. >> felicia sanders. >> thank you, ms. sanders, for being here. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the best people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. and i will never be the same. tywanza sanders was my son, but tywanza was my hero. tywanza was my hero. but as we said in bible study, we enjoyed you, but may god have mercy on you. >> thank you, ma'am. a representative of daniel simmons. your name ma'am? >> alana simmons. >> thank you, ms. simmons, for being here. your statement, please? >> although my grandfather and the other victims died this is proof, everyone's plea for your soul is proof that they lived and loved and their legacyies will live and love. i just want to thank the court for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you, ma'am, for being here. cynthia hurd a representative of the family of cynthia hurd. >> i have nothing to say. >> thank you for being here sir. the reverend depayne middleton-doctor. your name please ma'am? >> reverend depay

>> felicia sanders. >> reporter: one of them, felicia sanders, a survivor of the slaughter who lost her in the attack, seems to speak for them all. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautifulest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts! and -- and i'll never be the same. >> reporter: roof listens expressionless. staring down, he says nothing. >> your honor, i've met with mr. roof. i think he understands the proceedings. >> reporter: in a bizarre twist, the chief magistrate asked the court to give sympathy to roof's family. >> we must find it in our heart that, at some point in time, not only to help those who are victims, but also to help his family as well. >> reporter: in their first statement since the massacre, roof's family say they are devastated and saddened. words cannot express our shock, grief, and disbelieve what happened that night. they also say the roof family extends their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims. ♪ >> reporter: forgiveness also a vocal point at a prayer vi

even felicia sanders, mother to one of the victims who survived the shooting herself by playing dead. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautifulest people that i know. that juanwaun that juan intra reserve tywanza sanders is my son. tywanza was my hero. but as we said in bible study, we enjoyed you. but may god have mercy on you. >> reporter: outside the court the daughter of ethel lance addressing the question so many of us were wondering. >> the last family that's going to be okay. and that's all i have to say. >> how do you express forgiveness in there? >> i'm a christian woman. i believe in god. >> reporter: this opportunity to forgive in court made possible by the most unlikely of detectives. a florist in north carolina. >> something just kept telling me you need -- there's something about that car. >> reporter: debbie dills says she spotted a car she recognized from the news coverage of wednesday night's massacre. she ended up following him for 30 miles, relaying his license plate and location to police. >> ju

>> i visited felicia yesterday, the sanders.ng as well as can be expected. you know she's surrounded by family, and friends, and everyone, you know loving on her. and rendering up their support. so she is coming along pretty good. >> you know, i spoke to a number of family members last week. and obviously in that bond hearing some talked about forgiveness and fact said to this shooter that they forgave him, which is an incredible thing. i also talked to another family member who said, look it's too early to talk about forgiveness. i'm not there yet. where are you? i mean it's understandable not want to if you are forgive somebody who has just committed a mass murder. hard to imagine forgiving them. >> yes. well anderson, i know i must forgive, but right now, no. no. to forgive is a process. and i haven't gotten to that point yet. >> understandable. sylvia, thank you so much for talking to us. again, i wish you continued strength. >> sure thank you. >> that does it for this edition of 360. thanks for watching. our coverage contin

>> felicia sanders. >> thank you miss sanders, for being here. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautiful people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. and -- and i'll never be the same. tywanza sanders is my son but he was my hero. tywanza was my hero. but as we said in bible study, may god have mercy on you. >> thank you, ma'am. a representative of daniel simmons? your name ma'am? >> alana simmons. >> thank you, miss simmons, for being here. your statement, please? >> although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate this is proof everyone's plea for your soul is proof that they -- they lived and loved and their legacies will live and love. so hate won't win. and i just want to thank the courts for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you, ma'am, for being here. cynthia hurd a representative of the family of cynthia hurd? thank you very much and thank you for being here today, sir. the reverend depayne middleton-doctor. your name please ma'am? >> depayne- middleton-doctor. she was

surely the most powerful had to come from felicia sanders. when i listened to her there, you realized that wait a minute this is not just someone that lost someone. she lost her son. she was in the room. i can't tell you the feeling you get with that realization. here is some of what she said. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautifulest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. i will never be the same. tywanza sanders is my son. tywanza was my hero. tywanza was my hero. but, as we said in bible study, we enjoyed you but may god have mercy on you. >> tywanza sanders jumped up shortly after reverend pinckney had been shot and pleaded with the gunman to stop. the gunman did not. he shot and killed him as well. while he jumped in front to try to protect his great aunt who was also killed inside the church. the heartbreak is immeasurable. fredricka? >> reporter: we are looking at behind you a huge number of people outside that church. what is planned there today or ha

it was felicia sanders, his mother who was also in the church.retending to be dead lying in the blood of her son. it is unimaginable. christie? >> that is exactly the word. unfathomable. you can't put yourself in that position to try to understand. martin savidge, thank you you so much. we appreciate it. >>> after the flag was removed this morning, there are some who are responding to this calling this activist a criminal. others calling her a hero. we'll talk with at least one critic of the confederate flag about this activist's approach this morning. also how the fight over the confederate flag is spreading beyond south carolina. also we're going to talk about this search the breaking news that's happening in upstate new york the search for david sweat as richard matt has been killed. we have teams on the ground inside the search area. we'll tell you the latest on what's going on there with 1100 law enforcement officers inside the search. bill have you seen my keys anywhere? i'll help you look. maybe you left them in the bathroom again. it's ju

. >> felicia sanders. >> thank you for being here. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautiful people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. and i'll never be the same. he was my son but he was my hero. he was my hero. but as we said in bible study, we may god have mercy on your soul. >> a representative of daniel simmons. your name ma'am? thank you for being here. your statement please. >> although my grandfather and the others died at the hands of hate this is proof everyone plea for your soul is proof that they lived in love and their legacies will live in love. so hate won't win. and i just want to thank the courts for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you, ma'am for being here. cynthia heard. a representative of the family of cynthia heard. >> we have nothing. >> thank you very much. thank you for being here today. your name please ma'am? thank you for being here. >> she was my sister. and i do thank you on behalf of my family for not allowing hate to win. for me i'm a work in progress. and i acknowle

. >> reporter: felicia sanders spoke to roof about her 26-year-old son, the youngest victim in wednesday'scre. she was in the church that night, one of three who survived. according to a family friend she saw tywanza fall to the floor after getting shot. she laid still pretending to be dead at as her son's blood flowed around her. >> i will never be the same. >> reporter: forever changed, four of tywanza's friends who remember a man known for his upbeat attitude. >> i don't care what kind of day he was having. i don't care what was going on. he was always smiling. >> reporter: it's that smile that she says she will always remember. the group last saw tywanza tuesday night at a rehearsal for a play. >> we all just said our good-byes as if we would see him friday. he just held up his hands and said all right, good night. we just took it for granted, we will see you friday. not knowing the very next day -- >> reporter: would be his last. a friend says tywanza confronted the 21-year-old gunman trying to stop him from killing others. reportedly telling roof you don't have to do this. that's whe

. >> felicia sanders. >> thank you, ms. sanders for being here. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most is beautiful-est people that i know s every fiber in my body hurts and i will never be the same. >> it tywanza sanders was my hero. but as we say this the bible study f. we enjoyed, but may god have mercy on you. >> will never in the -- again, but i forgive you. and have mercy on your soul. you hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you, and i forgive you. >> i want to get to cnn's martin savidge. he's in charleston south carolina. martin, these are dramatic scenes inside of this courtroom, as dylann roof faces the judge there for the first time. you just got the arrest want. what does it say? >> reporter: these were released just after the bond hearing completed. there are a number of these warrant, but there are a couple de tails, some of which we did not know about, and they add to the grimness of what is already a horrible story. first and fore

>> felicia sanders. >> thank you, miss sanders, for being here. >> we welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most prayerfulest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts, and i'll never be the same. tywanza sanders was my son. but tywanz warks was my hero. as we say in the bible study, we enjoyed you, but may god have mercy on you. >> thank you, ma'am. your name ma'am? >> ms. simmons. >> thank you for being here. your statement, please. >> although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate this is proof -- everyone's plea for your soul is that they lived in love and their legacies will live in love. so hate won't win. and i just want to thank the courts for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you ma'am, for being here. your name please ma'am? >> bethann newton brown. she was my sister. and i'd like to thank you on behalf of my family for not allowing hate to win, for me i'm a work in progress, and i acknowledge that i am very angry, but one thing that prayers always join in in our family with is th

imagine the capacity for grace in felicia sanders who lost her son and said to the alleged killer aty in bible study, we enjoyed you. but may god have mercy on you. we enjoyed you. this is a super human form of endurance and pitty. the world is such an -- hear we go. such a fallen place that somehow easier to comprehend the deranged cruelty of dylann roof than the unfathomable and uncompromising mercy of nadine collier and felicia sanders. >> you know i think of this -- this goes back to slavery. when you're a slave, you have no hope except the hope of faith. i really think that has a lot to do with the extraordinary capacity of the african-american church to teach forgiveness. what alternative do you have? incredible. >> and yet, we're living in a world in which the slogan of the moment is black lives matter. to be living in 2015 where it is still necessary to assert that black lives matter as a matter of humanity as a matter of politics, as a matter of the human condition is not a tribute to us. it's not a tribute to the people who are such examples in charleston south carolina. an

>> felicia sanders. >> thank you, ms. ible study with open arms. you have killed some of the most beautifulest people that i know. every fiber in my body hurts. and i'll never be the same. tywanza sanders is my son but he was my hero. tywanza was my hero. but as we say in the bible study, we enjoyed you but may god have mercy on you. >> thank you, ma'am. a representative of daniel simmons? your name ma'am? >> halana simmons. >> thank you for being here. your statement, please. >> although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate this is proof everyone's plea for your soul is proof that they -- they lived in love and their legacies will live in love. so hate won't win. and i just want to thank the courts for making sure that hate doesn't win. >> thank you, ma'am, for being here. cynthia hurd a representative of the family of the cynthia hurd. >> we have nothing to say. >> thank you very much. and thank you for being here today, sir. the reverend depayne middleton-doctor. your name please ma'am? >> nath

tywanza sanders' mother, felicia, watched her 26-year-old son die. sander's friend and local attorney andy savage was with her in the bond hearing and says he was one of the few people who has heard her account of the mass shooting. when you say she's the key witness? >> because she is the adult witness. felicia was under the table with her 11-year-old granddaughter conversed with her son who had been wounded who said to her "mom, i've been shot in the head." and his last gasp of breath was crawling towards his auntie, who was the oldest woman the oldest victim, who was killed. and as he proceeded crawling across the sanctuary floor, he was gunned down with multiple shots to the head. that's what his mother witnessed. >> reporter: as painful as it must have been for her to talk about this, "that's what she told you. >> yes. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cbs news that investigators are aware of the manifesto. jim, we're told that they are checking the legitimacy. >> axelrod: jeff, thank you. tonight we are also learning more about dylann

. >> and felicia, and you mentioned that felicia sander her son, tywanza was playing dead in her ownes. i spoke to her, and she was doing as well as expected and she is surrounded by family and friends and everyone loving on her, and rendering support. she is coming along pretty good. >> i spoke to a number of family members last week and obviously in the bond hearing some talk ded to forgiveness and said of the shooter that they forgave him, and this is an incredible thing, and i spoke to another pamfamily member who said it is too early yet, and i mean, it is too early to think about it for a family member, and where are you? >> well anderson i noeknow that i must forgive, anderson, but right now, no. forgiving is a process, and i have not gotten there yet. it is a process, and i have not gotten there yet. >> sylvia thank you so much and you have incredible strength. >>> and tonight we have breaking news on the massive manhunt for those escaped inmates david sweat and richard matt and their dna has been found in a cabin not far from the prison they escaped from. rest rate going dow

and among the three survivors, is felicia sanders.a niece of one of the victims that she played dead during the shooting massacre. lying on top of her granddaughter to protect her. another survivor says that the shooter told her she was going to live so she could tell the story of what happened. and so isaiah i guess for me the constant question this week is how is it that a 21-year-old ended up with a 150-year-old analysis of race in america. like that narrative of -- you rape our women, like that is -- that's almost ancient and this is a young person. and it makes me feel that i've missed something about what we are teaching very carefully. >> i think really first of all the pain that the families have experienced is tremendous we couldn't even imagine it. but in talking about how a young person came to that perspective, there's been research that again has looked at implicit bias and how messages in our country can infiltrate and build on some of the dilutions that extreme racism may have. so there's been a number of times that psy

sanders' mother felicia survived the attack by playing dead. outside the south carolina state house this morning a bold act of defiance against the confederate flag. one woman did what so many vehicle calling for even before the racist attack in charleston last week-- she took it down. here's michelle miller. >> reporter: just after dawn this morning brittany newsom decided to act. she scaled the flag pole behind the confederate war memorial and took down its most preeminent emblem. she and fellow activist james tyson were arrested, charged with defacing monuments on capital grounds, and released. her actions come less than a day after president obama applauded efforts to remove the flag during a eulogy for state senator and pastor clementa pinckney. >> removing the flag from this state's capital would not be an insult to the valor of confederate soldiers. it would simply be an acknowledgment that the cause for which they fought, the cause of slavery was wrong. ( applause ) >> reporter: pinckney and eight others were gunned down by dylann roof,

we honor tywanza sanders, beloved son of tyrone and felicia, whose warmth and heart-felt spirit has kepts moving. we honor the reverend daniel simmons, sr. whose grand daughter said my grand daddy was an amazing man. it seemed every time he spoke it was pure wisdom. and we honor pastor myra thompson. who served the lord with grace and dignity. she loved her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. if you would just pause for nine seconds, a second for each one with, i'd appreciate it. thank you. >> joining us now, the president an council of the naacp legal defense fund and professor at the university of maryland school of law. also joining us kosh cobb contributing writer for the director of african-american studies at the university of connecticut and jameel smith, senior editor for the new republic. it feels to me like we are in the midst of a national wake and at wakes important things get said. small personal things get said and our minds wander over the days of these things and i want you to share whatever your thoughts are at this point as we move through this week

tywanza sanders was shot and killed in the church, feet away from his mother, felicia.friend and local attorney andy savage has heard her describe the moment dylann roof started firing. >> there was gunfire. the pastor being the first one injured. her son thai who had been injured and said mom, i think i've been shot in the head, said i've been shot in the head, said to him, "why are you doing this?" you don't have to do this. >> said to roof? >> why are you doing this, you don't have to do it. and that's when the racist remarks regarding black america were made. >> reporter: in a statement on its web site the council of conservative citizens says that it condemns roof's actions. don, the group also goes on to say that it does not advocate illegal activity. >> dahler: thanks, jeff, jeff pegues reporting. later tonight in charleston, people are gathering on the arthur ravenel junior bridge to hold hands in solidarity. the bridge is named after former state lawmaker and outspoken supporter of the confederate battle flag. more tonight on the renewed controversy over that f

we honor tywanza sanders beloved son of tyrone and felicia whose warmth and heartfelt spirit has kept us moving. we honor the reverend daniel simmons senior whose granddaughter said my granddaddy was an amazing man. seemed like every time he spoke it was pure wisdom and we honor pastor myra thompson who serve the lord with grace and dignity. she loved her children, her grandchildren and her great ran children. if you would just pause for nine seconds, a second for each one i would vitiate it. thank you. in closing i want to thank all of my colleagues in the senate and the house for their kind words over the past week and for the prayers that continue to come into our city from across the nation. we are charleston. we ourselves carolina and we are absolutely united and we are committed to replacing hate with love pain with kindness and ill will and hostility with goodwill and comfort. i.e. yield to senator graham. >> thank you. >> the senator from south carolina. >> i want to recognize senator scott. we all know tim as a man of quiet faith. he does it when we are not looking by the way

we honor tywanza sanders beloved son of tyrone and felicia, whose warmth and heartfelt spirit has kept us moving. we honor the reverend daniel simmons sr. whose granddaughter said my granddaddy was an amazing, amazing man. it seemed like every time he spoke, it was pure wisdom. and we honor pastor myra thompson, who served the lord with grace and dignity. she loved her children, her grandchildren and her grade -- great grandchildren. if you would just pause for nine seconds, a second for each one i would appreciate it. [moment of silence] mr. scott: thank you. in closing i want to thank all my colleagues in the senate and the house for their kind words over the past week and for the prayers that continue to come into our city from across the nation. we are charleston, we are south carolina and we are absolutely united and we are committed to replacing hate with love, pain with kindness and ill will and hostility with goodwill and comfort. i yield to senator graham. mr. graham: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: and i just want to recognize se