Murder nine people. F. B. I. Agents met with the victims families today to explain what happened, and we asked kris van cleave to explain it to us. Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey called the mistake heartbreaking and said we are all sick this has happened. We wish we could turn back time. On april 11th, dylann roof went into this South Carolina gun store to purchase a glock handgun. The transaction triggered an automatic federal battleground check. An f. B. I. Examiner pulled roofs arrest shed and saw an earlier arrest, but she did not see this incident report where roof admitted having the drugs. That confession should have disqualified him from buying a weapon. The examiner never got the report because she couldnt track down the Proper Police department, so she marked roofs case as pending and proved on to other cases. Under the law, if a background check remains unresolved after three day, the sale can proceed and thats exactly what happened. Roof completed his purchase on ap
To democrat wally scott. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. A crowd of thousands cheered as the Confederate Flag was lowered at the South Carolina state house today. It marks a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought the rebel banner would fly forever. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray is in columbia with reaction and where that flag will now be kept. Jay . Reporter yeah it will be kept in a museum not far from these grounds. 8,000 to 10,000 filled this area as you talked about, a ceremony many said was important. It was emotional at times. Things starting to get back to normal now although most will tell you South Carolina will likely never be the same. T time outside the South Carolina state house. Its a very special day for me very special day for all people of South Carolina. Many of us have fought for years and years to bring this flag down. Reporter there is a certain irony in just how simple and brief the ceremony was after what, for many had been such a long
Parts of New Castle County cleaning up after last nights nasty storms. This was the view from skyfox earlier today. The roof of that mobile home ripped right off. Fox 29 brad sattin live in New Castle County tonight. Brad how are things looking there tonight . Well, slowly improving i would say chris certainly if youre living through it its a nightmare right now. But for the most part it seems this storm was pretty isolated here. Were at the mobile home village right off of route nine im going to step out of the way show you some of the damage. Youll see a trailer right behind me that was shaken off of its foundation. Im going to guess here at least two to 3 feet it moved to the left hit into the fence that you see to the left there and right next to that is a car. You can see the car window there shattered. Now, power lines down all over the place crews still here at this hour. Theyve been here through the night into the day fixing them and Apartment Building here losing its roof as y
Murder nine people. F. B. I. Agents met with the victims families today to explain what happened, and we asked kris van cleave to explain it to us. Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey called the mistake heartbreaking and said we are all sick this has happened. We wish we could turn back time. On april 11th, dylann roof went into this South Carolina gun store to purchase a glock handgun. The transaction triggered an automatic federal battleground check. An f. B. I. Examiner pulled roofs arrest shed and saw an earlier arrest, but she did not see this incident report where roof admitted having the drugs. That confession should have disqualified him from buying a weapon. The examiner never got the report because she couldnt track down the Proper Police department, so she marked roofs case as pending and proved on to other cases. Under the law, if a background check remains unresolved after three day, the sale can proceed and thats exactly what happened. Roof completed his purchase on ap
17 months. 215,000 positions were added in july, with the Unemployment Rate steady at 5. 3 . Wages ss nudged up just slightly while the share of americans participating in the labor force remains stuck at a 38year low. But experts say the overall report is proof the recovery is chugging along and likely keeps the Federal Reserve on track for its first Interest Rate hike since 2006. Hampton pearson has more on the numbers and what they mean for main street and wall street. For the first seven months of this year job growth has been wide spread averaging 212,000 jobs per month. Health care continues to lead up 436,000 for the year including 28,000 last month. Retailers have added 322,000 new employees as Consumer Spending picks up. And it was another strong month for professional and Technical Services up 27,000 topping 301,000 for the year. Those booming auto sales help manufacturing have its best month of the year. Workers hours increased, but wage growth remained stagnant. Overall, a