on their children but some advocates say it works and some need to fight for it. that's on tuesday 10:30. that's the show, i'm david schuster in for ali velshi, thanks for watching. >> 150 years after the end of the civil war the time has come. >> a big shift in south carolina. democrats and republicans unite to retire the confederate flag after the charleston mass occur. >> racism we are not cured. >> president obama uses the n word when discussing america's racial divide.

>> people are seeing us in a different light. >> for decades gays and lesbians are considered different. in the country of cuba. now a family member is on their side. >> crushing any hope of pete rose finally sliding into cooperstown. >> i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. we begin in charleston where the tragedy at the emanuel ame church has sparked a controversy. the massacre at the hands of an alleged white supremacist is behind calls to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina state house. del walters joins us from charleston. a big shift today del. >> they did indeed antonio it

has been a dramatic 24 hours here in charleston, south carolina, especially considering the fact it was five days ago that the gunman walked into the church behind me and killed 9. yesterday they had somber memorial service the first time there was acknowledgment that there was a shooting, but following an announcement by the governor nikki haley took. to eliminate a be part of the past the confederate flag. >> it's time to remove the flag from the capital grounds. [applause] >> surrounded by a bipartisan group of federal officials south carolina governor nikki haley took steps to remove the confederate flag. >> for good or for bad the flag will always be part of the soil

of south carolina but this is a moment in which we can say that that flag while an integral part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: haley says if the general assembly doesn't act soon she will call it back for a special session. religious and political leaders in charleston called for action. >> the time has come to remove the symbol of hate and division from the state capital. >> after pictures emerged showing accused church gunman dylann roof waving and posing with confederate banners. on sunday dozens of state legislators called for the flag to be taken down and some spray painted the words "black lives matter" on a sign.

a call for the flag to be removed from the capital dome. removed the flag from its dome to its current location. but the zeal requires a two-thirds majority in both house he of the assembly to make any changes. there are a growing number of lawmakers in favor removing the flag but the sons of confederate members say it will fight to keep it. there is absolutely no link between charleston massacre and the confederate memorial banner, don't try to create one. but some political leaders say removing the flag is only the start and that there is more work to be done. >> it will not solve the racial divide in south carolina. we need a positive discourse on the problems that continue to playing our state. >> reporter: tonight for first time since the shootings

occurred there is calm. it is quiet here. that heavy police presence that we saw in the earlier days is gone. there's a lone officer who walks, he shakes hands he smiles but for the most part he is largely ignored. an indication that here in charleston acknowledge south carolina are getting back to normal. the have the and the president will be in attendance at the funeral of the state senator who was killed. antonio. >> thank you del. calling for the removal of the confederate symbol. mississippi senator phillip gunn says the signal is offensive a margin of 2 to one the state flag that has been used since 1894.

a wavment representative told al jazeera that it is removing all confederate flag related merchandise from its stores and its website. it says we never want to offend anyone with the products we offer. also tonight sears has announced it will stop selling products that bear the confederate flag. we are learning more about the accused charleston church gunman. authorities believe dylann roof was self radicalized meaning he was not part of any hate group. influenced roof's think was the council of confederate thinkers. >> what he said was black people are raping white women and he is absolutely right about that. according to the bureau of justice statistics every year there are about 20,000 rapes of

white women by black men. that means 50 a day. that means even at this very moment a crime of that kind is probably taking place. >> there are also thousands of rapes by white perpetrators on white women. >> let me finish. i'm talking about person traitors of rapes of white men on black women. that number is so nawl it statistically rounds to zero. >> the leader of the council of conservative citizens have given thousands of dollars to republican campaigns that of ted cruz rand pall and rick santorum. paul's campaign is donating it to a church shooting victims fund. president obama's appearance on a popular podcast is in the national spotlight because of the president's words during a frank discussion about race in america. as mike viqueria reports the president chose to use the n word in an interview with mark

marin. >> reporter: president obama was making a point in the wake of charleston. even though that word cannot any longer be are uttered. >> racism we are not cleared of and it is not just a matter of, it not being polite to say nigger in public. that is not measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> even in the context of a discussion on race and even coming from history's first black american president. hearing mr. obama speak the n word came as a shock. monday his spokesman said there were no regrets. >> the president made clear that it's not possible to judge the nation's progress on race issues based solely on an evaluation of our country's manners. >> the ugly epithet has been hurled at him personally. but mr. obama also made a point

he made in the traifn trayvon martin case. >> when i see malia and sasha they are better than we were on these issues. that's true in every community that i've visited all across the country. >> it isn't the first time the president has uttered the word, true man lbj nixon were all on record. a demeaning racial slur. mr. obama has used the n word in the past, in his memoir, dreams from my father, the word appears several times. the president invoked the speech the spring in selma. intera notion that progress is

real and we have to take hope from that progress. but what is also real is that the march isn't over and the work is not yet completed. >> mike viqueria, al jazeera washington. >> two supreme court rulings today took aim at government power, the court decided that the department of agriculture seizure of raisins is unconstitutional. the case centered on a program from the 1940s that forced raisin farmers to give up a significant portion of their crop for free. but in an 8 to 1 vote the justices say if the government wants produce from american farmers it has to pay for it. the justices decided against police their search in hotel registry industries violates the fourth amendment. constituting an unreasonable search. they will have to get a warrant.

new clues clues from the manhunt for two convicted murderers. paul beban has more. >> the net appears to be tightening around convicted killers richard matt and david sweat. ftc police are swarnlg the area around a cabin about 20 miles from the clinton correctional facility where the men pulled off a daring breakout more than two weeks ago. >> we developed evidence that the suspects may have spent time in a cab nine this area. we have law enforcement officers from around the state and around the nation here today searching for more evidence. >> reporter: there are multiple reports that dna from the two men was found inside the cabin, possibly from boots bloody socks or toiletries, even a pair of prison underwear and suggests the men were there

within the last 48 hours. in a press conference on monday police wouldn't get into detail saying only what they have found has been sent out for testing. >> we have recovered specific items from that cabin and forwarded it on to lab industries and received significant information but we are not ready to release that at this time,. >> latest twist in the sprawling search for two men. over the weekend the focus swung south with police flooding the area around friendship, new york after reports of a possible sighting. that tip like so many others since the men escaped on june 6th went nowhere. >> we continue to aggressively pursue the leads in this case. we have developed more than 2,000 leads as of today and more continue to come in. >> prison worker joyce mitchell has been charged with helping the men escape, giving them hacksaw blades chisels and other

tools. she has pleaded not guilty. the latest tip came from a man checking his mountain view cabin on saturday, he saw men dark out the back door, leaving hinged a jar of peanut butter and a jar of water. as long as the men are on the loose they say they should be treated as armed and dangerous. paul beban, al jazeera, new york. >> a day in afghanistan is raising security concerns. the coordinated attack on parliament is testing u.s. military trainers in the war torn country. also pope francis called them merchants of death and he was not referring to i.s.i.l. why he says a select group of business executives should not call themselves christians.

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afghanistan's parliament. taliban fighters first detonated a car bomb and then stormed the gate all while parliament was in action. security was able to kill all 6. u.n. says el israel and palestine both could have committed war crimes during the year's 50 day war. the firing of rockets at israel by palestinian armed groups, both sides refuted the allegations. the organization called for both sides to cooperate with international vectors. pope francis pouncing on people involved with the arms industry. during the visit to the italian

city of turin people who invest in those companies the pope said it's quote duplicitous for them to call themselves christians. pope francis called the weapons dealers merchants of death. for years gay men and lesbians were considered criminals in cuba. that ended years ago but lgbt living there still lack fundamental rights. now a member of the castro family is refuting that and as ash-har quraishi reports. >> declare their same sex love in an annual rm parade in havana. >> louie i give you my heart and my love before all forever. >> leading the fight is raul

castro's daughter, mariella castro. >> independently of the fact that not everybody is in agreement with a law for the rights of the lgbt community this will not create a split. it will generate a cultural enrichment an ideologic enrichment of the cuban society. >> for decades after the 1959 revolution homosexuality in cuba was criminalized. some openly gay were forced into work camps. but beginning in the late 1990s the state began softening its stance. cuba altered its criminal code removing provisions that allowed cuba to arrest people for being gay. >> translator: i would be proud to see too change in the gay community behavior in every way. >> in his job in havana, artist juan carlos rodriguez disagrees

that things are changing for gays lesbians and transsexuals. >> people are seeing us in a different view of life. the determination and sexuality of a gay person. >> activists admit there is a still long way to go but employment discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal. there is no such situation in housing. be. >> there would have to be a lot of knowledge cultural social and visual to be able to accept something. we're still very behind in that aspect. >> as realingses relations thaw between u.s. and cuba, a climate of tolerance and acceptance. ash-har quraishi, al jazeera havana. >> a suspect has been released

from police custody. >> i'm free! i'm free! >> ahmed mansour walked out of the berlin detention center. al jazeera rejects all the chance against mansour. bottled bacteria a major recall impacting at least 11 states. the potentially deadly bug that has one company warning consumers to boil their h 20. it could be strike 3 for the man they call charlie husband l pete rose, hopefully that he could be brought back into baseball a 25-year-old notebook rips everything wide open.

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>> maryland's governor recently discovered a lump on his neck. >> other than pain and a poor appetite he hasn't had many symptoms. for now he is going to continue working. a bottled water recall tonight is impacting at least 11 east coast states, the niagra bottling company pulled several of its boaltd water bottled water brands from the shelves. the water was sold under at least 14 brand names including niagra 7-eleven shawz shop shaw, shop's shop right. peep rosepete rose always denied

betting on baseball while he was a player. many thought his confession would lead to his reinstatement and finally into the hall of fame. but now a new espn report may shatter those hopes. john terret joins us now with the details. john. >> indeed antonio, good evening for more than 25 years now pete rose has lobbied to end his shutout from major league baseball but if he is correct the man they call actuarial hustle may be out of excuses. pete rose has always denied betting on baseball while he was a player. night to only when he was a manager of the cincinnati reds. >> did you bet on baseball? >> yes i did and that was my mistake. not coming clean. >> but now espn says it's seen copies of a bookie's notebook saying rose bet on his own

cincinnati reds games when his career was wind ugh down, at a time when he both played and managed the team. lawyer john dowd that led to rose's lifetime suspension from the game. just two months ago on an espn radio show rose said this. >> you got suspended for gam ling on the game as a manager but i never understood why they kept you out of the hall of fame as a player. did you ever gamble when you were a player? >> never gambled when i was a player, that's a fact. >> peelt rose! >> as long as the the all time hits leader will never be in the hall of fame. he tried to get that overturned most recently in january of this year np in a statement by his

lawyer, he can't comment on the latest espn allegation he. we committed to mlb that we would not comment on specific matters relating to reinstatement. i need to confirm that. >> he said he will meet privately with pete rose, rob manned from. manfred will have no comment on the allegation. >> brett, really good to have you with us. i'll start with being the devil's advocate. what do you say well he only gambled on baseball at the end of his career, it didn't matter very much. why the big deal? >> that's a common argument but let's be clear we're not talking about gambling on a game. we're talking about fixing games. i guarantee if it was just gambling mrl major league baseball

wouldn't care. imagine pete rose he didn't bet on every game but imagine he rests a player on friday for a game he's not betting so that player could be fresh for the next day on the game that rose is betting on. >> so there are many, many ways that he could have done things awould have really completely undermined the integrity of the game. >> yeah, and you can ask that's another good question, is a zero-tolerance policy effective? maybe not maybe not. but if sports leagues don't take this issue seriously, they're sending the wrong message to coaches and players. and globally we see in a lot of other sports soccer tennis cricket. these sports have a real problem with fixing. so i think if you're an american sports fan you have to look at it and say i'm glad that our administrators are taking this seriously and protecting the integrity of the game. >> this was a guy who was a

tremendous ball player. he has more hits than any other player by a pretty good shot. and over ty cobb who was way ahead of number 3. you argue shouldn't he be looked at for hall of fame purposes as what he did on the field? >> yeah and i think if you look over the last bunch of years there's been a real ground swell of support for pete rose's reinstatement. >> do you think this is going to kill that? >> well i think it's -- i think you possibly have to look at some rehabilitation of pete rose pos humannously at this point. but he is very big figure on the ball field. i saw how he was with people. he never seemed to be overly impressby his real achievements he was a regular guy doing extraordinary things. >> he hangs out with people that he really sort of is sort of an

enjoyable guy to be around. his gambling enormous amounts and even for a well to do baseball player. here we are 100 years almost after the black sox scandal and people are still arguing in favor of shoeless joe jackson who was caught up in that, he should be in the hall of fame. do you think 100 years later people might be arguing for pete rose? >> we have still been talking about this since 1989 haven't we? and today's revelations pushed back pete rose a great distance. >> traj fiscally. good to have -- tragically, good to have you with us. >> an explosion happened on mexico's pacific coast. the calima volcano frequently

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