fox news contributor. what was your reaction to that moment. i think, my reaction is mixed. on one hand he spoke glowingly about reverend pinckney, absolutely. on the other hand i think president obama politicized situation because he made references to racism in a way that ily don t think was necessarying. he mentioned people won t be able to vote, i m paraphrasing. he talked about the con feds rat flag i really don t think he had to go there. again there are different perspectives and views about the confederate flag. the flag did not cause this awful horrific tragedy. he made it more political, instead of staying why he was there and to really comfort the family, community and stick on point in terms of this being a eulogy and not politicize. i couldn t disagree with dinneen more this was an appropriate venue to talk about race in the way that he did. we take away the singing in many
what did you make of the president? great speech. good singer. i don t think he s a very good commander in chief, but he did a very good job. i guess when we started talking about god s grace and embracing the democratic agenda across the board, he sort of lost me there, but i thought he did an incredible job of speaking about reverend pinckney. he did a good job explaining our history. but then it got a bit political. i m glad he came and i know it meant a lot to the people in south carolina for the president to come. why did it take nine deaths to change your mind on the battle flag? if you d ask me the day before the attack and this killing, i would have said the promise compromise worked for south carolina, chuck. i m not going to throw my state under the bus. that s never going to happen. this compromise was 15 years
i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people [ cheers and applause ] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. and this week barack obama s eulogy in charleston. blinded by hatred, the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounding reverend pinckney and that bible study group. through the example of their lives, they ve now passed it on to us. may we find ourselves worthy of that precious and extraordinary gift. as long as our lives endure, may grace now lead them home. amazing grace
god has different idea ss. he didn t know he was being used by god. blinded by hatred the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounding reverend pinckney and that bible study group. the light of love that shown as they opened the church doors andvited a stranger to join in their prayer circle. the alleged killer could have never anticipated the way the the families of the fallen would respond when they saw him in court in the midst of unspeakable grief with words of forgiveness he couldn t imagine
woman, susie jackson. the story on those two, she is the aunt of the young man. they were both inside the church that terrible night. and he jumped up to try to protect his aunt. unfortunately, both were killed in that very violent attack. and their funeral being held jointly. more people want to get in than the church can hold. wow. just a sign of how the entirety has come together to honor these people following the remarkable remarkable ceremony that we saw yesterday for reverend pinckney. also there was a lot of concern this morning over what happened on the state house grounds, just in terms of would this overshadow the funerals taking place today. it hasn t. but talk to us about what happened with the confederate flag there. reporter: there s been a great deal of discussion about the confederate flag.