>>> 50 PEOPLE ARE DEAD.
53 OTHERS INJURED.
WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE PULSE
NIGHT CLUB MOMENTS BEFORE THE
SHOOTING WITNESSES, OF COURSE
STILL IN SHOCK.
>>> ONCE PEOPLE SHOT KEEP
RANGING OUT YOU KNOW IT IS NOT A
SHOW ANYMORE AND YOU'VE GOT THE
DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT DO.
>>> A NIGHT OF FUN TURNS DEADLY,
CLUB-GOES RECOUNT THE TERRIFYING
SCENE AS A MAN OPENS FIRE.
TRAGEDY CERTAINLY IS MAKING
WAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSIAL
HEADLINES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON
MANY FRONT PAGES.
>> AS WE MENTIONED, THERE ARE
MANY WHO DIED, MANY MORE INJURED
AFTER THAT GUNFIRE AT A GAY
NIGHTCLUB IN ORLANDO.
WE CONTINUING TO LEARN THE
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE
SHOOTING AT PULSE NIGHTCLUB THIS
MORNING.
21 NAMES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
>>> POLICE SAY THAT 29-YEAR-OLD
OMAR MATEEN CARRIED A RIFLE, AN
A. R. 15, A PISTOL INTO THE
PACKED CLUB, STARTED FIRING AT
RANDOM AROUND 2:00 IN IF
MORNING.
POLICE SHOT AND KILLED HIM AFTER
A 3-HOUR STANDOFF.
THIS MORNING WE CONTINUE TO GET
THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS
TRAGEDY.
WE HAVE CREWS IN ORLANDO RIGHT
NOW WE ARE GOING THE START WITH
BRUCE LIVE THERE AT PULSE.
WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS
THERE, THEY WERE JAMMING,
LISTENING TO MUSIC, SINGING.
MANY OF THEM THOUGHT THE GUNFIRE
WAS PART OF THE SUN.
>>> THEY PART IT WAS DELETE S --
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
AND THEY QUICKLY REALIZED IT WAS
NOTHING SHORT OF A HELLISH
NIGHTMARE.
LET ME SHOW YOU VIDEO OF
NEWS4JAX INSIDE THE CLUB.
PEOPLE ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR
BUSINESS ALL OF A SUDDEN IS THE
GUNFIRE RANG OUT AND PEOPLE
STARTED DIVING, HIDING IN
BATHROOMS AND PEOPLE EVEN HID
BENEATH BODIES TO TRY TO SAVE
THEIR OWN LIVES THE PEOPLE OF
THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN VERY
QUICK TO REACT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THIS
THE CALIPHATE HAS EMBRACED OMAR
MATEEN.
HIS FAMILY SAID HE WASN'T
RADICALIZED.
IF YOU FALK TO HIS EX-WIFE THEY
PAINT HIM AS A MAN FILLED WITH
AGE AND HATE AND PRONE TO
HATEFUL RANTS AGAINST BLACKS,
JEUPGS AND GAYS.
JOINING ME NOW IS ROXY SANTIAGO
AND THE NEM THE LGBT COMMUNITY
DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST ON
OTHERS THAT THIS IS A HATE CRIME
UNDER THE VEIL OF TERROR.
>>> I WILL HAVE TO AGREE WITH
YOU ON THAT, BRUCE.
IT IS A SAD TIME FOR THE CITY TO
THINK THIS HAPPENED IN OUR
BACKYARD, LESBIANS, GAYS, LATINS
AS WELL.
>> IT WAS LATIN NIGHT.
>>> AND IRONICALLY WHEN THIS
CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 2003 OR
2004, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
NUMBER ONE A SAFE HAVEN FOR
MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
A PLACE TO CREATE A DIALOGUE,
OPEN MINDS AND DEAL WITH THE
DOGMA.
>>> YES, YES.
DEFINITELY WAS.
I KNOW FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY
OWN THIS FACILITY AND PULSE IS
AN AWESOME PLACE, EVERYONE COMES
OUT THERE IT IS FUN, IT IS
EXCITING AND AGAIN, ALSO AS PART
THINKING I'M A MEMBER OF THE HRC
COMMUNITY HERE AND THIS IS A
HATE CRIME TO US, THAT IS WHAT
I'M FEELING.
IT IS UNFAIR AND UNACCEPTABLE WE
LOVE ALL PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALWAYS
GOING THE CONTINUE TO LOVE ALL
PEOPLE IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS
FOR THEM.
>>> I KNOW BASH WHERE HASN'T
SPOKEN TO ANYBODY SINCE THE
TRAGEDY OCCURRED AND EVERYBODY E
EVERYTHING UNFOLDED.
BUT YOU KNOW HER, YOU KNOW DO
YOU THINK SHE WILL MOVE FORWARD
AND TRY TO.
>>> I THINK AS FAR AS ORLANDO,
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND KEEP
PULSE UP AND COMING.
>> THERE IS NEEDS HERE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
>>> YES, YES.
THE CENTER WHICH IS LOCATED ON
MILLS AVENUE WHICH IS STEP STONE
OF DELIVERY OF ALL THE NATIONS
AND EVERYTHING, WE ARE ACCEPTING
DAILY, DAILY KNOWN NATIONS OF
FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, POWER
AIDE, CANDY BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
>>> THINGS FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> AND WE'RE PROVIDING FOOD FOR
THE FIRST RESPOND ERRS AS WELL
AS THE UNITARIAN CHURCH.
THEY HAVE COUNSELORS FOR US.
PLEASE KEEP THE DONATIONS
COMING.
I KNOW THEY MAY BE SLOWED AS THE
DAYS GO BY, BUT WE ARE IN NEED
OF THESE SUPPLIES.
>>> WE ACTUALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU
BACK IN THE BOOTH, I HAVE
ANOTHER INTERVIEW HERE.
PATTY SHEEHAN IS A COMMISSIONER
HERE, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY
ELECTED OFFICIAL IN WHAT THEY
CALL THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.
WE'RE MIKING HER UP TO GET THIS
CITY'S PER SPECTIVE FROM THE
LEGISLATE I'S POINT OF VIEW
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION AND THE MOOD OF
THIS CITY IN THE WAKE OF 100
PEOPLE BEING SHOT AND
HOSPITALIZED AND 50 PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DIED IN THE DEATH TOLL
EXPECTED TO RISE.
PATTY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE WITH US.
I WAS TALKING WITH ROXY AND
IRONICALLY THE PULSE IS SET UP
AS A PLACE TO OPEN A DIALOGUE,
BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR PEOPLE OF
THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
>>> OPEN UP FUND-RAISERS OR FOR
PEOPLE THIS NEED, POLITICAL
STUFF.
BARBARA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY,
OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN FOR THEM.
>> THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT AND HE
SAID, YES, THIS WAS A HATE
CRIME, BUT WE COMMUNITY FILLED
WITH LOVE.
DOW YOU THINK LOVE IS GOING TO
PREVAIL IN SNORLD.
>>> I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THIS WAY.
MY COMMENTS YESTERDAY, LOVE WILL
CONQUER HATE ALWAYS.
AND THERE WAS 1500 PEOPLE IN
LINE AT THE BLOOD BANK YESTERDAY
TO GIVE BLOOD.
THEY LIFTED THE BAN ON GAY MEN
GIVING BLOOD.
THIS IS WHAT IT TOOK.
>>> A MAN WAS WALKING HIS DOG
AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I FEEL MY
HANDS ARE TIED HERE BECAUSE I'M
A GAY MAN AND I'M NOT LEGALLY
ALLOWED TO DONATE.
>>> THEY LIFTED THE BAN
YESTERDAY WHICH IS ABOUT TIME.
AND UNFORTUNATELY IT TOOK THIS
TRAGEDY.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEST THE
BLOOD SPY SUPPLY FOR YEARS.
IT TOOK THIS TO GET THEM TO STOP
THAT DISCRIMINATION.
I'M GLAD GAY MEN IN MY COMMUNITY
DESPERATELY ABLE TO HAPPEN COULD
DO SO.
ING.
THERE HAS BEEN SECOND-GUESSING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT
TOOK TO GO IN.
THIS IS A HOSTAGE SITUATION,
THEY WERE TRYING TO MINIMIZE
ANYMORE CASUALTIES.
I THINK THE ATLANTA POLICE
DEPARTMENT DID AN AMAZING JOB.
THEY ACTUALLY USED AN ARMORED
VEHICLE.
THE CHIEF THANKED US FOR SENDING
MONEY TO BUY THAT ARMORED
VEHICLE AND PUNCHED THROUGH THE
WALL TO FRIGHTEN HIM.
AND USED EXPLOSIVE TO FRIGHTEN
HIM AND ENOUGH TO DISSTRACT HIM
SO PEOPLE COULD GET OUT SAFELY.
I'M PROUD OF THE ORLANDO POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE HEROIC.
>> Jennifer: REACTION FROM THE
CITY BEAUTIFUL.
>> MY COLLEAGUES THE MAYOR HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
THE ONLY THING I WAS DISTRESSED
ABOUT WITH ALL THESE FOLKS
TALKING ABOUT IT WASN'T A CRIME
AGAINST GAY COMMUNITY WHO AREN'T
SUPPORTIVE OF THE GAY COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS A CRIME AGAINST MY
COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T SAY LGBT, CAN'T
BRING YOUR STOLE SAY THAT, YOU
SHOULDN'T BE OUT HERE BECAUSE
THIS AFFECTED THE HEART OF MY
COMMUNITY AND NEED SPEAK TO THE
DISCRIMINATION AND HATRED THAT
CREATED THIS.
IF.
>> Bruce: THERE HAS BEEN A
GREAT DEAL OF DEBATE ABOUT THE
HRO ORDINANCE.
ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE
SAYS THIS WILL REOPEN AND PUSH
FORWARD THE DIALOGUE.
>>> THIS IS WHY THERE ARE
NECESSARY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT
FOR HURT, HATE AND DESTROY MY
COMMUNITY AND IF THIS ISN'T
ENOUGH TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S HEARTS
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE.