Charleston come together for a massive vigil. Well take you there live. To the makeshift memorial growing larger by the hour outside the church where the victims died. Is it a symbol of hate . In the wake of the shootings were hearing new questions about why South Carolina still flies the confederate battle flag on the grounds of its State Capitol. Tonight there are passionate calls to take it down. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news in charleston South Carolina. Were only moments away from the start of the massive vigil honoring the nine victims of Emanuel Ame Church the massacre there. Just a few hours ago, dylann roof, who Law Enforcement Officials Say has confessed to the killings made a Video Conference appearance in court. In an unexpected and heartstopping moment a surviving of the massacre a woman who lost her son that night, told him, and
Jake tapper is off today. Today moments ago we saw and heard from dylann roof for the first time in court. Whats your age . 21. 21 years old. Are you employed . Knolls. Youre unemployment at this time . Yes, sir. Those pictures from inside court barely more than an hour ago, you see the its draping loosely, showing no visible emotion throughout the entire hearing. He only ever glances up for more than a few seconds when answering simple prompts this happens a day after karl stone cried in confusion, crying to comprehend how the congregation welcomed this man to the sapgt wear, and he thanked them by turning the church into a shooting gallery. Now from the same Court Hearing weve heard from some family members of the de parted including a survivor whose son was slain where le stood inside that church. Your name man. Felicia sanders. Thank you, ms. Sanders for being here. We welcomed you wednesday night in our bible study with open arms. You have killed some of the most is beautifulest p
Slaughter in charleston and gun violence in america. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. The breaking news, were standing by for the alleged gunman in the Charleston Church massacre to be flown to South Carolina. Hes being sent back to face charges in the shooting deaths of nine members of an historic africanamerican congregation. This is the first video of 21yearold darren roof in custody shortly after his capture in North Carolina. Tonight a cnn exclusive. Images of roof sitting inside a bible study class before he allegedly opened fire. Police said he spent about an hour in the room then revealed to his victims he was there to shoot black people. Congressman james scli burnclyburn is standing by as we cover this breaking story. Cnns brian todd on the scene in lexington lexington, South Carolina, the suspects hometown. Whats the latest youre picking up there . Reporter wolf
Arrive here in cleveland, ohio, amid very tight security. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Thank you for joining us. The fallen officers identified at matthew gerald, Montrell Jackson and brad garafola. The gunman gavin long, a 29yearold black man from kansas city, missouri. A former marine who served in iraq. Dead in the shootout. The chaos caught on dispatch audio. Officer down. Shots fired, officer down. City officer down. Shots fired. Shots fired on airline. Were finding out about the gunman. Belonging to several conspiracy groups, we are told, including a black sovereign citizens group. That rejects government authority. Chillingly, he killed the officers on his birthday. And president barack obama saying attacks are happening far too often. Tells america this. We as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against Law Enforcement. Todays deadly attack coming in a city that is my hometown of baton rouge, louisiana, thats still reeling over the shooting
They dropped it an atomic bomb on hiroshima and then after on nagasaki. It happened incredibly fast from july 16th, the trinity test, until august 6th and 9th, those two bombs dropped on japan. And to this day, the United States remains the only nation in the world to have ever used a Nuclear Weapon against an adversary in wartime. But looking back on the aftermath of that first test and the aftermath of those bombings in japan, its clear that a singular and defining feature of the era in World History is that for years we were alone in that capacity. For years the United States was the only country on earth that had an atomic weapon. Again, our first atomic test was july 1945. It was not until four years after that that any other country figured it out, that any other country had a successful nuclear test of their own. But it finally happened on august 29th, 1949. Soviet union set off their First Successful atomic test and its interesting, they didnt make any sort of announcement abou