>> a nan charged with murdering nine black courage members in south carolina appears--nine black church members appears in court via video link. hello, i'm i'm maryam nemazee. this is also coming up. backing the greek banks emergency funds flow in after $1 billion is withdrawn in a day. and the battlefield of

waterloo sounds again with the sound of gunfire 200 years after the defeat of napoleon. >> the gunmen arrested after the church shootings in the united states has appeared in court via video link. dylann roof is charged with nine counts of murder and a weapon's crime. the 21-year-old roof has confessed to the attack in the city of charleston in which nine members of the congregation were killed. he said he wanted the shootings to spark a race war in the u.s. the judge heard from the families of the victims including the daughter of ethel lance. >> i will never talk to her ever again. i would never be able to hold

her again. but i forgive you. have mercy on your soul. you have hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you. i forgive you. >> governor of south carolina is calling for the death penalty for roof. >> this is an absolute hate crime. as we talk with investigators as we go through the interviews, they say they looked pure evil in the eye. these are nine families who are struggling. this is a state hurt by the fact that nine people were innocently killed. we'll absolutely will want him to have the death penalty. this is the worst case that the country has seen in a long time. we'll fight this, and we'll fight this as hard as we can. >> incredibly emotional scenes

in that courtroom. dylann roof behind the grass barrier with two heavily armed guards behind him. he could hear the words of the victims' families as each of them spoke to him and each one of them told him you took my loved one away, but i forgive you. it was simply an incredible scene, the most emotional scene we've seen since dylann was arrested on thursday morning after a 14 hour manhunt. even the judge himself seemed to be emotional. this is an event that has shocked this entire community. the words we heard from the victims' families really speak about this community. they want to come together no matter what race they are and they've done so, emphasis here outside of the mother emmanuel church where those nine people were shot and killed on wednesday night. the court appearance was like something i've never really seen in my time reporting in the united states. throughout it dylann roof showed no emotions.

he could hear these words and his face did not flinch once. >> president barack obama has expressed his horror about the attack and particularly the racist nature of it. >> the nature of this attack in a place of worship where congregants are gunned down adds to the pain. the apparent motivations of the shooter remind us that racism remains a blight that we have to combat together. we have made great progress, but we have to be vigilant because it still lingers. when it's poisoning the minds of young people it tears our ideals and democracy apart. >> let's go now to patty culhane

in washington, d.c. patty, again we hear u.s. president barack obama speaking about the need for the united states to really try and address in some way it's record with gun violence. >> he did speak about race at first. then he went into extensive comments about gun control and possible legislation. he talked about this at the white house where he said he made too many of these statements. it was the 14th time in his presidency that he has had to come out and address a mass tablety shooting casualty shooting. he said i understand the politics of washington make it difficult to do any sort of gun legislation now. he was resigned to the fact that nothing would be done. but he said he isn't resigned. he refuses to accept this is the new normal in the united states. 11,000 americans die to gun violence in 2013 alone.

what he said though, is that congress cannot be moved unless the american public move them. he said that public opinion needs to change and he said it can citing climate change and changes in how people feel about gay marriage. so a fairly i am passion impassioned address retaught refuting critics who say that nothing can be done. >> is anything tangible likely to happen particularly in this stage as tenure of his president. >> he's talking more over the long term. he's trying to spur the base of his country to get involved. to try and do something to move public opinion. here's why that's important. if you look at public opinion it's really been moving in favor of having fewer gun laws. it's about split now in this country. people who want more gun

legislation and people who don't want changes. public opinion will have to not be split down the middle. one side will have to win out. the president is hoping that the side favoring gun control legislation will win out. in the long term think about new town connecticut, 20 first graders six and seven-year-old little kids gunned down in their classroom. six teachers gunned down. passage of legislation for background checks at gun shows that failed. the gun control issue was not at the center of most of those campaigns. the president believes that has to change if congress is going to eventually change anything. >> patty culhane in washington, d.c. thanks.

>> moving to our other top stories talks in geneva aimed at ending the war in yemen collapse without the two sides sitting down together in the same room. warring factions have been meeting since wednesday two sides did not reach an agreement. they're due to leave over the weekend. but the u.n. envoy said that a cease-fire is still possible and the door opens for further dialogue. >> we believe that if there is a consultation we can reached this possibility of a cease-fire and withdraw. there is in principle no disagreement on this basic element. we feel that it requires simply some consultation and we can achieve it pretty soon. i remain optimistic on this one. >> but houthi delegates insist any further discussions cannot include the government of abd

rabbuh mansur hadi. >> unfortunately, right from the start we never had anything solid to hold on to. we attempted to carry out these negotiations with the exile government representatives. but right from the start we were told there would be no direct discussion with the other side's delegates, and there is no way that the houthi party also get involved in discussion with an government that is not legitimate. >> the houthis are determined that the airstrikes by the saudis have to stop before they can move forward. the government on the other side said that the houthis are the one to blame and they need to pull out of the cities they control and stop shelling the citizens. this is the biggest problem. the united nations has not been able to reconcile those differences. interest is a growing sentiments among the international community that there needs to be

a cease-fire any time soon. millions of yemenis pinned high hopes against the potential of cease-fire here in? geneva. that is not happening. this is bad news for yemenis who are suffering on a daily basis in yemen. the international community now is going to jump in and the rations, the americans the europeans, the iranians and the saudis are now the ones who can pull the strings and try to find an immediate truce to be implemented during the month of ramadan. >> meanwhile, inside yemen ten civilians have been killed in the north by saudi-led airstrikes. united nations has appeal for $1.6 billion to help the 21 million yemenis currently in need of aid. the humanitarian situation is getting worse with supplies running low and now an outbreak of dengue fever adding to the

misery of civilians. one person has been killed during clashes with germany police and muslim brotherhood protesters. a 22-year-old died as the police tried to disperse a group during friday prayers. several protests have erupted in other parts of the country. 80,000 muslim worshipers have streamed through jerusalem's old city to pray at one of muslim's holiest sites al aqsa mosque. nisreen el-shamayleh reports from occupied east jerusalem. >> this man has not been to jerusalem in 25 years. this year israel issued him a travel permit. he left the house at dawn to reach jerusalem in time for friday prayers. praying there is a privilege for

muslims on the first friday of ramadan. the only reason why they're able to go is because israel is issuing permits to those over 60 years old. >> i'm so happy i'm going back. the easing of restrictions is good but we need more easings for all gazaens. we want to be able to visit al aqsa every day not just every friday. >> residents will be able to pray at al aqsa on fridays without a permit except for men under the age of 40 who still have to apply to get one. women face to restrictions. tens of thousands of palestinians have already applied for permits. >> to be able to move without a permit i've spent the last four days issuing permits and it's been humiliating. we're entitled to the right of movement every day without being blocked by anyone. >> israel says it's at good-will

gesture towards palestinians during ramadan. israel's easing of movement restrictions during ramadan comes at a time of heightened tensions with palestinians and the absence of peace talks. while happy to be able to travel to jerusalem most palestinians don't believe their right to worship should be restricted in the first place. the freedom of movement of palestinians is a right guaranteed by international law but a right continuously limited by israel, which is why many palestinians are skeptical. >> for them to occasionally let more people in or less people at other times the whole system is unacceptable and must be abolished by international law. >> while these measures temporarily ease restrictions for some palestinians, the continuing occupation remains the permanent issue which isn't being resolved. nisreen el-shamayleh, occupied

east jerusalem. >> much more ahead for you in al jazeera. packing up, heading out the latest of the dominican republic as they move thousands of haitians home. these fighters are getting ready for war. will guns ever fall silent in mali

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>> welcome back. let's take you through the top stories. the gunmen arrested after the church shootings in the united states has appeared in court by video link. dylann roof was charged with

nine counts of murder and one count of possession of a weapon in commission of a violent crime. peace talks ending the war in yemen break up in geneva without the factions even sitting down in the same room. but the envoy to yemen hopes that a cease-fire can be reached. and thousands are allowed into jerusalem to say friday's prayers in ramadan. israel said it's a gesture of good will to allow older men to visit without permits. a picture is beginning to emerge of the life of dylann roof and his motivation for the attack. the 21-year-old was a loner with a police record of minor offenses. he was also known for making racist remarks. gabriel elizondo has more from his home down. >> after one historian called the worst hate crime ever in

south carolina everyone is asking the same question, who is dylann roof, the 21-year-old accused killer. a couple of years ago he attended white knoll high school, he didn't graduate. roof's former class mights describe limb as a loner who experimented with drugs and sometimes would tell racist jokes. he wanted, quote civil war against african-americans. >> i'm speechless. it hit me hard. seeing a breast best friend for seven years to see do something like this. he wanted segregation white with white black with black he didn't believe what the black race was doing with the white race. >> roof would bounce around in several places, one being here in lexington. it's a middle class area.

>> you can't even imagine what is going on in somebody's head to do something like that. >> others say roof was mentally ill. >> if he had some of the help he needed we might never have gotten there. i don't know. >> i think he was mentally ill. he was an untreated mental health patient as far as i'm concerned. >> his facebook page had flags of former regimes that ruled in africa. >> there are 19 active hate groups in south carolina and eight specifically target african-americans. it's unknown if they had anything to do with the communities that roof grew up in.

gabriel elizondo lexington south carolina. >> the european central bank has agreed to give support to greece's bank. the new ecb fund something worth up to $3.4 billion. expected to tied the banks over until monday when more may be needed. that's still less that the amount of money withdrawn from the greek banks in the last week. the $1.8 billion payment the government agreed to make by the end of the month the run on greek banks has accelerated to a stampede. the european central bank he would an emergency session on friday to approve an additional

$2.2 billion to keep greece's banks in business. this just two days after granting $1.2 billion. greek depositors withdrew more than a million dollars on friday. bringing the told 4.5 opinionated$45 billion. $4.5billion. >> there is still a real risk that athens could be forced to enforce a cap on withdrawals as cypress did in 2013. as greece's finance minister was trying to secure more money from the country's creditors his prime minister was signing a pipeline deal in russia and he appears in no mood to compromise. >> the european union which we are a part of should fight its way back to its principles

solidarity democracy social justice, but sticking to policies of austerity and policies that harm social cohesion, and this is impossible. >> athens must make a $1.8 billion loan payment to the international monetary fund by the end of the month or potentially be forced out of the european currency. a meeting on monday is seen as a very last chance to come to a deal. >> we do not have a guarantee for that. if the greeks are committed to getting their budget in order and to make steps towards it then it is possible. >> we hope for the best but now we must be prepared for the worst. >> the pressure on greece's cash machines mirrors the strain on the country's leaders as they continue to reject demands to cut government spending further. john psaropaulos @ athens.

>> in the dominican republic many are at risk of deportation. many prepare to return voluntarily. the dominican army has 2,000 troops ready to coordinate the deportations. dominican republic said anyone without appropriate identification or registered under the immigration program could be deported. we're joined live now from the capital of the dominican republic. confuseing situation adam, as many haitian immigrants, when are they going to get more clarity on their status? >> 100,000 people, some of them migrants, some of them descendants some of other nationalities need paperwork of

their status. the capital of high ranking ministers tell us that the story is not the threat of deportation but an aggressive way to regularize hundreds of people's status. >> no other country in the hemisphere has registered this many people with this status before. many filed the paperwork and now only 10,000 have their applications complete. but high ranking ministers say they're going to give them 45 days to complete their whole packet and documentation. they say it's a win for these people in a very insecure situation. meanwhile a team of ours filming on the border with haiti filming dozens of people crossing over into the border

into haiti who feel very frightened who feel this is a way for the target them whether they've been here for a few months, whether they've been here for years or even if they've been born in the dominican republic. it's a carrot and stick program. the government promising not to deport those who have started their process. but saying look, we could if we want to, and we're seeing dozens of modified school buses set up with cages ready to take people over the border. but right now they're not doing that. >> that's adam raney in santo domingo where hundreds of haitians may be at risk if they don't have the appropriate paperwork identification, and apologies for the quality of that connection. armed groups in northern mali are expected to end several years of fighting. in may talks brokered by the u.n. u.n. but until now toureg

refused to sign. >> they have lamb meat for roasting. moments like this are brief for the tuareg rebels. as the politicians prepare to sign peace these fighters get ready for war. >> whoever talks of ending the conflict only talks nonsense. it's a big lie. this war cannot be ended with the stroke of a pen. as long as we're denied territorial separation there will be no end to the war. >> recently they made new territorial gains pushing the army further south.

they have strongly rejected the peace treaty. >> let them sign whatever agreements they can sign and let them give whatever concessions they want to give. but for these fighters on the ground this is not the end of the war. >> the rebels under the present agreement they only get a local administration. perhaps the sticking point of ail deal is the disarming of the fighters which is strongly rejected here. >> as long as there is no separation there will be no disarmament. it's not mali that gave us the weapons. we paid for them with our own blood. >> we handed over our weapons in 1993 and 1994, but the result was they destroyed the weapons and two years later they began to kill our people. we're not going to return to that situation. >> those statements and the conflict on the ground provoke

regarding the prospects of real and final peace in northern mali with sporadic fighting still taking place including confrontations, some go as far as to predict a new and major war across the north. al jazeera northern polly. >> tunisia says it's closing its consulate after the kidnapping of ten staff. seven were freed, the the day after their colleagues were released. they were all back home. it comes after the tunisian court court requested for.

>> police in london are investigating whether a body fell on top of a building in the was from a plane stowaway. more than a ton of ivory has been crushed in new york's "new york times" square.new york times square. sound of drums bugles and gunfire has resounded once again across the battlefield of waterloo. [ gunfire ]

>> a week long reenactment is taking place to remember a battle that was a turning point in european history and cost the lives of had 45,000 people. you can find much more on our website everything that we're covering right there. check it out. www.aljazeera.com. >> this week on talk to al jazeera, the actor. wendell pierce the detective on the wire, dies today at 110. >> he's best known perhaps for his role in the hbo crime drama the wire but pierce , who grew up