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His surprise visit came nearly two weeks after nine people were gunned down during bible study there. the vice president said his family wanted to show solidarity with the families and the victims of that church. bidens son beau died of brain cancer last month. another family of the mother emanuel nine are saying their final good-byes today. funeral for myra thompson is being held right now at emanuel ame in charleston. its brought the confederate flag issue back into the national spotlight. s...

Cinco de mayo. you said something about its like showing up jurl event in a chicken suit. did i get that wrong. [ laughter ] >> im not listing the source. [ laughter ] >> can you elaborate on the connection that you made in the flag story between the flag issue and the west side story flash mob? >> i thought there was nights connection with the latino today on this day of all days. were talking about this particular story. there is something cool. >> and lets go to story three before we run out ...

Were some highly unsafe ree aspects as to why one side was fighting but of course people are going to be fascinated by a war and there were things about it other than the slavery aspect. as ordinary, intelligent people, we can look at it that way. >> i want to come back to this flag issue. im going to raise a metaphor that gets people in trouble. how do you distinct wish between the confederate flag and the nazi swats ka? >> its easy. if you look at the naz zee swas city ka, it was about the sou...

And not by accident. in the complaint, theres a note in the presidents own handwriting ordering the foundation to pay $100,000 to the fisher house foundation in parentheses, settlement of flag issue in palm beach. there was the time he used $10,000 to bid on a portrait of dot last spotted hanging on the wall in the restaurant of one of his golf clubs, one of the items he bought including a football helmet sign bid tim tebow, another trump president costing $20,000. he managed to use other people...

The fisher house foundation in parentheses, settlement of flag issue in palm beach. there was the time he used $10,000 to bid on a portrait of dot last spotted hanging on the wall in the restaurant of one of his golf clubs, one of the items he bought including a football helmet sign bid tim tebow, another trump president costing $20,000. he managed to use other peoples money to fund those endeavors. according to the complaint, he hasnt given a single solitary cent of his own since 2008. now, thi...

I have to say not only is donald trump guilty for reframing this as a flag issue. i think many of his supporters or all of them -- many of his supporters, i hate to over generalize, are responsible for reframing this being about the flag when, as you said, it is about police brutality. it is about law enforcement officials getting away, even sometimes on camera, mistreating and sometimes killing egregiously innocent men without having a fair trial within our justice system. i dont understand the...

Continuing to fire up people on social media. and now the question, by the way, is what is going to happen on sunday, or even more nfl players going to take a knee not just to protest racism, but to protest president trump. brian stelter, cnn, new york. >> lets bring in erica ray davis with cache digital to talk more about this. erica, thank you for being with us this hour. so, this movement started taking a knee to bring attention to the issue of police brutality, to racial issues in the united...

Union and our important international partner and u.s. itself. back to you. >> and a potentially historic move in south carolina. law makers there meeting to decide once and for all whether to keep the confederate flag on the state capitol grounds. the session is getting underway where the issue is expected to come up. johnathon is live in the state house with more. johnathon? >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the state house just beginning to go in session at this hour and debate over the fla...