and local development. she was a mother of four. tawanza sanders, 26. he got a degree from the division of business administration. myron thompson, 59, the wife of reverend anthony thompson, a nearby church in charleston. a mom to three children, a speech pathologist and coach for a girl s track team outside charleston. susie jackson was 87, at church with her sister who also died at the scene who was 70 years old. finally, reverend pinckney, the pastor, first ordained at age 18 and was elected to the south carolina house of representatives just five years later. age 27, he became the youngest member of the state senate. his seat in that chamber covered in black, a cloth of mourning today. pinckney described by a colleague as the moral conscience of the state senate helped build support for a bill mandating body cameras for his officer. last month he delivered an impassioned speech on the senate floor. when we were able to see the video, and we were able to see the gu
hate. should it come down? plus we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. after this massacre president obama calling for gun control again. i have had to make statements like this too many times. will it get traction this time around? let s talk live in the cnn newsroom. and good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. a community grieves and a nation weary of senseless killings grops for answers. why did a gunman murder worshippers inside an iconic southern church? new this morning two law enforcement officials telling cnn that 21-year-old dylann roof has confessed to the shootings and in another chilling twist, one source says his goal was to ignite a race war, and those who knew him back that up. he wanted segregation. what did he want to see happen? how was he going to do this? i think he wanted something big like trayvon martin. what kind
good morning. i m al sharpton. that s how donald trump has been speaking about minority groups over the past 14 months. but this weekend something new. after being criticized about talking about blacks to largely white audiences, he made his first visit to an african-american church in detroit. i will always support your church always and defend your right to worship. so important. i am here today to listen to your message. i just want to let you know that i am here to listen to you. trump was obviously outside of his comfort zone but he was respectful and was treated respectfully reading from his prepared notes, trump tried to address topics of concern to african-american voters. i believe we need a civil rights agenda for our time. one that ensures the rights to a great education. so important. the right to live in safety and in peace and to have a really, really great job, a good paying job and one that you love to go to every morning. and that can happen. i fully un
realize this violence does not live in the past. but who ill the former vice president drew an oization in birmingham, some critics continued to say, so what? wa pointing to biden s accumulating gaffes on race as recently as this week s democratic debate and questioning if his service to the nation s first black president is enough to make him the candidate for black america. joining me now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio and host of open mind on pbs, alexander heffman. alexander, good speech in terms of setting a tone, but short on specifics of what he s going to do if terms of closing the racial wealth gap, the gap ratio gap in education on and on and on. right. there was a big omission. that is the united states supreme court. we re seeing today the confluence of race and gender and corruption again with kavanaugh in the news. the real why it the he attacked racism and big ought try. you have to attack it formally and informally.
"This is nothing but further posturing before the court of public opinion," said state Sens. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago, and Dave Vinzant, D-Hobart.