That flag were to be removed. That would also require the legislature to work an extended session this legislative session, so well see how it plays out in the upcoming minutes and days. Back to you. Cnns Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin is in charleston. We just learned that president obama and Vice President biden are planning on flying to charleston for reverend pinkneys funeral, one of the nine victims of the terrorist attack last week. President obama were told will deliver the eulogy there for pinkney. Tell us more. Yeah i think looking at all of this and the funeral behind me here jake here in charleston really whatever the shooter tried to do or whatever he was trying to do its having the complete opposite effect. We may see that flag removed from the State Capitol grounds. Well have a huge unity spirit for those funerals. We saw that over the weekend here. So i think looking at this whole, you know episode, this very, very dark episode, it is true that hate will
Missouri, where there are protests tonight where its ten days after the death of Michael Brown. He was shot to death by a Police Officer. Good evening, everyone. Im don lemon, and i want to welcome our studio audience. This is cnn tonight. Its a live special. A town hall. Its called black and white in america. Welcome, everyone. Are you excited to be here . We are excited to have you here, because tonight the events in ferguson are sparking a national conversation. Do we have a race problem . Do we have a Police Problem . Or do we have both . Black, white, everybody has an opinion. And were having the conversation live right here in our studio. And you can be a part of it at home. Make sure you tweet us your question, using t the fergusoncues. We need answers. The lives of our young people depend on it. We have a team of very distinguished guests right here in our studio. But before we get into our conversation, we want to go to ferguson where jake tapper and Anderson Cooper are both l
Porter, raises pointed questions about why the white house would hire and then defend a man accused of Domestic Violence. Joe, well get to all the Details Behind that disturbing story. But overall it just seems like the Trump Administration, the white house, has a hiring problem to say the least. Well they really do have a hiring problem. Its expanded out. We now have a john kelly problem. A lot of stories just seem to have been breaking that show general kelly in a terrible light. Whether its calling dreamers lazy, saying a lot of dreamers were quote too lazy to get off their asses. Or whether it was here, where he called this man who was twice accused of abusing his spouses, a man of great character. They knew about it going in. He wasnt given a security clearance. And yet he was able to do things that he should not have been able to do. There is absolute chaos in this white house. And of course, it starts at the top. When you have the president of the United States yesterday when he
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. In our world lead, an unprecedented decision by israel after an unprecedented and normbusting message from President Trump. Israel announced today it is blocking two sitting duly elected members of the house of representatives from entering that country. The announcement came less than an hour after President Trump tweeted, quote it would show great weakness if israel allowed representative omar and tlaib to visit. Minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace, unquote. The congresswomen have called for the economic boycott of israel. They strongly dispute the president s characterization of their views. Either way, we know of no time in this nations history when an american president urged a foreign country to ban american lawmakers from entering. The move by viewing has been criticized by even staunch israelsupporting organization suv an apack and the Simon Weisenthal center. Congresswoman omar issue