martin luther king jr. in the church. wednesday night prayer meeting. have there ever been threats to this church? >> reporter: not that i know of. i have spoken with church members. when you walk around the streets here, this is the sleepy south. this has palm trees on the street. a nice park on the street and gas station and convenience stores. this is a pleasant area. not an area you think of crime. people were having a prayer service here. that stunned a lot of parishioners here. >> robert, hang on a second. we will put up file picture of the emanuel african methodist church. the file footage we have is old. it is a beautiful church. this was a church that existed during slavery, by the way, for black individuals in the south. >> important spot in the underground railroad. >> it was formed for slave revolt in 1800s and now this is the center of community for the last several years. robert, i know you are in south carolina for politics. hillary clinton was there yesterday. jeb bush was scheduled to be there today, but i understand he has canceled tha

we have seen pictures of the reverend martin luther king jr. at the church. it has been a pillar of the community for pethe people for well over 150 years. >> reporter: it is located in the historic part of the city. this has the nickname of the holy city because there are some many churches and religious institutions here. several community and church leaders came out from across the state and gathering to prayer and call for peace and justice after what happened tonight. a lot offering up prayer, but heartbroken as well. >> we are showing pictures on your tv screen right now of people after the service praying together and coming together for some sort of solace. listen to the police chief. he has a beautiful message for what the community should be doing now. let's listen to what he said. >> this is an opportunity for us all to unite because of a significant tragedy that occurred. what we need right now is we need everybody to come together and pray for these families. we need them to come together and help us find this person so no one else is hurt. we ne

i'm joined now by bernice king the daughter of martin luther king jr. ceo of the king center. miss king overnight you've been watching the developments here. i think you've been sensing the scope of this tragedy for the people here in this community. >> yes, i have. my condolences go out to all of the families that have been impacted by this horrific act as well as especially for the daughters of pastor pinckney. i lost my father to gun violence. i know this is a very difficult time for them and their mother as well as well as the rest of the families. they have lost their loved ones. when i heard about this of course my heart was very heavy. and, you know i really think this is a time that we have to begin to do serious examination in this nation to look at the issues of racism and hate and violence. and what we may have -- what we may be doing to create a culture of violence in this nation. my father in fact as we heard president obama state, said in the eulogy we must be concerned not about them but the system and the way of life and the philosophy wh

so oak street, 11th, 10th, 12th, clay, martin luther king, jr.levard, keep that in mind as you head out there. heads up you might want to use bart as an alternate. parking might be difficult. bart on time. we have 28 trains right now. and no delays for any of our mass transit. so hopefully that will help. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you, gianna. it is 4:50. a japanese company invented a robot that can recognize human emotions. say hello to pepper. engineers say pepper sees human emotions and displays its own through a heart display. the company hopes pepper can become a companion for elderly, teacher for kids, office and retail shop assistant. it costs about $1,600. >>> people annoyed by robo calls could be getting more help. federal regulators ruled yesterday that phone companies are not required to put through every call and may in fact block automated calls to customers who don't want them. it's something consumer groups have been pushing for. the telecom industry says it will continue to develop tools to block calls but says there's

martin luther king jr.d into law by libdon johnson, the fair housing act was challenged in texas case. the president and director of the naacp legal defense and educational fund joins me now from the court. tell met impact as far as you're concerned on your advocacy and the importance of the fair housing act in our civil rights history. >> this is huge andrea, an such an important decision. i was sitting in the court when the decision was announced today. we certainly breathed a sigh of relief whether justice kennedy announced the decision. you know the fair housing act is sometimes as you and i have discussed the forgotten civil rights statute. but it is such a critically important one. it was passed the week that martin luther king was killed. it was the recognition of the role that segregation plays in the current commission called two societies, one black, one white. in this decision today, a 5-4 decision authored by justice kennedy, he talked about the current commission and he talked very powerfully a

the movement to dismantle jim crow martin luther king jr., preached from its pulpits. a sacred place, this church. not just for blacks or americans but for all americans who believe in liberty and justice for all. that's what the church meant. [applause] >> we do not know whether the killer of the reverend and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. an act he presumed would deepen divisions that traced back to our nation's original sin. oh but god works in mistierous ways. [crowd cheering] [applause] god has different ideas. blinded by hate, the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounded by the reverend and that bible study group. the light of love that's shone as they open the church doors and invited a stranger to join in their prayer circle. the alleged killer could never have anticipated the way the families would respond when they saw him in court in the midst of unspeakable grief and forgiveness. he could not imagine that. [applause] [crowd cheering] >> blinded by hatred. he failed to comprehend what the

some streets including 11th between prod way and hug hug -- dig kick -- martin luther king, jr. will be closed. you can find the parade route, streets that will be closed and warriors championship stories and photographs on connect ktvu.com. we're following a developing story in oakland of a deadly early morning crash on 98th avenue nearest treat. one killed and another -- near epp street. it occurred in the area of overnight side show. >>> to the balcony collapse in berkeley that left six people dead. five were students from ireland. bagpipes played and the mayor laid two wreaths at the site of the accident. 13 people were on the balcony. in addition to those killed seven others were injured. >> this has been a tragic day for ireland. i don't think the family in ireland that has not felt this. relatives of those killed are flying into the bay area. one family lost two young women in the collapse. we spoke on the phone with george donahoe. he said his daughter was a fine vibrant woman and he feels deeply for the families of the other victims. >> 30 minutes before the collapse th

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martin luther king, jr. preached from its pulpit and marches began from its steps. a sacred place this church. not just for blacks not just for christians, but for every american who cares about the steady expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country a foundation sown for liberty and justice for all. that's what the church meant. (applause) >> we do not know whether the killer of reverend pinckney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. it was an act that drew on a long history of bombs an arson and shots fired at churches not random but as a means of control, a way to terrorize at a price. (applause) an act that he imagined would insight fear-- incite fear and recrimination violence and suspicion. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions, that trace back to our nation's original sin. oh but god works in mysterious ways. (applause) god has different ideas. he didn't know he was being used by god. blinded by hatred the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounding reverend pinckney and

martin luther king jr. at the church. they tweeted support for the community. they said we have to be conscious how a social media response can be detrimental. >> and our cnn producer is tracking the developments and joins us from the scene with the latest. so ashley, of course there was a hope that we would hear from the police in this hour, in fact. but now we are hearing it won't be until 7:00 a.m. that's about three and a half hours from now. it is 3:32 in the morning right now. but talk to us about the scene where you are right now, what is being said, and if there's any indication that police are closer, perhaps, to tracking down the killer. >> sure. i'm on calhoun street, about a block from it. i can see the church. earlier a large part of the street was blocked off. now they opened that part up and we're also to walk down closer to the church again. but they are still being cautious. they still don't want a lot of people out and around the area. earlier there was a bomb threat going on. that is one of the reasons they closed down this perimeter. they ar

martin luther king, jr. my dad, reverend ad king, brothers. daddy king was my grandfather.sa: pardon me. >> my grandmother mama king was shot in ebenezer baptist church in the 1970s was killed by a black man. i want to encourage those doing investigations not to totally tag race as the only motivation. the man who killed my grandmother was black. she was a black woman. playing the lord's prayer on sunday morning. also gun control to bring that up, there are other ways people kill people all the time. guns and, poison and choking people and all of that. gun control will never be the only solution or the real solution. it is going to have to be heart control. i learned that from daddy king. my daddy, ad king, my uncle, ml. it is heart control. and then hate knows no color. it is not only about what color your skin is that causes evil to occur. and for the families, i join you in prayer and america, we must pray for these who are grieving now. melissa: what is the way forward? i mean what -- people look at this and try to make sense of it and say what could we be doing differe

in responseb bernice king who is the daughter of martin luther king jr. said that we must interrupt business as usual and change the trajectory of the nation, and the soul of the nation must be saved #charlesshoot ging. and the best path to the save our nation is through nonviolence, and it is more than a tactic but a lifestyle, and that what she tweeted, bernice king. and the ceo of the king center is on the phone right now. bernice, i know it is a sad moment, and your father, martin luther king was very familiar with this church in south carolina, and the tell us about that. >> yes. i mean doing the whole quest for voting rights, and he had the opportunity to the visit the emanuel ame church to raise the awareness of voting and getting people involved in all of the mass demonstrations of the voting rights and so that chur church was one of his stops as a part of that. >> it is the oldest black church in the southern part of the united states. a lot of history there. and when you heard about this hate crime today, bernice, what went through your mind? >>

. >> reporter: including the reverend drfrmt martin luther king jr.lding has been burned to the ground and destroyed in an earthquake and each time restore edd. >> it was literally formed to make a statement. a majestic sanctuary was built to prove people of color could do great things. >> reporter: singleton said it not only survived tough times but thrived and will do so again. craig boswell, cbs news charleston, south carolina. >>> and coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more into the investigation of the deadly shooting at emanuel ame church. we'll take you to nikki haley. >>> and in california where the water may soon run dry and the importance of wearing seatbelts this the back seat of car. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm alison harmelin. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". suspect in the south carolina church massacre is scheduled to appear in a courtroom this morning to be formally arraigned. friends

the fair housing act was passed in 1968, the week that martin luther king jr.led, cities were burning all over the country. and responsible leaders recognized that housing segregation really had to fall. that perp turning into these two societies, one white, one plaque, separate and unequal that the current commission talked about. and justice kennedy cited that language in his majority opinion today. we all know the housing administration of the sourt that donald sterling engaged in. a developer or an owner who refuses to rent their apartments to african-americans or to mexican-americans or to people of a different national origin. that's intentional discrimination. and the fair housing act allows you to bring claims looking at that. but the desperate act is a different one. that is called disguised an mouse or unconscious prejudices. policy decisions that appear neutral on their face, but have a discriminatory affect. it opens the opportunity to ask the developer, or in this case, the texas housing authority, you know, what's the reason for this decision that

martin luther king jr. and she continues to fight for the rights of minorities and women. sadly her family is no stranger to racial violence. her uncle was assassinated her grandmother murdered in a church and her father a.d. king continued to fight for civil rights. this photo is from an open housing protest where he was injured by a rock thrown at his head. she joins me live on the phone. she is the director of the african-american outreach for priests for live and a fox news contributor. welcome, dr. king. so wonderful to have you here on this show today. and you are such a person of peace and healing. many people are trying to find answers out of something so horrific. today many are witness to these senseless acts of violence. how can we as a nation move towards healing? >> thank you, uma. and returning from selma where we had a bus trip a prayer rally and a march, forgiveness is going to be very key in all of this. if we think about what happened in charleston, if we think about why we were marching today saying black women matter we forgive dr. led of all the aborti

martin luther king jr.asn't watch. >> then the lights shine bright for actress and business woman nene leakes. >> definitely shows other blacks girls i can be an author, they can be a designer like me. like oh, my gosh, i can be a designer, i can be an actor. i can be on broadway. >> a princeton university student reminds us that all lives matter. >> i would like to tell you what black is. black is beautiful, just as white is beautiful, just as every other color you see is beautiful. black people are human just as people of every other color are human. >> that's what's happening in our world up next. >>> welcome back to our world with black enterprise. in the world of hip-hop radio, there's one morning show crew that's head and shoulders above everyone else as far as popularity and power. of course we're talking about new york's power 105, the breakfast club. in 2010, radio personalities dee they were offered a chance to form a brand new radio show together on new york's power 105.1. before long they collec

sisters at emanuel church. 41 years ago this month, 1974, alberta williams king, morning of martin luther king jras murdered in our sanctuary while playing and sing the lord's prayer. she and one of our deacons tragically lost their lives that day. so we've witnessed this kind of pain and yet we know what it's like to transform your pain and into power. that's not only the story of ebenezer but of emanuel. this church has known violence before. its days go back to slavery. co-founded by denmark messy who led slave rebellions. as a result of that the church was torched in the 1800s. >> burned down. >> so they've been through this kind of thing before. they are still standing. it didn't break their spirits then and as we stand with them, i believe that it will not break their spirits now. >> what do you make of the fact that one of the polls that i saw on the news cbs new york times poll shows that 61% of people polled believe there are more incidents of racism since the rodney king riots in los angeles 23 years ago. what do you make of that in. >> i don't know. i mean, i hadn't looked at the data.

i used to look at you as a real martin luther king jr. wasn't rich.hy is everything so much about money and stuff to you now? >> the breakfast club brand has been expanding yearly with national radio syndication in 32 markets on weekdays and 66 markets on weekends. the brand is one of the most important entities within the i-heart media empire. the morning show even has its own time slot on diddy's network revolt tv. when you add all that to the social media followers and the widespread global popularity across the internee radio show in hip-hop culture it is easy to understand why countless celebrities even reluctantly can't get enough. >>t you have very solid social media presence. >> we are on the -- we understood the power of the social media, we were on instagram early. so i was sending videos to world star. i knew the power of the internet. we were nationwide because of the internet. we were worldwide because of that. >> but the reason i say that, we got here. you know, the company really didn't want to invest a lot of money because they didn't

the reverend martin luther king jr. visited.ose years black churches were on the front lines, h arson and bombs. >> the fact that this took place in a black church obviously also raises questions about a dark part of our history. this is not the first time that black churches have been attacked. >> reporter: the federal government opening a hate crime investigation. >> acts like this one have no place in our country and no place in a civilized society. >> reporter: investigators now hoping to find out exactly who dylann roof is. >> you're talking about a 21-year-old who typically 21-year-olds communicate via social media. it's extremely important to seize their computers, laptops, cell phones. because most of their communication may well be in those devices. >> reporter: those who know him say roof's alleged plan was six months in the making. >> he was emotionless to me. >> reporter: today this friend since childhood telling me roof had a deep hatred of black people. >> he wanted segregation. >> what did he want to see happen? h

. >> reporter: in 1962, martin luther king, jr.ke about the american dream and just a few years later, his wife lead a march trying to organize a union for charleston's hospital workers. the reverend was the current pastor of mother emmanuel. he was killed in wednesday's shooting. >> mother emmanuel since 1818 has stood for freedom and worship for african americans in south carolina, so it's an humbling privilege i have to serve as the pastor. >>> and earlier our stephanie sy spoke with edward bryant the head of the north charleston chapter of the naacp, and she began by asking how the community is reacting to the shooting. >> the feelings is both mixed. mixed feelings. there's some degree of anger, and there is still praise and looks to the lord for answers for tomorrow. >> reporter: i was a reporter in south carolina when the confederate flag was lowered from the state house dome but i understand it still flies on the state house grounds and it is this morning. the alleged shooter had a confederate flag vanity plate on his car. d

here martin luther king jr. invited new generations to march no are equality even as white pr supremacists were still hoisting their own crosses. >> people like douglas and tubman and parks belonged to it. it was about civil rights and human rights. >> the church has been our freedom house. >> dean at howard university school of divinity says emanuel led wait forsome black churches by being a place where african-american politicians, leaders, organizers, teachers and more could find acceptance when they were barred by so much of america. >> you know you will come there unfiltered. you will come there without recrimination made against you. no matter of the disparages of the larger social order, you come here and can you learn how to be as fully human as you are. >> that's what emanuel meant to you. >> yes, absolutely. part of that means the affirming of every single person who comes inside our doors and those who are within the communities around us. t

[applause] he marched with martin luther king, jr. [applause] so now, i know everybody is pulling me saying i have got to get this going on and shut it down. but if the cousin will come, i believe the spirit of the living god, i believe because i think i should give at least a minute because after that, we have to move along. if the cousin will come and say something to us for 60 seconds. [laughter] no, i want everybody to understand i'm doing that because i know -- been there. i would not want this opportunity to miss you. i promise if you say one minute, if i get another chance to have you say something not only to the family but to this community, i promise you will have that chance. matter of fact, when we come to mother emanuel, a few weeks ago, -- from now i will allow you to , have remarks on behalf of the family front and center. bless your heart. [applause] >> we thank you. we are going to try our best to say everything in a minute. that will cut off a lot of things i would like to address with you all. i definitely want to s

martin luther king jr.g up for justice? >> yeah, absolutely, sure. >> wasn't ronald reagan polarizing, right? >> absolutely. pushing conservatism to be better is sort of what you do, i think. and on her side, i guess that's what she does for liberalism. at the end of the day, i'm in a different business than you are. i've got to find somebody up here that's got to find a way to actually solve immigration. we've been yelling about this since 2006. i have come to conclude whether you agree with me or not, you're never going to just secure your border first. you've got to have a plan that addresses all the moving parts and you have to have a plan that will tell the democratic party what happened to the 11 million. i've come to conclude there is no -- >> you're talking about one issue. you know what? you supported impeachment. wasn't impeachment a polarizing thing? and you said you would do it again. >> absolutely. >> do you regret it? >> not at all. it's not that i won't speak up and speak out. didn't you supp

reverend martin luther king jr. right now in charleston a prayer vigil is about to get under way. just a few blocks away from the scene of the tragedy that has shaken the city, indeed, a nation to its core. let's go right to msnbc's benji sarlon. benji, you've been there all night. the shooting in charleston wasn't an attack on this church alone. what can you tell us now? there's just been the news conference about the capture of this suspect? >> well, we have the news now that he was captured that it was in shelby north carolina which is a considerable distance. and now we were told earlier, a lot of people were questioning. if they had lost track of this subject how do we know where they're searching. they had been said there was wide spread cooperation up and down the region earlier today. and sure enough it paid dividends. the chief of police credited quote, unprecedented cooperation between local law enforcement, the fbi, state officials, with being able to apprehend the suspect at a traffic stop. some considerable distance from charleston. so now with that process as of mayo

martin luther king, jr. let's go to mike viqueira in washington. what has been the reaction? >> first of all giving us information that i hadn't considered or heard reported and that is that both he and michelle obama who the pastor who was murdered overnight, new members of that congregation striking remarkably close to home here from president obama. i think that was clear from his tone. michelle obama's family on her father's side hails from the country of south carolina, george georgetown, south carolina, a long history there, including her great, great grandfather, in particular, a slave in charleston, south carolina. anger when he talked about the lack of political action political will political opinion to back stricter gun control laws ever since the expiration of the brady bill even in the wake of the unspeakable crime at sandy hook with the murder of young school children. and then the president largely throwing in the towel, saying the political winds just aren't -- the political avenues are closed as we put it towards more gun control, admonishing the congress tal

somebody shot at the car on 13 street near martin luther king jr. boulevard.er is in the hospital. >>> santa cruz county mental health worker is accused of sexually assault ago child. chris mccauley arrested today on 100,000 dollar warpt for aggravated assault. 56 aggravated assault. 56-year-old suspect works in the children mental health division as psychiatric and community liaison. no details about that incident have been relessed other than mccauley and victim knew each other when the assault occurred. >>> at stanford break in the case of hateful graffiti found on fraternity house student residence hall. police have arrested lucas joseph nine in mountain view. he's facing felony vandalism and hate crime charges for the april incident involving swastika and anarchy symbols. he's not a stanford student. >> criminal investigation has been opened into that deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. al mead couldn't district attorney is looking at charges ranging from criminal negligence to involuntary manslaughter. 6 students died. 5 from ire lapped. and 7 others we

. >> 50 years ago martin luther king, jr. told the families of girls killed in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church many birmingham alabama, you do not walk alone. today we say to the families of mother emanuel and people of charleston, you do not walk alone. you do not walk alone because millions of americans regardless of race or creed or ethnicity or religion are walking with you. >> republican senators ted cruz and rand paul addressed the tragedy at a conference many washington. >> today the body of christ is in mourning. i want to begin with by reflecting on the horrific tragedy of last night at the emanuel ame church. a sickened and deranged person came and prayed with the historically black congregation for an hour and murdered nine isn't souls. >> what kind of person goes in a church and shoots nine people? there's a sickness in our country, something terribly wrong. it isn't going to be fixed by government. it's people straying away people not understanding where salvation comes from. i think that if we unde

here, martin luther king jr. invited new generations to march for equality even as white supremacist were still hoisting their own crosses. through it all, emanuel has been a leading force for ame churches an outspoken churches p. >> folks like harriet tubman and sparks. >> the church has been our fr freedom house. >> dean at howard university school of divinity, says emmanuel led the way for so many black churches by being a place where african-american politicses, leaders, organizers, teachers and more could find acceptance when they were barred from so much of america. >> you know that you will come there unfiltered. you will come there without recrimination made against you. so no matter the disparages of the larger social order, you come here, and you can learn how to be as fully human as you are. as that. >>> that emanuel meant. >> yes. and part of that means the affirming of every single person who comes inside our doors and those who are within the communities around us. >> reporter: tom foreman, cnn, was

martin luther king jr. memorial in washington. the two leaders reflected on dr. king's lifelong work for equality and justice. he's in washington to talk trade, investment and climate change. >>> tomorrow new jersey governor chris christie could make it official. he's running for president. >> if you're going to rub forn for president of the united states and you're going to ask these people for their vote that is the single most trusting thing they can do as a citizen. >> he posted this video today on his facebook and twitter pages. he's expected to officially join the race tomorrow at livingston high school in north jersey his alma mater. nbc's matt lauer will have the first interview after his announcement. catch it tomorrow on "nbc nightly news" at 6:30 in the evening. >>> tonight donald trump says he may sue nbc. the network ended its relationship with trump today over comments the republican presidential candidate made about mexican immigrants. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the tables turned. nbc dumped trump. a break-up brought about by comments made during

this act was passed just days after the assassination of martin luther king, jr., that allowed president johnson to push it through congress. this essentially says that you can challenge decisions that don't overtly discriminate, but do in fact create a disparate impact as you said in fact create an impact that does harm minority population. and the issue here in texas was fair housing credits. they were given out to build low income housing, but those who challenged the way they were given out, said look you are only giving them to developers who build in minority neighborhoods. and that is creating these pockets of poverty, and the people who argued that have won today, and the fair housing act stands. >> let's bring back burt newborn newborn. burt, i can guess where you stand on this in that you supported this ruling. how is this going to affect housing throughout the country? >> i don't think we should exaggerate the impact. people had assumed that the fair housing act allowed disparate impact litigation. almost all of the lower courts routinely entertained exactly this type of case.

martin luther king, jr.,÷ in 1962.bama expressed his sadness over the tragedy and his anger, as well. here's chief whitejnd house correspondent major garrett. >> i've had to make statements like this too many times. >> reporter:ñ 14 times president obama has consoled the nation after a deadly shooting. in every instance, a call for action to today he painfully admitted the limits of his authority. >> it 9xw in our power to do something about it. i say that recognizing the politics in thisó6# town will close a lot of those avenues right now. >> it's far cry for mr. obama's passionate push for gun control that severely wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killed[z >> we should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the÷x future. >> reporter: then in december 2012 a gunman killed:o graders and six adults at sandy hook elementary school. mr. obama called it the worst day of his presidency. >> theyjfg had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays, graduations, t

the man unveiling a new mural depicting nelson mandela frederick douglas and martin luther king, jr.ural painted by students at kipp did he rock collegiate academy in west parkside and it will be installed at the man. not only did we get our first look at the mural there was also a special performance by the physical youth poetry movement and the kipp student band lions pride. they did it the class of 2015 got a chance to celebrate graduating from high school in grand style. ♪ >> more than 1800 seniors from all across philadelphia took to the streets today to celebrate the huge milestone of graduation from drum lines to step teams your hard working students today the seniors let it be known just how excited they are to graduate and speaking at the event mayor nutter hit on some of the hard ships these students had to face face. >> this graduating class of 2015 is a class of resilience. four years ago when all of were you becomeing freshmen things really did starting to haywire from a funding standpoint and resource standpoint but as good young people here, you are focused on your edu

martin luther king jr. preached and marches began from its steps. the sacred place, this church. not just for blacks, not just for christians, but for every american who cares about the steady expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country. a foundation for liberty and justice for all. that is what the church meant. [applause] >> that's right. >> yeah! [applause] president obama: we do not know whether the killer of reverend clementa pinckney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. it was an act that drew on a long history of bomb, s, arson shots fired at churches. not random, but as a means of control. a way to terrorize and depressed. -- and oppress. [applause] president obama: an act that he imagined would incite fear. and recrimination. and violence and suspicion. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions that traced back to our nation's original sin. oh but god works in mysterious ways. [cheers] [applause] president obama: god has different ideas-- [applause] president obama: he didn't know he was bein

washington and martin luther king jr. visited the church. and today, once again following an act of violence, the church has reopened its doors, maintaining its position as beacon of comfort and strength for the city's black population. >> sreenivasan: now to greece where prime minister alexis tsipras is running out of time to save his country from potential economic collapse. tsipras will make his case for financial relief at an emergency eurozone summit tomorrow, hoping to head off a looming one-point- six billion euro debt payment which is due by june 30th. wall street journal reporter ian talley joins me to explain what's at stake in these negotiations. >> so ian, we all kind of have this debt fatigue, this cycle, gross is on the brink greece is not on the brink. how significantly is this? >> tomorrow is a criticalling juncture. -- jurnght chur. a failure to get agreement after months of negotiations. what's at stake is a failed state in europe. at stake is potential financial contagion. some people say europe is better prepared but as b

martin luther king, jr. let's go to mike viqueira in washington. what has been the reaction?first of all giving us information that i hadn't considered or heard reported and that is that both he and michelle obama who the pastor who was murdered overnight, new members of that congregation striking remarkably close to home here from president obama. i think that was clear from his tone. michelle obama's family on her father's side hails from the country of south carolina, george georgetown, south carolina, a long history there, including her great, great grandfather, in particular, a slave in

somebody shot at the car on 13 street near martin luther king jr. boulevard. passenr is in the hospital. >>> santa cruz county mental health worker is accused of sexually assault ago child. chris mccauleyrrested today on 100,000 dollar warpt for aggravated assault. 56 aggravated assault. 56-year-old suspect works in the children mental healt division as psychiatric and community liaison. no details out that incident have been relessed other than mccaul and victim knew each other when the assault occurred. >>> at stanford break in the case of hateful graffiti found on fraternity hous student residence hall. police have arrested lucas joseph nine in mountain view. he's facing felony vandalism and hate crime charges for the april incident involving swastika and anarchy mbols. he's not a stanford student. >> criminal investigation has been opened into that deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. al mead couldn't district attorney is looking at arges ranging from criminal negligence to involuntary manslaughter. 6 students died. 5 from ire lapped. and 7 others were inj

martin luther king jr. and her friend and mentor, president lyndon johnson.nd in particular, she was a staunch advocate for the voting rights act, which had helped make it possible for her to be elected. in 1975, in the face of fierce opposition, barbara jordan led the fight to extend the special protection of the voting rights act to many more americans including hispanic americans native americans, and asian americans as well. [applause] and like every woman who has run for national office in this country in the last four decades, i stand here on the shoulders of barbara jordan and so does our entire country. [applause] and boy, do we miss her. we miss her courage, we also miss her humor. she was funny. i remember talking to her and ann richards one time and between the two of them, forget trying to get a word in at all. and they were telling me about how they loved to go to the university of texas women's basketball games. and barbara would be there, by that time, in her wheelchair on the sidelines, ann would be holding court right next to her and barbara

the fbi is staging a two-day active shooter training course in martin luther king, jr., communications art center. it will start at 8:00 and last until 5:00 today. >>> southwest airlines is extending a major fare sale through midnight. it was introduced earlier this week and pretty much everybody tried to get it, crashed the website, of course. it includes prices as low as $49 for one-way nonstop flights. >> that he's a good deal. >> yeah. >> gets you for travel between august and october. >>> we'd like to see warmer weather. we might have to travel somewhere else to get warm weather. >> yeah more like seattle than washington. in fact, that's the space needle we see behind us there. that's not the capitol dome. yeah, it is incredible. we had the low clouds drizzle the last three days. but i have good news for you. >> yay. >> likely we'll see some sun by this afternoon. but right now, still dealing with some light rain drizzle a little bit of fog. that area of moving green on the storm team 4 radar, a few scattered sprinkles that are tracking over the north and west over virginia. the m

martin luther king, jr. was pictured there in 1963. >> the naacp was founded to fight against racial hatred and we are outraged that 106 years later, we are faced today with another mass hate crime. our heartfelt prayers and soul deep condolences go out to the families and community of the victims at charleston's historical manual ame church. we are joined from the pastor of a church just outside charleston in somerville. first, your reaction to the massacre last night. >> good morning, thank you for this opportunity. yes, last night, we were very shocked to hear about the tragedy of the shooting that took place last evening. mother manual church is such an influential church and senator pick knee, the loss of the senator is great all the way up to somerville. >> i just went into some of the history of the church, but this represents a great deal, this church, to the african-american community there in charleston. >> you are absolutely right this church is the foundation to the african-american church, right

martin luther king jr. college preparatory high school. that's the school that won the fasfa completion challenge. an effort to increase the number of students who complete the application for free federal student aid. the challenge was part of michelle obama's reach higher initiative. >> instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you, let them inspire you. let them make you even hungrier to succeed. >> as you heard there, the first lady spoke to students about overcoming obstacles. and she encouraged them to continue to work hard after graduation. >>> former florida governor and republican presidential contender jeb bush is scheduled to make his first ever late night tv appearance. he'll be a guest on the "tonight show" starring jimmy fallon on tuesday night and the two should have a lot to talk about because he's expected to launch his campaign on monday. he will join a crowded field. so far, ten republicans have declared they're running for the gop nomination. on the democratic side there are four candidates vy

martin luther king jr. spoke over the bodies of four martyred girls, he insisted they say to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them but about the system the way of life the philosophy which produced the murderers. they say to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them but about the system, the way of life and the philosophy which produced the murderer. joining me here in new york is jonathan medzel. director of the medicine for society. yolanda pierce associate professor of african-american religion. a new york city licensed clinical psychologist and founder of eye-opening enterprises and joe watkins, a republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush. but first back to south carolina to talk to dot scott, president of the charleston branch of the naacp. dot, you have talked with survivors of this horror. what have they said to you? >> i have actually talked with family members of the survivors. what are they saying? the family mem

martin luther king jr. preached in his pulpit. marches began from its steps. sacred place, this church. not just for blacks, not just for christians, but for every american who cares about the steady expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country, a foundation's own for liberty and justice for all. [applause] that is what the church meant. [applause] president obama: we do not know whether the killer of reverend pickney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. it was an act that drew on a long history of bombs, and arson, and shots fired at churches. not random, but as a means of control. a way to terrorize and oppress. [applause] president obama: an act that he imagined would incite fear and recrimination, violence and suspicion. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions that trace back to our nation's original sin. oh, but god works in mysterious ways. [applause] president obama: god has different ideas. [applause] president obama: he didn't know he was being used by god. [applause] pre

somebody shot at the car on 13 street near martin luther king jr. boulevard.anta cruz county mental health worker is accused of sexually assault ago child. chris mccauley arrested today on 100,000 dollar warpt for aggravated assault. 56 aggravated assault. 56-year-old suspect works in the children mental health division as psychiatric and community liaison. no details about that incident have been relessed other than mccauley and victim knew each other when the assault occurred. >>> at stanford break in the case of hateful graffiti found on fraternity house student residence hall. police have arrested lucas joseph nine in mountain view. he's facing felony vandalism and hate crime charges for the april incident involving swastika and anarchy symbols. he's not a stanford student. >> criminal investigation has been opened into that deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. al mead couldn't district attorney is looking at charges ranging from criminal negligence to involuntary manslaughter. 6 students died. 5 from ire lapped. and 7 others were injured when the apartmen