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Of the four marines and one sailor killed. mr. boehner wanted to honor the five servicemembers for their courageous service. the question lingers whether the white house will do the same. we expect to hear from the president on this issue ten minutes or some this comes as new information from about the accused gunman and fox news exclusive from one of the shooting scenes. john roberts is live with more. john? >> reporter: jenna, good morning. let's head to the flag issue. i talk with chattanooga mayor andy beaker, what he white house should do. he deferred to the white house and do with their ...

Future which i think south carolina is destined to have. >> you talk about a host of other things and not to be forgotten is economically here the impact especially with the boycott for the last decade the naacp lifting that. and also it's moratorium on predetermined regional and post-season competitions in south carolina. talk about the effect that's going to have on the state, as well. >> well i'm sure it's going to have some positive effect. the impact of the economic boycott is frankly, hard to measure. i think what's most important to people here is to resolve an issue that separated us i...

Thank you so much joy. >> and for more let's bring in nbc news senior political reporter perry bacon. this is far broader than south carolina, as you know. tell us what's happening in columbia having a larger impact nationwide? >> you're seeing the republican party, i think if you look at what we saw the republican chairman call donald trump yesterday and said, please tone down your comments. i take this and the flag issue in south carolina as well to say the republican party is aware they have the perception of being the party that's not racially tolerant enough not diverse enough. and the le...

A republican governor or democratic governor i think at the end of the day, would not have mattered much. i think it's nice that you acknowledge david beasley, many people argue he lost his election for the governorship his second term based on the flag issue. he was followed by jim hodges who was there in aten distance and i saw governor riley who was later secretary of education as well. there in the immediate forefront right behind the governor she signed the bill into law. i think it was a neat outpouring -- republican and democratic past governors, but at the end of the day this would hap...

Why that is offensive. and b, to have the flag taken down only 150 years later. and that it took the deaths of nine good people to really bring about this moment is really sobering. but it is good news that the country is coming to terms with its past. and it is impressive that there are a lot of republicans down there who have been on the other side of the flag issue who found it in themselves to say, wait a minute. this has gone on too long. this is not the right symbol for the state of south carolina. it is a huge deal for the country but it has taken us a while. >> i want to bring in democ...