We start this hour here in charleston South Carolina. The scene of a mass shooting that happened inside of this church. It was a day ago that its members welcomed a stranger in to their arms for bible study session. He ingratiated himself with the group. He made them feel he was not a threat and then he started to kill people in cold blood. Dylann roof is the plan police say opened fire inside the emanuel africanamerican Episcopal Church on wednesday night killing nine people. Police caught roof across the state boarder in shelby North Carolina. Investigator and charlestons mayor say they are treating the shooting as a hate crime. I dont know how you define terrorism. I think i would consider it a hate crime. Obviously for him to pick an africanamerican church and shoot africanamerican members, theres Something Weird and bad and hateful going on in his mind. We do not know why roof opened fire in this historic church. There seemed to be mounting evidence he was motivated by racism. Police in shelby North Carolina got a call around 11 a. M. On thursday about a possible sighting of the suspect. A floirs on her way to work said she recognized roofs car and his hair cut. Something told me, im telling you divine intervention. God had me where i needed to be. I am not telling you i wasnt afraid. I was scared. I was scared. You know, but i kept saying, lord you know if i can just get there and do it safely. I wasnt going to try to put myself or anyone else in danger. If i can do it safely and get his tag number. Now this entire city fair to say the state and country. People are struggling with what happened here in this devastating loss. Everyone from residents to clergy to politicians, they are all wondering how this could have happened. The accused killer in the Charleston Church massacre caught more than 200 miles from the crime scene in shelby North Carolina. 21yearold dylann roof waived extradition and seen here wearing prisonen stripes was flown back to South Carolina to face charges for coldblooded killers allegedly motivated by hate. That terrible human being who would go in to a place of worship where people are praying and kill them is now in custody. Where he will always remain. Reporter this video from a snapchat shows the bible study session on wednesday night. Taken by one of the victims, 26yearold Tywanza Sanders from inside the emanuel africanamerican Episcopal Church. Captured just before the shooting you get a glimpse of the suspect sitting at the table with worshipers. Police say he spent almost an hour inside the church before pulling out his weapon and killing nine people. Active shooter, multiple people down. Reporter witnesses said that roof stood up and announced to those in the church he was there to shoot black people. Telling his victims when one pleaded for mercy, quote you rape our women and are taking over our country and you have to go. The gruesome mass shooting at this Historic Black Church more affectionately known as a Mother Emanuel Ame Church is being investigated as a hate crime. Acts like this one have no place in our country and no place in a civilized society. Reporter among those killed the churchs pastor and state senator clement clement. Witnesses say he was preaching when he was shot and killed. Moumpbers draped a black cloth over his seat in the legislature. This is someone that should be revered and respected and all of us want answers. We want to know why this young man chose this church and reverend pinckney. 5yearold boy who reportedly survived by playing dead and one woman spared because the shooter wanted her to tell the world what he had done. It prompted an emotional response from u. S. President barack obama. Theres something particularly heart breaking about a death happening in a place in which we seek solace and we seek peace. In a place of worship. Reporter in South Carolina the states governor gave voice to this communitys grief. We w and the heart and soul of South Carolina was broken. I want to tell you now about sylvia johnson. She lost a dear kouzn in this shooting. The pastor, Clementa Pinckney. Johnson talked to Anderson Cooper about what her friend witnessed. What i heard is after shooting a couple of rounds, her son tried to talk him in to not committing anymore acts of murder. Her son tried to talk him sgloun he did. He tried to talk him down. Her son and grand baby had already planned they were going to just act as though they were already killed but the son was concerned about reverend clementa. He got up and thats when the gunman said you know the young man tried to stop him from doing what he wanted to finish off. He said no. You have raped our women. You are taking over the country. You have raped our women and are taking over the country. I have to do what i have to do. And he continued shooting. And he shot the young man. His mother was there and she witnessed she pretended as though she was dead. She was shot and dead but she watched her son fall and laid there and she laid there in his blood. She laid there in his blood. Yes, she did. Oh my. When i got to talk to her, her entire dress was just drenched in blood. She said thats my sons blood. He was a good boy. He was a good boy. And he passed . And he passed him along with one of her aunts. To hear that story is heart breaking. You know theres a great deal of pain and grief in this community. To explain it im joined now with the reverend nelson rivers iii, Vice President at the National Action network and pastor at Charity Mission baptist church. We appreciate you being with us. Thank you. I want you to explain the history and importance of this church. What happened there is horrific. But given where it happened has a lot of significance. It is a historic church. It is walking distance from where slaves came. Onethird of africanamericans can direct trace their past to the beginning here in charleston not far from this church. This is the oldest ame church in the south. A church of power. A church involved in the movement but it is sbeg gral of what happened to africanamericans in the community. When you attack the mother you attack all of us. Mother emanuel as the church is noechb. Given what happened here whats the Community Reaction . Earlier i saw a group of people randomly come together for prayer circle. This has been happening all over. There have been prayer services. There have been vigils. What more is happening . How is the community coping . I went to two today. I have one tomorrow at the college of charleston not far from him. Another citywide individual. Shock, disbelief and really trying to say it is not true. We are trying to wake up from this horrible dream but were not waking up. The simple fact this church invited mr. Roof in to the building. He was welcome. He was welcome to come in. He sat there with them for at least an hour. To make them feel like he wasnt a threat. Then we all know what allegedly happened. What he allegedly dichld what do you think of that . Diabolical evil, the worst kind of conduct. Think of that sitting next to the pastor knowing you plan to kill him. Hearing the words of the bible study. The words about love hope peace. And getting up announcing according to witnesses that he came to kill black people. He knew that when he sat down. That sounds to me like an animal. Often we use that word we use it throwing it around but when you describe what happened in the church what he did, what he allegedly said it sounds like conduct of an animal. The pastor of the church was a good friend of yours. In fact we were together a week ago when he witnessed the sign of the body camera bill. He was instrumental in that. He gave a moving commentary that convinced some people to vote for the bill. We talked about good work we were going to do. And to hear yesterday he is gone. Thats the way they said it hes gone made it hard to believe. Thank you so much for spending time with us. Appreciate it. Thank you. This is certainly something that is going to be difficult for people in this community and really around the country, natalie, to deal. You do get a sense that people are trying to cope. They are trying to come together and make the best sense of it they can. But a lot of lives lost here. Natalie. Thank you george. We you in a by u. S. President obama calls the Church Massacre a tragedy and is using the shooting to revive the debate over gun control. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta has that. Reporter its a problem that has dogged president obama like no other, Mass Shootings in america. I have had to make statements like thoom times. This time the president and Vice President knew one of the victims, the pastor of the church where the latest rampage occurred. South carolina state senator Clementa Pinckney. The killings in charleston mr. Obama said, should serve as an alltoofamiliar wakeup call. It doesnt have happen in other places with this kind of frequency. And it is in our power to do something about it. Reporter he has spoken out on Mass Shootings at least 14 times during his presidency from ft. Hood aurora new creek, newtown and in the nations capital. One nearly took the life of Gabrielle Giffords another happened at the movies. What if malia and sasha had been at the theater . As so many of our kids do every day. Reporter again at sandy hook elementary a day the president described as his worst in office. These tragedies must end. To end them we must change. President pushed for a new measure that would have required background checks on firearms sold at gun shows and online. Gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. The families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence they deserve a simple vote. Reporter but after a massive lobbying effort by the National Rifle association, the bipartisan proposal was defeated. The amendment is not agreed to. There were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldnt do this. It came down to politics. Reporter republican senator and president ial candidate rand paul condemned the violence in charleston but argued more gun control isnt the answer. Theres something terribly wrong but it isnt going to be fixed by your government. Reporter jim acosta, cnn. The Church Massacre in charleston raises a lot of issues about the state of Race Relations in the u. S. Joining me in the studio, once again is ken drarks an associate professor of politics at ogle thorpe university here in atlanta. Thank you for staying with us another hour. Theres a lot of talk about what this was an attack on. It was an attack on the black church. Also the minister represented politics was a leader in the state, as well. Absolutely. I think that we can cant escape the dual reality of who he was and how he served. To me it is an attack on two institutions that have been successful of africanamericans. Also when you look at the role that politics has played for africanamericans with the Voting Rights act civil rights act, what have you, africanamericans have been able to make redress and inrodes politically. I think this gentle giant as hes been described that was shot down and gunned down i think it is almost a blow to us in terms of the church in its role but also politically in terms of the enrods we have made. I think it is important for us to cause, to say, what was really going on . What does this perhaps tell us in terms of what we might need to be cautious of or aware of as we approach an election year. Absolutely. This young man was just a racist. He was a rate r hater and racist. You said earlier that it is time for a dialogue. Theres racism in this country. Theres an us versus them mentality still in many many pockets across america. Where does this dialogue need to go . Sure. I think we have to take it out of the confines of sanitized places. I think we have to get to the heart. We have to have an ear to hear what other people are saying. Why do you feel threaten and feel animosity toward this race . What is inferred by that . This us versus them mentality. I like what you said they are haters. There are many haters and race is one avenue of hate that we see manifesting but i think there are economics that fuels the hate and ignorance that fuels the hate and fear. Today intellectualizing the conversation instead of going heart to heart. The person who called the police she said it is critical. She said she believed god put her in that place at the moment. I think god is calling us to have this conversation in this moment in terms of what with i said earlier. If i see myself in you, and i sit with you for 60 minutes, if i truly see myself in you, i dont know if i could pull that trigger. But if im premeditated in my acts even if there is Mental Illness coming in to play somewhere along the line i believe the lie, the take that black is different, white is different asian is different, latino is different, what have you and i think our country is on a crash course with a terrible destiny if we dont sit down and not just sit down and talk about it because i think people are tired of talking. People feel as if there are double standards but we have to look toward policy and legislation. We have to also look at saying hey, you, i dont know who you are but i care enough about 0 you to share faith and love and justice with you. We have missed it. All the material possessions in the world cant solve this crisis, which is animosity that man has toward its fellow man. The country is such a great country and this big thing right here keeps coming back time and time again and lives are wasted. Thank you again for being with us. Thank you. Appreciate it. 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Here one of the Church Founders tried to organize a slave rebellion, almost 200 years ago. Only to see the church burned the ground when it was discovered. Manier than 300 alleged plotters were arrested 35 executed. Here run away slaves were secretly helped on their perilous journey north. Here Martin Luther king junior invited new generations to march for evalty equality. Through it all emanuel has been a leading force for ame churchs and outspoken leaders. People like Frederick Douglas and rosa parks belonged it to. The ame church is always about human and civil rights. The church has been our freedom house. Reporter the dean at the Howard University school of divinity says that emanuel led the way for so many black churches by being a place where africanamerican politicians leaders, organizers teachers and more could find acceptance when they were barred from so much of america. You know that you will come there unfiltered. You will come there without rekrimization made against you. So no matter the disparages of the larger social order you come here and you can learn to be as fully human as you are. Thats what emanuel meant to people. Absolutely. Part of that means the affirming of every Single Person who comes inside of our doors and those who are within the communities around us. Reporter tom foreman, cnn, washington. Back at a live picture of the church. More affectionately known as mother emanuel. Very important church. Tonight, the feeling is somber. A day ago it was chaotic and a great sense of pain given the nine people gunned down in this church. Lets talk about the shooting suspect, dylann roof. He is back in charleston