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African-american members that came in the '70s, had to face that flag and see the pledge of allegiance and a lot of them refused to do it. gilda cob hunter, actually the person really rounding up the strategy on the democratic side, really leading the strategy behind the scenes and a lot of times on the floor, she used to pledge of allegiance to a flag on her desk to avoid looking at that flag. this is a longtime fight, 15-year boycott from naacp because in 2000 they couldn't get the flag off of that dome -- i mean off of that monument. so what was happening on the republican side is that they...

A child when i realized what that flag meant. there are other hateful symbols. the nazis had a hateful symbol. you don't fly that every day. isis has a symbol. you don't fly hateful flags in history is for museums, personal property but let's create a situation where everybody can feel they belong that they're going to be respected. that flag has not been a respectful flag. they say it's a battle flag. who are you battling against? you're battling against abraham lincoln, you're battling against harriet tubman against frederick douglass, battleing against some of the best people in america. it...

Capitol there in columbia south carolina. cheers this morning erupting as that flag came down for the very last time. [cheers and applause ] i have nick valencia in columbia but first to the breaking news regarding dylann roof he never should have gotten the gun in the first place? >> reporter: absolutely. that remarkable admission coming from the fbi director james comey. the fbi made a mistake when they conducted his background check when he purchased a gun back in april in south carolina. and basically, it was a breakdown in the system here brooke. it was a confusion with paperwork and with...

Would have forced into a currency with the senate version, could have lasted for weeks, legislative death by amendment. as they continued to bring forward one by one, the floor debate turned emotional. >> i can't build a home and tell my people that politics was more important than them. respectfully and truthfully i can't go home and tell them that the flag was more important than their feelings their hurt their pain their anguish. >> that flag that stands outside has stood as a thumb in the eye of those families in charleston who lost loved ones. we all know it. >> i cannot believe that we d...

I acknowledge and i think she's done a tremendous job at moving the conversation around the flag to where we saw it come down today but as jack mentioned, not just in health care but south carolina has some of the greatest economic disparities. how do we create jobs so that everybody and some of the poorer communities in particular raise the quality of life? education. we have the corridor of shame. how can we change that to corridor of pride? we have tough issues that the legislature and governor haley as jack mentioned that they have to take on in debate and i think for me personally that is...