among those in charleston working hardest to keep that city together is the longtime mayor joseph riley. as elaine quijano tells us, this is a man with a four-decade record of support from blacks and whites. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ >> reporter: as charleston mowrngz, the people who live here have turned to their long-serving mayor, joseph riley, for comfort. >> i bring you now my kind of mayor! >> reporter: and the mayor has warmly embraced them while also angrily denouncing the alleged shooter. >> this disillusioned killer is on the wrong side of history. his ideas long discredited about racial superiority are in the dust bin of failed civilizations. ( applause ) >> reporter: reilly has paid his respects, alongside strangers who flocked to the memorial outside a.m.e. emanuel. >> i knew many of these people. i admired them and loved them. it's the hardest thing i've done in this job and probably the hardest thing i'll do in my life. >> reporter: the affection is mostly mutual among african americans. >> if he wanted to run again he'd probably get elected hands down. >> dot scott is the pr

charleston mayor joseph riley explained the controversy to cnn's jay tapper. >> it sends mixed messages and at worst, hateful people like roof it's an affirmation because they have appropriated something and used it as a symbol of hatred so i think that needs to go into a museum and i think it will. >> needs to go into a museum. he thinks it will. republican mitt romney joining that opinion tweeting that the confederate flag should be taken down tweeting to many it is a symbol of racial hatred. remove it now to honor charleston victims. president obama tweeted, good point, mitt. >> it memorializes the confederacy. it was vandalized. people say people spray painted the message black lives matter on the statue. authorities say it's not skately clear when it happened but they said it will be scrubbed off immediately. >>> all right. breaking news this morning. the taliban claiming responsibility for an attack on afghanistan's parliament building in kabul. this is a video after a car bomb explosion. you can see smoke filled the air there. kabul's policemen said gunmen armed with rockets and

be taken down and spray painted black lives matter on a confederate monument in charleston and joseph riley march to columbia calling for the flag to be removed from the top of the capitol dome and a compromise from the dome to the current location at a nearby monument for soldiers and requires two thirds majority from the assembly to make changes and political leaders say there are a growing number of lawmakers in favor of removing the flag but some political leaders say that is only the start and there is more work to be done. >> it will not solve the racial divide in south carolina. we need a positive discourse on the problems that continue to plague our state. >> reporter: del walters al jazeera, south carolina. >>> the world's biggest retailer walmart is taking the flag from the shops and website and retail giant says it does not want its products to offense anyone and will remove confederate flags sold by third parties on its website. mexican police have discovered the bodies of ten people buried in several graves in a resort city of alcopolco and has drug violence and killed 100,000

in 2000, joseph riley led a march to columbia calling for the flag to be removed from the dome. it called for a compromise to move the flag from the dome to a nearby monument for confederate soldiers. the move requires two-thirds majority in the claim betters. ers -- chambers. there's a growing number wanting to remove the flag. some say removing the flag is the start. there's more work to be done. it will not solve the racial divide in south carolina. we need a positive discourse on the problems that continue to plague our state >>> well the confederate flag is associated with the american civil war, but it has a more modern historical residence, the flag of the confederacy was based on the flag of the united states, the flag that we see today was revived in 1962 by southern states as a symbol of southern independence and there's a rejection of northern treasure for racial integration. in 2000 the confederate flag was moved from its position on top of the state capital building after pressure from civil rights groups. it flies in the grounds as part of the war memorial. >> a g.

. >> but attacking a church in the holy city as joseph riley mentioned was powerful because of the centrality. a lot of black politicians come from the black church it was a central point of mobilizing power, speaking truth to power. for a lot of black americans, it takes them back to places like the 1963 bombing that killed four schoolgirls in alabama. this has been a common form of targetting the black community, because it punk tours the heart of that community. if you want to ko that community, this is where you'll go. >> we are coming off the shooting of walter scott, an unarmed black motorist. one of the people that led the prayer vigils the pastor the only person we confirmed was killed was pastor clementa pinckney. and he was a guy that after the shooting of walter scott, he championed body cameras for local police. a rising star in the democratic party, and a central figure in the black community in central carolina. >> a timely issue as we deal with police involvement and minority communities. john henry smith, don't go anywhere, we'll bring you the latest of what is happening in ch

joseph riley is the mayor of charleston, south carolina. >> i knew many of these people. i admired them and loved them, and worked with them. and so it's-- it's hardest thing i've done in this job and probably the hardest thing i'll do in my life. >> reporter: roof evaded capture for more than 12 hours. according to the water roof's father and uncle recognized him from the surveillance image released to the public and contacted the charleston police department. roof's father also told police his son owned a .45-caliber hand gun. when roof was apprehended in shelby, north carolina yesterday, law enforcement sources say a glock 41, a 45-caliber hand gun was found in his car. he was arrested and taken to the shelby police station. >> why did you do it? >> reporter: law enforcement sources say during an interrogation, roof revealed that he had been planning the attack for some time and that he chose the church because it was an historic african american church. sources say he also revealed that while he was sitting in the bible study he considered abandoning his plan, but the

the evening was filled with many powerful moments charleston mayor joseph riley talked about his friendshipclementa pinkney who was killed. he took for granted that pinkney would always be there. he talked about what the community can do to mourn the tragedy, he said first they need to pray and then help. the african-american museum will be dedicated to reverend pinkney and those victims of the shooting. >>> dylann dylann roof showed no emotion when he appeared before a judge. he is charged with nine counts of murder. he was ordered held on 1 million-dollar bond on a separate gun charge. roof's family said they are devastated and saddened and praying for the victims' families. >>> the nine victims of the tragedy was minister, coaches teachers and librarian and counselor and choir singers. among the murdered was clementa pinkney who has ties to the area. >> reporter: it turns auto the slain pastor of the historic church in charleston was to come here to visit his aunt's church mount enon he feels to speak to the parishners. >> we can't give up, we still love, you want to be love, love, no ha

charleston mayor joseph riley talked about his friendship with reverend clementa pinkney.lked about what the community can do to mourn the tragedy, he said first they need to pray and then help. riley announced that a new museum on african-american history will be dedicated to reverend pinkney and all the victims of the shooting. >>> the vigil came hours after the alleged killer appeared in court. dylann roof showed no emotions in the county jail where's being held in isolation charged with nine counts of murder one for each of the nine people gunned down during a bible study on wednesday night. he was ordered held on 1 million-dollar bond on a separate gun charge. roof's family said they are devastated and saddened and praying for the victims' families. >>> the nine victims of the tragedy was ministers coaches and teachers and librarian and counselor and choir singers. among the murdered was reverend pinkney who has family ties in our area. >> reporter: the turns out the slain pastor of the historic church in charleston was to come to visit mount enon baptist church. he i

charleston mayor joseph riley explained the controversy to joseph. >> it sends, at best mixed mess aenls hateful people like roof it's an affirmation because they have appropriated something and used it as a symbol of hatred. so i think that needs to go into a museum and i think it will. >> republican mitt romney tweeted that the confederate flag should be taken down saying quote, to many it is a symbol of racial hateredhatred. remove it now to honor charleston victims. president obama tweeted in response good point, mitt. >>> fire crews rushed to plane at new york's airport overnight as the plane began throwing off sparks. the express jet was preparing to take off for sa van noo, georgia. the aircraft was immediately towed back to the terminal. express jet says the 41 passengers on board were put on a replacement plane. no clear yet what prompted the engine trouble. >>> big day possible at the supreme court. we'll get decisions coming down in some high profile cases, not exactly clear which cases they will rule on. one of the most anticipated that could come today, federal subsidies pro

. >> 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 guns in this situation and so there are a lot of people trying to grasp for some meaning both to exp

the mayor earlier today spoke, joseph riley, of charleston said he doesn't believe in the death penalty but south carolina has it and if it is to be applied in any case it would be this one. the mayor was asking about the racial aspect and demied he was the nayer of a racist city -- mayor -- denied. >> charleston is a loving community. and one where our citizens of all races and backgrounds work closely together. our workforce our city council, our governments are all representative of the race and mixture of our community. >> reporter: the federal government is looking into whether or not this was a hate crime. someone walked in as a white person to a black church and shoot people inside that becomes a federal hate crime. the attorney general said the fbi is investigating that. back to you. >> rich we are hearing disturbing views that people were aware of roof's racist views and he told people he planned to quote kill a lot of people. >> reporter: there have been reports on things he said now interviews are out with friends and family. in school people who knew him he would say black p

others, south carolina dignitaries, a very diverse group and, there's the mayor of charleston, joseph riley, and, a number of other dignitaries and we're waiting now for the governor, to appear, and i would imagine, del walters, we're going to hear from, my understanding, the two republican senators right of u.s. senators, lindsay graham and tim scott, correct. >>> that's true, to give you an idea how quickly the political winds are changing here, the other night, i ran into senator graham, and his last words, be kind to my city. he recognizes that the political winds shifting because there are more people moving into the town and, the climate is changing will there are 5,000 blacks moving out after town that was black and, 4,000 whites moving in. so you're seeing a lot of transplants from the north, and they have differing views. so it's not only a white/black issue, it's young versus old, and it's all over. >>> here is the question, we always ask you in a situation like this, anyone who is, you know, in a city, where there's been a flash point, and that's the case there for charleston, wh

i don't want to bring in charleston mayor joseph riley. you have been mayor here for 40 years. just incredible. >> 39 and a half. >> reporter: who's counting? how do you explain the mood you're seeing behind you? >> this is a city of wonderful citizens and one where we've spent years building avenues of affection and respect with each other in neighborhoods to engage the community together. what you're seeing over the last few days is a human infra infrastructure of a community. and the out pouring of love and the way it has manifested has been one of the most amazing and heartwarming sights of my life from 15,000 people holding hands across a bridge to unaccountable over evidence of people together and love and unity, the opposite of that hateful man who came from 110 miles away with hate. what this community has responded to is with love. it's amazing. >> reporter: we've seen it as well. it is absolutely remarkable. let's bring in congress clayburn right now. great to see you. i know you spoke to president obama after the massacre here. did he tell you why it was so important

. >>> now to joseph riley the mayor of charleston he's spent his political life lifting the city now he's on the front lines of charleston's massive effort to overcome this stunning tragedy. we talked to mayor joe riley moments after he meant with families of the victims. >> and it was wonderful to be able to personally convey to them condolences and all of the help that they're going to get. >> reporter: an assurance from mayor riley is an assurance from all from charleston. he's the face of this city and in his powerful message at friday's vigil, he spoke of unity for everyone. >> but if that young man he was going to divide this community or this country with racial hadred we are here to say, he measurably failed. >> tell me it was like addressing your city addressing those people who are so hurt? >> what i saw was something very heartwarming it was a mixed race audience black and white singing and praying together. >> reporter: yet racial tensions have been high in this city just two months ago, video showing white officer michael sleigher shooting unarmed african-american walter

in charleston mayor joseph riley has promised to fight forces of racism and keep community united but agreed with the president's view even if his use of the n word was jarring. >> i don't fault him for that and he was in a working to make a point. >> reporter: white house says the president was making a point there is more work to be done to wipe out symbols of racism. south carolina is picking up that debate as it relates to the confederate flag. many say such a potent reminder on have slavery should no longer flying over the state capitol. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> indeed late today south carolina's republican governor nicki haley called for that confederate flag to be removed from the ground of the state capitol. this comes a week after the nine people were gunned down at a historically black church in charleston. the suspect in that shooting dylann roofies even in pictures proudly displaying the confederate flag. community leaders in south carolina says it belongs in the museum. >> we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say it is ti

charleston mayor joseph riley will be the guest of martha raditz, who is you being for george stephanopoulos. you can see it right here at 8:00 following good morning america time is 6:09. this can be a big day to determine whether or not the raiders have a future in oakland. they are facing a deadline today to present a plan to fund coliseum city. it's a development that includes a new $900 million stadium for the raiders. calls to him last week by abc7 news were not returned. some of the questions that need answering is who will pay for, own and operate the stadium, as well as how to deal with nearly $120 million of debt that is owed to the city of oakland. time now is 6:10. weather-wise, how are things looking out there lisa? >> looking pretty good. our friends in the east bay valleys will cool down a bit. east bay this morning and emeryville, it's gray out there. temperatures in the 50s. and highs will be in the 60s. so cool-down by a couple of degrees for you. we will talk about everybody else. and then when it's going to warm up when we return. >> see you soon lisa. also ahead wildfire

a big leader is mayor joseph riley. he's been running things in charleston for four years.or, you've had to be a leader under the worst of seconds. let me ask you, what about this situation, as horribles a its own, in your time there since 1975, have you ever experienced anything like the reaction out of this type of horrible killing like what you're seeing now? >> well, we've never had a horrible event like this, chris, and the reaction is so heart warming it is love overcoming hate and, you know, right here in front of the church yesterday and the hot sun, thousands of people black and white were together while they were praying inside. 15,000 walking on our bridge holding hands in unity. black and white together. churches all over -- my catholic church after church yesterday and after i had been here they came and prayed the roseary here. each denomination doing something absolutely pure overflowing of grief -- people have been crying their eyes out. black people white people asian people, hispanic people. that awful man thought he was going to divide he had the most opp

next to him, mayor of charleston, joseph riley. ink a priebus was there.wo rows behind the governor. on the left side of your screen you see congressman jim clyburn. and next to him is the top democrat in the south carolina state legislature representative todd rutherford who joins us now. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> let me ask you about your feelings about what happened in your state. did you ever think this would happen and how do you feel about having been part of this today? >> you know, i don't think anybody ever saw this coming, at least not now, at least not this soon. but i hate that it happened on the eve of this tragedy and i hate the tragedy is what made this happen. you know, the governor, we applaud her efforts. we know it didn't happen without her. we applaud all the conservatives and their c change in deciding something that has been hateful for years now all of a sudden they see it as hateful and want to take it down. >> i wondered today if there have been conservatives, if there have been republicans sort o

i'm joined now from charleston -- thanks craig -- by mayor joseph riley, long calling for removal of the flag from capitol grounds. thank you again for being with us. and thank you for all the leadership that you have shown has been truly extraordinary to those from outside charleston who is not as familiar over the years with your bipartisan and biracial approach here. but what do you make of this debate now? does this tear south carolina apart or bring it together? >> well, it brings south carolina together. it's unfortunate such a horrific tragic event is the reason, but it's going to go. it's going to go in a museum and i commend governor haley for her leadership and the bipartisan support for this and overwhelmingly a majority of south carolinians believes the flag belongs in a museum. it's not a flag for everyone. it's a flag of history to some revere but certainly for african-american citizens and many others it's not their flag. and on state house grounds, if you've got flags, they should be flags that everybody can embrace. >> what do you make of the decisions by walmart, no

. >> sreenivasan: charleston's mayor of 40 years, joseph riley was also there, condemning the killingsefending his city. >> this hateful person came into this community with some crazy idea that he would be able to divide and all he did was make us more united and make us love each other even more. >> sreenivasan: the city plans a vigil tonight for the victims. in all, nine people died in the attack. among them, the church's minister clementa pinckney, who was also a state senator. the accused gunman, 21-year-old dylann roof, was caught yesterday in shelby, north carolina, more than 200 miles away, and flown back to charleston. he appeared today via video link at a bond hearing, on nine counts of murder and weapons charges. some of the victims' relatives made tearful statements of grief and forgiveness. >> you took something really precious away from me. i will never talk to her ever again. i will never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you and have mercy on your soul. it hurts me, it hurts a lot of people but god forgive you and i forgive you. >> sreenivasan: roof said little,

after meeting with the victims families, charleston mayor joseph riley described a heartbreaking scene. >> as the said, our city police department, county police department, state law enforcement division other municipalities, the fbi, and others are all combined in 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. it was a heartbreaking scene i have never witnessed in my life before. amy: known as "mother emanuel," the emanuel ame church is home to the oldest black congregation south of baltimore. it was burned in the during a 1820's slave rebellion, and has stood at its present location since 1872. we will have more from charleston after the headlines. eurozone finance ministers are holding crisis talks today over the threat of greece defaulting on its debts and dropping out of the eurozone. the greek government and european creditors are at odds over a deal before greece's current bailout expires at the end of month. the greek government has rejected european demands for furthe

you see the people coming together and it can really be summed up better in the words of charles joseph riley who said roof was a hateful person who came from 100 miles away with the intention of dividing this community and all he has really done is make people come in and be more close. gretchen? >> mike tobin, as we await now this live event we'll bring it to you as it happens. mike thank you. >>> dylann roof may have contested a crime, but there is still a long process to go through. he's charged with nine counts of murder one count of weapon possession for a violent crime. they're still looking into hate charges. south carolina has the death penalty which warrants more than one person killed in one act. and governor nicki haley says she's for it. nick fatuna will give us an nalz analysis now. it was interesting to hear the judge talk about a speedy trialbail. he can't be a flight risk and he can't be a risk to other individuals. >> there is no way the judge is going to let him out in the community again. he's a hateful person with a tremendous amount of problems limited education. they do

. >> the mayor of charleston, south carolina joseph riley, speaking at a prayer vigil earlier tonightt the college of charleston. that vigil this evening included remarks not only from the mayor but also a number of religious leaders from all different faiths across the city of charleston. tonight's vigil comes at the end of a day in which there are a number of new developments in what we learned about the suspect, admitted gunman in this case and about what happened inside the emanuel ame church on wednesday night. joining us now is msnbc national reporter tremayne lee in charleston, south carolina. thanks for taking a few minutes. we say there are new details we have learned today. we have learned tonight about what played out in that church. what can you tell us on that front? >> i toll you what, details are still coming out and i don't want to jump into it too much because i'm not sure of the exact details, but one thing that i think is clear though is that what happened inside that church, the terrible events that transpired is in stark contrast of what you see happening right no

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. >> charleston mayor joseph riley moments ago calling for the confederate flag to be down down.ther leaders strug with the implications of the murders in charleston. i'm joined by a veteran of the civil rights movement and constitution allow professor of harvard university. it's the founder of the charles hamilton houston institute for race and justice. thank you very much for being with us. it's good to see you again, sir. we've heard -- >> happy to be with you, andrea. >> well, this is another inflexion point. mayor riley as long as congressman jim clyburn were just pointing out to me, has long been in favor of this but now we hear that nikki haley the governor may be moving on her position and holding a news conference, consulting with cabinet members and with members of congress as well. how important is it to get this flag out of there and off of state property? as a symbol for misguided people like the suspect in this case. >> it's absolutely essential. i think what north carolina and other places around the country are doing and talking about the place, it is a sense of h

. >> you're listening it to mayor joseph riley of charleston south carolina discussing measures he would like to see put in place to bring the city and the community together. let me go to my colleague now, gabe gutierrez, he's standing by on more of what we've now learned about the 21-year-old shooter. i was talking to congressman clyburn a second ago and he's been told this young man, dylann roof, had a background of isolation and there may be things in his past that are revealed here soon that paint a clearer picture of what happened to him, i guess between his middle school years and the ninth grade when it seems there was a great change in his life. >> yeah that's right, tamron. he's being held here in charleston county detention center. he's expecting to appear at a video conference at that 2:00 p.m. bond hearing, and he is charged now with nine counts of murder and a weapons possession charge. friends and family say that he became a bit of a recluse, a bit of a loner in the last two years. he talked about segregation and that he had run-ins with the law. >> reporter: this morning

the mayor of charleston joseph riley spoke to reporters. here's the clip of the mayor from cnn >> this is the most unspeakable and heartbreaking tragedy. the mother church of the a me churches. people were in prayier on a wednesday evening, a ritual coming together praying and worshipping god to have an awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable the only reason someone could walk into church and shoot people praying is because of hate. the most dastardly act that someone could imagine and we'll bring that person to justice as soon as possible. >> lawmakers getting the reaction overnight. here's a few of the tweets and comments and statements that were out. one reporter putting out the statement from the governor saying that the governor and her family are praying for the victims and families touched by tonight's senseless tragedy. we do not know yet all the details. we do know that we'll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another. please join us in lifting up the victim

. >> that man there is the mayor of charleston south carolina joseph p. riley jr.ing a resounding speech before thousands of people at a prayer vigil friday evening. the mayor said we all have one thing in common, our hearts are broken. i've been out here speaking with people in this community, people of different races, people from all walks of life who are coming together after what happened here, and they're angry. and they are truly heartbroken. and now they're talking about how to make sure something like this does not happen again. >> reporter: with flowers in hand it's all she could do to bring them here to leave her message. >> it's just unacceptable. and it's sad. and it's a helpless feeling. >> what do you mean by that? >> helpless? what do you do? you just feel helpless as to what to do. think about all those families are affected and the whole community is going to be affected. >> the racially motivated shooting at this church inflamed an old wound in this historic community. a city that at one point served as the main port of entry for the african slav

here is charleston mayor joseph riley just over an hour ago. >> what we will do and what this communityne is we're going to put our arms around that church and that church family. this is a historic church ame church and the african-american churches are very important of religious as well as social pieces of a fabric of society here for a few hundred years. >> angie, herself a native south carolinaen joins us. tell us about this so important church. >> charleston is known as the holy city as we have been reporting all morning long and known for that with good reason. it is home to dozens of historic churches, but topping them all, mother emanuel, a beloved sanctuary with a difficult past even before last night's shootings. emanuel ame dates all the way back to 17 none.91. that's when a group of slaves and free blacks began praying together. reverend singleton touched on that. 1822 the church officially organized and it was investigated for his role in a planned slave revolt and burned to the ground. 35 people were executed including one of the church's founders. but that didn't stop th

at this moment gregory mullin, who is the police chief in charleston is with joseph p. rileyhe mayor of charleston and a few moments ago you may have seen some of that shaky footage as they were on the streets getting ready to update the media on all that's happened. as happens in these situations, people turn to social media to get details. some of the information there is inaccurate. people were speaking of being evacuated because of a bomb threat. charleston pd saying they have not asked anyone to evacuate at this stage. we want to know what is happening there. as soon as they step toward the microphones and address the media, we'll bring it to you live. >> let's go to ashley killough, a cnn producer who happened to be in charleston when this happened. ashley, what are you hearing and how far away are we from this news conference? >> hi. we have the conference starting right now. the mayor and the chief of police. >> all right. we are listening in now. >> the city of charleston and we are all praying and our hearts go out to the victims and their families, as well as this

mayor joseph riley speaking to cnn. [video clip] >> it sends mixed messages.t worst, for hateful people like roof, it is an affirmation because they have appropriated something as a symbol of hatred. i think it will go to a museum. host: that was the mayor of charleston weighing in. you can have thoughts of your own on this topic. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. for independents, (202) 748-8002 . for those of you in south carolina, (202) 748-8003. caleb is from eagle, colorado. go ahead. caller: i want to point out the confederate flag stood for the southern democrats. the democratic party was. when i was growing up, the flag stood for rebels. i know a lot of white kids that fly it on their trucks in colorado. i do not think any of them were racists, they just wanted to be outlaws and rebels. against the system. that is kind of what it meant when i was growing up. to see this stupid kid that went out and did this flying the confederate flag, i think it should be taken down off the state building. i have a heritage goes back to th