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The alleged gunman in the Charleston church shooting is charged with nine counts of murder. And in court, he hears
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from the families of the victims. Also tonight, new calls to confine the Confederate flag to history, not the
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present. At least 10 major wildfires are burning in the West, fed by drought and
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tripledigit heat. And Steve Hartman on the road takes a turn down memory lane. You recognize any of these? I sure do.
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This is the CBS Evening News with Scott P. Today, we witnessed an extraordinary moment in a Charleston courtroom. In
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South Carolina, victims are allowed to speak in bail hearings. And as Dylan Roof made his first appearance by
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teleconference from jail, families of the nine people gunned down during Bible study told him about the precious lives
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that were wrenched away. Deeply religious families gathered their courage and surprised nearly everyone.
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Ethel Lance, 70 years old, left five children, seven grandchildren, and four greatg grandandchildren. A daughter
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spoke for the family. You took something very precious away from me. I would never be able to hold her
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again, but I forgive you and have mercy on your soul. 49year-old Reverend Depain Middleton
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doctor was a mother of four. A sister spoke for the family. We are the family that love built
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We have no room for hating. So, we have to forgive. And I pray God on your soul.
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And I also thank God that I won't be around when your judgment didn't come with him.
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26-year-old Tuansza Sanders reportedly tried to shield others from the gunman. His mother addressed his accused killer.
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We welcome you Wednesday night in our Bible study with open arms. You have killed some of the most
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beautifulst people that I know. Toa Sanders is my son, but Toanza was my hero. Toza was my hero.
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But as we said in Bible study, we enjoyed you, but may God have mercy on you. 21-year-old Dylan Roof could hear the
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families, but he could not see them. Bond was set at $1 million on one of the charges. Justice correspondent Jeff Pay
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has more from that hearing. Jeff Scott Dylan Roof is being held in a jail cell in a building behind this barbwire
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fence. We're told that he's in solitary confinement and under suicide watch. What is your age?
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21. Dylan Roof stood emotionless as he heard the charges against him. Nine counts of murder for the three men and
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six women investigators say he gunned down Wednesday night. Charleston is a very strong community. We have big
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hearts. From the bench, Chief Magistrate James Gznell expressed sympathy and support for both the victims of the
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shooting and Roof's family. We must find it in our heart at some point in time, not only to help those that are victims,
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but to also help his family as well. All units responding 110 Calhoun State. Active shooter, multiple people down.
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New details emerged today about Wednesday's horrific rampage. According to a warrant for his arrest, ROF, seen
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here on surveillance video, entered Emanuel AM church around 8:06 p.m. wearing a fanny pack after attending a
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Bible study class for an hour. The court documents say he stood up and pulled out
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a handgun and began shooting. All nine victims were shot multiple times. The warrant says that before ROF left, he
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stood over a witness and uttered a racially inflammatory statement. CBS News has learned ROF told a witness that
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he had spared her life so she could tell others what happened. In addition to her, a woman and a 5-year-old boy also
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survived by playing dead. Joseph Riley is the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. I knew many of these people.
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uh I admire them and love them and worked with them and uh so it's uh it's the hardest thing I've done in this job
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and probably the hardest thing I'll do in my life. Roof evaded capture for more than 12 hours. According to the warrant,
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Roof's father and uncle recognized him from the surveillance image released to the public and contacted the Charleston
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Police Department. Roof's father also told police his son owned a 45 caliber handgun. When ROF was apprehended in
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Shelby, North Carolina yesterday, law enforcement sources say a Glock 41, a 45 caliber handgun, was found in his car.
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He was arrested and taken to the Shelby police station. Why did you do it? Law enforcement sources say during an
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interrogation, ROF revealed that he had been planning the attack for some time and that he chose the church because it
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was an historic African-American church. Sources say he also revealed that while
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he was sitting in the Bible study, he considered abandoning his plan, but then changed his
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mind because a source says he thought if he didn't do it, no one else would. If convicted, Roof could get the
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death penalty. And Scott, we learned today the Department of Justice is investigating this case as both a hate
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crime and an act of domestic terrorism. Jeff Beay is on the investigation for us
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tonight. Jeff, thank you very much. This evening, the sorrows and the hopes of Charleston are filling a 5,000 seat
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arena in the city's official vigil. This is a live picture now inside the arena,
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the TD Arena, where the College of Charleston plays basketball. Amid all the prayers for
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harmony, attention is focusing again on a symbol of division in the state capital, Colombia. And here's Ela
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Kihano. Today, the flags of the United States and South Carolina flew at half staff
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over the state capital, but the Confederate flag remained at full height. It's against state law to touch
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it. Governor Nikki Haley was asked about permanently removing the flag on CBS this morning. There will be policy
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discussions and you will hear me come out and talk about it, but right now I am not doing that to the people of my
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state. In Charleston, some think the time for that conversation is now. NAACP National President Cornell Brooks asked
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for meaningful dialogue about the scourge of racism. We say this not because we're trying to seow division,
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but rather because we're trying to sew unity, a unity of purpose, a unity of commitment, a unity of resolve so that
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we confront the racism in our midst. And that means certainly symbolically we cannot have the Confederate flag waving
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in the state capital. Those who want to keep the flag say it is not a racist symbol, but rather a piece of their
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heritage. Opinion falls largely along racial lines. 73% of whites feel the Confederate flag should stay. 61% of
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African-Americans say it should not be flown on the state house grounds. Reverend Joseph Darby was born and
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raised in South Carolina. I'm over 60 years old. I remember when the clan marched behind that flag. I have seen
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those rallies. It was put up at the height of the civil rights movement and it was done so across the south and the
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implication was clear. What do you see when you see the Confederate flag flying? Uh, rape, torture, terrorism,
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murder, subjugation. President Obama has said he thinks the Confederate flag belongs in a museum.
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Scott, the accused gunman was driving a car with a Confederate flag license plate. and the mayor of Colombia said
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today that the flag is bound to go. Thank you very much, Elaine. It's worth noting that today is the 150th
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anniversary of Junth, the day the last remaining slaves in Texas were emancipated. And it was 51 years ago
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today that the Senate passed the Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or
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national origin. This evening, President Obama said, "It is not enough to grieve
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after tragedies. The US needs to have a conversation about gun safety." And in his words, "Fix this." Major Garrett
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reports. That debate is underway. South Carolina law allows concealed firearms inside churches if the pastor approves.
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Pastor and state senator Clementa Pikney opposed that law. A day after Pinkney and eight others were shot and killed,
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lobbying group Gun Owners of America noted, quote, "Potential victims were disarmed by law." Eric Pratt speaks for
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the group. The problem is is that people aren't allowed to take their firearms into certain places and that's where
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these mass shootings are occurring. Today at the US Conference of Mayors, President Obama rejected that theory.
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And so I refuse to act as if this is the new normal. or to pretend that it's simply
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sufficient to grieve and that any mention of us doing something to stop it is somehow politicizing the problem.
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After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, Congress voted down President Obama's push for background
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checks on most firearm sales and smaller ammunition magazines. But states have acted, moving gun laws in both
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directions. In the two years after Sandy Hook, mostly Democraticleaning states have passed 99 laws restricting access
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to firearms, while mostly Republican leaning states have enacted 88 laws expanding access. Democratic Senator Ben
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Carden represents Maryland, which tightened gun laws after New Town. Anything we try to do in Congress is
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going to be a heavy lift. It shouldn't be, but it is. That's the political landscape that we're dealing with in
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Congress. So, we we understand the realities. Polls show the country evenly split on the question of stricter gun
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control laws. And even though one survey last summer showed that 92% of households with firearms supported a
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more expansive use of background checks, Scott, the White House conceds the moment for tougher federal gun control
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laws came right after Sandy Hook and is long since passed. Major Garrett at the White House for us tonight. Major, thank
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you. In another mass murder case, the prosecution rested today in the trial of James Holmes, accused of killing 12 and
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injuring 70 in a Colorado movie theater. 79 witnesses were called, but none more
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powerful than the last. Today, here's Barry Peterson. In a crime that took so much
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from so many, it may have taken the most from Ashley Moser. the life of her six-year-old daughter, Veronica, the
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loss of an unborn child, and she was left a quadriplegic with a bullet still lodged in her spine. At first, she
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thought the gunfire was a prank. I went to stand up to reach for her hand to try to exit.
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When you say her hand, you mean Veronica? Veronica's hand. Yeah. Okay. Did her hand reach back?
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No. like I couldn't feel it like just it slipped slipped through my hand. She told of being hit in the chest and
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falling on Veronica. Could you feel her moving? No. Could you feel her breathing?
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No. Could you get off of her? No. Holmes sat across the courtroom, not moving, never looking at her. The
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prosecution was allowed to show a picture of Veronica taken only weeks earlier. How soon
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before her death was that taken? Not long because it was her kindergarten graduation. And with that, the 8-week
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prosecution case was over. Are the people of the state of Colorado rest? The defense now tries to prove Holmes
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not guilty by reason of insanity. that starts next week. As for the impact of Moser's story, Scott, the jury was
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wrapped, some took notes, and like others in the courtroom, some wept. Barry Peterson at the courthouse
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tonight. Barry, thank you. Today, Vladimir Putin essentially told the US to quit telling Russia what to do. Among
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other things, he blamed the West for the crisis in Ukraine. Putin spoke at a business conference in St. Petersburg,
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Russia. The discussion was moderated by our own Charlie Rose. You have more unconstrained power than any Russian
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leader for a while. Clearly, you're stronger militarily. Clearly, you seem to be more aggressive, although you
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don't like me to use that word, I suspect. I did not like you using the term aggressive.
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We're not being aggressive. We are persistent. Russia is not striving for dominance. What we're seeking our equal
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partnership with all members of international community. There'll be more of Charlie's rare interview with
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the president of Russia Monday on CBS This Morning. Wildfires are burning across the West and Oakland throws a
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party for the champs when the CBS Evening News [Music] continues. Wildfires have consumed more
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than 45,000 acres in the West this week. At least 10 are burning in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Alaska. Here's
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John Blackstone. In the rash of fires burning across the west, one of the biggest is in the San
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Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, helicopters are attacking the 11,000 acre fire from above as hundreds
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of firefighters battle it on the ground. About 400 campers and residents were ordered to evacuate the heavily wooded
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area. Further north in California, a wildfire in the Sierra National Forest south of Yusede National Park has grown
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to over 500 acres. For now, the fire threatens few buildings, but it destroyed Roy McCain's home. It's a
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loss. Everything I got's gone. Even in Alaska, fire season has started with a vengeance. The 7,000 acre Skeye
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fire burned right across the park's highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks. With conditions so dry after four years
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of drought, work to prevent wildfires is particularly urgent this year. North of San Francisco, work crews have
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been busy where forest grows to the edge of densely populated towns. Carl Sanders
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is watershed manager. Our primary concern today is with the fuels that we see off here to our left in the forest
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can be. So dead trees, dying trees that add to what we call the fuel load. In preparation for a worst case fire
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season, Scott, California has added two air tankers and hundreds of firefighters. John, thanks very much.
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At least half a million fans of the Golden State Warriors jammed downtown Oakland to celebrate their first
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championship in 40 years. Some showed up at 3 in the morning. The biggest cheers
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went to top scorer Steph Curry and playoff MVP Andre Igmadala. It took 72 years, but a husband and wife are
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finally high school graduates. George and Miko Cahara were forced to leave school in Southern California after
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Pearl Harbor. They spent the war in internment camps, but an old classmate made it his mission to make things
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right. And last night, they received their diplomas. Steve Hartman shows us where
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the road began. A special Father's Day card next. Tonight's on the road segment is
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sponsored by the makers of Tylenol for what matters [Music] most. A while back, Steve Hartman
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brought us a very personal story, but one that many folks could identify with. At the end of a tough week, and with
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Father's Day coming up on Sunday, it seemed like a good time to share it again. So here's Steve on the road at
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the intersection of yesterday and tomorrow. Long before I went on the road, there was one road, Malcolm Road
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in Toledo, Ohio. There was one house, number 1053, and one man, my number one. You recognize any of these? I sure do.
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My father, George Hartman, built this house himself back in 1955. I sure do. How long were you planning on
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living here? The rest of my life. But uh when we built this house, we didn't consider stairs as a factor when you got
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old. And so here we are. At that moment, elderly parents and their grown children
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seem to dread equally the selling of the family home. I prefer the stay, but you
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also have to realize that all good things come to an end. After my mom died last year, it became increasingly
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difficult for him to manage on his own. So last month, my brother Joe and I went
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to Toledo to pack up his things. You see what that is? What is that? My mother's
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hair when she died. She never got gray hair. As you can see, I would have taken your word for it. We spent a couple days
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trying to help dad with his downsizing. Oh, yeah. I don't want to throw anything
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away like that. Okay. which at times felt more like same sizing shoehorn. Yeah, I was looking for that. But when
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pressed, the only things that truly mattered centered on either his faith rosary. Yeah. Or his family. I love you,
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Dad. Happy Valentine's Day. You want to throw that away? No. A house that raised a family is so much
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more than wood and shingles. It's home to almost every memory of our younger lives. It's in the background of
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everything we were and help make us who we are. It's where we learn to feel safe, sound, and sometimes even
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invincible. Yes, technically a house is just a place, but at times like this, it
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sure feels more like a person. My dad is now moving to a one-story apartment near
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my other brother, Mike, in Atlanta. There you go, Dad. And although I know he's not going to like it at first,
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hopefully eventually he'll be able to focus less on what he left behind and more on what he made
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possible. Steve Hartman on Malcolm Road in Toledo, Ohio. And that's the CBS Evening News
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for tonight. For all of us at CBS News all around the world, I'm Scott P. I'll see you Sunday on 60 Minutes. Happy
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Father's Day. Good night. [Music]