among those killed, the church's pastor, clementa pickney.1-year-old married father of two who peached at emanuel since he was a teenager. >> god we welcome and invite you into this place, your house. we thank you for the spirit that dwells here. >> pickney was a long-time member of the state senate where a black cloth was draped on his desk. >> senator picknye was a giant. >> he was the moral compass of the general assembly. >> several people that worked in the church are dead including a 49-year-old church minister that retire in 2005. she was the mother of four. sharonda coleman-singleton 45 was a rev rant mom of three, speech therapist and high school track and field coach. tywanza sanders a 26-year-old barber and cynthia hurd was a 54-year-old branch manager at andrews library, which will be renamed after her. >> she left home to go to church and not hearing from her for so many hours. >> also confirmed dead, 87-year-old susie jackson, 70-year-old ethal 50-year-old myra thompson and 74-year-old daniel simmons who died after being taken t

>> reporter: here are family photos of happy times and pickney officiating his cousin's wedding. >> a family reunion, weddings, gatherings clementa usually gave the blessing or the prayer and now for my children, you know, the legacy will be in past tense and it's so hurtful. >> reporter: pickney leaves behind a wife and two young daughters who were inside the church at the time of the shooting. in washington surae chinn, wusa9. >> this massacre in charleston is being investigated as a hate crime. according to the southern poverty law center, there are 784 known hate groups in this country including klansmen, nazis and racial skin heads. andrea mccarren has been learning more about what motivates these crimes and the criminals. >> reporter: just before the bloodshed began dylann roof said, "i have to do it. you're raping our women and taking over our country. you have to go." this afternoon we spoke with a criminal profiler who takes us inside the mind of a man so diluted by hatred he allegedly committed a mass murder. >> he's blaming it on somebody. it's not his fault in his mind. >> reporter: dylann roof's facebook profile pict

among those killed the church's pastor, clementa pickney. >> god we welcome and invite you into this e, your house. we thank you for the spirit that dwells here. >> pickney was a long-time member of the senate where a black cloth was draped on his desk. >> he was the moral compass of the general assembly. >> several people that worked in the church are dead including a 49-year-old church minister that retire in 2005. she was the mother of four. sharonda coleman-singleton and tywanza sanders and cynthia hurd was a 54-year-old branch manager at st. ann drews library, which will be renamed. >> she left home to go to church and not hearing from her for so many hours. >> confirmed dead 87-year-old susie jackson, 70-year-old ethal lance, 74-year-old daniel some simmons who died after wing taken to the hospital. a community is coming together to remember nine lives tragically taken in their place of worship. >> craig melvin joins me now. you grew up not far from here. you know this church well. >> mother emanuel, the folks here love that church and elementary field trip was my first trip the

guide and protect as a we can remember clementa pickney by serving you as he did.is over for each of us come our legacy will say it up a demise is his legacy. if i can help somebody as i pass along, then my living will not be in vain. amen. >> thank you so much. may you please be seated for a moment and receive these instructions, please. please be seated. you will not be able to exit the building so it is best to have a seat. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen following the closing selection as the bishops and the elders will greet the family, the order of departure from this sanctuary , senator pickney and immediate family, the members of his extended family, the president the first lady, the vice president, secretary clinton and the senators and representatives of the u.s. congress, the bishops and supervisors, and after these groups have departed, he will dismiss the rest of the congregation. what the of knowledge the scl president, dr. steele. congressman hoyer come i wanted to acknowledge you. we want to thank the reverend president. [applause] [cheering] ♪ >

among those killed, the church's pastor, clementa pickney. 41-year-old married father of two who peached at emanuel since he was a teenager. >> god, we welcome and invite you into this place, your house. we thank you for the spirit that dwells here. >> reporter: pickney was also a longtime member of the state senate where a black cloth was draped on his desk. >> senator pinckney was a giant. >> he was the moral compass of the general assembly. >> reporter: several people who worked at the church are dead including a 49-year-old church minister that retired in 2005. she was the mother of four. sharonda coleman-singleton, 45 was a rev rant, mom of three, speech therapist and high school track and field coach. tywanza sanders, a 26-year-old barber and cynthia hurd was a 54-year-old branch manager at st. andrew's library in charleston which will now be renamed in her honor. her brother says the last 24 hours have been devastating. >> we all were agonizing knowing that she left home to go to church and not hearing from her for so many hours. >> re

daniel simmons and the church of pastor reverend clementa pickney. reverend pickney does have family in our area. >>> "eyewitness news" spoke with his cousin. tonight we join the congregation at ame church to remember the victims. "eyewitness news" todd quinones is in society hill with that part of our coverage. >> reporter: here inside the walls of mother bethel ame church, people of all faiths came together in prayer, tears were showed and tears consoled. >> declare that darkness is not more powerful than light. reverend mark tyler was a close friend of reverend clementa pickney, the pastor of mother emmanuel in south carolina who was among those killed wednesday night. two even worked in the documentary together about the africa methodist episcopal church down do you think tyler said all day from all across philadelphia. he had people calling. >> you heard, we heard, this is philadelphia, if any one part of our city hurts, we all hurt. what can we do? . >> during the inner face service where the ame church began the names of those killed were read

this family friend remembers when clementa pickney came to washington d.c. and led prayer services at washington ame. >> i was awestruck, here is this little fellow from our own town. >> reporter: pickney was the youngest african american state legislator and co-sponsored a bill that passed this month requiring police officers to wear body cameras. >> he was a good scholar and he was destined for great things. >> i'm grateful that the murderer has been caught. >> reporter: here are family photos of happy times and pickney officiating his cousin's wedding. >> family reunions, weddings, gatherings, he usually gave the blessing or the prayer. his voice will be missed. now for my children the legacy will be in past tense and it's so hurtful. >> reporter: lakisha's grandfather was his mentor and he became her mentor. pickney leaves behind a wife and two young daughters. surae chinn, wusa9. >> political commentator armstrong williams who lives in d.c. is pickney's cousin. williams said his cousin always wanted to go into the ministry and give back to society. >> he

coach, a teacher and a few pastors including the emanuel ame church's head pastor 41-year- old clementa pickney, also a south carolina state senator, nine people ages 26 to 87 gunned down in this charleston, south carolina church. >> we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> reporter: police say 21- year-old dylann roof traveled two hours from his columbia, south carolina home wednesday to this historic black church, the oldest in the south tracing its roots back to 1816. >> we hold sacred the places where people come to practice their faith. >> reporter: according to authorities, roof sat with his soon to be victims for an hour in a bible study class listening to them pray watching them worship before shooting them down. >> this is an unfathomable and unspeakable act. >> reporter: witnesses say roof reloaded five times during what's described as a racially motivated shooting. one witness said roof said, "i have to do it. you're raping our women. you're taking over our country and you have to go." roof reportedly allowed 1 woman to leave so she could tell everyone

pickney made quite an impression on the people here and on one in particular. >> my wife woke me up to tell me and i screamed. i could not believe it, not clementa! >> reporter: dr. william mcclain met reverend pickney years ago at a church conference in south carolina. he says he knew right away pickney was special. >> i wanted to know what was all about him. >> reporter: the two hit it off. mcclain visited him in the state's capitol. mcclain eventually convinced pickney to pursue a doctorate. his death has left a hole in this campus, a deep storro for the loss of the person and his work. >> the love and justice together and that's his life. that was his life in the legislature and in the church. >> reporter: you can hear that in a speech pickney gave after an unarmed black man was killed by a police officer in charleston. >> because the lord teaches us to love all and we pray that over time that justice be done. >> reporter: mcclain says there are many people who lost a lot when pickney was gunned down and so did he. >> he was my friend and i will miss him. >> reporter: the man he knew was many things, a friend, pastor, politician, husband and

the reverend daniel simmons, sr.fl% and susie jackson.gn reverend clementa pickney was the pastor, and quijano has more about him. >> reveled clementa pinckney was named pastor of the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in 2010. the 41-year-old was married and had two young daughters. marvin stewart was÷ñ a lifelong member of pinckney's congregation. >> his sermons generally would always tie into respecting each other, getting along. >> reporter: pinckney was also a state senator who became the youngest member of the south carolina statehouse when he was elected at age 23. his friends said he often drove home from the state capitale,kñ in columbia to attend wednesday bible studies. it was in the capital where he spoke passionately about the death of walter scott, an9@ while police officer last april in neighboring north charleston. last month pinckney spoke in support of police body cameras. >> it is my hopeu=p that as south carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our,0ñ state. >> reporter: those who knew him say his spiritual leadership helped o

several of the people involved in this gathering had connections to clementa pickney. the reverend and state senator killed in this tragedy. one philadelphia neighborhood also gathered today to protest for peace in the wake of the church shooting. the community on the 5500 block of chester avenue in southwest philly came out for the stop the violence block party. state senator thorn hardy williams one of the events organizeders said the dylann roof. his view of african-americans are, they rape, pill itch rob our answer to that is we come out in peace. >> event organized annually activity third year, this year there was also a father's day tribute and concert as well. . stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage or the south carolina church massacre. we'll bring you any updates at cbsphilly.com. also now the search for a pair of escaped killers shift add bit to an area near the new york pennsylvania border after an unconfirmed sighting. state police now warning residents to stay on alert. correspond brian web has more. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agen

reporter: the 33-year-old musician, invited to play at the funeral service of his friend reverend clementa pickneyigher power. >> i just let the lord lead meme. >> reporter: in church lingo it's called backing the preacher up, so miller took a bold step and decided to back the president up. >> he started singing "amazing grace" and i just came in right behind him. ♪ a wretch like me ♪ >> reporter: but there was one thing this organ player was terrified of doing -- ruining the moment. >> i definitely didn't want to be the person who drowned the president out. >> reporter: instead he lifted the president up, helping lift his community along the way. >> i believe the whole entire world in those few moments came together. i believe there was a healing that took place. >> he's been playing since he was 5 years old. and says he's been preparing his whole life for that moment. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night.

anthony steven son lost his cousin estimate senator clementa pickney in the violence. >> he was a man of character, a man of morals. and: he really believed in three things that was number one, he believed in his faith. secondly he believed in his family and in about improving his community. >> or soers hope services help to heal in our local communities as well. residents in southwest gathered to today for protest for peace and reform in the wake of the church shooting. can alexandria hoff tells us about message that activist and low local lawmakers hope to send. >> reporter: what looks like a block party is actually a peaceful protest p hundreds filled 55th street off of chester avenue for third annual not brown kickback event. simple. day without violence. >> i'm trying to play my part as much as eke. >> reporter: brown a physical born rapper sponsors the event along with anthony williams who took the stage way message about the trapped tragedy in charleston. >> families in south carolina murdered by a man of hatred. today is our about hatred. >> he finds a connection between the m

[applause] ♪ president obama: clementa pickney found that grace. cynthia heard found that grace.ackson found that grace. ethel lance found that grace. dapayne middleton found that grace. rwanda sanders found that grace. daniel l simmons senior found that grace. shawonda signalton found that grace. myra thompson found that grace. the example of their lives. they have now passed it on to us. may we find ourselves worthy of that precious and extraordinary gift. as long as our lives endure. may grace no leave them home. may god continue to shed his grace on the united states of america. [applause] >> the president also met with family members of the victims of the shootings. clementa pinckney was the senior pastor. the president delivers the eulogy. >> this here is the day that the lord has made. let us rejoice. and be glad in it. our help come from the lord. bless us and we shall be blessed. keep us and we shall be kept by your power. it's god's amazing >> that we are able to be here at this hour. and for that, god, we say, thank you. if we did not have the lord on our site, where w

reverend clementa pickney pickney's body arrived and there are hundreds of hundreds of people hoping a chance to walk up the stairs to bid him farewell lester? >> thanks very much. we'll see you tomorrow when nbc news has special coverage of the president's eulogy. nightly news will be live from charleston with coverage from the day's events. >>> fire season is off to a big start in california but rapid response tealms are jumping on them harder. crews got a handle on a fast-moving brush fire outside of los angeles angeles. it did scorch 200 acres and forced the evacuation of about 1,000 people but that order is now lifted and there is minimal damage reported after firefighters managed to quickly douse the flames. >>> we've got a lot more ahead tonight, it's being called sleep divorce, couples going to bed in separate rooms. it's a growing trend. twice as popular as it used to be. why some say it's the key to a happy marriage. also a fire storm erupts donald trump and his famous beauty pageant and a power player in american tv saying it won't air it because of what he said about mexi

he spent an hour in the prayer meeting before opening fire, killing nine people, including clementa pickney a prominent state senator. and the survivor said that the killer reloaded five times and said i have do it. you rape our women and you're taking over our country, and you have to go. the department of justice and the fbi have opened a hate crime investigation into the attack >> so i want to personally thank the law enforcement community because you've allowed us to start healing and we can now tell our children that that person is in custody. >> the place of worship is known locally as emanuel. cornell brooks said there's no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of god and slaughters innocent people engaged in the study of cigaretter. now, tony, in the next few days, there will be things for the people murdered. and this suspect was not on the watch list for white supremacy and this came out of nowhere according to them. but clearly, it's an individual that has a lot of hate in his heart, and he's being flown back here to an area north of charleston where justice will be s

tomorrow president obama will be will to deliver the eulogier in clementa pickney. the pastor. hundreds have lined up to pay respects to pinkney at his wake this evening. diane estabrook is there and tell us about the services today. >> two services today. one for 45-year-old sheronda singleton. and she was a speech patheologist. and the other was for 70-year-old ethel lance. she was a church custodian and grandmother. and hundredses turned out for her funeral this morning including be reverend jesse jackson and mark sanford from south carolina. pinkney's visitation, hundreds turned out for it this morning and one woman talked about pink knee as a child. >> well, he grew up with me, because we were like a mother to him and like a mentor to him. and we're so proud of him because he grew up to be everything we thought and knew that he could be. >> now now pinkney's second wake this morning the line is going all the way up and down the street and around the corner. and to get the people in, they may have to extend the hours or turn people away, lisa? >> we have heard the entire ti

clement to pick me was also a state senate -- clementa pickney was also a state senator. those are your top stories at noon. story we knowhe almost 60 people have been killed in the terror attacks in the four countries today. attacked tourists in tunisia. peacekeepers in somalia, french gas plant. there is no evidence that the events were coordinated. yet all the attacks have similar hallmarks. betty: what does this say about the strength of islamic extremists around the world? i want to bring in michael chertoff, founder of the chertoff group and former u.s. secretary of homeland security, joining us from washington. michael, do you believe even though there is no evidence right now that these attacks may have been coordinated? michael: as you say, there's no evidence of coordination, but there is evidence of inspiration, meaning that part of what daesh or isis has done is it has counseled were advised people who believe in its ideology to carry out attacks. it is not a coincidence. it reflects a commonality of ideologies behind all of these attacks. pimm: michael cherto

evening before opening fire and of nine dead was the church pastor and democrat state senator clementa-pickneynd for civil rights and police violence and u.s. president barack obama expressed anger over the shootings saying gun violence do not happen in other advanced countries. in a moment we will go live to charleston but first this from allen fisher. >> this is the man arrested in connection with the fatal church shooting in charleston, south carolina. >> i'm very pleased to announced we have made an arrest in this case. we arrested dylann roof from lesionington south carolina. >> reporter: dylann roof was there at hour in the center of charleston and he then stood up and started shooting. the police say this was a hate crime. >> we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> reporter: as police see the massacre a nationwide alert sent out and alleged shooter was pulled over in a traffic stop in shelby inn new york a three hours drive and the uncle knew of the picture and alerted the authorities. >> that awful person that terrible human being who would go into a pl

it was a remarkable show of love and unity and respect for their friend and leader senator, clementa pickney. the bible study resumed in the same room where the massacre took place one week earlier. the interim pastor declaring this territory belongs to god. earlier in the day thousands lined up in the sweltering heat as a horse-drawn casen carried reverend and reverend clementa pinckney. >> he was sensitive to the needs of many others. >> reporter: many were temporarily bringing down the flag for a day, but her office released a statement saying haley does not have the authority to remove the flag herself. meanwhile, alabama's republican governor did order the confederate flag to be removed from its state capitol grounds. and officials in boise, idaho, removed the mississippi flag from a display of all 50 in front of city hall. >> let's take it away. let's say we want nothing to do with it. >> reporter: all this as the son of one of the nine victims calls south carolina senator tim scott to share his hopeful vision. >> he said with great enthusiasm and energy a sense of excitement that this

marÍa: le dan el Último adiÓs al pastor clementa pickney.ante una concurrida ceremonia que estÁn muy orgullosos porque creciÓ para hacer todo lo que esperaban de Él, un lÍder de fe. el pastor que un momento abogÓ por el uso de cÁmaras por parte de los oficiales reciben los mÁs grandes honores fÚnebres. en ningÚn momento durante la ceremonia se mencionÓ al presunto asesino, se nos escucharon mensajes de esperanza, sin embargo,luego de la masacre sea desatado movimiento en estados del sur del paÍs para mover símbolos confederados en los lugares pÚblicos, lo que parece desatar odio ya que dos afroamericanas son incineradas en carolina del norte. hoy serÁ un dÍa de conmemoraciÓn con la presencia del presidente barack obama y su esposa. piden enfocarse en las vÍctimas para darle a los seres queridos tiempo para vivir su duelo, indicaron que habitaron emitir comentarios que podrÍan resultar inapropiadas en los funerales, y dejaron claro que lamentan la tragedia. julie:en otras noticias liberan bajo fianza al segundo empleado acusado de ayudar a do