in alabama, governor robert bentley ordered the four banners there be taken down. and as the debate continues in charleston an inspiring moment in the room where the massacre happened. nbc's dan shanaman reports. >> and it's in jesus name we pray. amen. >> reporter: one week after a gunman shot and killed nine people at a bible study, worshippers were back for another bible study. a sign of faith and support. >> it's been a beautiful gathering for all of us and the love that's been pouring out for everyone that's been coming rounld to the church, we can't even ask for more. >> reporter: earlier a horse drawn caisson carrying the body of clementa pinckney and inside the rotunda, they paid their final respects to the man who was gunned down. a makeshift drape blocked mourners view of the confederate

is robert bentley said that the flag was becoming a distraction and it was the right thing to do. crews took down three natural confederate flags at that memorial. >>> doug brannen, who was friends with reverend clemente pinyckney he said that the lax gun laws was the problem at the charleston massacre. >> last year we passed a bill that says if one has ever been deemed incompetent they can no longer possess a firearm. i just heard in the piece before you came to me that the shooter in this incident legally purchased a gun. this shooter didn't have a criminal record. he had been arrested but not convicted. i'm an attorney. i'm not prepared to get to the point where we take one's rights away for a charge. we still live in a country where you're innocent until proven guilty. i'm not willing to cross that line. >> president obama has spoken with france's president amid the latest revelations over spying by the usa. wikileaks said that the u.s. has eavesdropped on the french leaders for years. innes ferer hay more. >> the report that the u.s. spied on the past three president, reports

in alabama, governor robert bentley ordered the four rebel banners to be taken down nachlt debate continues in charles charles in the very room the massacre happened. >> in jesus name we pray a, amen. >> one week after a gunman shot and killed nine at a bible study inside the ame church worshippers were back for another bible issue dirks a show of faith and support. >> it's been a beautiful gathering for all of us. the love pouring out from everyone coming around we can't even ask for more. >> earlier, a horse drawn kas yacht made the long slow solemn journey to the state capital. inside mourners paid final respects to the man who was one of the final nine gunned down. the view of the confederate flag outside as other lawmakers discuss taking down the flag. paul thurmond gave a speech. one critic is worried if the flag goes it may not stop there. >> then it will be this statue that statue. we're on a slippery slope here. you're going to try to eradicate history so it doesn't offend anybody anybody. >> south carolina lawmakers are expected to take up the issue next week. >>> president obama

robert bentley tweeted "i always respect people's votes and i am disappointed that the supreme court is directing all caps of the executive branch to immediately alter any policies necessary to permit the decision. scott walker tweets, "i believe the supreme court's decision is a great mistake. five unelected judges have taken it upon himself to redefine the institution of marriage." and andrew cuomo " we celebrate a victory for lgbt writes across the nation. new york is proud to have led the way for marriage >> president obama's eulogy followed by the entire service. after that, martin o'malley on national security. president obama attended the funeral for reverend clementi think mea pinckney. he was one of the nine victims in last week shooting at the church.

alabama's governor robert bentley moved quickly issuing an executive order that brought down four confederate flags that flew at the state capitol montgomery. >>> the death penalty handed down to boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev will automatically be appealed. the appeal could take decades. yesterday at the sentencing hearing tsarnaev said he was sorry after victims berated him for his cowardly and disgusting act. >> reporter: dzhokhar tsarnaev first praised a la and then apologized to victims and his loved ones as he spoke publicly for the first time about the bombings that killed three and injured 260. he looked straight at the judge and addressed the victims when he said i would like to now apologize to the victims, to the survivors. he also admitted to his role saying i did it along with my brother. i learned about some of the victims. throughout the trial more of those victims were given names, more faces and they were good souls. some survivors doubt tsarnaev's sincerity. >> what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he's done to our lives. >> reporter: bu

still, many in the nation were dismayed by the ruling, including alabama governor robert bentley. >>e 81% of the people of alabama, believe that marriage is at least, on the biblical sense, is defined between one man and one woman. we have to go, obviously by what the courts say but i certainly can disagree with them and i do. >> pelley: but with today's ruling alabama and these 13 additional states will join the rest of the union making same-sex unions the law of the land. now, in a major breaking story late today police killed one of the new york murderers who escaped from maximum security 21 days ago. anna werner is covering the manhunt, which is now in hot pursuit of a second convict on the run. anna. >> reporter: scott, police have confirmed that escapee richard matt has been shot and killed and they are hot on the trail of the other escapee david sweat. now, here is what we know about how all this came about. late this afternoon, we were coming down route 3 which is south of the village of malone, here in new york, watching the police cars going down. we understand that there w

alabama governor robert bentley: >> we looked at the laws. there was nothing that said that it should be flown. there was no reason that i could not remove it, so that's exactly what i did. >> reporter: and in mississippi today, the state flag also came under fire. both of the state's u.s. senators and the state speaker said it's time to change. but governor phil bryant said no. >> the people voted on this flag in 2001. it was on the ballot overwhelmingly supported the current flag in the state of mississippi. i don't think that we need to go about trying to supercede the will of the people. >> reporter: in virginia, the governor wants to remove the confederate flag from license plates. four other states may follow. a symbol of slavery and racism to many, the confederate flag has been a source of pride to others. chuck bond is with the sons of confederate veterans. >> it's a flag of more than honor. it's a flag these men took into battle. it was not a political statement these men were giving. these men were given their lives for their homela

still, many in the nation were dismayed by the ruling including alabama governor robert bentley. >> i 81% of the people of alabama, believe that marriage is, at least on the biblical sense, is defined between one man and one woman. we have to go, obviously, by what the courts say, but i certainly can disagree with them and i do. >> pelley: but with today's ruling, alabama and these 13 additional states will join the rest of the union, making same- sex unions the law of the land. there's breaking news tonight in the hunt for two killers who broke out of maximum security. anna werner has the latest. >> reporter: scott, that's right. this a dramatic turn late this afternoon, state police confirmed that one of the two escape ease, richard matt, has been shot and killed, and they are still on the hunt for the second escapee, david sweat. now, here's a look at how all this came about. earlier today at a news conference, state police said they had found a second cabin where the two had apparently broken in and they had found evidence from the two escape ease. that second cabin was located in

carolina debates be roofing the confederate flag from the ground of grounds of the state capital, robert bentley used an executive order to have flags removed from the graves of con confederate soldiers. also a movement to remove confederate symbols in new orleans. mayor mitch landrieu wants a statute of robert e lee removed. the lee statute has long been a a -- the statue has long been a symbol of racial divisiveness. >>> foster care bias, why black children are much more likely to be taken away from their parents, than white children. is >> the number of children infoster care is dropping dramatically, from 600,000 two years ago to 400,000. but despite this progress, one object remains african americans are twice as likely to be put into foster care than white children. roxana saberi has the story. >> today some african americans argue this is used as a weapon to take their children away from them. >> oh, i remember that. >> joyce mcmillan and her daughter courtney have two sets of family memories. >> before you were coming home, before your braces. >> memories before courtney went into foster

. >> in the latest move the alabama governor robert bentley ordered confederate flags removed from his state's capitol grounds on wednesday. he doesn't want them to become a distraction. >> if there are flags that are flying over the grounds if i have the authority to remove them then i'm going to. and i looked into it. we researched it. we looked at the laws, there was nothing that said it should be flown. there was no reason that i could not remove it. so that's what i did. >>> china's largest online commerce company alibaba is banning all confederate merchandise. it comes after competitors like amazon and ebay said they could do the same. >>> as for the u.s. military the pentagon says it does not expect its ten u.s. military bases named after confederate leaders to be renamed. some of the bases are ft. benning in georgia and ft. hood in texas. a spokesperson for the army says that every army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in military history. the names represent individuals and not causes or ideologies. >>> a white supremacist group may be getting special trea

alabama governor robert bentley today ordered the removal of four confederate flags from a memorial at the alabama state capitol where they've been more than two decades. the flag removal done without fanfarement the governor's spokeswoman saying bentley did not want the flags to be a distraction. his move comes a day after the south carolina house voted to allow debate on the battle flag from their capitol grounds. any changes to the flag itself in south carolina will require a two-thirds vote in both the house and the senate. >>> and breaking news tonight in politics. louisiana governor bobby jindal hopes he's lucky number 13. jindal moments ago announcing he will run for president, making him the 13th republican to get into the race. governor jindal laying out how he'll be different from all the rest? >> the united states of america was made great by people who get things done. not lots of talk or entertaining speeches. i want to be sure, there are a lot of great talkers running for president already, but none of them, not one can match our record of shrinking the size of government

robert bentley says the removal is one less distraction for legislatures. >> the boston marathon bomber breaking his silence after two years to apologize just before being sentenced to death. fox and friends weekend co host anna kooiman is live. >> good morning heather. good morning to all of you. this is an unexpected moment after tsarnaev appeared to show little to no emotion all during the trials. he praised allah several times and praised his lawyers for micking making his life easy. he then took responsibility after the bombing. immediately after the bombing which i am guilty of, if there is any lingering dut about that let there be no more. a rookie police officer was killed during the attempted get away. he apologized to the survivors. tsarnaev said i am sorrier to the lives i have taken for the suffering i have caused you, for the damage i have done. i pray for your relief, your healing for your well-being and your strength. i ask allah to have mercy upon me and my brother and my family. his apology drew mixed reaction from the victims. >> i regret having ever wanted to hear him

governor robert bentley ordered the rebel flag be taken down from the state capital.outh carolina's governor says the flag should be removed from that state capital as well the speaker of mississippi state house has called for the removal of the symbol from a state frag. -- fly. controversy around it after the suspect from the south carolina church massacre was shown posing with it. fox news did not renew its contract with sarah palin. they say they have admitte amicably parted. she still spend intimate guest -- to make guest appearance on fox. those are top stories. pimm: let's go straight to julie hyman with a look at what is moving in today's session. we will get to netflix and a second, but tell us what is happening. julie: netflix is what is happening. we had news come out that carl icahn says he was exiting his take entirely from the company. this coming after netflix says it was splitting its stock 7-1. it asked shareholders to expand its share authorizations expensive note -- financially fit shares took a bit of . shares took a bit of a hit when the headline h

in alabama, this morning, with no advance notice and no fuss about it, republican governor robert bentley state workers to take fet that flags down. those flags are not flying at the alabama state capitol anymore. he just did it. no muss, no fuss, he just did it as his own say-so as governor. in moments of change and challenge, it sometimes takes a person to just do it. get off the dime and go doiflt it sometimes takes somebody picking the fight when they are ready to pick the fight. when they're in a position to do so and they're ready to say that they personally are not willing to keep doing this thing that has been done before. sometime it takes right person. this is john hawkins. john hawkins grew up in water valley, mississippi, not far from the university of mississippi which most people call ole miss. when john hawkins was ready to go on college, he went to ole miss. at the time, only about 7% of the student body was african-american. people rioted in 1962 for threaten days. president kennedy called out the national guard. two people lost their lives. and that revolt to keep ole mi

today robert bentley used executive order to remove the flags from monuments of soldiers. they have been there for the past two decades. the governor did not want the presence of the confederate symbols to be a distraction. >>> one area that remains associated with the confederate will likely remain. u.s. army posts. there are at least facilities named after confederate gems. fort hood, bragg and benning. the army says that they represent relative humidities, and not causes or ideology. >>> president obama scored a big victory in washington today. the senate granted him fast track authority for his trade agenda. overcoming stiff resistance from lawmakers in his own party. and lisa, what does this vote mean? >> reporter: well, this was a vote in the senate today. and it was 68-30 for the expanded trade authority for the president. and 13 democrats joining in. it means that the president has more power to negotiate a trade deal. and when he brings it back to congress congress can only vote up or down and can't make any changes to the deal. and this is important because the a

in alabama the governor there robert bentley decided yesterday in the morning that the flag should come down. and that's what happened with relatively little backlash. he says there are more important challenges facing the state. here's what else he said about the flag? >> it is offensive to some people because unfortunately it's like a swastika. some people have adopted that as part of their maybe hate filled groups. and you know, that's a shame. >> now, beyond politics this is also hitting the entertainment industry. you know the 1969 dodge charger that was featured in the television series dukes of hazard hazard the general lee. the warner brothers had licensed that. the general lee will no longer be made. >> the ripple effect of what happened here a week ago just continues to spread. >> and it's not over. >> victor thank you so much for being here. so that flag does still fly behind victor and me. you can see it now as the wind has picked up. you also hear some honking because a man is behind us holding a sign that says honk to take it down. we're hearing a lot of honking this morni

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state to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the state house, another governor today, robert bentleye taken down from his state's capital. in mississippi, they called for it to be removed from the state flag. two senators joined in the call to make the change.

state to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the state house, another governor today, robert bentleyalabama, ordered confederate flags be taken down from his state's capital. in mississippi, they called for it to be removed from the state flag. two senators joined in the call to make the change. in four states, virginia, north carolina, maryland, and tennessee, the governors said they would move to stop issuing license plates with confederate flag images. and giant retailers as well, like walmart, target, sears, amazon, and ebay, all said they would remove confederate flag merchandise. but there is still passionate support out there for the confederate flag. former commander of the sons of confederate veterans spoke to nbc news yesterday. >> it's a war memorial to honor 25,000 men, a quarter of the men in south carolina, died to protect this state. >> so many people in this state and the country see slavery, they see racism, they see the klan. >> they stole it. they dishonored it. that flag never had anything to do about slavery. >> jonathan hill, a state representative, also critici

alabama governor robert bentley ordered those flags removed this morning. it also comes just two days after south carolina governor nikki haley asked state lawmakers there to remove the building to state capitol grounds. lawmakers are still taking measures to debate or taking this thing down. that has to be a two-thirds approval. its this latest move to ban the banner. >> we told but the push by virginia goff to get rid of license plates in our state. now the move is bringing whether he will push to remove various mom monuments related to confederacy out of virginia. jeff goldberg asked the governor about it today. >> where do you draw the line 12347. >> at the license plate. 5078 that is it? >> that is it. >> let's be clear. let's move on. we have to focus on building a nueva va economy. >> you can look for jeff's top ry tonight at 5:00. >> the nsa police officer who shot and killed a man will not be facing any criminal charges. authorities completed their stressing the march 30 9:00 incident at security gate outside of the agency and found no wrongdoing.

it comes after an order from governor robert bentley. nbc's charles hadlock joins me now from outside the state house in columbia. there are a lot of developments with the flag but i want to start with the remembrance that will happen there and many people that will file in line to pay their respects to state senator pinckney. >> that's right, tamron the flag is still flying bovr theabove the memorial. reverend pinckney will come behind me where it will lie in state until 5:00 local time. thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to the reverend who was shot and killed a week ago tonight at his church in charleston. he got the calling to become a minister at the age of 13. he became a pastor at age 18. he was 41 years old. relatives and friends say he was not a rich man, but he was rich in spirit and in kindness. people really loved him here and they are going to miss him a lot, tamron. >> his colleagues have mentioned, charles, spoke of his opposition of the confederate flag that is still there. it was noted that governor n

meanwhile in alabama, governor robert bentley has acted on his own by ordering the flags removed fromthe state capitol grounds. also wednesday, mississippi republican senators roger wicker and thad cochran backed calls for removing the confederate battle flag from the state flag. boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death for his role in the attack that killed three and injured hundreds in 2013. addressing survivors in the courtroom tsarnaev , apologized for the first time, saying -- "i am sorry for the lives that i've taken, for the suffering that i've caused you, for the damage that i've done." after the hearing boston , marathon survivor henry borgard responded to tsarnaev's statement. >> for me to hear him say that he is sorry, that is enough for me. and i hope, because i still do have faith inhumanity, including in him, i hope that his words were genuine. i hope they were heartfelt. when i made eye contact with him, it wasn't like looking in the face of a criminal. it was like looking in the face of a boy. amy: we'll have more on dzhokhar tsarna

alabama governor robert bentley has ordered confederate flags to be taken down from the grounds of the. for the past 20 years, alabama has displayed four confederate flags around a large monument to confederate soldiers. >>> the death toll from the devastating heat wave that has hit southern pakistan has risen to 838. but pre-monday soon rains and cool winds from the sea brought the first signs. record 988 billion miles for the first for months of the year. topping the previous record. the numbers increasing as gas prices plummeted from a year ago. back to you, scott. >> sue, thank you so much. it will go down as one of the greatest trades ever. carl icahn getting into netflix back in 20126789 near $50 a share. he closed out the position with the stock near $700. the news comes as we learn of netflix stock split. the billionaire investor issuing yet another warning about the markets, carl icahn joins us now. everybody talking today about the netflix close-out. why was now the right time? >> well there's never a right time, i guess. but netflix still a great company. i think reed hastin

governor are tangled and have been entangled in this fight to go on for days and weeks, in alabama robert bentley ordered the flags to come down wednesday morning and that's exactly what happened with relatively little backlash from what we're seeing. he said that there are bigger challenges facing the state. here's what else he said about that. >> it's offensive to some people especially one type of flag is offensive to some people. because unfortunately it's like a swastika. some people have adopted that as part of their -- maybe hate-filled groups. and, you know that's a shame. >> reporter: and this is spreading beyond the south. there are several bases named after confederate figures or in honor of confederate figures. the pentagon being forced to release a statement on why those names exist. and we'll put it up on the screen. these historic names represent individuals not causes or ideologies. it should be noted that the naming occurred in the spirit of reconciliation not division. so an indication that the fight is not only in the south and the fight is far from over alyson. >> thank you so

return to >> reporter:governor robert bentley says he doesn't want the flag to become a distraction from alabama's legislative >> reporter:it's been a week since dylan roof killed nine black church members in charleston south carolina, in a racially motivated attack. >> reporter:since the mass shooting, there has been a myriad of calls to remove the flag. for the past two decades alabama has displayed four confederate flags around a large monument to confederate soldiers, outside the alabama capitol. >> reporter:today, they had all came down. >> reporter:in nevada, senator harry reid is calling on the university of nevada las vegas, to consider ditching its sports name, the rebels.the rebel's confederate tie use to be even stronger >> reporter:today it's 'hey reb' with his big white mustache. >> reporter:but the first official rebel cartoon wolf wearing a confederate uniform and cap. students voted to banish bo- regard in the 70's, but they kept the rebels name. >> reporter:although some agree it's plenty others want him to stay. >> reporter:they feel the confederate link was severed bac

. >> reporter: alabama governor robert bentley is willing to comply with the ruling, but there is resistancedisappointing that louisiana will not be following the movement that is happening around the country today. >> reporter: when michael robinson and his partner earl benjamin, tried to debt a marriage license in new orleans after the court ruled on friday, they were told they would have to wait. louisiana and mississippi claimed legal techcalities. >> a law that violates the laws of god is no law at all. >> reporter: and in texas reverend dave welch of the houston area pastor council vowed disobedience. >> there's no question, by the thousands, the tens of thousands and the hundreds of thousands that will not bend the knee, and we will not kiss the ring. we will not bow to the incorrectness that seems to be in our court system today. >> this is your homophobia, this is fear, this is hatred of gay people and you have to get over it. >> reporter: immediately after the supreme court decision, 85-year-old jack evans and 82-year-old george harris, partners for more than 50 years were the firs

. >> but many were dismayed by the ruling including alabama governor robert bentley. >> marriage is atst on the biblical sense is defined as between one man and one woman. we have to go obviously by what the courts say, but i certainly can disagree with them and i do. >> alabama did begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on friday, but two states mississippi and louisiana, delayed moving forward citing legal technicalities. in new orleans michael and his partner earl waited throughout the day for a marriage license, only to learn that they may not be able to get one for more than three weeks. >> it's disappointing that louisiana will not be following the movement that is happening around the country today. >> the couple will try again when the temporary legal obstacles are removed. >> waiting for 14 years we can probably wait another month. a few months if it had to be that. we don't want to but we will. >> for "cbs this morning: saturday," carter evans, san francisco. >>> scramble to court houses will only bested by the scramble to social media. in an hour the ruling got

. >>> breaking news from alabama, the governor there, robert bentley, confirming the confederate flagcontinues to fly there, and mourners will continue to pay their respects to a pastor who was shot and killed in the church. >>> up next we'll talk to mark morial, president of the urban league. building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. this moment is perfect in every way. just like my kid. gooey. flakey. happy. toaster strudel introducing a whole new way to enhance your eyes. it's 1-day acuvue® define™ brand contact lenses. the eye enhancement lenses that comfortably accentuate your eyes' natural beauty. ask your doctor today about 1-day acuvue® define™ brand. >>> welcome back. a live look here outside the south carolina state capital where the confederate flag is still flying. opponents of the flag are urging governor nikki haley before today's ceremony honoring reverend clementa pinckney. she says she has no authorization to take down the flag. the state of alabama had its confederate flag

that's where the governor robert bentley ordered their confederate flags to be removed from a confederateg me now democratic congresswoman from alabama terry suleg to have you here. your governor, what he had to say, after he gave the order to take that flag down. >> i think that what i did today was symbolic. i think what i did today, i became the first governor to remove the confederate flag. other governors have called for it in virginia and in south carolina. they didn't do it. i did it. >> so we know in south carolina they are in the process of doing it because it was so baked in when they got the flag removed from the capitol dome and to where it is now, so many obstacles were baked in to get it off the grounds that they have more hurdles to go through. for your own state and governor what is your reaction to knowing that he moved swiftly and decisively? >> listen, i obviously applaud my governor for swiftly and quickly removing the flag from the capitol grounds much it's a long time coming actually. these relics of the past belong in the past and they should remain in the past. and

>>anny hong: rekindled out of alabama as one of the governor robert bentley has ordered confederate flagshis comes as of u.n. and is being held today for the path of emanuel a of the church who was killed in the trough to shooting massacre the state senator and the rev. clementi up was one of nine people shot dead inside the church last week during bible study on friday president obama will deliver the eulogy today view is happening inside of the south carolina statehouse to the outside of the building the confederate flag flying above of memorial and many people say that's like to come down. >>mark: he's been formally sentenced to death and you begin in opportunity to address the court but it is unclear if he's going to do so about two dozen victims are expected to make statements at the sentencing his older brother set off two bombs of the finish line of the boston marathon in 2013 killing three ending 1260 others the decision to give him the death penalty is legally binding. >>anny hong: 01 for anyone who wears stagings while one have to be rushed to hospital and be cut out of her pant

the surprising order came from governor robert bentley.ut not everyone is happy. melissa johnson of our affiliate wsfa tv in montgomery is outside the state capitol for us. melissa, good morning. this really was a bold move by the governor there. >> reporter: you know, it's a very bold move for the governor of a state that's still recognizing both confederate memorial day and the birthday of jefferson davis, who was the first president of the confederacy as official state holidays. you can see around me it's a pretty quiet morning here outside the confederate memorial, outside the alabama state capitol. the white posts behind me are where those confederate flags once flew for about two decades here in the state of alabama. now, the governor did talk about his decision to take down those flags. he acknowledged part of it had to do with the kigzllings in charleston but more so to make sure this wasn't a distraction for our state, and for lawmakers to return for a special session. he went on to say he is the first governor to order the immedi