Obama: I refuse to act as if this is the new normal

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Obama: I refuse to act as if this is the new normal

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President Obama remarks on the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina where nine people were killed in a church shooting.

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Charleston church shooting reactions 13 videos

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Obama: I refuse to act as if this is the new normal

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S.C. Sen. Tim Scott gets emotional on Senate floor

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Crowds gather to pay tribute to church shooting victims

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Charleston Solicitor speaks

Charleston solicitor: Slain pastor called me weeks ago

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Martin Luther King III: Charleston shooting was terrorism

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People sit on the steps of Morris Brown AME Church while services are held June 18, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. US police on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old white gunman suspected of killing nine people at a prayer meeting in one of the nation's oldest black churches in Charleston, an attack being probed as a hate crime. The shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the southeastern US city was one of the worst attacks on a place of worship in the country in recent years, and comes at a time of lingering racial tensions.

Church shooting 'an assault on the faith community'

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Senator Clementa Pinckney

Cousin: Charleston shooting victim a 'peacemaker'

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Obama quotes MLK in wake of Charleston shooting

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Attorney General Lynch: Charleston shooting 'barbaric'

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Governor chokes up over Charleston shooting

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Crowd sings hymns at Charleston shooting vigil

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Senator Clementa Pinckney

Rep. Sanford: Pastor Pinckney 'considerate and warm'

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Mayor: Only motive to kill during church prayer is hate

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