The measure. The debate lasted 13 hours and featured pleas by lawmakers to make the confederate emblem a thing of their past. 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 daughters, that would be adding insult to injury and i will not be a part of it. The renewed discussion on the Confederate Flag was sparked by the murder of nine people at the africanamerican church last month. Governor haley stated it is a new day in South Carolina. A day we can all be proud of that brings ss us all together and heal as one people and state. The flag will come down as soon as friday. State police are investigating Death Threats from the lawmakers received during the debate. Turmoil around the globe. Freezing up the New York Stock Exchange. United airlines annuald wall street journal. Greece is seeking another bailout at end of the road here. Fed reserve is worried the greece crisis will hurt the u. S. Economy.
Set is stage for you. Where we are is by the Diplomatic Mission of the holy sea. Thats where the pope will spend the night. You can see that the crowds behind me have been gathering and now, its probably about 15 people deep and weve been seeing these crowds practice, doing some chant as raising their arms. Now, you see a lot of fluorescent vests. Thats the National Police part of the official detail for the pope in this country. And a lot of these faithfuls coming from the peripheries because its to evan jellize from the peripheries, to go into the outskirts, to go to the poor, to be one to one with the poor and so, thats where some of these folks are from. Others are planning to go to the open air mass where more than a Million People are expected to attend and if you just look at what some of the items on his itenerary are, yu really notice this pope is is all about the sick, the poor the elderly and the remarks he made moments ago, he mentioned that. He said lets not forget the you
Dealing with for 200 years plus weve been pulling the bandaid off slowly and it hasnt been good for us. When i see a confederate soldier. I dont get goose bumps and feel all warm and fuzzy on it. I respect the fact that you do. All im saying is you cant force all of us to have the passion that some of you have about certain things. Our nick valencia is live in Columbia South carolina. Tell us nick where we stand on the vote right now . Brianna, i just spoke to state senator Marlin Kimpson who said the special senate that the senate was undertaking to debate this bill to remove the Confederate Flag from state grounds, they adjourned for caucus meetings where he says theyll try to get a handle on the photocount for both republicans and democrats and get a consensus on amendments. It will take a twothirds majority. Last week the post and courier issued a survey that suggested there are enough votes for this bill to be passed. But in our conversations with some lawmakers today, that may no
Lawsuit for sexual assault. Since then more than 25 women have now publicly accused the 77yearold of assault or rape but the comedian has never faced charges. Hes strongly and repeatedly denied all the allegations. I spoke last hour to Attorney Gloria Allred who represents more than a dozen cosby accusers. I think its very important because there have been many allegations that he used quaaludes to drug women and then his words are to have sex with them. I would say if hes using this as a plan which is what is so startling about what he said that he actually had a plan to do this with a number of women, if hes doing that then that and then he has sex with them afterwards that is rape. That is sexual assault. Well cnns ganim is joining me with more. For months weve heard denials denials, denials and even accused some of these women of lying but this is an admission from cosby. This is the first time were hearing his side of the story. Hes been denying for years, forget about months, you
Get out of debt. We are live with the latest. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. A stunning admission by bill cosby. He obtained a powerful sedative to young women he wanted to have sex with. He admitted he gave quaaludes to at least one woman. His lawyers stepped in before he could say he gave them to young women without their knowledge. Women who publicly accused he gave the drugs to women say it proves what they have been saying all along. Complete validation from all of us. Complete validation. He will definitely be known as the most prolific serial rapist in the United States of america. No doubt. Cosby made the admissions under oath in the 2005 lawsuit filed by one of two dozen women accused him of rape. The documents came out monday because the Associated Press went to court to compel the release. A lawyer for the woman suing cosby asked him when you got the quaaludes was it in your mind you would use these quaaludes for young women you wa