crime, but was it terrorism? the national conversation. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i m stephanie sy. the suspect of the killing of nine people in south carolina is due in court in just a few hours. dylann roof faces nine counts of murder the 21 year old is also facing weapons charges. we re seeing the first images of roof before he opened fire. the youngest member of the tragedy posted this video on snap chat. roof is the figure highlighted. flowers have been placed to honor those killed. jonathan martin is live in charleston. jonathan what more are we learning about the suspect? reporter: stephanie, good morning to you, in addition to the nine murder charges that you mentioned. dylann roof could also be facing the death penalty. in that hasn t been decided yet. but the governor mentioned that is the route she is really hoping the state will go. we re also learning more about a possible motive in this case. we have been hearing from a friend of
atlanta to hit a rally last night in las vegas. trump is projected to win the state. but second place remains up for grabs. tonight democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in a cnn town hall forum here in columbia. ahead of saturday s democratic primary in south carolina, both candidates will field questions from an audience at usc s school of law. you can catch it live on cnn from 8 to 10. chris cuomo will moderate. hillary clinton has a group of mothers on her side with high-profile stories that made national headlines. they spoke on behalf of her presidential campaign at mount zion missionary baptist church monday during a forum called breaking down barriers. the group included the mothers of trayvon martin, sandra bland, eric garner, and dontre hamilton. the women say clinton is the only candidate who listened and talked with them about their concerns with gun violence, racial profiling and social justice. she calls and says, what can
the carolinas and love this city so much. it is now grieving. grieving with the families who are left without loved ones. nine people murdered here behind me in this church at bible study on wednesday night. then today the suspect will be in court here in charleston south carolina. he was extradited from north carolina. 14 hours ago the suspect was arrested in shelby north carolina thanks to a woman who is considered a hero because she potential slaved other lives. debbie dills saw his picture yesterday by watching our show fox & friends first and then fox & friends saw the picture as the information unfolded as the description of the car taken at the surveillance video. she saw this guy and she calls her boss and says i think this is the suspect. her boss while he s on the phone with her calls 911. mean swhieflz following the meanwhile she was following the suspect in her car. take a listen. i was on my way to work i was praying for those people and families there. he
we start this hour here in charleston south carolina. the scene of a mass shooting that happened inside of this church. it was a day ago that its members welcomed a stranger in to their arms for bible study session. he ingratiated himself with the group. he made them feel he was not a threat and then he started to kill people in cold blood. dylann roof is the plan police say opened fire inside the emanuel african-american episcopal church on wednesday night killing nine people. police caught roof across the state boarder in shelby north carolina. investigator and charleston s mayor say they are treating the shooting as a hate crime. i don t know how you define terrorism. i think i would consider it a hate crime. obviously for him to pick an african-american church and shoot african-american members, there s something weird and bad and hateful going on in his mind. we do not know why roof opened fire in this historic church. there seemed to be mounting evidence he was
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