Dylann Roof Convicted in Charleston Church Massacre.
ROMANS: A South Carolina jury has convicted Dylann Roof on all charges in the shooting deaths of nine people inside Emanuel AME church. Jurors will decide next month if the 22-year-old should be sentenced to death. CNN's Nick Valencia has more outside the courthouse in Charleston.</s>NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Alison and Christine, it came as no surprise to those in the courtroom, Dylann Roof guilty of all charges in the murder of nine people in June of 2015 at the historically black Emanuel AME church. As the verdict was read out loud, Roof stood silently. His right hand noticeably fidgeting, his ears turning as the guilty verdicts were read one count after the hour. Jurors unanimously deciding that Dylann Roof was guilty in the murders of those nine people. There was little emotion shown by the defendant. The most emotion came from the family members of the victims. Some bowing heads, seemingly in prayer. Others wiping their brow and others wiping the tears from their eyes. Thursday, it was quite emotional. The emotion punctuated by an image of the bloody bodies of those worshippers lying down on the floor of that bible study. Dylann Roof accused of shooting those victims 77 times in all. The prosecution in their closing arguments saying that Dylann Roof should be held accountable for every single one of those shots. For the defense's part, they said they hope the jurors took into consideration that their client might be delusional and that there was something skewed about his perception in reality. The next part of this sentence, of this trial I should say is the penalty phase. That's expected to pick up on January 3rd -- Alison, Christine.</s>ROMANS: All right. Nick Valencia in Charleston, thank you, Nick. Hundreds of protesters at the North Carolina state capitol building Thursday after Republicans made an unprecedented move to strip the new Democratic governor of some of his power. Governor-elect Roy Cooper now vowing to fight the Republican power grab in court. This comes after that bitter governor's race that saw incumbent Pat McCrory wait through weeks of vote counting before conceding he had narrowly lost.</s>KOSIK: Longtime Turner Sports broadcaster Craig Sager has died after a long battle with leukemia. The iconic sideline reporter, he's loved across the NBA by players and by fans and colleagues. He was best known for his warm personality, his professionalism and, of course, his colorful and at times fluorescent wardrobe. Sager died just days after he was inducted into the sports broadcasting Hall of Fame. He leaves behind his wife and five children. Sager was 65 years old. You know, it's interesting to hear the legacy will be carried on now he is gone. All of these people in the sports world coming out and talking about what joy they brought to his lives. He continued working many months after his illness took a turn for the worse.</s>ROMANS: Our best to his family here as they cope. All right. Fifty-six minutes past the hour. Little treat for you. Dolly Parton, she seems like she's everywhere. Fifty years into the music business. She was just on "The Voice" singing with Miley Cyrus. She ran a telethon. Brought in $9 million for the victims of the wildfires in Tennessee, a fire that came dangerously close to the theme park she owns, Dollywood. New album, pure and simple, wrapping up her biggest tour in decades. And on that tour, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dolly Parton. You may see rhyme stones and sequence, I see a business mogul. Listen.</s>ROMANS: When you were starting, did you think, look, if I am going to last and if I'm going to make sure that the music business doesn't take advantage of me, I have to be in control of my image, my sound, my business, every angle of it?</s>DOLLY PARTON, SINGER & MUSIC MOGUL: You said it when you said the business. It is called the music business. My dad told me that when I let home. He said don't let people steal your money. You pay attention to your things. So, as soon as I could, I started my own publishing company, got my own record label now. I think it is important if you can as soon as you can to keep all of your goods close to home where you can control it and know what is happening. My dad had 12 children. He just managed everything. In fact, that's where I like to think I get my business sense. He was a great barter, he was a horse trader as they say.</s>ROMANS: Yes.</s>PARTON: Street smart, horse smart.</s>ROMANS: I bet along the way, people said no to you. I bet you have been sitting across the table from a fat cat executive who said, no, we're not going to do it that way. And you had to really hold your ground.</s>PARTON: Oh, yes. I can do that. Like I said, I am an easy going. People say, do you ever lose your temper? Well, I lose it, but I use it sometimes.</s>ROMANS: Yes, I mean, that's one of her -- sort of I call her the Dolly MBA. The MBA in Dolly, you know, use your temper. Hire good people who you trust and let them do what they do well. If you want to see more in the business advice from Dolly Parton, anybody in business should listen to this, you can check it out at CNN Money.</s>KOSIK: She doesn't just sing. She doesn't just perform. She's had a lot of fire and passion in that little lady. I love her.</s>ROMANS: She is a titan. She's a mogul. And she has made a lot of choices and done deals that people around her said, no, no, and she knew she wanted to do it, and she did it surrounded herself by people who would get it done. And you know, she wouldn't confirm or deny her net worth, but it's big.</s>KOSIK: She's certainly inspiring. All right. EARLY START continues right now.</s>ROMANS: President Obama is saying the U.S. will take action against Russia after high level politicians, likely including Putin himself, meddled in the U.S. election.</s>KOSIK: Hillary Clinton and her campaign chair both weighing in. John Podesta issuing a scathing criticism of the FBI over their handling of the hacking.</s>ROMANS: Fast moving developments in Aleppo right now. Syrian state TV reporting evacuations are suspended in Aleppo. Another truce broken. Thousands of people stuck inside the war-torn city. Good morning, everyone, this Friday morning. Welcome to EARLY START. I'm Christine Romans.</s>KOSIK: Good morning. I'm Alison Kosik. It's Friday, December 16th. It's 5:00 a.m. in the East. And new this morning, President Obama vowing to take action in response to Russian hacking of the U.S. election. In an interview with NPR, the president said he is directly confronted Vladimir Putin warning the Russian president of a potential U.S. response.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action. And we will. At a time and a place of our own choosing.</s>KOSIK: And President Obama wasn't specific about what kind of form a U.S. response might take or when something like that would happen. But he did say some of it may be explicit and publicized. And some of it may not be.