Orlando massacre fuels debate on gun control

Early Sunday morning, right around last call, a gunman walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and opened fire with an assault rifle and handgun, killing 49 people and injuring 53.

Omar Mateen recorded insulting workers in BP oil spill documentary 6 years ago

ORLANDO, Fla. — Six years before Omar Mateen would kill and injure dozens of people in an Orlando nightclub, he was captured on hidden camera insulting the people trying to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The man behind America's deadliest shooting was working security for the company G4S when a filmmaker from "The Big Fix," Rebecca Tickell, drove up and asked about the cleanup operation.Mateen asks her if she has a badge, and Tickell responds, "I'm actually just wondering what's going on here?"When she asks if she can talk to anyone, Mateen goes off, saying, "No one gives a s---, no one gives a s--- here."Without being prompted, he continues:"Like, everybody’s just out to get paid.

President's visit to Orlando on Thursday about offering comfort, support to community

WASHINGTON --  The White House says President Barack Obama's visit to Orlando on Thursday is about offering comfort and support to a community that's grieving.Spokesman Josh Earnest says many details about the president's trip are still being worked out, but Obama will meet with and offer condolences to the families of those who were killed and will seek to comfort those who survived.Earnest tells reporters at Wednesday's press briefing that the president will also meet with first responders, doctors and nurses who acted heroically to try and save innocent lives.

PHOTO: 49 birds appear over Orlando shooting victims memorial

ORLANDO, Fla. – When we're confronted with something as tragic, as difficult to cope with, as the Orlando shooting, some of us will look for solace in the divine.And in those moments, the little things -- ones that don't lend themselves to ready explanations -- can take on great significance.This is the story of one such moment.

Orlando mass shooting: Pulse nightclub will be rebuilt as a tribute, owner says

ORLANDO -- The owner of the Orlando nightclub where dozens of people were massacred says her club will be rebuilt as a tribute and will honor those who were killed, wounded or left grieving.Barbara Poma said on Tuesday morning that she "will not let hate win" in the aftermath of the shootings.Poma said she named the club Pulse in honor of her brother, who died from AIDS in 1991.

Church bell tolls 49 times as mass shooting victims remembered in downtown Orlando

ORLANDO -- There was a huge show of support in downtown Orlando, Florida Monday evening, June 13th after 49 people were killed in a mass shooting Sunday at the popular Pulse nightclub.A candlelight vigil was held, where attendees prayed for the families of the victims and stood in solidarity against violence and hate.