The United States and the rest of the world is in shock over the murderous hate crime committed against a black church in Charleston, South Carolina. President Barack Obama in expressing his condolences to the families of the victims said the U.S. must come to terms with gun violence. TeleSUR correspondent Jorge Gestoso provides an update to the events as they have developed and examines the problem of hate crimes in the U.S. In an exclusive phone interview, South Carolina activist and author Kevin Alexander Gray offers his recollections of slain pastor Clementa Pinckney, the historic role of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the broader significance of the crime. teleSUR