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Merchandise from bookstores and gift shops nationwide, and apple is banning all games and apps featuring the flag from the itunes app store, but though it's now restoring the ones that use it for historical or educational purposes. and over the last week, the country finally seems to be having a debate, 150 years overdue, to be plain about it, about the painful, contentious legacy of the confederacy. on the one side, you have arguments made by jeff o'kain to nbc news correspondent, ron allen. >> a quarter of the men in south carolina died to protect this state and its favors. that's what it's ...

Georgetown law professor, paul butler, who had this response to a caller on npr who descended from confederate veterans. >> i think we need to focus on gun control and not be sidetracked by this. i'm not somebody who thinks the battle flag should stay there, but i certainly honor my ancestors. >> i have no respect for your ancestors. as far as your ancestors are concerned, i shouldn't be a law professor at georgetown i should be a slave. that's why they fought that war. i don't understand what it means to be proud of a legacy of terrorism and violence. last week at this time i was in israel. t...

Time now for "the mix". time now for "the mix". so there's an astrophysics professor. >> you lost me already. >> bear with me here. stick with us. on npr on the weekend by saying many scientists are what i call boys with toys. women scientists are saying hang on a second. not just boys with toys. so they've started this #girls with toys and showing all the cool scientific things that women are doing. so got one from nasa. showing the clean room with the mirrors all the work she does. another scientist showing the telescope she works with. just a really motivational thing for women who are do...

A real place, where we really manage your claim from start to finish. really. ♪ easy as easy can be ♪ bye! i wanting to work with them, i want to get things done, i don't have another election to run. there are going to be areas where we agree and i'm going to be as aggressive as i can be in getting legislation passed that i think help move the economy forward and help middle class families. i haven't used the veto pen very often since i have been in office. now i suspect there's going to be some times where i've got to pull that pen out. >> a little threat from the president on npr. let...

Administration, eric, is unwilling to address is that islamic fanaticism is on the march and they declared the rebirth of the caliphate, an islamic state. and i heard on npr, juan coal, who has been wrong about everything in the middle east over the years, welcome to npr, right? but he was saying the caliphate doesn't matter because it will not resound with the urban people. that is like saying christianity doesn't matter because hipsters don't worry about it. we think they will be the agents of change but the islamic fanatics who hate us, brutalize people and engage in the real