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From all the way up from elementary school to college. you get the history country and know about slavery. having a proclamation and a whole time to learn about it when you dont include slavery and denouncing slave are you saying that we should have had slaves? do you believe we should are have had slaves? or do you believe slavery should exist? >> i dont believe slavery should exist anywhere in the world it still does. im not saying it was right or wrong. but from 200 years ago to 2,000 years a...

Understand where weve come from as a nation. we elected the first african-american president and made tremendous strides since the civil war. confederate war and civil war was fought for numerous reasons, slavery one of them, state sovereignty and fight against the intrusiveness of the federal government. its important for virginians to recognize where we came from as a state. >> is there a middle ground on this, you can honor a confederate soldier perhaps for fighting for what they believe was ...

Humanity. does suggest that he lacks courage. >> reporter: for better or worse, virginia is steeped in confederate history. monuments like this one can be found throughout the state. governor mcdonnell in the proclamation suggested that the move was meant to help boost tourism ahead of next years 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war. the governor said he issued the proclamation at the request of the group sons of confederate veterans. they say the outcry is politically motivated. >> w...

That is what slavery was about. we came from a period of deprivation and denial and dehumanization and uplifted. thats the bob mcdonnell that i thought would have been a part of this proclamation. thats why i think he should be commended for being man enough and strong enough and straightforward enough to say i made a mistake. i should have included things in it that i didnt. now i shall do so. >> youre satisfied with what he said now? >> im pleased to the extent that hes let it be known that he...

Out. >> slavery was an absolute abomination on this nation. it was a horrific practice that im delighted is wiped off the face of this country. so i didnt mention it solely because i was trying to keep the focus on the war aspects of it. >> reporter: kate bolduan, cnn washington. a short time ago, i spoke with former virginia governor, doug wilder, who was the first african-american governor ever elected to serve as a governor. governor wilder, welcome to you? >> campbell, always good being wi...

Short time ago mcdonnell put out this statement. "the failure to include reference to slavery was a mistake and i apologize for that. the abomination of slavery divided our nation, deprived people of god given inail yabl rights and led to civil war. slavery was an evil, vicious and inhumane practice which degraded human beings to property and left a stain on the soul of the state and nation." joining me now is the reverend jesse jackson. president of the rainbow bush coalition. reverend, good to...

Fire that burned across this country was the souths refusal to let go of slavery, which is a deep and abiding crime against humanity, does suggest that he lacks courage. >> reporter: the governor says he did this at the request of the group sons of confederate veterans. they say the outcry is politically motivated. >> what governor mcdonnells doing is trying to help educate people, and these -- the people who are complaining refuse to look at anything. theyre one sided. they need -- theyre the p...

Black -- it is sort of what christians would call abomination. absolutely. >> sean: a lot of people say, you right wingers are throwing these terps around. black -- throwing these terms around. black liberation theology is built into social justice. >> sort of mutateing the church, the black church culture and experience into something that was dedicatedly marxist. something holy other than what it was supposed to be. like you said we throw these terms around. what a lot of people particularly, ...

Black -- it is sort of what christians would call abomination. absolutely. >> sean: a lot of people say, you right wingers are throwing these terps around. black -- throwing these terms around. black liberation theology is built into social justice. >> sort of mutateing the church, the black church culture and experience into something that was dedicatedly marxist. something holy other than what it was supposed to be. like you said we throw these terms around. what a lot of people particularly, ...

Wallet this is huge. >> sean: the thing that we just discussed with the two senators, the fact they exempt themselves, the staff, president obama is not subject to the same health care bill. it is like the prime minister in canada, he needs health care he has a single-payer system he flies to miami to get his health care. >> are you surprised? sean no. >> you look at canada, great britain what has happened with those countries with health care is an abomination, we dont want to go there. >> sean...