. A Search Committee says a ship found the planes parts in several areas and has provided photo evidence of the wreckage. The cause of that crash, still officially unknown. Up next, a live report on the search for a toddler ripped from his family by an alligator at disney world. First, heres what some fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 13 in tampa, two steps forward, one step back for spacex. The Company Launched two Communications Satellites into orbit. But the rocket that sent them hurling into space failed to make a successful landing. It was the first landing failure since march. Fox 29 in philadelphia, jurors are deciding fate of 11term congressman chaka fatah. Prosecutors say he ran a quote White Collar Crime spree that stretched from philadelphia to washington, d. C. Defense lawyers say the Justice Department is trying to smear
fatah through the racketeering case. This is a live look at los angeles, the beach in los angeles from fox 11, big story there tonight, where fire ripped through a warehouse near los angeles causing explosions and toxic fumes that led to evacuations of about 300 people overnight no one was hurt in the blaze at the plastics plant. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. A horrific and to a familys vacation to disney world after investigators recover the body of a 2yearold boy dragged away from his family by an alligator. Peter doocy is live in orlando with this horrible story and how the events unfolded. Good evening, bret, instead of waiting in line for rides, one Nebraska Family was waiting all night to see if their toddler was still alive. This afternoon the sheriff and a priest gave them some grim news. At about 3 30 today we recovered the remains of the
2yearold from the water. That body has now been turned over to the Orange County medical examiner for an autopsy. The 2yearold lane graves was near the waters edge, one monorail stop from the Magic Kingdom when the alligator appeared, snatching the boy and pulling him from his fathers outstretched arms. The mom was nearby. The whole thing lasted just seconds. A witness tells the Orlando Sentinel said quote i looked over and here comes one of the lifeguards, he said everybody get out of the water. The mother was there, she was frantic running up and down looking. Disney sent down its beaches and marines so the sheriffs personnel could search the lagoon. Wildlife Officials Say that since the waterway is man maima five alligators were caught and
killed here. We wont know if they got the killer gator. Until the medical examiner compares bite patterns there had been 23 fatal gator attacks in florida, this the 24th is the first at disney world. Disney does have a system in place to find and get rid of alligators. But its a huge property and someone familiar with the landscape told me there are so many alligators here that at night it can be like jurassic park. Bret . Horrible story. Peter, thank you. Lawmakers take a step towards censuring the nations top tax man. The irs commissioner. Republican lawmakers say John Koskinen failed to provide information demanded by congress and lied under oath into an investigation whether the irs targeted tea party groups. The resolution urges koskinen to resue or be removed. No word yet if the full house
will take up this matter. The Federal Reserve will not raise Interest Rates for now. Proceeding cautiously in raising our Interest Rate target will allow us to verify the Economic Growth will return to a moderate pace. That the labor market will strengthen further. And that inflation will continue to make progress toward our 2 objective. And thats how the fed chairman says it todays news did not help the markets break a losing streak now at five straight sessions in a row, the dow down 35 points, the s p 500 off 4, and the nasdaq closed down 9 points. Trish regan the host of the Intelligence Report joins me now with todays news from the fed. Good evening, trish. Why when the fed has previously indicated they want to move rates higher are, they saying well maybe not . Because they want to thats clear, they want to get off of
this extremely low rate environment that theyre in. But its challenging, because the economic fundamentals still arent there, theyre growing at 0. 8 , thats a reality they cant ignore. Be very threatening to overall markets in that the uk, great britain, is thinking about leaving the european union. And investors are rattled by that in terms of what it would mean for global markets. They have that on the horizon. So a lot of stuff out there that makes them reticent to raise in this environment. You know the fed has been so strong in the past, trish, some investigators are now saying that the fed is making itself increasingly less relevant. Why are they saying that . Theyre saying it because this is a fed that keeps telling us as you pointed out, bret, over and over again, they want to raise rates and theyre to get off of this extremely lowrate environment. Every time they dont do it the
other thing i would ad d to thi, bret, the more information the better. We want to hear from the fed and yet investors are starting to say okay, guys, enough is enough. Janet yellen, how many press conferences are you going to give . Back in the old days, the 80s, the 90s, you had to do some research to figure out what the Federal Reserve did on any given day. Were now in anonnt are they t the world what theyre doing, they then are having a press conference about it and its not just from janet yellen. You have other members of the Federal Reserve board out there talking all the time and its having an effect in that it really influences investigators one way or another to the point now where some are saying okay, forget it im not going to listen to the fed any more. Trish, as always, thank you, the Intelligence Report, 2 00 p. M. Weekdays on fbn. Check it out. Next, my conversation with the dalai lama. We have that going for us. P . P . H
the dalai lama met with president obama today. Despite objections from china. Even before the meeting at the white house, chinese officials criticized it, because they believe that tibetans spiritual leader is sponsoring a movement to divide the country. I got a chance to ask the dalai lama shortly after he met with the president what it was like. Well i really feel something like, a reunion. I know him. Since many years. This is your fourth time, maybe . As president , maybe. Got into a situation in tibet and also china. And then i also mentioned the one of my commitment is
promotion of human value. To education. The dalai lamas short white house visit is yet another sore point in a decadeslong, some say centurieslong conflict between china and tibet. Tibet claims china is suppressing tibetan autonomy and its buddhist religion and culture. China says a 1951 agreement gives it sovereignty over tibet and accuses the dalai lama of leading an antigovernment uprising. After a revolt in 1959 the dalai lama fled tibet and has been living in exile ever since. Every meeting, between dalai lama and a u. S. President or foreign leader, has drawn heavy criticism from china. Including today. It is always controversial, because of chinas reaction. To your meeting with anyone. Yes. Thats normal. Normal. Yes, its routine. We are not say not seeking independence. Its our interest. Provided we should have full right for preservation of our own culture. Our rich buddhist knowledge. Knowledge of buddhist philosophy. Out of many buddhist countries, many buddhist, read tibetan buddhist. I think kept, i think best or more complete about tradition. I think president xi jinping mentioned sometime back, the buddhism is important part of chinas culture. So this is something, something new. A leader of communist party, you
see. Mentioning some positive thing about buddhism. Wonderful. In the past, they said a communist system. They supposed to say follow atheism. People who really believe atheism, not many principles. Thats a fact now. So i think chinese people, including leaders, i think are getting some new experiences. So there is change. Theres a tight control, its that kind of system. No future. So you say only question of time. China have to open. They said today through their spokes people under the cloak of
religion, the 14th dalai lama peddles his political ambitions of dividing china all around the world. We ask all countries and governments not to give him any room to carry out such campaigns. Even less risking arousing the Firm Opposition of 1. 3 billion chinese people. We have opportunity to ask 1. 3 billion chinese, each, i dont think its the same view. Do you follow u. S. Politics . These days, no. The candidates. Argument or criticism like that. And what do you think about it . Sometimes okay. I