amy: we are joined by your fellow state representative gary clary. can you talk about your thoughts on the day the massacre took place at mother emanuel, the emanuel ame church in charleston? >> well, i had similar feelings as my colleague doug brannon did, just utter disbelief of what has transpired in charleston. we lost a friend and colleague and senator pinckney and then those eight other souls that pierced that night. and certainly, when i look at my career, a very short when here in the general assembly, i knew that something had to be done. i talked to my friend doug brannon and he talked about the political realities of what we are about but when i ran for election last year, i asked the people in my district to vote for me if they wanted to send a reasonable and sensible person to columbia. i believe that the vote they gave me was resounding. and as a result, i know i'm doing the right thing because we need to end this part of our history. when i say end it we need to remove this flag from the state house grounds and put it in a proper place

let me go back to state representative gary clary. the governor had strong words. while she did say there were some who may be distressed by this decision who see the flag as part of south carolina's heritage, she said in no uncertain teams this flag does not represent the future of the state of south carolina. is that still a controversial statement in your state? >> well, you know alex i don't think that it is a controversial state. i just think that it is a -- statement. i just think it is a very positive statement of where our governor is in this debate. and i want to say this publicly. i am so proud of governor haley and the words that she used today and what she had to say. and, you know, i'm always proud to be a south carolinian. but i have an even deeper and greater sense of pride today in hearing what she had to say about the need to take this divisive symbol down. you know i'm a native south carolinian. i'm a son of the south. and i even had ancestors that fought for the confederacy. but the time is past for us to take away the symbol and to move it into