Voice. The grandmothers prayer. Lord let me be free of not me my children if not my children my childrens children. Deferred gratification. So we have an obligation a legacy to uphold. People who died so that we could have the right to vote. The people who sacrificed so that we could one day realize the dream of a black president , a black elected officials after segregation. We have an opportunity. I think it does our it does the mem raiseories a disservice if we do not vote. We dont have that we dont have that choice. We dont have that privilege to say our vote doesnt count because history tells us differently. Im sorry, but if god gave you a voice like that god meant for you to be in charge of something. And i was. Pbs tonight released that footage of that interview they did with the reverend Clementa Pinckney for the series the africanamericans. He was only 41 last night while murdered in his church leading a prayer service. He did everything in life very young. He had just graduat
How you feel sng. Why did you do it . Reporter behind bars alleged mass murderer dylann roof accused of killing nine people at a church in charleston South Carolina. I want to talk about it. Reporter this video captured moments before the shooting of roof sitting at a table with a small bible group. One of the survivors pleaded with the gunman to stop. After the young man tried to stop him from doing what he wanted to finish off. He said no you raped our women and you are taking over the country. Reporter after the massacre roof fled the scene. 14 hours later it was god who made this happen. A floral shop owner, debbie dills spots the shooter 200 miles away in North Carolina following him until police got him without incident. He used us as vessels to get his work done. Reporter roofs roommate saying he was big into segregation saying roof was plotting this for six months. His childhood friend tells the network, he wanted to spark up the race war again. Reporter this facebook photo rev
Happen over closed circuit video and should see a live picture coming from that closed circuit video. These bond hearings are not that difficult. The judge is looking to answer two different questions. One, is this individual a risk to citizens in the community . You can answer that question for yourself. Is this individual a flight risk . They brought him home on a plane this morning. Dont anticipate it will be a long drawn out or complicated hearing. Beyond that weve seen family members of the victims coming and going from this Hearing Center and that is the scene right now. Gretchen . How are the people reacting to all of this now . There is a ton of media there, obviously, but are other people just people who live in this community . Reporter you see a lot of media here. You do see some people that looks like theyre just observing here in the courthouse. Then in the center of town you see the memorials piling up you see the people coming together and it can really be summed up bett
Good evening. Im erin burnett. Breaking news in the Charleston Church massacre. The gunman in the mass shooting of nine gunmen attending bible study is in the air flying to South Carolina to face charges. Going to be land in the next five six minutes. We will show that to you. Captured on the run in North Carolina 21yearold dylann roof will be on the ground shortly to be charged. This video, which is just in shows roof in prison stripes, shackled boarding a small plane for the flight back to charleston. Also just in to cnn at this moment chilling images of the suspect sitting with Church Members during their bible study class. Moments before he allegedly stood up shooting and killing nine of the 12 people in the room. Eight people died on the scene. The ninth, a short time later at the hospital. Witnesses telling police that roof said he was in the church to shoot black people and that he told one of the two adult survivors he was spapring her life so she could tell what happened. Afte
Because the doors of mother emanuel is open on this sunday. Yes it sends a message to every demon in hell and on earth. Thousands marching across the citys main bridge for the nine victims of last weeks church shooting. He hoped his actions would start a race war. Just the opposite is happening. A lot of folk expected us to do something strange and to break out in a riot. Well, they just dont know us. By removing a symbol that divides us, we can move forward as a state in harmony. I want you to hug three persons right next to you. Tell them its going to be all right. And i wont let you go if you lean on me on friday, president obama will travel to charleston to deliver the eulogy for reverend clementa pinckney. Today at the state house, his desk was shrouded in black. This afternoon, republican governor nikki hailey announced this. 15 years ago, South Carolina came together in a bipartisan way to move the flag from atop the capital dome. Today we are here in a moment of unity in our st