Jun 15 Watch 5:42 News Wrap: Senate Democrats launch gun control filibuster By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Democrats mounted a filibuster on the Senate floor, demanding tougher gun controls in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, including a ban on selling weapons to people on the terror watchlist. Also, another tragedy played… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 7:55 Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting By PBS News Hour When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando’s largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday’s mass shooting, he thought, “please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim.” But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised very real… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 1:28 An Orlando Muslim’s heartfelt words on nightclub mass shooting By PBS News Hour Rubana Khan of Orlando, in heartfelt verse, sends apologies from her Islamic family to the families of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting. In doing so, she lays bare the pain the killer, Omar Mateen, has caused her and other… Continue watching
Jun 15 Why the Orlando shooter fell off the FBI’s radar screen By Margaret Warner The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists. Continue reading
Jun 15 What sorrow, fear and love sound like in Orlando right now By William Brangham, Justin Scuiletti We've been reporting on the ground in Orlando since a gunman opened fire on a crowded nightclub Sunday. We spoke with people at an LGBT community center, a local mosque, a blood donation center and a vigil for victims of… Continue reading
Jun 15 After filibuster, Democratic senator claims progress on gun control By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The filibuster lasted roughly 15 hours and ended early Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:04 New details of Orlando gunman’s life raise more questions By PBS News Hour The investigation into the Orlando mass shooting took a strange twist Tuesday with some patrons of the gay nightclub that gunman Omar Mateen turned into a killing field saying he was a regular there and used gay dating apps. There… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 7:50 News Wrap: Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ draws sharp rebuke from Obama, Clinton By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump faced scathing criticism from both President Obama and Hillary Clinton for his renewed call to ban Muslim immigrants in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. Also, French authorities carried out… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 4:49 It’s the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers: the AR-15 By PBS News Hour The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America, and the most reviled. A civilian variant of the U.S. military’s standard-issue M16, the AR-15 has gained recent notoriety for its use in mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino and… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 5:38 Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later By PBS News Hour A year ago this week, nine black churchgoers were gunned down inside Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by alleged white supremacist Dylan Roof, who faces the death penalty if convicted. Among those slain was the church’s pastor, the Rev. Continue watching