Representative Mcknight News Today

Grounds for good moving it to a museum. and ours later the pole that held the flag up for years came down too. people were filled with emotion. >> something i didnt think i would probably see in my lifetime. >> its given people an excuse to be mean and ugly. and today its a totally different ball game. >> its a historical moment. its been in the making for 53 years. i wanted to make sure that my grandchildren and my son would be able to tell their children when they get older about the confedera...

Would have been even worse. and we should be proud how people responded today. representative mcknight. >> i agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments reverend al. i echo the sentiments that the governor said with matt lauer today. the grounds of the statehouse belong to all the people of south carolina. and the only spirit that should be conveyed on these grounds is a spirit of unity and not division. and we could not have a spirit of unity at the statehouse grounds with the confederate battle ...

The loss of our friends and colleagues and loved ones in the state of south carolina in the charleston massacre. >> you know representative mcknight, the governor nikki haley spoke to matt lauer on the "today" show this morning of being proud of her state today. listen to this. >> the statehouse, thats an area that belongs to everyone. and no one should ever drive by the statehouse and feel pain. i think you can look at the way south carolina responded to this tragedy and we can all say that hop...

Last night in a very late night session. this man was there and he voted yes to immediately take down the flag. his name is state representative mcknight. representative, thank you for being with us today. you tweeted out the words, the flag comes down, with a whole bunch of extra characters next to it. its a great day in south carolina. i can only imagine your mood, but i certainly wasnt in the room when this happened. can you take me there as a fellow representative of jenny horne, not only wh...

Going to happen rather quietly. i dont think there will be a lot of pomp and circumstance, and thats completely different than when it went up in 2000 when they had confederate re-enactors come out and have a full ceremony in which they put the flag up. i anticipate this will be a quiet ceremony if a ceremony at all. today at 4:00 when the governor signs the bill there have been members of the families of the victims from the murders in charleston that have been invited. im certain senator pinck...

Time we are never without hope. and so you know weve been indeed indoors for a night, but joy always comes in the morning. so the commitment of the membership passed to reverend john taylor is to move forward, and i want to thank the county supervisor stanley paisley, who has already indicated they will help in providing us a temporary worship site until we can move forward. so again we continue to lift up the mt. zion church family and pray that things will work out. thank you. at this time i w...

Scale at the lorettery commission. we ask each state agency to provide an organizational structure chart to see where we stand in turns of economics. its about economic enslavement at this point. >> representative mcknight, i want to go back to the headline today. the fbi says dylann roof the charleston shooter, should not have been sold a gun. whats your reaction to hearing that? >> im hurt by that. let me first say that i am a gun owner. and my parents are gun owners. and i dont believe that t...