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There are nine people who are murdered inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church here in charleston last night. Cynthia herd, 54. Manager of one of the busiest branches in the Charleston County Public Library system where she worked for 31 years. The lie rather will be renamed in her honor. Reverend Daniel Simmons sr. Died in the operating room. He was 74. Retired in 2005 as Charleston County director of the Community Development Block Grant Program which funds Affordable Housing and...

This is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight from charleston South Carolina, Savannah Guthrie. Good evening from this beautiful city where what unfolded just a few steps from here last night is almost too much to bear. It happened at the Emanuel Episcopal Church mother emanuel, as everyone calls it wednesday Night Prayer Service and bible study, all welcome, no questions asked. A young man walked in, took a seat and waited for up to an hour and then police say dylann roof stood up and started sho...

So, here we are again, another mass shooting in america. Our neighbors, this time ministers, a librarian and grandparents cut down for nothing. It happened in the church behind me. It was last night during a bible class at this Historic Black Church here in charleston. Tonight, a white man is under arrest, 21yearold dylann roof of lexington, South Carolina not even of this community. The Justice Department is investigating the murders as a hate crime, and our justice correspondent jeff pegues be...

County director of the Community Development Block Grant Program which funds Affordable Housing 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 Girls Track Team team outside charleston. Susie jack sockson was 87 at church with her sister who also died at the scene wh...

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 Girls 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 t...

The investigators, they said he looked at them with pure evil yesterday. There is no question this is hate. This is nine families that are struggling. This is a state that are hurt by the fact that nine people innocently were killed. We absolutely want him to have the Death Penalty. This is the worst hate ive seen and the country has seen in a long time. We will fight this and we will fight this as hard as we can. Were also hearing today from the woman who spotted roof and ultimately led authori...

She told them palmer did not know the meat contained the tools. Palmers attorney reiterated that and added that his client had no knowledge of the escape passed the polygraph and will be entering a plea of not guilty at his next hearing. He admitted to passing the hamburger meat. He had no knowledge that there were any con tra band other than the meat itself. Hes devastated hes embarrassed, hes sorry for the attention that hes getting right now. Well as the search for the two convicts continues,...

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