governor nikki haley not only helped remove the confederate flag from state capitol, she boosted her own political star in the process. today show s matt lauer asked her if it has put her in a different political orbit. she mostly side stepped that question however, here s how she ended that response. i don t want this to go away quickly. i want people to remember what today feels like and know that anything is possible. i ll keep my focus on that. chuck todd is editor of meet the press and this sunday his guest is nikki haley. we re going to talk about governor haley, too, but first with this breaking news coming out of washington that in the wake of that largest security breach here in the united states history, the director of opm resigned archuleta. what a 360 from 24 hours ago
the largest definitive study i cited was published in lancet in 2013. this is a reinterpretation of the data by a limited advisory group. i think it s very important to stress to your viewers today, please contact your physicians. don t g b. alarmed. the absolute risk is low. all right. cardiologist dan simon. thank you very much for that. thank you. the controversy over the confederate flag is alive and well and the u.s. house of representatives will get an update in three minutes. if you re running a business legalzoom has your back.
reflects and move forward with an appropriate display. those are state decisions. however, in terms of what we were attempting to accomplish yesterday, the mississippi state flag directly incorporates the confederate battle flag within it. it s not appropriate at this juncture for that flag to be displayed on the grounds of the united states congress. that flag stands for the defense of the institution of slavery, which is one of the worst crimes perpetrated against humanity in the history of the world and no one can dispute that. we have to be able to move on. i m hopeful house republicans will do the right thing to get back to doing the business of the american people related to jobs and retirement security, college affordability. that s true. let s pivot to another headline. you heard director of the fbi saying hey, they have a new inkripgs and modes we can t
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
football because it was attached to a big spending bill that provides funding for the department of the interior. so the backlash on that is one step. then what you just heard was leader of the democrats nancy pelosi trying to bring forth a resolution to prohibit the use of any flag that has some of those confederate emblems. as you know the mississippi state flag has part of the confederate flag in its banner. and there are such deep feelings about this. what we don t know now is how this will proceed. the roar that you heard was about what to do in terms of taking a vote. so it s the kind of moment where passions collide with the everyday practice of carrying out bills. we will be following this. but it gives you a sense of the temperature on capitol hill when you talk about the confederate flag. absolutely. the temperature we saw so highly heated in south carolina now carried over to capitol hill. we will continue to follow this and continue to get updates there. thank you so much