Is reaching followers here in this country. Selfie stick rescue. A teenage girl and her father sucked into the ocean by a powerful rip current fighting to swim back to shore. Their entire frightening ordeal caught on a gopro camera. The girl refuses to let go of the selfie stick. They say it saved their lives. And good morning, america. A lot going on this thursday morning. We want to get right to that historic vote in South Carolina. Youre looking live at the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. That Confederate Flag right there will not be flying much longer. It could come down as early as today. And we want to take a look at the scene on the floor of the house after that vote to remove it. As you can see so many people so emotional, some people see the flag as a symbol of hate. Others argued it was part of their southern heritage. It was a bitter battle to the very end and Abcs Steve Osunsami starts us off at columbia South Carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning t
A girl lost her life as she tried to cross hillsboro avenue. They put the cuffs on nicholas and they spoke with him as he left jail this morning. Its a tragic accident and i feel bad for the girl and the family. Nicholas believes it was her own family. She ran into the path of my vehicle, you know what i mean. There was nothing i could do. Nothing you could have it was just, she made the decision to apparently run across a busy highway in the dark, no crosssection and that was the unfortunate tragic consequences of her dying. He may be right about the accident, but he was wrong leaving the scene. Did you know that you hit her. No. All i know is that something hit my car, that is what it appeared like to me. Of blocks to stop and when i stopped, i didnt realize what it was. All i know my window was getting cracked. If he would have stopped he might not have received a ticket. Im chip osowski news channel 8. Hes accused of being drunk behind the wheel and hitting and the family is dealin
This president. We should be putting people into guantanamo and should not be releasing these killers who are rejoining the battlefield against the United States. Amy as north korea launches a long range googler test, republican candidates threat to launch primitive strikes against north korea. United states is going to have to get the United States back into the game. If a preemptive strike is necessary to keep us safe, we should do it. Amy than to super bowl 50. We will talk concussions, protests, and beyonces have time homage to the black panthers. We will speak to Sports Writer dave zirin. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Two both have capsized off the coast of turkey killing at least 32 people, including a number of children. More than 400 people have been killed trying to reach europe so far this year amidst the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii. This comes as up to 35,000 syrians have m
Guantanamo is being emptied by this president. We should be putting people into guantanamo and should not be releasing these killers who are rejoining the battlefield against the United States. Amy as north korea launches a long range googler test, republican candidates threat to launch primitive strikes against north korea. United states is going to have to get the United States back into the game. If a preemptive strike is necessary to keep us safe, we should do it. Amy than to super bowl 50. We will talk concussions, protests, and beyonces have time homage to the black panthers. We will speak to Sports Writer dave zirin. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Two both have capsized off the coast of turkey killing at least 32 people, including a number of children. More than 400 people have been killed trying to reach europe so far this year amidst the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii. This comes
Church is calling out donald trump saying the candidate is no christian. Cbs 2s dick brennan is here now with more on todays developments. Reporter could not get any wilder is right. The remarks by pope francis are already causing a storm on the campaign trail. The pope was responding to a question about trumps pledge to build a wall on the mexican u. S. Border. [ nonenglish language ] reporter a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be located and not building bridges is not a christian. The popes comments came during a session with reporters on his plane while he was flying back to the vatican from his visit to mexico. [ speaking spanish as far as what i said whether i would advise to vote or not vote, i am not going to get involved in that. I say only that this man is not a christian if he has said things like that. Reporter trump responded during a noontime rally. Im a very good christian because the pope said something to the effect that maybe donald trump