kenneth davis has been a successful teacher and debunker of historical miths.'t know much about history books walk readers through history to a better understanding of how we got to today. welcome to the programme. >> battle flag much between the end of the war and the premier of birth of a nation 50 years later. >> ray first of all, thank you for having me this is an important subject and is interesting to here the conversation about this flag it's been buried and mitted legend and -- myth and legend and half truth and lies. it's been very productive to have a conversation about what this means. certainly the confederate flag as we know it the one that's been discussed, is not the flag orreor the confederate states. it was too much like the american flag. the second one they came up with was a flag with a white field on it, many thinking it looked like a flag of surrender. there's a history behind this battle flag that we are debating. how come the battle flag emerged as a symbol for white remembrance, instead of one of national flags? >> well it was a flag th

. >> reporter: but they have defenders, and historian kenneth davis grease there's a place in the --there's a place in the future. >> i don't want to hide the past we have to have an honest account of it >>> there'll be a debate on monday on whether to remove the confederate flag outside government buildings >>> tunisia's president declaring a state of emergency, coming eight days after the bloody attack and tourists at a tunisian beach say they can't survive another attack. they explain what the state of emergency means. >> reporter: announcing the emergency measures, the president says tunisia is in a state of war. >> translation: the islamic state carries a black flag and wants to have a caliphate. tunisia deserves international support, there is no country immune to terrorism. >> reporter: the sudden declaration and announcement of a state of emergency comes a week after the beach massacre at the resort of sousse. 38 tourists died, 30 holiday makers from britain. the emergency legislation will give the tunisian government more flexibility and will hand the army and police more au

clifford davis of tennessee kenneth roberts of alabama, george -- of maryland, and elbert bentley ofigan, who was seriously injured. the gun wielders into the accomplices goes the evil distention of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that occurred in the chamber. and there were debates right after that. we can't let this happen again. what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass. so that could never happen again. the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no that is a bad idea. this is the people's house, the people cannot be walled off for what is going on. the capital building is a simple and that makes it a target. they mentioned the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i by a professor opposed to american support for the allies. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set off by the weather underground opposed to the vietnam war. in 1983, there was another bombing in the senate side b

jensen of iowa, clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama, george allen of maryland, andy of michigan, who was seriously injured. the gun wielders go the evil distinction of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that ever occurred in the chamber. and there were debates right after that saying we cannot let this happen again, what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with the bulletproof glass. so this could never happen again. and the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no, that is a bad idea. this is the people's house and the people can't be walled off from the for and what is going on there. >> the capital building is a simple and that makes it a target. they mentioned the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i by a professor who was opposed to american support for the allies. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set up by the weather underground opposed to the vietnam war. in 1983, there w

ben jensen of iowa, clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama, george fallon of maryland, albert bentley of michigan, who was seriously injured. estimates of the numbers of shots fired range from 15 to 30. each bullet hole found is a grim reminder to those who were present, of the terrible surprise attack. the gang, seized by bystanders, was held at police headquarters as a search was launched for others who shared in the plot. all the members, the gun wielders and their accomplices does this distinction of perpetrating a criminal outrage unique in america's history. brian: what impact did that have? ray: a huge impact. but no lasting changes to the house. it was the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. there were debates right after that, we can't let this happen again. we need to wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this can never happen again. the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no, that is a bad idea. this is the people's house. the people can't be walled off from the floor and what is going on ther

clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama on it george allen of maryland, robert bentley at michigan who was seriously injured. the gun wielders of the able to station of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that happened in there were debates right after that that you cannot let this happen again. we need to wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this could never happen again . the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said it was a bad idea. this is the people's house, and the people cannot be walled off from what is going on there. the capital building is a symbol. that makes it a target. dimension the british building in 1814. there was a bombing. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set up by a group opposing the vietnam war. there was another bombing in the senate side by a group opposed to president reagan's or and policy. 1998, two capitol policeman were shot and killed. there have been instances over time and yet the cap

clifford davis of tennessee kenneth roberts of alabama george h fallon of maryland and albert bentley of michigan, who was seriously injured. the gun wielders and their accomplishments have the distinction of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in american history. >> it was the most violent act that had ever occurred in the chamber, and there were debates right after that. we can't let this happen again. what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this can never happen again. the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said no that's a bad idea. this is the people's house, and the people can't be walled off. the capitol building is a symbol, and that makes it a target. there was a bombing during world war i by a fellow who was supposed to american support for the allies. there was a shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set off by the weather underground, opposed the vietnam war. a bombing by a group who didn't agree with president reagan's foreign policy. in 1998 two capitol policeman killed. there

five congressmen were hit and then clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama, george hen of maryland, and out of bentley in michigan who was seriously injured. the gun wielders and their conferences though through the evil distention of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. there were debates right after that that we cannot let this happen again. what we need to do is walled off the visitors gallery with bulletproof gas -- classic so that this can never happen again. -- glass so that this can never happen again. the more that members talked about it, they said it was a bad idea. this is the people's house and they cannot be walled off from what is going on. >> the capitol building is a symbol and that makes it a target. they mention the british built -- burnt the building and there was a bombing in world war i by a professor who was supposed to american supporting the allies there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb said that as opposed to