these methodists, free will baptists, other baptists. he is in a supermarket that john is talking about, right? this great marketplace of religion created by the relative openness of the american religious space, the first amendment. which one should i join? which beverage on the shopping cart of sodas that i'm walking down with so many of them -- what should i do, right? and god tells him none. none of the above, right? because their something, and the true one is coming, right? so, instead of getting a resolution of the which one is true, you just get, we get one more. and it is the thing that happens with the disciples of christ. but another denomination. they call themselves christians because they do not want to be in a micro group like a methodist or lutheran or baptist. they want to be playing all christians. what happens to them? they become another denomination. so we get out of that impulse to resolve the problem of pluralism that we will talk about next time as well. and the diversity panel, you end up getting more diversity.

these methodists, free will baptists, other baptists. he is in a supermarket that john is talking about, right? this great marketplace of religion created by the relative openness of the american religious space, the first amendment. which one should i join? which beverage on the shopping cart of sodas that i'm walking down with so many of them -- what should i do, right? and god tells him none. none of the above, right? because their something, and the true one is coming, right? so, instead of getting a resolution of the which one is true, you just get, we get one more. and it is the thing that happens with the disciples of christ. but another denomination. they call themselves christians because they do not want to be in a micro group like a methodist or lutheran or baptist. they want to be playing all christians. what happens to them? they become another denomination. so we get out of that impulse to resolve the problem of pluralism that we will talk about next time as well. and the diversity panel, you end up getting more diversity.

the briar creek road baptist church sustained $250,000 in damages. the sanctuary is intact. services will be held $sunday. >>> hours after a sightseeing plane went missing in alaska the coast guard found that it crashed on the edge of a cliff. a helicopter spotted it 800 feet above a lake. rescuers are trying to reach the area officials say the plane was carrying eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot. on a shore trip sold through a cruise company. a medical team is sent. there's no word on their condition >>> in the waters off florida, officials are seeing an effect of a change in u.s.-kooub re relations, how the focus is prompting more migrants to make a dangerous journey. in the state department report it razes criticisms about what it leaves out. >>> i.s.i.l. launched a series of deadly attacks on cities in northern syria. one of the attacks was in kobane, near the turkish border. i.s.i.l. fighters disguised themselves in kurdish uniforms and detonated a number of truck bombs. 35 civilians were killed. the attacks came after a series of setbacks for i.s.i.l. in syria >

[applause] we still belong to a baptist church, merrin off the baptist church -- maranatha baptist churchplaines. i hope you will come and visit not all on the same sunday. we have women deacons. rosa was the most famous woman back to -- woman baptist deacon in the world when she was a deacon. we have had women pastors as well as men pastors. our baptist church demonstrates that women, without question should be equal in the eyes of god. [applause] walter: that is a beautiful sentiment that ties in everything you've been doing for 90 years. i have one quick, little question, which is, you told me found a better fishing spot that you even told president putin about. pres. carter: the year before last -- last year in june, we went fishing in the pinoy river in russia, west of murmansk. we had already finished in the eastern part -- already fished in the eastern part. then we were closer to new york than we were to moscow. we had a wonderful visit there. when i got to fishing in the pinoy river in russia, i wrote president putin a letter and told him he might enjoy going there to fish and al

ebenezer baptist church is a part of that long tradition.ou really don't get to a martin luther king, junior without a richard allen in philadelphia, without the denmark jesse in south carolina without first african baptist church in georgia. so this attack on the black church is really an assault against that which is our first freedom movement. it is the mother of all freedom movements. and so our hearts go out for the families who are dealing with this devastating and unspeakable loss this father's day weekend. we need to remember that there someone who is suffering the loss of a father -- it is just unspeakable loss. we have felt that pain, as you indicated, in our own congregation 41 years ago this very month. the precious mother of martin luther king, junior, alberta williams king, was murdered at the organ while playing the lords prayer. it is something that still resonates as part of the history of our church. there are members of my congregation who remember that they vividly when we lost on only mrs. king, but we also lost one of o

jean baptiste is just coming into view, and it's an unprovoked attack on mr. jules. mr. jules, from our perspective, and from the officers' observation, never fought back to defend himself. detainee jules did not see the attack coming. and you can see that mr. jean baptiste really manhandles him for quite some time, actually launching a flying kick there. >> i never do nothing to you. why would you just come to beat me and take me, drop me on the floor like that. like someone who you're trying to kill me, right? so why? my neck, i can't move it. and now i feel headache. i feel headache. and then keep -- >> while jules said the attack was unprovoked jean baptiste told jail officials he was acting on a long-held grudge from the streets. >> inmate jean baptiste blamed inmate jules for his previous incarceration. i don't know what happened on the street between them but he blamed everything on inmate jules. apparently he's been waiting two years to get his hands on him. >> both inmates went to the seg unit. inmate jules was found not guilty, and he was released from the seg

. >> in fact one of the prayer vigils was held here in the last hour katie, at the third baptist church, for most of the day there was a police presence inch the east bay there were prayers of strength. songs of praise at oakland's first ame church on this sunday morning. there is unity. >> not going to close the doors. >> he was a friend of the pastor and state senator clementa pinckney who died in the massacre. may berry will taped his funeral next week. >> he was an advocate for what is right of the people of south carolina and the people of africa and for the poem of this country. he was that kind of activist. >> being a person of faith you have to forgive. >> charlotte william says she forgives the killer and prays for his family. others say they have no fear, coming to worship. >> if you can't feel safe in a house of worship, where we have the opportunity to come together and pray and be family, where can you be safe? >> reporter: there was this prayer vigil inside san francisco razz third baptist church for nine victims of the charleston shooting. >> reporter: reverend amos brown

. >> in fact one of the prayer vigils was held he in the last hour katie, at the third baptist church, f most of the day there was a police presence in the east bay there were prers of strength. songs of praise at oakland's first ame chur on this sunday morning. there is ity. >> not going to close the doors. >> he was a friend of the pastor and state senatorlementa pinckney who died in the massacre. may berry will taped his funera next week. >> he was an advocate for what is right of the people of south rolina and the people of africa and for the poem of this country. he was that kind of activist. >> being a person of faith you have to forgive. >> charlotte william says she forgives the killer and prays for his family. hers say they have no fear, coming to worship. >> if you can't feel safe in a house of worship, where we have the opportunity to come together and pray a be family, where can you be safe? >> reporr: there was this prayer vigil inside san francisco razz third baptist church for nine victimsof the charleston shooting. >> reporter: reverend amos brown spent tomorrow time a

he is the ame baptist leader. he was with the press conference with the chief and mayor. he told me he met with many of the victims' families. their story to him was the killer came in and lingering around the prayer group. quiet and may have said a few words. wasn't joining in the prayer. but then began to open fire very suddenly after lingering by the side. >> wednesday night prayer group. this is pretty common. bible study, prayer group in the evening after work on a wednesday. probably common or publicized. someone coming in to join in is not unusual, but this turned out to be a very deadly stranger. >> robert, again, we do not know the identities of those who are dead. there are questions about the pastor at this church. a man who is also a state senator. >> reporter: yes. i have spoken to people at the church. he was at his own church tonight. however, it should be noted the law enforcement officials here in charleston have not officially confirmed any name. >> clement pinkney. again, an influential church. a well known church. a key church in the community down the

earlier i spoke with rafael, from ebenezer baptist.is talking about how his community is trying to make sense of the tragedy. >> it is a sad and tragic day, not only for the people of charlston, but i believe for freedom-loving people everywhere. but this strikes for home especially for those of us at ebenez ebenezer baptist church. we weep with our brothers and sisters at emanuel church. 41 years ago this month, 1974, alberta williams king, morning of martin luther king jr., was murdered in our sanctuary while playing and sing the lord's prayer. she and one of our deacons tragically lost their lives that day. so we've witnessed this kind of pain and yet we know what it's like to transform your pain and into power. that's not only the story of ebenezer but of emanuel. this church has known violence before. its days go back to slavery. co-founded by denmark messy who led slave rebellions. as a result of that the church was torched in the 1800s. >> burned down. >> so they've been through this kind of thing before. they are still standing

the third baptist church behind me. prayers for those who lost their lives in charleston.int out that outside there is a police presence by sfpd offering protection although there have been no nets against this church. maybe church members say they're not afraid. >> a small prayer vigil inside third baptist church for nine victims of the shooting at charleston's emmanuel ame church. >> reverend amos brown spent time at emanuel church during the '60s civil rights movement says the tragedy has shed light on the ugly face of racism. >> we challenge our people to have the strength to remind america we must do something about this demon race. we must do something about the division in this country. >> reporter: outside the church a san francisco police officer is posted, providing security nor congregation. something the church did not request but is happy to accept. there were songs of praise and oakland's first ame church. this congregation standing united. an angry 21-year-old man could close the doors to these churches. >> the reverend was a friend of pastor ask state senat

reverend pinkney was to come to philadelphia to preach at enon baptist church in just a few weeks therch of his aunt. >> we can't give up, we still love, we want to be loved love, no hate, where he don't want to hate nobody. >> reporter: mt enon baptist will pay tribute to pinkney and others during the service this weekend. we have more at 6abc.com, so you can get the latest information on the victims shooter and investigation at any time. >>> the defense in the colorado theater shooting trial will begin its case on thursday. prosecutors wrapped up their case after weeks of emotional testimony from victims amid graphic photos and psychiatric interviews. they contend james holmes was not i will when -- ill when he opened fire inside a movie theater. holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman in the shooting of the frankford section. investigators say a 50-year-old plan was shot in the alley near his home on the 5700 block of leonard street at 1:00 a.m. he stumbledded home where he collapsed. he was taken to the hospital and lat

turns out the slain pastor of historic church was to come here to visit aunts's church mount enon baptist in a few weeks and speak to kong gantz, his aunt, who spoke to us about ref raend clementi pinkney. >> we want love, love, no hate we don't want to mate nobody. >> through her grief a heartbroken aunt spoke about of devastating evil that took the life of his never uand owe l eight others in charleston. >> i known him since hes with a strong kid. since we came he still kept in touch. you come from a strong family. very strong. we raise up with god. he raise up in a christian home. >> miss pollen says she never would have imagined her nephew would lose his life along with 8 others if a hate-filled way in a house of god and the killer would sit with them through an hour of bible study before pulling the trigger. >> when you talk about some of the things that have taken place throughout our communities and across this country, this cannot be ignored. >> in the wake of the tragedy reverend pinkney and eight others will be remembered during weekend services here at mount enon. live in south

if the baptists want to convert you, they hug you and love on you. lutherans, they'll feed you until you convert. catholics, we make you feel guilty until you convert. it's got to be different. >> yeah. >> we've got to show that joy. i love our holy father, joy of the gospel fills our hearts and lives of all who encounter jesus. if we have that encounter then we give that same love to everyone. that's what i try to bring in my parish missions. >> what would you say to the folks upon the end of the mission how their life, experience of the faith, participation of the faith will be different the next sunday? what's going to be different about them who have been and heard that message? >> some of the things i have heard from people is through some of the pair issue missions i have -- parish missions i have conducted they have found that true encounter with the eucharist, with the holy spirit, with their faith. they have found a true encounter with the word of god in the bible, the written word of god to where they can understand the word of god and appl

she has a baptist. -- g is a baptist. millard has various religious training growing up. but when they get married, they are married by an episcopal priest because the town abigail lives in, the most prestigious church was an episcopal church. then they moved to buffalo and become unitarians because all of the smart, successful people are becoming unitarians. so in fact religion for the fillmore's reflects their journey from poverty to middle-class status to ultimately a secure position in society. and they change churches as they go up the social ladder. >> we are going to learn more about her love of books and the establishment of the library in this next video. >> when abigail came to the white house, she was appalled that there were no books. so, this bookshelf started the first white house library that they were able to get congress to give her money to start the first white house library which still exists today. we know today that first ladies have causes and literacy and reading would have been her first cause. it was very important to her as a teacher, and she ca

in september of 1999 a gunman walked into the wedgewood baptist church in ft.t person wounded that day. >> he did ask me is this where the religious meeting was being held? he didn't give me a chance to answer but just said it as he was firing. he pulled it out and shot twice sideways. >> reporter: the wedgewood baptist church the horrific shooting at emanuel ame in charleston south carolina brings back the haunting memory of that day. wedgewood's pastor says here, they understand the pain. >> if i were to go there today, all i would do to begin with was just weep with them. they are not in a place right now where they can receive truth. they are numb. they are in shock. >> reporter: the wedgewood church shooting came shortly after a shocking series of church shootings in the late 1990s. the gunman targeted a teenage prayer rally inside the church sanctuary. >> he went in here in the worship center. he came in. he fired a shot from here down through that door on the right and the bullet hole is still in there. with all of the ammunition he had with him, he coul

i was speaking at first baptist church in dallas.as talking about the history of the declaration of independence, and the constitution, and protecting religious liberty and i observed that i am a graduate of second baptist high school. i said, there are things you discover going to second baptist high school. some good. some not. one of the things i discovered is "amazing grace" and the theme from gilligan's island are interchangeable musically. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ within minutes the political team was saying he is singing on stage, the political career is over. but i survived. steve: i don't think that i can top that. you went from the who and pink floyd to country music. how did that evolve? sen. cruz: i grew up listening to classic rock. i saw pink floyd in concert. it was an amazing concert. i saw the police in concert. emerson lake and powell. but my music tastes changed on september 11. it was a strange thing. i mentioned this

david, here at breer creek road baptist church, the raveverend is hopeful they'll be back in the church on sunday. david? >> linsey davis, thank you. >>> now, to the severe weather marching across the country this evening. 30 million americans from the northern plains to washington, d.c. in the storm zone now. severe thunderstorm watches in ten states after a brutal 24 hours already. in colorado an ef-1 tornado, six more people struck by lightning there. now 11 struck in 24 hours. and dramatic images tonight, thunderstorms lighting up the skies of taylor missouri. iowa hit hard. a super-cell in guthrie county there. whipping rain in iowa. and look at this. underwater water up to the hood of that car. chief meteorologist ginger zee with the storm hitting tonight. >> been lightning and raining for hours and hours now. >> reporter: hours of heavy rain. flooding streets, forcing water rescues just west of des moines. parts of iowa getting more than seven inches overnight. those ominous thunderstorms blasting through with winds gusting to 80 miles per hour. in colorado, a waterfall of hail a

the second church was a church of christ, then a baptist church and another baptist.y, they're not similar, and of course, you have this history of particular the klan throughout the south sending a message to black people with two things. the confederate flag being a very potent symbol of hate and stay away from here, and the burning and bombing of black churches. it's very potent in the minds of a lot of people. >> just to be clear because i have seen lists of five or six or seven. three we have confirmed that are being investigated as arson. >> and a fourth, a potential arson, but they're still too early in the investigation. there are two of them, one of which is thought to be potentially be a lightning strike fire, the one in tallahassee, and one that may be electrical issues with the church. those two right now are not being investigated as arson, but thee are for sure. a fourth could become an arson investigation. >> and obviously, we should also say there's, you know, in terms of the steps of what we're looking at here, the first threshold is were these fires

religious leaders and prisher thes killed inside ame baptist church.mong them, 74-year-old retired reverend daniel simmons who attended the church every sunday. 49-year-old reverend depayne middleton-doctor who served her community in southern wesleyan university. 45-year-old reverend sharonda singleton pictured here with her son on mother's day coached at a local high school. consoled by his teammates, chris singleton remembers his mom. >> we just love the way my mom would then the hate won't be anywhere close to what love is. >> reporter: and the distinctive voice of reverend clementa pinkney was also silenced, gun downed as he preached to. >> to see him die face down in the ground -- >> a state senator, reverend pinkney became the youngest african-american ever elected to the south carolina legislature after the shooting of walter scott by police he stressed the need for body police cameras in south carolina. >> and that a badge and a gun does not give someone superiority or will trump their constitutionally protected privileges and rights in south

. >> the baptist church on briar creek road, right before central, it's on fire. >> reporter: flames were shooting through the roof when pastor mannix kinsey rushed to the scene tuesday. >> i was really concerned about the fact that you know were we going to watch our church actually go completely up in flames. >> reporter: investigators are now looking into who started the blaze and why. an fbi spokesperson in charlotte tonight saying there's no hate crime investigation at this time. but local authorities on the ground aren't ruling it out. still, even in these tough times, pastor kinsey tells me, he's ready to forgive. >> we said, to whoever has done this, we forgive you and hopefully there's an opportunity for us to even meet. >> reporter: what would you say to them? >> again, i would like to hug them. >> reporter: this is the second black church this week to go up in flames. in macon, georgia, tuesday, god's power of christ church also badly burned. investigators determining that, too, was arson. but why is still a mystery. david, here at briar creek road baptist church the rever

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americans who care. >> they brut in bob katz and bulldozers and went to work. >> within days the baptiststhem a new home and built up a storm shelter. the volunteers will install 120 of these for families who lost homes. >> it was a mess out here. they cleaned it up. they cleaned it up and fixed it up and got us into our home. they have done that for the whole neighborhood. >> they have asked fema for a home loan. they got no response for three weeks then they were rejected. all of a sudden we hear hammering and she looks back and grabs my shoulder i look up they are already on the roof before they said yes. they were on a roof, the roof with tarps. >> we have people come from florida, alabama,>> without asking. strangers boarded up broken windows. >> they came up and started chopping all of these woods. >> we had people driving through. >> it was faith daysed fema that brought relief. >> people i don't know walked up and gave us money. it was taken care of. >> it is what happens every day in communities where there is an event or tragedy. >> neighbors helping neighbors. we need the barn

i said i am baptist. these are a.m.e.us says the lord. i got consolation in them saying so many good things about him and what he meant to them. but then i started thinking. you know, they got clementa when he was right. we had him when he was wrong. [laughter] you see, we saw him grow into what he became. we love him dearly. we never will forget that beautiful smile he had. he got that smile from his mother. he got that heavy voice from his dad. as he was growing, i remember him as a little baby. his mother used to sing lullabies to him to put him to sleep. he did not cry much. he just looked around at his environment as if to say, who in who am i and where did i come from and who who are all these people? when he was a toddler lying on his mother's chest at the old home spot, all of us were would gather at grandma's's house. as we sat around the kitchen table waiting for whatever she pulled off the stove or out of the oven, she turned to his mother and said, that is a fine baby. he is such a good child. grandma began to

it was 1963 four klansman bombed the 16th street baptist church in birmingham. was the agent they used. here's what your dad had to say. >> what happened to these four girls, the play centurycomplacency of those who sat down in protest to get rid of this evil system. what murdered these four young girls was a negro business and professional individual who is more concerned about his job than he's concerned about freedom and justice. >> that choice of the incident the four klansmen dynamite today, it's all about weapons, it's all about guns. mr. king when i watched the president speak in south carolina he resigned to the fact he doesn't have much time on the clock and has little to do with that issue, the gun issue. >> that did appear to be the way he framed it in relationship to going back and say, well, i don't think i have raised this issue several times and i don't know that i can do anything about it. the question we need to be asking is why are we fascinated as a nation with guns? >> but you heard some say this week that the solution to this i was saying it

. >> paradise baptist church on 50th avenue. inside right now. a vigil going on across the country.eople affected by the mass shooting the security of churches. schedule more than a week -- more than a week in advance of the massacre. why? apparently churches might be a target. i spoke with the bishop who works in the new jersey department of homeland security and gets regular briefings about threats to houses of worship. worship. i asked her churches to be the next off target. >> churches are very soft targets. homeland security has identified that is off target along with day care centers. >> terrorism experts talk about soft targets as places that are not heavily guarded normally. malls, hotels and in this case churches. gets regular daily updates from the new jersey department of homeland security about any sort of threat. he says there has not been anything recently to suggest copycat attacks but he was parishioners. >> one of the ways is saying not to be afraid because homeland security was not issuing this brief, but to be aware. i think that is my job to make faith-based. >>

he was a baptist minister but he was a canadian minister who was white and his church calvary baptist church is on west 57th street. he was a very prominent and eminent adviser to presidents. you can do great things when you are in touch with your humanity. >> i was wondering whether when you were doing your research you were able to speak to the left verner about the book that he wrote about his grandfather? >> know no and nor did i want to because he never met ota benga. he had nothing to offer. i was interested in archival evidence and so i saw all of his grandfather's papers. he didn't do what the evidence. he didn't deal with and i didn't care why he did or didn't. it wasn't my interest. this was a historical project so i went back to where i could find -- there are a lot of people that have opinions about what happened but they didn't know so i basically went back to the archives. >> hi, thank you for your wonderful talk. i'm just curious if you ever came across any zoo administrators? did any of them ever express remorse or knowledge the inhumanity of what they did? >> no. it's

. >> enon baptist will pay tribute to others during services this weekend. we have more at 6abc.com so you can get the latest on the victims and the shooter at any time. >>> the colorado theater shooter trial will again their defense of their case yesterday. prosecutors argue james holmes was not mentally ill when he opened fire inside a movie theater july 2012 killing 12 and injurying 70 others. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> philadelphia are searching are to the gunman in a deadly shooting in frankford section. a 50-year-old man was shot in the alley near his home on the 5700 block of leonard street. he managed to stumble home where he collapsed. family members called police, he was taken to the hospital, but later died. >>> there's been change to the employment policy of the local boy scouts, cradle of liberty. it has formally ended discrimination of scouts and employees. there are 50 thousands scouts in the philadelphia region. >>> comcast is mourning the test of raffle roberts. he boug

amos brown, the senior pastor of third baptist church. and the president of the san francisco n-double-a-c-p. spoke today about loving one another. and keeping parishoners safe. >>.for our congregants >> pam: rev. brown also said that the church. and some temples in san francisco. plan to take new security measures. >> pam: he mentioned. some locations could see possible metal detectors at the doors and security cameras. >> pam: across the bay kron 4's haaziq madyun spoke with other faith leaders who are trying to figure out. how to add security to places of worship. which have always been open to the public >>"we just ask that you touch the hearts and minds of all of the congregation" >> reporter:once prayer was overthe south carolina church massacre dominanted the discussion at the monthly gathering of the a.m.e. church, california ministerial alliance here at souls restaurant in oaklandsecurity being a major concern across the board >>"i have already put my trustees on guardeven when we are at our churches" >> reporter:rev. freda cash

and i said, i'm baptist, these are ame. he was raw. we saw him grow in to what he became. and we love him dearly. we will never forget that beautiful smile he had. he got that smile from his mother and that heavy voice from his dad. you know, as he was growing, i remembered him as a little baby and his mother used to sing lullabies to him to put him to sleep. he didn't cry much or anything like that, he just looked around at his environment as if he was trying to say, who am i and where did i come from and where and who are all of these people. when he was just a little toddler lying quietly on his mother's chest, all of us would gather at grandma's house and as we sat around the kitchen table, waiting for whatever she pulled off the stove or out of the oven she turned to his mother and said, that is a fine baby, and he is such a good child. then grandma began to sing a song that seemed to define his life. she would sing this song so eloquently. i want to live so god can use me. anywhere, any place, any time. i want to live

there has been talk of a kansas church known as the westboro baptist church they may come and protest prior to service between 9:30 and 10:30 that's a group that is opposed to homosexuality, they are infamous in circles they have protested funerals of a number of soldierses across the united states. we have not seen any evidence of them here, it's been a quiet well organized respectful event. live in wilmington, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> you can watch the entirely funeral service online at 6abc.com. our live coverage starts at 10:30 a.m. we posted a photo gallery of beau biden's life and career at 6abc.com. >>> developing at 9:00 a.m. a young man was shot nine times overnight he managed to walk the distance of three football fields to get help. the gunfire broke out in philadelphia's germantown section. bullets riddled an suv and littered the road. the victim staggered to a chinese takeout 300 yards away. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police are looking for the shooter and hope surveillance cameras give they say clues. >>> police officers saluted t

sam: the baptist minister sapping in praise. something that used to be unthinkable. >> i don't know that many churches disrupted in the worship experience. sam: it's now thinkable. you don't have a member of the member of the congregation armed? >> no. sam: there was opposition to arming pastors and members but not so to hire armed security to protect churches. the same time there was concern about the idea of considering strangers as threats. because the church wants to be a welcoming place. reporting live in northeast washington, sam ford, abc7 news. kimberly: race in america is just one of the topics we will dive into this week. watch your voice, your future america state of affairs wednesday night at 7:00 on our sister station newschannel 8. you can stream it live at wjla.com. jonathan: checking now the top stories for you. a bipartisan push to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the capitol. nikki haley called on state legislators to put the flag in the museum. the marijuana charged with killing nine people in t

one of the lasting effects would be the reversal of participation in government among baptist groups. i mentioned before that prior to the revolution, anabaptists mennonites and others -- even though they had scruples of government in general, they still participated very much in the normal avenues of being engaged in politics. but, because of their experience through the years of the american revolution, they became more politically isolated into the 19th century and we have a reversal of that so that most anabaptist become very reticent of being involved in politics. it is a self burned, you could say. another lasting effect would be among the moravian churches in bethlehem. the moravian, the main towns were communal establishments. there was no private ownership. everyone committed their wealth to the common treasury. so the church was responsible for providing for people who lived in bethlehem. so, during the war years, these fines and taxes that were levied on non-associaters these were met by the church. it was so detrimental trying to pay all these fines and taxes that the chur

all those things folded into the eulogy delivered by first baptist reverend dr.enry davis. >> let's really just talk about the pureness of life when you think about being born and then, of course in the backdrop of a church we talk about being born again. >> reporter: and a member of this grieving family sought to leave a message with others, not to take young lives for granted. >> love them while they're here. you got to spend time with them. don't sit them in front of the tv all the time, not in front of the computers and games alled time. like the old folks did it, spend time with them. show you love them. >> reporter: in landover derrick ward, news4. >> a message a lot of patients probably are taking to heart tonight. >>> turning to the cleanup in northern virginia, we just got word that swinks mill road is reopened. a downed tree took out a power line this morning and crews had to close the road for hours. drivers were being detoured but the repairs are done now. >>> some good news about our weather finally starting to clear up as we head into the weekend. g

someone said fire to brier creek road baptist church in charlotte early yesterday. that was one week after a shooting in an historic african-american church in charleston that left nine people dead. no one was hurt in the charlotte fire. the family of a man charged with a church shooting in charlton -- charlotte says they'll defined answers to many questions to. their statement comes the same day as this first victims were laid to rest. ♪ maureen: services were held today. the funeral for the church pastor clementa pinckney will be tomorrow. president obama will deliver the eulogy. leon: a man shot to death by baltimore county police early this morning was unarmed. three officers opened fire on spencer mccain after they say he took a defensive position and appeared to have a weapon. they were called to a house for a domestic situation. investigators say a protective order barred mccain from the home . investigators are trying to figure out what caused -- claimed the life of a construction worker this morning . a tractor-trailer into the construction zone and it -- s

the church is embossed,'m blazed ed enned with "emmanuel baptist church."his he came to kill black people. the pint here isoint is it is a hate crime in which not merely african-americans are victims, america is a victim because we our values were the subject of this crime. this was a crime that occurred in moments but be clear, the crime in a sense was planned, formed over some longer period of time in some atmosphere of racial animus. and so this is a hate crime. let's be clear. this is not merely a mass shooting but some deranged gunman. this was a shooting inside of a church in which african-americans were targeted and a crime in which all of america was hit. that's what it is and we can't deny it. >> cornell, we're decades after the civil rights movement as all of us know. we now have an african-american president in the white house. the first family in the white house, african-american and african-american attorney general secretary of homeland security but we still have major problems involving race in this country. what's it going to take to fix it?