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About who would have done something like this? >> im sorry, could you repeat that? >> are you hearing anything about who could have done something like this, whether people recognized the gunman? saw any portion of the police chase? >> well, we didnt see the police chase itself but we have been hearing rumors that i dont want to say anything at this point because i dont want to hinder the investigation and what is taking place, but we have an idea of who did this and we dont know why. its a smal...

For families to wait for answers and wait for news of their loved ones. i imagine you have been on the other side having to deliver this kind of horrible information to people, family members. help us understand what these families might be going through right now. >> we refer to this in federal government from the fbis perspective as victim assistance. and i tell you i worked cases where there were mass casualties. i worked cases where there were just horrific circumstances and death and destru...

Describing the community center as one where family members and friends are to await notice on their loved ones, the status of anyone they know in that church. have you been -- can you describe what you have been seeing in them? >> just shock and dismay and mourning and lots of people praying together and praying for their loved ones and their neighbors and family members that have lost loved ones and neighbors. this is what we do. when something happens to one of us we come together as a commun...

This person personally. >> as you look out the window can you describe for me what youre seeing right now? >> im sorry, i couldnt hear you. >> as you look out the window look out of your shop right now at the church, what are you seeing? can you describe for me? >> well, what im seeing right now is we have 100 or so people here at the community building at sutherland springs. you have family members, congregation members, first responders, news media has been pulled back to another location in s...

Like that to take place especially here where everybody is family. this is just devastating. its dumfounding. we are all still kind of in shock and still awaiting news they are not able to give us information at this point on people because they dont want to give misleading information. >> it is stunning and hurtful. how worried are you that people you know were in that church at the time? >> well, we are worried. we are definitely worried and saddened and shocked. we do know some of the people ...

>> about ten seconds. >> ten seconds, okay. >> enough for us -- the clerk came in -- the other cashier came in and said somebody is shooting out here, its really close. i went outside with her, and we still heard shots and came back inside, because we heard ricochet and didnt want to get hurt. >> were you able to tell if the shooting was taking place outside of the church, or did the shooter manage to go inside? >> i dont know. and i dont have a confirmed report on that, either. i actually have ...

>> right. >> -- say i know this, because i didnt actually see it with my eyes. this is what i heard 50 yards away. and we keep getting more and more reports from first responders that come into the store, and from congregation members that are coming to give us updates on our friends and loved ones. >> did you and the other staff at the gas station there take shelter immediately as you heard the gunfire erupt? >> well, curiosity got the cat. we went out and looked first. and then we heard the ri...

He argues that we are overtaxing the enviro insatiable greed for profit he views this capitalist obsession as the most crucial issue for christians in africa. hes also opposed to a literal interpretation of the bible. we have many who are still thinking in terms of the. political how there were many congregants and congregation members who are not. political but. its different where we think that even the bible itself has an. imperialist dick. dick and so on and we would that thats what we. do f...

Afterwards he told me something i will never forget. that changed the course of the rest of the year for me. which is dont let anybody tell you that your story doesnt matter because your story is what makes you unique. it might sound cliche but its not. anybody can look up these facts, anybody can read statistics and reports. but what makes this is real issues is studentss voices, and moms and dads and faith leaders who have had to go to hundreds and hundreds of funerals for their congregation m...

Has really been honoring the 6399 service members whose lives have been lost since the start of the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. the field of flags is a traveling memorial being set up at churches across the country. each flag represents one life lost. and there were hundreds of congregation members that came out to a very special and patriotic service today. the names of the 117 soldiers, lives lost from new jersey alone were read aloud. poetry read, hymns sung, taps, bagpipes prelude and...