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
Earned it at this point. Thats right. We will keep the humidity level somewhat on the low side. Waking to good hair day thats right. Extra hair gel in case. Looking good. Looking pretty good today some clouds around early this morning, but dont worry well break out to sunshine in the afternoon. It does warm up progressing through the second half of the weekends. Not whole lot happening clouds over philadelphia, dry conditions right now little bit of different story the farther south and east you go. Going over to storm scan3, you can see little disturbance trying to bring few light rain showers, south of wilmington, delaware, through dover. They may clip extreme southern new jersey, into Salem Cumberland and Cape May County over the next hour or two. Then we clear the clouds up and back to mostly sunny skies. So good midmorning shaping up across the region. There are the temperatures, 74 in philadelphia, everyone else still in the 60s, dover at 72 degrees comfortable 60 at this hour up
Supremacist dylann roof. Leaders hope the removal will help heal some wounds. This is a positive step. This is a step forward. This opens the door it opens the gate. You want this to go away quickly. I want people to remember what today feels like. Nbcs jay gray will have a live report on the flags removal coming up in our next half hour. Developing right now, the fbi says the accused shooter in the Charleston Church massacre got that gun illegally. Director james comey says a background check failure allowed dylann roof to purchase a a. 45caliber glock handgun. Roof had a previous drug possession arrest, but the fbi examiner who looked into roofs background never saw an arrest report because the documents were incomplete and inaccurate. The district is taking direct aim at city businesses that are selling synthetic drugs, like k 2 and scooby snacks. News4s Mark Seagraves breaks down this new law now in effect. Reporter mayor bowser signed the new law today which will have much stiffer
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
How californias dry season is making the battle even harder. And Betty Buckley. Our conversation about her extraordinary life on and off the stage. We begin this hour with the aftermath of another mass shooting in america. A drifter walked into a Movie Theater and 20 minutes into the movie he pulled out a gun and opened fire. He committed suicide. Were learning more about the victims and the gunman. Jonathan martin is in lafayette. Jonathan. Reporter hi david. There is a whole lot they dont know. One, they want to know why he is here in lafayette louisiana he is from the alabama area. Authorities are focusing not just on louisiana but going to alabama to find out more about houser, who few him who spoke to him. Piece together a time line and ultimately a motive. John russell houser, a 59yearold drifter who left a series of antigovernment writings online. We looked at the blogs. He makes rants about situations around the United States, around the world. Police in lafayette louisiana sai