Parents of jamele shaw i said was killed by an undocumented immigrant . Anderson. We understand that meeting is happen right now. It is expected to be an extremely emotional meeting. Between the father of 17yearold jamele shaw and donald trump. This is a meeting this father very much wanted to have. His son, a 17yearold football star was shot and killed shot twice by an undocumented immigrant, a known gang member who had been released from prison the day before his son was killed. He says he hasnt been able to tell his story. His wife was in iraq fighting for the u. S. Army on behalf of her country and had to fly home to bury her son. This family says this is the president ial candidate who actually makes sense to them. Heres what he said earlier to reporters. I was watching. When he said it. I wanted to cheer. Its like man, the relief. For the first time i feel like i was Walking Around with carrying a bag of weight, you know it was unbelievable. The feeling to see finally, finally so
Displayed. It was a contentious moment on the hill. What you are playing now is what happened a couple hours later when democrats protested loudly when republicans shelved a resolution that would have removed the confederate image from the capitol. That speaks to the mississippi flag which includes the Confederate Flag in the upper corner. There was a lot of emotion on the house floor about this issue yesterday. Lets play what georgia congressman john lewis had to say about this. Theres no way the federal government should ever display this flag on any federal site or sell it on federal property. It is a symbol of separation. It is a symbol of hate. It is a past. We must defeat every attempt to return this flag to federal property. Sack lot of raw emotion and passion on the house floor. John lewis next to the trooper who is beat the protesters including him in alabama 50 years ago. John boehner wants the adults to have a conversation. Democrats are saying what conversation has to be ha
Block away. Lawmakers taking hours to come to this conclusion a decisive margin and a huge victory for those who want to see this flag come down. The vote coming just after 1 00 a. M. Ladies and gentlemen, if i could get your attention. Reporter more than 12 hours after passionate and oftentimes contentious debate it isnt part of our future. Its part of our past. It is my sincere desire that this bill does not pass. Reporter members overwhelming approving a bill to remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds. This after nine people were gunned down by a white supremacist at a biblbible study. Tempers fraying into the night, an impassioned plea from jenny horne to fellow members of her party. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. And if any of you vote to amid you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond friday. Ad for the widow of senator pinckney and his two youn
Which started with the murder of nine people last month at the africanamerican church in charleston. Killed by the gunman who posed with a Confederate Flag in social media pictures. The debate ended in the house with 13 hours of passionate pleas like this one from republican jenny horne. She said take that flag down. Cnns don lemon is in Columbia South carolina with the very latest. Reporter john 22 day as after the massacre in the ame church in charleston South Carolina governor nikki haley said the flag on the statehouse grounds in columbia must come down. It will come down within a few hours here. Theres going to be a ceremony. When she signed that bill yesterday, what she said was that generations of americans, generations around the world will look at South Carolina differently. This is a new South Carolina. How the action of nine individuals laid out the long chain of events that forever showed the state of South Carolina what love and forgiveness looks like and i will tell you t
Floor. Representative jenny horne said quote, we are not fighting the civil war anymore and tearfully reminding the house why they were there. If we amend this bill we are telling the people of charleston we dont care about you. We do not care that someone used this symbol of hate to slay eight innocent people who were worshipping their god. Last night was the threeweek anniversary of the massacre in charleston and it was noted on the floor after my remarks and i have to tell you that its the least that we can do as a body. If you would have asked me last year if we would ever remove the flag from the statehouse grounds in my lifetime i would have said theres no way. Lets take you now to columbia to my colleague, nick valencia. Nick you pointed out that there are still some protesters some holdouts behind you waving their Confederate Flags. Bottom line in one hour governor nikki haley is signing that bill into law. Reporter a monumental day. You can feel the gravity of the situation th