days after the massacre at the emanuel ame. the bill sailed through the senate. got bogged down in the house. then jenny horn took the floor and blew everyone away. i am a lifelong south carolinian i am a descendant of jefferson davis, okay. but that does not matter. it s not about jenny horne. 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 amend you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond friday. and for the widow of senator pinckney and his two young
analysis of how it happened and what happens next and what it means. how does it feel in this fight has been going on for decades in your state. it feels unbelievable. one of the things we re standing there watching representative jenny horne, a hero in my book and neal collins a freshman who made it clear, i don t want you to think i shied away from this, i m going to vote to take it down. another who said from the beginning he s going to do that. these republicans and democrats that sat on their hands and sacrificed us hearing their voices tonight because they didn t want to ruin the flag coming down just because they wanted to have their say. theres so many heroes out there tonight. i m so proud to be a part of this history. not only that, to sit here in south carolina and know that our future is so much brighter than our past of that s what we said last night. that s what we ll say tomorrow morning at 10:00. do you feel like what you and your colleagues just went through, colle
and they went on for hours. we counted almost until about 8:00 the first republican that talked about the charleston nine was representative jenny horne. prior to that not a single republican so worried about the history and heritage of that flag said anything about the nine that had been massacred including our colleague. what we learned is we still have a long way to go. what we learned is they continue to address their own republican colleagues begging them to please see it their way and vote to keep the flag up. they never bothered to look our direction and say, guys, please tell me this flag does not offend you. please tell me there s another way to do it. it didn t happen. that s why the flag has to go. mississippi and other southern states the flag needs to go as well. representative todd rutherford, one other important piece of business. independent it is your mother s birthday tonight on this day of all days and this ate into your time for your mother s birthday
which started with the murder of nine people last month at the african-american 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. cnn s 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. there s 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
10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. minority leader, representative rutherford, congratulations, i know you ve been working this day for a very long time. thank you so much, rachel. what a day, what an hour. at 10:00 it s all over and i can t believe it s here. can i just ask you how it feels to have finally happened? i know i m interested in your analysis of how it happened and what happens next and what it means. how does it feel in this fight has been going on for decades in your state. it feels unbelievable. one of the things we re standing there watching representative jenny horne, a hero in my book and neal collins a freshman who made it clear, i don t want you to think i shied away from this, i m going to vote to take it down. another who said from the beginning he s going to do that. these republicans and democrats that sat on their hands and