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I mean off of that monument. so what was happening on the republican side is that they needed to go back to their constituents and say, okay maybe the flag is coming down. we're going to keep the pole so we can get another flag up there later, switch it for another civil war, another tchotchke, a lot of republicans worried they would go home and get bombarded with angry constituents. if you check nikki haley's facebook page people on the other side of this issue very angry and disappointed. >> i kept watching it they call it the lost cause for a reign. it ultimately came about, when he says i'...

Preacher, fervent belief in god, serving the poor there's no other place he would probably want to die other than teaching people about the word and what he believed about most. he's probably one of the few people that i would say would probably have been at peace dying this ways. he's the guy after walter scott was gunned down led the charge for body cameras. he got a lot of criticism for it and he was also a strong proponent for the flag coming down. one of the few people i believe if they would come back and look over his life he would have said his life meant something, particularly the na...

Flagpole being dismantled and now it is making its way as the confederate flag did to the confederate relic room and military museum a few weeks from here. as we've been reporting, they have until january 21 to to figure it all out. the director is still unclear how they are going to exhibit this at the museum. brooke? >> there was no police system once the compromise was reached after the last debate in 2000. it was flying high and it was significant because the person shimmied up the pole to take the flag down. nick valencia, thank you very much. he's going to need a bigger venue. donald t...

The most vocal, and he talked about us -- he found out about the news on cnn. we caught up with him for his reaction. >> if there's a law in place and it's not working, something is really wrong. we need to enforce the laws on the books and it looks like we didn't. i'm not happy about that. >> it is obvious that people wish this tragedy did not have to happen but they are overjoyed that the flag did finally come down. i was in the crowd surrounded by hundreds of people spent the moment watching it with two confederate flag supporters. they say even though they're disappointed the flag came dow...

The flag down and now south carolina the birthplace of the confederacy that never once mentioned in its articles of secession but mentioned slavery changes, that's a big deal and symbols are important and, yes, maybe all we can see on our horizon is the tip of the iceberg and, yes, of course as in all things what lies below. we have to roll-up our sleeves and say, let's examine this. where do we suddenly get the idea of keeping our heritage when it is not. it's about keeping our hatred. we don't want to do that. south carolina of all places said you know what we don't want to do this. we don't...