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The chambers of the senate and the house. what we were able to successfully do was to have those three flags particularly removed and the one on top of the statehouse to come down. but what happened was when we got into this resolution period like we were the other night in terms of the debate a compromise was reached to put the flag where it currently -- where it was previously flown in terms of the flag of northern virginia which never flew above the statehouse. many of us voted against that particular resolution in terms of saying it wouldn't resolve the issue and we'd have to revisit it bu...

Act which would provide health care to roughly 180,000 people in south carolina. w.h.o. lack it. and it would create jobs in the state. and it would mean a healthier work force and it would mean healthier children going to school. and i hope that the symbolic extremely important symbolic move by governor haley may follow by a substantive move by her. >> an important point, jack. rick, i wonder if we should be careful to learn the right lessons of how this went down because a lot of people late to the struggle want to claim credit for it. and that strikes me as wrong and potentially blurring wh...

At the capital next week. around that time, they seemed to be picking confederate flag fight of their own. late last night, a republican from california introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill to department of interior that would allow confederate battle flag to remain on display at cemeteries and grave sights on federal land. after immediate house cry john boehner suspended action saying he didn't want to, quote, turn it into a political football. congressman calvert said gop leadership asked him to propose that very amendment. now, pressing her advantage, house minority leader nanc...

Pinckney and the incredible display of unity of people of charleston, the surrounding region. all there to celebrate the life to mourn the death and also to try to move forward and this is one of those steps moving forward. i wanted to get your thoughts on this day just what it means to you to see this flag come down and also you knew reverend pinckney personally. what you think it would have meant to him to see this flag come down. >> well clearly -- >> i think it would have meant -- >> rick? >> yeah. clearly this is a very defining and special moment in south carolina and certainly for me. i...

Place, and as the fbi director has shown us james comey, things can happen. they don't happen intentionally. you think you have the best people but things slip through the cracks. ultimately he committed a domestic terrorism act. the only sure i would have is their refusal to call this terrorism. you mentioned something earlier, the fact that he had intenses of inciting a race riot a war. it was politically motivated. that is a clear legal definition of what domestic terrorism is in this country. >> and thankfully not only was he not successful in that almost the opposite happened. we saw a lo...