Middle of californias war on water. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im dara brown. The South Carolina house has overwhelmingly approved a measure to take down Confederate Flag from the state capitol. Lawmakers spent more than 13 hours debating the issue. Staet representative jenny horn delivered an emotional speech warning her fellow lawmakers that the world is watching. 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 just after 1 00 this morning, the final vote, 9420. The bill must be ratified and then sent to governor nikki haley, who has already called for the flags removal. Shortly after the vote, Governor Haley posted a message saying, its a new day in South Carolina, a day we can all be proud of and a day that truly brings us together. As we continue to heal as one people and one state. Elsewhere, the debate over the Confederate Flag continues. Commissioners in one Ce
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And why he says he doesnt care about a dip in his popularity. I am far, far from finished with my career. And dont let the bedbugs explode. How one mans unusual attempt to get insects out of his car ended very badly today, thursday, april 16th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Savannah is on vacation. Happy to have hoda here. Everything youre thinking about that video on the bedbugs story is probably exactly what happened. What was he thinking . The good news, that was a rental car, so were okay. Hopefully he signed that waiver. Lets start with our top story this morning. It is that shocking stunt pulled off by a man who flew his small geoji ji gyrocopter to the capitol. You can only imagine the questions this is raising. Peter alexander has more on the investigation and the fallout. Peter, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. This gives new