he admitted to shooting and killing nine people inside a church. during a bible study session. why did he do it? we're learning more about his possible motive. also the families of those killed. they get to confront the suspect in court, some even offer their forgiveness. and living on the edge. greece closer to default, but the government remains calm. you will have an exclusive interview with a member of the greek administration. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm george howell, live here in charleston, south carolina. you're watching "cnn newsroom."

thank you for being with us this day. we start this hour here in this southern city in front of this church behind me. this church that was the site of a crime scene. a terrible crime that happened earlier this week. you see here in the distance there, those candle lights. you see candles, balloons this growing memorial here at this church. to remember the people who were killed here, people came by to pay their respects bringing everything they could here to the entrance of this church and this memorial as i mentioned. it continues to grow to this day. this is a place of unity here in charleston. the city that has shown as immense amount of grace in the shadow of mass murder. >> endure for a night. >> these pictures taken earlier friday evening. it shows what was happening in

front of the church. it was a very solemn mood as hundreds of people took part inform a prayer vigil. earlier on friday the 21-year-old suspect, dylann roof made his first appearance in court before a judge. and in that hearing, roof showed showed -- days later and relatives finally get a chance to be at that hearing and face him. they got to see him in custody. but it was over a tv monitor. they also got a chance to speak directly to him. and amazingly, given the loss they suffered that is so fresh in their minds, some even offered roof their forgiveness. >> you're representing the family of ethel lance, is that correct? >> yes. i just want you to know to you, i forgive you.

you took something. i will never talk to her ever again. i will never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you. and have mercy on your soul. you hurt me you hurt a lot of people. but god forgive you. and i forgive you. >> representative of the family of myra thompson. >> saying the same thing that was just said. you know, i forgive you, my family forgive you. we'd like you to take this opportunity to repent. repent. repent, confess. to the one that matters the most christ so that he can change it and change your ways no matter what happened to you. and you'll be okay.

>> thank you, sir. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most prettiest people i know. everything in my body hurts and i'll never be the same. tywanza sanders was my son, but he was my hero. but as we say in bible study we enjoyed you, but may god have mercy on you.

>> although my grandfather and the other victims that died at the hands of hate this is proof, everyone's plea for your soul is proof that they lived in love and their legacies will live in love. so hate won't win. and i just want to thank the courts for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you, ma'am, for being here. the representative of the family of cynthia hurd. >> and i want to thank you on behalf of my family for not allowing hate to win. for me i'm a work in progress. and i acknowledge that i am very angry, but one thing is that she taught me that we are the family that love built. we have no room for hate. we have to forgive.

i pray god on your soul. and i also thank god that i won't be around when your judgment day comes with him. may god bless you. >> just to hear what they had to say. it's almost like you listen just word by word. and then at the very end the word forgiveness, that's the word they ended with for this admitted killer the person who killed nine people inside this church. people are raw we motion, trying to understand how this happened. you have to remember this is a person who was invited, who came in and welcomed into this church who sat with people here for at least an hour who made them feel that he was not a threat to them. and then methodically took a weapon out and shot and killed nine people inside a place of worship. even the mayor of charleston can't seem to understand how this alleged suspect became so hateful. >> as we're here with broken

hearts the nine people he killed we must acknowledge that he wasn't an alien. he didn't come from outer space. he was living in our country, living in our state, and somehow his mind was filled with racial hatred. so one way to respond is, we need to seek to understand that where is this coming from? >> i've been speaking with people in this community. people of different races, people from all walks of life they are coming together and they are angry, and they are truly heart broken by what happened here. and now they're talking about what it will take to make sure something like this does not happen again. >> with flowers in hand it was 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? your 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. >> 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 port of entry for the african slave trade in the southern u.s. and while charleston like the rest of the nation 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're all racist. but i don't think that we really are. i don't think the majority of us

are. >> jackie lewis says the latest tragedy is a reminder there's 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 incarceration rates, black lives don't matter as much in these united states as other lives. and that's why the movement is so important. that's why we're all working for racial justice. and when, when this kind of tragedy can happen in a house of worship with people people's heart wide open seeking god's love and offering god's love, our hearts are especially broken. >> it's because where this massacre took place that hits especially hard for some. dylann roof admits to killing nine people in a fit of racist rage inside a church. >> this is a place where you don't bring violence. and for people to want to lock their doors and everything like you don't lock doors in a church

because you're always welcome to the church. and for somebody to come in there, and he was sitting next to the pastor with welcoming arms you know and still do that. >> 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 in charleston today, this is what you see. many people from the charleston area others who came in from out of town to be here in front of this church to pay their respects despite the tragedy 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. >> if i could just add, 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. it's going to take people talking about this there needs to be actual dialogue. >> the conversation continues as this community copes with great loss with hopes to heal. >> and part of that conversation now. the u.s. president barack obama. he is continuing, i should say, to press for greater gun restrictions in the wake of what happened here in this city. on friday he blasted the u.s. congress for failing to pass any gun reform legislation during his time in office. and he called for an urgent national conversation on how to fix this problem. he also said that he cannot accept that mass shootings are now just common place in america. >> 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. >> barry joins me, he's a friend of the church's pastor the late reverend clementa. thank you for taking time with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so many things took place this other day. first, let's talk about these families who were in court. they got a chance to talk to and they got a chance to see dylann roof. what were your thoughts when you heard what they had to say? >> my thoughts really were what's going through their mind what they're feeling, the emotions that are coming forward. i can't imagine what it is just to sit in the courtroom and to actually see the person that

actually did this. the person that actually killed your loved one. i can only imagine just the emotions and all. but just hearing them offer their forgiveness, says that you know what the healing has kind of begin to take place they're starting to take steps. they've got a lot of supporters. family and friends are coming together. but i can only imagine the anger and the rage and just reflection of what's actually going on. but the ability to at least be able to confront the perpetrator. to say, this is what happened. this is how we're feeling. but i think, again, the critical and most important part is the offering of the forgiveness and the healing which represents what we stand for in the area. >> you know i've talked to a lot of people here in charleston and i keep hearing that charleston is a place of forgiveness. it's a place of forgiveness. what do you think? you lost a good friend here, a pastor of this church. this was your boss at one point. >> yes, sir, definitely. >> do you forgive? >> i do forgive. because when i think about my boss the senator and what he

stood for, both as a boss both as a friend both as a mentor that's what he stood for. he stood for love. he stood for family. he stood for bringing people together. he stood for drawing people to each other. he stood for helping people and reaching the community. he stood for loving your enemies. he stood for forgiving your enemies even with justice and consequences and things unfortunately, having to take place because of the incident. that's what he stood for. and that's what he taught me. not just as a page but a mentee and as a friend. >> do you get the sense people are talking now? we saw so many people from many different backgrounds coming together. and there were some really, you know what would otherwise be taboo conversations being had right here on the street. >> definitely. well i see, really people starting to talk about it coming together. i was just really moved yesterday, and seeing people of all different walks and races really coming together really talking, really embracing one

another, it's touching their heart to see these tragedy. i see that as part of the process where it's opening our eyes and waking us up to realize the value of relationships. but really coming together being unified. not just for an incident for this unfortunately, brought us together here but also throughout next week and next month throughout our lives. so i'm starting to see that change and really unifying and bringing people together. >> thank you so much for taking time with us. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we thank you for watching. you are watching "cnn newsroom." we will have much more on the tragedy that has played out here in charleston later in this show but we are following other news from around the world and following those stories. we're also learning, we're hearing from anxious retirees in the country of greece. they are concerned about their livelihoods as their country teeters on the brink of economic collapse. plus new shocking numbers regarding the number of people

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around the world in cash poor greece. thrown a temporary lifeline. pumped emergency cash into greek banks on friday. this keeps the country afloat ahead of a crucial summit between athens and the creditors. greece must make repayment by june 30th or face default. as the country's future hangs in the balance, asked the greek state minister for his thoughts on solving this crisis. listen. >> we believe that it's the project of the century. no one would jeopardize it just for 0.5% of the greek gdp. therefore, i think as angela merkel said where there is will there is a way. this is time to prove that europe is a tolerant union of states. that could actually be tolerant to a different kind of policy.

>> the greek government has been very strong on its red lines, on pensions and v.a.t. if you're not prepared to budge on that what other proposals, tangible proposals as said have you got up your sleeve? >> besides the pensions, we have proposed measures of enhanced revenues that you can actually find and put an exact figure on them. of 2% of gdp. so we have a disagreement with institutions of what is the starting point of the economy and fiscal surplus. fiscal surplus for 2016. the distance between the two is only .5%. can i ask you? is this a number big enough to prevent us from having a deal? i don't think so.

>> minister i've covered greek crisis for some time. i was here for the elections. and so i've heard a lot of crisis talk during this time. but what i've sensed in the last few days speaking to people is that people are exhausted and they are nervous that come monday there will be no deal. what are you telling the greek people? how are you calming their nerves? >> i don't think anybody should worry. and nobody should put fuel on it. i think all parties have proven that they dislike this kind of scenarios. nobody can put a price on the event of not concluding. so this is a very, very good starting point. and this is what makes both sides being honest and explain even differences and learn to live with the differences. because this is what europe is

all about. >> but the reality is that we have seen the last few days a lot of money being taken out, reports of 2 billion or 3 billion. how concerned are you about the money that's being withdrawn from greek banks? >> of course we are concerned. of course. we want -- we don't like this phenomenon. but we have to attribute this behavior of the people that have got their money, to the fact there is somehow some negative publicity around this. so i would suggest for each and every one not to put a lot of money on the scenario of terror. >> now we move on to london where an anti-austerity rally is planned and set to take over much of central london. you're looking at a website by the group organizing that event. they are promoting a government that will reduce cuts to public

spending and will end what they call special treatment toward the rich and toward the powerful. today is world refugee day, and the united nations is marking it on a very somber note. it says the worldwide displacement of people due to persecution and wars is at the highest levels ever recorded. 60 million people in 2014 compared now to 37 million a decade ago. the main acceleration has been since early 2011 when war erupted in the country of syria. since april, a rights group says more than 90,000 people fled. several victims lives have been changed forever. >> reporter: kissing the little brother he's only known a few weeks, happy to help his new mother with the chores of their uprooted life. we can't show his face in case he becomes known to the men who killed his father.

murdered in their home. he came home from school to find his father dead his mother vanished 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. he has good reason to fear them. we meet them in a border crossing. he's a journalist for african public radio on the run after his radio station was burnt down and his life threatened he says for publishing explosive details on the key missions. >> burning the radio wasn't just about the building it was about destroying the sources, too. but they realize we journalists also had information that i had interviewed members.

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

the dnc fearful of what may come. his foster mother edwin lost her husband during the burundi's civil war more than a decade ago. he was shot dead she barely survived the bullet, which tore through her back and chest. now, she and so many others wait to see whether the upcoming election which has brought so much protest can possibly bring peace. cnn, tanzania. >> you're watching "cnn newsroom," we are live here in charleston south carolina where the admitted church killer didn't just face a judge friday he heard directly from the victims' families. more on that ahead. plus, this shooting has reignited an old controversy. an ongoing conversation in this state about a very deeply divisive part of its history. it's the confederate flag flying

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell here in charleston south carolina. let's get back to our special coverage in this city on the mass shooting that has gripped this community. the family of the admitted shooter is breaking their silence. now extending their deepest sympathies to the victims' families and their friends. in a statement dylann roof's family said quote, words cannot express our shock, grief and

disbelief as to what happened that night. we are devastated and saddened by what occurred. the judge at that bond hearing is facing criticism for some controversial comments that he made while talking about the nine dead victims. he added, quote, we have victims on the other side. listen to his full statement. >> charleston is a very strong community. we have big hearts. we're a very loving community. and we're going to reach out to everyone all victims. and we will touch them. we have victims nine of them. but we also have victims on the other side. there are victims on this young man's side of the family. nobody would've ever thrown them into the whirlwind of events that they have been thrown into. we must find it in our heart

that some point in time not only to help those that are victims, but to also help his family, as well. >> the judge took a liberty there. judges typically don't make statements like that during these bond hearings. but with families in the courtroom who have lost loved ones in cold blood, this notion that the judge pushed, he pushed that the killer's families are victims, too. did not sit well with a lot of people who heard it. some found it tone deaf others found it disrespectful. this is not the first time this particular judge has been called out for making questionable remarks. earlier, i spoke with cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin about this judge's comments. >> typically at a bond hearing, it's very pro forma. the judge gets on the bench and goes through the charges and perhaps also goes through a series of sort of 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 shooter's family were victims, as well. and many people are outraged. i, as a 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" world with an african-american defendant. he said and this is a quote, that there were three, four types of people. white people black people red necks and he used the "n" word. he claimed he was using that to try 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 2005 the

state supreme court publicly reprimanded him for that incident and also for other misconduct. and so if any judge, any magistrate was going to hear this case a case that is an alleged hate crime, this judge should not have been on that bench. >> so judge james goznel. any involvement in this case as it moves forward? >> well i think that's the one silver lining george. as a magistrate, his only 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 to simply to do his job. but he did take a liberty there that has a lot of people scratching their heads. >> no question. >> to say the least. thank you so much. >> sunny telling us there that this judge used the "n" word behind the bench. and it was because of this shooting that the governor of

this state ordered the state flags to be lowered to half staff. but one thing really stood out to a lot of people it's the confederate battle flag on the grounds of the state capitol that continues to fly high. many have argued it's a symbol of history. others say it should be taken down. our tom foreman has the story. >> even in the wake of overwhelming sadness, even amid charges of horrific crimes there it is the confederate flag flying above the grounds of the south carolina capitol while outrage erupts below. >> this was a racial hate crime and must be confronted as such. that symbol has to come down. >> the u.s. flag was ordered to half staff, but the rebel flag remained. civil rights activists successfully lobbied for a

larger confederate flag to be removed from the capitol dome. but in exchange all other contributes to the confederacy including the flag on the lawn became untouchable without an override by 2/3 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. in mississippi, it's part of the state flag. >> we're here to show our support that we're proud of being who we are and where we're from. >> opponents equate that to defending what germany did under hitler. wendl pierce from "the wire" tweeted the nazi are responsible for advancing rocket science. do we fly the nazi flag to remember that heritage? it's an old debate but even top politicians admit it has new resonance. >> i think the state will start talking about that again. and 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.

>> maybe times have changed. just this week the u.s. supreme court said texas can deny a request 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 the symbol of their own, own, #takeitdownsc. >> again, that was cnn's tom foreman reporting. why did brian williams lie? coming up here on cnn, the nbc anchor tells the world why he embellished stories about his reporting and what he thinks about his punishment. plus a possible sighting of the two murderers who escaped from a maximum security facility in the state of new york. details when we come back. as quickly as it used to? introducing neutrogena hydro boost water gel. instantly quenches skin to keep it supple and hydrated day after day.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom," live here in charleston, south carolina. but other news we are following from around the world in the state of new york. police there say the two killers who escaped from a maximum security prison may have been spotted. investigators say witnesses saw men who may have fit the descriptions of richard matt and david sweat a week after they broke out of prison. those men were about 400 miles or that's about 600 kilometers from the prison. meanwhile, a corrections officer has been suspended as part of the investigation into their escape. our jason carroll has more on this massive manhunt. >> their mug shots added to the faces of the nation's most hardened and dangerous criminals. richard matt and david sweat now on the u.s. marshal's most wanted list a $50,000 reward

offered on top of the $100,000 last week for information leading to their return. searchers have cleared more than 600 miles of trails in the rural area surrounding the clinton correctional facility where the two made their daring escape two weeks ago. >> we don't have concrete evidence they're here. we may not have concrete evidence they're somewhere else. they definitely are some place. we will find them. >> you don't know if they're here. there's no evidence they could be some place else. doesn't that mean they could be anywhere? and if that's the case how do you search for two men who could potentially be anywhere. >> we continue to search exclusively and extensively in this area with our ground searchers. bear in mind what you don't see is the voluminous leads that are coming into our tips line. >> joyce mitchell is still the

key figure in the escape plan. investigators say she's admitted to having an affair with matt and inappropriate relationship with sweat. revealing matt and sweat had planned to murder her husband lyle. but has mitchell revealed everything to her husband? >> the things she said to him a,alone, and the things that are hurtful, revealing that she said everything. she admitted that there was a plot to kill him. he doesn't think there could be anything worse than that. >> as for the clinton correctional facility prisoners no longer on lockdown. no longer restricted to their cells now that the holes they dug in their cells have been repaired the tunnels they used to make their escape, sealed. >> that was cnn correspondent jason carroll reporting from new york. former "nbc nightly news" anchor brian williams says it was his ego that made him lie about experiences in iraq. his television network suspended him for six months and took away

his newscast of ten years and then reassigned him. andy rose has this story. >> did you know when you went on nightly news that you were telling a story that was not true? >> no. >> nbc's brian williams giving his first interview since being suspended from the network in february and explaining why he embellished stories about his reporting experiences. >> 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. >> williams said on the "nightly news," he was on a helicopter forced down by enemy fire in iraq. in reality, he was on a different helicopter traveling one the one that was shot. >> 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. >> an nbc network investigation found many of williams' misstatements came from his appearances on talk shows, including david letterman's. williams says the time away from work has been torture but necessary. >> i know why people feel the way they do. i get this. i'm responsible for this. i am sorry for what happened here. i am different as a result. and i expect to be held to a different standard. >> i'm andy rose reporting. >> the golf world is getting ready for the second major tournament of the year the u.s. open. more from university place, washington.

>> it's pat reid and jordan spieth going into saturday's round three. but it's spieth who is the only player atop the leaderboard or anywhere near the leaderboard that has a major to his name. the 21-year-old recently won his first grand slam title at augusta national. and he believes that that could well give him the edge going into the weekend. >> i'll probably draw a significant amount off of it. it's playing different, and i'm in a different position. i'm not going to have a whatever it was, four five-shot lead. i don't remember what it was at the weekend. so given it's u.s. open and i imagine they're going to try to bring us back to par. at least that what it seems. >> if you were to tell me last week i'll give you a share of the lead and we can start today, i would have taken it for sure. >> every golfer that teed it up

this week. all our dreams are to win majors and compete in the majors. this is something i've dreamed of prepared for, something i've practiced for. so it's the opportunity just depends if you take it or not. >> meantime tiger woods' woes continued and the 14-time major winner missed the cut for the first time at the u.s. open since 2006. at least his second round 76 mind you, was an improvement on his 10 over par 80 on thursday. the former world number one ending at a miserable 16 over after recording just one birdie and eight bogeys. >> you get exposed, you know, and you've got to be so precise and have everything dialed in. and obviously i didn't have that. obviously i need to get a little better for british open, and we'll keep working at it. >> so as the leaders excitedly look forward to the weekend, tiger's left to reflect on the cold harsh reality that is now

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom," i'm george howell here live in charleston south carolina. other stories, though we're following from around the world. at least 17 large wildfires are burning in the western u.s. let's turn to our meteorologist derek van dam at the world weather center for more on that. >> yeah those 17 forest fires, george are adding to the total of 25,000 fires recorded so far in 2015. also burning over a staggering

500,000 acres across the united states. and we're talking about alaska california parts of arizona and new mexico. let's focus in on alaska first where we have critical fire conditions over the greater fairbanks region. we're going to focus in on the peninsula south of anchorage. this is a region that has a fire that's only about 0% contained at the moment. not a good handle on this fire just yet. over 300 firefighters currently battling this blaze. 7,500 acres burned so far with 11 structures destroyed. but it's not only alaska that we're experiencing forest fires at the moment as george already mentioned, 17 ongoing fires. but it's this lake fire in southern california. and san bernardino county that has about 500 structures threatened at the moment, 13,000 acres have been burned so far across this area. fortunately, no one injured from this particular fire. but there are currently over 1,200 firefighters battling this

blaze. and here are area visuals going on across the region. here in southern california. again, only about 10% contained. lots of firefighters giving their best efforts to try and put this fire out or at least contain it to the best of their abilities. and the wind forecast for this region back to my map shows generally light winds today, but as we head into the early parts of next week winds should start to pick up. it's not only the wildfires that we're talking about over the western u.s. it's the extreme heat triple digit readings in terms of fahrenheit. look at palm springs, las vegas, san bernardino. remember, this region has actually seen temperatures rise since 1970 at about 3 degrees fahrenheit. and that is the most significant warming we've experienced across the entire united states. so we are gradually getting warmer and warmer and, george on top of this this is on top of extreme drought conditions

that continue over the western u.s. back to you. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thanks george. turning now to our top story. difficult days ahead here for this city. charleston, south carolina. nine funerals have yet to be planned. nine families have to say good-bye to their loved ones. six women and three men are gone, but they'll never be forgotten. we in this hour of "cnn newsroom" with the tribute to them. ♪ ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome ♪ ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome ♪ ♪ someday oh yeah ♪ ♪ deep in my heart

i do believe ♪ ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome ♪ ♪ someday someday ♪ ♪ we will walk hand in hand ♪ ♪ we walk hand in hand we walk hand in hand ♪ ♪ we walk hand in hand we walk hand in hand ♪ ♪ someday someday ♪ >> this is "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. thank you for watching our continuing coverage live here from charleston south carolina. for viewers in the u.s. "cnn new day" is next and for everyone else amanpour is in a

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♪ breaking developments in two big stories this morning. the mass murderer who allegedly gunned down nine parishioners in a south carolina church we are learning new details this morning into what he is telling investigators reportedly including the amount of ammo he was carrying. also breaking a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who are still on the run. witnesses say they spotted them near the pennsylvania