sign up for better car replacement, we ll pay for a car that s a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. updating the top story this friday emotional day in south carolina. more than 50 years after it first went up over the capitol, 15 years after a compromise left it flying on public ground the symbol of the old confederacy is now down. workers just ri moved the flagpole after the flag itself was removed this morning to the sound of loud cheers and singing and this morning the state s governor about a new day of south carolina. no one should ever drive the state house and feel pain. no one should ever drive by the state house and feel like they don t belong so i think it s a hopeful day for south carolina. joining me now is former
it came down because economically we put a stronghold on the state of south carolina. if you don t agree with us by the way, there never was a compromise. there never was a compromise. the officials of the state of south carolina decided we don t have to talk to those people. we ll make the decision for south carolina. and they did. that man you just heard from lonnie randolph, president of the south carolina naacp joins me now and janine dernon. calling for the flag s removal. thank you for joining us. lonnie, many people say it s a loss of the emanuel nine is the reason the flag went down a triumph over tragedy is a reason why. you said it started with the economic boycott that helped lead to this moment. why that as well?
the lord moves in mysterious ways. horrific tragedy, unfortunately. but fortunately did have a good result hopefully, a symbol of division in our state is gone to move on. my hope is to make progress without folk getting killed to do it. you will be in church this sunday. what is going to be your message knowing that the removal of this flag is just a beginning of change for your state? what is the message to your congregants and your community? well, quite frankly, i m at a meeting. i don t have the foggiest idea what my message will be but i think it will revolve around the need for action. the flag is one. what happens after the flag is important. and we ll probably talk about the need of vigilance of people of faith to make sure that in our state positived up with action on the education, criminal justice, quality of life employment business development and challenged
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people in america. 1 million people because they couldn t have their way with controlling the lives of other people. so we need to put things into proper perspective and stop trying to put a dress on a pig. the flag pole is coming down following the flag that came down earlier this morning. charleston mayor joe riley spearheaded that march in 2000 and many said they thought they wouldn t see this day happen after the efforts back then did you still think that the fight could continue on with an ending like this? you know it is a long time coming. and, you know the in 2000 the south carolina legislature was having a very similar debate and just could not get there to go on the right side of history and mayor riley decided that he really wanted to take a stand on it and picked up the phone and