-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello again and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm erin burnett. thanks for joining us. >> we are following breaking news in the u.s. from south carolina where several police agencies are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a church in charleston. >> the police chief says the white suspect believed to be in his early 20s shot several people in the historic american church on wednesday night. at this hour, nine people have died from this incident. earlier charleston officials

held a news conference asking for unity as they continue their investigation. >> what we need right now is we need everybody to come together and pray for these families and we need them to come together and help us find this person so nobody else is hurt and what we need is for the community to look at this and say we have had enough of this violence and if we stand up together we can stop this violence and that's what we need the community to do. >> we are all in this together in this community to help those who have lost a loved one get through this time and give them our love and support and encouragement as we bring this awful person to justice as soon as humanly possible. >> and it's understandable why people in charles listton will full of fear at this hour. people gathered nearby to pray.

emanuel african methodist episcopal church is the oldest church of its kind in the southern u.s. people are outraged that this violent act can happen in a house of worship. >> you tell people to go to work, do right, go to church. these people were in church. >> in church. >> and they violated the sanctity of that. the ramifications are way beyond just what happened tonight. this is just unacceptable. this is unacceptable. >> we are communities trying to live and survive. why do we have to live like this? we don't need more. we need peace. we ask you in the community to stand behind that. >> and governor nikki haley says, while we do not yet know all of the details, we do know

that we will never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another. now our cnn producer is on the scene there in charleston and can join us i believe over the phone with some of the latest information. we have been talking to you all night as we have been getting updates from the police officials. what new information have you been able to pull together? >> we have not seen the police for the last couple hours. we hope to get an update in the coming hours, possibly at 7:00 a.m. is what we are most recently hearing. there are a lot of details we need to know. the suspect is still at large. they are urging caution. they haven't given specifics as to what -- where people should go and not go. there is still a lot of information needed on that.

>> that is the problem, there are so many gaps here. we thought we would hear from police this hour. now they delayed it for perhaps another four hours or. so but earlier when they were describing the suspect they were specific in his age, 21 rather than early 20s. very specific. talk to us about what we're supposed to make of that, whether they have any idea of who this young man is. >> reporter: correct. we don't know why they know or how they know that detail. they didn't want to comment too much on the investigation but they are thinking about offering a reward and asking the community to help find this person. so we don't know how they know that information but hopefully they can get some more details to us on that. >> and while await into tomorrow what will likely be happening there when the sun comes up and

when tomorrow arrives? do you feel that the streets around the church will still be closed? i know there is some kind of prayer vigil planned for the larger community as well. >> reporter: there is a vigil planned. some of the activity has died down. there were a few dozen people who gathered to pray in large prayer circles. they were singing worship songs asking for paeace and calm. a lot of them have left now. we expect there will be more of a sense of community tomorrow. we might see more of that especially as they are waiting to hear if the suspect has been caught yet or if he is still out there. >> everyone seems to agree this was an outrageous act and it's concerning that the suspect is still at large at this hour. our cnn producer live for us there in charleston, south

carolina. we'll continue to talk to you throughout the morning. >> we do want to add this, republican presidential candidate jeb bush has cancelled a planned event in charleston today, we should say. thursday is now upon us. his campaign says his thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and families affected by this tragedy. >> we will have more on this breaking story throughout the hour. and you can always when you are away from your television check cnn.com for the latest developments on this and other big stories around the world. for now we want to turn to update new york for the latest on the man hunt for the two escaped killers. authorities admit that richard matt and david sweat could be anywhere after 12 days on the run. >> a scary thought. the police say they have more than 1400 leads and are sifting their search area across the u.s. border into canada. jason carroll has more.

>> reporter: wanted posters are now being handed out along the canadian and mexican borders. this as the search is expanding and shifting to other areas surrounding the clinton correctional facility in dannemora. officials admitting that the hunt for richard matt and david sweat at this point is not promising. >> i can tell you right now as well that we have no information that they have been able to leave the area. that being said, it doesn't mean that they haven't been able to escape this area. but we have no information. >> reporter: but there is new information about the woman who allegedly helped them escape. joyce mitchell, the 51-year-old prison employee warned her husband, lyle, that the two inmated planned to kill him. joyce mitchell's attorney saying that his client new of the plot but was not be part of it herself. just because she heard something

does not mean she was going to act on it. lyle was apparently unaware that his wife was having a sexual relationship with at least one of the inmates. the clinton county sheriff talked about her demeanor now that she is behind bars. >> i think it's probably a little bit early for that. there's an awful lot going on around her just with the media attention. i think she is still consuming that and absorbing that. >> reporter: mitchell's attorney has only had one opportunity to talk to his client face to face. as for her husband there are questions whether he knew about the escape plan. >> we have no information whatsoever that he had prior knowledge of the escape. or that he participated or actively assisted in the escape of the two inmates.

>> reporter: the two inmates still very much on the run. every lead being followed, searchers waiting for the one that leads to them. jason carroll, cnn, dannemora, new york. and nbc news anchor brian williams' future has been in question for months. >> he was suspended in february after admitting he incorrectly claimed to be on a helicopter that was shot down in iraq. things unravelled from there. there is word that williams and nbc have reached a tentative agreement. he will stay on at the network after his suspension ends in august but not as anchor of "the nightly news." sources indicate he will have a role at the cable channel msnbc. in a few hours, the pope will release a long awaited and controversial letter called an encyclical. but what exactly is this document and why is it so

significant? >> for answers we go to our vatican correspondent delia gallagher. >> reporter: it's called praised be on the care of our common home. the encyclical on climate change and protecting the environment. church leaders say this is the first time that the release of a papal encyclical has been to highly anticipated. >> if we destroy creation, creation will destroy us. time to take out the trash. >> a pontiff fighting for god's creation. >> reporter: but what exactly is an encyclical? it's the most authoritative teaching document a pope can issue and signifies a high priority issue for the pope. it is usually written for the

bishop and lay people. but this one is addressed to everyone religious or not. encyclicals are not infallible but they are not just the pope's opinion either. [ speaking foreign language ] and catholics are called to take them seriously. pope francis is not the first to express concern about the environment. john paul ii and pope benedict have added their voices to the topic. but francis is the first to dedicate an entire encyclical from economic concerns. >> i don't get economic ideas from my pope. >> reporter: a move that is feared to be an endorsement on climate change and population control and be bad news for big business and oil. as the first pope from the developing world, pope francis'

emphasis is is on the connection between the eitharth's resourced the impact on the poor. with the pope's popularity, this encyclical will be a milestone that places the roman catholic church at the forefront of one of the major scientific and moral issues of our times. >> delia gallagher reporting there. we'll take a short break. but still to come, a charleston church comes under attack and a community responds with prayer. and greece, what may happen next if the country fails to strike a deal with creditors by the end of this month. s. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out.

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returning now to our breaking news coverage of the mass shooting at a predominantly black church in south carolina. police say that a white man walked into the emanuel african

methodist episcopal church and nine were killed. >> we want the entire community to pray for safety for our people and that we would hope that this person who has committed this heinous crime which is a hate crime be brought to justice. we stand in solidarity but solicit your prayers. >> we will keep you posted on the search for the suspect throughout the day here on cnn. now to another story we are following, the greek central bank is warning of a doomsday scenario if the country fails to strike a deal with creditors by june 30th. >> greek officials will immediate with european finance ministers in the coming hours. the talks seen by many as the chance chance for a deal. >> he is not alone. on wednesday take a look at this, anti-austerity protesters

filled the street? athens to show support for their leaders. >> so let's turn now to london. she has been following this developing story and joins us now with more. where do these talks stand right now? it sounds as though the central bank in greece is turning against the government. >> that's right, yes. it was a strongly worded statement released about 24 hours ago. and we we saw the central bank of this country's own country going against its government. going gotze athens warning that greece could not fall out of the eurozone but that it could exit the european union as a whole. that is very sensitive. greece joined the eu back in 1981. that was seven years after the country returned to democracy. the theme of democracy has been running through these talks left, right, and center.

the government of the far left says it has a democratic mandate here from the greek people to make sure that they scale down on austerity. they were elected on a platform of rejecting the austerity that the creditors want to see implemented. greece needs 7.2 billion yeeuro in the next couple weeks before june 30th. what we have here is the greek central bank pitted against the greek government and the greek central bank taking the stance of the international creditors. this comes one day after the european central bank decided to extend liquidity provisions, loans to greek banks. that was a nervous time but today we have a key meeting taking place in luxembourg and a series of meetings coming up to decide greece's face and whether it stays in the eurozone or not.

>> and we have heard about deadlines. which date is the most important one coming next? >> it's getting confusing, isn't it, rosemary. let's remember that on june 30th, the send of this month, greece will run out of its last bailout money. but people are getting concerned that if we don't see the finance ministers reaching an agreement and the greek finance minister has been quoted this morning saying that he doesn't see a deal being struck over the next two days at the luxembourg summer. and the french finance minister echoing those statements. to get this 7.2 billion it needs, that leaves us with potentially eurozone summits that could take place over the next week or so, those could be emergency summits but the

leaders will only meet if the finance ministers agree in theory for money to be disbursed. it's a concern that with this weekend with the central bank of greece pitted against the government with other eurozone ministers pitted against the greek finance minister we could see a run on banks before june 30th and that means imposing capital controls and cypress had a painful experience with that. this weekend will be crucial. >> absolutely. and of course as we were talking i want to bring up these pictures of angela merkel talk before the german parliament talking about the situation in greece. a lot of concern and particularly there in germany. nina, many thanks to you for bringing us that live report from london. we are following a developing story out of hong kong.

>> only if china had vetted the candidates first. >> for more let's bring in ivan watson who joins us live now from hong kong with more on. this it's a victory for those who want more autonomy from mainland china. how did the votes fall today? >> reporter: it ended as expected. there was not the two-thirds vote needed to pass this system of rules that was endorsed by the central government in beijing for organizing elections in hong kong in 2017. what was not expected was that beijing's allies here in the legislative council that they tried to stage a walkout in the

middle of the vote in an effort to deny a quorum for the vote to go past but not all of the pro-beijing legislators got the message. some stayed behind and there was a quorum reached. instead of a majority of lawmakers showing their support for the law that had beijing's stamp of approval on it, instead of that you ended up having 28 so-called pan-democratic lawmakers voting against the law and eight voting in favor of it and pro-beijing lawmakers that had embarrassed looks on their faces. meanwhile, the pan-democratic faction, they came out celebrating. take a listen to what one lawmaker had to say to me. >> all kind of china is safe. so we don't have -- we don't want to have the democratic

system in hong kong. we want to fight for gender and democracy but we will not accept such type of arrangement especially from people using such dirty tactics. >> reporter: you had real role reversal here. the pro-beijing camp are supporting a law that would allow the people in hong kong for the first time in their lives to elect their chief executive in 2017. they are calling this one man, one vote. they are saying this would be a more democratic system and you is a group of lawmakers who oppose the communist party in mainland china who claim to esuppose freedoms of expression and speech and press saying that this system is not going to be democratic enough and they led the charge to vote against it. now one of the top administrators here in hong kong, the number two official here, she knew this was going to

get voted down. this is what she had to say in the assembly chambers moments before the very strange vote took place. >> translator: at this moment, now the reform proposal will soon be voted down. i'm sad. i'm disappointed. i don't know when democratization can be taken forward. >> reporter: now there are calls to ask the pro-beijing legislators why they walked out in the middle of the vote and why they didn't show their support for a law that their camp had drawn up in the first place and those questions perhaps will need be to answered in the days to come. in the meantime this has proven to be a setback for the administrators here in hong kong and for the ruling communist party in mainland china. several times now, sectors of

hong kong society, theoretically, in principal, a chinese city have said no to the communist party and no to beijing. that's something that the central government in china is not accustomed to seeing. >> precisely. ivan watson, it will be interesting to see if and how beijing responds. bad for the status quo but good for those who want more autonomy and independence. a u.s. community is in shock and disbelief after a mass shooting at a police of worship and a suspect is still on the loose. the latest on the charleston church shooting. plus after two weeks on the run, police say two escaped murderers may have altered their appearance. stay with cnn. e milk! that's lactaid. right. 100% real milk, just without the lactose.

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you are watching continuing breaking coverage here on "cnn newsroom." thanks for staying with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. a mass shooting at a predominantly black church. the white male in his 20s is still at large at this hour and the community there is reeling from what is being called a hate crime. >> you tell people to go to work and do right and go to church. th p