and messages from people in south africa and the caribbean and all over are we're family. >> and dr. tyler said that mother bethel will be doing something to show sal -- solidarity but they don't know what it is yet. >>> the search is on for the slasher who attacked a woman who waited for a septa train. police say this surveillance video shows the man before the attack yesterday morning at an el station in philadelphia's frankford section. 50-year-old she shelly rene daily said he attacked her. >> i'm holding the paper he sliced me here. he said i'm going to fight your soul, i'm going to fight your soul. >> the victim walked to frankford area help where she received stitch to a five inch gash on her wrist. if you have any information believed to be the attacker, call police. >> it's a sandy start to the -- it's a randy start to the day. >> reporter: and what bad timing. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have rain around the area. i want to go in closer, doylestown you're dry, just a few st. sprinkles around. norristown you're at the back edge. coatsville malvern, you have steady

of the nine people murdered wednesday night dr. tyler says slain reverend clementa pinckney was a close friend of more than 10 years. >> when he was 18, he had already started pastoring a church. by the time he was 23 he was already in the house of representatives so at 43 years old he accomplished more in life than some people if they were given three opportunities at life. >> reporter: reverend tyler's church is the birthplace of ame movement and interviewed reverend pinckney for a documentary highlighting the rich history in charleston. >> mother emmanuel has stood for freedom and worship for african-americans in south carolina. and so it's an humbling privilege i have to serve as its pastor. i've been to that congregation. i've eaten there at programs and worshipped there. you know, south carolina are some of the most wonderful people that you'll ever meet. >> reporter: accuseed shooter dylann storm roof was arrested one day after telling church members he was there to shoot black people and allegedly opening fire after watching a bi

dr. mark kelly tyler spoke to us inside about the grief he feels for all the victims. he is a good friend of reverend pinkney and he interviewed him for a documentary on the african-american episcopal church in south carolina. >> this is something that hits all ames we're on five continents in 40 countries. i'll guarantee you we'll be getting messages from the south africa and the caribbean all over, we're family. >> reporter: mother bethel will be doing something to do something to show solidarity with mother emanuel they don't know what it is, but it will include prayer. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a multi-vehicle crash on i-95 in delaware county left a person critically injured. this happened in chester at 320 state police say four vehicles including a semi track carrying cars crashed along the northbound lanes a tire flew off the vehicle and hit a person in the southbound lane, that person was not hurt. >>> a company that makes health trackers that that you wear on your wrist is going public today. maribel aber has stipulates on fit bit. >> reporter

dr. mark tyler of mother bethel african methodist episcopal church in society hill.f the nine people slain at the emmanuel ame church in charles ton wednesday night reverend tyler calls its murdered premier clementa pinckney a close personal friend of more than a decade. >> reverend pinckney was an unusually talented and gifted person. you know f he wanted to, second probably ended up becoming a bishop in our church. >> reporter: ref end tyler leads the congregation where the ame movement began and interviewed reverend pinckney in his documentary highlighting the rich history in charles ton. >> the mother emmanuel since 1818 has stood for freedom and worship for african-americans in south carolina. and so it's an humbling privilege i have to church as pastor. >> i've been to that congregation. i've eaten there at programs and i'm worshiped there. you know south carolina are some of the most wonderful people that you'll ever meet. >> reporter: accuseed shooter dylann storm roof was arrested 240 miles away from the crime scene one day after reportedly telling church me

the pastors up two of the most prominent black churches in america reverend mark kelly tyler from philadelphia and dr. raphael dr. warnock of the ebenezer church and atlanta, georgia. then, why are so many politicians and so much of the media afraid to call the massacre terrorism? plus, in the wake of the charleston massacre, president obama renews his call for more gun control. >> we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence doesn't happen in other developed countries. it doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. and it is in our power to do something about it. amy: we will speak with a survivor of another massacre, virginia tech, who is dedicating his life to furthering gun control. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the suspect in the massacre at the historic black south carolina church has been arrested as the nation mourns the killing of nine pick him. 21-year-old dillon roof was detained. a friend of his said he wanted to start a new civil war. in a photo pos

dr. martin luther king jr. i'm joined now by the reverend mark kelly tyler who's working on a film about the history of this particularere in the charleston community. >> yeah, thank you, thomas. mother emanuel is such an important place. in fact i'm also the pastor of mother bethel ame church which is the mother church of all of the ame churches. so reverend pinckney and i shared that relationship pastoring these historic con investigations. the blow to mother emanuel is not just to that congregation and community, but it is something felt by all ames where we exist. this feels like we've had a personal loss in our own congregations. >> why would -- mark i don't want you to speculate. but based on what you know about the history of that particular church, why would it be a target? >> well, mother emanuel is -- again, it's known for its history and tradition. it is not clear whether or not a part of the motive had anything to do with that history, whether or not this young man knew anything about its history and its significance. you know but one could certainly understand why a person might think that they ought to t