Senate until the survivors are being made available to congress. Im tired of hearing from people on tv and reading about stuff in books. We need to get to the bottom of this. Just 12 days since the government reopened, and Lindsey Graham is promising to bring executive appointments to a halt. And he can do it using a Senate Protocol that allows for any single senator to block any nomination by placing a hold on it. But thats how Lindsey Graham is able to block all nominees, not why. To understand why graham wants to bring government to a halt, you have to meet Lindsey Grahams primary challenger, South Carolina state senator lee bright. Patrick henry said give me liberty or give me death. Weve got folks in our country thats getting above 50 that say give me liberty or give me a whip card. Lindsey graham, like john boehner and the House Republicans before him, is threatening to essentially shut down part of the government so he can defend himself from a tea party backlash. Recent polling
Okay. So that is the News Conference with the mayor of Charleston Joe Riley as well as greg mullen the police chief. They are bringing us to speed with some terrible news on this heartbreaking story. We want to bring in benji, who has been covering this story all night. It is unthinkable. Were hearing nine People Killed . That has been confirmed . Reporter thats right, according to the police chief of charleston. They found eight dead at the scene after it was called in at approximately 9 05 p. M. Two people were transported to the hospital and one died there. One of them is a long time state senator. The police say they are not prepared to release any more information about the victim. If any are wounded. But, one thing they did say is that an earlier bomb threat is no longer in effect. They say the bomb threat is over now. That is one less concern that they are now dealing with in what the police chief described earlier as a chaotic scene. Thats pretty significant. And another thing,
But stopped for a while indicating there may be a search of some kind. Police say they will give an update at 7 00 a. M. In charleston and perhaps we will have more information either on the victims or the suspect. Okay. Thanks so much. Msnbcs benji sarlin with us will be with us throughout the morning. A Prayer Service will happen later in morning nearby at another church. Nine People Killed in this Church Shooting in Charleston South Carolina. The gunman still at large. Stay with us for the very latest details on this breaking story. Well have them throughout the morning on msnbc. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. Im running for president as a businessman that doesnt need money. The lone billionaire funding his own campaign heads to New Hampshire. I dont need money to fly in. I fly in very nicely. Tonight, why America Needs Donald Trumps campaign. Then the new republican super pac strategy that would make colbert and stewart blush. I can not coordinate with
Bible study, then opened fire. Investigators are calling it a hate crime. I spoke with im one of the skur vooifer ersurvivors. She said he reloaded five different times. Her son was trying to talk him out of doing that act of willing people. And he he just said, i have to do it. He said you rape our women and youve taken over our country. And you have to go. The Church Emanuel ame, known as mother emanuel, the souths oldest black congregation founded in 1816 burned down after a slave revolt in june of 1822. A sanctuary during the Civil Rights Movement for leaders like dr. Reverend Martin Luther king jr. Right now in charleston a prayer vigil is about to get under way. Just a few blocks away from the scene of the tragedy that has shaken the city, indeed, a nation to its core. Lets go right to msnbcs benji sarlon. Benji, youve been there all night. The shooting in charleston wasnt an attack on this church alone. What can you tell us now . Theres just been the News Conference about the ca
Be closer. The latest polls, what are we seeing on election day . Not a lot of drama. They believe mcconnell will win the race. It will be surprising if groims won. Two things. President obama won only 4 of the 120 counties. We assume grimes will do better. How much better will she do . That will tell us if hillary can campaign here in 2016. What is that going sound like . Is that a fiery speech that basically said the republicans necessary command and we are looking to stop obama from governing the last two years. Thanks so much. Perry bacon in louisville and lets move from kentucky to iowa. Joni ernst said she is not ready to throw support behind the current leader . Do you throw support behind mcconnell . Im not there yet. I have to win an election. He is playing it safe not wanting to shake anything else or is she playing ted cruz. Doesnt want any real connection to washington even to the bitter end. She doesnt want to do that. One selling point is to be able to be conservative and