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Willingness to forgive should be the means and motive by which we continue to move forward to heal the country. the confederate flag is not a symbol of love. it's not a symbol of liberty and justice for all. i intentionally wore this tie today because this tie has -- is representative of the american flag. it represents the american flag. this is the flag we unite behind. it's the flag we all stand for, liberty and justice for all when we salute it. so we need to move forward. i think we have a seminal moment in time, a unique opportunity to take a quantum leap forward, to do as dr. king said ...

Decide how to handle it how it will be displayed. the director was telling me that they are an accredited museum. 15 years ago there was an intense debate about removing the flag from the top of the capitol and it was put at the confederate soldiers memorial. the other flag is in the neighboring museum from where we are, the relic room. so now that flag is there and it's not on display. it's in a storage facility right- now. it's not quite clear when it will be on display but they have until january 1st to figure all of that out. brooke? >> nick thank you very much. we also have don lemon in s...

That intel. obviously we can have another conversation on that and follow up with that. nick valencia let me go to you there at the statehouse. no longer over your shoulder is the confederate flag flying high. can you walk me through what that was like when it was removed? >> reporter: it was there within the crowd and it was mixed emotions. there were some that were turning their backs to the flag removal process because they didn't approve of the decision by lawmakers, a divisive margin to remove that flag from state grounds and still others were seeing this as an historic moment starting ch...

House minority leader nancy pelosi put republicans on the spot this afternoon with a resolution to ban any state flag containing confederate emblem from the u.s. capital. resolution referred to committee where it's expected to die not before house democrats took a page from counter-parts in south carolina making an impassioned argument against the battle flag. >> had this confederate balancing flag prevailed in war 150 years ago, i would not be standing here today as a member of the united states congress. i would be here as a slave. >> how could you possibly now decide that you would legitimi...

I believe was appropriate for the furrowing of any military banner. so it's important for the healing that has to take place in south carolina because even though we see the removal of the flag and the symbolism that it represents it means different things to different people. and so even though we see the physical removal of it i think hearts and mipds have to be changed and that's going to take some time. so i think doing it in due and proper order and doing it in a respectful manner. hopefully that will expedite that process of healing. not only for south carolina but i think for the south ...