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de payne middleton. tawanza sanders. daniel simmons. sharonda singleton. myra thompson.. decent people. god fearing people. [applause] >>> welcome back. as charleston buries victims of last week's massacre, many are urging a new push to appreciate the wounds of the past. we traveled to charleston to meet with black and white residents, descendants of slaves and slave owners. they reveal the costs and consequences of failing to acknowledge that city's terrible legacy of slavery. >> i found fingerprints right here. i find these things. you'd never know that these are the fingerprints of the slave that made that particular brick. so i go around the city and look for those fingerprints and i found these fingerprints right here. >>reporter: joe who works at charleston's slave mart museum scours the wall of of his city for signs of a hidden past >> that's an indication that it was a female or a child. small fingerprints. making these bricks. >>reporter: there's no reference of this place even being built by slaves. you never know. >> yeah. >>reporter: charleston is a city that

de payne middleton. tawanza sanders. daniel simmons. sharonda singleton. myra thompson.. decent people. god fearing people. [applause] >> explorer and environmentalist jean-michel cousteau. >> we are visitors and we need to respect that. >> surprising secrets of the ocean. >> if it wasn't for the ocean, we would have a lot of problems today. >> and the harsh reality facing our planet. >> enough is enough. >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. for your apple and android mobile device. download it now >>> welcome back. as charleston buries victims of last week's massacre, many are urging a new push to appreciate the wounds of the past. we traveled to charleston to meet with black and white residents, descendants of slaves and slave owners. they reveal the costs and consequences of failing to acknowledge that city's terrible legacy of slavery. here. i find these things. you'd never know that these are the fingerprints of the slave that made that particular brick. so i go around the city and look for those fingerprints and i found these fingerprints ri

service also the mantra for de payne middleton-doctor.her of four working attes with layian university. she lived for her faith. >> what was that like for to you find out that someone that was so dear to you. >> my heart dropped. it just dropped. my heart dropped. i fell to my feet. >> reporter: lives of service cut shockingly short in a city now singing to fill their silence. >> hardly imagine what the families are going through. and that son that lost his mother. >>> that was alina machado reporting for us. earlier i spoke with rafael, from ebenezer baptist. he is talking about how his community is trying to make sense of the tragedy. >> it is a sad and tragic day, not only for the people of charlston, but i believe for freedom-loving people everywhere. but this strikes for home especially for those of us at ebenez ebenezer baptist church. we weep with our brothers and sisters at emanuel church. 41 years ago this month, 1974, alberta williams king, morning of martin luther king jr., was murdered in our sanctuary while playing and sing t

de payne middleton-doctor also served at the church as a minister and leaves behind four daughters.on was at bible study with letter cousin, ethel, both of them long time members of the church. ethel, most recently a janitor, she was 70 years old. daniel attending church every sunday for service and every wednesday night for bible suddeny. myra thompson teaching bible study at church when the gunman opened fire. she is described a as person who loved the lor and wanted to serve in everything she did. anderson cooper, cnn, charlston. >> there is no doubt that this is a community that is hurting but it is focused on healing determined to unite. thank you for watching this hour of cnn "newsroom." i'm george howell in charlston, south carolina. >> i'm natalie allen. early viewing is coming up for those around the united states. thank you for watching.

services were held today for reverend de payne middleton doctor. she was the mother of four. >>> thomas ackerman reports. >> the fal coming 9 rocket owned 50 spacex broke apart two minutes into its flight. apparently blew up due ooverpressure in its liquid oxygen tank. >> there is no real problems jut challenges of engineering and in spaceflight in general. >> the rocket was carrying more than 1800 kilos of supplies to the international space station. it has a $1.6 billion resupply contract with nasa. on two previous flights the company was unable to carry out a safe landing of the drone stage on the atlanta. that would have marked a significant advance in the task of producing reuse annal rockets. it was the third launch failure in recent months. antares exploded short after liveoff last october and russia's progress 59 vessel fell back to earth short of reaching the space station. despite the failure of the past flights the space station is still in good shape. >> we are continuing to research. >> and the space station is still on track to carry

de payne middleton-doctor leaves behind her daughters.eloved grandmother worked for 30 years there, most recently as the janitor, ethel was 70 years old, suzie was 87. daniel simmons was a pastor who faithfully attended the church every sunday for service and wednesday for bible study. mira is described as a person who loved the lord and wanted to serve in everything she did. >> an 87-year-old woman and eight others murdered in a house of worship. they will be remembered. that does it for this special edecision of 360 from charleston south carolina. we'll continue to learn more about those who lost their lives and bring you their stories tomorrow and tomorrow night as well. we think that is the least we can do as well as continue to follow what happens. the cnn original series "the 70s" starts right now. >>> did someone put up a lot of money to have the democratic headquarters infiltrated and if so who and why? >> justice will be pursued no matter who's involved. >> do you have information implicating president nixon? >> the president of

. >> cynthia fvshltion cindy jackson, l lance, payne middleton, sanders. danielle l simmons. ton. mayor a thompson. good people. >> ending in a rare term. ♪ ♪ amazing grace. vl. >>reporter: present lead ago grateful community in song. we watched as he began to stand realizing he was going to sing amazing gre sp ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sf ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ ♪ see ♪ ♪ sfichlt funeral services were held today for member of the abc 7 fuss family. hundreds of people pass novato presbyterian church to celebrate the life offormer news reporter laura. she di last week after 16 year ballots with breast canr. one of the osest friends was carolyn tyler. she remembered laura energy and joy, her life. >> laura you have always been the mt beautiful butterfly in our wrld. we will love you rever. your life has given us memory too beautiful, too vibrant, too precious to ever forget. >>reporter: laura work at abc 7 news for 15 years. she was also a correspondent for ab news. the laura is survived by her husband daniel and daughter tess. laura was 56ears old. my name is ronda derosa and i'm a gas su

de payne middleton doctor also died here. me she was an exceptional woman, and worked at southern wesleyan university at the learning center here in charleston. she leaves behind four daughters, wolf. >> alina, thanks very much. >>> as alina just reported reverend pinckney is among the dead. he began preaching when he was just a teenager. he became the youngest black person ever elected to the south carolina house of representatives. he was 27 when he became a state senator. today pastor pinckney's senate desk is covered in black. his fellow state senator marlon kimson is joining us. thanks very much for joining us. our deepest condolences. i know his was a good friend. tell us a bit about him. >> well i think you've accurately described him. he was a giant of a man. he was truly the moral conscience and the moral compass of the general assembly. we would often go to senator pinckney at times when we were negotiating key pieces of legislation as it made their way through both bodies. when we would reach an impasse, he would p

de payne middleton doctor will be laid to rest today.gle because this happened on my watch. and what i can tell you is, we will make this right. we will make this right. they will not have died in vain. [ applause ] >> tomorrow another victim, myra thompson, will also be laid to rest. >>> a school district in houston, texas says it is open to renaming six schools that are named for confederate army officers. the idea was brought up after the church shooting in charleston. some people say they've been waiting and wanting to change the names of those schools for years but others aren't so open to the idea. >> i just think it's time that we take a look at making sure that all of our names reflect the values that we want our district to portray. >> they've never had a problem with it all these years. why would they have a problem with it now? >> well, this isn't the first time that actually has come up. it was also discussed in 2013 and 2014 when the school district changed some school mascots that were considered offensive to native america

reverend klemm men at this pinkney, to payne middleton doctor, daniel simmons, susie jackson, ethel lance, and cynthia herd. my thoughts and prayers are with their families and i congratulate south carolina for trying to lower the confederate flat. it's the right thing to do. but we don't stop these tragedies by retiring our racist relic. we stop them by fixing our broken gun laws. mr. deutch: gun laws failing to keep guns out of the hands of those who seek to do us harm. to fix them, congress must act, but what's our response been? silence. silence after aurora. silence after tucson. silence after newtown. silence after daily acts of gun violence. mr. speaker, america should never accept all this mourning, all this heartbreak, and all this gun violence and shame on this united states congress if we remain silent after charleston. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: wi