choir, continue to sing. ♪ >> we will now have a senator clementa pinckney's immediate family who werelina. sister pinckney and the girls. the president, first lady, vice president, and dr. biden, secretary clinton representatives of the u.s. congress, you need to now move as we do, the recessional selection. please pay attention. we have been beautiful all day. turn to somebody, say, you have been beautiful all day. let us not lose our beauty. follow the instructions, please. shh. ♪ >> memebers of the church will follow right after the president. >> and supervisors, this way to mey right. ♪ >> let me have the deacons and the sisters. please let them through. ♪ >> c-span gives you the best actress to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house congressional hearings, and news coverage is. bringing you events that shape u.s. policy. every week, washington journal is live with policymakers and journalist and your comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. c-span, created by america's cable companies and what is the service by your local cable or satellite wider. --satellite provider. >> ear

reverend clementa pinckney walked the talk. n said that i'd rather see a sermon lived any day than just preach. reverend pinckney lived as he taught. he was the embodyment of the sermon. he loved god. he loved people. he was humble, caring, compassionate, supportive, encouraging, compassionate, respectful, honest, a man of integrity. he was positive, he was a servant leader, a counselor, a mentor, a pastor par excellence, a phenomenal human being. as i prepare to take my seat in the last minute and a half i have -- [laughter] to sum it all up, he was god's anointed servant. [applause] jesus said, let your light so shine before men that they will see your good work and glorify the father, which is in heaven. clementa pinckney walked the talk. jesus said, but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added on to you. he walked the talk. he said, a new commandment that i give unto you, that you love one another as i have loved you. love you one another. clementa pinckney walked the talk. j

reverend clementa pinckney.t 1:45 eastern we will have coverage of that. more of your calls on today's same-sex marriage court ruling. harold is with us from new jersey. caller: truth does exist. clearly, the world could not have made itself. there is a creator. there is an almighty god who created heaven and earth from nothing. he wants to things from us besides the commandments. he wants us to love him, and he wants us to love our neighbor, including those who are different. god is love. god wants us to repent for the evil that we have done. initially, professor gruber from m.i.t. i understand he got $6 million for telling a bunch of lies. he should return that money. in the meantime, he should repent for what he has done. our president should say he is done for all the lies he told, including adjudicator doctor with obamacare. god is love. god loves all the people all over the world. but we have obviously must do -- we have the money. we have the power. we should lead in, for example health care -- not just i

clementa pinckney. when i first looked at the program, i looked down and heard all of these speakers. i said to myself, why did they put all these preachers ahead of me? [laughter] my wife looked and said you are a deacon. i said i am baptist. these are a.m.e. but anyway, we are going to try to do what thus 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 h

, reverend clementa pinckney will eventually get to the steps of the statehouse. the senator is going to lie in repose, i said earlier lie in state, i want to correct that. these are special issues of technicality and this issue is that he will lie in repose in the second floor rotunda of the statehouse but this is the image. you can see law enforcement effectively clearing the way as the caisson makes its way throughout columbia, south carolina, throughout the streets. it came from the funeral home and the casket with the reverend, the senator, inside will be in the rotunda for the better part of this afternoon for those who want to come between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. it appeared earlier as the hearse follows there was also a line that had already possibly started to form outside and the department of parks and recreation and tourism, other law enforcement agencies have made advanced preparations to make sure the flow of traffic and the foot traffic of those who want to come to pay their respects to the senator in and out of the statehouse and around it will be able

pinckney's crazy ame friend. amen. and we have been brothers for more than 30 plus years. there is really no reason why clementaame area geographically. but it was through our connection in the african methodist episcopal church area geographyicalgeographically. but it was through our connection through the african american episcopal church, where somehow in the carolinas, we were both members of the ypd. back then ypds were fired up. so it was when our ypd leaders would take us to our conference meetings, in the south carolina annual conference, in the low country. there came a collision, between jasper county and charleston county. there used to be a time where people thought we were the same people. amen. we were both tall, we were both skinny, and we were both dark. amen. and so it was we were at allen university at a meeting and he was a ypd leader and i was a ypd leader, and mother james came to us because i was a little rambunctious, from charleston county, you know, and pinckney was very subdued. but he would do things to get me in trouble and i would be the one who took the blame for it. and so it was

the line to view clementa pinckney's body stretched from the row tonneda to the streets. thousands waited for hours in the heat. >> i wanted to pay tribe ute for what he has done in the years. >> i represent the university of state carolina he was always interested in the wellbeing of the south carolina. >> this family affected the whole nation not just south carolina, i felt compelled to be here. >> it has been a clash point since dylann roof gunned done clementa pinckney and others inside emanuel's a.m.e. church. he has been photographed with the flag. the governor want it taken down. the state legislature is set to debate the issue this summer. on the republican floor on tuesday, the flag was said that it must go. >> i'm proud to take a stand and no longer we silent. i'm proud to be on the right side of the history recording the removal of this symbol of risism and big ol rit -- racism and bigotry from the state house. let us not stop there. justice by halves is not justice. >> the only woman in the state senate says she's struggling with the issue but agrees with firm

we mourn today the tragic death of clementa pinckney. passing will be rejoice for, because he is your child. he lives eternally where there is no violence, no pain, and no danger. rejoice that he now lives eternally in the land where every day is a day of unspeakable joy. bless us to remember him as the navigate -- as we navigate life's unpredictable pathways for if we follow you, we will never walk alone. father in the extended families of the eight other souls to grapple with their grief, with their refuge, and their strength. help them to remember, even when the visitors have slacked off and the calls become less frequent, you are still just a prayer away. bless those in the ame church and the broader faith to keep our spiritual arms around them so that we can be instruments of consolation and insurance. -- assurance. bless us to live our faiths so that we can change things for the better. bless our communities, state and world. we have come together in a mighty way to deal with this horrific tragedy. it will keep us together so that

the church's pastor, 41 year old reverend clementa pinckney, a state senator. at the age of 23, he became the youngest african-american to be elected to the state legislature. he was elected to the state senate at 27. amy: sharonda coleman-singleton was a 45-year-old mother of three, reverend, and high school track coach. juan: cynthia hurd was a 54 year old librarian. she was the manager at st. andrews regional library since 2011. amy: daniel simmons was a 74-year-old ministry staff member at emanuel ame and the former pastor of greater zion ame church in the nearby town of awendaw. juan: myra thompson was the wife of the reverend anthony thompson of charleston's holy trinity rec church. amy: depayne middleton-doctor was a 49-year-old mother of four. juan: ethel lance was a 70 year old grandmother who had worked at emanuel ame for more than three decades. amy: susie jackson was ethel lance's cousin and the oldest victim of the massacre at the age of 87. she was a longtime member of the church. juan: tywanza sanders was the youngest victim at 26-years-old. he w

again, the the late reverend clementa pinckney.he guns were pointed in the direction of where the members slipped. just in case there was another insurrection, the state was ready. amy: this is so significant, reverend mk kelly tyler, the founding of the mother emanuel the church, in charleston with -- if you could talk about the killings of the scores of african-american men. >> absolutely. mother emanuel like the other ame churches, all of these congregations began in the late 1700s and early 1800s as a result of what became known as segregated pews. the methodist movement in america initially was very welcoming and open to african-american worshipers. it was not unusual to see enslaved people preaching to their slaveowners. it was an incredible experience. but sadly, they turned their back on their abolitionist roots and decided in order to keep and appease slaveholding methodist members who were very wealthy that they would allow blacks to become segregated in worship will stop as a result, these persons like richard allen and

amy: the known victims include the church's pastor, the reverend clementa pinckney, and his sister. reverend pinckney also served as a state senator. just hours earlier, he had campaigned with democratic hopeful hillary clinton in charleston. after meeting with the victims families, charleston mayor joseph riley described a heartbreaking scene. >> as the said, our city police department, county police department, state law enforcement division other municipalities, the fbi, and others are all combined in working with us to make sure that we catch this awful person and bring him to justice as soon as possible. we just left speaking with members of the family. it was a heartbreaking scene i have never witnessed in my life before. amy: known as "mother emanuel," the emanuel ame church is home to the oldest black congregation south of baltimore. it was burned in the during a 1820's slave rebellion, and has stood at its present location since 1872. we will have more from charleston after the headlines. eurozone finance ministers are holding crisis talks today over the threat of greece def

hundreds of people lining up early this morning to honor and remember pastor clementa pinckney. l arrive later this afternoon to deliver the eulogy. south carolina's former lawsuit governor glen mcconnell now supporting removing the confederate flag from the state house where pastor pinckney's body was on public view earlier this week. that is a significant move since back in 2010 mcconnell posed for pictures wearing a confederate army uniform with two black people dressed as dlaifsslaves. we can only assume mcconnell re regrets these pictures as well. but today about honoring clementa pinckney. >> reporter: thousands of people are filing into td arena. imagine you've got the president, the first lady, the vice president, speaker of the house john boehner leading a congressional delegation. you've got the state legislators. the leaders of the ame church. and those who were not only touched by the nature of this crime but personally touched by the work done by clementa pinckney. and the crowd here now is about 5,000. and we are expecting there will be an overflow crowd. so many pe

clementa pinckney was the senior pastor.sident 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 would we be. strengthen us for this day and for this very hour. the lord is my shepherd. i shall not want. he leads me beside the still waters. he leads me in the right path for his namesake. though i walk to the valley of the shadow of death, you come for me. service here today at the arena. for what we know, capacity for a normal event is about 5,100. with the added seats on the floor an additional hundred can be there. but thousands of people on the outside were turned away who wanted to be part of this service to pay their respects to clementa pinckney. what we heard from congressman clyburn this morning, wolf, in his con

the pastor himself was in there, senator clementa pinckney.d now there's a black cloth over his seat it's draped obviously in respect to his passing. there were presidential candidates there. hillary clinton was there. jeb bush is going to come down. obviously they're going to cancel political events. this is when your fabric is being tested. who are you, what do you value? what do you do to those who attack what you value? >> it's time to give these families space. i'm glad their cancelled their political events. if there's an opportunity to go to a worship service, i think that would be appropriate if they want to go and support the skmunt community. one of the rays of hope and one of the few bright things you see in this you listen to the response of the community. you hear them talk -- and i've been listening and watching all morning. you've seen the senators colleagues the members of the church the leaders in the local naacp and the christian community and the other local pastors speaking and saying we're going to pray and provide love an

emanuel church as thousands pay their last respects to south carolina state senator and reverend clementa pinckneyeral for reverend pinckney. thousands are lining up to attend. that doesn't for our broadcast. a special thanks to the sustainability institute here in charleston and to our local crew. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] prime minister david cameron hopes to get germany on board for his plan to shift more

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among them a state senator named clementa pinckney. pinckney was also the pastor of mother emanuel.r emanuel here in charleston. mother being a nod to the significance, the symbolism of that church in this community, a church that was built during slave times, burned to the ground once more than 170 years ago when word leaked of a slave insurrection being planned at the church. dug the 20th century the church became a meeting place, a planning ground for civil rights leaders. and over the past 10 15 years ago it has been the place where people who want to become president of the united states go to worship on sunday. this morning the state senator he clementa pinckney, father of two daughters, eulogized here in the state senate. one senator here in south carolina saying quote, the whole world will be watching moup south carolina responds. south carolina congressman jim clyburn, by the way, pinckney at one point was an intern in clyburn's office became very emotional at the church. one of the vigils being held a few moments ago. >> if we stay silent they will win. they must not win.

next tuesday, however, is still many days after senator clementa pinckney, reverend clementa pinckney charleston last week, after he is due to lie in state tomorrow at the capital. the reason i issue the issue of this specific statute that concerns ways that flags can be taken down at the capital and still stay within the letter of the law is it seems to me that it is -- forgive me, morally intolerable for him to lie in state beneath that flag. do you think that's a possible loophole that could solve that problem? >> you know, when i was on the state house grounds today, i noticed the flag looked a little peeked. some of the color was wearing off. i mentioned that to the governor and hope she will take it down. it is abhorrent that the flag will be at full mast when the u.s. flag and south carolina flag is at half mast, but that flag at full mast. if the stars and stripes are bowed why shouldn't the confederate flag be bowed or removed when clement lament is laying in state at the state house. >> do you think there would be a backlash if it was brought down for a few hours during that

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spoke to another state representative marlon kemson who said he was just with representative clementa pinckney just hours before this occurred. and he said the state representatives were saying it was so important for pastor pinckney to show up. he left the budget session early and that's when the tragedy unfolded. >> nick you were telling us that pastor is a state senator and considered a pillar of the community. what do we know about the other victims? >> reporter: well, we don't know about much. just one name has been floated out and that of the state senator. there are at least eight other victims in this shooting right now. very little information is being leased about their identities. but we are expecting another press conference to be held later this morning. we are, perhaps, going to be given more information about the identities of the victims and why this senseless tragedy unfolded. really unspeakable here. as robert was talking about, this is one of the pillars of the community here. this is a -- a sight where the oldest one of the largest wildly known black churches in the united

nine people are dead among them state senator clementa pinckney.arleston police have just released photos of a suspect. he's described as a white male in his early 20s with a slender build and sandy brown hair. driving a black four-door sedan. authorities believe the incident was a hate crime. >> what we need right now is we need everybody to come together and pray for these families and we need them to come together and find this person so nobody else is hurt. >>> the fcc is slapping at&t with a $100 million fine. the reason? allegedly misleading customers on unlimited data plans. and slowing down data speeds. at&t disputes the claims, it says it notified customers through bills, texts and online. >>> in chicago, a near-disaster on a tarmac two planes on a collision course as the faa investigates. nbc's tom costello has the story. >>> it happened at intercepting runways an alert air traffic controller screaming at a delta plane on a collision course with a southwest plane. >> stop stop stop. as close calls go, this one was serious. two planes load

. >> four were ministers including reverend clementa pinckney the pastor of emanuel ame and respected state senator. >> what you're see is a 21-year-old suspect. his friends saying he had a deep hatred of black people flown back to south carolina. dylann roof is his name on suicide watch hours away from facing a judge. his own uncle saying he is unable to forgive his nephew. if he gets the death penalty he'd like to push the button himself. >> video from inside the church. the shooter sitting with the bible study group just moments before opening fire. it was posted online by one of the victims just before he was killed. we have live team coverage this morning with lana zak standing by with reaction and begin with abc's kenneth moton live in charleston. kenneth, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, reena and t.j. that 21-year-old suspect dylann roof will wake up in the local jail this morning as you mentioned under suicide watch. the church he's accused of terrorizing has now become a place of vigil. a memorial of flowers, balloons and candles outside emanuel ame church. pr

the reverend clementa pinckney had a beautiful voice. he had a big, big beautiful voice. >> the grandmother's prayer. lord, let me be free. if not me, my children, if not my children, my children's children. >> deferred gratification. >> so we have an obligation, a legacy to uphold. people who died so that we could have the right to vote. the people who sacrificed so that we could one day realize the dream of a black president, a black elected officials after segregation. we have an opportunity. i think it does our -- it does the memories a disservice if we do not vote. we don't have that -- we don't have that choice. we don't have that privilege to say our vote doesn't count because history tells us differently. >> i'm sorry, but if god gave you a voice like that, god meant for you to be in charge of something. and i was. pbs tonight released that footage of that interview they did with the reverend clementa pinckney for the series, "the african-americans." he was only 41 last night while murdered in his church leading a prayer service.

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he was taken in an instant. >> clementa pinckney was somebody you never heard anyone gossip about. reporter: williams and his family now live to comfort pinckney's wife and two daughters. >> trost and will never recover from this. yes, they may heal, that there is something that died in all of us. we can never get it back. leon: power brad bell is in south carolina right now. stay with us on abc seven or head to wjla.com for the latest developments on this story. we will have all the new information as soon as we can. kimberly: we have time for it trick -- quick check of the traffic situation. jamie: we are seeing so much pop up this afternoon. we have a lot of wet roads and that will add to our typical congestion. let's zoom into the area on the beltway. getting at the maryland we typically sees delays. heavier than usual. we are averaging just under 45 minutes. i want to give you an idea of what we are seeing on the bottom side of the beltway. this is a look for you. 10 miles per hour just test van dorn street. as a move a little bit closer towards the wilson bridge we are only at

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church erring bible study, open fire, killing nine people, including the pastor 41-year-old clementa pinckney who was also a member of the state legislature. president obama: there is something particularly heartbreaking about a death happening in a place in which we seek solace. and we seek peace. we are also learning more about the victims. among them, 45-year-old shar ronda singleton, a church pastor, track coach, and speech therapist. and the manager of a regional library. as for the suspect, he was caught so quickly thanks to the kenai of a woman who looked over from her car at a stop light and recognized dylann roof's bowl-style haircut from pictures plastered on the news. live from the satellite center jay korff, abc 7 news. leon: suspect dylann roof is back in south carolina after escaping to north carolina. investigators now delving into his past and uncovering chilling evidence of racism. brad bell is where roof grew up and has been talking to people who him. what have you been hearing? brad: you find a lot of people who say they never heard of this guy, not too many knew him. he gr

senator, was also a vocal advocate for change in the charleston community. >> reporter: reverend clementa pinckneyeaching, praising, studying. >> god, we invite you into this place, your house. we thank you for the spirit that dwells here. >> reporter: according to church's website, pinckney answered the call to preach at t the tender age of just 13. he became a pastor at 18. and by 23, another accomplishment in his young life, enter iing public servicey becoming the youngest black person ever elect ed ed to the h carolina state legislature. today, state senator pinckney's legislative seat is covered by a black cloth to the mark his passing. >> senator pinckney was a giant of a man who took his job seriously not only as a state senator, but as a pastor. >> reporter: recently state senator pinckney, a democrat, stood with south carolina civil rights leaders in calling for police to wear body cameras, a response to the shooting of an unarmed black man walter scott by a white police aofficer. >> every person in south carolina needs to know that they will have equal protection under the law, and that

flowers resting on the desk of clementa pinckney in the united states senate and he was the youngest black person ever elected to the legislature in the state of south carolina, and the church that pinckney led was steeped with historic significance as he explained in 2013. >> where you are is a very special place in charleston. and it is very special place, because this church, and this site this area has been tied to the history and life of african-americans since about t the early 1800s. this church was built in 1891. the congregation was formed in 1818 by the reverend morris brown who later became the second bishop of the african methodist episcopal church. and for you who know about the denomination we started in 1887 through our founder richard allen who left then st. georges episcopal church because they told him to pray after the regular members prayed, and that is how the nomination began in a fit of civil disobedience and a little issue with the theological fairness, if you will. >> and we are just getting this into cnn and we are have learnlearning the names of two more vi

how do you want your friend, your fellow legislator, the reverend and state senator clementa pinckneybe remembered? with what kind of legislation will you be just painting? -- participating? >> i will be participating in the legislation to remove the flag. your question is, whether senator pinckney's legacy or what would i like it to be? it is not what i would like it to be but what it absolutely is. on friday afternoon, so the must incredible thing i've ever seen in my life. i saw family members of nine deceased heroes face a shooter and talk to him with love, forgiveness, and salvation. those people learned that from the great teacher clementa pinckney. his legacy is the lessons he talked and the life he lived. amy: i want to thank you very much for being with us taking this time from spartanburg, you are headed to colombia or this debate is quantitate place. republican south carolina state representatives doug brannon and gary clary and reverend dr. william barber speaking to us from raleigh, north carolina historian don doyle from columbia, and david goodman joining us here in new

clementa pinckney. jummy: the debate over the confederate flag is ramping up in the district. the dean of the national cathedral is calling for the removal of the stained glass walls that depict the confederate flags. he said when does honoring stonewall jackson and robert e. lee should be removed. we want to turn to the weather. abc 7 on stormwatch. we are tracking potential storms into the weekend. a flash flood watch is in effect through saturday night. doug hill is here with a first check of the forecast. doug hill: it looks like the biggest threat tomorrow for the heaviest rains will be to the west and northwest of washington, southern maryland not included under the flash flood watch. at the moment, cloudy. there is rain farther south and west in virginia. it is moving off to the east. today, a warm front will lift north. at the same time, this moisture will head our way. both will merge and set the stage for potentially heavy rain and heavy to his fair thunderstorms. where everything will set up remains in question. it looks like south of washington the best chance for

she said of everyone in the legislator she said clementa pinckney was the one most interested. i do want to ask you about the flag because so many people are asking for the flag that flies over my shoulder the confederate flag, to be taken down even if just for a day while he was lying in state. but that didn't happen. what do you think of the governor nikki haley's rational that she did not feel like she had authority to take it down for a day? >> well, alyson we all understand processes and understand that state governments operate entirely different. the alabama governor has the unilateral authority to remove the flag. it's quite different because the power really resides in the legislator. and there was a debate about this flag some time ago and it compromised this region to move elsewhere. but something awakened in the spirits and consciousness of people all over this country. i don't want to be a hypocrite because i have not been an advocate of the flag coming down. i felt that symbols don't hate individuals hate. individuals perpetrate crimes. but even for me as strong a

lead guide and protect us so we can remember clementa pinckney by serving you as he did.h of us our legacy will say as it does for me and him that epitomizes his legacy if i can help somebody then my living will not be in vain. amen. >> amen. >> thank you so much. may you please be seated. >> i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world as we have been watching the celebration of the life of reverend clementa pinckney there in charleston south carolina. it is a capacity crowd. 5400 people there. and you just witnessed one of the most powerful moments in president obama's time in office. that speech as the city mourns nine lives lost nine days ago. my colleague don lemon is there in charleston along with van jones who once worked with the president there at the white house. don, it's tough to even follow the speech but the word i take away is grace. >> you know brooke this is quite possibly one of the most powerful and extraordinary moments that i have witnessed on television especially a speech coming from the president. i never really -- i'

clementa pinckney.ghn and from that day forward we started to build a relationship. we hung out, we was tight. late one night, i told him let's go to ihop, get something to eat. on our way there, we are going to stop by usc and see some friends of mine. he said, ok, let's go. we went by and saw some friends and low and behold, jennifer benjamin was there. [laughter] as me and charlene brown sit up and talked together, we looked at each other and i said, is he going to ask her for her number? [laughter] i am like, come on. you're hanging with the upperclassman now, ask for her number. [laughter] finally, he asked for the number. after that, i said, that's my boy. that's my boy. [laughter] and the rest is history. [applause] before there was a house, before there was the senate, me and pinckney hung out together. he loved him ame church for , all the capital improvements again. we talked about how he wanted to do things and put the elevator in and restore the house. we talked in detail about this. sometim

those who remember clementa pinckney say his faith shaped his life and guided his actions. on the floor of the statehouse in south carolina friends and colleagues remembered senator pinckney for his compassion and calm demeanor. >> no matter how much he was provoke provoked he always maintained that cool balanced response, that thoughtful dignified response to whatever was brought to him. an individual like that lives his faith outloud and this's what he did. >> he cared about whether people had health care he cared about whether people were paid a decent wage. he cared about whether people had a decent place to live. he loved people. senator pinckney was a man who lived life to the full estest honored life to the fullest, lived life to the greatest. he brought hope and inspiration like few people i have observed. >> south carolina state representative joseph neil was one of those colleagues you just saw paying tribute to clementa pinckney. representative neil is joining us now. representative once again, my deepest condolences. what will you remember most about your end? >>

. >> reporter: earlier a horse drawn caisson carrying the body of clementa pinckney and inside the rotunda, they paid their final respects to the man who was gunned down. a makeshift drape blocked mourners view of the confederate

i think we saw that that pastor reverend clementa pinckney had the week before been in the news aroundice accountability and may have been responding to the activism that was coming out of that church in recent days. these spaces i think, become easy targets. there's not a lot of security culture, it's welcoming as we see from the story, him welcomed in allowed to participate in the bible study or be present for 45 minutes to an hour. i think in some ways they are targeted. but going back to the fact that the black church is - has been a symbol of black fight for social justice for racial economy. >> and the a.m.e. church particularly. >> definitely. that's why essentially it became a target. >> scott roberts from the advancement project with us. thank you >>> next - the death toll. another attack under scores america's fight against gun violence, and the mission of a woman determined to record it >>> echos in the sanctuary. the scene of charleston's tragedy, and how this church long stood strong in the face of injustice. . >> communities like this have had to endure tragedies like thi

what a life clementa pinckney lived. what an example he set. what a model for his faith.usie jackson, ethel lance, depayne middleton-doctor tywanza sanders, daniel l. simmons sharonda singleton, myra thompson. good people. decent people. god-fearing people. [ applause ] people so full of life and so full of kindness people who ran the race who persevered people of great faith. to the families of the fallen the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. the church is and always has been the center of african-american life. a place to call our own in a too often hostile world. a sanctuary from so many hardships. over the course of

the victims, rev end clementa pinckney, sanders ethel lance, myra thompson rev end middleton-doctor. reverend daniel simmons sr., ms. jackson and cynthia hurd. it was the worst racial attack in decades. it brings back horrific