Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2015

KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley June 19, 2015

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 begins our coverage. Jeff . Reporter scott, reports say the suspect recently told a friend that he believed black people were taking over the world, and that someone needed to do something for the white race. Investigators believe it was that rage that led him to kill here last night. This surveillance picture shows a young man apparently on a murderous mission. He entered the church at around 8 00 p. M. And then spent a full hour mingling with parishioners at a bible study. He then stood up, announced he was there to kill black people and shot six women and three men to death. Three others survived. All units responding, 110 calhoun street. Active shooter. Multiple people down. Reporter roof escaped and police launched a massive manhunt. Law enforcement released a surveillance image and a description of a black sedan with distinctive license plates. That led to an i. D. And at 10 45 this morning, police pulled him over during a traffic stop in shelby, north carolina, a fourhour drive from charleston. He had been spotted by debbie dills, an employee of a flower shop who was on her way to work. I was able to see him, i was able to get behind him. I was able to get his tag number. I was directly behind him at a stoplight. And everything going through my mind is what if, what if. But the only thing i could still see was those people in charleston and those parishioners with their hands that prayer would be answered. Reporter Sources Say Police found a. 45caliber handgun in the car which matches the casings found at the church. Charleston police chief mullen said roof was arrested without incident. He was stopped because a citizen alerted Law Enforcement to a suspicious activity, and Law Enforcement went out, and they knew that it was the individual we were looking for. Reporter social media pictures show roof posing on a black hyundai with confederate license plates. In his facebook profile picture, hes wearing a jacket with flags from apartheidera south africa and rhodesia, the country now known as zimbabwe. But his facebook account also reveals numerous black friends and the Southern Poverty Law Center which tracks hate crimes says he was never on their radar. Roof has been arrested twice this year for drugs and for trespassing. In february, he sparked suspicion at a suburban Columbia Mall after he began asking out oftheordinary questions about employees at a bath and body works store. According to Court Documents Police Found Drugs typically used to treat opiate addiction in his possession. Roof was banned from the mall but returned and was arrested again. Former assistant f. B. I. Director ron hosko says roof appears to have been a ticking time bomb. The killing was relatively unsophisticated here. Someone who was sitting in the church by some reports for an hour hes leaving trace evidence the whole time, fingerprints, d. N. A. Is potentially linked to him in that scene. Why did you do it . Reporter now, roof will likely be charged in one of the worst Mass Shootings in South Carolina history. Governor nikki haley. The heart and soul of South Carolina was broken, and so we have some grieving to do. And weve got some pain we have to go through. Reporter roof was flown back to charleston after waiving extradition and a hearing in north carolina. Scott, as for where he may have gotten that gun, Law Enforcement sources say his father got him a gun for his 21st birthday about two months ago. Pelley jeff, thanks very much. The victims of the massacre were the pastor of the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and eight of his congregants ranging in age from 26 to 87. Tywanza sanders. Reverend Sharonda Coleman singleton. Reverend Depayne Middleton doctor. Cynthia hurd. Myra thompson. Ethel lance. The reverend daniel simmons, sr. And susie jackson. Reverend Clementa Pinckney was the pastor, and Elaine Quijano has his story. Reporter reverend Clementa Pinckney was named pastor of the historic Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010. The 41yearold was married and had two young daughters. Marvin stewart was a lifelong member of pinckneys congregation. His sermons generally would always tie into respecting each other, getting along. Reporter pinckney was also a state senator who became the youngest member of the South Carolina statehouse when he was elected at age 23. His friends said he often drove home from the state capital in columbia to attend wednesday bible studies. It was in the capital where he spoke passionately about the death of walter scott, an unarmed black man shot by a white Police Officer last april in neighboring north charleston. Last month pinckney spoke in support of police body cameras. It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state. Reporter those who knew him say his spiritual leadership helped others deepen their faith. Here, he prayed with a visiting Civil Rights Group in 2013. In the same church where he was killed today. We pray that our time here spent today will be seen as an act of love as well as an act of righteous indignation in the face of injustices. Reporter today, the shock of his loss was felt all over South Carolina, with his congregation in charleston and with his colleagues in the capital, where a black shroud lay draped over his seat in the state senate. There is an image tonight, and it reportedly comes from the snapchat account of one of the victims. It shows a small group of people gathered together for bible study, all of them are black except for one person at the end of the table, who is white. Its now believed that person was the shooter. Scott, he spent an hour with his victims before opening fire. Pelley elaine, thank you. As we mentioned, one of those victims was cynthia hurd, she was 54. Late today, we spoke to her brother, senator Malcolm Graham. She loved her family, she loved her community. She loved her god. She was the matriarch, if i can use that word, and our mother and father are deceased. So her being the oldest girl she kind of pulled the family together at times when we needed that. Pelley why would she have been in that meeting on a wednesday night . Because shes a christian. We were born and raised in emmanuel a. M. E. Church. My mother and father attended that church. We got baptized in that church. So it didnt surprise me that, on a wednesday night, she would be there. Pelley im sorry about this terrible loss. This is the moment in the community when the first numbing shock gives way to the sorrow of realization. Pastor Steven Singleton was the minister at emmanuel just before reverend pinckney. This is evil, and one of the things we embrace in the Faith Community is that there is a god, and there is evil. To call it anything else is just not doing it justice. Pelley liz alston is the church historian. I wish i knew what possessed this 21yearold man to walk at 110 calhoun street, kill people that he did not know, Beautiful People i know each of them. And i suppose, unless he tells us, that is one question i cannot answer. Pelley Malcolm Graham told us that the murder of his sister is a message which we have heard before but not take on the heart. In terms of your sister, the church, this community, what in your mind has been lost . I think any time you cant go in the house of god and worship in peace, theres a problem with the morality of our country. If you cant go into a Movie Theater and watch a movie in peace, theres a problem. If youre a great kid and you cant go to class without being the victim of crime, theres a problem. So i think we lost a sense of security, even being secure in the presence of god. Pelley the church is known to many as mother emmanuel because it is one of the oldest black churches in the south, founded during the era of slavery in 1816. Whites burned it to the ground six years later, and Church Members met secretly until it was rebuilt after the civil war. Booker t. Washington spoke here in 1909. The reverend dr. Martin luther king, jr. , in 1962. Today, president obama expressed his sadness over the tragedy and his anger, as well. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Ive had to make statements like this too many times. Reporter 14 times president obama has consoled the nation after a deadly shooting. In every instance, a call for action to reduce the violence. Today, he painfully admitted the limits of his authority. Its in our power to do something about it. I say that recognizing the politics in this town foreclose a lot of those avenues right now. Reporter its a far cry for mr. Obamas passionate push for gun control after the tucson shooting in 2011 that severely wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the future. Reporter then in december 2012, a gunman killed 20 first graders and six adults at sandy hook elementary school. Mr. Obama called it the worst day of his presidency. They had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Reporter just four months later, congress rejected and effectively ended the president s gun control agenda. Ive heard some say that blocking this step would a be a victory. My question is a victory for who . Reporter that defeat has led to frustration and resignation which boiled over again today. At some point we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of Mass Violence does not happen in other advanced countries. Reporter the president has taken 23 separate executive actions to limit to some firearms under certain conditions. Top Officials Say theyve exhausted all executive powers on gun control. Scott, the president appears exhausted by gun violence and the political stalemate. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house tonight. Major, thank you. This violence of course comes at a time of increasing mistrust between blacks and whites. Heres jim axelrod. Reporter when walter scott an unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white Police Officer two months ago, the charleston area took center stage in the nations painful examination of Race Relations. Exactly where it finds itself again tonight. And its a country thats growing increasingly pessimistic. In a recent cbs News New York times poll, 61 said Race Relations in this country were bad. Thats the highest number since the rodney king riots 23 years ago. But the full picture of hate in this country may actually be more troubling. The f. B. I. Reported 5,922 hate crimes in 2013. Richard cohen, head of the Southern Poverty Law Center, says that is just a fraction. The true number, according to the bureau of justice statistics, is over 200,000. So its wrong by a factor of over 30, unfortunately. Hate Crime Reporting in our country is purely voluntary, and hundreds of jurisdictions dont report it. Reporter take South Carolina, where the Southern Poverty Law Center has counted 13 white supremacist groups but where cohen says there were zero racebased hate crimes reported last year. Jurisdictions arent required to report hate crimes. South carolina not only isnt required to report hate crimes federally, theres actually not even a hate crime law in South Carolina. Reporter the internet also makes the job of tracking hate much more challenging. One popular white supremacist web site now has over 300,000 registered users, up 60 in five years. Pelley jim, thanks very much. In a moment, the pope calls on the world to reverse Climate Change. And words of comfort from another religious leader about the victims of racial hatred when the cbs evening news continues. I accept that im not 21. I accept im not the sprinter i was back in college. I even accept that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. 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Com pelley today, pope francis demanded immediate action to reverse Climate Change, which he blamed on fossil fuels and on big business. In a lengthy letter and on twitter, he wrote, the earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. How is this being received in the u. S. . Heres dean reynolds. Reporter iowa farmer tom wind grows a lot more than soybeans and corn. How many do we have right here . I mean, theres five here . Five here and theres seven right over there. Reporter hes been planting 400foot Wind Turbines out here in greene county. Theyre going to be starting at 2,000 horsepower engine there fueled by the wind. It turns out that wind power is fairly economical. Wind power is one of the cheapest forms of new energy. Reporter as a practicing catholic, hes grateful he and the pope are on the same side. Its just another piece of evidence, another opinion saying that we need to do something about Climate Change. Reporter 5,000 miles away in the vatican, the popes encyclical landed heavily on the status quo. He called for Decisive Action to stop environmental degradation and global warming, and he sided with scientists who say the problem is real and mostly man made. Father bud grant, a theology professor at st. Ambrose university, applauded the popes message. This is what the science says. There is no debate here. There is no controversy. Lets move on and talk about other things. Reporter the encyclical also shook up the Political Landscape and catholic republicans in general were wrestling with some of the popes conclusions. Jay richards is a professor at Catholic University who has yet to be convinced Climate Change is something to worry about. Its not drastic. In fact, i think the evidence suggests that what the models are predicting is actually not taking place. Reporter some skeptics also argue that technology will eventually solve the problem without having to turn the whole worlds economy upside down, but, scott, the pope said that its time to reject such magical concepts. Pelley dean reynolds. Thanks very much, dean. There was more bad weather in the plains today. Well have that in a moment. Ht three hundred eleven people in this city. And only one me. Ill take those odds. Be unstoppable. The allnew 2015 ford edg

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