a chilling admission from behind bars. the man accused of starting the massacre at a church wanted to start a race war. and the american president wants the country to rethink its stance on guns. prisoners on the run. could there be a fresh lead in the search for two convicted killers. new york investigators are looking into another sighting. welcome to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm lynda kinkade from atlanta. and this is "cnn newsroom."

we start this hour in charleston a city that has shown an immense amount of grace in the shadow of a mass murder. >> you know you have the power to fix those hearts. >> this was the very solemn scene friday evening in front of emanual african methodist episcopal church. it's a historic african-american church and there are indications that is why it was targeted by the shooter. 21-year-old dylann roof researched and targeted the church. roof admitted he shot and killed nine people during a bible study session all because he wanted to start a race war. he made an appearance before a judge on friday. he showed little emotion during the hearing. relatives were there to view him

over a tv monitor and spoke directly to him. amazingly, given the loss they suffered some even offered roof forgiveness. our martinsavidge has ore. >> reporter: court documents give graphic detail of the deadly attack inside a charleston church. all of the victims were shot multiple times. family members including dylann roof's father and uncle identified roof and his car, even warning investigators that his son owns a 45 caliber handgun. roof was not in the courtroom where anguished victims' families had come to see him. he appeared via a video link. the judge said those in the courtroom were not the only ones hurt in this racially motivated act of terror. >> we have victims on the other

side on this young man's side of the family. nobody would have ever thrown him into the whirlwind of events they have been thrown into. >> you're unemployed at this time? >> yes, sir. >> roof faces nine murder charges and the judge allowed a representative of each of those killed to speak. there was heart break in every word. >> felicia watched her son die. >> as we say in the bible study we enjoyed you. may god have mercy on you, every fiber in my body hurts. and i will never be the same. it hurts. you hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you. and i forgive you.

>> reporter: law enforcement officers sources say that dylann roof admitted to the shooting spree. the gun he bought in south carolina around the time of his 21st birthday in april. the handgun capable of firing up to 13 rounds. survivors said he reloaded multiple times. he had not been convicted at the time he bought the gun, the sale was perfectly legal. dylann's legal future could end with the death penalty. the victims' families know their fate a life sentence of painful grief. >> that was martin savidge reporting. as you said we are learning more about the nine victims who were killed in cold blood as they prayed together on wednesday night. the youngest 26-year-old taehwan za

taehwan -- taehwan za sanders. his mother was in the room and saw her son get shot. she is not only a victim but she is a survivor. friends say they will remember him for his upbeat attitude. >> i don't care what kind of day he was having he was always smiling. >> we said our good-byes as if we would see him friday and he said all right guys good night and we took it for granted we'll see you friday. not knowing the very next day. i'm sure he tried to talk this guy out of it. i'm sure he even went down as a hero. i feel like he would have sacrifice himself before he let anybody else in that room lose their life. >> also among those killed in the shooting the church's pastor clementa pickny.

he was elected to office when he was 23 years old making him one of the youngest people to serve in the south carolina legislature. legislature pinckney was a long-time member of the church. he was married with two young children who will now be without him on father's day. and george howell spoke with sunny hostin about what we saw in court on friday. the compassion shown by the victims' families and a controversial moment by the judge offseeing the hearing. >> typically at a bond hearing, the judge gets on the bench and goes through the charges and perhaps also goes through a series -- a checklist. in this case he decided to make a statement and the statement actually -- i think, contained language that was very troubling for so many people because he said that the shooters' family

were victims as well. and many people are outraged. i, as prosecutor for many years attending just so many bond hearings i've never seen anything like that before. and what is interesting is now we know that this judge in 2003 actually -- in court, in a bond reduction hearing, used the "n" word with an african-american defendant. he said -- and this is a quote -- that there were three or four types of people. white people black people white people red necks and the "n" word. he claimed he was trying to change the path of this defendant. >> but he used that language in court? >> he used the "n" word in court from the bench and in 2005 the state supreme court publicly reprimanded him for that incident and other misconduct. if any judge or magistrate was going to hear this case a case

that is an alleged hate crime, this judge should not have been on the bench. >> so judge james goznell does he have more involvement? >> that is the one silver lightning. his job was to conduct this bond hearing. his role is over. but many are calling for his removal from the bench based on his past history and performance and what we heard today. >> seems that the judge's job was simply to do his job but he took a liberty there that has a lot of people scratching their leds. >> no question. >> sunny hostin thank you so much. u.s. president barack obama is pressing for greater gun restrictions. on friday he called for an urgent national conversation on the gun violence problem in america and will not accept inaction and ignorance of the issue any longer.

>> you don't see murder on this kind of scale with this kind of frequency in any other advanced nation on earth. every country has violent, hateful or mentally unstable people. what's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns. and so i refuse to act as if this is the new normal. >> and earlier i spoke with the director at the center of the study of hate and extremism about this push for a change in gun laws in america and whether more restrictions are needed to help prevent crimes like this from happening in the future. >> lack of common sense will always trump any kind of regulation. and by the way, the second

amendment was adjudicated up to the u.s. supreme court. they didn't give a final ruling as to the parameters but while they said it is a personal rite to private gun ownership it could be subject to a regulation but the court never said exactly what. we will await that in future terms. >> and it's because of the shooting that the governor of south carolina, nikki haley ordered flags to be half staff. but the confederate flag continued to fly high. for many years some argued that the flag is a symbol of history and others say it's a symbol of bigotry. >> even in the wake of overwhelming sadness and amid charges of horrific crimes there, it is the confederate flag flying above the grounds of

the south carolina capital while outrage erupts be below. >> this was a racial hate crime. that symbol has to come down. >> reporter: the rebel flag remained high, padlocked into place. why? state law. in 2000 civil rights activists lobbied for a larger confederate flag to be removed from the capital dome. but other tributes including the flag on the capital law became untouchable without an override by two-thirds of the state legislature. that's not likely here or in other places where some have said for years the flag is about southern pride heritage and in mississippi it's part of the state flag. >> we are here to show we are proud of who we are and where we are from. >> reporter: wendell pierce

tweeted the nazis are responsible for the auto bonn and advancing rocket violence do. we fly the nazi flag to remember that heritage? it's an old debate and top politicians admit it has new resonance. >> we'll see where it goes. >> at the end of the day it's time for people in south carolina to revisit that decision would be fine with me. >> reporter: maybe times have changed. just this week the u.s. supreme court said texas can deny requests for license plates featuring the confederate flag. but nine other states still allow it on their plates including south carolina. even as opponents are pushing a symbol of their own, #takeitdownsc. >> and people around the world are shocked and appalled by the killing of nine black worshippers at the hands of one white gunman. it is wondering whether it will

spark a change in america. >> reporter: the image of a young man, america's latest mass murderer, broadcast around the world. reporter for a french broadcaster bfm explaining to his audience how 21-year-old dylann storm roof could be sentenced to death after admitting to shooting nine worshippers. the racist killing that is shocking america. and a headline reads racist terrorism horror in usa. from afar the world has watched america struggle when rising tensions between its black and white communities from miami and ferguson to baltimore and now this. in the multicultural streets of

london these scenes are difficult to comprehend. so too, the gun debate. >> i thought, not again. and i don't know how many times this kind of thing can happen before people start doing things about guns in america. obama was right. it doesn't happen with this frequency anywhere else. >> my reaction is that every day, a young black guy, whoever is being killed off by white supremacist people that don't want to change. >> america on a whole needs to sort out their gun laws. >> reporter: a british news reader tweeted, only in america spobded to a gun ad on the front page of charleston daily "the post and courier" as the manhunt for the gunman continued. still to come a possible

new lead in the hunt for two escaped killers in the u.s. up next where they may have been sighted and who could be in danger now. plus we'll hear from anxious retirees in greece who are concerned about their pensions as the country teeters on the brink of economic collapse. usiness, a lot of people didn't believe in me. but things took off when i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i can tell the doubters to stick it. hey, honey. stick it! stick it! stick it! nana? hi... stick it! can you give your mommy a message for me? stick it! get a domain website and email starting at $1/month all at godaddy.

new york state police are investigating a possible sighting of two killers who escaped from a maximum security prison. witnesses saw two men who fit the description of the two. meanwhile the corrections officer has been suspended as part of the investigation into their escape. jason carroll has more on the search. >> reporter: mare mug shots added to the nations of the most hardened and dangerous criminals. now on the most-wanted list. a $50,000 reward on top of the $100,000 offered last week for information leading to their return. searchers have cleared

600 miles of trails outside the clinton correctional facility where the two made their daring escape two weeks ago. >> we don't have concrete evidence that they are here. they are definitely some place. we will find them. >> you don't know if they're here. there is no evidence they could be somewhere else. doesn't that mean they could be anywhere. if that's the case how do you erge search for two men who could be anywhere? >> we said from day one they can be anywhere. we are searching exclusively and extensively in this area with the ground searchers. but what you don't see is the leads that are coming into the tips live and tips line and investigators behind the scenes. >> joyce mitchell is the key figure in the escape plan. she has already admitted to having an affair with matt and inappropriate relationship with sweat revealing matt and swaet had planned to murder her

husband, lyle. but has mitchell revealed everything to her husband. >> the things she said to him alone and the things that are just so hurtful and revealing that he's -- she said everything. she admitted there is a plot to kill him. he doesn't think there could be anything worse than that. >> the prisoners are no longer on lockdown or restricted to their cells now that the holes have been repaired the tunnels they used to make their escape sealed. that was jason carroll reporting from new york. now for the first time in three weeks, south korea's health ministry says there have no new mers cases or deaths to report. on friday the health ministry said the middle east respiratory syndrome is leaving off. greece has been thrown a

lifeline. the european central bank pumped emergency cash into the banks on friday. it is ahead of a summit in a few day's time. greece must make a $1.7 billion repayment by june 30th or face default. and many retirees who are depend on the government remain anxious. we share some of their stories. >> reporter: in one of athen's hangouts men talk openly about life's little problems. here in between coffee sips card games and old habilitates there are passionate exchanges. [ speaking foreign language ].

76-year-old spiros doesn't hold back. he is frustrated because like others here he has seen his pension cut by 50% and he is struggling. [ speaking foreign language ]. say they have seen their pensions slashed dramatically in the past year with soaring unemployment and youth unemployment they tell me their pensions are often the only source of income for their families. this man has been coming here for 20 years and heard much talk of crisis but never as bad as this, he tells me. [ speaking foreign language ].

pension sheet shows -- he wouldn't be able to support them. are you proud of the government saying no more cuts to the pensions? is this something you are proud of? [ speaking foreign language ]. ds right. for many he's gambling with their lives. a body found on a london rooftop is believed to be that of a stow away who fell from a

british airways flight from south africa. a second stow away was hiding in the plane's undercarriage. he is still alive. >> reporter: people have laid flowers at the site. the london police have said that currently, they are treating this as what they call an unexplained death but they say through are strong indications that this was indeed a stow away who fell out of the landing gear of a plane. there was a second person found on the tarmac at london heathrow airport. this is a flight from johannesburg to london heathrow. that is 8,000 miles and takes 12 hours and the wheel well of the plane is not pressurized. there is very little air to breathe and it gets very very

cold. the people in this area say they are shocked by what happened. we spoke to a local reverend and he said the community here is in mourning. >> i feel very much for people's desperation, actually. you know with all the stuff going on about migrants coming across from north africa into europe and trying to reach other parts of the world where they think they can achieve a better life. it's just horrible when something like this goes so wrong. >> reporter: british airways said this is a very rare incident but there are incidents where this happens. here around the area of london heathrow there have been several incidents where stow aways have fallen out of planes shortly before the planes were set to land. still to come we'll have more on the tragedy in charleston, south carolina. stay with us. you know, when i started my business, a lot of people didn't believe in me. but things took off when i got a domain

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hello, i'm lynda kinkade. the man charged in a mass shooting in charleston south carolina researched the church where it happened. that's according to our affiliate wbtv. roof told investigators he wanted to start a race war. new york state police say that killers on the run may have been spotted 400 miles from the prison they broke out of. witnesses saw men who matched the descriptions of richard matt and david sweat in pennsylvania one week after their escape.

now to the debt crisis in greece. the european central bank pumped emergency cash into banks on friday. this keeps the banks afloat ahead of a summit. greece must make a $1.7 billion payment to the imf by june 30th or face default. for the first time since june 3rd south korean health officials don't have any new mers cases or deaths to report. continuing to follow develops following the church massacre in charleston south carolina. people of different races and all walks of life are coming together. they are angry and heart broken and talking about how to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: with flowers in hand it's all she could do to bring them here to leave her message. >> it's just unacceptable. and it's sad.

and it's a helpless feeling. >> what do you mean by that? >> helpless. what do you do? you just feel helpless as to what to do. think about all those families that are affected and our whole community is going to be affected. >> reporter: the racially motivated shooting at this church inflamed an old wound in this historic community, a city that at one point served as the main point of entry for the african slave trade in the southern u.s. and while charleston has come a long way since those days -- >> i hate it that some young person had so much hate in their heart that it makes us all seem like we are racist but i don't think that we really are. i don't think the majority of us are. >> reporter: jackie lewis says it's a reminder there is so much work to be done when it comes to

improving relations between people from different backgrounds who experience the world in different ways. >> lack of housing, lower salaries higher in cars ration rates, black lives don't matter as much in these united states as other lives. that's why that movement is so important and we are all work for racial justice. and when -- when this kind of tragedy can happen in a house of worship with people's hearts wide open seeking god's love our hearts are especially broken. >> reporter: it's because of where this massacre took place that hits especially hard for some. dylann roof admits to killing nine people in a fit of racial rage inside a church. >> this is a place that you don't bring violence. and for people to want to lock their doors, you don't lock the doors to the church. everybody is welcome. and he was sitting next to the

pastor with welcoming arms and still do that. >> reporter: people are coming together talking about everything from gun rights and whether there should be more restrictions to race relations. typically taboo subjects in this part of the world, not today. if you look around charleston today, many different people some from the charleston area others who came in from out of town to be here to pay their respects. despite the challenge that happened here many say that coming together and having a conversation is the beginning of the unity that's needed. >> we will not sit idly by. >> white people have to stop being silent. we have to show up and recognize that white supremacy, which is what this is it kills all of us in the end. >> it's going to take people coming together and talk about this. there needs to be a dialogue. >> reporter: the conversation

continues as this community copes with great loss, with hopes to heal. >> and that was george howell reporting. he will be joining us live from charleston south carolina in the next hour. the u.s. department of justice is investigating the church massacre as a possible hate crime and a possible case of domestic terrorism. the number of hate crimes reported in the u.s. in 2012 was about the same as in 2004. it seems the situation is not improving. earlier i spoke with a former fbi special agent. >> we have to start picking these things out very carefully and looking to decide if it is a hate crime, terrorism or a person who is mentally deranged. the way we fix these problems is determined by the numbers. and i think this is something that we really have to look at closely. that's probably why you don't see a difference in these

numbers. if it's just thrown out there constantly how can you fix that? i think that is something that we definitely have to start looking at. >> if we do look at those numbers, those numbers tell us there has been an increase in terms of crimes of hate motivated by race. whether that is a person's ancestral or social background or national affiliation. why is that increasing in america? >> that's a good question. and you know, i really -- my own opinion on that is a lot of it has to do with politics. i like a lot of politicians have really jumped on this racial divide in a way to further their political agendas. and instead of trying to mend it they further it by pointing out people's color over and over again. i judge a person based on the quality of their work or the quality of their personality but it's it seems like to me a lot of the times what we see in politics and what we see in the

news is this is a black man and this is a white man. i just think that is fueling this entire thing. i think it's one of the things that is causing this divide to get ever greater. >> looking at this case in charleston we have a white 21-year-old man accused of killing nine black people. how does someone if this person you know he has confessed, how does someone build up such hate at such a young age in america for a particular race? >> again, my opinion, that is a very good question. my training and expertise that i've had in law enforcement and the military what i see in this individual is somebody who has a psychological problem. and a lot of times they can be total social outcasts and inept at doing a lot of things good

but yet they can plan and carry out an operation in their mind like this that is deadly. and so that's why i know that the things that he said were hate filled. i know that you can tell that his heart is clearly hate filled. but to me the hate seems like the spoon that stirs the pot. it doesn't seem like the recipe is just hate. there is psychopathic behavior and that is what drove this guy to focus on this particular race. >> that was john gilliam speaking there. a look at how north korea is managing the worst drought it has seen in 100 years. u know, when i started my business, a lot of people didn't believe in me. but things took off when i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i can tell the doubters to stick it. hey, honey. stick it! stick it! stick it! nana? hi... stick it!

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welcome back nature is wreaking havoc on north korea. the communist state which is one

of the world's most secretive says it's in the midst of its worst drought in 100 years. derek van dam is standing by in the weather center. north korea and its people are suffering. >> this drought is very extreme across north korea. 30% of their rice crop and their rice paddies are starting to just completely dry up and become parched. no longer going to produce any agricultural yields. this is concerning considering that the united nations world food program states that about a third of the children in that country are malnutritions. this is going to exacerbate that problem and significant drought conditions south and west of pyongyang. this is the worst drought in 100 years. 2014 was the driest in 30 years.

and this year is on par to be another significantly dry year as well. in fact just in march was the second driest on record 7 1/2 millimeters. in total this region typically receives 1,000 to 1,500 millimeters but in 2014 receiving 450 millimeters in total. the bulk of rainfall comes in july and august as rainfall moves north from china into the korean peninsula. so we do look forward to perhaps some relief from the drought conditions and even though we have seen a few sporadic showers and thunderstorms it is still dry and none of this wet activity will help alleviate this drought that is in place. we will switch to indonesia. this is the island of sumatra. impressive photos and visuals as a mountain which has been

dormant for four centuries has erupted again. this is one of 130 active volcanos in indonesia. and it has quiet for quite some time but a new pyroplastic floe has spewed from the mountain on friday. villagers are refusing to leave because a lot have crops and agriculture they are are looking after. the hot ash barreled 2,000 kilometers to the northeast. back to you. derek van dam, thank you very much. now to yes, ma'am whereinmen. the u.s. state department warns it could be a long process. the talks started in geneva

switzerland. houthis overthrew the government this year in a saudi led -- the rebels to restore the government. it has been 30 years since one palestinian man has been allowed to visit one of the holiest sites in islam. that changed on the first friday of ramadan. >> reporter: the first prayers came long before dawn for the man and his wife on the first day of ramadan, holy day, holy month. they leave their rented house at 3:00 a.m. their home destroyed in last summer's gaza war making their way to the border crossing. they haven't been to the holiest mosque in jerusalem in 30 years. i'm so happy and emotional. this is the best that can happen.

i hope that everyone can freely go to pray like in the past. israel restricts movement into and out of gaza for security reasons. but for ramadan, more are allowed to travel. hundreds of elderly gazans boarding buses. >> this 90 minute ride is an emotional experience. they are taking pictures and in some cases holding back tears. many haven't been here to pray in 15 20, sometimes 30 years. they are trying to remember every moment of this experience. as the bus enters jerusalem, the faithful pray again. the bus stops in the mount of olives. an uphill walk to the old cities. they climb into the old city. we are so exhausted we forgot it as soon as we arrived here. it is a dream to pray on friday in jerusalem.

an early wake up and day of fasting all for this place on this day. tens of thousands of worshippers offer their own prayers. before they come together. he revels in the moment praying he will be here in this crowd again soon. a clamp down on anti-government actists in burundi shows no sign of letting up. more than 90,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. many say it's because of the violent acts of a progovernment youth militia. we talked to several people whose lives have been changed forever. >> reporter: kissing the little brother he has known for a few weeks, happy to help his mother. we can't show his face in case he becomes known to the men who killed his father murdered in

bruni's capital. he came home from school to find his father dead his morvanished after the government's youth militia swept the area. he fled and met the woman who now cares for him along the way. he's pretty sure he knows who is to blame for destroying the life he knew. this man has good reason to fear. we immediatemeet him at a border crossing. he is a journalist for african public radio on the run after his radio station bunt down and his life threatened for publishing details on the group's key missions. >> translator: burning the radio wasn't just about the building but about destroying the sources too. but they realized that the journalists had information and i interviewed members.

>> reporter: he says they revealed the extent of the group's military training and its mission to intimidate political opponents and kill those who won't fall in line. >> translator: we published part of our investigation. but there was more. we still have that data. even if they think it's been burnt. >> reporter: last week, the u.n. high commission for human rights issued a statement saying that the activities could tip burundi over the edge. refugees fled the country amid the president's decision to run for a third term. the refugee's testimony isn't credible and they have been manipulated by other political groups and defends the group saying that the violence has been directed against them rather than being initiated by them. but tens of thousands are in camps in tanzania rwanda and

the dnc fearful of what may come. she lost her first husband during burundi e's civil war. he is dead and she barely survived a bullet that tore through her back and chest. and she and so many others wait to see whether the upcoming election can possibly bring peace. cnn, tanzania. in a protest against elephant poaching more than a ton of confiscated ivory was destroyed in new york's times square on friday. the ivory was held up piece by piece before being put on a conveyer belt and crushed into powder. the u.s. fish and wildlife service estimates around 35,000 elephants are killed in africa

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welcome back. i'm lynda kinkade and you are watching "cnn newsroom." u.s. president barack obama has made a second plea in as many days for tighter gun control laws. he says the country needs a change in attitude about guns. police sources say 21-year-old dylann roof admitted to killing nine people inside an historic american church on wednesday night. he is charged with nine counts of murder and could face the death penalty. roof showed no emotion as the judge and victims' families spoke to him. and for those families there are difficult days ahead. nine funerals have to be planned and nine families have to say good-byes. we end with tributes to the six men and three women who are gone but will never be forgotten.

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a community in pain and mourning. yet, it continues to show strength and grace. after a mass shooting inside a church building. families of the victims offer their forgiveness to the admitted killer. a friend of the suspect says he wanted to start a race war. more details on that 21-year-old suspect ahead. plus there could be a fresh new lead in the man hunt for two escaped convicts in new york. police there are investigating possible sightings. we welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world i'm george howell this is cnn newsroom.