that on he acquired that gun later with pete williams. great to see you. great report. let s bring in rick wade a former senior adviser for the president s campaign in south carolina and professor jack bass from the college of charleston. his eight books focus on the american south. professor, i want to start with you. we have talked a lot in the last month of what the confederate battle flag means to different people. i got to imagine what the symbolism of it is has changed after this recent debate after the removal from the capitol in south carolina. what does it mean to you now? what do you think it means at this point? i think it means less than it did yesterday. and the fact that it is down reflects a new direction i think for the state in terms of a much more looking forward than looking backward and i think the way the whole charleston area