Police racing to New York Farm country. Witnesses divide edd, the teens at a pool party were mostly black. Cnn learning this cop had already once been sued for Racial Discrimination but that suit had been dismisses. Welcome to the lead im jake tapper. Minutes ago, correspondents and reporters were evacuated from the White House Briefing room. Josh ernest was in the middle of answering a question in the middle of the briefing when shortly after 2 00 p. M. A secret Service Officer interrupted him shouting all press come with me please everyone then was rushed out of the room we now know it was a bomb threat called in over the phone, that prompted officers to tell journalists to high tail it out of the Briefing Room. That was the second major threat targeting washington, d. C. , just today. Congressman, staffers reporters alike, rushed out of a hearing earlier today. Police clearing the third floor of the Dirkson Senate Office Building. Lets get to michelle kosinski. Correspondents rushed
Prison more than two weeks ago. Weve learned a corrections officer who knew the men who is han suspended and is under investigation. Sources now telling cnn the escapees dna has been found in a cabin only 20 miles from the prison. The other breaking story were following, South Carolina governor nikki haley, senator Lindsey Graham senator tim scott, all calling for the confederate battle flag to be removed from the memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol. Pressure to pull it down mounting since white supremacist dylann roof killed nine people at an africanamerican church in hopes of starting a race war. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents. And our guests including the South Carolina state senator Marlon Kimpson and the naacp president Cornell William rose. Lets begin with cnns Boris Sanchez in upstate new york. He has more on the new clues in the search for those two escaped killers. Boris, whats the latest youre hearing . Reporter out of 2,000 tip
Charleston. Members of a. M. E. Churches standing together in solidarity paying their respects to the nine lives that were lost. Martin savidge and Alina Machado are live in charleston. Mark garigos and tom fuentes are we me here in new york. Alina, it is incredibly heart just to read to imagine that someone could think this write it and then execute it. What stands out . Absolutely poppy. This is incredibly disturbing. The manifesto, the apparent manifesto is full of hate and makes very inflammatory remarks, not just about blacks but about other minorities. We are not going to go into the detail of those remarks, but there are parts of this manifesto that may shed some insight, if in fact it turns out that dylann roof is the one who wrote it. Again, cnn has not been able to authenticate the manifesto, but i want to get into part of this manifesto that does shed some light into what may have been the turning point for roof. I want to read this to you. It says in part the event that tru
Their families the green light to pay money for their freedom. Will if save lives . Or put more people in danger . We want to welcome viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Lets get to the breaking news, the emanuel ame in charleston is opening its doors this hour for bible study exactly a week after a shooting bloodbath during a similar class. Also breaking we have just learned that more than a dozen new york state officials have descended on the Clinton Correctional Facility to investigate security breaches. As the manhunt continues for two escaped killers. Police believe theyre likely armed right now, possibly with weapons stolen from a remote scab been cabin hideout. The two convicts may be more desperate and dangerous than ever on the 19th day on the run. Were covering all the breaking stories with our correspondents analyst and news makers including the mississippi congressman, Bennie T
Sara. Reporter fred jim boulware james father is in deep grief as is his mother. The two divorced years ago. But he did talk about his son and the anger that was inside of his son because of a custody battle over his sons son, his grandson. Every one of us has a breaking point. Every one of us. Did your son hit his breaking point . He hit his breaking point. Reporter jim boulware is teetering on the edge himself, filled with grief after his son, james, attacked police and was killed for it. He says james was the man behind the attack on the Dallas Police headquarters. Three hours before the attack he was sitting right here with his dad. He told me he loved me and he was going back to west texas. And i told him have a safe trip. Reporter but that is not what happened. Before the sun came up James Boulware was dead killed by a Police Sniper after threatening to blow police up for taking his child. He could have. His van was laden with explosives that police eventually detonated. He left