And what we need now is to get the assistance of the community. If they see his car, if they see this individual they do not want them to approach this person. We want them to call 911 and allow us and our partners to address this situation. [ inaudible question ] we have no reason to believe hes not in the charleston area. He could be outside and were disseminating in information broadly across all of our Law Enforcement partners not only on the charleston region but also on the east coast. Any motive . Well as i said earlier, we believe there is a hate crime. Thats how were investigating it. [ inaudible question ] thats part of the investigation and well talk about it. Where is your search happening right now . Can you tell us . Well we have investigators in various locations. Well talk more about that at 7 00. Can you tell how he escaped . Well talk more about that at 7 00. Anything about the suspect or the suspect vehicle . Okay. We have broadway of communicates to Law Enforcement agencies throughout the United States. That communication process is in place. Same information that you have has been broadcast to Law Enforcement at the local state, and federal level all across the United States. Youre talking specifically about the suspect, at 6 00 and the rush hour commuters, what do people need to know . Well obviously, at this point we want everybody to be vigilant. We want them to see if they see anything that is suspicious we want them to call us. Right now we have teams of investigators. We have uniform officers we have fbi agents, sled agents all over the city and Law Enforcement partners. Well be looking for this individual and for this car just like everyone else. This is an all hands on deck effort with the community as well as Law Enforcement and with that effort well find this person quickly. What im telling you when people go out, they should be vigilant. They should be aware of their surroundings. If they see anything suspicious call us. What is the make and model . Im not going give a make and model because at this point were not 100 sure and that would be inappropriate. We want people to look at this vehicle and if they see one that matches that description to call Law Enforcement. Thank you very much. Well be back at 7 00. So charleston north carolina, is in mourning this morning. In about an hour the it is ji going to hold a News Conference announceing a reward and more information on the shooter who is still at large. A prayer vigil set for noon today. People were taking part in a Prayer Service last night but around 9 00 police were called to the Mother Emanuel Ame Church in the heart of downtown. What they found inside was devastating. Eight people dead two more rushed to the hospital one of them has also died. Sources confirm to nbc news that among the dead is the pastor state senator clemente pinkney. Most are in town to cover Hillary Clinton in orangeburg yesterday and a planned visit by jeb bush in charleston today has now been canceled. You noiknow Martin Luther kings mother was shot in a church while playing the organ. I remember my grand mom saying that is the purest form of hate on this rnlg. I remember that. I must have been 5, 6 years old. It ended up actually he was a disturbed young black man that came back from the war. But this is this appears to be the purest form of hate. All across the southeast, people gather in church onz a wednesday night whether its wednesday night supper or bible study here. And its just a fabric of these peoples lives. This is as ugly as you can get. When people cant trust the refuge of a church to have this kind of violence. Apparent litly the police chief saying its a hate crime. We dont know if hes disturbed, whether hes alone or not. But the chilling fact that this would happen in a church nine people is just shocking. When i reached out and started getting calls, we have a chapter there and elder johnson who heads our chapter was at the scene. He had to tell me over and over for me to even believe it. And then reverend pinckney just two months ago i was in charleston leading a prayer vigil on the shooting of a walter scott. And he reminded me he was there with us, led the prayer. Hes a man that stood against these kinds of things and now becomes victim of it. It is something that is almost inconceivable. Reverend pinckney was a political leader as well. State senator. Elected to the state house at the age of 23. So hes been in Public Service for all of his adult life. The first order of business is to find this guy. We dont know what else he may have planned. Hes still at large right now. Lets go to charleston. We find msnbc reporter benji sarlin. He has been on the scene of that shooting all night. Benji, take us through your night last night, what you saw, what you can report this morning. As you mentioned, there were quite a few political reporters in town many of whom the first to the scene to cover Hillary Clinton or to cover jeb bush today. That appearance by jeb bush has been since canceled. I arrived shortly after the shooting. At that point, there were only a handful of people. People were he is extorting some people that seemed to be in just shock away from the scene and into a hotel. After a while, we were pushed back as you mentioned early, there was a bomb scare. There was an immediate threat. Later we were given an all clear. People were still pushed back a couple blocks. What happened there was truly incredible. There railroad large gatherings of People Holding prayer circles, almost hourly. Very intense emotional prayer session thats people just speaking directly to god, asking for advice expressing anger, frustration, also their hope for the community. And at one point it was very moving, a pastor said god if, were not safe in our churches where are we safe . Tell us where to go. It is stunning to have a place like this that is such an important house of worship just taken away from them like that. And its especially disturbing because as many people reminded me as i talked to them there is a long history of terrible racist violence against black churches throughout the south and throughout america. This is something everyone is familiar with. Several people liken it to the birmingham bombing of 1963 that killed four young girls. People have long memories and this is just unfortunately to see a church wrapped in violence is disturbing for everyone. Benjy, im sure will is concern for other churches in the area. What level of security you are seeing around the city and other areas of worship, particularly those for africanamericans in particular . Now there are several churches are oigt here nearby. We havent seen any particular up level rather than just General Police presence. The Police Presence has been substantial. But its not stifling. Its no not overwhelming. People are trying to restore some sense of normalcy. They opened more of the streets. Were now significantly closer to the church than we were allowed to be earlier. But there is no doubt this is still a manhunt going on. At various points there are helicopters circling over with flood lights. Police were using dogs to such. There is no doubt everyones going to be uneasy until they know that gunman is caught and that the threat has passed. All right benjy sarlin again, the police are looking for a young white male between 20 to 25. Sandy blond hair. And a four door black sedan vehicle they believe he left in. Obviously, mika calculated move. Horrific calculated move where actually reports coming out that he let one woman leave so she could tell the world what he was about to do. Also reports coming out that a young 5yearold girl actually survived by pretending to be dead, lying on the floor motionless. Another survivor told family members the gunman initially sat down in the church for a while before standing up and opening fire. The he Emanuel Ame Church is a sis horic site in charleston and the oldest ame church in the south and the oldest black congregation south of baltimore. It dates back to 1787 as free blacks and slaves worshipped together. As a per igser helped organization a slave rebellion, the church was burned and the pastor fled to philadelphia. The church was rebuilt and Services Continued until black churches were outlawed in 1834. Worship continued in secret for three decades until the church could formally reorganize after the civil war. According to king center it played host to dr. Martin luther king when he visited charleston in the 6 os0s. With you on the phone is a person that knew two victims of the Church Attack including the pastor. And it is always good to talk to you. But under these circumstances, obviously tragic. You were actually a block or two away from this shooting when it was happening at an event for Hillary Clinton. Take us through the night. Well you know i described it as being a day of so much joy. You know being in the presence of former secretary clinton and just having that type of joy and hope brought to the state of South Carolina. And then as i was leaving the city, you know twitter and my phone began to blow up. And that day of joy turned so much darkness in such a quick amount of time. So, you know in South Carolina and throughout the south as you all know one of the things that we always go to in times are tough are prayer. And so there hasnt been a lot of sleep tonight. But were going to pray extremely hard and many of us will be descending back upon charleston this morning. Talk about your friends that you lost in the shooting. Well you know i started in the South Carolina house of representatives from 2006 to 2014. And senator pinckney was always there. We actually started in the same delegation. Our districts overlapped for a period of time. I think i chuckle that i think about his voice and how booming it was. He was somebody who didnt always speak but when he did, people listened. And even more importantly, he was a man of god. So you know went out serving his people. He went out serving his lord. And at the end of the day may he rest in peace. Bakari sellers, thank you very much. I know theres a church a prayer vigil today at noon. Well be following that as well. And also in just about 45 minutes, there will be another News Conference on the part of the city of charleston. Theyre going to be announcing a reward for the suspect who is still at large and more information so people can perhaps help find him. Reverend i want to ask you, mika touched on the significance of this particular Church Mother emanuel in the south historically. This is a very important place. Very important. As mika said this was formed in the late 1700s. It was a church that was investigated for having housed the planting of a slave rebellion in the early 19th century. It was a place civil rights people went to all the way through dr. King. I remember i think the first time i met pinckney when running for president , we would always go to this church and as i was listening to representative sellers, i shared what he did yesterday. Yesterday morning was such a glorious morning to me. I was in washington. The president in stalling loretta lynch, the first black woman attorney general and i go to bed last night and this happens. All in one day. It shows how far weve come and it shows how far we have not come. And i think that we have got to deal with these issues head on. Avoiding them does not make them go away. Ill tell you also, willie, just bombarding of bad news. Its hard its hard to put in perspective. You know we do this every day. But, you know you wake up every morning. This morning i woke up with this horrible tragedy on my phone breaking news. It seems every morning it can be almost overwhelming. And thats part of the Information Age that there are so positive things but it seems i know for a lot of people, coming up in an elevator with a with someone saying god, it seems like a tragedy every day. We all have the same experience. I went to bed with word of a shooting in charleston and you wake up with nine dead. Oh my gosh. Fwz this town too. They have the Walter Scott Shooting not long ago in charleston. This city has been through an awful lot. But nothing as bad as this. This is completely unimaginable. Lets go to washington. Former fbi profiler and Hostage Negotiator clint van zandt. We just heard Law Enforcement describing the suspect, a young white male with sandy blond hair. Early to mid 20s. What are they looking for in particular . Willie theyve got apparently a fairly good picture of the suspect as well as a picture of the car. This is one more time again they need the publics cooperation. They need people watching your show to look at this. This is a recognizable individual. Somebody in that area. Somebody knows who this guy is. Somebody knows where the car is. Is this should be an easy individual to find. Well find him and prosecute him and deal with him. But its the hate that prompted this willie. Like last year for example, there were 176 incidents of significant violence in churches in houses of worship 176 . 176 incidents of serious violence. 7 74 of them resulted in death much the four of you are talking and al sharpton made the reference that a church should be a place where we feel safe. We thought that same thing about our schools. And between our schools and our churches, these should be places of safety and refuge. Instead, they become hunting grounds for the mentally challenged. Individuals who really want to hurt us they know if they go in our schools, if they go in our churches, they hurt all america when they do Something Like that. Clint, talk about the mentally challenged. This doesnt make sense to any of us. It doesnt make sense when people go into schools and shoot little children. But talk about the specific and your profiling. The specific sort of twisted, demented person that would say to one lady you leave and go tell the world what im about to do. You know, there are people who commit these terrible acts and somehow somehow in our world today being infamous is a positive thing. In my era as a profiler, there were serial killers who wanted to beat ted bunlddys record. They wanted to kill more so they would be on the top of that list. You have individuals, too, in these terrible ways that they harbor hate animosity, fear probably of themselves through challenge their life doesnt work out. Their job, their relationships. Well, folks, get a life. You know its not easy. This world is not easy today. But people want to blame somebody else. We want to blame the schools. We want to blame blacks. We want to blame whites. Instead of its just like cho, the shooter at Virginia Tech who so many years ago mowed down so many people. He looked out the window and he shot at people just like the shooter did at the church. What these sheeters needooters need to do is look in the mirror. Thats their problem. Thats their challenge, thats what they need to deal w instead of striking out, they need to reach inside of themselves. Were not doing that today. And our churches and our schools are becoming sites of mass murder instead of mass education and worship. All right. Were clint van zandt, thank you very much. 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In washington sam stein. Were obviously keeping tabs on what is going on in charleston, South Carolina and will be dipping back into that story. Also sad news closer to home. We all lost a friend. This was a shocker. Mika and i knew but you knew very well jimmy lee who worked for j. P. Morgan chase. Just a real force and investment banking. And he must have had a heart attack on the treadmill yesterday. I read the news this morning. You know we were just shocked by it. I know youre especially shocked. I was totally shocked. He is one of the larger