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

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

pastor mark kelly tyler knew pinckney well and had plans to meet up with him in a few weeks. >> he is just a incredible person. had tremendous upside, you know, great politician but also a very good pastor. >> reporter: they were working on a documentary about how am e church played a role in social justice in the deep south. he was in the film explaining how the church was torn down after slave uprisings in the 1800's. >> there was just an incredible story. this is such a great loss. >> reporter: pinckney leaves behind a wife, two daughters and a community inspired by him. >> he is going to be missed. he is. >> reporter: patricia tells thaws no funeral arrangements have been made but prayers are sent here in philadelphia. vigil is scheduled for 7:00 o'clock tonight. live from society hill syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> same, thank you. >>> both mayor michael nutter and commissioner charles ramsey spoke out about the tragedy today. >> every question that we ask and every answer that we get is not going to do one thing to bring those nine innocent people back praying in

. >> reporter: mark kelly tyler knew the reverend well, philadelphia's where the entire ame church was founded as pastor here at mother bethel tyler spoke with the reverend half dots even times a year. >> great politician but a very good pastor, very committed to his church. >> reporter: emmanuel ame church will invoke they images but before these tragedy, two planned to meet again just weeks from now to go over a project they were working on together. pastor tyler is working on a documentary about the ame church in south carolina emmanuel being founding church they are playing a huge role and he knew instantly that reverend pinkany was a special person. >> pastor in the church and already making all of the right steps ape right decisions. >> just a hum blink privilege i have to serve as pastor. >> reporter: as for suspect capable of carrying out an unthinkable crime, pastor tyler reminded others about his faith. hate he says isn't a word he will use to describe his feelings toward the man responsible. >> hate is what got us here. hate leads us to a vicious psyched that will there is n

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

pastor mark kelly said reverend pinkney was a good friend of his, they would talk about their congregations and dr. tyler interviewed reverend pinkney about the african-american episcopal church in south carolina. >> we'll be getting e-mails and messages from people in south africa and the caribbean and all over are we're family. >> and dr. tyler said that mother bethel will be doing something to show sal -- solidarity but they don't know what it is yet. >>> the search is on for the slasher who attacked a woman who waited for a septa train. police say this surveillance video shows the man before the attack yesterday morning at an el station in philadelphia's frankford section. 50-year-old she shelly rene daily said he attacked her. >> i'm holding the paper he sliced me here. he said i'm going to fight your soul, i'm going to fight your soul. >> the victim walked to frankford area help where she received stitch to a five inch gash on her wrist. if you have any information believed to be the attacker, call police. >> it's a sandy start to the -- it's a randy start to the day. >> reporter: and what bad timi