'Get off your knees and start praying!' Angry woman interrupts live report on Charleston shooting

As CNN's John Berman reported, woman consistently interrupts.

During a live shot from a CNN interview, hours after the suspect in Charleston shooting was arrested, a woman began heckling angrily at the reporter. The woman expressed her anger and distaste for white people, as well as the president and warned that black people should start praying. The reporter and his interviewee kept their cool, going on to a commercial break without firing back at the woman.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - "There's a lot of heartbreak to go around in this city today," started CNN reporter John Berman from the scene, hours after police arrested Dylan Storm Roof for brutally killing nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday.

The woman repeatedly asked Berman if he was angry. As he delivered the report live, a woman shouted angrily at him, saying they are mad and angry, provoking Berman to "tell the truth." She did not stop as the reporter tried to deliver the news from the area.

As Berman reported the traffic on the site in Charleston was returning to normal, she did not stop. "White people are terrorists," exclaimed the woman. For a few moments, her heckling somehow weakened until Berman was joined by a guest during the report.

"I'm joined now by Don Lemon who's with me," he said, which in turn Lemon added "And a friend," humorously. But she was not deterred and continued her heckling as the two talked about the earlier incident.

In the background, she shouted angrily at the two, "are you angry Don?" and some variations of the question for ten times, according to the outlet. Although both of the men kept cool, they gave the woman a look or two.

"Terrorists! The president's a puppet. Stop the lies. He's an Uncle Tom, too. President Obama's an Uncle Tom, too. Black folks, get off your knees and start praying," shouted the woman without even pausing.

The two ultimately asked for a commercial break and returned without her in sight.

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