prayers continued in montgomery county tonight, a small crowd gathering at north bethesda united methodist church for a special prayer service. members of the congregation prayed and sang for the victims and loved ones all affected by this shooting. >>> today our bruce johnson led a frank discussion about race relations in the united states gathering civic and religious leaders from across the area and here are some of the comments they shared. >> the american impulse is to move directly to healing and not deal with the issues. we are a country of amnesiacs and we got to do something different. >> this young man is a reflection of our society that refuses to heal from its orsin and mental illness of racism and slavery. unless we deal with that very issue and talk about these issues publicly, we will

practice ended at the pleasant valley united methodist church and susan fassett walked to her car to drive home. then shots rang out. >> people ran to the car to see what had happened and they found susan fassett mortally wounded. >> witnesses saw a light colored vehicle speeding from the scene. >> no one indicated to us they could see a driver or how many people, for that matter, were in the car. >> in a search for suspects, police immediately looked at susan's husband, jeff. >> jeff fassett they learned left the house during the time that susan was murdered. >> there were rumors in the police force that there were problems in jeff and susan's marriage. >> we were pretty comfortable that jeff fassett might be involved here. >> shortly after jeff fassett returned home, police converged on his house. >> they look like they have

i asked mark to deliver the sermon at first united methodist church in austin before my second inauguration as governor of texas. i still remember his fort worth twang as he talked about moses. god called moses to action and moses repeatedly found excuses not to act. who am i that i should to pharaoh, bring the sons of israel out of egypt. oh, my lord, i pray send some other person. i have sheep to tend. and people won't believe me. ooichl not i am not a good speaker. he is obviously not the only one that muddled the english language, or in his case arabic. fortunately moses recognized the call to serve something greater than himself. he answered the call led his people, and history was made. you, too, will be called at some point. the question is will you be

not all churches have the same policy, they range from united church ever christ to the roman catholicsave not lifted the ban on homosexuals. could you as a local leader abide such an option? >> our position is less discrimination is better for organization and if a local option would move us in that direction we would of course support that step. but it is our belief that because discrimination sends a destructive message to young people and the entire mission of the boy scouts of america is to instill the life lessons of scouting into young people that discrimination circulate not be taking place. i also want to stress it is not our position that people should be forced out of the program. if you believe that the values of scouting are timeless that its lessons are important, you should want more people in the fewer. that is precisely what we are advocating for. we believe our organization is stronger when it has more members more points of view. if you are going to have a policy that is going to take a step in lowering the amount of discrimination that is taking place that's a good t

the united church of christ passed a resolution yesterday. lled the team's name racially offensive. many american indians say it's a racial slur. the church asked the members to boycott all the games this year and to refuse to buy merchandise. >>> if you feel like today is a longer day it is only but only by one second. it's called the leap second and it's needed this year so we can is sync up with the earth rotation. there are concerns that the computer systems cannot accommodate the extra second. let's hope everything doesn't crash. >> i'm sure my iphone can handle it. >> well, the stocks are closing 30 minutes early. >> because of this? >> because of all the computers being synced up. >> it's a second. >> but apparently we have to do this three seconds every year since 1972, but haven't been doing them every year. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:40. tom kierein will start things off this go round. >> we're starting off with a few scattered sprinkles off to our west. panhandle of west virginia and they're moving off to the north and e

church. boston police units were dispatched and arrived at that location. when we did. we identified eight victims in the church that suffered gunshot wounds. we told you that there were two victims transported to m u.s.c. and there was one victim transported to m u.s.c. and that individual is deceased as well. we have a total of nine victims involved in this tragic situation that occurred last night. of the victims, there are three males and six male victims in this tragedy. as we told you last night, we have a - we have a unified

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the united church of christ called the team's nation racially offensive and the church asked the members to boycott all the games this year and to refuse any merchandise. >>> well, the issue of working overtime is back in the spotlight in the morning. and the action being taken by president obama that can lead to a bigger paycheck for you. >>> plus, breaking develops out of indonesia. rescue teams searching for survivors after a m >>> breaking news in indonesia at this hour. where a search for survivors is underway after a military plane slammed into a neighborhood overnight. >>> it is one of the stories we're working on to get you up to the minute. the minute you're up. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein starts us off with a threat for severe weather. >> yeah. it will be a hotter day and some sunshine this morning. giving way to scattered afternoon storms. temperatures will be climbing into the mid 80s by noontime. near 90 by mid afternoon. then 80s as the storms roll through, mid to late afternoon into the eevening hours. some could be severe with damaging winds. melissa? >> a prob

church. what does it say about race relations in south carolina and around the united states? >> well, those are two vastly different questions. let me answer questions and i can paint a picture. today the american flag in front of the capitol fly he at half staff, the half carolina flag flies at half staff but the confederate flag flies as high as it ever did. that should tell you about something here in north carolina. but nationwide, there's a generation of people that is weary and this is the same loin for me as trayvon martin. this is the same line as mike brown. same as gardner and rice and the woman who had a police officer sit on her back while she was swimming. and you know, this is not new for puss. us /* this is a larger discussion and i challenge you all in the media because i think that the discussion about race needs to be first. it is a 50,000 foot view type discussion. it is a discussion gnathat's necessary. and the debate is going on as to whether this should be classified as domestic terrorism and we should be comfortable with having that debate and having th

the united church of christ passed a resolution calling for a name change.any american indians say that redskins is a racial slur. the church has more than a million members. it's asked them to boycott all games and stop buying team merchandise for now. >>> well, if you feel like today is just a little bit longer, it is. but only by one second. it is called the leap second and it's needed this year so we can sync up with the earth's rotation. however, that small moment in time may cause problems on wall street. the second will be added at 8:00 p.m., aaron, eastern. that's right when asian markets are opening for business. so in case of trouble, exchanges will stop after hour trading 30 minutes earlier. >> i'll be asleep. i won't know it. but this is a reminder that the earth is slowing down. yeah. >>> coming up in the 6:00 a.m. hour, you can spend that one second. we have good stuff. >>> all right, 5:41. weather and traffic on the 1s. >> i'll be spending mine with an extra second of sleep. a few showers in west virginia, stretching all the way into western m

let's get back to our top story, the aftermath of a shooting in an historic african-american church here in the united churches across the country are now planning vigils for the victims. there will also be prayer vigils in charleston later this evening. joining us now from charleston is the south carolina state senator marlin kimpson. senator, thanks so much for joining us. i know you were a friend of reverend clementa pinckney who was murdered in the church also a state senator. you knew him well. what would he be telling the community right now if he could. >> well and we have some words of his that recently have been posted in the aftermath of a tragic shooting we had here most recently in north charleston by a police officer shooting an unarmed citizen. he would be telling the nation to remain calm but let's come away from this horrific experience with a pro active agenda. that agenda should include improving race relations in the state of south carolina and embracing the issues that device us. if we don't know cus on the divisive symbols that exist in our state, the divisive rhetoric that circul

the first ame church a lot of the folks out here tell me this is very sad, and they hope and pray for the victims. ♪ a moment of remembrance at north bethesda unitedhodist church. as they mourn the death of the nine victims of the emanuel ame church massacre in charleston. >> it's hard. it's hurtful. it's painful. >> reporter: jesse jennings has been an usher here for 25 years. he moved to maryland from down south experiencing and seeing racism as a young man during segregation. he believes the mass murder suspect dillon roof is filled with the same hatred for black people. >> having been born in mississippi i thought a lot of the racism and hatred would have gone away. but it still exists. >> and we have an experience of connections to brothers and sisters of faith and need to be in prayers for them. >> reporter: the prayers extend from north bethesda to the martin luther king memorial in d.c. >> it's pretty clear that it was motived by racial prejts. prejudice. and martin luther king is just a symbol of racial equality. and i think it's really important that we remember that. >> we remember the ministry of the reverend sharonda singleton. and we

. >> on tuesday hillary clinton visited christ the king united church of christ in missouri to participate in a community meeting. she talked about the emanuel ame church in shootings in charleston, south carolina, as well as issues affecting minority communities. this is one hour 15 minutes. >> somehow i'm sure all of that is not for me. [laughter] [cheers and applause] just kidding. thank you for your patience, and it's either really hot in here or on having a hot flash either one could be the answer. we hope it will calm down just a little bit. we are still in a house of prayer. will you pause with me, please for a moment for prayer? gracious god we thank you for your presence and you people that are gathered in this place. our prayers, open our eyes that we might see. open our ears that we might hear, open our hearts that we might receive and be changed. you are known by many names, but i pray in the name i know in the name of jesus, amen. howard thurman is one of my favorite theologians and in one of his most known books, jesus of the disinherited, he makes this comment. the masses of

>> in the past hour the gunman arrested after the church shootings in the united states has appeared in court via video link. dylann roof was charged with nine counts of murder and one count of possession with a weapon in commission of a violent crime. according to south carolina police, he has confess said to the attack in the city of charleston, in which nine black members of the conigation were killed. investigators say he wanted the shootings to spark a race war in the u.s. we listened as the court heard moving statements from relatives of the victims including the daughter of one victim. >> i forgive you. you took something precious away from me. i will never talk to her ever again. i will never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you.

united states. some groups are using this day to remember the victims of the church shooting in charleston. one of the groups is the national black united front. they're holding a vigil at the african-american civil war memorial tonight at 7:00. >>> a woman sexual assaulted ten years ago said she felt utterly helpless the day she was attack attacked by jesse matthew. last week, he was indicted in the attack. the mother of morgan harrington was at the victim impact hearing. matthew has been linked but not charged in her murder. >> i wore purple for morgan harrington. pink for alexis murphy and orange for hannah graham. today i chose rainbow because i wanted to wear colors to represent the many many numbers of victims of sexual assault. >>> it's 5:46. two men wanted for the role in the fifa bribery investigation are now in custody. they turned themselves in in buenos aires. the argentine businessman and son conspired to win and keep media rights contracts by paying millions of dollars in bribes. another man involved turned himself into italy last week. we'll find out out if they'll face extrad

. >> >>> the man accused of a mass shooting at a black church in the united states appears in court to face nine charges of murder. >>> i'm nick clark in doha with the world news from al jazeera. also in the programme - on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. emergency funding for greece's banks. >>> after years of censorship artists in myanmar use new-found freedom to deliver a new-found message >>> thousands of people attended a vigil for the nine killed in wednesday's mass shooting. the court her testimony victim's families. dylann roof is facing nine counts of murder. >> reporter: appearing via video lined and flanked by armed guards in is dylann roof's first purposes in court, suspected of killing nine mixers from the emanuel a.m.e. church in charleston in what is known as a hate crime. as the victims addressed him directly dylann roof showed no emotion. >> i forgive you. you hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you. and i forgive you. >> dylann roof was led away. >> it's a testament that those who spoke in court afterward forgiveness. they'll investigate whether th

this is one of the oldest and most prom nint black churches in the united states. the fbi and federal agencies are on the scene. the shooter a 21-year-old white male slender build, clean shaven gray sweatshirt blue jeans and timber land boots. he is considered quote, extremely dangerous. this is investigated as a hate crime. the community needs to come together. >> this is a tragedy that no community should have to experience. it's un we're going to do everything in our power to find this individual, lock him up and make sure he does not hurt anyone else. >> just after the shooting there were reports of a bomb threat. police later called the area clear. many in the community were passionate coming together. we also heard anger and pain. they aired out their feelings. >> it's evil. it's evil. it's evil. >> people are scared to talk about the real issue which is race. that's what we duck around from. these issues are here in our community. >> we a applaud the comradery of the police department. we don't hate the police department. we love it. we want peace. war is no

church. this is video of the scene last night. police told the richmond times dispatch the man was beating on the door at united nations church internaltional. the man who was white was making threats. >>> today a judge will decide if a man who made threats against metro will remain in jail. a judge ordered a mental evaluation on jerez coleman. according to wtop the full report on the evaluation will be released today. a judge will then decide whether coleman will be released from jail ahead of his trial. coleman now faces 11 felony counts for the threats made last december and may. he was once featured on the mtv reality show "catfish." >>> the supreme court's most recent freedom of speech decision could impact drivers here. yesterday, the justices ruled 5-4 that texas does not have to allow a specialty vehicle license plate with a confederate flag. they said they're state property and they can be censored by the state. both maryland and virginia has been allowed to the flags on their tags. they're both reviewing the decision to determine what's next. >>> today, terry mcauliffe returns from a six-country trip across europe. the trip was ai

>>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm erin burnett. we continue to follow breaking news out of south carolina where authorities are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a church in charlston. nine people have died. >> they ask for unity during what is a difficult time for people there. take a listen to what they have to say. >> we need everybody to come together and pray for these families and we need them to come together and help us find this person so nobody else is hurt and what we need is for the community to look at this and say we have had enough of this violence and if we stand up together we can stop this violence. that's what we need this community to do. >> we are all in this together in this community to help those who have lost a loved one get through this time and give them love and support and encouragement as we bring this awful person to justice as soon as humanly possible. >> and as law enforcement swarmed the scene of this deadly shooting, people gathered in circles to play. emanuel afr

church. there's a video of the scene last night. the man was beating on a door at the united neighs church international. a member of the church said the man who was white was yelling racial slurs and making threats. >> and now to a today show exclusive. brian williams sat down to discuss his mistakes suspension and what the future holds. he was suspended after he all learned he exaggerated facts about his time covering the iraq war. >> what if these past five months been like for you? >> it has been torture. looking back it has been absolutely necessary. >> williams went onto say he let his egobet the better of him. >> this came from, clearly, a bad place a bad urge inside me. this was clearly ego driven, the desire to better my role in a story i was already in. >> starting in august, williams will cover breaking news on msnbc. lester holt is now the permanent ankeny anchor of nightly news. >> winchester at 79. light rain in thaterer. a high temperature today of 89 degrees. mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two possible. as we get into the day

. >> the gunmen arrested after the church shootings in the united states has appeared in court via video link. dylann roof is charged with nine counts of murder and a weapon's crime. the 21-year-old roof has confessed to the attack in the city of charleston in which nine members of the congregation were killed. he said he wanted the shootings to spark a race war in the u.s. the judge heard from the families of the victims including the daughter of ethel lance. >> i will never talk to her ever again. i would never be able to hold her again. but i forgive you. have mercy on your soul. you have hurt me. you hurt a lot of people. may god forgive you. i forgive you. >> governor of south carolina is calling for the death penalty for roof. >> this is an absolute hate crime. as we talk with investigators as we go through the interviews, they say they looked pure evil in the eye. these are nine families who are struggling. this is a state hurt by the fact that nine people were innocently killed. we'll absolutely will want him to have the death penalty. this is the worst case that the country has

video link after allegedly confessing to shooting dead nonblack worshipers at the united -- methodist episcopal church on wednesday. politicians and local leaders laid flowers at the building while the mayor gathered with the town, united in grief. >> some people came into this community with the crazy idea that he would be able to divide and all he did was make is more united. >> people who commit serious crimes should lose their freedom forever but that is why south carolina will be sought. >> the governor has called for rough to face the death penalty if convicted. he was arrested thursday night 200 miles away in north carolina and quickly flown back to charleston. in the weeks before the shooting, friends a he complained that black people were taking over the world and that he wanted to start a race war. but after spending one hour in the bible class wednesday he almost did not open fire because everyone was so nice to him. one member of the congregation killed was mrs. singleton. her family gathered to pay her respects. >> the best mom i could've asked for. honestly, it is going to be tough, but

." >> hillary clinton visited united church near ferguson missouri. she spoke about last week's shooting, gun background checks and the confederate flag. from road to the white house this is 90 minutes. [applause] >> somehow i'm sure all of that is not for me. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> just kidding. thank you for your patience. it is either really hot in here or i'm having a hot flash. we hope it will conduct a little bit. we are still in a house of prayer. will you pause with me please, for a moment of prayer. gracious god we thank you for your presence and your people that are gathered in this place. our prayer is simple, lord. open our eyes that we might see. open our years that we might hear. open our hearts, that we might receive and be changed. you are known by many names but i pray in the name i know. in the name of jesus, amen. howard thurman is one of my favorite theologians. in one of his most known books he makes this comment. " the masses of men lived with their backs, only against the wall. they are the poor, the disinherited, t

you can see the rows of pews inside this historic church which was formed back in 1816 and during the time of slavery in the united states it was an important point in the underground railroad helping the slaves find their way to freedom. it is in downtown charleston. >> this gives you a sense of the history of the church. this is a photo of dr. 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

church massacre. police say the man pounded on the windows at the united nations church international and used a racial slur. no one was hurt. >> reporter: d.c. police say a man showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds overnight has now died. take a look at the scene where this originally happened in northwest in the shaw neighborhood in the 1300 block right off of n street northwest. police say this happened just before midnight and a man just showed up with a gunshot wound to the back. he was pronounced dead shortly after at the hospital. it's not clear who is responsible for the shooting, how these people were involved or even how the victim got to that hospital. those are all big questions we want answered but police say there is no lookout right now. since we've been standing out here, we are right next to the church and a couple of people who live in this neighborhood said please tell me nothing happened in another church and i can assure -- [ inaudible ] again still no motive or name of that victim or word yet how that victim got to the hospital. as soon as we get more information, we'll pa

church in richmond. police took the guy in custody outside the united nations church international last night. this is 24 hours after the shooting in south carolina. parishioners locked the doors. they took cover after the man started beating on the doors with the plastic. a church security guard pulled her weapon and held this guy at gunpoint until police took him away. kimberly: tv host jonathan: stewart is weighing in on the charleston church shooting. instead of the usual jokes and the opening monologue he took on a somber tone last night as he talked about the shooting and racism in the u.s. jonathan: the con fete rate flag fly over south carolina. the roads are named for confederate generals. we are bringing it on ourselves. that is the thing. al-qaeda, all those guys isis they are not [bleep] compared to the damage we can apparently to do ourselves on a regular basis. kimberly: stewart's monologue went viral on social media and is a topped trending topic on twitter. stay with abc7 news for the latest on the charleston shootings. brad bell will provide updates all evening right here on a

police are focusing on united methodist church a third of the way down the block. take a look at the scene. this is about 10:30 last night when police were called to the report of a stabbing. they found an adult male who was stabbed and he later died. we have no information on the victim. we know there are facilities here in this block that residents say attract homeless people and people congregate here at the church. we don't know if any of those folks were involved in this. police are holding this as a crime scene. you will not be able to travel down calvert from wisconsin going east until they complete their investigation. not a lot of information on a victim or suspect. residents in the neighborhood are told they don't have anything to fear. they don't think it was a random act. we are live in northwest, derrick ward, back to you. >> thank you. >>> you can help police in the district if you recognize this man. he's wanted by the fbi after trying to rob a bank yesterday afternoon. he approached the teller, asked for money, didn't get any and took off. if you ha

church. also one of the largest and oldest in southern united states. talk to us about that. and what people are saying there on the ground, those people who attend that church. >> sure. it's the largest african methodist episcopalian church. large church in the area. it goes way back. some of the history involves helping people escape through the underground railroad. people here are surprised. it is a landmark in the city. >> we are looking at the live pictures. police officials on the scene. you mentioned a moment ago -- sorry, these images from a few moments ago, police on the scene. now you are seeing some live images. tell us the security situation, if there is in fact some kind of bomb threat and people are told to evacuate, it's the middle of the night in charleston. are people on the street, where are they supposed to go? >> there are still people on the street outside of the perimeter that the police have set up. they just expanded the perimeter a few minutes ago and they pushed the media back. they haven't evacuated some buildings around the church. they are in a ho

church. boston police units were dispatched and arrived at that location. when we did. we identified eight victims in the church that suffered gunshot wounds. we told you that there were two victims transported to m u.s.c. and there was one victim transported to m u.s.c. and that individual is deceased as well. we have a total of nine victims involved in this tragic situation that occurred last night. of the victims, there are three males and six male victims in this tragedy. as we told you last night, we have a - we have a unified command set up that comprised of the charleston police department charleston county sheriff's office state lea n force. . federal bureau of investigation, alcohol, tobacco and firearms and other federal agencies working with us. we are committed, we are determined, and we are definitely working right now with a number of agents and police officers in our region to identify the individual that we passed out to you about an hour ago, that is a suspect in this case. this is a situation that is unacceptable in any society, and especially in our so

important moment for us, for the church in philadelphia and visit of the holy father but world meeting of families, visit of pope francis is a transformative moment to unite the church and region as well. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 5:30 we will have much more on the pope appearances at saint charles seminary and also the curran correctional fat it is. we will look closer at logistics of pope francis visit and what it means for residents who live here. >>> so for latest information and help in making your plans for the pope's visit go to cbs philly.com and click on papal visit to get all of the information you need, todd? >>> and we all necessity him as straight talking governor of new jersey, now chris christie says he is ready to be the next president of the united states. he kick off his campaign today, at his old high school in livingston essex county. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan was there for the governor's big decision. >> reporter: more than 30 years ago governor christie attended livingston high school as class president. today he came back to announce he is running for slightly bigger office, president of the united states, with

there is a meeting about to take place at the united methodist church. there are a couple of pastors here doing the african-american and white clergy coming together, a gathering trying to heal the community. on the question you asked, yes, there are potential open investigations. the investigation they did not talk about however, the one people are talking about is whether or not eric casebolt is out of legal jeopardy. because even though he resigned, there is still an ongoing case. >> and the question is whether he will face legal charges for what we all saw him do on the video. >> yes, that is a question, because there is a crime called official oppression, a class a misdemeanor, where they put somebody under arrest or detain them, i'll tell you if it is a class a misdemeanor, if he is not successful in beating it he can never be a police officer in the state of texas again. so it will be interesting to see if the police department continues a criminal investigation with eric casebolt, with another law enforcement agency in colin county. i don't think

united states. we spoke to a couple who came from as far away as france to pay their respects to what happened on wednesday night. >> we are here to join the people of this church and the united states to give praise to god to welcome those people who are now with him. and we know that only love can drive out darkness. only love can drive out hate. that's why we are here. no matter where we came from we have just to keep praying and ask for god healing. >> we praying for the pastor who passed away and all of the members. to us it's very touching and that's why we're here for. and i hope that the god will bless them and the family members as well. >> reporter: the messages of healing apparent. people have written messages here saying love wins hate will not conquer. r.i.p. to those victims. and the conversations have just begun. the hope is that this unity that is so apparent here that it doesn't just last for the day that this continues to be something that people talk about long after the cameras leave. there is a lot of healing yet to be done but the conversations here are just beginning. >>> 21-year-old dylann roof has confessed to the shootings. he told aut

coming up in the program: >> four days after a gunman shot dead nine people at a church in the united states, worshipers gather for the first time. >> al jazeera calls for the release of its journalist under a warrant issued by egypt. we'll be speaking to his lawyer. >> the world marks the first national yoga day but the idea isn't sitting well with everybody. >> i'm in baku where in and azerbaijan, pressure for women to have sons could affect society. >> first to the united states with a church that was the site of a deadly shooting reopened four days after gunman killed the pastor and eight others. worshipers are back at emanuel african methodist episcopal church in south carolina, police investigating a link between the gunman and a racist manifesto found on line. he confessed to the shooting, treated as a height crime. he's been charged with nine counts of murder and the governor of south carolina will push for him to get the death penalty. we have a reporter live outside the church. a deeply emotional day. what's happening right now? >> that's right a very good morning to you nic

. >> this is among the deadliest church shootings in united states history. the church will hold a candlelight vigil later today for the victims. >> in fairfield a man is in the hospital this morning after massive explosion at a home in fairfield. evacuations have been lifted and investigators want to get a good look inside the home now with our reporter at the scene. amy? >> yes investigators plan to search the house this morning. hook behind me where the explosion happened. it was in a side yard. it knocked the fence over. we are toll it knocked the garage door off hinges and describes as very loud and dangerous. the man holding the device was airlifted to a burn unit in sacramento and the rest of the materials were hauled out of here. you bomb squad detonated the devices overnight in a secure location. it was so loud that 180 people called 9-1-1. investigators say there were so many devices that it took three trips using the bomber squad truck to haul all of the material out of the home. >> as described to me by the speakers, it was very unstable and very d

. >> are you going to add security around churches throughout the united states? g you're talking about? >> our church already does it. what's not being discussed is also a church in memphis was shot last night. and still nobody has captured in that. we believe that god is our shield. but we also have going to have to be aware of everything that's going on around us. because we're in tumultuous times. the african american community feels assaulted when we can get killed whether we're wearing a hoodie or on a playground and now in a church. this is the reason why african americans have higher blood pressure and hypertension. it's a stressful moment for all of us and most of us have been up the most of the night. >> thanks for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. we're continuing our coverage of the deadly shooting at that historic black church in charleston south carolina. the mayor vowing punishment for what he calls an unspeakable act. he's a white male, approximately 5'9" inches tall sandy hear and slender build. he was wearing a gray sweatshirt with some

church communities around the country are on edge. last night in richmond virginia, police responded to a threat at the united nations church internationalan started banging on the door of a bible study, screaming racial obscenities there. witnesses say they believed he was carrying a machete. the pastor there in richmond ordered the doors be locked nape called security immediately. fortunately no one was hurt there. houses of worship have become quite vulnerable targets in recent decades. many with the welcoming environment and little security. nbc's kate snow has more. >> reporter: at noon in st. louis the giant bell at the christ church cathedral tolling in remembrance of those lost in charleston. minutes later l.a.'s police chief announcing plans to beef up security at churches across that city. >> we're even more concerned that this may keep people from following their faith and worshiping. >> reporter: and in newark new jersey, a similar discussion. >> this church that you're standing in sends thousands of dollars a year for armed security. so that persons that come to worship can feel safe and feel protected. >> reporter: but sadl

meanwhile, the mourners and those shocked by the events, they gathered at churches around the state the of south carolina to unite in prayer. in charleston morris brown ame chur church hosted the gathering for those who wanted to pray or come to grips with the violence that rocked their city. alee alina machado is on the scene joining with more, and how is it going over there, alina? >> well, wolf, things are starting to wrap up here, and i have to tell you that there is all of the talk for the need of unity the follow gre following the tragic event. and what you are seeing is hundreds of people gathering inside of the morris brown ame church for prayer vijgil and when it ended people stuck around outside. what you are seeing is the area of overflow and incredibly hot out here today, and they offered people a place to go down the street that was cool but everyone e decided to stay here. they sang together. they are mourning together and they are praying together. there are people here as you can see from what is left of the crowd, and people here from all walks of life, and all ages and races and backgrounds, and

greg liver is with the americans united for separation of church and state, and before that, the nation's number one law firm. christina area go is with the becket fund and has been the council and holly lobby against burwell and a number of other cases. she tells me she has quite an eclectic collection of pets at home. michael curse and is a columnist with "the washington post" and works with the one foundation on alleviation of disease and poverty globally. there are two categories of cases we are going to talk about today. the first are the more traditional types of cases in a religious field. the accommodation cases, and they often involve minority religion. there is another category of cases, which are very much in the news, which is what i would call religious accommodation 2.0. those include cases like the holly lobby against burwell case and the cases that are now growing out of the state writ up. since that is in the news, that is very much on everybody's mind. since we have counsel on both sides of the case with us here today, we will ask them to start off by telling us about wh

church. this congregation standing united. ar-old man could close the doors to these churches. >> the reverend was a friend of pastor ask state senator clementa pinckney who died in the massacre. >> he was ad slow cat for what is right -- advocate for what is right for the people of south carolina and the people of this country. >> being a person of faith you have to forgive. >> charlotte williams says she forget the killer, dylann roof, and prays for his family. >> we can't -- i myself cannot hold hoyt tread. >> a bond of courage ask strength from the church family in the wake of something so tragic. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> a priest read the names of six irish students who died and others hurt when a balcony collapsed in berkeley. hundreds of people prayed for the victims and their families during a mass at st. mary's cathedral in san francisco today. >> be seeking to -- they are really appreciative of both the police, emergency service the support of the community have been given the irish students and their families h

the emanual african-american episcopal church is said to be the oldest ame church in the southern unitedtates. >> a short while ago, at the top of the hour in fact we heard from charleston's police chief and mayor about the fatal church shooting. listen to this. >> this is a tragedy that no community should have to experience. it is senseless. it is unfathomable that somebody in today's society would walk in to a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives i can assure you that we are going to do everything in our power to find this individual to lock him up and to make sure he does not hurt anyone else. >> this is the most unspeakable and heart-breaking tragedy. in historic emanual ame church. the church of the ame churchs, people in prayer on a wednesday evening, a ritual coming together praying and worshipping god. you have an awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable. obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible. >> people are just in total shock. it's hard to fathom indeechld the officials put it right. it is heinous and hard to fath

the 21-year-old arrested by police over the murder of nine people at an historic black church in the southern united states is about to be flown from north carolina to south carolina. these are live pictures coming from shelby in north carolina. president obama says the country is to question how killers get hold of their guns. eurozone finance minister fail to strike a deal with greece to deal with its debt. it was announced after a day of talks in luxembourg. >>> the leader of the catholic church says human selfishness is the reason for global warming, part of pope francis's long-awaited announcement on the environment >>> in other stories, in the dominican republic hundreds of thousands of migrants face deportation under a new immigration law. the two countries share an island in the caribbean. david mercer reports. >> reporter: they have been lining up for days straight to get the papers they need immigrant workers from haiti, some of whom lived here for decades. >> they don't want haitians here. they began the process so we can stay legally, but it's all for nothing, they want us to get out of

lobbyist for wilmer cutler nearly 20 years during that time he represented jeremiah wright and united churchent after them because of their tax exempt status. >> fascinating. the implication is that william wilkens is high up who is telling people to do things that is the implication that is the suggestion. lois lerner out there is a lower figure and simply carried it out. is that the implication here? >> telling me that is what sources are saying to me. i want toed to challenge over the 6400 e-mails that irs is is withholding deduplicated we have a response last night from judicial watch that filed this challenge. they say irs in their filing has a statutory duty for the request and atr a pile on now. americans for tax reform out with a press release last night saying saying what irs is doing is unacceptable moving at a snail's pace. pile on. >> but a pile on to get it moving faster and finding out the truth. >> what happened? americans deserve answers from the irs. that is for sure. >> i got it. jerry willis thank you very much i think deed more varney after this. >> i do know that it is l

know, they may be lawfully wed, but as far as the catholic clinch is concerned they're not united in god. the churchtands firm in its refusal to perform gay marriages and many bishops go further urging catholics to not even attend gay marriages. let's talk to archbishop of louisville, kentucky, joseph perth, he's also the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. so archbishop, thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. >> christi, good to be with you. a big hello from louisville. >> thank you. i understand you have called the supreme court decision a tragic error. why? >> well, first of all, let me be clear, it's not because i do not agree with the equality of all people. equal respect is certainly due. the question that i have is relating to the nature of marriage itself. and i believe, for the common good, for the good of our nation and our children, that we do not really have the opportunity to change that definition. i know it is now the law of the land, and we'll be dealing with that, as we do with all civil laws, but the church will continue to be an active witness on