nine people at a black church in charleston last year. the governor of new jersey, chris christie, his final year in office. it is shaping up to be a long one. according to a new quinnipiac poll just 19% of new jersey voters approve of the job that he s doing. 77% disapprove. that s the lowest approval rating for any governor in more than 20 years. the poll also found that nearly half, 48%, believe that chris christie personally ordered the bridge gate traffic jam. and 56% say his involvement in the scandal should be investigated further. ceos big companies are thrilled with donald trump but there s one important business move they won t be making when he takes office. i ll tell you what that is when we get a check on cnn money stream. that s next. who says i shouldn t have a soda every day?
destroyed. now to south carolina. that is where testimony is under way in the federal trial for the man charged with carrying out a shooting at a black church in charleston last year. dylan is being tried on hate crimes, firearms and obstruction of religion charges. he killed people in a bible study class because he wanted to start a race war. he could face the death penalty if convicted and faces a separate state trial o murder changes. we go now from charleston with the latest. the story that horrified the country when it first broke a year and a half ago. what can you tell us? steve, a dramatic emotional first day here in u.s. federal court. the first witness was felicia sanders. she is one of five people who survived that horrific church shooting at t emmanuel ame
we don t know too much more. but this is the fourth woman that mr. trump has named to his staff or to his cabinet. of course we ll keep you posted. the man accused of shooting up a prayer group and killing nine people at a predominantly black church in charleston last year is now selecting his own jury. dylann roof has chose be to represent himself. the judge calling the decision, quote, strategically unwise, but granting him the right anyway. so let s talk about this. joining me now is cnn legal analyst laura coats. good morning. good morning, carol. did the judge have to do this? well, it s his counsel toonsl right to defend himself. whether or not it s a good idea. in this case, he s facing federal charges and the death penalty for the killing of nine members of the emmanuel church. it s going to be a very uphill battle for him legally to, one, have the wherewithal to know how to navigate the system, to know
direct impact. but that is plenty. and again, we expect that testimony to begin shortly. jose. scott, thank you very much. confederate flag cecil the lion and a sdradramaticrescue. in albuquerque, the confederate flag has been taken down. the mayor announced the decision on monday stating the flag will be replaced and the city s official flag put in its place. decision comes as part of a wird call to remove confederate symbols after a shooting spree at a black church in charleston last month. that video was not the one that we wanted to run. but global backlash against the killing of cecil the lion is growing. american airlines and united are banning shipments of hunting trophies just hours after delta announced a similar ban. meanwhile the guide accused of helping the minnesota dentist kill cecil tells nbc news he
senate senate. the movement to remove the flag has gained momentum since nine people including pinckney were gunned down at a black church in charleston last month. let s bring in our nick valencia outside the statehouse in columbia south carolina. nick certainly not the end of the road yet for the flag to be removed. do we know what will happen next? it s heading to the house but how are they going to vote do we think? well we don t expect the house to vote on this today, pamela. i was speaking earlier to a republican representative jonathan hill who says they expect to hear the bill today but the likelihood is that it could be days before a final vote. there has been talk of possible amendments being added to the senate bill that passed overwhelmingly today 36-3 discussion has been along the lines of taking this confederate flag down and replacing it with another one from the confederacy. nothing official though has been proposed. it s worth pointing out if the