Good morning. It is Sunday, August the 27th. I'm Ali Velshi. 60 years ago tomorrow in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous, I have a dream speech.

Quote, I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character, end quote.

Well, yesterday, three black Americans were murdered simply because of the color of their skin.

Law enforcement is investigating yesterday shooting at Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida as a hate crime.

The three victims, two men and one woman, were all black, the gunman, white. The sheriff of Jacksonville

says the shooter, quote, hated black people, end quote, and left a manifesto detailing his,

quote, disgusting ideology of hate, end quote. He used a handgun, and of course, as is always the case these days,

an AR-15-style rifle marked with swastikas. Earlier this morning, my MSNBC colleague Katie Fang

spoke with the Florida State Senator Tracy Davis, whose district includes Jacksonville.

As we're processing it, I wake up today.

And the only thing I can say is those three people were gunned down because they were black.

We are in 23.

And we are dealing with racial issues like this.

It's devastating.

It's absolutely devastating, simply knowing that you are targeted because of the color of

your skin.

All right.

Joining me now from Jacksonville is NBC's Marissa Parra.

Marissa, what's the latest on the investigation and how the community is coping with this?

Well, Ali, just a couple of things here.

I mean, you can imagine it is a heavy morning here in Jacksonville.

The president of the United States has been briefed on this, as well as the Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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