so with no further ado, i'm going to let president brooks come before you in his ohm way. >> good afternoon. my name is cornellm brooks. it is my responsibility to serve as president and ceo of the naacp even on this very sad and tragic occasion, it's nevertheless heart warming to stand with so many presidents of the naacp, leadership of the naacp, community leaders and members of the press who are bringing your thoughtful analysis to this challenge. on behalf of the national board of directors led by rosalyn mcalester brock, our special fund led by dr. dennis proctor and 2,100 branches and units of the naacp all across the length and breadth of this country. we come to this place at this moment in this historic city, a city in which i spent a great amount of time as a little boy, my grandfather owning a barbershop not to far from here, my uncle growiowning a barber s growing up in georgetown. being an african metti imethodi minister, this hits close to home. the idea that a pastor could gather his flock to study the scripture, to study the gospel penned by the life and sacrifice of the prince of peace sand in

that's simply not who they are as a country. >> cornell william brooks is president and ceo of the naacp >> thank you, wolf. >>> up next we'll have more on a symbol of hate or a symbol of history. more discussion on whether that confederate flag should be taken down and abandoned. our own danny cevallos has some serious thoughts on what's going on. ur brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had a liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. new car replacement is just one of the features that come standard with a base liberty mutual policy. and for drivers with accident forgivness,rates won't go up due to your first accident. learn more by calling switch to liberty mutual and you can save up to $423. for a free quote today,call liberty mutual insurance at see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutua

the naacp president and ceo cornell william brooks is here in "the situation room" thanks very much forof us have seen the video which is pretty chilling. i must say. but you're going one step further. you want a full investigation, not only of the one police officer who's been put on administrative leave, but of the entire mckinney police department. why? >> why, here's why. we have an officer who is a supervisor, who grabs a girl by the hair slams her to the ground. treats her like chattel property. curses her, pulls out his gun and conducts himself in a way that dishonors his uniform, dishonors his badge, and dishonors the profession. and so the point being here is we're concerned that is this officer's conduct, an individual's conduct? or is it emblematic indicative illustrative of a department? this is a very serious matter. think about this. the question i would ask you is this. of the people who watch this program, which one of us will be comfortable having our daughter granddaughter, niece, treated like this? having a grown man straddle her as though she was some kind of propert

naacp president and ceo cornell william brooks will be joining us.ant to get to stephanie elam. she is in spokane with the latest on this stephanie? >> reporter: briana rachel dolezal says she is stepping down she says she will continue to fight for equality but she didn't answer what most people wanted to know. while rachel dolezal didn't answer the burning question about her race -- >> are your parents, are they white? >> reporter: the president of the spokane naacp chapter is stepping down. writing in this letter "i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings absent the full story. it is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice that i step aside. i will never stop fighting for human rights." that resignation changing tonight's planned protest into a rally for healing. >> we're going to make the conscious decision to forgive rachel forgive all the things that have happened. >> reporter: yet the national conversation continues to brew with dolezal's adopted brother calling his sister's behavior blackface.

. >> with me now, professor camille gerich and cornell brooks of the naacp.pleasure to have you on. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> cornell, let me begin with you. you heard her with matt lauer. she said she identifiesasa black woman. do you think that she has disrespected african-americans? >> well there are many people across this country identify with the african-american experience music, culture, religion art. but there's a difference between identifying with the experience and using that experience to miss misappropriate or malappropriating that experience and there's a difference between using that in ways that are inauthentic. so what i want to focus on is in doing work with the naacp, we've been able to create an america in which all americans have been able to take part in our culture, our ethnicity, our collective american experience as americans, embracing all of america in its racial diversity. but that must be done authentically. that's critically important here. and it is a measure and a mark of leadership in terms of having integrity a

cornell william brooks is joining me president and ceo of the naacp.ou've been calling for the removal of that confederate flag for a long time. actually it had to take the death, the murder of nine wonderful people in order for that flag to be removed. what does that say? >> wolf it's morally inexplicable. the naacp for 15 years has called for the removal of the confederate flag in front of the statehouse in columbia south carolina. we've made the call. we have engage in the a boycott. the ncaa reached out to national companies and transnational companies to boycott the state. the fact that it took the loss of nine lives is truly a tragedy. but looking toward the future even as we pray for these families extend our condolences and surround them with our love looking toward the future the fact that the governor has taken a step forward is encouraging. >> certainly is. the mississippi governor i want to show you the flag of the state of mississippi. this is the flag of the state of mississippi. this is a state, 40% of the population of mississippi is af

so with no further adu, i'm going to let president brooks come before you in his own way. [ inaudible ] >> good afternoon. my name is cornell william brooks. it is my responsibility to serve as president and ceo of the naacp. even on this very sad and tragic occasion it is nevertheless heart warming to stand with so many presidents of the naacp, community a leaders, and members of the press, who are bringing your thoughtful analysis to this challenge. on behalf of the national board of directors lead by rosalyn mcalister block, our special contribution fund lead by dr. dennis procter, and the divisions of the naacp all across this country. we come to this place, in this historic city a city in which i spent a great amount of time as a little boy, by grandfather owning a barbershop not too far from here growing up in a little town not too far from here called georgetown being a minister four generations in that church this tragedy hits close to home the idea that a pastor could gather his flock in an historic sanctuary, to study the scripture, to study the gospel penned by the life and sacrifice of the prince of peace, and i

cornell brooks also released a statement that reads in part quote, the excessive force on an unarmed 14-year-old girl clad noenl a bikini by an officer wearing a uniform and a gun was particularly troubling. these teens appeared to be simply attending a pool party and deserved respectful treatment under the law. >>> today is the final day of the g7 summit in germany. the two-day meeting comes as president obama pushes lawmakers on the trans-pacific partnership. he met with david cameron and today will meet with iraq's prime minister to discuss the fight against isis. president obama is calling on the countries to continue to take a tough stance on russia. he tried to mend tie with his german chancellor angela merkel. the two leaders shared beer and sausage as they visited a village in the bulvarian alps. >> i must admit when i first learned angela was going to host the g7 in bulvaria i was hoping it would fall during oktoberfest. then again there's never a bad day for a beer and vice versa and friendship between the german and american people. >> and the race for the 2016 republican

let's listen to what cornell brooks had to say. >> that stranger was welcomed into the house of god by the children of god. he spent an hour in fellowship. an hour in study, and then he laid down a bible and take up a gun and laid nine people into untimely graves. tragic deaths deaths are unconscionable. it is morley incomprehensible. it is clear that the time and time again our members our leaders and the country we represent has been victimized by hatemongerrers, pressure purveyers of, we have never capitulateed to racism in this country. we have refused to do this. we've seen demonstrations over the course of this tragedy a climate of caring and compassion. we've seen people could from all over this country because they care they love, because they refuse to let this one racist murderer in our midst to define our values. the fact that this shooting took place in a church, in a bible study where the shooter asked for the pastor by name, it says to us that we are to examine the underlying racial animus racial hate. this was not just mayorly a gun shooting but a hate crime. >> naacp le

n.a.a.c.p national president cornell brooks asked for meaningful dialogue about the scourge of racism. >> we say this not because we're trying to sow division but rather because we're trying to sow unity a unity of purpose a unity of commitment, a communicatee of reswroofl so that we confront the racism in our midst. and that means certainly symbolically, we cannot have the confederate flag weaving in the state capitol. ( applause ) >> reporter: those who want to keep the flag say it is not a racist symbol but rather a piece of their heritage. opinion falls largely along racial lines. 73% of whites feel the confederate flag should stay. 61% of african americans say it should not be flown on the state house ground. reverend joseph darby was born and raised in south carolina. >> i'm over 60 years old. i remember when the klan marched behind that flag. i have seen those rallies. it was put up at the height of the civil rights movement, and it was done so across the south the implication was clear. >> reporter: what do you see when you see the confederate flag flying? >> rape, torture ter

joining us is the naacp president and ceo, cornell william brooks. on cooper and don lemon. cornell, first to you, what was your reaction to the president's powerful words, the emotional side of him that clearly was evident in that eulogy? >> well i was extraordinarily moved. as a former minister in the ame church i know that a eulogy does first one thing, it reaches out and comforts the grieving family. what the president did was he comforted a grieving family but beyond that comforted and challenged a grieving nation. he spoke to some of the contemporary challenges of the moment in terms of racial profiling, the confederate flag discrimination in the employment market but he did so in a way that he wrapped his arms around the family wrapped his arms around our nation but also spoke in a soothing powerful, and challenging way to the nation. and i might note, wolf he sang a little. he has not a bad set of pipes. >> yeah, we've heard him sing a little bit in the past. not like today, though. stand by for a moment cornell. i want to bring anderson into

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the national president of naacp cornel brooks is expected to hold a news conference. nbc10 national correspondent dave wagner is following the latest from charleston. >> reporter: an outpouring of support and emotion out emanuel ame church today as the city and state try to process what investigators say is a crime of hate. >> i've been talking with investigators as we're going throughout interview. they said they looked pure evil in the eye yesterday. without question this is hate. >> reporter: the 21-year-old suspect, dylann roof was flown back to charleston late thursday. he'll be in court this after. a childhood friend said they recently reconnected and he said roof was different. >> he said he didn't agree with the trayvon martin case. he wanted segregation, white with white, black with black. he didn't believe in what the black race was doing to the white rice. >> reporter: he said roof told him he purchased a gun with birthday money and had a plan. on wednesday nine members at emanuel ame church were gunned down. >> we've been here before whether the shooting i

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 served. >> the law center tracks hate crimes in this country. robert ray from south carolina, and we heard a bit of the south carolina governor's comments. and she visited today and was visibly distraught. >> we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. and so we have some grieving to do. and we have some pain we have to go flu. parents are having to explain to their kids how they can go to church and feel safe, and that's something that we never thought we would deal with. having said that, we're a strong and faithful state. >> president obama ras emotional when he shared

. >> moderator john dickerson joins us live and i know you'll be speaking with naacp cornell brooks. >> tim scott and charleston mayor joseph riley and we'll have a panel and try and sort through this and make some kind of sense of it. >> a lot of people are sort of having a big conversation about the continuing issue of race in this country. >> it is everywhere and yet hard to exactly grab ahold of it in a tragedy like this and have a conversation about it where people feel like they can kind of understand and maybe try to stop something like this from happening again, but you're right. race is absolutely at the center of this conversation and that's what we're going to try and pull apart on sunday. >> john, are you going to ask questions like where do we go from here after something like this? >> well, where do we go? what contributes in the culture to creating this kind of hate? obviously this was a special level of hate that we saw, but there are a lot of people who have a view about the pervasive racism in our society. other people including the president talk about the role of

we're going to talk to naacp president cornell william brook. >> yeah. the police chief in charleston calling it the worst night of his career. >>> parts of the southern plain this morning are swamped with floodwaters. flooding downpours are leaving inches of water. people struggling with water covered roads. the system is starting to movie east. flach flood watches and warnings stretch into the west. omar villafranca is where the conditions have turned dangerous. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this quiet creek turned into a raging riverover night. the waters came over this guardrail and swept away a 2-year-old. the search continued for that little boy throughout the night. torrential rains took over tuesday night. the southern part of the state is the latest to be surround eded drenched by the remnants of tropical storm bill. the waters overtook a camp bus completely submergeing its nose. no children were hurt. texas drivers are facing dangerous and waterlogged roadways. three teenagers clung to the roof of their car in an austin park as

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. >> naacp president cornell brooks asked for meaningful dialogue about the scourge of racism. >> we this not because we're trying to sew division but because we're trying to sew unity, resolve and so we can confront the racism within our midst. that means certainly symbolically we cannot have the confederate flag waving in the state capital. >> those who want to keep the flag say it is not a racist symbol but rather a piece of their heritage. 73% of whites feel the confederate flag should stay. 61% of african-americans say it should not be flown on state grounds. >> the flag has to come down. >> reporter: reverend joseph darby was born and raised in south carolina. >> i remember when the klan marched behind that flag. i've seen those rallies. it was put up at the heights of the civil rights movement. it was done across the south so the implication was clear. >> reporter: what do you see what you see the confederate flag flying? >> rape torture, terrorism, murder murder. >> reporter: president obama said he thinks the flag belongs in a museum. the accused gunman was driving a car wit

we turn now to the head of the naacp cornell william brooks. who is also in charleston, this morning. good morning mr. brooks. i want to start with the two big questions, why did this happen and how do we keep fit happening again. you've talked about the atmosphere that created this, what did you mean by that? >> first of all i want to extend my condolences on entire naacp family to the victims of this horrific tragedy. also just say we as americans we'll get through this, we cannot underestimate the evil that occurred here but we cannot do our faith underestimate our capacity for good. there is in this country a climate of caring, but also atmosphere of hate. what we've seen in this city across the last few days is a climate of caring, people have come together they wrapped their arms around one another. they extended love to one another. that speaks to the best of who we are. but there's also r atmosphere of hate this young man who entered bible study received right hand of fellowship, perhaps received open bible from the pastor, laid down th

. >> i want to play something cornel brooks of the naacp -- he is actually posing a question to everybodyn this panel. take a listen. >> i poese a question to the viewers of this program. would you feel safe walking into a room full of swastikas and nazi paraphernalia in the same way americans do not feel safe do not feel confident by this emblem of hatred, bigotry biased and slavery waving in front of the state capitol. that's why it had to come down. speaker, you represented georgia, this divide on what the confederacy was about. when you hear his comments, how do you respond? >> look, i joined democrat zoe miller 13 years ago in saying the georgia flag had to be changed. it's very clear -- >> are you comfortable with the flag the way it is now? it is modeled -- it is the original confederate flag just with the georgia seal on it the way it's modeled. >> i think that well be change now that people are into a new cycle. it's crazy for amazon to come along and say here is an educational game about gettysburg, which is used widely in schools to teach people to think. by the way, it has a c

. >> the naacp president, the national naacp president, cornel william brooks he condemned the shooting as in his words, an act of racial terrorism. do you agree with him? >> well as the facts unravel, i have to agree. the definition of terrorism is one who uses violent means to achieve a political objective. i think that's what this criminal did. i can't imagine any set of facts that he wouldn't meet all the elements of a crime, including a hate crime. to the extent that south carolina doesn't have hate crime legislation, we need to have that. to the extent we don't have an appropriate definition of terrorism, we need to do that. we also again, need to look at our gun laws and we really need to have a real discussion about the symbols in south carolina that divide us. you know this is 2015. 2015. and we've got to put artifacts in a museum particularly artifacts that divide and polarize this nation. we need symbols that are of unity. i can tell you this many of my colleagues agree, that we intend to do something about it. if nothing else comes out of this we will come away focused on a

. >> cornell brooks is president and ceo of the naacp. he joins us from memphis this morning. mr. brooks, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you've said that this was "not merely a mass shooting, not merely a matter of gun violence this was a racial hate crime and must be confronted as such." how should we do that? >> well when we think about the fact that we have a pastor in a church and african-americans who were targeted this was not an accident of geography. it was a church an african-american church, as opposed to a mall or a school. we have to confront it as a racial hate crime. the fact that this young man wore the insignia of rhodesia and pre-nelson mandela apartheid south africa. this is symbolism and the trappings of white nationalism. so by regarding it as a hate crime, looking at the underlying racial ugliness of this we go beyond merely prosecuting and investigating this individual to examining thoroughly from whence did come this violence. we have to do that. >> this young man appears to be a lone wolf in the sense that there's at this point no known assoc

. >> reporter: naacp president cornell william brooks says integrity is the real issue. >> people trust us. they believe in us. they had anything impugn our name is very offensive. >> reporter: the city of spokane is now investigating whether dolezal lied about her ethnicity when she landed an appointment on its police oversight board. >> that was wendy gillert reporting. >>> a high you're call to combat climate change. documents reveal pope francis' argument for taking action to protect the earth. >>> the newest dogs joining the roster of the american kennel club. yet i'm so awake? did you know your brain has two systems? one helps keep you awake- the other helps you sleep. science suggests when you have insomnia, the wake system in your brain may be too strong and your neurotransmitters remain too active as you try to sleep, which could be leading to your insomnia. ohh...maybe that's what's preventing me from getting the sleep i need! talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the co

[applause] the president of the national naacp, cornell brooks.ntinues with the king family. why don't you stand? [applause] let the folks see you. bless your hearts. reverend randolph miller reverend jesse jackson, where are you? stand up. [applause] i didn't see him. i thought you and reverend sharpton were joined at the hip sitting together. [laughter] reverend randolph miller, come with the musical selection called "the old ship of zion." we have the choir that will join in. king jesus is our captain. turn to somebody and say, get on board. come on, reverend miller. >> [organ plays] >> put your hands together and give god high praise. come on, let me hear you shout hallelujah. let me hear you shout glory. now clap your hands and tell the lord thank you. well, if clementa could speak right now, he's over there with jesus. and he told me to tell you if you want to see it, you've got to get on board. can i get a witness? ♪ oh, ship of zion. it is the old ship of zion and i know it is the old ship of zion oh, get on lord if you want to see oh, com

the reverend cornell brooks has said his organization is "outraged" at the cold blooded killing to whichropout named dylann roof has now reportedly confessed. late this morning, roof was charged with nine counts of murder and the

we're also awaiting a press conference, a press conference from naacp president cornell brooks just a few blocks away. let's go right to our team here in charleston. nbc's gabe gutierrez live at the detention center in north charleston. msnbc's trymaine lee here with me in front of the church here. let me start with you, gabe. what more do we know about the confession, what more do we know about this gun that was acquired? and what's next for this shooter in the legal system? >> as you mentioned, the suspect dylann roof did confess to authorities according to police sources shortly after he was taken into custody. right now he's in the charleston county detention center behind me. he's in protective custody in isolation. also chilling detail. his cell is right next to the cell of the officer charged in the death of walter scott, that officer michael slager. so we're expecting that bond hearing at 2:00 p.m. eastern time where roof will go before a judge via videoconference. we're also expecting a statement from the prosecutor in this case right after that bond hearing, craig. >> gabe a

ahead of the naacp cornell william brooks also examine the root causes of this kind of violence how toe here to look at terror threats against americans. it's all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs

. >>> meanwhile, another call from the president of the naacp cornell brooks to remove the confederate flag that still flies over the south carolina state house. a rent nbc news survey asked americans whether they felt the flag served as a symbol of racism or a representation of southern pride. feelings were split down the middle with 49% on either side of that debate. here's what brooks had to say this morning. >> i grew up in the south. i made my home in the south. i love the place where i come from and i certainly understand that sense of her tnlg that people have in terms of their family histories. but their families' histories in terms of the antebellum south go to their family albums not that flag. that flag has come to mean hate. it has come to mean exclusion. you mean to tell me a flag that stands beside the flag of rodesia and the apartheid error south africa is a flag that we can wave in front of the state house in the state of south carolina? that is morally incorp. prehence i believe. >> what do you think should happen to the confederate flag? you can all talk to me on twit

naacp president cornell williams brooks attended today's service. and said that while the city has come together in the aftermath of those shootings, people must also come together to erase an atmosphere of hate. >> we've got to look at not only this individual act of mortalthe atmosphere from which it emerged as we need to address that. we think of the fact that in this country that there are 784 hate group and the level of hate climbs in this country that has remained constant over the years. >> last week the killings have sparked renewed calls to remove that confederate flag from the grounds of the south carolina state capital. >>> songs of praise filled dc's ame church in northwest today. cameron thompson was there for a special service dedicated to the charleston victims. >>> past heightened security following a bomb threat on friday, worshipers stream in to metropolitan ame church. front and center to compel people who aren't regulars to come here seeking direction. >> it's one of overcoming the violence, going beyond the violence. >> reporter

. >>> and cornell william brooks issued a statement saying quote the naacp is not concerned with the racial identity of our leadership, but the institution institutionally integrity of our advocacy. >>> there's a hearing today for the man accused of killing a fellow student at the university of mary washington. police believe that stephen van der briel strangled grace mann in april. they were roommates. police arrested him on murder and abduction charges. >>> a toddler remains in the hospital after being found at the bottom of a pool in fairfax county. this happened on sunday evening at the pirates cove water park in lorton. lifeguards were clearing the pool because of heighten -- lightning in the area. this is the second pool incident in a few weeks in the lorton area. we spoke to a swimming instructor who says children should never be left unattended at a pool. >> just look out for your child in the pool. >> safety experts say always keep your child in your arms or within arm's length. life vests are not a substitute for supervision. >>> talking 2016 right now, donald trump is taki

cornell william brooks told c.b.s. news' face the nation the confederate flag represents bigotry. >> there are white nationalist groups across the country who see that flag as representing their values. it's an anachronistic emblem of a bygone era at best, and most likely and most representative of a set of values that run contradictory, that run counter to who we are as americans. it has to come down, it must come down. >> sreenivasan: but on the same broadcast, south carolina republican senator tim scott would not say if he wanted the flag to stay or go. >> i am looking forward to our state leaders getting together and having a robust conversation after the funerals about what's the next step. >> sreenivasan: former republican presidential candidate mitt romney called for removing the flag from the state capitol grounds in a tweet, but some current presidential republican contenders say it is an issue for south carolinians to sort out. candidate and former senator rick santorum said as much to a.b.c.'s martha raddatz