European leaders split over whether its the best deal. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im bisi onileere. History made this morning in south carolina. Onlookers cheered as the confederate battle flag was taken down at the State Capitol. It has been flying over a confederate memorial for 15 years. Before that it spent nearly four decades on the capitol dome and now that flag is in a museum. Courtney keeley is live in Columbia South carolina. Were hearing there are going to be more stepping taken there in a few minutes. Reporter hi good afternoon, bisi. Yes, the flag pole still remains. The only symbol left of where that flag flew next to the memorial to the confederate veterans. The flag came down swiftly today, but the cheers that erupted really cemented the historic moment. Even journalists there was just this energy in the crowd, and that and that flag came down so quickly and in fact some people told me they just wished it had gone a little more slowly to savor th