Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
As take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday and if any of you vote to amend, you are insuring 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 reporter a black flag draped over pinckneys chair as debate came to head. The final vote overwhelmingly in favor of the flags removal. The move to take down the controversial banner a stunning reversal in a state that was the sight of the first shots in the civil war and has flown at the statehouse for half a century. I am a descendant of jefferson davis, okay . But that does not matter. Its not about jenny horne its about the people of South Carolina who have demanded that this symbol of hate come off of the statehouse grounds. Reporter the bill now headed to the desk of South Carolina governor nikki haley who said its a new day in South Carolina a day we can all be proud of. A day that truly brings us all toge
One trader told me he was having connectivity issues. Also another trader says there was a Software Update done overnight. In addition the New York Stock Exchange sent out an alert to all the traders here on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange saying there was some sort of connectivity issue with 220 stocks, but i dont think any of the traders expected the floor to be shut down today for more than three hours. The closing bell just rang. I dont think a lot of the traders on the floor expected that to happen. There was the usual clapping at the closing bell. I think this time around jake they were clapping because they were literally happening about there being a closing bell a lot of people were skeptical, because skeptical whether they could get the computers onloon. And the el stocks took a hit today. Theres a lot more going on in the world. We saw chinas market in tum multi, and the greek situation is certainly throw the the market for a loop. Traders will say what they think t
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
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