Carolina all republicans all called for bringing down the Confederate Flag ridding it from the capital. No one was more impressive than nikki haley, she mounted it with dignity, courage and charm. Today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say its time to move the flag from the capital grounds. [ applause ] something important happened there, the cause, the defiant resistance to federal authority, triumph yankee troops and fearful imagine black helicopters with bumps aside but the black and white alike at the spectacle of racial hatred that showed its face in the Emanuel Church and yes, it is political. Some leaders in the Republican Party, mitt Romney Jeb Bush Michael Steele made positions clear up front. Other haves takes have taken time to share politics. Whatever is going on the decision on who to lead this country, is in this country getting serious this june. The fact jeb bush is coming up the fact Hillary Clinton is riding high says the same about de
Prison more than two weeks ago. Weve learned a corrections officer who knew the men who is han suspended and is under investigation. Sources now telling cnn the escapees dna has been found in a cabin only 20 miles from the prison. The other breaking story were following, South Carolina governor nikki haley, senator Lindsey Graham senator tim scott, all calling for the confederate battle flag to be removed from the memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol. Pressure to pull it down mounting since white supremacist dylann roof killed nine people at an africanamerican church in hopes of starting a race war. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents. And our guests including the South Carolina state senator Marlon Kimpson and the naacp president Cornell William rose. Lets begin with cnns Boris Sanchez in upstate new york. He has more on the new clues in the search for those two escaped killers. Boris, whats the latest youre hearing . Reporter out of 2,000 tip
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In a state still reeling from the massacre of nine black worshippers, the effort to remove from the South Carolina State Capitol grounds a racially charged symbol wrapped in a painful history gained a powerful voice today. The states governor, nikki haley, a republican, joining a growing chorus of those now calling for the removal of the confederate battle flag, the same flag embraced by the young white man accused in the Charleston Church shooting. Ron allen leads off our coverage. Reporter few symbols in American Culture evoke such intense passion. Emblem of southern pride and states rights or the scourge of slavery and racism. Today governor nikki haley weighed, in flanked by a Bipartisan Group of state leaders. Today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say its time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. Reporter South Carolina
He saw one person running away or the back of one of them running, so he approached the camp with caution, and a jug of water on the table, and open jar of peanut water. And dna samples, fwhou evidence that they are getting any help on the outside, but on the other hand, we are learning new details of the help they received from the breakout and now gary tuchman on the hunt. Reporter the people who live in the tiny hamlet of owls head new york have never seen anything like this. We have evidence that the suspect mace have spent time in a cabin in this area. We have Law Enforcement officers from around the state the and around the nation here today searching for more evidence. Reporter the breakin suggests that the men need provisions provisions, and they are desperate. That is what a source tells cnn. There are lots of police here but they cannot patrol the every trail, and they have a trail where they believe the men are. The adirondacks are beautiful, but this is the topography where
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