i know you're friends with pinckney's wife. how is she doing? how are the girls doing?ow are you doing? >> good morning to you, craig. of course, it's still a very somber situation here in south carolina. it certainly is in charleston. when you're looking at trying to figure out how jennifer and the girls are doing, still, we're bracing christmas. they don't have a father, husband. it's still a very, very, very surreal nightmare that we continue to think that we would wake up from. so certainly, every day becomes a hopeful time that we are able to move forward a little bit more and then you have things like the trial on the fateful night in june. >> you were in court evening day as i understand it with reverend pinckney's wife and the other survivors and family members. why was ito important for you to be there every day? why did you sit through that? >> from jury selection through the verdict on yesterday, i felt it was extremely important to be there for every aspect of it. sharing and joys and highs and lows and celebrations and failures and just being there for one

also at that vigil, reverend clementa pinckney. you see him highlighted there.ey was gunned down as pastor at mother emanuel church. and president obama sang amazing grace at his funeral. hate is prevailing around many places. even in the 21st century. this was a young man, this wasn't an old man. hate is still abound in some places. we cannot regulate love. we can't make people love everybody. but we can have a society of laws that will firmly and equally protect everyone against hate and that's what that verdict meant and that's what we must fight for, to regulate behavior by law, if we can't teach people love with a moral code. that does it for me. thanks for watching. have a safe and happy holiday. >>> great being with you this morning. i'm frances rivera. it is 9:00 a.m. in the east. 6:00 a.m. out west. and here's what's happening. >> we have done everything else the opposite. >> the opposite, donald trump at his latest rally talking about how he might approach the presidency. we'll get reaction and newoll numbers on how america views his transition moves s

the church's long time pastor, state senator clementa pinckney was one of the victims.facing 34 federal charges including hate crimes, the obstruction of practice of religion. the jury includes nine whites and three african-americans, ten jurors are woman. let's bring in nick valencia who was in the courtroom for the opening statements and the first witness testimony. nick, day one getting intense. describe what happened. >> it was quite intense, ana, the day started with 67 prospective jurors entering the courtroom. they were whittled down to 12 jurors and six alternates, most of them white, most women. then it was on to opening statements. by 11:00 a.m. the chief prosecutor in this case laying out the reasons why he believes dylann roof should be found guilty of the death penalty in this federal case. he painted roof as a cold blooded calculated killer who meticulously planned this. roof has pled not guilty. the horror of what happened last june on a wednesday in charleston is simply in the facts. roof is alleged to have walked into the bible study, prayed with those

south carolina, after those nine deaths, you know, my frat brother reverend pinckney was killed. he fought for more money for public education. the south carolina legislature sed morepushed -- pas money for public education in his name. nikki haley, now -- he fought for the pulling down of the confederate flag. the flag did not come down until nine people were killed, which way, says only black death matters. you fall for living wage, health care expansion that would help black and poor white people of south carolina. south carolina still guilty of not expanding health care. and not raising the living wage and still having right to work laws, which actually right to discriminate laws that keep labeling out of the south. yes, we have convicted damon roof, but south carolina and america is still guilty of systemic policy racism. and the only way we're going to get at it is to have a massive fusion, moral movement in this country, particularly out of the south. the cymer 31st, we're having a national watch night, poor people's campaign, metropolitan church in washington, d.c., calli

of taking from this earth in june of 2015. 87-year-old susie jackson, cynthia hurd and reverend pinckney. these are their last moments alive. >> advising of an active shooter. multiple people down. >> reporter: "why did you have to do it," they ask him. >> well, i had to do it because somebody had to do something. because black people are killing white people every day. they rape 100 white people a day. >> reporter: he says he bought the gun, seen here, after his 21st birthday. >> how many times did you reload? >> all the times. well, it's complicated. they were all under the tables. when i shot a magazine, it was like, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. like that. >> reporter: at times he laughed, telling the story. the agents had him draw on paper he says he fired the first shot sitting down, and says no one tried to stop him. >> an awful day in court for so many families. in that confession, roof tells the fbi what he says sent him down this path? >> reporter: he says it was the racially divisive case of trayvon martin in florida that woke him up. he says he's a white nationalist, who beli

cynthia hurd and reverend pinckney left behind two little girl there is why did you have to do it? >> well, i had to do it somebody had to do something because black people are killing white people every day. >> reporter: he says he bought the gun seen here after his 21st birthday. >> how many times did you reload? >> all the times. when i think a magazine it's like i went pop, pop, pop, pop. he calls himself a white martin case in florida woke him up. for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> steve, thank you. just horrifying to listen to and to watch especially to see those victims in their final moments. >>> we have to switch gears and talk about the radical new step taken by samsung as part of their massive recall of those galaxy note 7 phones. >> samsung has already recalled the phones after reports that some caught pfeifer. some, however, holding on to those phones s planning a software update that will make the remaining phones inoperable. gloria rivera has details. >> reporter: it's been a long and costly road for samsung and not over yet. they're ap

you know, he could be reverend pinckney talking about me right now. that is how close it is. it is a painful story. there is no upside. even this guilty verdict will national change anything. >> what was conversation you had with the church or currently having right now just about this situation, and moving forward. >> well, again, i don't, maybe it is just people don't want to talk about it, because of the fact it is so close. the it is really frightening for members of our church to think you could be so vulnerable. the it is not like they broke in. they invited him. we have bible studies. we have worship. he we want them to come in. >> he spent an hour for them praying. >> i knew reverend simmons as well, and didn't know others but to though he could spend that kind of time there and still to it, it is incredible. >> so what do you say, to some of parishioners, you know, because i have been, to mother bethel. beautiful church. the history. that is why it gets draw. you have tours. that kind of thing. how to you protect yourself because church is supposed to be an opened la

reverend clemente pinckney, the reverend daniel simmons, sharonda coleman singlet singleton, myra thompson and tywanza sanders. >>> a source close to the trump transition says the president-elect is "concerned" about russia hacking during the election. this after months of dismissing the intelligence that points to moscow. those details ahead. >>> plus, a disturbing discovery in the mysterious crash of an egyptair jet back in may. we are now getting word traces of explosives have been found on the victims. stay here. this is cnn. thope to see you again soon.. whoa, whoa, i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. what? it's what you do. i got this. thanks, dennis! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. growwwlph. it's what you do. oh that is good crispy duck. and my brother ray and i started searching for answers. (vo) when it's time to navigate in-home care, follow that bright star. because brightstar care earns the same accreditation as the best hospitals. an

the funeral for clementa pinckney killed in the attack, an emotional president obama broke into song. amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me >>> it is being called >>> it is being called legislative coup in north carolina. the gop-controlled legislature making a brazen push to sharply reduce the power of the new governor democrat roy cooper before he even takes office. a move comes after republicans spent weeks contesting cooper's narrow victory over republican pat mccrory, basically claiming widespread voter fraud. once mccrory conceded republicans took a new tact, republican lawmakers introducing measures to end the governor's control over election boards, to require state senate approval of the new governor's cabinet members and to strip his power to appoint university of north carolina trustees among many other measures. >> i believe that laws passed by the legislature hurt working families and are unconstitutional. they will see me in court. and they don't have a very good track record there. >> that is certainly true. republicans only have the power to pus

pinckney leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one?i'm having a brain -- >> name anybody. >> fox. >> who is your favorite leader? >> fox. he was terrific. >> any foreign leader. >> merkel. >> fine. >> jeremy? i gave him the world. >> you gave him a life line. you let him pick someone from the audience practically to give him the answer. this was like -- >> he had a phone call, too. >> he still -- >> he said, another aleppo. he was referring to the fact he didn't know aleppo in an earlier interview. he is running for president of the united states. head of the world. didn't ever think about the world long enough to think about, i've been looking at some of the leaders. he could have said merkel the first second. i know -- winston churchill -- he had nothing to say. >> nelson mandela even. >> don't you think bill well is thinking, how do i get off camera? >> here is amazing -- >> bill wasn't jumping in either. >> that might have won the race for donald trump. trump was struggling with some johnson voters who were anti-washington. >> that

the church's pastor clementa pinckney, along with susie heard. susie jackson. sanders.immons, scoleman singleton and myra thomas. all died as a result of gunshot wounds. jurors will now decide whether he should be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison. the shooter will defend himself in the penalty phase which will begin next month. >>> bringing in cnn correspondent nick valencia. how did this now convicted killer react? >> reporter: i was just a couple of rows behind him, jake, watching him the whole time as this verdict was read aloud. for those in the courtroom it was no surprise. seems like dylann roof was not surprised himself. he confessed to the killings. pleading not guilty to avoid the death penalty. this is the only time we saw some emotion in him. his right hand was fidgeting when the verdict was read. his ears turning a noticeable red as it was read. the real emotion came from the family members of the victims in court. i spoke to the daughter of ethyl land one of the nine dylann roof murdered. she said the raw emotion for her came earli

at emanuel ame church in june 2015, killing nine black worshipers, including the pastor clementa pinckney. roof embraced white supremacist views and was shown in photographs posing with the confederate flag and a pistol. on wednesday, the first witness in the trial, felicia sanders, says she watched as roof pulled out a glock .45-caliber handgun and began shooting, striking and wounding her son and killing her aunt. she says she took cover underneath a table with her 11-year-old granddaughter and tried to cover herself and the girl in other people's blood so roof would think they were already y dead. a new report has accused the u.s. border patrol agency of using the desert of the borderlands as a weapon that has led to the death or disappearances of tens of thousands of people since the 1990's. the report, issued by the group no more deaths and la coalicion -- and the coalition of human rights, accuses border patrol of intentionally promoting deadly apprehension policies, such as chasing people into remote areas of the desert that lead to migrants' deaths or disappearances. this is alici

33 counts of federal hate crimes for murdering nine black worshipers, including pastor clementa pinckney, at the historic emanuel ame church in june 2015. meanwhile, a charleston court has scheduled a march 1 retrial of michael slager, a white former north charleston police officer who's accused of murdering a black man during a traffic stop. earlier this month, a judge declared a mistrial after a single juror refused to convict slager of murder, even though video clearly shows him shooting 50-year-old walter scott in the back. last year, slager and dylann roof were held in adjacent cells in charleston's jail. in missouri, a law set to take effect with the new year will allow felony charges to be brought against children who get into fistfights on school buses or on school property. under the statute, students caught fighting could face third-degree assault charges and up to four years in prison, regardless of their age or grade level. critics say missouri's new law will worsen the state's school-to-prison pipeline and will disproportionately affect african americans. last year, a study

these are their last moment as live. 87-year-old susie jackson, cynthia hurd and reverend pinckney, he left behind these two little girls. >> why did you have to do it? >> well, i had to do it because somebody had to do something because black people are killing white people every day. >> reporter: he says he bought the gun seen here after his 21st birthday. >> how many times did you reload? >> all the times. when i shot a magazine it's like i went pop, pop, pop, pop. you see what i'm saying. >> reporter: at times he laugh telling the story. he calls himself a white nationalist and says that the trayvon martin case in florida woke him up. for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> steve, thank you. just horrifying to listen to and to watch, especially to see those victims in their final moments. >>> we have to switch gears yet again now. we're going to talk about the radical new step taken by samsung as part of their massive recall of those galaxy note 7 phones. >> now, samsung has already recalled the phones after reports that some caught fire. some, however, ho

reverend pinckney. reverend daniel simmons jr. reverend taronda singleton and myra thomason. cnn legal analyst laura coates, a former federal prosecutor, and cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney danny sevasos. you heard the tape, it's a struggle to speak after this. as the jury hears this, there's no question dill ylann roof did this, what are his chances for avoiding after what we would expect almost to be a open and shut verdict here of guilty for avoiding a death penalty? >> i agree, brianna. the fact you could hear that woman's fear being so palpable with miss polly sheppard was heartbreaking. you had jurors who were tearing up and grimacing when they saw pictures of the damage that was done of the massacre. and while that is one thing we're talking about, it's also very, very key to the death penalty phase. because it only takes one jury in a federal trial to say they do not want the person to get the death penalty. it must be unanimous. when you have people on a jury who although they've already been screened, they're willing to consider both life without par

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like elizater diana, pinckney, like my daughter, and my team, you are all a force and i cannot wait to the great changes that you guys bring about. you are the future. i want to leave you with a quote from ronald reagan. he is speaking to you. you can play a special part in the future. you will be the author. take full advantage of the wonderful life that lies in store for you. thank you for letting me share my story. [applause] at this time, i would like to life thatman in our 100% supports women's leadership. he was excited about putting on this event. it was the first thing he tasked me with a year ago. he thought he would get away without speaking today. please welcome tony penny. [applause] tony: hello everyone. how are you? womanery obviously not a which is why i felt strange speaking at today's event. i am the learning officer here at the foundation. i'm excited just here because i i am ant done to my -- grandson to my grandmother and a son to my mother. i have been meant toward by many women and i am fully behind women's leadership. women have inspired me my entire life. -- fre

. >> doug some people are saying he can't possibly pinckney more jokes, that would just -- how would off? >> yes, definately discomfort about. that will particularly, when it comes to the department of defense, where there is a specific law about that. that they would need a waiver for. general jailed mathis in there, probably going to happen, but again the number of gentles will cause some heartburn on the hill. >> what's the deal supposed to be retired seven years before you take a take a net position if you were a general. >> just for the defense department. they want to make that light brian and clean clear civil yan control and military control at the white house. >> have to get that favored. plus morse than most of the gentle. >> coming up exactly 7:15. >> tech savvy criminals found a way to by pass key prevention. you know, go close to the car, the fob opens it up. this surveillance video caught car thieves in the act and they easily broke into local man's car using a new device. >> what is the new device, thomas drayton. >> alex talking about one of these, remember, you just