is at the ame emanuel church and chris is in new york for us. we have breaking news right now to tell you about. the gunman in this travesty has reportedly confessed his crimes to police. cnn, learning that dylann roof told authorities he did open fire in the church killing nine people. he says he did it because he wanted to start a race war. he is due back in court here this afternoon, chris. we'll be watching that of course. >> the massacre is raising lot of questions about race hate terror guns and why so many are resistant to calling this what it is. are we too resistant from seeing terror or hiding from realities at home? >> we are debating and exploreing that as we learn about the suspects past. he made racist comments and ties to white supremacy.

>> how you feel sng. >> why did you do it? >> reporter: behind bars alleged mass murderer dylann roof accused of killing nine people at a church in charleston south carolina. >> i want to talk about it. >> reporter: this video captured moments before the shooting of roof sitting at a table with a small bible group. one of the survivors pleaded with the gunman to stop. >> after the young man tried to stop him from doing what he wanted to finish off. he said no you raped our women and you are taking over the country. >> reporter: after the massacre roof fled the scene. 14 hours later -- >> it was god who made this happen. >> a floral shop owner, debbie dills spots the shooter 200

miles away in north carolina following him until police got him without incident. >> he used us as vessels to get his work done. >> reporter: roof's roommate saying he was big into segregation saying roof was plotting this for six months. his childhood friend tells the network, he wanted to spark up the race war again. >> reporter: this facebook photo revealing two flags one from south africa and the other from rodesia. >> there's something weird, bad and hateful going on. >> reporter: the community left reeling. the governor of south carolina fighting back tears. >> the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. so, we have some grieving to do. we've got some pain we have to go through. >> president obama said he and

michelle personally knew several members of the his tor imame church. >> to say our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families and community doesn't say enough to convey the heart ache and the sadness and the anger that we feel. >> now, it's not clear if roof's roommate went to authorities. joey meek told abc news he had not. it's not clear why he didn't. they have reached out to meek and the roommate. we have the breaking news on the apparent confession. evans in washington with the breaking details. what have you learned? >> reporter: he wanted to start a race war. that's what he said in talking to the fbi and charleston fbi detectives who interviewed him yesterday in north carolina. today, he is back in jail and he

must be thinking he failed because you can see the reaction there in charleston has been the opposite. we are told that he talked to these investigators freely and openly for several hours before he was taken to court to be -- to begin the process to send him back to charleston. now, we also know that the atf and the fbi have been working this case. the atf helped trace the handgun. we are told that roof bought this handgun, this .45 caliber handgun in charleston in april. he bought it himself. his grandfather cold brian todd his father roof's father gave him money to buy the gun for his birthday birthday. alisyn? >> evan that's quite a development. thanks for that. we want to get some insight on the gunman from someone who knew the alleged killer.

john mullins is his former high school classmate. thank you for being with us this morning. correct me if i'm wrong. as i understand it you and dylann rough were not tight friends, but shared a close mutual friend. tell us what your impressions of dylann rough were. >> um from what i remember he was always just like kind of quiet. he had that teenager vibe to him, i guess. it's hard to remember because it was so far back. but -- >> did you hear him make racist remarks when you were in high school? >> um they were jokes, i guess, racist slurs, but never taken too seriously until now. now, i'm looking at him in a different manner. >> i mean when you say jokes, can you characterize them for us? what type of thing did he say? >> um i mean they were racist

slurs. i'm not going to say them on the tv. but, they were around our black friends that we shared mutually. they didn't take them as serious jokes, either. so nobody really -- it was always a bunch of people talking, i guess. >> i mean, that's what's interesting, john. on his apparent facebook page the one that appears to be linked to him, he does have black facebook friends, yet his language and what he says appears to have gotten more and more racist. at the time you thought he was joking. did you know him to be angry? >> um i mean every teenager gets mad. i never considered him an angry person. it never was belligerent, i guess. >> what about -- what about his drug use? we have heard different things. was he a drug user?

>> i've told many people through cnn and other reporters that it was, i assumed by association. but now it's been surfaced he was on drugs. >> because i thought you had said in fact he was -- it was your impression he was on drugs harder than marijuana? >> yeah i was under the impression he was because of the people he would associate with in our school. >> john what was your school like? what was the culture of your school like? help us understand what the race relations were like that he could have black friends, yet say offensive, racist jokes. >> um i mean if your friends are making jokes at you and you are making jokes back it's just taken as a joke overall. it wasn't -- he never went and

targeted people like that in high school. it was just he was in that group, i guess. >> you know we have talked about how pictures of him have shown him wearing apartheid on his jacket. what did that tell you about his belief system and what he thought about values like that? >> i guess it's not good. now it makes sense that he wore that. when i saw the pictures on facebook before all this i didn't know what any of it meant. it's like you have to look into it to know what it meant, i guess. >> but, i mean i know you were thinking he was somebody who exhibited intense southern pride. can you tell us more about that? >> um well that was from the daily beast and they had twisted

my words. >> clarify for us. >> they asked me if he showed any sort of southern pride. i said i guess so because the school we went to was, it's got a lot of i guess they would consider themselves red necks and i mean it was a very largely -- we had a diverse school. i mean he used to talk to -- >> did he drop out of -- okay i wanted to ask you about that. you went to a diverse school? >> yeah. >> and he was part of different clicks? >> yes. but, he never dropped out. he attended another school in the middle of the ninth grade year. it was like a weird -- he went somewhere else for ninth grade and went on to drear high

school. >> do you know if he graduated from that other high school? >> i do not know, to be honest. >> you know he has been described, lately as being unemployed being at loose ends being so introverted as to almost be reclusive. according to his uncle, he spent a lot of time in his room not socializing. his language does seem to have become more racist. in fact he started talking about plans, talking about violent plans. when you knew him, did you ever see any strain of violence? >> i did not. all this is just a shock. i mean i really don't know what to say about it, to be honest. >> do you think there's anything that his roommates could have done? i mean they say they tried to take away his gun, but gave it back to him.

do you think there's anything his roommates could have done to have stopped him? >> um honestly probably not. i'm really not sure. i mean if he already had this planned out for six months as his roommates said, he was eventually going to execute his idea. >> john we appreciate you sharing your memories from high school about him. thanks so much. >> you're welcome. >> we want to get to michaela now who has a look at how the victims of the massacre what they are all about. they of course were at the church. their family members are still together now. michaela tell us the latest. >> it's important as we are struggling to find answers about how and why this happened. it's important to talk about the victims, the nine lives cut short. emotional vigils are being held for the nine victims gunned down in this senseless tragedy.

their family and friends remembering their loved ones whose lives were cut short in this beautiful place of worship. ♪ >> reporter: from the heart of the tragedy in south carolina -- >> our hope is in god. >> reporter: to the historic walls of the ebenezer baptist church in georgia. thousands came to mourn nine of charleston's most prominent leaders killed inside emanuel ame church wednesday, including four beloved rev rands. 74-year-old daniel simmons who attended the church every sunday. depayne middleton-doctor. 45-year-old sharonda singleton pictured here with her son on mother's day coached at a local high school. chris singleton remembers his mom. >> we love the way my mom would.

the hate won't be anywhere close to what love is. >> only love can conquer. >> reporter: the distinctive voice of rev vend clementa pinckney was silenced gunned down as he preached. >> to see him die facedown in the ground. >> reporter: a state senator reverend pinckney was the younger african-american to the legislature. he stressed the need for body cameras. >> a badge and gun does not give someone superiority or trump their constitutionally protected privileges and rights in south carolina. >> reporter: friends and family struggle to cope with the loss of so many. recent college graduate tywanza sanders lost his life. cynthia hurd worked for decades as a librarian. now, as a tribute to her

service, it will be renamed in her honor. >> why would you do something like this. >> reporter: tim jackson mourning susie. a lovely person with a great smile. her cousin ethel lance also killed. myra thompson 59 teaching the bible study held each wednesday when the gunman opened fire. now that the gunman has confessed, the families can get a little insight, comfort that is into why this happened. they can begin this emotional, difficult journey of healing. we are going to talk to one of the victim's best friends. chris? >> we are looking forward to that. back here in new york we are going to, obviously, draw attention to the fact the suspect in california not a suspect, he's pleaded guilty and admitted the murders, the legal process is a formality in south carolina. how about in new york.

what's going on here? plenty of reasons, it was easier in south carolina. we have the latest information on the escaped killers. let's get to alexander field. much easier in south carolina than you have up there. we are hearing the escapees are now on the u.s. marshals most wanted list, true? >> reporter: absolutely. the urgency holds here. there's an intense effort to find the men missing nearly two weeks now. state police are continuing to scour empty and abandoned buildings. they are calling on people to look at surveillance cameras and turn in what they have. at the same time we are learning about lyle mitchell the husband of the woman accused of helping matt and sweat, convicted killers to escape from the maximum security prison. there are allegations she had relationships with both men. an attorney for lyle mitchell

says lyle had no idea his wife had any kind of sexual relationship with matt. he confronted her about a possible relationship with david sweat. at the time she denied the accusations. lyle mitchell went to visit joyce mitchell behind bars. he had questions he wanted answered. his attorney said he left confused. he had no knowledge of the escape plan or his wife's part in it. he has no plans to testify on her behalf. chris? >> you have that drama in terms of the relationship. the question in concern is where are the two bad men? in other headlines, a cigna signature piece of legislation is in the hands of the senate hanging by a thread. the house voted to grant him fast track authority to allow him a pacific trade deal. now he's seeing a tight thing in

the senate. 14 democrats are with holding support until they were guaranteed a separate worker protection bill. the house has to debate that. stay tuned. s the e.p.a. and transportation department will unveil regulations to reduce emissions from big rigs and heavy duty truks. the rules kick in in the 2019 year. the auto maker will give their chance for input before new rules take effect. tiger woods. you know sad, disappointing, laughable. those are the words you could use to describe his worst ever round in a u.s. open. he is ten over par. he shot at 80 in the first round at chambers bay. it's the second time he shot a round in the 80s. he's in danger of missing the cup. back to you? charleston. >> oh we are here in charleston learning about the community, the tremendous resilience and

community that is here. i've got the opportunity to talk to a friend of the youngest victim who, we are told died trying to save others. i'm talking a young manti wan sa sanders. his friend a.j. harley is here. how are you doing today? >> i'm doing great. it's good to be able to speak on behalf of tywanza and his family and the charleston community. >> how is the community and the family? you were a tight group of friends. >> we are like brothers. i'm doing good. they are doing good. we have been contacted by media. it's good to put out a positive. >> we are going to talk to you and we'll be right back. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift?

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back in charleston, south carolina on the latest in the church massacre. what a scene we are seeing. i want to bring back a.j. harley the best friend of tywanza sanders, the youngest victim. >> this is a guy you have known for a long time a.j. we are hearing reports that he actually tried to play the hero, he tried to save lives and tries to talk the gunman out of acting

out of violence. is this the guy you knew? >> exactly like the guy we knew the guy we know. it's just like tywanza. he's there for everybody. it's nothing out of the blue for him. he is loving caring. it was good to hear that he didn't die in vain. >> as you are struggling to make sense of this there is no sense to be made what is the conversation you are hearing from shared friends, from other people your age. what is the conversation you are having? >> it's astonishing. none of us were or are prepared for the situation. the community is together. our friends, family everybody is strong. his family is strong. it's good to know everybody has held together. >> what do you see is the conversation people are having in charleston? we know recently this area has had to deal with the walter scott death. >> yes. >> that caused a lot of controversy. there are a lot of strong

feelings and emotions in this community. >> naturally. >> after this when you think about the church where people go to seek solice, what are the conversations that need to be had going forward? >> keep a level head. understand that the shooter is not from charleston. you know he's from a little further away. it was an attack. we put some stuff in place to where we want to recognize the people from charleston and we want to represent tywanza. we have a scholarship we put together. >> tell me about that. >> a few of our friends did a scholarship and it was called race for achievement. what we did is change the name to the tywanza sanders scholarship in dedication to him. we will continue to grow the scholarship and provide

education. that's what he was about, being educated stimulating yourself growing intellectually. we want to continue that movement for him. >> he was somebody who was vocal on social media. >> yes. >> on the day before this horrific act of violence he posted a quote. a life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. you smile when i say that. >> it was just mind boggling to actually see that after hearing the situation and, you know you hear it go on facebook and instagram and see that post happen literally a couple hours before he would have been in the church is mind boggling. >> where were you when you found out? >> i was at home. my wife told me. i was actually -- i heard about the situation, like many people. it spread virally throughout the city. nobody knew who was involved. >> you knew he went to the church?

>> yeah but i didn't know he was going to be there that night. it wasn't surprising. i was home fell asleep on the couch. went to bed late. my wife and daughter had already gone to sleep. my wife came out and she was upset. woke me up and said another friend from miami called her and told her what happened. >> you didn't believe it at first? >> not at all. i was like there's no way. >> what was the first emotion? >> fear. i feared like you know something happened to one of my best friends. disbelief. naturally, i couldn't believe it. after everything sank in, friends, brothers everybody is calling each other, alerting each other making sure everybody knew. everybody was consoling each other. the next order was to ensure his mother was okay. >> is she doing all right? >> from what i have seen. i only got to see her once.

i'm going to try to make it out there. >> she is going to need you there. >> she's got a strong support system. she does. >> sounds as though you all do. thank you for letting us know about this tremendous young man. there's a lot of media in the area and roadblocks. a struggle for a.j. to get to us. we want the focus to remain on the lives that were lost not at the focus of this man that took their lives, this senseless act of violence. that's an important message we are hearing from charleston. >> absolutely. i mean we try to figure out why he did it by focusing a little bit on who knew the gunman but of course it's so much more important as you have been doing to highlight the victim's lives. we will have so much more on the church massacre. should the u.s. revisit their gun control laws? we will ask south carolina senator lindsey graham. good!

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charleston south carolina in mourning after nine people were shot and killed at the historic emanuel ame church. the tragedy reigniting the debate about gun control laws and other big issues. we want to bring in republican senator lindsey graham from south carolina. thank you for taking time for us. >> thank you. >> did i hear right, did your niece go to school with the gunman? >> yeah my sister called and emily, my niece was in eighth grade with this guy in english class and he sat right in front of her. >> what were her impressions? >> strange, quiet. monday the teacher would ask what they did over the weekend. he came up with bizarre stories.

she rode the bus with him so knew where he lived. he was strange. >> so many people in south carolina know each other. >> a small state. >> president obama expressed great frustration with gun laws that would allow the killer to get his hands on a .45 caliber gun. what do you think about revisiting gun laws? >> president obama called to express his sympathy to the people in south carolina and charleston. i appreciate that. the last thing on my mind right now is a political debate. my job is to be here and show solidarity with my community and my state. if you want to have a debate i will. i don't mind debating gun control and i want the american people to know the solutions to problems like this are probably not one law away. >> how is it possible that someone who was charged with a felony was able to get his hands on a gun? doesn't that mean something

needs to be fixed? >> 80,000 people failed a background check. nine were felons on the run from the law. if i get to be president of the united states a criminal background check, you are going to meet the law head on. >> why isn't that happening now? >> lack of resources. 80,000 failed a background check. 9,000 of them were felons and not one was picked up. >> do you believe we have enough gun laws and nothing needs to be changed or there's room for modification? >> how do you fix a system that doesn't work? how do you have a system where 80,000 fail the background check and 9,000 are felons. there's a lady who pled not guilty by reason of insanity trying to kill president bush. she was put in a mental health

institution, served her sentence came back to south carolina bought a gun, went to a private school here and tried to shoot the superintendent and the gun misfired. how in the world is her case not in the system? >> i don't know. >> i don't, either. millions of people like that. >> there are all sorts of very law-abiding law-abiding, safe gun owners who say the problem is not the guns. the problem is not us. the problem is when -- >> i own a bunch of guns. i haven't hurt anybody. there's something wrong with the background system. south carolina passed a law, anybody who is in danger to themselves or others, the file will go to the background system. a million people have been adjudicated by court and whose records are not in the system. >> he wasn't adjudicated yet. >> he was charged. that is the point.

how far do you go? >> how far would you go as president? >> i tell you what i think i would. i think if you were pending charges, we would -- you are presumed to be innocent but we are going to let the adjudication of the case go. that makes sense to me. look at the system. you are adjudicated. you are a felon on the run. if you are a felon on the run and you go to apply for a gun, at the end of the day, this system is failing. >> something is wrong. i want to ask you about another story. the u.s. flag and the palmetto state flag above the state capitol in columbia were lowered to half mass. however, the confederate flag was not lowered. what is that about? >> i don't know. the compromise years ago, the black caucus in south carolina republicans and democrats came up with a compromise to take the confederate flag off the capitol

and build an african-american memorial out front of the capitol. they put a flag behind that memorial. i don't know what the laws are about lowering it. here is what i do want to say. we are not going to give him and excuse about a movie he watched or a song he listened to. it's him. >> given we are in a new era of race relations and trying to be in a new era of race relations, is it time to stop flying the confederate flag? >> at the end of the day, it's time for people in south carolina to revisit that. this is part of who we are. the flag represents to some people a civil war. that was the symbol by one side. it's been used by people in a racist way. the problems we have in south carolina and throughout the world are not because of a symbol. it's because of what's in people's heart. how do you go back and reconstruct america?

what do we do in terms of our history? >> what is the answer? >> i think the answer is we move forward in a balanced way and make sure that the compromise in south carolina works here. we look and see what is going on. >> the compromise of being able to fly the confederate flag because it's part of the proud tradition? >> there's a war memorial out front and the african-american memorial. >> that works for you? >> it works here. you can visit other places in the country and there's some symbol that doesn't strike you as quite right. what is wrong with america is opportunity. there are 11 african-american counties predominantly african-american counties in south carolina that have poor schools. when you put a kid in a poor school with no job, you are going to get the outcome in baltimore. we need better education, i think. >> senator graham thanks so much for being here.

we are thinking of your state today. >> thank you very very much. >> what is your take on all these issues. love to read them. tweet us #newdaycnn or facebook.com/newday. i will read all of those as i know chris will. brian williams is coming back and speaking out for the first time this morning. what is the gig and how does he explain what happened. answers ahead. the citi double cash card. it's a cash back win-win. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you

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time now for the five things you need to know for your new day. first up, the gunman confessing to the charleston church massacre. this man tells police he killed nine people to start a race war. he is expected in court today. the massive manhunt for the escaped prisoners in up state new york is entering the 14th day. richard matt david sweat now on the u.s. marshals most wanted list. the president's fast track trade bill in the senate's hands. the house passing, but the future is uncertain without

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did you know when you went on "nightly news" you were telling a story that was not true? >> no. i -- it came from a bad place. it came from a sloppy choice of words. i told stories that were not true over the years. looking back it is very clear, i never intended to. >> will that wash as an apology?

of course brian williams apologizing for the exaggerations that led to his removal of nbc "nightly news." he is not gone. he is headed to msnbc. lester holt is going to assume the "nightly news" duties full time. let's discuss this move with ryan host of "reliable sources" and big carter from "the new york times" author and now making his first appearance as a cnn contributor. the pinnacle of his career joining the cnn family. gentleman. i start with you. does it wash as an apology. does the move to msnbc, is it enough? >> i think it plays on two levels with the critics, the journalism professors. nothing with skepticism. i think the public kind of likes this guy and probably wants to go along with it and accept it.

all along, that's been the break. if nbc had done something right at the beginning, to get him to apologize, they might have pulled this off. now, everybody kind of suspects everything about this that you know it's manufactured. >> with the benefit of time where does this size up in terms of gravity of sin, transgression by brian williams. how serious was this for an offense? >> as serious as it gets. it was obvious he was exaggerating misleading people. he says it wasn't intentional. the court of public opinion is over. we have heard his side of the story for the first time. i am seeing mixed reactions. i agree with bill. a lot of people like this guy as a person. they want to see him on television. when he gets back on msnbc we'll see the votes pouring in every day for him. >> so this comes down to whether or not the apology will

be accepted right? here is what he said that takes him closest to that challenge. >> i was reading these newspaper stories, not liking the person i was reading about, wanting, i would have given anything to get to the end of the story and have it be someone else, but it was about me. these statements i made. i own this. i own up to this. and i had to go through and see and try to figure out how it happened. looking back it had to have been ego that made me think i had to be sharper, funnier, quicker, than anybody else. put myself closer to the action having been at the action in the beginning. >> some heavy thoughts. no i lied in there.

>> no. i think he's having a lot of trouble using that word. >> does he have to use the word embellish? >> which i think is the right word. it's not a guy who took a story and fabricated it. it was a little piece and he blew it up into something else. it's not as big of a sin as a guy who came on the air -- he didn't actually come on the air, it was done on late night talk shows. he's reluctant to say the word i lied to the american public. >> is that because he didn't or he can't say it? brian? >> he you know i wish we could talk to him. the problem he faces now is he hasn't answered all the questions. he's only talked to people at nbc. will he give outside interviews and go into detail about the time he says he unintentionally misled people? it sounds like he's not going to. he was given the chance to say, here are all the reasons why i

told falsehoods why i lied and he didn't do it. >> he didn't address the other ones floating out there. lauer gave him two chances. >> there was a lot of reason to be skeptical. i'm hearing a lot of journalists who are unimpressed. i think viewers at home are more likely to give him a second chance. >> the media, the insiders negativity is a proxy. with regular people they often recognize, an apology is owning what you did, being contrite and asking to do it better again. we discussed whether he did the first part. let us know if it's to your satisfaction. here is a new play about how he feels about his new story. >> i am fully aware of the second chance i have been given. i don't intend to squander it.

i have strong feelings for the folks who tuned in all these years, folks i ask to put their trust in me. >> to that percentage of viewers who says he doesn't deserve my trust, what do you say to them? >> i'll work every day for it. i would go door-to-door if i could. >> bill carter brian, chris cuomo moe, we are media. we don't have to judge. you tell us. get online and tell us whether he deserves it chance whether or not his apology was right and if you are going to watch. thank you the you and to you, brian. >> thanks. >> the good stuff is next. to create a more advanced vehicle, you use the most innovative technology available. to craft a more luxurious vehicle, you use the most skilled hands on earth. like ones that spend 38 days creating a lexus ls steering wheel. or 2,000 hours calibrating an available mark levinson audio system. the high-tech, handcrafted lexus ls. luxury, uncompromised.

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>> can't really understand them because they are 10 and 11. isaiah and jeremiah rushed into a burning florida mobile home and fished out an 8-month-old and 1-year-old without thinking twice. >> it's amazing. adults wouldn't want to go in that fire it's amazing a kid would jump in like that. >> a 10-year-old and 11-year-old going in. they are heroes in my eyes. >> of course they are. they are also a reflection of what we can all be. we can all be that human at our best. that's the good stuff. back to you two there. mik, alisyn you are dealing with the hard stuff down there. >> yep. it is true. and as michaela can tell you, people have warmeds with their hospitality. i look forward to coming back here on a brighter happier day. >> oh. i have never been to the south

carolina area before. i'm sorry it was under these circumstances. what i have learned about the building behind us fought through it rebuilt, there is re resilience in these people. they are going to rebuild and link together to do it. >> we will do our best to watch that process. very good job to you both. thanks for doing such great work down there. it continues now with the news room and miss carol costello. >> thank you. newsroom starts now. >> happening now in the newsroom. >> they wanted segregation. >> inside the mind of the alleged gunman behind the charleston church massacre. >> he wanted to make something spark up the race war again. >> dylann roof in court in hours accused of killing nine people. >> he