Successful u. S. Raid on isis targets deep in eastern syria. In an earlymorning mission conducted under the cover of darkness, a team of Delta Force Commandos took out roughly a dozen isis fighters, including a key isis leader, the man described as head of the terror groups Lucrative Oil operations. Abu sayyaf was his name, known to be a key associate of abu bakr albaghdadi, the leader of isis. As david martin reports, this was a highrisk operation for the u. S. Military which apparently yielded high rewards including the capture of sayyafs wife. Reporter the Delta Force Commandos went into syria aboard black hawk helicopters and tilt rotor osprey aircraft. Their target was a building where abu sayyaf lived with his wife and oversaw black market oil operations, a major source of isis income. One pentagon official called him the chief Financial Officer of isis. Isis Oil Facilities have been frequent targets of the u. S. Led bombing campaign, but this time, the delta commandos intended t
This is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight from charleston South Carolina, Savannah Guthrie. Good evening from this beautiful city where what unfolded just a few steps from here last night is almost too much to bear. It happened at the Emanuel Episcopal Church mother emanuel, as everyone calls it wednesday Night Prayer Service and bible study, all welcome, no questions asked. A young man walked in, took a seat and waited for up to an hour and then police say dylann roof stood up and started shooting. There were nine dead, one injured and countless broken hearts here. A stunning act of mass murder in a predominantly africanamerican house of worship and tonight its being investigated as a hate crime. Tonight, what we know about the man in custody after an allnight manhunt, the stories of quiet and good lives cut tragically short. But first, what happened when the peace was shattered here last night . Our team is in place, and tonight we begin with chris jansing. The surveillance photos
Race. Good morning. Im angie goff. For families of nine innocent people murdered in cold blood, nothing can bring their families back. Their quest for justice begins tonight. Now dylann roof is in re cell in charleston South Carolina. Hell appear for a bond hearing. Hes had runins with the law before. Possessing a narcotic at a mall. A month later, a misdemeanor trespassing charge. Last night vigils were around the occasion. The mayor calling it pure concentrated evil. The community reacted. We woke up today, and the heart and soul of South Carolina was broken. Have you allowed yourself time to think about what youve lost . Yeah but i still havent digested it. One moment im fine. Its hard. Yeah. Nbc dave wagner is in charleston. How did they end up catching this guy . Reporter well it was an amazing amount of police work and community involvement. We saw the picture that went out over the news. That helped and citizen involvement. Four hours from here a woman in the shelby North Caroli
We love our country. Most importantly, we love each other. And i will tell you, there is a lot of prayer in this state. So youre going see all of us try to lift these nine families up in prayer because they need us. And emotional governor nicky haley spoke yesterday as officials announced the suspect in wednesday night ace Fatal Shooting in charleston, South Carolina had been captured. The nine victims are being remembered from coast to coast today. Prayer vigils were held across cities ashgs cross the country club chicago, Denver Portland and more than a dozen lawmakers gathered on the capital lawnol lawn. Its almost impossible to imagine the tragedy. Good morning to morning joe. Were live in washington and we have New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters white house correspond for American Urban Radio Networks april ryan Pulitzer Prize winning communist and editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, Eugene Robinson and president and south korea of the askman institute, w
Reporter Amazing Police work and community as well. They got the picture out quickly. They had his photo and vehicle description. What that led to was a woman in north carolina, four hours away. Shes a part time florist. She was driving down the road, saw what she thought was the suspects car. She decided to follow that vehicle, called and talked to a friend and said i believe this is the car. Eventually they called police pretty quickly there. Police pulled over the vehicle. Sure enough it was the 21yearold suspect is. Here is what the florist had to say. Seen the white tag on the front of of the car. That was another picture they showed on the news an emblem with a black circle. I said oh lord. I got off the exit and called todd and i said i think i just passed the boy that killed the the people in charleston last night. I said i dont know. I dont want to overreact or whatever. I said todd im going back out here to get on 74 to see if i can catch up and get his tag number. I turned a