sanders, daniel simmons, shirrando coleman singleton, myra thompson, marisha sanders and her beautiful five year old grand daughter, and my friend revland clemente pickney gathered for a bible study at emanuel. a young man among them was new to the church and they welcomed him in with love. why they didn't see the darkness in his heart, they showed him the loving nature of their own hearts. so much so he later told police he almost, almost, did not go through with this vicious attack because everyone was so nice to him. but tragically almost was not enough. the horrors unleashed by this young man changed south carolina forever. i remember getting a phone call at 9 p.m. that wednesday night from one of my friends at the sheriff's office about the shooting at mother emanuel. i text my friend hoping he would respond me and tell me what is going on at the church. looking at my text from june 17th, 2015 at 10:31 p.m. i asked him are you and your parishioners okay? it was met with silence. silence that is still deafening. silence i will never forget. he should have been able to text back. he

daniel simmons sr. found that grace. >> to the examples of their lives. it is now passed onto us.as long as our lives endure and grace now lead them home. may god continue to share his grace on the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ]. >> another heartbreaking moment that we'll never forget. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." craig melvin is up next. >>> a good friday to you, at this hour of msnbc, a new twist in the investigation of the massacre at pulse nightclub. the gunman started opening fire around 2:00 a.m. 30 minutes later, the family tells nbc news he started texting his wife during the four hour rampage. at one point, his wife text is, where you? mateen responded, do you see wha what's happening and then i love you babe. we are learning his past and concerns back to his childhood. i knew you got in contact with the gunman's family members. what has been revealed of mateen'sch

sanders, daniel simmons, soranda coleman singleton, myra thompson, felicia sanders and her beautiful 5-year-old granddaughter polly shepard and my friend reverend calendar clee pinkney gathered together for a bible study at mother emmanuel. among them was a young man new to emmanuel, a young man they welcomed into their presence with god's love. and while they did not, could not possibly see the darkness in his heart, they showed him the loving nature of their own hearts, so much so that he later told police that he almost, almost did not go through with his vicious, vile attack because everyone was so nice to him. but tragically, almost was not

cynthia hurd, suzy jackson, ethel leighlands, tawanza sanders, daniel simmons, soranda coleman singleton, myra thompson, felicia sanders and her beautiful 5-year-old granddaughter polly shepard and my friend reverend calendar clee pinkney gathered together for a bible study at mother emmanuel. among them was a young man new to emmanuel, a young man they welcomed into their presence with god's love. and while they did not, could not possibly see the darkness in his heart, they showed him the loving nature of their own hearts, so much so that he later told police that he almost, almost did not go through with his vicious, vile attack because everyone was so nice to him. but tragically, almost was not enough. in an instant, the horrors unleashed by this young man changed south carolina forever. i remember getting the phone call about 9:00 p.m. on that wednesday night when one of -- from one of my friends at the sheriff's office about the shooting at mother emmanuel. reports continued to come in, so i texted my friend, clemente pinkney, hoping that he would respond and tell me what was going