Welcome to the Beat. I am Katie Fang in for Ari Melber this evening. You've been watching

a briefing from officials in Colorado Springs on that horrific shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub.

Officials announcing the names and the pronouns of the dead and hailing the heroes who stopped

the gunmen. Here's the background. As it played out this weekend, a gunman storming a gay

nightclub immediately opening fire, murdering five people and leaving at least 19 injured. The

district attorney talked about the charging process. We will hold people accountable as we identify

what charges should be filed in this case. It's imperative to note that the investigation continues

and will likely last for some time. The alleged shooter was arrested on murder and hate crime charges

for the incident. The 22 year old gunman was stopped by two heroes helping take the shooter down.

The New York Times just talked to one of them, an army veteran who says he went into combat mode

to disarm the gunman and described charging through the chaos at the club, tackling the gunman

and beating him bloody with the gunman's own gun. Survivors of the massacre describing the

harrowing scene. I saw bodies on the blood, shattered glass, broken cups. People covered up in white

sheets. People trying to be resuscitated and are worked on. I went outside and there was more bodies,

more sheets. People standing around crying, looking for their loved ones.

It was very traumatic.

Joining me now is president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,

Maya Wiley and progressive activist and communications strategist Sally Cohn. Maya,

your response to the briefing that we just heard by law enforcement.

Hard not to one be extremely disturbed devastated. Sad morning, not just for the people who stood

there and became traumatized, the victims, the families. But for everyone in this country who is

either someone who's pronouns or she and her like me or they and them or who have pronouns

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