The federal government has offered its full support with the probe.

President Barack Obama was being kept up to date by his homeland security and counterterrorism aide on what Florida officials are investigating as a terrorist attack.įBI official Ronald Hopper told reporters officials were 'confident' there was no immediate further threat to the area, or to the United States.īecause of the scale of the crime, however, Orlando's mayor declared a city-wide state of emergency and has asked the Florida governor to take the same measure state-wide.