The reverend Clementa Pinckney had a beautiful voice. He had a big, big beautiful 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 memories 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 he 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
Religion, not about other issues. Well discuss the popes message on Global Warming and the politics of his september visit to the u. S. With cardinal don nald wuerl. Plus rick perry retools his image for another run at the white house. Yeah. Its time for a reset. Time to reset the relationship between government and citizen. We sit down with governor rick perry to talk about his president ial bid. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. And our power player of the week. A key figure in the debate over common core debate. As a parent i understand why there are concerns about testing. All right now. On Fox News Sunday. Hello again and happy fathers day from fox news in washington. On this first sunday after the massacre as a black church the mourning for the nine victims continues in charleston and across the nation. And the shooting has reignited old debates over race and gun control. In a few minutes well discuss all of that with our panel. But first, we want to bring in rich edson with the l
United states and around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. And we begin with new developments in hour in the new york prison break. An official says investigators are looking into whether Prison Guards were sleeping when the two killers prepared their escape. If that happened that means david sweat and richard matt may have been unsupervised as they worked their way to freedom. The killer had been on the run now for three weeks. As the search continues to find the men, a second prison worker gene palmer is now charged in connection with the escape. Palmer claims he did not intentionally help the men break out of the prison. Palmer is expected to plead not guilty and is cooperating. Cnns brian todd has more details on this suspect whose been a prison guard for more than 27 years. Reporter gene palmer begins his legal fight. Palmer faces charges of promoting prison contraband misconduct and tampering with physical evidence relate together skres escape of killers richard matt and da
He city. Im joined by dr. Russell moore. Its an interesting dichotomy to hear the very uplifting gospel song here at Mother Emanuel Ame Church while also hearing in the background from churches all across the city very solemn bells ringing in memorial for the nine people killed. Almost encapsulating in a way the spirit of the day. Thats exactly right. Its quintessentially christian. Our emblem is a cross which is an instrument of torture and death but also a symbol of hope. When i see all of this i am reminded of what the bible says. We grieve but not as those who have no hope. This white sue prem sist could not harm them because as a christian i believe there is resurrection from the dead hope for the future. Thats what this community is doing. Theyre grieving for the loss. They see it as something that is a true tragedy, but they dont do so without hope. The blending of lament and hope together is the very best of what it means to be christian. Its beautiful. Lets go back inside and
Of the of the violence that dylann roof caused killing nine innocent victims, ranging in age from 26 up to 87. He just appeared in court via a video link. And he went before a judge. His bond was set at 1 million on a weapons charge. Hes also facing nine murder charges. Hes likely to ultimately face the Death Penalty in this case. There he is appearing before the judge, our first real look at him now almost two days since the shooting happened. We also learn in just the past few hours that he confessed to the crime with investigators, admitting that he bought the gun, a 45 caliber gun and fired into each of those individuals. We are also learning more about the weapon. Theres a lot to discuss in the next hour of newsroom. First, i want to take you back inside the courtroom appearing just a few minutes ago where we also heard from members of the victims families. Listen. Susie jackson . Is there a representative of the family of Susie Jackson . No. No. Sharonda singleton . Will you plea