accredited museum so how we interpret and exhibit are very important to us. we could do it two ways as the last flag that came off the state house but we think we should probably do something to memorialize the 21,000 south carolinians that died in the american civil war. reporter: this has been a very divisive issue, a passionate issue. a lot of people feel strongly about it. absolutely. reporter: you were is he ceremony, your impressions? i was very conscious of that. what we hope to do is to end any division, to bring it back together and we want to do what s right for the flag and for the state and for all citizens of south carolina. allen robertson with the south carolina confederate relic room a long name. reporter: lots of emotion surrounding this. the flag has come down for the first time off state grounds since 1961. we re live here in its new home. john, kate? nick, thank you very much.
and that will never win a general election in this country. all right. appreciate all of your time only coming up, an historic day in south carolina as governor nicki haley signs a bill to remove the confederate flag from state grounds. plus, we ll pause for a minute as presidents 42 and 43 join up in dallas only the. and a look back at the vault in some vintage donald trump moments. will his past positions prove he has nowhere to go but down? and finally, does jeb bush really think the formula for a robust economy is as simple as working longer hours? why he is clarifying his controversial comments. this is hardball. a place for politics.
here in south carolina ana, after an exhaustive debate 13 hours with the final vote coming in the state house just after 1:00 a.m. lawmakers voting to permanently remove the confederate flag from state grounds, a flag you can see behind me that has been on the state grounds since 1961 about 15 years ago another contentious debate brought that flag in front really in the front of the public s eye by the confederate memory yapial. that flag after tomorrow it will no longer be there. it is something that s a huge victor for those who have wanted to see this flag taken down. governor nikki haley is expected to sign the bill sometime this afternoon. the governor s office has not made an official announcement just yet, but the time that we re hearing for guidance is around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. the governor has five days to sign this bill but part of the senate proposal ana s that this flag will come down within 24 hours of her signing this legislation. nick valencia doing a great
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i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful sup as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. that is state representative jenny horne in south carolina as the house yesterday went into the wee hours of the morning debating the bill to remove the confederate flag from state grounds. it all ended with an overwhelming majority passing the bill meaning that flag could come down in the next 24 hours. i want to bring in representative horne joining us live this morning. i know you were going at it until about 1:30 this morning. you must be exhausted. how are you feeling right now? i feel good this morning. i feel very proud and very