in historic emanual ame church.he church of the ame churchs, people in prayer on a wednesday evening, a ritual coming together praying and worshipping god. you have an awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable. obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible. >> people are just in total shock. it's hard to fathom indeechld the officials put it right. it is heinous and hard to fathom that anyone would do such a thing. >> it's understandable that's the reaction considering these folks were part of a regular prayer meeting when the shooter went to the church and even moments after the horrific act took place. we have that footage of prayer circles emerging as the community tries to stay together and pray in what is unbelievable. officials alluding to that. we will have more on the story throughout the night. >> we will come back to it. >>> we want to move on and turn to upstate new york for the latest on the manhunt of those two escaped killers. investigators have subpoenaed prison worker joyce m

reverend clemente pinckney was one of nine killed at the emanual ame church shooting. go back to the arena on the college of charleston campus. as we do let's bring in our del walters. he is in charleston and if you would, del, set the scene. i know people have been gathering to try to get into that arena for hours this morning, and the service is now well underway. >> reporter: the tony has been underway since 11:00. i heard one person say they have a little church going on up there. there are several pastors speaking and several family members of the victim have been speaking. gunmen have killed 28 people at a popular tourist resort in tunisia. the attackers opened fire on tourists to a beach connecting to hotels. >> -- nines day ago was not going to change south carolina or their spirit. there are banners up that say the wrong church, wrong people wrong day. and jesse jackson pointed out that the flag flying over the coffin was also the wrong flag. >> this massacre that took place in the church, [ inaudible ] people's expectations are much higher even than they were

. >>> and mourning in charleston the city pauses to mourn a pastor gunned down at the emanual ame church. president obama will deliver the yule give. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm lisa fletcher.

. >>> and mourning in charleston the city pauses to mourn a pastor gunned down at the emanual ame church. president obama will deliver the yule give. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm lisa fletcher. we are covering two major stories today. these are live pictures from charleston where the funeral is taking place for reverend pinckney he was murdered inside the emanual ame church along with eight others. >>> but first the ruling from the supreme court legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. president obama said today we have, quote, made our union a little more perfect. let's bring in mike viqueira. mike we're watching history unfold here. >> we absolutely are, it is a sweeping -- it is a total victory for proponents of same-sex marriage marriage equality it will now be effect ively throughout the united states. if individuals get married in states where same-sex marriage is legal, must they be recognized by states that do not recognize same-sex marriages? and also the question of should same-sex marriage be legal or is it up to each individual state to determ

they were at a church about a block from emanual ame.end of the prayer and worship service they walked to emanual ame and placed flowers in front of that church. among those paying their respects, as you mentioned, south carolina senior senator lindsey graham. this is a snippet of what he had to say. >> going in to a church sitting in the church by the pastor for an hour and getting up and shooting people is something that's going to be very hard to understand how somebody could do that. i think it's going to rock us because this church has ban sanctuary. the ame church has been a historic sanctuary for the black community. i have gone to the middle east and seen hate up close, communities where everybody's been killed because they are a different religion and you think that's just over there. well, sometimes it is not just over there. >> senator lindsey graham there. i can tell you he was pretty choked up shortly after placing the flowers. you mentioned the 21-year-old suspect back in south carolina. he was flown here from shelby a shor

the reverend at mother emanual church. john?thanks mike. >>> tricia rose is the conductor of the study of race in america at providence university. what was your reaction to this? >> well i was a little bit surprised. but once i listened to the podcast, i thought it made complete reasonable sense in the context, but i'm also not surprised that there's a lot of outrage and anxiety and kerfuffle about his use of it. >> why are you not surprised that there is a lot of outrage? >> because it's -- it continues to be a controversial word for a variety of reasons. he as you just noted, you know, is the first president to use it in a sense a critical intelligent critical way, as opposed to using it as a casual reference, so that's an important distinction, but there have been debated about how black people should used that word or not for 30 or 40 years, particularly since richard pryor who started using that word in mixed company -- >> that's so different from what the president did today, isn't it? >> definitely, but i'm saying the na

despite those poor temperatures there has been a steady flow of visitors here at mother emanual ame churchwhite, black, and they have been non-stop. and the other thing is the political climate. >> it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. [ cheers and applause ] >> surrounded by a bipartisan group of state and federal officials, south carolina governor nickky haley, joined the growing call to remove the confederate flag. >> for good or for bad, the flag will always be a part of the soil of south carolina, but this is a moment in which we can say that that flag while an integral part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: the governor's comments came hours after the political leaders in charleston called for action. >> the time has come to remove this symbol of hate and division from our state capitol. the time has come for the general assembly to do what it ought to have done a long time ago. >> i respectfully ask the general assembly reasonably tired and weary of the long session, to take the extra step and to tend to this unfinished busines

in historic emanual ame church.church of the ame churchs, people in prayer on a wednesday evening, a ritual, coming together, praying and worshipping god to have a awful person come in and shoot them is, is inexplicable. obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible. as chief mullens said, our police department, county police department, state law enforcement division, other municipalities, the fbi and others are all combined and 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. a heart-breaking scene i have never witnessed in my life before. i told them that this community sends forth their love to them and that we are all in this together in this community to help those who have lost a loved one get through this time and give them our love and support and encouragement as we bring this awful person to justice as soon as humanly possible. >> is the city offering any reward in hopes of capturing

first funerals are underway for one of the nine victims killed last week during a church shooting at emanual in south carolina. another funeral is set for this afternoon in the charleston area. morgan radford what is going on in charleston right now? ♪ >> reporter: randall you can probably hear the live gospel band just here to my left and they are singing hymns and offering words and songs of encouragement to the mourners. they also have signs out here. they are also passing out free bottles of water. our entire crew has been here all day, and every hour people are coming up saying when is the president coming? there is also great anticipation for the president's arrival, which to answer that question is tomorrow. he is expected to deliver reeulogy at 11:00 am for reverend pinckney. but he began to preach about a mile up the road at the tender age of 13. >> morgan thought we were going to a package. my apologies. we were looking at videos of the long line of people paying their respects in columbia yesterday when his body was lying in state at the capitol rotunda. we college of charleston i

apparently inside or near mother emanual ame church.ntown charleston n the heart of the city. gunman still being sought. latest news someone was detained and i believe handcuffed, but it turned out to be a photographer who was in the area. they pretty much tried to clear the area of anyone who shouldn't be there. telling everyone to get away and stay inside. because this suspect is a 21-year-old male and is still on the loose. >> we're joined now by msnbc's benji -- at the scene of the shooting in charleston. benji, do we know if there was any special event going on there? it's a wednesday night in the church. not necessarily a busy time for churches. >> right now we have very limited information. i do not know what the theme was at the church at the time. the shooting began. right now i'm at the hotel where police have set up tape. there is a helicopter circling overhead with flood lights. i don't know if it is searching for someone or not but it is repeatedly circling the area. there were some very dais distraught people. i'm not sure

supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. @ppx can we all rise for the pledge of allegiance >> flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all thank you madam president i'd like to take roll please you

. >> known as mother emanual, it is the oldest church in south carolina dating back to 1860. today hundreds packed the vigil together in the face of this tragedy. >> no acts will ever destroy the foundation. >> a foundation nearly 200 years old. that survived slavery and civil rights and now will endure this tragedy as well. jay gray nbc news charleston south carolina. >> from father to son, the suspect was recently given a handgun from his dad for his 21st birthday. savannah is sitting in for lester tonight. she is in charleston and will have more at 5:30. >> we have breaking news right now. 34 people are sick after coming into contact with potentially tainted pool water. it happened at the antioch pool this afternoon. we're told that too much chlorine leaking could be the cause. 17 others were treated on scene. most appear to be kids. >> and a deadly balcony collapse. the company that built the fail failed balcony has paid out millions of lawsuits. we are live in berkley.át causing them to rock prematurely and be unsafe. the general contractor said the same company that bui

we are outside emanual amc church where there was a viewing for reverend pinckney. the reason the people are lining up is because there is so much interest. they are lining up because of rev pinckney and because president obama is delivering are eulogy. there's room inside, but the pinckney family is going to get priority seating then followed by member os f the emanuel ame church and then others. people have been lining up all morning long. we talked with people who said they planned on getting here around 6:30. obviously people were here much earlier than that to try to secure their seat inside the funeral. >> are they going to get up a large screen for people who can't get inside? >> reporter: yeah, the city has set up a few locations for overflow seating for those who can't get inside the arena and the city of charleston has broadcast that. there have been people coming from all over the country hoping to be a part of this service and at least pay their respects to reverend pinckney, the largest of all of the funerals we are expecting. >> have you talked with an

last night at 9:05, the charleston county dispatch ever received a call for a shooting at the emanual ame church, police were dispatched and arrived at that location, when we did we initially identified eight victims in the church that suffered gunshot wounds. earlier we told you there were two victims transported to the hospital. one victim was transported and that individual is deceased. we have nine victims involved in the tragedy situation that occurred last night. there were three males and six female victims in this tragedy. as we told you last night we have a unified command set up that's compromised of the charleston police department, state law enforcement, state bureau of investigation, and other federal agencies working with us. we're committed, we're determined, and we are working right now with a number of agents and police officers in our region to identify the individual that we think is the suspect in this case. this is a situation that's unacceptable in any society and especially in our society and our city. we're committed to do whatever is necessary to bring this in

mother emanual is one of the oldest and most prominent african-american churches in the nation.the king center just tweeted out this photo the reverend dr. martin luther king in this church. it has a huge history. reverend al sharpton saying he has been there many a time. and it is just a huge tragedy that so many people are dealing with tonight. a ton of chaos and unfolding situation that we will continue to monitor all through the morning. remember to stay with msnbc for live updates throughout the morning as well as msnbc.com. if you can't put a feeling into words, why try? at 62,000 brush movements per minute philips sonicare leaves your mouth with a level of clean like you've never felt before. innovation and you. philips sonicare. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? seems like we've hit a road block. that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' c

charleston soon, because the president will be giving the eulogy at the funeral of the pastor of emanual ame church. let's go to del walters in charl charlcharl charl -- charleston. what is going on there today? >> there is a mood of celebration on this funeral day, and part of it has to do with the topic that you have been talking about all morning, i was thinking about it as i was listening to your coverage. think about it 1955, emmett till lynched for whistling at a white woman. then 1967 the case of loving have -- v north carolina. and then the ruling today, and also the flag controversy here in south carolina, as one person told me today, it seemed as if there was an earthquake in the civil rights arena, reverend jesse jackson talking about not since the summer of 1968 has so much changed. it's a sweltering summer men. i'm joined by steve and son you, relatives of the woman we came to know as grandma ethyl. she was laid to rest yesterday. sonya, your thoughts on this day? >> well, my heart is very happy today. and especially when i'm here our thoughts goes out everyone to affected b

mourners packed the emanual a.m.e. church. mayor joe riley said the community is sending a powerful message. >> you the family and this community of prayer and love, has sent a desperately needed message to the world and that is you respond to hate with love. >> activist jesse jackson was among the mourners today. >>> philadelphians rallied to show solidarity with the people of charleston south carolina. today in north philadelphia, the philadelphia coalition for real justice called for serious discussions on race and violence in america. the group then met up with another from the united states social forum for a march that went down broad street. >>> it's been more than three years since a mother of three has been heard from. and her parents are desperate for your help. here's our rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report. >> reporter: susan prima verree hasn't heard from her daughter jill in over three years. >> she stopped contacting, and i started to put my feelers out to friends and whatnot. and nobody heard fr

. ♪ ♪ >>> beginning in many the next hour, the body of the pastor of emanual ame church in charlestonth carolina will be laying in the state house. people will be able to pay their respects to the reverend who was also a state senator. president obama will deliver the eulogy on friday. the other eight victims will be laid to rest from tomorrow through next week. >>> another state is taking action against the confederate flag. alabama's governor removed the battle flag from the civil war memorial at the state grounds. he said the flag was becoming a distraction and it was the right thing to do. he also took down three other national confederate flags at that memorial. corporate america also weighing in. wal-mart the first to announce it would stop selling any merchandise involving the flag. since then amazon target sears, and ebay all announced they too will take confederate flag items off of their shelves and websites. >>> south carolina's state representative doug brennan who was friends with reverend pinckney joined us and he says he doesn't think lax gun laws were the reason for th

. >> the doors of mother emanual is open this sunday. it sends a message to every demon in hell and on earth. no weapons shall prosper. >>> the emotion inside harkened back to the true is history of the black church in america. long placed in the difficult moments going back to slifry. outside the church the pain of the event is row, several hundred people who could not get a seat inside listened to the service over loud speakers. >> my family grew up in the church. i'm here to let everyone know that this is the holy city. and we are not going to let any evil take this city down. >> elsewhere in charleston there was a moment of silence, and several dozen churches tolled their bells at the same time in solidarity. black, white, young and old. strangers consoled each other. after what has been a painful week, one of the worst crimes ever. this brought to the forefront deep divisions. whether it be how to deal with the confederate flag gun control or inherent racism. they are things that will be discussed, just not today. people here said t

. >>> and mourning in charleston the city pauses to mourn a pastor gunned down at the emanual ame churchesident obama will deliver the yule give. ♪

happened at the emanual ame church. the national parks service says it houses the(÷d) oldest black congregation south of baltimore. there are emergency crews on the scene as you look at pictures along with police and firefighters there, as well. stay with nbc 10 as we work to get more information on this breaking news, a shooting in charleston charleston, south carolina. >>> another big story we are following a bus stop attack a woman dragged into a drive way and sexually assaulted. her attacker is still on the loose. >> that sexual assault happened early this morning in southwest philadelphia. police say the victim was waiting for a bus but before her ride came a stranger attacked. >> surveillance video might give officers a crucial crew. >> reporter: we are working to find out what was on the video. workers there say it happened to show where the attack happened. neighbors living near 65th street in southwest philadelphia are anxious to hear whether police are closer to finding a bus stop predator. >> i hope they catc

supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. today, we're honored to have mayor ed lee here to present the city's budget for the next 2 hundred and 50 millin dollar years mayor ed lee welcome floor is yours. >> thank you good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> thank you supervisor president london breed and budget and supervisor mar farrell and members of the board our elected the officials and commissioners and department heads and labor our wonderful community leaders thank you very much for being here and thank you all for being such a great partner in helping me deliver to the people of san francisco a balanced budget that sets our city

but that all changed wednesday night when shots rang out at emanual african methodist episcopal church. police say a man walked into the church's basement where a bible study class was being held and started shooting. >> it was hateful. >> reporter: eight people died at the church, a nine at the hospital. police and fbi are coming together to find the man responsible for the shooting, which they have labeled a hate crime. >> this is a all hands on deck effort with the community as well as law enforcement. and i think with that effort we'll find this person quickly. >> reporter: police describe him as a clean-shaven white man in his 20s and extremely dangerous. meanwhile, members of the congregation came together to comfort each other and the families of the victims. >> we want the entire community to pray for safety for our people and that we would hope that this person, who has commit this heinous crime, which is a hate crime, be brought to justice. >> reporter: charleston's mayor met with the family of the victims, a meeting he describes as heartbreaking. >> we're all in this togethe

the arrest happened one day after nine people were shot and killed down at the ame emanual church in charleston south carolina. i will see you in just a few minutes on news 4 at 5:00. >> right now the confederate flag flies high. the flag is the focus of a wave sweeping the south to do away with such symbols. >> a call to remove the confederate battle flag from its grounds. >> we want the flag down. a growing push gaining momentum. >> our job so to make them never forget what they promised. and we did come to take it down. >> roll call is required. >> inside the capital state lawmakers will vote on whether to remove the flag deflated the issue. out, arguments flaired. >> killed more people than the other flag. >> one flag meaning different things to different people. for some it's about honoring ancestors who fought in the civil war. >> that flag it's my heritage. he thought enough of it to fight for it. >> that confederate battle flag that flies in front of the state house is a rais symbol. >> the issue ignited after the man accused of killing nine people last week in charleston's a

president will be in charleston friday to deliver the eulogy for reverend heber the pastor of the emanu-elhe church with the shooting happened wal-mart to move all confederate flag merchant back from its stores the retirement in nine figures and in fact is hours after the company said eye of a remote from the stores from its web site as well and related news happen today bay area religious leaders are holding a vigil for the victims of the truck traffic and it will be a vigil from 6 to 9 to 730 it will be glad memorial church on ellison taylor street in san francisco the walls of the information on how to get the bottom of the civil rights movement. >>mark: is a system of farming his death also shall medium this is all that is left of the single engine plane with the register to him to crash just along the national for from the border of santa barbara and ventura county known as on the plant he won two oscars for his work on a 1997 film titanic you'll also nominated for academy awards in times of the rock musical son of the blockbusters including brave heart apollo 13 in the image and spid

59 year-old will be held at the church for the attack took place nine people and don robinson the emanu-elin the church in charleston during a court appearance last week that total to 21 you're shooting suspect in the family all for their forgiveness the final files services before other victims ever held over the weekend the vice-president made surprise visits to the historic church in south carolina yesterday morning the vice- president received a standing ovation after he read a passage in the morning service. >>mark: pass at the church and model for what was one of the shooting victims. >>darya: were appointed to a with the biggest concerns are for the summer and maybe have to do what i spring--ice cream. >>darya: the bacteria thrive since time of the year and it can affect what you can eat mysterious indian ice-cream machines and make you sick call tree or muscle aches very dangerous for pregnant women in view of the frozen meat patties mention of their problem of an cook to the right temperature during that killed off the e coli bugs and bacteria is not limited food another sharp att

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. >> mike emanual is live on capital hill. i felt like i went through this with you last night. what is new? >> rand paul used the rules of the senate to force a temporary lapse of the intelligence gathering tools. the senate is back to gavel into session after a very rare sunday session. they voted to move forward with the usa freedom act modifying the way phone records are collected. the senator leader expressed concerns but-backed it with time running out. >> the house passed a bill. it certainly isn't ideal but along with votes on modest amendments that attempt to insure the program can work as promise it is the only realistic way forward. >> reporter: rand paul vowed to cause parts of the bill to expire and he is running the delaying further votes on the bill. the top senate democrat blamed mcconnell. >> we are not in the mess today because of the junior senior from kentucky. we are in the mess because of the majority leader. >> rand paul said shiwant there to secretly be a terrorist attack so they can blame he. he walked that back. >> i think in the heat of the battle it c

they call this church mother emanual emanual.the biggest slave revolt in american history had it not been found out. he was execute and the church burned down and in retro bugs it has survived all of this time. >> walter we find ourself dpan trying to make sense of a senseless act. you turn on the television or the radio and you will have everybody going their ideology corners and trying to explain this with ideology and extremism. sometimes it can't be explained away. >> absolutely. you're talking to about a guy that's filled with pure hate. those people do exist. i think that's great why the president said if we ever got around to it to make sure that guns don't get in the hands of people like that. more importantly this the not just a random act of domestic -- this is something that we have had in black churches and south. i do think that it fits into the american history and that's racial violence. especially racial vieolence in places like this where it spills over into racism. >> more on the suspects himself. willy. >> yeah

. >> this was the very solemn scene friday evening in front of emanual african methodist episcopal church. it's a historic african-american church and there are indications that is why it was targeted by the shooter. 21-year-old dylann roof researched and targeted the church. roof admitted he shot and killed nine people during a bible study session all because he wanted to start a race war. he made an appearance before a judge on friday. he showed little emotion during the hearing. relatives were there to view him over a tv monitor and spoke directly to him. amazingly, given the loss they suffered some even offered roof forgiveness. our martinsavidge has ore. >> reporter: court documents give graphic detail of the deadly attack inside a charleston church. all of the victims were shot multiple times. family members including dylann roof's father and uncle identified roof and his car, even warning investigators that his son owns a 45 caliber handgun. roof was not in the courtroom where anguished victims' families had come to see him. he appeared via a video link. the judge said those in the

. >> reporter: laid to rest, one day after the bible study room at emanual ame church where they and people shot to death were opened. no cameras allowed inside as dozens gathered to pray and reclaim that space. >> we grew up in this church so we understood scripture. we understood our purpose for being here. >> reporter: and in the church where pastor and state senator clementa pinkney grew up, earlier his body lay in state at the capitol building. >> i feel this is my duty to come here. >> reporter: in the shadow of the controversial confederate flag the outspoken movement to strip symbols leading to action in several states. >> it has become a distraction all over the country right now. >> reporter: but for now it still flies in south carolina. and president obama has said the flag belongs in a museum. he will be in charleston tomorrow along with the first lady and vice president joe biden delivering the eulogy. >>> univision is dropping the miss usa pageant after comments donald trump made about mexican immigrants. the network says it will cut business ties. trump is part owner o

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. >>> another victim of the shooting at the emanual ame church in charleston because laid to rest todayshe was remembered at the church where she and eight others were gunned down. >>> meanwhile, the fbi is look going a string of fire at predominantly black churches throughout the south. influiding a fire at the briar creek baptist church in char charlotte, north carolina. and a fire in tennessee is also being investigated adz arson. >>> california's legislature today says almost all school children in the state must be immunized against diseases like whooping cough and mee sells. lawmakers acted after a break out of measles in that state. how is that going to work. >> reporter: well, to answer the question how does the bill work? it's pretty simple. the legislation calls for nearly all children in california attending public schools to be vaccinated. that means that children who are not vaccinated and are attending public school will be banned from attending school if they have not received the full schedule of vaccinations. if it is ultimately signed by the governor in to law, it mean

last night, bible study was held once again inside the church, emanu,l ame church exactly one week sincet mass shooting. reverend pinkney's funeral will be held tomorrow. president obama will deliver the eulogy. >>> the boston marathon bomber apologized to victims as he was sentenced to death. dzhokhar tsarnaev addressed survivors and families of victims, saying, quote, "i'm sorry for the lives i've taken." he said he listened to each one of them as they took the stand to describe how the bombing had affected them. as the judge handed down the sentence, he told tsarnaev he would only be remembered for the evil he had down. three people were killed. more than 260 people were severely injured in the bombing two years ago. >>> time is 5:13. contra costa county officials investigating a horrible case of animal cruelty in walnut creek. the body of a dog was discovered. his legs were tide together for a shoe lace. he was found in the walnut creek canal on monday. the dog, later identified as a 14-year-old australian shepherd named gino. gino's owner said, when she found out the dog escaped the

he entered emanual ame church in the heart of charleston last night and killed nine people includingch's pastor. i just learned when the suspect walked into the church he asked specifically to see the pastor. police in charleston are describing this as a hate crime. a new press conference is about to begin in a few minutes. "today" show will have tongue coverage and we will have more on our nbc10 news app. katiey zachry nbc10 news. >>> i'm monique braxton live inside mother bethel ame. the pastor mark tyler is a personal friend of the minister who lost his life inside the ame church in south carolina. clementa pinckney was one of the nine killed last night. it's their first church in the south. tyler says pinckney was ga gariousgar gregarious and caring. he will travel to south carolina to monitor the investigation tone assure pinckney's widow, the ame church will take care of his family and to represent parishioners in philadelphia who are from south carolina. the church here mother bethel ame has just completed a security upgrade to protect its parishioners. live inside mother beth

it was just about this time last night when a 21-year-old man opened fire inside the emanu ale african e african episcopal church. a group was there to study the bible and sit in trust what they thought was safety and feeling connected to god and one another. the killer was among them. he sat with them for a full hour. an imposter among the faithful. a man with evil in his heart pretending to worship and as the bible study ended so do did his charade as he then stood up and opened fire on innocents ranging from a young child to an 87-year-old woman. one report says he reloaded his gun five times. it is our kelly file policy to refrain from naming or showing the faces of these mass shooters. once they have been apprehended. too often it is infamy they seek and we decline to help. we urge our colleagues in the media both at fox news and beyond to join us in this effort. especially in a case like this. where this killer allowed one person to live reportedly for the expressed purpose of having her tell the world what he done. tonight we have breaking news on the killer in this case and wha

it was just about this time last night when a 21-year-old man opened fire inside the emanu ale africanscopal church. a group was there to study the

in a jail awaiting a friday afternoon court appearance this date it was him open fire inside of the emanu-el enemy church killing nine people in the bible study class one of the victims have posted a snap chat video from the last moments before the attack you and see him briefly in the video the men caught up with him in chilly north carolina after he responded by a driver he had had a gun with them but then not saying if it's the one used in the track shooting the friends describe, as shy and quiet saying he chemos himself of those friends of to the news about what he believed to be the mode of. they're focusing on killing. >>james: years and of the on the move meant the helicopter partnership with abc seven news alive area of the missile looks as a make their way through the start we're out their lives again will visit him in just a little bit. addi a sash of our nesubw vingret. the magnicen neturk itaano lt. ly asubw. wh heaburnomes eepi up on you... fighbackith relief so smoo... .it'fast tums sothi stas diolvi the stanit tches yo tone ...a neualiz stoch acidt thsour. ♪um, m tutum.♪ ooths

mike emanual is live on capital hill. any drama expected in there? of senators want to take the next step changing the way the phone data is collected switching over to the telecom companies retaining the data and restore two revisions from the patriot act. a first vote on sunday evening was 77-17 so we had plenty of drama over the past ten days the gathering of intelligence in this country and we don't anticipate drama with this vote. >> what about these amendments that senator mcconnell favors? >> that is right. the majority leader and richard burr the senate intelligence chairman favor three amendments saying if we shift it from having the government collect the information to having the telecom companies retain it it should be tested and given enough time to make sure it works before it is implemented. there is one. and another having the director of national intelligence certify the system works. and three making sure if the telecom company changes their method they notify the government. send the bill to the president to sign it they are saying

massive manhunt is underway to find the killer and charles of south carolina and have an apostolic emanu-elican methodist episcopal church and one of those killed with a faster state senator, mental new details we're hearing about the survival of five year- old girl and the church of the time of the shooting manage to survive by playing dead will follow the lead is as we have repressed compass and the last hour the right now live from the same gap in the latest information. >>reporter: it is a community in shock a city in this belief after the incredibly sad event last not a shooting at a church in the city of charleston and now a massive manhunt for the shooting is under way it was supposed to be a place of worship and safety of that are changed wednesday night when shots rang out and the manual but this will touch a man walked into the church's basement were about to the class being held as part of shooting the only reason some of them walked in to try to shoot people trying spring is out of hate place in the fbi have come together to find the man responsible for the shooting which they h

for the funeral service for state senator and rif rend clementa pinckney, the pat orstor of mother emanualcourse will be delivering the eulogy here. the reverend was a close friend of the obama family. he was one of the president's early supporters back in 2008 here in south carolina. also in attendance this afternoon, vice president joe biden. his wife dr. jill biden. former secretary of state hillary clinton already inside. so is a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers of washington house speaker john boehner is traveling with the president aboard air force one, so is representative elijah cummings representative john lewis as well aboard air force one. all of them expected to make their way to this arena any moment now. all of them here of course remember the life of a man who has been described as a gentle giant, described as the moral compass of the south carolina senate and a pillar of the community. >> like any other great individual whose life has abruptly and tragically come to an end, we all will miss the man that we would have become that sweet spirit in the senate. >> it is almost

christians across our nation across the world, believers across the world, are lifting up those people at emanual ame. i want to begin with a moment of silence remembering those who were murdered last night. e >> it is a new morning. a new morning and we are gathered here today to focus on our country. focus on the threats facing our nation. we have leaders and this is a gathering of leaders. everyone of you ralph reid what an extroidinary reader ralph reed is -- extraordinary -- he is tunation is nationtenacious and i am sure he doesn't sleep and i have photographic proof if he does sleep he does it smiling. he brings joy and utter celebration to the task of motivating people of faith to stand up and take the notion. and i want to talk about penny ann. penny is extraordinary -- concerned women of america are an army of women on the ground in all 50 0 states0 states standing up for our nation. [applause] >> i will tell you, i am profoundly optimistic we will turn the nation around and the reason antes rose is because of the leaders here and each of everyone of you standing up and leading and taki