authorities say you walk into a historic black church in charles thomas night and killed by people. the shootings are being called eight crime. about theobama spoke tragedy about 35 minutes ago. toat some point we have reckon with the that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. it doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. and it is in our power to do something about it. church'sthe trust and -- the church's pastor was one of those killed. alix: when it comes to a trade bill, the second time is a charm. with mostlyt one republican votes. the senate could take up the bill next week but it will need support from several democrats. that is a look at some of the top headlines. scarlet: coming up, the republican coldrolled -- controlled house -- we'll is clear the way for a showdown in the senate. alix: over, hamilton. the $10 bill getting a milk over -- a makeover. what the first time in u.s. history, a woman on currency. scarlet: why a new but will make it harder for telemarketers and other annoying people to call you. that and much mor

thomas? >> charles quickly, another statue was vandalized in charleston? >> yes, the john calhoun memorial.also a representative in congress. also a senator. and served as vice president. he has a statue a few blocks from here. someone scribbled the name "racist "racist" across the bottom of it. it was quickly cleaned up. it happened continuously over a few nights here. and the memorial of the defenders of the charleston area during the civil war, that memorial was also vandalized and also is in the process of being cleaned up. >> interesting, too, your position is right on calhoun, calhoun street there where mother emanuel is built. >>> nbc's charles hadlock. >>> francis is back now with a look of what needs to happen for the flag to be taken down. >> at high benchmark. we start with a two-thirds majority here when it comes to the state legislature that must approve the flag's removal for it to happen. let's breakdown the voting with help from our friends with "the washington post." let's start with the state legislature that would need a vote like this for the flag to be taken down. take

thomas? >> charles had lock keep us posted there in dallas.rk knight" movie theater shooting in colorado and the second juror this week alone and the fifth overall is dismissed in the murder trial of james holmes. want to get straight to joe friar following the case from los angeles. joe, what do we make of the fifth juror being kicked off? >> robert what this means or -- thomas excuse me we have 19 jurors, 12 will be on the jury. seven will be alternates and raises some concern and burned through nearly half of the alter alternate alternates. the concern is fewer than 12 jurors by the time they have to deliberate. the good news is that the prosecution is set to wrap up its case hopefully by the end of this week and the defense says it needs about two weeks to present its case. and then it will go to the jury sooner than expected probably sometime in july. now, this all comes one day after some of the most important testimony in this case. it came from a doctor, a psychiatrysigh psychiatrist who treated james hole ms in the months leading up t

charles: you know, interesting. i'm really shocked that that case you referred to isn't talked about a lot more because clarence thomas was the swing vote. >> yes. charles: since this has happened in the last 24 hours, a firestorm, even nascar saying we're going to distanceorously from the confederate flag. and how could ebay or some site that i go to sell my own stuff is going to stop me. >> i don't know how ebay could do it. amazon could stop selling the flag because they're selling you the flag that they own or a broker that's selling it to them. so the seller can choose what the sell. but the intermediary person i don't think can chaos unless it's a lawful product and they're in the business of selling it. look, the hatred that this person had in south carolina was so deep, so profound, so did i say extorted, i can't imagine it firstan made the by a flag. this was something in his for years, whether it came from the parents or environment or in his brain, i don't know. he should be prosecuted under the law, but to suggest that this came from the flag, that this should stop people fly the flag on off the top of my

thomas. >> the big concern already saturated areas. charles hadlock in houston for us. >>> look at this. this is what tropical storm bill looks like from space. astronaut scott kelly taking his picture from the international space station and tweeting it out saying he is concerned for all in its path. >>> to another breaking story that we are following for you right now where u.s. officials are telling nbc news security was heightened at the u.s. navy yards in philadelphia. this after the fbi was informed or informed the base of a potential threat of a terrorist attack. so that threat now apparently over. but it's still unclear exactly what the nature of the threat was. officials say that certain buildings were at least temporarily evacuated. >>> now an update on a story that has gripped the headlines for days now. it is day 11 of the manhunt for two escaped killers from upstate new york. we just learned that joyce mitchell's husband lyle visited his wife for the first time today in county jail. that comes as law enforcement sources tell nbc news that investigators are looking into alleg

ernest hemingway, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin and charles dickens were known for working at standing desks. this trend catching on across the country and in the workplace. the workplace it's nice because we talked about it before. >> standing. >> it's healthier. it's not good to sit too long. >> or having a treadmill. >> and it looks like you can adjust the height of the desk. obviously the kids have much different -- >> right. it looks like it. exactly. they are going to use it k-8. >> i need one of those fidget things. >> thank you, pam. >>> time now 7:47. sal, you don't need a fidget thing. >> after so many cups of coffee, you get jetter you get jittery sometimes. >>> a crash westbound 80. i don't know if you can see it. they moved off on their own. they were right there. you can't see it any more, which is good news. they picked up and moved often to the shoulder which is a sign no one was injured. they were in that fast lane for a bit and traffic backed up. it is going to be slow coming in from richmond in pockets to the macarthur maze. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza

murderer and charles luciano with about 3,000 inmates there, the largest prison in the state and notorious known to be the last place anyone would want to be in the state's prison system thomass so much. joining me now is bill stanton, an expert in safety and security and a former officer with the nypd. bill, your first reaction how do you think they were able to pull it off? >> very cinematic. i show you the history not as nearly romantic. first, the prison break. now more importantly, what do they do afterwards? >> so when they get out, do you think they stay together or they separate? they have had good luck working together to this point. >> the most factor is finding the inside man or woman because they're the key to this whole thing. what information did they do the money, the financing, the routes, where are they going across the country or staying in america? mexico perhaps. where are they they? >> so the governor said the tunneling of this nature would have taken several days. would have taken nights to do and figure out. how could they have gone unnoticed for such a long period of time? >> well it's going to be interesting to see the patterns of the prison guards b