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You, bill. polls suggest there is enough support in the house to remove the confederate flag from the state house grounds. but the debate concerns what comes next. the bill coming from the senate would remove the flag once and for all and put it in a state museum. proposals to fly it once a year or replace with a les controversial flag was voted down in the senate. the house could agree on a change and that would have been to be approved by the senate and could takes weeks instead days. >> what about in columbia? >> reporter: the debate continues inside and outside of the state house. we are p...

Permanently remove the flag. it was 37-3. a two-thirds majority is needed in both the senate and the house to get the vote on governor nikki haley's desk. she's been calling for the removal since join. thank you so much for joining us. i know you originally voted against a debate on this issue. the senate could pass the bill today sending it to the house. how do you plan to vote? >> i plan to vote to support the flag. there are also some potential options that you know may allow me to vote for the bill. we'll see. there is some talk about possibility replacing the flag with a different battle ...

This is a square flag with a white border. slightly different. this is the flag that the regiments would have fought under under general lee. you know i think that it is appropriate and that it's a very important that we remember our state's history precisely because there's much to learn about the value of life both from how slaves were treated as well as all the unnecessary lives that were lost in the war. >> what do you tell those constituent who is you represent who feel so strongly that that flag should be removed because they are so strongly offended by it? >> i have heard from some folk...

Some of them saying they didn't realize how offensive it was till the church massacre that left nine people dead including colleague clementa pinckney whose desk is draped in black. the bill must be signed by the governor before the flag comes down. freshman quarterback d'andre johnson has been dismissed from the florida state university football team after prosecutors released video of a violent confrontation at a tallahassee bar from june 24th, it shows johnson arguing with a woman who then swings at him. he responds by punching her in the face and her nose begins to bleed. johnson's 19 ye...

Budget is running dry. the u.s. may need to help. because of the fires burning on both sides of the border, the air quality is unhealthy in the seattle area across the northern part of washington state. now, advisories are posted telling anyone with health issues to stay indoors until the smoke is gone. and the dangerous conditions for firefighters in the west continues today. it's hot and dry again in the fire zone with storms in the mountains and then there's heavy rain, as well in new mexico and colorado. it's stormy late in the day in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. cooler fall-like ...