possibly no shooting here. >> reporter: the fbi examiner failed to make contact with the colombia south carolinaolice department in part because of a clerical error. after the three-day waiting period for the background check, the south carolina gun shop sold roof the gun even though the background check was still pending. >> the fact that the dealer was allowed to proceed after three days and perhaps, the examiner didn't have enough time to fully conduct the investigation. and right now, they're not given adequate time. >> reporter: the victims' families still grieving met with law enforcement officials who explained the error and promised on working to fix the system. >> quite a day in south carolina. pamela brown reporting there. >>> one of the pope's former ambassadors is facing criminal child sex charges. we will go live to rome for more on that straight ahead here. you wouldn't do half of your daily routine. so why treat your mouth any differently. brushing alone does less than half the job leaving behind millions of germs. complete the job with listerine®. kill up to 99 percent of germs.

from colombia south carolina, allen fisher reports. >> a protester protest from a white prem sis. supremacist. they marched on the steps of south carolina state capital building, they objected to the removal of the confederate flag from the state house grounds and the flag waved by the man who shot nine people dead in a church in this state just short of a month ago. outnumbered them easily by 10 to 1. there were fights, there wesh skirmishes there were arguments and there were arrests. for the ku klux klan this was about heritage and freedom of speech but they spent moat of their time on the state house shouting at the people who came out in for force to oppose them. >> the selling of confederate flags, look at that. the revolution, is always a solution. >> wrong message at the wrong time. >> miseducated, they are oppressed, all these hate groups that's nude that is drawing them down and bring them apart that's where the healing is going to have to begin with these guys. >> what i'm seeing now is pathetic actually pathetic pfn. >> the kkk's numbers have dropped significantly in r

. >>> she graduated from high school in colombia but it's what she did in columbia, south carolina that has a lot of op pele talking. marcus washington shows us how she's adding to the confederate flag debate. >> reporter: her move to the pole has been the topic of the conversations from kitchen tables to the b.e.t. awards red carpet in los angeles. >> i would have helped her climb up that pole and snatch it down. >> reporter: she removed the confederate flag from the pole standing outside south carolina state house against orders from law enforcement, arrested and charged with defacing monument on the capitol grounds. but it was here in columbia, maryland that many people watched the budding activist grow. she graduated from oakland mills high school in 2003. many of her former classmates say she was a sweet nice person but you could tell she was not a pushover so her recent actions are not a surprise. the removal of the flag that flies high in many southern states has been the topic of many conversations after nine blacks were killed in a historic south carolina church by a man linked

south carolina today. thousands cheered outside the capitol building in colombia as the confederate flag was removed. many remember the nine people killed in a charleston church last month. the accused gunman was seen in pictures holding the confederate flag. >>> berkeley will take on the issue of balcony issues next week. six students were killed when a balcony crumbled under beneath them. on tuesday the berkeley leaders will vote on a new set of regulations. the rules range from required inspections to buildings with durable materials and design standards. the company that constructed the building paid millions to settle a different lawsuit involving balconies. >>> police are warning danville drivers about thieves steeling car parts specifically catalytic converters. the precious metals they are made of make them valuable. the targets are trucks and suvs. the owners are advised to park in garages or well-lit areas. >>> we want to show you a picture of the golden gate bridge. you can see traffic going northbound really light because one of the main roads to get there is closed. crews are shutting do

burden >>> south carolina's senate passed a bill to remove the confederate flag from the state capital. the killing of nine people revived the controversy. diane eastabrook has more from colombia. >> to remove the flag from the state house ground, and thinking it would change history would be like removing a tattoo from the corpse of a loved one and thinking that that would change the loved one's obituary. >> in south carolina senate chamber on monday, passionate words over a divisive symbol. >> it's a flag bringing back horrible memories of slavery, and again is now used frequently as a symbol of hatred and bigotry, and racism. >> after five hours of debate, the state senate voted overwhelmingly to remove the senate flag from state house grounds, rejecting an amendment that would have let voters decide. >> i believe the major city of south carolinans would like to see it up, and i believe i spoke for them. i'd like to prove that with a vote. >> reporter: the flag has become a flashpoint since the killing of in my opinion people during -- of in my opinion people during bible study at church the alleged gunman was photographed brandishing the flag. during the debate, state sena

in colombia measures of capacity thirds vote in the house and that could happen tomorrow and then ignored till recently firestorm of protest after nine african-americans were shot in south carolina church its pick of the team after getting to physical someone close to him who hit in the school setting see later. also three seeker disneyland locations every mykonos than one about fire danger in the south bay show you how home ended up in flames. funding for casses mexican. >> catherine: pulses for us from our home and their home after what like a bottle rocket landed in the yard and. nobody was hurt but the flames threatened to spread to neighboring homes for a while fire officials could not immediately confirm #on the many fires related call they'd gotten over the holiday weekend. >> reporter: conditions lead can their low clouds already slowly approaching a indication was expected in the overnight hours and. tomorrow tomorrow mostly cloudy conditions when breeze about 13 mi. per hour, the low pressure system making its way into our region. we do have cooler than average temperature is a laurencin francisco east bay shoreline as well 20 percent chance of showers by wednesday and

south carolina. that was not a conscious decision. it's just that the publisher arranges my tours, i wanted to go to columbia but -- [laughter] in colombia there are people who are still angry because sherman burned columbia. no, he really didn't. the fire was actually started by confederate cavalry under wade hampton because they did not want the cosan to fall into the hand -- the coffin to -- the cotton to fall into the hands of the union soldiers. as sherman rising, there is a storm brewing. the winds are whipping like crazy. it's almost like there is snow in the air. it's not snow. there -- it's flex of cotton. that is where the fire begins. that wind whips up the fire. sherman's own people, his own staff, are out in the middle of the night trying to put fires out. it's a hopeless task. a whole division of union soldiers is brought into town to try to put the fires out. they can't. it's too late. is sherman culpable for that? of course he fund -- isn't. is he blamed for it? of course he is. did he ask we do a? a lot of people say no, he didn't. we have to make a judgment. i just tell you what happened. that's as far as i'm going with

colombia. >> we will be analyzing this for years, just the speed at which this issue this flag has come down from the state house of south carolinaago there was a compromise to keep it up. within a flag, it will be down. it's unharolded how something so symbolic and knowing this flag has been flying since 1961 this is -- the repetitive of this debate in south carolina and led by representative horn who, yeah she said is a descendant of jefferson davis and supported by strom thurmond led by those two white southern south carolinian who's had the courage to say enough is enough. we need to take the flag down. this is going to be an end of an era for that state and for the south. >> and they showed sort of masterful politicking in this and expediting this process, knowing that the longer they wait, the harder it will be to take down. the legislature actually gavelled out and gavelled back in so it effectively is two days in one so that they could expedite the process of getting this to the governor's desk. this is not just leadership from governor haley, it's if people inside the state house who understood the moment and knew that t

south carolina reverend goff, the interim pastor at emanuel. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> we can talk about the history that is about to take place there in colombia by asking now 23 days after that terrible day at your church how is your congregation doing? how are the familiares doing? >> the church and the families are keeping the faith and because we're still going through a grieving process but most certainly in our grief we're encouraged by the outpouring of random act of xindnessxind kindness from aren't world and particularly here in the united states and we just want to say thank you to all of your viewers for being so encouraging, not only to mother emanuel and the nine families but in terms of all of that which we're trying to do by working together to make a difference not only in the state of south carolina but throughout this country. >> well we followed your lead reverend. we followed the lead of the families of your church and we followed the lead of that city of charleston. and we were talking about this just a little while ago on this show. we were all blown away by your performance and the grace you all showed in the media after