the republicans had done in the dark of the night. finally, they removed the bill. they stopped the bill from moving forward. they cannot stand to be exposed in this way while south carolina in the midst of this tragedy and grief of what took place have done the right thing in terms of a bill to remove the confederate battle flag. so our leader pelosi congressman benny thompson from mississippi, offered a privileged resolution to try to make sure that the confederate battle flag which is incorporated in the mississippi state flag at the capitol, to remove that. of course, the republicans decided to move forward with a technical procedure and send it back to committee. it is outrageous. and i think the public is beginning to realize what we're dealing with with these house republicans. >> it is outrageous. talk about south carolina doing the right thing. they didn't just do it. standing by with joy reid is