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Flag, but on other issues. >> that's the core of who i am and what this show is about. you can have a discussion even if you disagree with someone. >> taidavid, i appreciate your time. we'll be here tomorrow again. there it is. there's the flag standing, but it won't be long. some 11 hours, 35 minutes, this flag is going to come down from the state capitol that's been here flying si ining since 1961. coming up, the man who made an emotional call. an emotional call at the funeral for the confederate flag to come down. how he feels now that his prayers are being answered. plus, you've got to tal...

Some people displaying the con fed rat flag. what have people been telling you? >> it's interesting to see the environment here. we have eve been seeing people gather here every day. not as large a group as tonight, but people have been very toll rantd. there's also been people standing next to them. >> we've seen altercations. >> we have. but it hasn't been the prevailing tone or mood here. there was a lot of tension for several hours. these lawmakers were really debating. the more aggravated people got, the more frustrated some lawmakers got. it's interesting. was there concern about what ha...

>> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful, such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond friday. and for the widow of senator pinkney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury. and i will not be a part of it. >> and i misspoke, state representative jenny horn. what do you make of that, david? she's speaking from the heart. she says this offends the people i love, my friends. >> i mean, there's no question. that's a powerful statement that she's made.

The question now is what happens next. we now have a question of placing small confederate flags where soldiers are buried. we're talking about censoring history at that point and trying to -- we can't just do that on the basis that some people are offended. history can be hurtle. and we need to be able to communicate it in its fullness. >> it's not -- we're not cleansing history. we're not erasing history. but what we are simply saying is that this state house behind me doesn't belong to one individual. it doesn't belong to one group of people. >> what about specifically where he talks about ...

Battle field sites, cemeteries and starting to cleanse these historically significant sights of the presence of the flag or any other symbol that is offensive merely because it's offensive. we have to learn about our history. in all of its fullness, including the things that are hurtful. >> but flying a flag, what difference does it make that it's in a relic room? if this flag is insulting to some people, every time they walk into the capitol or pass the capitol or pass the state house, that they're insulted by it. so i don't understand what's wrong with moving it. it's still going to be displ...