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KPIX CBS This Morning June 16, 2016

90 seconds. Is what happened in orlando not enough . This epidemic of slaughter. We can do something about it. Washington battles over gun control. Hundreds of thousands of people gunned down in the last decade. 23,000 people a year take a firearm and put it to their head and blow their brains out. The fbi is watching you. If you are too dangerous to get on a plane, you are too dangerous to buy a gun. The terror watch list and nofly list, im going to be talking to the nra about that and starting a real dialogue. president obama and Vice President biden will be in orlando meeting with survivors and the victims families. Parts of the plane have been retrieved from egyptair 804. Flight voice recorders. In Orlando Police recovered the body of a 2yearold boy after he was attacked by an alligator. The family was distraught but also somewhat relieved that he was located. North of Santa Barbara a wildfire is spreading fast. Mandatory evacuations are in effect. Pretty scary. Tampa was two steps forward and one step back for space ex. The rocket failed to make a successful landing. All that. Middle schooler gave graduation speech featuring president ial candidate. The cinnamon roll, what we need is a cinnamon roll revolution. All that matters. Now reported Democratic National committee was hacked by the russians. Hey, maybe the russians know where hillarys emails are. On cbs this morning. Sounds like a shucky ducky kind of crowd on a shucky ducky kind of day here to support an aw shucky ducky kind of candidate. Shucky ducky sounds like someone was trying to curse via text but had auto correct on. This morning eyeopener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Pressure is growing on congress to act against gun violence after americas deadliest mass shooting. Page one of this mornings boston globe demands, make it stop. Images, ar15 rifle similar to the weapon used in many mass shootings. That demand for action shared by many after a gunman killed 49 people in an orlando nightclub. In washington democrats showed their anger with surprise filibuster on senate floor. Its ringleader chris murphy represents connecticut where 20 children were murdered at the sandy hook elementary school. Well talk with him in a moment but first nancy cordes on capitol hill where the filibuster lasted into the morning. Nancy, good morning. Reporter thats right. Finally wrapped up around 2 00 a. M. After pushing for gun votes for nearly 15 hours. Murphy is a first term senator elected just one month after the newtown shooting in his home state left 20 children and six adults dead and hes been pushing for gun votes every since. Ive had enough of the ongoing slaughter of innocents, and ive had enough of inaction in this body. Reporter senator murphy took fellow democrat by surprise when he went to the floor at 11 00 a. M. And announced he wasnt leaving. Were asking for two votes on what could be consensus measures. Reporter the first would block those on terrorist watch lists from buying a gun. The second would require background checks for guns sold at done shows and through online retailers. A new cbs news poll finds 57 of americans support stricter gun laws. People have been waiting for action. Nearly every Senate Democrat showed up at some point to support murphy, whose constituents lost children in the sandy hook massacre. Why would a terrorist, or potential terrorist, be allowed to have a firearm. We ought to be able to reflect the will of the american people. Senate rules require murphy to stand on the senate floor the entire time to keep control. New jersey senator cory booker stood in solidarity. When you attack one american, you attack us all. Reporter republicans have their own measure to block gun purchases by potential terrorists but it would require police to go through the courts, an extra step they say will ensure no one with a right to a gun will get denied. Nobody wants terrorists to have firearms. Were open to serious suggestions. Reporter after nearly 15 hours murphy said he had gotten signals his two measures would get a vote and he wrapped up with this. It takes courage to look into the eye of a shooter instead of running, wrapping your arms around a 6yearold boy. What can you do to make sure that orlando or sandy hook never, ever happens again. Murphys office said it got 10,000 calls from constituents during filibuster. It was a trending topic on twitter. Even if he does get those gun votes, theres no guarantee that the two measures will pass. They have both failed before. The best shot is that democrats and republicans will be able to combine their two bills to keep guns out of the hands of would be terrorists. But charlie, so far negotiations havent gone anywhere. Thanks, nancy. Connecticut senator chris murphy is with us now from washington. Senator, good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. Were pleased to have you, sir. Tell us if you think those signals that you say you have received to hold these two votes to put them forward will result in a commitment from the Senate Majority leader to do just that. Well, ive been up for about an hour after sleeping for two hours and were going to work today to make sure we have that commitment to bring these votes before the body, as your reporter noted, it would be much better to get a bipartisan agreement on this issue of keeping guns away from terrorists but at the very least we have to have a vote. P senator feinstein has fairly dramatically modified her proposal to try to address many of the concerns republicans have. So it may be if we put this measure on the floor for a vote, either at the end of this week or beginning of next week, we may be able to draw enough support to get it passed. The American Public agrees with us. If youre on the terrorist watch list and youre not allowed to fly on a plane, then you certainly shouldnt be able to buy a dangerous assault weapon. Thats our ask, to get a vote on that proposition and expansion of background checks. Were hopeful were going to get that either at the end of this week or next week. Does your political instincts tell you republicans are moving on those two issues . Certainly tell me they are moving. If you listen over the course of the day yesterday, there are a number of republicans madly scrambling to try to find Common Ground. I think one of the reasons senator feinstein wasnt able to join us on the floor yesterday, she was trying to work out those compromises. I do think our filibuster made a difference. Lets be honest, the senate was not going to debate these measures, had no plans to talk about ending gun violence this week on the floor of the senate. At the end of our filibuster, i think we made incredible progress to get these measures back on the agenda in the senate this week. You sent out a tweet yesterday in the morning that said im prepared to stand on the senate floor and talk about the need to prevent gun violence for as long as i can. Ive had enough. What was the Tipping Point for you . Listen, theres so many Tipping Points for me. I think ive taken the floor about 40 different times to scream and yell about the fact that since sandy hook congress has done nothing, hasnt passed a single law to try to reduce the slaughter thats happening on our streets. When i came back to washington and saw in the wake of the worst mass shooting in this countrys history that the Republican Leadership hadnt scheduled any debate this week on measures to end this epidemic, i just couldnt stand it any longer. Whats so heart warming to me, i decided to do this essentially that morning. Over the course of the day organically almost every single democratic senator came down to join me. We had a dozen senators sitting on the floor at 11 11 30 last night. I think it showed the power of the issue at least in our caucus. Would any of the legislation youre supporting prevented senator in orlando, San Bernardino or newtown from purchasing a gun . Its certainly a question whether this may have been impactful in orlando. What this legislation senator feinstein has offered would allow is for the fbi to put individuals on the list of those who cant buy weapons if they suspect that they are linked to terrorist organizations. As you know, if someone is currently on a terror watch list and goes to buy a gun, fbi director says they are notified. There is an alert sent. So theres an alert sent, but theres no prohibition on that individual walking out of the store with a weapon. The fact is that in this case, the time between the purchase of the weapon and the attack was fairly short. So if we have made a decision that the people on these lists cant get on a plane, and weve all made that decision, republicans and democrats, why dont we also make a decision they cant get a weapon. I think theres a question if this law was in place, would it have been impactful in orlando . It might have been. I think thats one of the reasons why its worthy to go forward. Well, many people are applauding you for raising the issue again. Thank you very much senator murphy for joining us this morning. Thank you. The gun issue is bringing some bipartisan agreement to the president ial race. Donald trump tweeted yesterday he would meet with the National Rifle association to discuss how to stop people on the terrorist watch list from buying guns. Hillary clinton responded in an interview. She said this, welcome to the cause. This is something ive been talking potalk talking about for a long time. Chip reid is in dallas where trump will hold a rally tonight. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, it appears there might be some Common Ground between clinton and trump on the issue of guns but thats not stopping them from taking aim at each other. Im going to be talking to the nra about that and starting a real dialogue. Reporter donald trump said hes open to limiting access to people on the terror watch list. A number of people have brought this to my attention and i understand why we should be discussing it. Reporter a rare point of agreement between trump and Hillary Clinton. If you are too dangerous to get on a plane, you are too dangerous to buy a gun. Reporter a new cbs news poll finds clinton would better handle terrorism and National Security but they are divided which candidate would do better on gun policy. The people that head up nra are great people. Reporter trump ramped up hissom news warnings, electing clinton could destroy america. Hillary clinton essentially wants to abolish the second amendment. We are having the blood sucked out of our country. If we dont solve it, its going to hit our country alive. Reporter clinton hit back during a roundtable discussion in virginia. Not one of Donald Trumps reckless ideas would have saved a single life in orlando. Reporter both candidates have unfavorable ratings over 50 but just 30 of voters feel trump is prepared to be president. That includes an increasing number of members of his own party. Trump offered this advice to his critics. Either stick together or let me do it by myself. Im going to do very well. Ill do very well. Reporter nra said they are happy to talk to trump about guns but that does not mean the organization is changing its hard line position. In a tweet to members, nra urged members to contact lawmakers and, quote, oppose any new gun control measure. Chip, thanks. Nra said they met with trump on tuesday and the terror watch list was not mentioned at all. President obama and Vice President biden will fly to florida to meet with families of the victims of the pulse nightclub. Jamie yuccas at a memorial at the performing arts in orlando. Jamie, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah. Today president obama will meet with victims families, survivors of the shooting and medical professionals who heroically saved dozens p of lives here in orlando. This is where the public has been coming to mourn. I can tell you orlando is still in so much pain four days after the worst mass shooting in u. S. History. Yesterday was the first funeral for the 49 victims killed in sundays massacre. Family and friends remember 40yearold javier jorge reyes. Those who knew him called him a fun and free spirit. Dozens of people gathered across the street to show their support. One held a sign this says orlando loves you. I can tell you that is the sentiment at this memorial as well. Can you see there are so many signs like this one i picked up that say, you are loved. Love wins orlando strong. The Community Needs this love and support right now, especially the survivors of the shooting. I talked to one young man last night to survived. His friend died inside that nightclub that night. He shook the entire time he told me that story and told me the pain is getting worse even four days later. Charlie. Jamie, thanks. We are learning new details about the gunman omar mateen and his wife. The fbi has uncovered information about his behavior that raised concern long before the shooting. David begnaud in washington with how investigators are trying to figure out if he had help with the attack. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. With the help of the grand jury, investigators are stepping up their search for evidence atom ar mateens wife may have played a role in the planning of the attack. Cbs this morning has learned that other family members are being looked at by investigators as well. Did you know your husband was going to do this . Reporter Law Enforcement sources say noor salman purchased ammunition with her husband and they believe she was with him as he cased the pulse nightclub. If it is determined she had prior knowledge of the attack, she could face criminal charges. Investigators believe omar mateen was radicalized in recent years, and they point to the facebook message the killer posted before the massacre as evidence. You kill innocent women and children by doing usair strikes. Now taste the Islamic State vengeance. The message was a precursor for what was to come inside the pulse nightclub. The fbi continues to dig into his background. What they are uncovering is the 29yearolds erratic behavior. The st. Lucie county Sheriffs Office said they wanted mateen transferred out of a courthouse in 2013 after they say he made inflammatory remarks about women and jews and then praised the ft. Hood shooter. Mateen worked for g4s as an Armed Security guard. They say he had a florida security license which was renewed four times. Each renewal required a criminal background and fbi check. Records show he had steenive Firearms Training and was a good shot. He was just a very agitated type of individual. David gilroy worked with mateen but quit when he says he felt harassed by him. He was on the verge of violence all the time. Members of congress have been told that on the day of the shooting mateen did internet searches for pulse orlando and shooting. Last night the Senate Homeland Security Committee sent this letter to Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to help with the investigation into mateens use of the site. Gayle. Thank you very much. Disney world faces new questions about why the park did not warn about alligators in a lagoon. An autopsy is planned today for 2yearold. He was killed by an alligator. His body was recovered in 6 feet of water. Officials are trying to identify the reptile that killed that little boy. Mark, good morning. Good morning. The family is still here at disney. They are waiting for the medical examiner to finish his work so they can came the little boys body back to nebraska. They were three days into their disney vacation when disaster struck. Sixteen hours into their search, dive teams found the body of the 2yearold boy on wednesday in the general area of murky water where an alligator snatched him. Likely to question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator. He had been wading in about a foot of water at disneys grand floridian resort and spa when the alligator dragged him under despite his fathers desperate efforts to save him. The family was distraught but also i believe somewhat relieved we were able to find their son with his body intact. Disney closed all the park beaches while they scoured the lagoon. Its man made and sprawling, covering about 200 acres. Parts of the lagoon are 14 feet deep and feed into a series of canals that wind through the disney property. Theres a lot of canals and ponds and lakes that interconnect all the way through the disney property, so it wouldnt be unusual at all from alligators to be moving from one body of water to the next. This is one of the most aggressive times of the year from now until august. We saw signs inside the park warning visitors from feeding the alligators. At the lagoon where he was killed, there are no swimming scenes but no warning about alligators. Despite the fact disney has had to remove alligators in the past. In a statement disney said, we are devastated and heart broken by this tragic accident and we are doing everything we can to help this family during this difficult time of. Wildlife officials are examining the bite of five alligators they have caught and euthanized. We are going to make certain we have the alligator that was involved and we remove it, remove it from the lake. Reporter many members of the search teams parents themselves have told us the circumstances of the boys death is in thinkable. Unthinkable. It is without a doubt one of the most horrible stories weve ever heard. Nightmare. Thank you very much, mark. We go inside alligator san ahead, see how quickly a cbs news producer was able to buy a rifle similar to the one used in orlando. To help protect your dog or cat from fleas and ticks. With the performance you expect from a monthly topical in a nongreasy collar. 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