to honor their son ? Republicans ’ refusal to un - endorse Trump puts their own character and judgment in doubt . It is fair to say that the Republicans who cheer him on — not Sen. Ted Cruz ( Tex .
Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Family , friends and students gather in Istanbul for the funeralscontact.funeralvigil.meetof Huseyin Tunç , a 28-year old teacher killed in the attack on an Istanbul airport . Newslook Passengers embrace each other as they wait outside Istanbul 's Ataturk airport on June 29 , 2016 , following their evacuation after a blast .
The killer whose rampage left 49 people dead also searched for " Pulse Orlando " and " Shooting " online on the morning of the carnage Sunday and said on Facebook : " America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic state , " according to the letter . The Senate Homeland Security Committee sent the letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , asking the company to produce information on Mateen 's online activity and to provide a briefing to the panel . The letter illuminating Mateen 's state of mind in the final hours of his life was released as the long , sad procession of memorials and funeralscontact.funeralvigil.meetfor the victims began in Orlando and as the FBI appealed for the public 's help in reconstructing the killer 's movements . The FBI is also trying to establish how much Mateen 's wife may have known about the attack at Pulse dance club . " We need your help in developing the most complete picture of what he did and why he did it , " FBI agent Ron Hopper said at a news conference .
Weddings and funeralscontact.funeralvigil.meethave been banned and Pyongyang is in lockdown as preparations for a once - in - a - generation party congress get underway in North Korea . The ruling Worker ’s Party of Korea , headed by the country 's leader , Kim Jong - un , is due to stage the first gathering of its kind for 36 years on Friday . Free movement in and out of the capital has also been forbidden and there has been an increase in inspections and property searches , according to Daily NK , which claims to have sources in the country .