it's june 18th. around 9:00 police were called to the church in downtown charleston. what they found inside was devastating. eight dead two more rushed to the hospital. one of them has also died. among the dead is pastor state senator clementa pinckney. there was points during the night where there were reports an explosive device. police rushed people out of the area before giving the all clear. a planned visit by jeb bush in charleston today has been canceled canceled. joining us now dave wagner. what can you tell us about the suspect? >> reporter: we can tell you at this point it's a fairly general description in some respects. it's a 21-year-old white male they're saying wearing timber

land boots and a hoody. that's the extent of the description they've given. talking about a possible reward leading to the arrest of the suspect. that's expected to be announced later today. about a block and a half from the crime scene hear emanuel ame is the historic church in the area. >> was this a hate crime? >> it will be investigated as a hate crime. fbi would be here regardless because of size and scope of the investigation. they're our partners and would be here to help us regardless. they're here for that specific reason also. >> the only reason someone could walk into church and shoot people praying is out of hate. the only reason. >> what we need is for the community to look at this and

say we have had enough of this violence. if we stand up together we can stop this violence. that's what we need the community to do. i understand people might be angry. i understand they might be upset. that is certainly emotions we all understand. we need to do though come together and help us one, support our families support our communities, and help this person so he doesn't do pit to someone es. >> there's a news conference scheduled this morning. this is the heart of historic district of charleston. this is an area they don't have a lot of crime. the community is reeling over this. >> dave wagner live from charleston south carolina. thank you. our nbc affiliate in charleston has a personal die to the story. she had a close call involving her own family member.

>> that was my mother-in-law's church. i knew she was in that church in fact left minutes before that bible study started. >> little bit more now about the church. the emanuel ame church is the oldest in the south and oldest black congregation south of baltimore. it's nearly as old as the country dating back to 1787 as free blacks and slaves worshipped

>> clinton addressed the shooting. >> it is important people get the facts. the terrible incident in

charleston was a result of seeing the facts of having information. >> last night clinton sent out this tweet regarding last night's shooting in charleston saying, quote, my thoughts and prayers are with you all. >> jeb bush cancelled a meeting for charleston today polling the incident. yesterday, bush visited iowa for the first time since announcing his candidacy and had this to say about the gop field that continues to grow. >> there were a lot of people running for president of the united states. last time i checked, another guy showed up yesterday. it's like -- i haven't checked this morning, but i'm sure there's somebody else running. there's a lot of good people running for president. i admire them. many of them are my friends. the question to think about is who has the leadership skills to take conservative ideas and turn them to reality? >> the other guy as bush

referred to is none other than donald trump who entered tuesday. trump continued to go after fellow gop candidates. >> i think that bush is a nice man. i call him a man that doesn't do what he wants to be doing. i call him reluctant warrior. warrior is probably not a good word. i don't think he has energy. i don't see how he can win. in addition to that, he's in favor of common core and week in immigration. >> you'll see that later on "morning joe". officials acknowledge the trail for fugitives matt and sweat has gone cold. we've learned about the alleged murder plot by the men and joyce mitchell to kill her husband

lyle. miguel has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time you can see i change in police presence. fewer check points and officers on the streets as the plot and planning to this investigation gets even deeper. >> joyce mitchell charged with helping convicted killer richard sweat and mat escape from prison. mitchell used her cell phone to call his daughter. >> she feared for her husband's life her relationship with her family. she has not indicated to us at any time she feared for her life from the two men. >> lyle mitchell who worked inside the prison's tailor shop with joyce was questiond two hours. he faces two hours. his attorney saying he does not support his wife. her attorney saying the

opposite. >> he told me he was standing by her. he told me that face to face. >> the sheriff says mitchells have spoken once since her arrest. >> they appeared composed. >> with the trail gong cold police released pictures of what the fugitives may now look like. >> we're concentrating in this vicinity and throughout the nation and beyond. >> there are 200 officers on the ground. many roadblocks are gone. no significant leads, not one confirmed sighting in this $1 million a day situation. >> police never searched his 10 acre property. >> they could be on the other side of that now and we'd not know. >> they could be anywhere. police say two fugitives growing more desperate and dangerous by the day. >> police acknowledge they're

scaling back search numbers but also are moving the toe cuss of the investigation further from the prison. canines are still on the ground helicopters still in the air a, simply not the same numbers. >> thanks for that report. the surprising emission about the efforts to defeat islamic state militants. carter told the committee the training is not moving fast enough because of lack of recruits. he remains confident the training program will work. it's the latest incident of saying they're not doing enough. >> training in iraq have been slowed by lack of trainees. we simply haven't received enough recruits. we originally envisioned training of four sites by this fall. we've received enough recruits to train 7,000 in addition to

2,000 counter service personnel. i've told leaders united states is open to supporting iraq more than we already are, we must see a greater commitment from all parts of the government. >> carter is hopeful the regime in syria could still fall. >> we would like to see a transition in which assad disappear ed from the scene. that is possible because his forces are much weakened. the best way for syrian people would be him to remove hirms from the scene. >> here in new york a third arrest. officials say 21-year-old mumuni tried to stab an officer with a knife when they went to his home with a search warrant. this is part of a last ditch attempt to rescue the white house trade agenda. in a few hours the republican

controlled house is expected to take up fast track legislation to will let congress vote on trade agreements without amendments. john boehner and mitch mmcconnel approve legislation to give to aid workers that lose their job. president obama met at the white house to sure up support days after the progressive democrats voted to defy him on his agenda. let's turn to business where stocks inched higher. all three major indexes closed out the day with gains of .2%. steve joins us live from london. what came out of the fed meeting yesterday? >> well look the point is janet yellen said things will be done gradually. a lot expected the first rate hike since september. the first could happen in december.

others say we'll get two hikes and be above .6. by the end of next year rates seeing 1.75% as opposed to previously expected only one year ago. elsewhere, big fine coming at&t. they are accused of misleading customers, slowing down the mobile apps over 5 gb. at&t says it will dispute this. >> the big user of the right sharing act. in california they were dealt a serious blow. tell us about the ruling and implications on uber. >> absolutely. it's implications of what it could lead to next. this is about one driver who has been ordered to be reimbursed by uber $4152 in expenses and

other costs. uber says she's an independent contractor. the labor office says she's an employer. this could have ramifications for class action suits going forward. uber is appealing that decision. this is what it could lead to later down the line. the labor commission was careful to point out why it believed this woman was an employee rather than independent contractor. it could have ramifications down the line especially in california. >> steve, thank you very much. we continue to follow the charleston church massacre. nine killed and the gunman still on the loose. we expect to get the latest from officials at the top of the hour. "way too early" back in a moment. >> where do we go from here? how do i get up keep lifting my head?

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people in prayer on wednesday evening, a ritual coming together praying and worshipping god to have an awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible. >> the mayor of charleston on the breaking news this morning. a man hunt is underway for a mass killer who police say walk into the emanuel ame church last night and began shooting killing nine people. this is a black church, and the shooter is a white man. the only description is he appears to be 21 years old, sandy blond hair wearing a

hoody and boots. we know the pastor clementa pinckney was one of the nine killed. this happened around 9:00 last night. reaction is still coming in. the search is underway for the shooter who really now is considered behind this a mass murderer. at this point, we know a prayer vigil will be held at noon at charleston morris brown ame church. officials are expected to hold a news conference in 50 minutes. we're going to carry that live to you. now after pelting texas with heavy rain. we turn to bill. how bad is this going to get? >> yesterday was worse. we have an active tornado warning along the louisiana texas border. it is still spinning in the gulf.

we have numerous thunderstorms. there are areas that saw on and off periods of heavy rain. still have life threatening flooding. it is possible not guaranteed. ardmore, oklahoma picked up six inches of rain. the storm moves to northern portions of arkansas. this will be with us through sunday when it finally exits the area of new jersey and new york city on father's day. over the next four to five days see the forecast path of the rain. it takes it up through kentucky. this won't be life threatening flash flooding. the heat in the south continues. yesterday we had heat indexes as high as 115 around savannah and charleston. today is hot and humid in the southeast again. we'll have numerous thunderstorms. the storms slowly dwindle in the next several days. the last day we could see devastating weather. >> that's welcome news for people in that area.

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we have investigators out tracking leads that are coming in. we will continue to do that until we find this individual who has carried out this crime tonight and bring him to

justice. we are looking the for a white male approximately 21 years old, sandy blond hair. he obviously is extremely dangerous. >> that was the chief of the charleston police force addressing supporters. nine people confirmed dead. we are told there are survivors. police would not say how many were shot. a man hunt underway for the gunman. going live to south carolina in a few moments. we want to take a check on morning's other headlines. we head to the control room where we find lewis. >> what a terrible story. a woman will soon appear on the $10 bill. the historic figure has not yet been chosen. it won't enter circulation until 2020. the current occupant alexander hamilton will not be removed

completely. he will be on the reverse side or separate side of the bill. i'm looking forward to getting my hands on that new currency. let's turn to facebook ceo and his wife. zuckerberg is a long time advocate of immigration reform and announced yesterday on facebook saying quote, america was founded as a nation of immigrants. sounds like very sound logic. the donation helps 400 undocumented students in the san francisco bay area attend college in the next five years. if you work in new york city eye know the city is in the summer is flooded with interns. getting good news. they'll have to find something else to do between ours of midnight and 7:00 andrea

mitchell. reports they're working on improving conditions. goldman has 2900 interns this summer. at "morning joe" we have ten interns that come in at 3:00 andrea mitchell. they don't stay until midnight. they may have it better. >> we hope so. that does it for me. now mika for a preview. a gunman walked in one of the oldest and most prominent black churches and killed nine people. it's called a hate crime. there will be a news conference we'll take life. reverend al sharpton is among our guests reacting this morning. and newly announced donald trump. watch him take on critics and everyone else you can think of. that and more coming up straight ahead on "morning joe." you probably know xerox as the company

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historic african-american church in charleston south carolina. this morning the police chief says he believes it was a hate crime. this is the police chief speaking now live. let's listen in. >> ask you to help us to get this out so we can identify this individual and arrest him before he hurts someone else either in the city or someone else in the general area. if you have any specific questions about the suspect that we're looking for, i'll be happy to answer those at this type. yes? [ inaudible question ] >> it was at the location of the shooting. that's correct. >> what details can you provide -- >> he is a white male. he's a younger white male. we're estimating 21-25 years of age. approximately 5'9" in height. as you see, he has on a

distinctive sweatshirt that has markings. i point out the vehicle you see as a distinctive front license plate. >> there are operators to take any information. regardless of how small people that the information they might have may be we want them to call us. we have investigative teams that are prepared to go out and follow every lead that is sent into this hotline number. and that's what we really need at this point. we need information. we've got a good starting poi