What to know this morning: In 5 minutes or less

1. More chilling facts are coming forth about the Charleston church killer, who reportedly feared 'blacks were taking over the world' and had become an avowed racist before committing the heinous act. Read more here.

2. Brian Williams sat down with Matt Lauer this morning on the Today Show to break his silence on the scandal that has kept him from the Nightly News chair for the last several months. "I said things that weren't true," Williams told Lauer. "Looking back, that's plain." Read more here.

3. The 3 men who were involved in the attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas reportedly plotted for three months, and were inspired by the deadly Charlie Hebdo attack in France. Read more here.

4. Europe was scrambling Friday to pick up the pieces after another failed meeting over Greece's bailout that increases fear of the country's failure and possible exit from the euro. Read more here.

5. The woman who helped two convicts escape a maximum security prison told her husband that when she tried to back out of the plot to be their getaway drivers, they threatened her, the husband's lawyers say. He was also shocked to hear that she had plotted with the killers to murder him. Read more here.