do you believe he deliberately wanted to use that word bakari? >> yeah.nderstand why so many people are awe-struck by this moment. the president, if i'm not mistaken used the word 14 or 15 times in "dreams of my father." so this isn't something new. this isn't something new to the conversation. but we're missing the message if we get bogged down on his use of that one term. if we look at it globally and at everything he was talking about, to mr. blow's point, he's talking about the back breaking generational systemic institutional racism that people face on a daily basis that's been highlighted in this country. we're talking about a larger issue. we're not talking about a singular word. >> and if i can dig down just a tiny bit on this. i believe he's making a point that a lot of people have tried to make which is that people try to place on to the backs of this president in six years now in what will end up being eight years the burden of eliminating structural racism that he did not create. they want him to be the janitor and clean it up. and he is basic

bakari wait.amily members didn't get a chance to sit in that church via video with a bulletproof vest. they didn't know it was coming. he had an opportunity to face these families with a bulletproof vest on what have you. he should have done it, i agree with sunny. >> i don't want to give this judge and his statements too much air. i don't want to give too much air to him being in the courtroom, not being in the courtroom. but those statements that we heard from those families were very, very powerful. >> we're going to talk about that. beyond again, the judge, you didn't know if you wanted to be -- to be upset or to be mad or to cry. when the first one -- i think the first representative that came up was from -- first, these are the victims. they asked all of them to be in court. clementa pinckney, sharonda singleton, tywanza sanders, 07 susie jackson was 87. myra thompson 59 and daniel simmons, 74. let's go back into the court. >> there are victims on this side of the family. no one would have t

let's go to the south carolina house of representatives bakari sellers. we talked to you this time yesterday. we were in the middle of a manhunt. now 24 hours later, what's the moot down there? >> well, we're still heart broken. it's still a tragedy that is heart wrenching to ing toing to say the least. but people in this area are tired. we're tired of all the death that shrouded our communities. it was a month ago that we buried walter scott. this church family has been through so much. these communities have been through so much. south carolina's been through so much. and right now we're just looking for a hug and compassion and love. but we do have faith. we do believe we will make it through this storm. >> bakari we're looking at the faces and names of the nine victims. beautiful faces and so much youth and potential on the one hand and so much life lived on the other. what can you say about these people who lost their lives wednesday night prayer meeting, a place nobody should have to think about that? >> well on wednesday night, just like churches t

and i completely -- i agree with everything that bakari just said about its meaning and its import tonumber of our very dear citizens who are suffering today. and again, i hate that this debate is taking place against the backdrop of that suffering. but it is viewed in many different ways by many different people and there is a view of it -- and this is one that i tried to articulate in the piece -- that said one of the ways that the south went forward after the civil war and one of the ways that it went forward in a way where hundreds of thousands of southerners went on to fight and die for the union, that they were fighting against a generation or two before is that they memorialized the war through the valor and not trying to memorialize it through the injustice. now, that's not to say they did so perfectly. they did many very bad things that history should be very clear in condemning them for. one thing they chose to do was not to continue war and continue to resist which would have ripped this nation to shreds. they chose to remember instead of resist. that's something that is pa

thank you for your courage and strength and leading our state forward. >> bakari sellers, thank you foring on the program. >> thank you for having me. >>> coming up next the controversy over the confederate flag is going way beyond south carolina. the issue already being put to the 2016 candidates. hear what they say, straight ahead. >>> also crews are trying to find these two escaped murderers and now have a major clue. we're talking about a dna match. where was it and how could it help hunt these two men down? that's next. so this is what it's come to. human sardines packing into tiny frames. carrying around sticks like cavepeople. trying anything to fit in everything. you can keep struggling to get everyone in your shot. or, you can change the way you take selfies. the samsung galaxy s6 and s6 edge with a wide-angle and high-res selfie camera. get a $100 best buy gift card when you purchase the galaxy s6 or s6 edge. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... bo

. >> bakari sellers, thank you very much. i know there's a church a prayer vigil today at noon. we'll be following that as well. and also in just about 45 minutes, there will be another news conference on the part of the city of charleston. they're going to be announcing a reward for the suspect who is still at large and more information so people can perhaps help find him. >> reverend i want to ask you, mika touched on the significance of this particular church mother emanuel in the south historically. this is a very important place. >> very important. as mika said this was formed in the late 1700s. it was a church that was investigated for having housed the planting of a slave rebellion in the early 19th century. it was a place civil rights people went to all the way through dr. king. i remember i think the first time i met pinckney when running for president, we would always go to this church and as i was listening to representative sellers, i shared what he did yesterday. yesterday morning was such a glorious morning to me. i was in washington. the president in stalling lore

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we all know how that goes bakari.we look now to the grieving process and the recovery process for the community, we also look at why this happened. have you heard anything about why this man targeted this church, targeted this prayer service? because the reverend's cousin had suggested -- has said that when roof arrived, he asked for the reverend. have you heard that? >> yeah. we've heard that throughout the community, and we kind of feel that to be true, and i'm not trying to evade your question, kate, but i will tell you that we are asking the question why, but many of us still haven't slept. many of us are finding ourselves in moments of disbelief. many of us are still crying. myself and mr. lemon, we stand here today by this spot by this church and behind us are still the cars of the individuals who were murdered. so we're not quite at that point yet. i think the answer may be easy. i think this gentleman was just filled with hate. for me it's difficult to understand how someone who was 21 years old, who was born

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this video shot by bakari shows the officer dragging the girl across the grass. >> whoo are you dragging the girl was trying to tell the officer she was doing nothing wrong. >> they were trying to make us leave but if we ran, they chased after us. if we stayed they'd arrest us. >> stay on the ground. get your asses down on the ground. >> reporter: earlier the saush could be seen chasing boys and cursing them. >> don't make me chase you [ bleep ] because you want to screw around out here. >> reporter: >>> kari says he was only chasing my north teens. >> they did nothing to caucasians. >> reporter: the officer's conduct is now under investigation. >> any time you confront a large group of people it's a dynamic situation and tensions can rise very quickly. >> reporter: the officers were summoned after the party's teen age host and an adult woman at the pool. there were also complaints some of the teens didn't have permission to be there. >> i wouldn't want that to be my daughter, no doubt about that, but at that point when you've got other people running around he's probably trying to get t

thank you so much for joining us bakari sellers. >> any moment the coroner will hold a news conferences. we'll take you there if we can bring it to you live. plus new details about the interrogation of the suspect and i'll speak live with someone who knew him. this is cnn's special breaking news coverage. stay with us. well, a mortgage shouldn't be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. we all enter this world with a shout and we see no reason to stop. so cvs health is creating industry-leading programs and tools that help people stay on medicines as their doctors prescribed. it could help save tens of thousands of lives every year. and that would be something wo

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> now, let's bring in state representative reverend carl anderson and former state representative bakari sellers, their colleague and friend senator clementa pinckney was among the victims of the horrific church shooting. good morni, gentlemen. reverend anderson, i want to start with you, we're in front of the mother emanuel church, you're a pastor and a state legislator. what would you say to that congregation this morning? >> i would say that we are praying for you and service will begin today. we just ask that they will come out and just praise god in midst of all what has happened this past week. >> i know you're thinking about senator pinckney, but i know you're also thinking about his children. >> yes. >> his daughters. >> yes. >> the children of the others lost. >> well, today, it's father's day. many people watching us this morning, getting breakfast in bed. but, their families today going without their fathers on this day, especially senator pinckney's two girls, and that is what takes a little bit out of your spirit, out of your soul. but we have to stay strong. we have to stay

bakari was at the pool party and explained what happened when a group of unknown teens showed up. >>n during the party, a group of black men or young men were at the gate of the pool and they're trying to get let in but we didn't know who they were and we weren't with them at the party and everything. so we didn't let them in. we told no one to let them in. so they went to the side of the pool and then started hopping the fence and started complaining about it and after we told them we weren't even with them we still continued to assume that we were. so that's like the women that were like the parents that were complaining, that's when -- they called the cops. >> i'm joined now by president and director council of legal defense and educational fund of the naacp. thank you so much. in trying to understand what happened here what this young woman and some of the others said is that first of all, the other kids who came or the young men who came were not with them and that in fact 2 people, the attendant at the pool only went after the african-american kids involved in some horseplay, n

. >> joining me now with reaction gentleman he'd bakari. his daughter shot the video we just showed you. also with him is his god daughter ladri is with us and she was at the scene. and also with us the attorney for the family who threw the party. thank you all for being here. we really appreciate it. let me just start with your daughter took these images and when i look at this video and we slow down this video, the police officer did not pull out the gun on this girl in the bikini here. it was two young men as you can see they'll come around where the officer is behind him. it seems they are provoking him right there. that's the -- >> that's the part -- >> yeah. >> wait a minute, you said he pulled out his gun. didn't i hear that part? >> i see that part. i'm seeing it. >> that's enough. he didn't point it at the girl but he pulled out his gun. >> yeah. but he had two guys behind him. did you not see the two guys go behind him, seemingly provoking him? >> no, no. actually they were in front of him and not provoking anything. you didn't se