and also tonight, we did learn from joey meek that in those hours after the shooting meek also in additionmeek called the fbi and gave them detailed descriptions of the shooter, what the shooter was wearing. the shooter's license plate, his car, and he believes that he was crucial in them apprehending the shooter. so you've got joey meek calling the authorities right after the shooting. you've got three members of the shooter's family also calling authorities after the shooting. and that of course leads you to believe that you know, there was some awareness there of what could happen and maybe some layering there, beforehand that didn't take place, that maybe could have prevented this. >> yeah. i mean a lot of what-ifs certainly. and the message, i think, certainly, for anybody out there is that if you do see something, if you suspect something, police always say whereby just give them a call, even if it's mistaken they would rather know about a potential threat than not. appreciate the reporting. the confessed killer is now facing nine counts of murder. now, the justice department finds t

. >> joey meek had been friends in middle school. they lost touch a few years ago, but reconnected in recent months. meek said roof said he a six-month plan to do something, quote, crazy. he said one nice recently roof drank a liter of vodka, when he talked about a race war, and when meek decided to take action. >> that same night, i took his gun and i hid it. the next morning i didn't want to get in trouble and him say i stole his gun, so i put it back in the trunk. >> reporter: how do you feel about that now? >> terrible. terrible but then again, i can't go back. i was looking out for myself really. i didn't want to get in trouble for stealing a gun. >> reporter: meek says dylann roof's parents gave him money for his 21st birth today i which his grandfather confirmed. but meek says ultimately roof's parents seemed to give in. >> hi parents gave him the cash for it for his birthday in ani, and they both split the price of the gun in cash and gave it to dylann to buy the gun and put it in his name. >> reporter: we don't know if roof'

roof's childhood friend, joey meek, jr., says he reconnected with roof a few weeks ago. meek says roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and that he had a plan. >> he told me that the black people was taking over the country and that he wanted it to be segregation. >> reporter: meek says roof used birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. sources tell cbs news, police found the .45-caliber pistol in roof's possession and investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. craig boswell, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. >> the nine people killed in south carolina are being remembered across the bay area. kiet do is in san jose with more on how people are supporting the community.>>> reporter: good morning. hundreds of people all across the bay area came together to mourn those victims from charleston. the congregation at the true vine baptist church in east san jose held an organized vigil last night. people of all faiths were welcome. dr. pastor lee wilson said our nation faces the horrible challenge of racism, violence

meek says he doesn't know details of the plan. he said one time roof talked about a race war. >> i took his gun and hid it. i didn't want him to say i took it so i put it in his trunk. >> how do you feel about that now? >> terrible. >> meek gave him money for his birthday. >> they did not want dylan to have his gun. his parents know him better. >> but meek said ultimately roofs parents gave in. >> his parents gave him the cash for it in april, they both split the price of the gun in cash and gave it to dylann to buy the gun and put it in his name. >> the parents didn't respond to what joey meeks said. the family said words can't express their shock, grief, and disbelief over what happened. the families' pastor also spoke on their behalf. >> what they ask and i ask is we continue to hold all these families in our prayers, and that the whole world, our nation charleston our community, understand that we love them god loves them. >> reporter: there was other bizarre behavior meek says. >> one day he asked me if i can videotape him bu

meek says that's the last time he saw dylann roof.rian todd columbia south carolina. >> so when you hear that report you do get the sense there might have been a lot of pent up. there was a lot of pent up anger here. so where could all this anger be coming from? joining us for some expert analysis on this is psychologist dr. eric fisher live from the studio there in atlanta. dr. fisher thank you so much for being with us this day. obviously, you hear that story, and you see that dylann roof had warning signs out there that basically he had, you know he told a friend at one point that he wanted to start a race war and even posted pictures of himself with flags symbolic of hate. seems like he was really crying out for someone to see him. >> right. and a lot of times you see signs of people who are showing you signs. as his friend said we didn't take him seriously. what i teach people about hate is i say there are seven protective emotions that primary protective emotions anger, rage sarcasm and hatred. these always always protect someth

that was about the last time joey meek saw him.ve any indication of what might have changed dylann roof what might have inspired these kinds of thoughts in his head and i guess that's something, carol, that we'll keep trying to find out, but that's really what is kind of a gnawing and very difficult and painful question today. >> brian todd thanks for the fine reporting. i appreciate it. still to come in the "newsroom," we're going to talk about brian williams because he broke his silence. what he says drove him to make things up next. female announcer: don't miss sleep train's 4th of july sale! save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> brian williams is heading back to the okay yaranchor seat but it's not the one he left. he will be taking on a reduced role in the nbc family anchoring breaking news coverage and special reports on msnbc. this morning williams appeared on "today" t

roof's childhood friend, joey meek, jr., says he reconnected with roof a few weeks ago. meek says roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and that he had a plan. >> he told me that the black people was taking over the country and that he wanted it to be segregation. >> reporter: meek says roof used birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. sources tell cbs news, police found the .45-caliber pistol in roof's possession and investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. craig boswell, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. >> president obama expressed anger and sadness in response to the church shooting. he said the massacre shows the need for a national reckoning on gun violence in america. mr. obama said that too often, he has had to come to a microphone to mourn the deaths of innocent people killed by someone who had no trouble getting access to a gun. >> at some point we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. >> mr. obama said he and fir

we have an amazing roster, meek... unaudible.ing to give you a whole lot of hits. >> you look really happy. meek is from philly. we're from philly. this is philadelphia right here. how is he treating you? >> well, he is good when he wants to be good and then he is good he gets a lot of kisses. then if he, you know, if he is not paying enough a attention to his baby, then he gets slapped. >> the next album are we coming out with a next album soon. >> yes, but i might put out another secret. we are till doing the pink red tour which is a world tour which difficult european one from and i will be doing american and canadian one and i still to have do the tour in australia, brazil, it will be a long, long, long hall. >> thank you, miss neck i mean age. >> i mean they really love each other. she showed the ring. >> she was making sound. >> when she made those noises we saw her on stage what was the expression she had when she made that noise. >> redo it for us. >> can i do it, i don't know how to do that sound, it sound like a cat, pu

joey meeks said that the shooter's parents did not want him to have a gun.sked him why not, and he said he doesn't really know, just some instinct that they had. but, they did give the shooter some money for his 21st birthday in april, and that they divided up the money that each parent would give him so that he would be able to buy the gun and put it in his name. they did not buy the gun outright for him, but there was a dispute within the family, they didn't want him to have a gun, had some inkling that maybe something bad would happen, but in the end, they appeared to give in, split up the money and gave him the money so he could buy a gun and put it in his own name. between that layer and the layer o of this friend, joey meek, having taken the gun from him at one point and given it back, there are points along the way, anderson, where you think, this really could have been prevented, and whatever was nit way of it, for whatever reason, didn't prevent it. >> brian, appreciate your reporting, drew griffin, as well. just ahead, we'll be focusing attention w

joey meek and his mom kim saw roof just tuesday. they say he always had a gun with him. >> what kind of guns did he have? >> 45 glock. >> reporter: this is a small town, tight community. neighbors say they saw roof all the time in and out of the country store, but nothing seemed suspicious. but earlier this year, his bizarre behavior leading to run-ins with police. in february roof wearing all black arrested at a mall after asking employees out of the ordinary questions, accused of illegally possessing a prescrip drug roof telling police his parents were pressuring him to get a job. just two months later roof arrested again at that same mall for trespassing. tonight friends say they are shocked by this ending. the friends say they do not believe roof was a member of any organized hate groups. they call him a loaner and they tell me he dropped out of school in the 9th grade.

roof's childhood friend joey meek, jr., says he reconnected with roof a few weeks ago. meek says roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and that he had a plan. >> he told me that the black people was taking over the country and that he wanted it to be segregation. >> reporter: meek says roof used birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. sources tell cbs news, police found a .45-caliber pistol in roof's possession and investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. craig boswell, cbs news charleston, south carolina. >>> in san jose there was a memorial for the victims of the shooting. people met at a church in the city's alum rock area. >> there are times when tragedy and other incidents happen in our country and city that we need to come together and pray. we didn't want to protest, rally, town hall meeting. we needed some quiet time and we received that tonight. >> and the president expressed anger and sadness in response to the shootings. he said the massacre shows the need for a national reckoning on gun violence in

>> reporter: yeah wolf we've been speaking with joey meek he was a friend of ryan -- excuse me dylann roof's from their middle school years. they lost touch, then reconnected in recent months. meek gave a very disturbing portrait of dylann roof's behavior in recent weeks, in the weeks leading up to this shooting. especially he said he had some very violent ideas about provoking tensions between the races. here's what he had to say. >> i mean he was just saying he wanted segregation, he wanted race war, he wanted to be white with white, black with black. >> what did you say when he said that? >> i didn't agree with his opinion at all. we just argued about it. >> reporter: now meek says that on the night that dylann roof talked about starting a race war, he said roof had had about a liter of vodka, that he was really drunk. when he talked about this plan to maybe start a race war, meek got very concerned and felt he had to take action. here's what he had he had to do next. >> well that same night i took his gun and i hid it. the next morning, i didn't want to get in trouble with him say

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roof's childhood friend joey meek jr. said he reconnected with roof a few weeks ago. meek jr. said roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and he had a plan. >> he told me the black people were taking over the world. he wanted there to be segregation. >> reporter: roof used his birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. police found a .45 caliber gun in his bedroom and investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. i spoke to the former pastor of the emanuel ame church here. he personally knew of seven of the nine victims. he spoke about their dedication and commitment and the church that was literally formed to make a statement. he said people here have proved themselves over and over again and they will do so once again. alison, back to you. >> craig boswell in charleston. thank you, craig. >>> the men and women of emanuel ame church were open to all in their bible study group. six women and three men ranged in age from 23 to 87. among among them a high school track coach, a librarian, and a college graduate. marlie hall has m

roof's childhood friends joey says he reconnected with roof a few weeks ago, meek says roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and that he had a plan. >> he just told me that the black people was taking over the country and he wanted it to be segregation. >> meek says roof used birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. sources tell cbs news, police found a 45 caliber pistol in roof's possession, and investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. charleston county sheriff's department says roof social security held in isolation and later today charged with nine counts of murder. live in charleston, south carolina, craig boswell, now back to you. >> craig, thanks for that update. we we do appreciate it. >> local church holds vigil to remember the victims of the church massacre in south carolina. >> hundreds of people from faiths gathered last night at mother bet elame church in society killed. one of those killed reverend pinkney, a member of the south carolina state senate. he has family in our area. >> it was in a place he loved. wais

meek says he doesn't know that was earlier today. this is the scene.hered here, and you hear them singing. people holding hands. there is strength in numbers here. amazing grace, just 48 hours after this tragedy. there are difficult days ahead too little, too late. somebody needs to speak up. if you see something, say something. >> the fact that, by the shooter's own admission, argument according to authorities, his motivation was based on race, hatred of black people, desire for a race war. we've seen those images of him with the patches of apartheid in south africa. how hard is it to track someone who plans to act alone, as opposed to someone who's very publicly part of a broader group? because there are a lot of groups and law enforcement can track groups. but lone wolves, individuals who are just motivated by watching stuff on the internet or listening to records, that's harder to stop, isn't it? >> anderson, it really is. and the difference is, when we have these group dynamics, there are ways that the government and the different law enforcement

. >> joey meek said he allowed roof to periodically stay in miss mobile home. when he saw roof's picture on a wanted poster he called authorities. >> i identified him by name and identified to a t the exact shirt he was wearing while he did this. >> meek's mother says she cried when she learned roof was was implicated in the shootings and wished someone had taken seriously his claims he was going to harm people. >> no matter what or who it is take them seriously. because you never know. >> reporter: meantime dylann roof is being held now in the detention facility behind me. his next public appearance in court is scheduled for october. willie? >> mark potter in north charleston. mark thanks. as we learn more about the shooter, we are also hearing more about the victims, the nine people gunned down inside the church three nights ago. the families are speaking out about their loved ones and the man who is believed to have taken their lives. ron allen is in charleston. ron, good evening >> reporter: good effectvening to you, willie. a huge out pouring of grief and

joey meek called police after he recognized dylann roof. the two had recently reconnected. meek says roof had complained about black people and a need for something to be done for, quote, the white race. >>> pastor who was shot and killed is also a state senator. 41-year-old clementa pinckney was a married father of two. and he was the youngest member of the south carolina statehouse when he was elected at age 23. at the south carolina statehouse, a black drape and red rose were put over his desk. >>> the emanuel african methodist episcopal church has a tough history. its founder trying to organize a slave revolt in 1822. he was caught and the church was burned down in revenge. members back then worshipped underground until after the war between the states. >>> in the bay area tonight dozens of people stopping by a berkeley memorial today for victims of the balcony collapse. it's nearly doubled in size this week as mourners bring more flowers, flags and pictures of the victims. people embraced as they reflected on the tragedy. kpix 5's da lin joins us live from berkeley, th

mike: crazy mayhem on the set of meek missile's new video shoot.eaks out and that guy gets pistol whipped. you got watch this video. it is scary. van: these are just warm-ups. the b.e.t. awards are in a couple of weeks. people got to get their violence ready. [laughter] courtney: jimmy buffett and chris pratt jumped on stage with him and they start singing "margaritaville." ♪ looking

new york congressman gregory meeks is trying to rally fast track votes for the president. meeks argues that president obama should have trade promotion authority like every other president. "the new york times" reports meeks "makes it more biting", denying the first african-american president that same authority smacks of bias. especially when opposition is rising in the republican tea party's wing. folks, this is not about politics. it's not about left, right blue, green, center. this is about american jobs. everyone wants american jobs. and everyone wants stability in the economy. this is going to undercut almost every industry, almost every sector of our economy. and what's so bad about all of this is that the president is asking members of congress on the phone give me your vote but i'm not going to let you read the trade deal for security reasons. ask yourself the question if you're in congress and i'm asking congressional members tonight. would you sign a tax package or vote for a tax package that you're not able to read? would you sign on to a national security meas

meeks landed first ever monster jam front flip in front of thousands, wow!hat it. >> at metlife stadium it flipped twice before landing on all 4 wheels, count that again there we go. that is one two -- i seem -- if you ignore the roof of the car the truck it is a landing on 4 wheels, he was going for a guinness record but his rear tires bounced into an over rotation he did not hit the ground cleanly. we've seen that trin eel what is that in -- triple what is that triple sec? >> no triple axle. guitarist michael clifford of the group 5 seconds of summer, performing onstage in london, saturday night he was accidentally hit by a pyro pyrotechnic display his hair caught fire, the concert ended. he suffered burns to his head, he is feeling better, his face is fine. up next mort zuckerman will join us and residents of an arizona city taking frustrations out on their mayor in a civic minded way. stay with us. automotive innovation starts... right here. with a control pad that can read your handwriting, a wide-screen multimedia center, and a head-up display for enha

on sunday, she post add few eyebrow raising instagram has fans wonder if she broke one meek mills.age was post wad caption: thank god you blew it, thank god i dodged a bullet. which of course lyrics from beyonce song best thing i never had. then there is another picture where she seemed sad. and while she added another one a little while later with another quote from the break up song. >> so it is all over? >> i don't know. i mean, trying to get, you know people to be wondering? she wants attention maybe? >> you know, i have been asking some people say maybe they weren't ever really engaged, and just wearing a big ring. >> and maybe promoting each other's music, who knows. thinking of music this is -- we've been in the commercial break listening to this gospel group. never too early for good gospel. lonnie hunter? >> ♪ ♪ >> start off the week right. >> that's right. >> hey, good to see you. >> what's happening? >> lonnie hunter. known around the count rip on radio. still on praise 103. >> still on praise 103.9. >> you are a busy guy because you're on tour right now, right? >> mcdon

. >> his friend joseph meek there. meek said he knew it was roof when he saw the surveillance images. he says he called the fbi immediately. we have just posted a lot more background on roof on our nbc washington app. just search dylann roof. >>> here in our area you can join those mourning and praying today at noon a prayer service will be held at the metropolitan ame church. tonight at 7:00, you can join members of the national black united front at an interfaith vigil. that will take place at the african-american civil war memorial near "u" street metro station. >>> today marks a major milestone in the eradication of slavery in this country. called juneteenth it's the oldest known commemoration ending slavery in the united states. some are using this day to remember the victims of the church shooting victims. we mentioned they're holding a vigil african-american civil war memorial at 7:30 tonight. >>> d.c. police are investigating a deadly shooting. that happened before midnight along fifth street in northwest. we'r

they have reached out to meek and the roommate. we have the breaking news on the apparent confession. evans in washington with the breaking details. what have you learned? >> reporter: he wanted to start a race war. that's what he said in talking to the fbi and charleston fbi detectives who interviewed him yesterday in north carolina. today, he is back in jail and he must be thinking he failed because you can see the reaction there in charleston has been the opposite. we are told that he talked to these investigators freely and openly for several hours before he was taken to court to be -- to begin the process to send him back to charleston. now, we also know that the atf and the fbi have been working this case. the atf helped trace the handgun. we are told that roof bought this handgun, this .45 caliber handgun in charleston in april. he bought it himself. his grandfather cold brian todd his father roof's father gave him money to buy the gun for his birthday birthday. alisyn? >> evan that's quite a development. thanks for that. we

. >> but she honored janet jackson and philly's own meek mill hit the stage. >> you know her. >> nicki minaj, we have highlights, stay with us. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new york's most controversial citizens. a journey in new york is a journey through history. plan you next trip at iloveny.com/summer. there's something for everyone. >>> we have highlights from the bet award last night in l.a. in case you missed it. big show, bad boy's entertainment big stars reunited at bet award to perform a hits from their day. >> diddy mays, faith evans and lil kim all took the stage and the audience went wild, here it is. >> ♪ >> yeah. >> take a look at all of the high diddy takes a huge fall but he gets up, gracefully and does not miss a beat. >>> and then there is this nicki minaj. >> look at that.

tmz says meek mill was shooting the video when a rival rapper showed up.ou see a guy get hit with what appears to be a gun. >>> a philadelphia food pantry is open despite losing much of its food and supply. >> burglars not only took food meant for people who desperately need it they trashed the place too. but one thing they couldn't take, was volunteers determination to help others. fox 29's shawnette wilson witnessed that first hand today. >> reporter: it looks like a normal day here at divine sent footer food cupboard in oxford. community members in desperate need pick up food and it's all free. but just two days ago it looked nothing like this. >> i was like wow, you know, i was shocked. >> reporter: eileen wells says sometime sunday into early monday morning someone broke in. ransacked the pantry and stole equipment. these pictures show pieces of drywall on the floor and the whole the suspects made in the back of the building to crawl in in. >> my husband came in for milk delivery on monday morning and saw thin things were thrown all over the floor, an

his childhood friend joey meek said he reconnected with him a few weeks ago. he said roof told him he wanted to hurt a whole bunch of people and he had a plan. >> he told me the black people were taking over the world. >> reporter: roof used his birthday money from his parents to buy a gun. investigators found shell casings of the same caliber at the shooting scene. i spoke to the former pastor of the emanuel ame church here. he personally knew of seven of the nine victims. he spoke about their dedication and commitment and the church that was formed to make a statement. he said people here have proved themselves over and over again and they will do so once again. alison, back to you. >>> the men and women of emanuel ame church were open to all in their bible study group. six women and three men ranked in age from 23to 87. marlie hall has more from charleston on the lives that were lost that i hold on knowing that my mother took her last breath in a place that she loved. >> reporter: the daughter of ethyl lee lance taking solace in the fact that her mother die

meek's mother kimberly -- >> i apologize for the audio issues. little technical issue. >> when we come back the president leaves the bay area and a woman who wants to be president arrives. what he did before leaving and what she said today about race relations and gun control. rhouses werein san francisco today...president obama left the >>> twhoch democratic powerhouses in san francisco today. president obama left the city while hillary clinton spoke at the u.s. conference of mayors. in light of the tragedy in south carolina, she had strong words on race relations and also gun refors. nbc bay area's chrissy smith has the details. >> race remains a deep fault line in america. >> hillary clinton gave a passionate speech on confronting racial injustice and highlighted what she sees as common sense gun reforms. >> how it could be possible that we as a nation still allow guns to fall into the hands of people whose hearts are filled with hate. >> this in the wake of the mass shooting of african-american church members in south carolina. the democratic

>> paul meeks, who i believe is still with us.a little bit more about the technology sector, when you look at mindbody, you look at fit bit over the last couple of days, fitbit doing very well today. is this the sort of area, the internet of things that people might be getting a little over-exuberant about? >> i think so, whatever happens with hot topics, everybody says that they're a player. now some people are players and some people are not. i do think the internet of things, particularly the proliferation of sensors in everyday life will be a big deal. you have to vet them and make sure who are the real players and who are the pretenders. >> i want to ask you about the fed's role in the nasdaq. because part of the rally, if not all of the rally yesterday was due to this overexuberance from what janet yellen said on wednesday. and there will come a time at some point in the near future, when there will fwhot be a fed-induced raly. when the hope of an interest rate hike or the fear of an interest rate hike will come true and we

joey meek and his mom saw roof just tuesday.say he always had a gun with him. >> what kind of guns? >> .45 glock. >> did he carry it around? >> in his car. >> reporter: they called police when they saw him on tv this morning. fbi showing up at their home today. >> this is a small town. a close-knit community. neighbors saw roof coming in and out of the country store all the time but he never raised any suspicion. but earlier this year his bizarre behavior leading to run-ins with police. in february roof wearing all-black, arrested at a mall after asking employees out of the ordinary questions. accused of illegally possessing a prescription drug roof telling police his parents were pressuring him to get a job. just two months later, roof was arrested again at that same mall for trespassing. tonight, for every vigil around the country there are as many unanswered questions. for "nightline," cecilia vega in charleston south carolina. >> thoughts and prayers with them all tonight. >>> next laverne cox on caitlyn jenner and being a t

. >> reporter: meek and his mother kim saw roof tuesday. they say he always had a gun with him. >> what kind of guns did he have? >> .45 glock. >> did he carry it around? >> in his car. >> reporter: on this day of pain and irony, an unexpected word from the unlikeliest friend of an accused mass murderer with a reported hatred of black people. >> he had a small group of select friends. i was one of them. i'm obviously of color. >> reporter: caleb brown says he and roof were childhood friends. whatever road led roof to a black church with a loaded gun, brown says his life didn't start that way. >> it makes absolutely no sense at all. and that's why i'd say i still can't even really fathom that it was him that committed all of those heinous crimes. ♪ oh the saints of god ♪ >> reporter: no matter who or what dylann roof was or is, he was not the focus of those who prayed and cried in charleston this evening. tonight the largest visible jill so far for the nine who died. >> a hateful, deranged young man took their lives. >> reporter: roof allege

. >> that is joseph meek the childhood friend of dylann roof here, the suspect. a memorial is taking place outside the ame church in charleston. this is a city of 345 years of history. this is one of the darkest chapters in the history. >> dave wagner live in charleston. thank you. investigators are continuing to learn more about 21-year-old can dylann roof. here's more on his history and run-ins with the law. >> 21-year-old roof was raised in columbia and lexington, south carolina. earlier he had run-ins with the law. in march he was arrested for possession of narcotic after employees told police he was asking suspicious questions about operations. at the say same mall, he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge. he was banned from the mall three years. his facebook page showed his jacket bearing flags. south carolina senator and presidential candidate lindsey graham told abc "the view" his niece went to school with roof. >> strange, disturbed man. >> marcia said she would see roof at a local restaurant. >> sometimes you look at people with different hair cut and d

two days ago, he spent the morning playing computer games and breaking vodka with this man, joey meek, before the shootings. >> he told me that the black people was taking over the country and that he wanted to -- wanted it to be segregation white with white and black with black. reporter: but far from driving people apart, this is a community that is coming together. this was a vigil for sharonda singleton, one of those killed at the emmanuel church. her teenage children were among the mourners. they told us that faith helped them cope. >> i'm a little bitter, but i'm overwhelmed with love. >> we already forgive him for what he has done. there is nothing but love from our side of the family. reporter: this evening, thousands will fill a sports arena entrusted to remember all nine victims of the bible study killings. laura: a brief time ago john joined us from the scene in south carolina. can you describe the atmosphere for us? john: well, it was extraordinary. it was deeply moving. it is hard to overstate the generosity of spirit that was shown by the families, one after another, sta

according to a friend of the shooter, roof recently made remarks about race to him, joseph meeks sayshe reunited with the shooter a few weeks ago and roof was actually staying in his home most recently. >> he wanted to be white with white and black with black and that he didn't -- he didn't believe in what the black race was doing to the white race. >> reporter: six women and three men were killed among them the church's pastor clementa pinckney, a state senator from south carolina of 19 years. several others who worked at the church are among the victims including depayne middleton, doctor, a church minister and sharonda singleton, a reverend at the church. how is president obama reacting to all of this? i'm going through his comments and i'll have that for you in the next hour. from the digital operations center katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> people are showing their support for the charleston community. ♪ a special service at mother of bethel ame church was packed with people last night. one by one the names of the nine charleston victims were read aloud. mother bethel's leader start

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joseph meeks says he reunited with roof a few weeks ago after they lost touch during middle school andhe shooter was staying at his home. >> he wanted to be white with white and black with black. and that he didn't believe in what the black race was doing to the white race. >> in all six women and three men were killed. monday them the church's pastor clementa pinckney a 41-year-old married father of two and a state senator from south carolina of 19 years. several others who worked at the church are among the victims including depayne middleton-doctor, a church minister and sharonda coalleman singleton, a reverend at the church. president obama had strong words about what happened at the church. we'll have that coming up in the next hour. live inside the digital operations center, katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> people all around philadelphia are mourning the deaths and showing their support for the charleston community. >> a special service at mother bethel ame church in society hill was packed with people last night. one by one, the names of the nine charleston victims were read aloud.

the shah at that time was a very meek and cowardly. was terrified anything that might endanger him. given the power of the u.s. and britain he really had no choice in the end. >> i had to use -- had to use a lot of pressure. none of them was general swars cop of. general swars cough has been a very flamboyant figure when the shah was a great young man. their meeting was amazing, the state department had given him a mission of visiting installations in the region so that his visit to iran wouldn't yrouse suspicion. he immediately figured out what was up and printed a story denouncing i. he waited to meet with the shah in the palace but the shaw was terrified of microphones that he wouldn't say a word and he jus -- guess chured. he pulled away from the wall at the palace. he pulled it out in the mid to feel room presumably furthest possible away from microphones. he climbed up on the chair. he gestured to general swars koch who sat down at that table. through these and a series of other pressures the shaw was finally brought onboard and his job was to sign a degree -- decree signing h

nia meeks, communications executive. good morning, nia. ed turzanski, foreign-policy analyst, and ajay raju attorney. welcome to all of you. let's talk about race in america, because after what happened in charleston south carolina -- nine people killed by a white supremacist who was well known for his hatred of people of color -- some changes are occurring. we'll talk about the confederate flag issue in a moment and how this may have sadly been the impetus to change that part of the southern culture. but, really, how far have we come in america? are we just dusting the surface here of racism and putting on a good front, if you will, or are we really dealing with our racial biases that are, in many cases, built in and institutionalized? >> i think there was a myth out there for a while that racism was gonna die out -- that with the younger generation, less racists. we're gonna solve this problem. and i think this particular case shows that that's not true. >> and is it just an isolated case? i mean, the south carolinians did not rise up as

julian: meek is definitely the case.ee earnings are going to come in better than expected and the news continues to get better from this point in the economy where people have almost written off the consumer -- tom: i understand the separation of greece from the success of the recovery of the netherlands. the weekend essay was lawrence summers in the "ft" with caution about the knock on effects of this political ballet. what is the knock on effect that has your attention on greece? julian: if it goes on long enough and you get some sort of move towards a greek exit it will damage confidence. we saw it happen in 2012. basically, in a world where everyone is interpreting headlines, things actually start slowing down. tom: thank you so much for getting us started this week. the weekend was wild. brendan: we are looking at headlines. a little bit more on what michael noonan said. we will meet again thursday to figure greece tom: out. tom:tom: we will have to do a forex report thursday. the euro churning, 1.341345. euro-swiss

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