i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. he didn't have a mean bone in his body. that's how president barack obama described beau biden. the oldest son of the vice president was remembered during a funeral in wilmington delaware. the 46-year-old had battled brain cancer and died a week ago. the flag at the white house is flying at half-staff in memory of biden. it was a very moving service with the president and family members honoring delaware's former attorney general. >> reporter: absolutely. very emotional service hearing eulogies from president obama and members of the family also assembled a bipartisan group of former president bill clinton, secretary of state hillary clinton, mitch mcconnell harry reid both inside in addition to many cabinet members. but the moment i think that people will remember from this funeral and from beau biden's three days of ceremonies is really the emotional parts that we heard from people's memories of beau biden. i think what struck me the most from president obama's eulogy was reading be

martin savidge has new details about the gun, martin. new information just coming out, some guidance about how he purchased it and just how powerful that gun is. court, yes. we're now being told it's a glock 41. now, we have been told by witnesses or thug those that have spoken to witnesses that he reloaded it several times. don? >> let's listen in. the hearing is getting started. there's the suspect. >> today is june 19th 2015. charleston county bond court. this is the case of state versus dylann roof. mr. roof is charged with nine counts of murder and one count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. ladies and gentlemen, before i get into the hearing, i'd like to make a statement, please. charleston is a very strong community. we have big hearts we are a very loving community and we reach out to all victims and we will touch them. we have victims, nine of them. but we also have victims on the other side. there are victims on this young man's side of the family. nobody would have ever thrown them into the wh

martin savidge there in charleston. thank you so much. >>> another place where people are gathering, in new york fellow ame churches are there trying to show some solidarity. christina alechi is in queens. help us understand the sense of energy and feeling you are getting there this morning? >> reporter: absolutely christie. i am standing in one of the biggest ame churches in the country, as you said southeast queens. i spoke to one church leader that there is definitely a sense of grieving but not also entirely shocked there either. there is a sense that racially motivated attacks against blacks are increasing. the community is also grieving not entirely shocked. the fact it was inside of a church is very unsettling. many people consider it a safe place, a place to go to get away from all of the violence. when it is coming inside the church it is really seen as a problematic issue. as you can hear in the background there is a prayer service going on now. the church expects about 3,000 people to show up at 11:00. the ra

thanks so much martin savidge. appreciate that. so when people go back to church tomorrow they may also not only be grateful to be together again, but they might also be thinking about security. this is the church that had open doors because they had open arms. they allowed anyone to come to this church when they felt the need at any time. so let's talk more about how a church with this philosophy how a church any church in america wants to maintain that open door policy but at the same time be mindful of security. to answer some of those questions, church security specialist karl chen he's joining us from denver. good to see you, karl. >> good to see you, fredricka, thank you. >> a lot of church members will say they don't want to be consumed with security and measures of keeping people out or even thinking that anyone would be up to no good. but it is now the sign of the times, where a lot of churches have to think about keeping their place safe. keeping their parishioners safe. what is the advice that you would have for mother e

martin savidge, cnn, charleston, south carolina. >> martin, thank you very much. we should point out that the flag removal was orchestrated by an activist group that shot and released the video themselves of that happening right enough. now back to the manhunt in upstate new york. as many as 1200 officers spent the day searching for convicted killer david sweat. he's been 0 on the run for 22 days. yesterday his fellow escapee richard matt was shot and killed by police. no break in the case to track down sweat. bloodhounds have been unable to pick up his scent. alexander field spoke with the sheriff of the town about what he thinks is likely to do now that matt is dead. >> clearly the survival strategy that these men was to go cabin to cabin. could david sweat still be doing that alone within this perimeter? >> yes, but i don't think the availability of cabins within this perimeter is the same as what they've had until they've gotten to this point. because of the area, it's not as backcountry as what the original cabin was. so any hunting party that goes into this

that's where we find our own martin savidge. some family members gives's idea how truly awful last night ace shooting was. >> you know this is a community that is the overriding emotion is grief. people are in absolute shock, but for law enforcement, there's also relief because they were greatly fearing that any person who could go into a house of god and murder people could do just about anything. they were afraid for what might come next. that was stop thanks to a husband and wife in north carolina, who saw something wrong. 21-year-old dylann roof is in custody, caught armed with a gun. >> a terrible human being, who would go into a place of worship where people were praying and kill them, is now in custody. >> reporter: it's not known if the gun found is the murder weapon but roof is suspected of killings nine people in the historic church in charleston south carolina founded in 1816. >> we woke up today and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> just after 8:00 p.m. wen date night roof entered the church. he was

cnn's martin savidge is live in cleveland. this is a huge amount of information just coming to us from the sheriff's department after a six-month investigation, martin. >> reporter: right. they say they began investigating in january so just shy of that. this is the independent investigation that was requested. that's why the sheriff's office did it even though it was a cleveland police officer that did the shooting. it's lengthy. pretty much the narrative that has been laid out is exactly what this investigation seems to confirm. bear in mind this is going to form the main thrust of what eventually will be delivered to a grand jury. it all began with that 911 call. one of the discrepancies that's pointed out very early is that the 911 callers, when reporting a male with a gun scaring people on a playground says it is probably a juvenile and the gun is probably fake. that was never transmitted to the officers. here is a very key point. the investigation found this. according to witness interviews it is unclear whether officer

martin savidge and alina machado are live in charleston. mark garigos and tom fuentes are we me here in new york. alina, it is incredibly heart just to read to imagine that someone could think this write it and then execute it. what stands out? >> absolutely poppy. this is incredibly disturbing. the manifesto, the apparent manifesto is full of hate and makes very inflammatory remarks, not just about blacks but about other minorities. we are not going to go into the detail of those remarks, but there are parts of this manifesto that may shed some insight, if in fact it turns out that dylann roof is the one who wrote it. again, cnn has not been able to authenticate the manifesto, but i want to get into part of this manifesto that does shed some light into what may have been the turning point for roof. i want to read this to you. it says in part the event that truly awakened me was the trayvon martin case. i read the wikipedia article and right away i was unable to understand what a big deal it was. it was obvious that zimmerman was in the rig

martin savidge on the investigation, and new details coming in. wolf back to you. >> thank you, john and martin savidge, thank you both. and we will get back to you. meanwhile, the mourners and those shocked by the events, they gathered at churches around the state the of south carolina to unite in prayer. in charleston morris brown ame chur church hosted the gathering for those who wanted to pray or come to grips with the violence that rocked their city. alee alina machado is on the scene joining with more, and how is it going over there, alina? >> well, wolf, things are starting to wrap up here, and i have to tell you that there is all of the talk for the need of unity the follow gre following the tragic event. and what you are seeing is hundreds of people gathering inside of the morris brown ame church for prayer vijgil and when it ended people stuck around outside. what you are seeing is the area of overflow and incredibly hot out here today, and they offered people a place to go down the street that was cool but everyone e decided to stay her

president obama will deliver the eulogy, martin savidge joins us. you were inside the room at the bible study. talk to me about what it was like? >> it was very difficult to go into the room. i did not lose anyone. it is not my church. you can't walk into the basement room and not feel an overwhelming sense of tragedy. that was the space. this was the place. exactly one week ago tonight. where nine people were brutally murdered. and people there felt it too. you saw the embraces. it was that kind of hold on to me, not sure i can hold together kind of embrace. the ref vaverend began. we realize the tragedy here. he talked about love. he talked about the gift of forgiveness. and one of the great moments was when he spread his arms to the room and said, "we reclaim this space for god." but you could not overlook the nine people who were missing including reverend pinckney. today his body lay in state in the capitol because he not only served his church he serves his state. >> reporter: escorted by fellow legislators, a horse drawn caisson carried rever

we'll hand it over to martin savidge now for the next hour of cnn news room. >>> good morning, thank you, christi and victor. >>> it is 11:00 on the east coast, i'm martin savidge, in for fredricka witfield. newsroom starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ nothing indeed shall i want ♪ ♪ surely kindness and kindness will follow me ♪ ♪ all the days of my life ♪ ♪ in my lord's own house shall i dwell ♪ ♪ forever and ever ♪ ♪ >> the oldest son of vice president joe biden, beau biden, something remembered this morning in wilmington delaware. these are live pictures you're watching coming from the church. which is st. anthony of padua, roman catholic church. where mourners are paying their respects. two the two-time delaware attorney general. more seats have been added to the church to try to take in all who wish to be

actually martin savidge first. what's the latest? >> reporter: you know i have covered a lot of these bond hearings. thes they are usually typical affairs. this was not like that. it was extremely powerful. if you listen to the words of those who were there, you couldn't help but grieve along with them. court documents released friday afternoon give more graphic detail of the deadly attack inside a charleston church. all of the victims were shot multiple times. family members, including dylann roof's own father and uncle contacted police after his photo began circulating identifying him and his car, even warning investigators that his son owns a handgun. standing solemn mostly silent and staring at the floor, roof was not in the courtroom where victims' families had come to see him. instead, he appeared veer ya eded via a video link. the judge said those in the courtroom were not the only ones hurt. >> we also have victims on other side. victims on this young man's side of the family. nobody would have ever thrown them into the event

. >> that is martin' savidge. >>> joyce mitchell tells investigators she put hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat and convinced a prison guard to deliver it to inmate richard matt which the guard did without passing it through a metal detector first! the lawyer for that prison guard insists his client was duped by mitchell. >> she has conned many individuals inside the prison. she would curry baked good to among the prisoners. my client is guilty of it. if he is guilty of anything he is a very trusting individual and looking forward to telling his side of the story. >> it gets stranger and stranger. for now let's turn to jason carroll who is in katieville new york. >> reporter: that prison guard now in question. his name is gene palmer. i have spoken to his attorney at length. he said that yes gene palmer did, in fact help to smuggle in that frozen slab of hamburger meat but his attorney tells me he did not know what was inside that meat. inside the meat as you now know hacksaw blades that joyce mitchell had allegedly put inside to be smuggled inside the prison. we are also learnin

all showing grace and amazing grace. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> martin savidge, charleston, south carolina. >> thank you for watching everyone. i'm michael holmes. becky anderson will join me shortly for another round of cnn newsroom. you wouldn't do half of your daily routine. so why treat your mouth any differently. brushing alone does less than half the job leaving behind millions of germs. complete the job with listerine®. kill up to 99 percent of germs. and prevent plaque early gum disease and bad breath. complete the job with listerine®. power to your mouth™! also try listerine® pocket packs to kill bad breath germs on the go. >>> three terror attacks on three dmonts. we have new details to tell

martin savidge has that story. >> reporter: jon and christine, the church was filled to capacity and beyond. many people felt they had to be there. the couple i was sitting next to said they were simply walking by and felt compelled to walk into the church. on the other side of them was a woman whose family has been attending this church for over 100 years. a very mixed kind of congregation. initially people were nervous. security was tight. uniformed police officers were patrolling in the outer aisles. there were some nerves. then the grand organ played choir began to sing and it just felt right. much of this service was very normal normal in the sense of similar kind of hymns you would have the kind of prayers you would have. it was deliberately meant to be that way, to deliver back the sense of community and church after so much tragedy, but you couldn't help but notice and certainly for the congregation there were 9 faces not there including their own reverend. at times you saw this congregation up on its feet dancing in the pews celebrating the life. at other times you could see

it was june 10th one week before another camera would capture this image. >>> martin savidge there. the church shootings have ignited a movement to remove confederate flags from state houses across the u.s. critics see the civil war era flag as a racist symbol but others consider it an emblem of southern pride. >> in the latest move the alabama governor robert bentley ordered confederate flags removed from his state's capitol grounds on wednesday. he doesn't want them to become a distraction. >> if there are flags that are flying over the grounds if i have the authority to remove them then i'm going to. and i looked into it. we researched it. we looked at the laws, there was nothing that said it should be flown. there was no reason that i could not remove it. so that's what i did. >>> china's largest online commerce company alibaba is banning all confederate merchandise. it comes after competitors like amazon and ebay said they could do the same. >>> as for the u.s. military the pentagon says it does not expect its ten u.s. military bases named after confederate leaders to be rename

martin savidge, thanks for staying on top of it. we will speak with an attorney representing the family of tamir rice. >>> a somehowdown over the landmark trade bill. lawmakers are expected to vote on legislation to give authority to seal a deal on a trade agreement. democrats, his own party may be the biggest obstacle for the president. let's go to the white house. michelle is there. >> reporter: trade did pass the senate. passing the house was always going to be a different ball game. speaking of which, here is the president at the congressional baseball game. one part of a last minute push. people in the stands were chanting for the passage of tpa. only in washington right? this is one of those strange situations where you have the white house and republicans on the same side for the most part. it's democrats in the house who are balking at this. the arguments on each side are so strenuous. on one side it is critical to the u.s. economy, for them to compete and engage in asia. this is bound to be a loss for u.s. jobs. the white h

he is not getting out. >> martin savidge, thanks for your report. i want more information from cnn's senior investigative cone drew griffin. he has been talking to people who knew the shooter. he family friends, roommates also speaking out. what you can you tess you? >> we looking at a group wondering why they didn't sound the alarm on mr. roof? we have an unxwloimd drug-using person spewing hatred, even forecasting some of the things he did in charleston. he had a gun, his friends were concerned about that. even his grandfather reportedly telling "wall street journal" that he was concerned about his grandson, because he was becoming a loner and diving into this hate-filled rhetoric. the family did have a meeting of sorts this morning at one of the shooter's is sister's house. many of the family members we were there, we are told. after the meeting the pastor did come out and i want to share with you what the pastor told us about the family. >> what they ask and what i ask is that we continue to hold all these families in our prayers and that the wh

i want to bring in martin savidge and jason johnson who is on the phone. jason is a cnn political analyst. he worked with the reverend pinckney on his senate campaign. martin, set the scene for us. >> it's going to be another heartbreaking day in the city of charleston of course. reverend pinkney is just one of nine people that were brutally murdered inside the emanuel a.m.e. church. this is something charlestonnians will go over and over again. the president will be here and that adds a certain significance. but every one of these funerals is emotionally heartbreaking for the community and devastating fo their families. the lines of people waiting to get in far exceeds the capacity of this place. it is clear not all will get in. there are other viewing stations that have been set up. it's important to show that the reason people stand in line is not just for the president. it's for the man. it's for what happened here. >> a very special man. i know you work with senate senator pinckney on his campaign. tell us about him and what he might think of today. >

martin savidge reports. >> take it down. >> reporter: hundreds of south carolinians rallied on the steps of the south carolina state house while inside lawmakers debate the confederate flag and its place on capital grounds. >> it's extremely important issue for our state. >> reporter: tonight the fate of the controversial piece of southern heritage hangs in the balance. >> our an chesters were literally fighting to keep human beings as slaves. continued unimaginable acts that occur when someone is held against their will. i am not proud of this heritage. >> reporter: the controversy is not a new one. the flag was removed from atop the capital dome in 2000 and raised on the state house grounds. last week's massacre governor nikki haley, a republican made it clear where she stands. >> it's time to move the flag from the capital grounds. [ applause ] >> reporter: many prominent republican politicians have followed suit some reversing long-held belief that the flag represents southern heritage. >> this is the circumstance where the people led the politicians. i came to conclude after going t

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martin savidge is in charleston with the latest. >> reporter: today will be another emotional day. it was, yesterday. we had the first two funerals. last night, we saw, as the reverend pinckney was carried back to the church he led and the church he was murdered in. you watch the casket being carried up the front steps of mother emanuel church. a whole host of dignitaries will attend the funeral today. first and foremost the first lady and the president. hillary clinton. the role the president has to play, he's delifvering will eulogy. he'll be the comforter in chief. it's a role he's had to play before. this time is very very different. unlike other national tragedies this one is a racially motivated massacre. he is of course our first black president. it raises an issue he's not wanted to talk about much in the early part of his administration. as we know from just in week it became a very blunt conversation. it's likely that race will be part of the eulogy. it's possible that gun control, gun issues could be part of the eulogy as well. this is not just a city that has to heal. i

martin savidge, thank you for those details. appreciate it. anywhere on the streets here in charleston you hear people discussing what happened behind me. this church has been a pillar of community for more than 150 years and has touch soded so many lives. let's listen. >> we are community trying to live and survive. >> go to work do right, go to church these people were in church. they were in church. >> one of the things that i've seen is everybody praying together. it didn't matter what color you are. everybody praying together and joining hands and we're going to continue to do that. >> so you can hear what the events here have done to this community. i'm joined by a leader here the reverend thomas nixon. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> what's your general reaction the night that passed here and the news of the suspect is now in custody. >> it's been a very rigorous night. i got on the scene around 10:00 and i didn't get home until around 4:00 and right back again here at 6:00. last night we heard that it was reall

our martin savidge was there. an incredible moment. we all watched this. my parents are talking about it. amazing grace, my mother's favorite song. it doesn't get more spiritual, down home and to the heart, to the core of what people are feeling there, when you start talking and singing amazing grace. >> reporter: absolutely. it is one of my favorites too. it is almost beyond description to see the president lead the entire congregation in a hymn. many felt the president knew exactly what to say and definitely knew the right thing to say. a charleston arena bank a sanctuary and a crowd of 5500 its congregation remembering those gunned down in a racially motivated massacre in one of the nation's oldest black churches. the service was more celebration than sombre. many noting the gunman's attempt to divide people by race had done just opposite. >> someone should have told the young man he wanted to start a race war but he came to the wrong place. >> for the president, it was personal. reverend and state senator, clementa pink clementa pink knee had helped pr

. >> martin savidge, what is the reaction there tonight? >> well, i think the reaction here in charleston is muted mainly because the fact the focus still continues to be on the tragedy that took the nine lives. and supporting and looking after the nine families still struggling with a tremendous amount of grief. you can hear a music selection. there is a christian band playing tonight. but as i say, the real focus here continues to be on those families. they realize what is happening elsewhere in the state is significant. everyone has talked about it. but here at this particular site, they are still very much mourning the loss. >> let's talk about the alleged killer now, dylann roof, what are we learn being his manifesto? >> you know, if you believe in his words, many people do, he talks about in his moment of epiphany was a epiphany of hate red was the george zimmermann, trayvon martin trial. that's when he went on line and skaufrd racist website. he bought a gun shortly after his 212st birthday. then he goes on a weird tour of the state

. >>> martin savidge is joining us from charleston, south carolina. you went inside the church for bible study. i cannot imagine what it was like for members to sit in a place where so much violence took place and to somehow find peace. what was it like? >> you know, errol, you are right. as you walk in to the room, the overwhelming sense of tragedy, it comes right at you. this is not the sanctuary where the bible study was taking place was in the basement of the church. you could tell there were about 150 people in there and not everybody was a parishioner but there are a lot who were. you could see them embracing deeply. it was a hold on to each other and hold each other together embrace. the reverend continued by saying we will continue bible study but we know none of us will ever be the same again. you could see reminders of the violence. cut outs in the panelling where bullet hole s had been. there was a bullet hole right above where i sat. the reverend talked about the power of love and forgiveness. there were tears and laughter but things began

. >> martin savidge begins our coverage in charlton. roof expected to arrive at any moment now. you are learning more about the massacre. >> reporter: he will be here with an hour flight. he will arrive shortly. remarkably almost 24 hours after this terrible saga began here in this community. this was a person that many people say they had no clue of what he was going to do. he is captured in north carolina. police are thankful that at least no more people died in that process. how are you feeling? 21-year-old dylann roof in a bullet proof vest under arrest. the suspect in a horrific mass shooting. the horror unfolded the night before. cameras captured these images of him entering i inging emanuel a.m.e. church. then around 9:00 roof stands up. he announces he is there to shoot black people. and he does. opening fire killing nine people six women and three men. the oldest an 87-year-old woman. all of thechlm african-american. three people survived. a community leader spoke with the relatives of one of the survivors who told them the shooter let her live. >> her life was spared b

cnn's martin savidge joins us now from charleston. martin let's talk first about who is being remembered today at these funerals and what it's like being there. >> reporter: three extraordinary people. the nine extraordinary people who were murdered. cynthia hurd her funeral began at 11:00 this morning. cynthia hurd is a librarian. much more than that she was a librarian who was very much committed to people. the thing she loved to do most is help people. she also worked with the housing authority. and governor nikki haley talked about her and said she not only taught us how to love it was her family that taught us how to forgive and the emotions were flowing freely inside of the church. and right now, you've got a 26-year-old young man by the name of tywanza sanders, and then you've got an 87-year-old 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 atta

our martin savidge was inside the sanctuary at mother emanuel for the service. so martin black and white, people of all walks in the pews. take us there. >> reporter: yeah fredricka, you could tell it was very clear by the congregation and those you looked out upon that there were those who had been going to that church every week and then there were those who were inside that service for the very first time in their lives. a couple sitting next to me said look we were walking by the front of the church and felt compelled to come in. many were like that. the woman on the other side of them said her family had been attending this church for 100 years. the service was described as a healing service. it was or it had a very normal feel to it. and i know that's going to sound absolutely crazy. but the prayers and the hymns and the structure of it was a very typical service, especially for a father's day sunday. i think what made things stand out was, of course there were nine faces familiar to everyone in the congregation that were not there, and then you saw that t

cnn's martin savidge is in cleveland for us on this story. martin, give us the latest. >> reporter: it's been nearly seven months since cleveland police shot and killed tamir rice. there are some who believe this case should already be in the hands of the grand jury. in the meantime while they wait, the frustration rose. cleveland police responding to a 911 call come under fire from an unknown gunman. nobody's hit. but rumors spread police have killed someone triggering angry protests. >> 137 shots! >> reporter: the latest sign of how the police shooting of tamir rice continues to keep the city on edge. >> we are in a climate where people you know try to find reason to be upset. >> reporter: saturday the cuyahoga county prosecutor released the investigation into rice's dead. the report says none of the witnesses interviewed heard police shout commands to rice before shooting him, contradicting police accounts. >> the officers ordered him to stop and to show his hands and he went into his waistband and pulled out the weapon. >> reporter: that

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cnn's martin savidge takes a closer look. >> reporter: the investigation by the cuyahoga county sheriff's department seems to confirm the story most people know but delivers greater detail. in a key finding, the report cannot confirm a police officer's statement he shouted orders to rice before shooting him. instead sega cording to witness interview, it is unclear whether officer loehmann shouted verbal commands from inside the z car to rice. they found he shot one to two seconds after getting out of the car. the documents also revealed moments after the shooting officer garnback asked for ems and then asked again telling them to step it up. then asked for cleveland fire to respond. it would take eight minutes for an ambulance to arrive. the report does say rice was given first aid by an fbi agent trained adds a paramedic who arrived four minutes after the shooting. the agent whose name is blacked out told investigators, rice quote, turned over acknowledged and looked at me and he like reached for my hand. the sheriff's department also investigated the 911 call reporting a male on the pla

cnn's martin savidge was inside the funeral service. describe for us what it was like to be inside that place today as the president gave this very moving eulogy. >> reporter: well it was extremely remarkable i have to say. probably one of the most moving speeches although it's a eulogy that the president has given. he's clearly been working on this all week long. he incorporated so many different themes that have raced through america in the aftermath of this horrible tragedy down here in charleston and grace was the predominant theme. it wasn't just the fact that he would sing "amazing grace." he spoke how that grace was embodies in the life of reverend pinkney, saying this was a man who believed in the christian ideal that you must act on deeds and not just speak with words. it was also said this was not a policy speech or not meant to be a policy speech but there were a lot of issues that are bound to be considered policy when you heard the president speaking. he already touched on the issue of race. he talked about the issue of gun

martin savidge is out front in cleveland. this is a huge development. a lot of people did not expect this would happen. months have gone by. they didn't think there would be probable cause for charges. what does that mean? probable cause for charges, it's not actually charges. what happens next? >> reporter: no it is not actually charges. in fact the ruling that came down from this municipal court judge is non-binding. it's not compelling. there's no arrest warrant out for the two officers in this case. as you said the judge did seem to find there was probable cause that the prosecuteor should charge these two officers with including the charge of murder, at least in one case that's the one who did the fatal shot. the thing is this is seen as mainly a symbolic effort here. the prosecutor says he has always said it will go to a grand jury. that's the way the prosecutor works. he says this ruling by a judge changes nothing. it will go to a grand jury at some point. it's not there yet. the investigation is continuing. he says the prosecutor, it changes not

martin savidge thank you for that. alina, let's talk about this disturbing manifesto that has just surfaced online. it appears, although cnn cannot confirm its authenticity it appears to have been written before the shooting by dylann roof and it hints at why he may have chosen this church to carry out this heinous crime. what does it say? >> reporter: well as you mentioned, it is absolutely disturbing. it is also very long and it makes very inflammatory remarks for most of it especially regarding blacks and other minorities but as you mentioned, in this manifesto, the author does talk about charleston and i want to read it to you. it's actually at the end of the manifesto and in it it says i have no choice. i am not in the position to alone go into the ghetto and fight. i choose charleston i chose charleston because it is most historic city in my state and at one time had the highest ratio of blacks to whites in the country. we have no skinheads, no real kkk, no one doing anything but talking on the internet. well som

>> all right, martin savidge in cleveland. thank you so much. midwin charles, how common is this situation? i've never heard of it personally before. >> each jurisdiction varies with respect to how they decide to charge suspects or how they decide to come about probable cause. here in ohio, you have to sort of system where this judge has sort of stepped in, an officer of the court, and determined that probable cause exists. i for one am surprised it's taken this long. it's been seven months. a blind man looking at that video can tell that probable cause exists here and the fact that it's going to now perhaps go to a grand jury and then the prosecutors may decide to go ahead with the prosecution is additional delay and justice delayed is justice denied. >> well, the prosecutor as martin pointed out is saying that he wants to continue with the usual process so that there isn't any kind of perceptions but of bias or prejudice in this case but you mentioned it's taken more than six months for investigators to finish their case, turn it over to the p

let's get more now from cnn's martin savidge. >> reporter: dylann roof arrived back in charlston, south carolina a little after 7:00 in the evening. by the time he was transported to county jail it would have been 8:00. almost 24 hours exactly from the night before in which authorities say he walked into the emanuel ame church, sat down on the bible study meeting and when the meeting was over, he opened fire. as to where his conditions are now, he is in county jail most likely in isolation and most properly under suicide watch. it is possible that then he will appear to for a bond hearing. it is highly unhookly the bond will be granted. he will most likely have a public defender. it is likely this court appearance will happen by a video link. after that, what you have to understand, there are two investigations going on. federal one looking into this as a possible hate crime. and then of course you have the state and county one that is looking at nine murders. it is obviously a for most people here in charleston the fear of a suspect on the loose is over, which allows them now to take u

. >> let's get more on the arrest video now from national correspondent martin savidge in charleston. >> reporter: thanks to the new video released by the shelby police department, we can now see and hear how 21-year-old dylann roof, who was then the most wanted person probably in all of america, was taken into custody. and the remarkable thing, especially as you look at that dash cam video, is that he seems completely compliant and he seems actually quite docile for a man who is accused of being a mass murderer and taking nine lives. and as you listen to the police transmissions, one of the things you find out is that the real trip wire to all of this was a concerned citizen, someone who saw something and then said something to the authorities. the other thing to note is the radio traffic seems to show is that even though this is a very small and rural police department, they seem to have done everything right. the officers were in all of the right places, and if you read the incident report of the one officer who makes the approach to the vehicle, you got to imagine that his heart i

get more now from martin savidge. >> dylann roof arrived in charleston, zk zx, a little after -- south carolina, 24 hours from the night before in which authorities say he walked in to the emanuel ame church, sat down at the bible study meeting and when it was over he opened fire. as to where his conditions are now, he's in the jail, most likely in isolation and probably under a suicide watch with. later this morning or today it is possible that he will appear for a bond hearing. it is highly unlikely bond would be granted. he will also have a public defender. it's likely the court appearance will be happening by a video link. after that, what you have to understand, there are two investigations going on. the one looking to this as a possible hate dream and the state and county one looking at nine murders. it is obviously a capital murder case. could very well likely involve the death penalty. for most people here in charleston, the fear of a suspect on the loose is over, which allows them now, well, to take on the main task at hand which is grieving and there's a lot of grief to go ar

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let's get to martin savidge live in ohio this morning. martin martin? >> reporter: good morning. a judge said there was enough probable cause to charge the police officers in the death of 12-year-old tamir rice. this is nonbinding. the judge recommended charges. for instance for timothy loehman loehmann he said murder manslaughter reckless homicide and negligent homicide. however, that may be construed as a victory for the backers of tamir rice. what they wanted when they filed this law was the arrest of the officers. that has nod happened and won't because he doesn't have the authority to do that. that power rests in the hands of the prosecutors. it goes back to where it always has been. i spoke to the attorney of timothy loehmann. he says it's made them look bad and no grand jury decided if they will be charged. here is what he told me. >> i think his life will never be the same. he is a young man, wanted to be a police officer, is a police officer. and depending on who you talk to everybody has a different version of facts. the only facts i would rely are on the sheriff's depa

. >> that was martin savidge reporting. as you said we are learning more about the nine victims who were killed in cold blood as they prayed together on wednesday night. the youngest 26-year-old taehwan za taehwan -- taehwan za sanders. his mother was in the room and saw her son get shot. she is not only a victim but she is a survivor. friends say they will remember him for his upbeat attitude. >> i don't care what kind of day he was having he was always smiling. >> we said our good-byes as if we would see him friday and he said all right guys good night and we took it for granted we'll see you friday. not knowing the very next day. i'm sure he tried to talk this guy out of it. i'm sure he even went down as a hero. i feel like he would have sacrifice himself before he let anybody else in that room lose their life. >> also among those killed in the shooting the church's pastor clementa pickny. he was elected to office when he was 23 years old making him one of the youngest people to serve in the south carolina legislature. l

cnn's martin savidge reports. >> it's another extremely painful today in charleston south carolina with three funerals taking place back to back. all taking place inside emanuel ame church. [ bells tolling ] >> cynthia hurd was the first one this morning. all of these lives that were lost were extraordinary examples of helping and loving others. then came two funerals that were actually held together that was for 26-year-old tywanza sanders and 87-year-old soucie jackson. she's the aunt of tywanza jackson. he and she were killed in that bloody ramp ang -- rampage. >> meanwhile down in columbia south carolina there was an attempt by activists to pulled down the confederate flag. they have been charged with defacing a monument both had bond set at $3,000 each. many people offered to pay for their bond. it was seen in photographs of the gunman had taken of himself prior to the attack. >>> and that moment there, taking down the flag was orchestrated by that group and then the video was shot by that group, again taking down the confederate flag. you are watching cnn "newsroom." in greece the

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let's bring in martin savidge. what is the mood in the community this morning the day after that bond hearing? that really sent waves of emotion nationwide. >> reporter: there is no way to express that what is usually a simple proceeding became something quite extraordinary. you can see the emanuel ame church. the crowd continues to grow. i think shock is still the word that is used. the grief, of course. there is still a great deal of shock. i think that's why many people are still drawn here. they have to see it for themselves participate as a community. going back to yesterday's hearing, it is the words of the victim's families and how power powerful they are that many are talking about and clinging to today. surely the most powerful had to come from felicia sanders. when i listened to her there, you realized that wait a minute this is not just someone that lost someone. she lost her son. she was in the room. i can't tell you the feeling you get with that realization. here is some of what she said. >> we welcome

martin savidge reports from charleston. >> reporter: hundreds of south carolinians rallied on the steps of the state house while state lawmakers debate the confederate flog and its place on the capitol grounds. >> it's an important issue for our state. >> reporter: today the fate of the piece of southern heritage hangs in the balance. >> our ancestors were fighting to keep human beings as slaves and continue the unimaginable acts that occur when someone is held against their will. i am not proud of this heritage. >> reporter: the controversy is not a new one. the flag was removed from the capitol dome in 2000 and raised on the state house grounds. but after last week's massacre, nikki haley, a republican, made it clear where she stands. >> it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> reporter: many prominent republican politicians have followed suit. >> this is a circumstance of where the people led the politicians. i came to conclude after going to charleston that we had to act and sooner rather than later. >> reporter: the rallying cry is sweeping the south from south carol

martin savidge joins us live with the latest. >> this is an interesting development in the case. the tamir rice case the 12-year-old shot by police officers after they arrived on scene. it was captured on surveillance video. the youth was playing with a gun that looked real. that happened last november. the family members of rice and the community is frustrated with how long it's taking for the investigation and the charges brought against the police officer. they are going to use a rare law in the state books in ohio that will allow anyone that knows the facts of this case to go to a judge, in this case a municipal judge and ask for charges to be brought. the charges, they are asking for murder and for attempted murder. they are going after the officer who fired the shot and also his partner in this particular incident. what makes this interesting is the fact, as you point out, there's a distrust of the grand jury process here. they see this as a way to circumvent it. you have the right to have the evidence heard in your case by a grand jury. it's likely going to go to the grand

cnn's martin savidge is in charleston for us. he has more on what's going on. update our viewers, martin. >> well certainly the fact he's going to be returned in custody less than 24 hours after this whole horrific shooting went down in some respects is relief for law enforcement, but it is nothing to dissuade the grief that the community is feeling. still, that said they have their man and they plan to prosecute him fully. tonight 21-year-old dylann roof is in custody, caught in north carolina armed with a gun. >> that terrible human being, who would go into a place of worship where people were praying, and kill them -- >> reporter: roof is suspected of killing nine people inside the church in charleston south carolina. >> we woke up today -- and the heart and soul of south carolina was broken. >> reporter: just at 8:00 p.m. wednesday night, roof entered the church. he was invited to join a bible study group. >> he sat next to my cousin reverend pinckney throughout the entire bible study. it is conclusion of the bible study, from what i understand they just st

i want to talk by phone to martin savidge. he's in cleveland. i think you are actually talked to the prosecution, right? what's the reaction to this? >> i was having a prosecution with the-- conversation with the prosecutor this morning, and this is why we were in cleveland. we had a sense something was going to come down. timothy mcginty says with this case as with all other deadly use case will go to the grand jury. that has been the policy of this office since i was elected, ultimately the grand jury decides whether police officers are charged or not charged. as it just so happened. i was talking to the head of the cleveland police patrolmen's association, the police union, when this ruling came do you remember. they're very angry about this. how in the world, if it does go to a prosecution of the officers the jury pool is so effect affected a judge is saying yes, it's worth charging this man, so they find it unusual and certainly damning, and so far a grand jury has not ruled out any of this. >> let's bring in sunny hosten to give us insight

martin savidge joins us now with the latest. he has been brought back here do we know where he is? >> he will be held at the county detention center. i can't imagine they would let him anywhere near the general population. he's probably going to have a suicide watch, they want to make sure nothing happens to him. >> what more are we learning about the investigation at this point in the. >> they've been focused on finding him. now they're going to be focused on finding out more about him. and why he was motivated to do what he did, where he got that gun. was it the same weapon he was given by his family? >> on his 21st birthday which was in april, after he had been brought up on charges of trespassing and some drug charges. >> the charges against him. they're relatively minor, and they're not an kiss of what's transpired inside of this church. as far as the weapon there are reports that his parents hung on to that weapon for some time only allowed him to have access to it until recently. that's yet to be confirmed. what's going to happen you probably have the public defender that's