The u. S. Womens soccer team is here. I believe that we just won. The coasttocoast celebration of their victory continuing here in new york. Abby, carli, christine and the entire team, theyre the best of the best and before they make history one more time this morning, theyre joining us live on gma right now. And good morning america, you are looking live at the statehouse in Columbia South carolina where the Confederate Flag is come down. Welcome to our viewers he in the west. I want to pause for a moment to the rest of the country can enjoy a special report. Announcer this is an abc news special report. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. And we are coming on the air right now for a moment of history. We are going to look live right now at the statehouse in Columbia South carolina where the Confederate Flag flying for more than 50 years at that statehouse is about to come down an honor guard will approach the flag poll, bring down the flag for the last time and be moved to a Milita
Clinton and jeb bush . Back draft. Two firefighters inside a burning home when it suddenly explodes sending installation everywhere. This morning how they managed to escape with their lives. And girl power, the nation set to hohnnor the world cup champions with a ticker tape parade in new york city, but not before they make their way to the plaza to see the hottest girl band around. Friday, july 10th, 2015. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. Hodas last day here. Savannah come backs. I dont mean your last day working here. You never know, right . We have a big crowd to send you off. Im so happeny. Fifth fifth harmony is here. 12, 13, 14, all their moms and everyone else in between. It will be a lot of fun. Savannah will be back on monday along with al. Lets start with the history being made in South Carolina. The ceremony to remove the Confederate Flag is about to begin. Lets pause to give stations a chance to join us. There is an nbc news sp
Lets go to the state house where omar is standing by. Supporters say this is a symbol of southern pride. Critics say its a symbol of hatred and racism is. Both sides have turned out. Reporter youre absolutely right. The people that want to see it down outnumber the people who want to see it up. Its expected to come down in the next few minutes. Were waiting for governor nikki haley. Several streets have been shut off. We went from a crowd of few hundred to few thousand in a matter of minutes. Very very Police Presence Walking Around here trying to make sure security is top of line. I understand omar the pole to which the flag is attached appears to have month mechanismc have no mechanism. How is that brought down . It is inside the crank. We saw the department of safety go up and open the crank box. They did a few dry runs to make sure it was well oiled. This is going to be solemn and quick as well. The second the flag is taken down, it will be put in the happens of the Museum Curator
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Im really sad. That was our school. Severe storms whipped through the midatlantic. In philadelphia strong winds and rain caused major flooding. The Confederate Flag will be officially removed from the South Carolina state house. The flag had to come down and thank god it has. The fbi with a sweep of terrortear terrorist arrests. Negotiateing a deal with nuclear iran. Hackers got their hands on more than 21 million Social Security numbers. Im one of those people and my own information was stole snoon we havestolen. We have stupid leaders. I love the mexican people. The problem is the country of mexico the government. Europeans say they have finally received a reform plan they can work with. Dash cam captures a scary collision of a train and a big rig in new york. The driver escaped the fire. All that firefighters in arkansas in a burning home with a backdraft from insulation. They were not hurt. And all that matters. Today we salute the world cup champions. Its going to be amazing. Trul