At that church behind me the mother immanuel ame church a church with great racial history. Weep for what happened here last night. Deeply troubled sociopath this dillon roof just inculcating himself with the worshipers at that bible study, pretending to be interested in what they were learning there in that say credit place after 45 or 50 minutes takes out the 45 caliber weapon, we think his father gave him for his 21st birthday and unleashes this awful violence, taking the lives of nine wonderful people how do we know this he allowed some to survive despite the fact as he fired his weapon killing them, shooting them time and time again he spared a couple of people because he wanted them to carry his sick racist message that the reason he was perpetrating this awful violence was because black people were raping white people and taking over our country. Where that cancerous idea grew in this young man i have no idea. But i do know that the community of charleston is united in its revul
Why did you do it . Behind bars the alleged mass murderer accused of killing nine people at an historic africanamerican church in charleston, South Carolina. This cell phone video captured moments before shows roof sitting at a table with a small bible study group. The 21yearold inside for about an hour before hoping fire. One of the survivors pleaded with the gunman to stop. After the young man tried to stop him from doing what he wanted to finish off. He said, no you are taking over the country. After the massacre roof fled the scene. 14 hours later it was god who made this happen. Reporter a floral shop owner spots the alleged shooter more than 200 miles away in North Carolina. Following roof until Police Arrested him without incident. God heard the prayers of the people and used us to get his work done. Reporter he was quote, big into segregation, alleging he was plotting this for six months. His childhood friend tells the network he wanted to make something spark up the race war a
Through it all, we are reminded that we serve a god. Prayer and healing. As we find ourselves engulfed with sadness and darkness and as we find ourselves walking through the valley in the shadow of death, we can look through the windows of our faith and we see hope. [ bells ringing ] plus new sightings of two killers on the run. Female passenger, dark hair with two males reported to match the description of the escaped prisoners, david sweat and richard matt. Police zeroing in on what theyre calling a new hot spot. They told us stay home lock your doors and windows. Newsroom starts now. Hello again and thank you for joining us. New developments in the search for two escaped killers from an upstate new york prison. Right now were waiting for a News Conference to get under way scheduled for now 30 minutes from now. Live pictures from allegany new york where we are expected to hear the latest on the search for richard matt and david sweat who have been on the run now for 16 days and now a
And what happened to the people in these cars. Hello, everyone its high noon in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. A dramatic and moving scene in charleston, South Carolina, a city in mourning today. Hundreds of people from all parts of this country are paying their respects at a makeshift memorial outside the emmanuel ame church where six women and three men were shot to death wednesday evening. As the city grieves, the investigation into dylann roof deepens. The latest Court Documents show each victim was shot multiple times. Law enforcement sources say roof bought the gun himself and they also say roof has spoken freely and admitted his guilt. The Charleston Sheriffs Office says roof has had no visitors other than his attorney. We have two reports, msnbcs adam riess is outside the emmanuel ame church and trymaine li lee. Alex, whats going listen to . Reporter the arrest warrant is revealing what happened. Dylann roof came here at 8 00 wearing a fanny pack. He walked in an