Watch CBS News

This Morning from CBS News, June 13, 2016

The gunman

A picture is emerging of the Orlando gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, who was born in New York to Afghan parents. Married for a second time and with a 3-year-old son, we take a closer look at his background -- including some possible warning signs.

Gunman's father

The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early this morning also makes it clear he could have passed strong views on the gay community on to his son.

Not just hate

Mixed amid the chaos and confusion in Orlando were stories of heroism and heart. Instincts kicked in for some people who escaped the gunfire, and they risked their own safety to help save the lives of others. We hear from a man who saw a victim with multiple gunshot wounds, and felt he had to turn back.

Paul's predicament

Paul Ryan has put himself in an impossible position. After withholding his support for Donald Trump for weeks, the speaker of the House endorsed him just as many others stepped away. In the wake of the country's worst mass shooting in history, Trump and Ryan are again at odds.

Alternate reality?

Will Rahn argues that, in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting, Donald Trump's casual relationship with the truth has comes out again. Everyone knows that politicians lie, says Rahn, "but Trump's real innovation is to not lie so much as create an alternate reality." Can Trump "keep getting away with having his own facts?"

Olympic woes

Zika virus. Recession. An impeached president. Never in modern Olympics history has a host nation had to cope with the kind of challenges facing Brazil as it scrambles to get ready for the 2016 Rio Olympics. With the games now only weeks away, the country's battered economy is seriously hampering preparations.

Bedtime

How much sleep do kids really need each night? Two leading medical groups are out with new recommendations for the optimal amount of sleep different age groups need, from infancy through the teenage years -- and we get some advice for how to help them get it.

More top news:

U.S.

Orlando nightclub massacre survivor describes "mayhem"

Vigils held across country for Orlando shooting victims

2 children swept over New York waterfall

World

Oscar Pistorius faces sentencing for girlfriend's murder

Egypt warns time running out to find doomed jet's black boxes

ISIS claims responsibility for Orlando mass shooting

Politics

Senators renew call for gun control after Orlando shooting

Trump says Orlando is proof of need for Muslim ban

Obama says Orlando shooting an "attack on all of us"

Filmmaker Ken Burns blasts Trump in Stanford speech

Business

Fed hikes ahead? Here's what Janet Yellen is watching

Why your teen can't find a summer job

What does the perfect summer getaway cost?

Health

"Urgent need" for blood donors after Orlando mass shooting

Sports

Pittsburgh Penguins win hockey's Stanley Cup

Entertainment

Tony Awards 2016: Highlights and winners

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.