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Realizing that earth has no sorrow. That heaven cannot heal. From the prayers to the tears to the amazing grace. Youll hear from Family Friends and strangers about todays service of healing. Also today, a new search area for two prison escapees who vanished two weeks ago. Hear what police have found. Plus the new nbc poll who shows whos pulling ahead of the crowded field of gop candidates. Hello, everyone welcome. Its high noon here in the east 9 00 a. M. Out in the west. This is weekends with alex witt. The sound of those church bells as charlestons emanmanuel a. M. A. M. Church opening just four days after a gunman shot its pastor and eight parishioners. Hundreds filled the church under new security procedures. And praying for the victims and their families. We are reminded this morning about the freshness of death, comes like a thief in the night. But i declare that jesus said it a long time ago, said i am the resurrection and the light. Worshippers also looked ahead to unity and fo
Yesterday afternoon, relatives of those victims confronted the shooter to tell him that they forgive him. Much more on that in just a moment. Were also on the show going to be tackling the controversy of whether South Carolina should still be flying the Confederate Flag. Americans more divided on that question than you might think. Plus turning away from the tragedy for a bit, its also been a vang week in the world of politics, one that has the potential to have Lasting Impact on the race for president. Well be getting into that later in the show. But, we begin this morning in South Carolina. That is where thousands of people gathered at an arena in charleston last night to remember those nine victims shot and killed inside of a church on wednesday night. We all have one thing in common common, our hearts are broken. That service capping an emotional day in charleston a day in which the gunman in that shooting dylann roof appeared in court via satellite for the first time. Roof appeari
On my own. Without congress. And, so, while we still dont know precisely what he is prepared to do, we know that the president doubts that any meaningful collaboration is possible with the gridlocked congress. If he is to build a comprehensive plan for Immigration Reform, he eis going to have to build it alone. This idea of building it all alone has me thinking about another summer moment from president obama. Not summer 2014 when he tried to figure out what to do solo about the National Issue of immigration, but summer 2012 when he was running for reelection and said this at a Campaign Stop in virginia. If youve been successful, you didnt get there on your own. If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If youve got a business, you didda annt build that. Somebody else made
Country. Our criminal Justice System isnt working. Laura President Trump, the one those folks ran races against, has already taken major steps towards fixing that system. Last december he signed in a law called the First Step Act. The legislation reduces mandatory minimum sentences in certain instances and expands on good time credits for well behaved prisoners looking for shorter sentences. It also instructs the department of justice to establish a risk and Needs Assessment system to classify risk and provide guidance on housing, grouping and program assignment. This summer, President Trump unveiled the Second Chance act. Its a program that encourages employers to hire formerly incarcerated individuals. The goal is to reduce the Unemployment Rate for those folks over the next five years. They are here today to announce a vital new action that we are taking to help former inmates find a job, lives a crime free life, and succeed beyond their wildest dreams. Now we must make sure that th