we're back with the south carolina congressman, the former governor mark sanford.out the reverend clementa pinckney the pastor here. you knew him, right? >> i did. we overlapped by eight yours during the eight years i was governor he was a south carolina senator. he was a remarkable human being. you talk about walking the walk with regard to one's faith, he walked the walk. i think, you know you talk to anybody who knew him, he had a real gravitas about him in the way he approached his faith, in the way he tried to help folks in his community. >> when you hear that a 5-year-old representative a 5-year-old pretended to be dead in order to avoid being shot what goes through your mind about what happened at this historic church? >> the obvious. i didn't get to see the images you were showing, but i heard you talking through them. clearly absolute mayhem and again diabolical intent that somebody would go into a bible study, listen for an hour and decide to shoot everybody in there? i think it's horrific. i admire that child's, you know survival instincts to say i'm goi

we want to bring in congressman mark sanford. this shooting happened in his district.th carolina governor. i can see the grief in your face sir. first of all, this is a terrible day in your district. tell me what you're hearing from the people you're speaking to. >> shock, disbelief, incredible sorrow. and frankly a real sense of quandary of i don't understand this doesn't make any sense to me which indeed it doesn't. >> i also know this hits quite close to home. clementa pinckney who was a state senator and a pastor of mother emmanuel a.m.e. church. he was there the entire time you were governor. you obviously knew this manuel. >> i did. you want to talk about somebody who lived and walked this notion of faith. he did. i cannot say enough good things about clementa. he was a remarkable human being. he had a gravelly deep voice, a radio announcer's voice, if you will. and he approached life with that same level of gravitas. just very serious, very thoughtful. an incredibly considerate and warm human being. he served south carolina. i think it was a real honor he would

also congressman mark sanford. good to have you on board. >> mark your district.obviously share a bond this morning as we now have reverend pinckney's hearse parked directly behind us. just thousands come from across the country, the world to pay their respects to this great man. >> indeed they do. as a local, he's been nothing other than inspirational to see the way the families themselves responded, the way the church responded and in kind the way the community at large responded. it's been a remarkable procession of love. it was interesting in the first funeral yesterday one of the grandsons stood up and said hate is powerful. it's very very powerful. love is more powerful. love is stronger. what i think we've seen remarkably from across the world, across the country, across the state and here particularly at the community level in charleston is an outpouring of love. >> do you have any personal recs of him that you could share? >> he had a voice that was made for radio. he had this incredible gravitas. >> and rich. it had a volume to it that was incredible. >>

. >> joining me now, congressman mark sanford of south carolina, former governor of the state. it is good to have you here. >> pleasure. >> i just can't but think of how awful it must be if you're someone in mourning in that church with that history and you're hearing all this rhetoric about how we're coming together and we're healing, we're united united south carolinians. how can you make sense of your state actually fully embracing you and seeing you in this moment of grief when that flag is flying on those grounds? >> what i'd say, as with any other political compromise, it will be imperfect. so if you go back in time, what you'd find is a guy named john rainy, a guy named lonnie randolph. lonnie randolph was head of the naacp. they worked together with the business community and business community and church community saying how do we take it off the state house which is where it was at the time. >> no, i know. >> and they put up an african-american memorial. they put it on the grounds. it was imperfect. so i think it easy from afar. bible says worry about the log in your

mark sanford has served at the state's governor for eight years.deral laws in place a separate state law for late crimes isn't necessary. >> all i'm saying is if at the end of the day you are going to be killed by lethal injection in our state versus another state that may have hate crime legislation but at the end of the day, you will live out your days, the consequence is are more severe in srk than other states. >> we need in-house laws to send a strong message to excite things when they happen. >> sending a message to the victims that their state supports them. >> there are people in the state who grow up every day scared and gay. and african americans we have to put that in context. >> police officers to wear body cameras but after the april shooting death of walter scott an your honor armed black man this month south carolina's governor signed that bill into law. representative giliard is hoping that wednesday's shooting will help his colleagues pass hate crime laws. >>> in colorado a judge has denied a defense motion to dismiss against the a

zwl the problem with that alan is saying that somehow, the people of state, anybody who as mark sanford said the flag for some people, is a symbol of the history of the state and tradition. just the meng of it sort of suggests there's some blame to be cast on the state on the south for the state of things in the world today and that is what contributed to this young man's ability to pull off this heinous crime. do you think that's true? >> yes, as part of a culture in that state, as jon stewart points outside. you've got roads in state who didn't want black people to freely travel on those. >> that's why the show answered that. >> i never said that. i said this is part of a culture, part of a number of different element that is make up a toxic cocktail that creates an atmosphere where this becomes possible. >>al listen, the names of roads and flags do not cause people to commit mass murder. otherwise, south carolina would be a blood bath. no -- >> you're taking me out of con tek. >> no, cow continue to suggest it's part of the reason. that's just nonsense. otherwise, this would be happe

there was a dispute in the media that happened with congressman mark sanford and a reporter who wanted say that they wouldn't use the confederate flag anywhere in south carolina anymore. so that does sort of make it about the larger issue instantly before the bodies are cold as rich says, alan. is that fair is that appropriate at this time? >> sure. i mean you just had mike huckabee said if only they had conceal carry, that might have helped solve the problem. if that's not taking a preliminary stance to promote one's own agenda i don't know what is. you can't just blame liberals for this. this is clearly something both sides -- and by the way, of course the conradtfederate flag contributes, guns mental illness. when you put all those things together, you can't discount any of those elements. >> whatever you think of the confederate flag and i'm not a fan, there is nothing about the flag itself that incites people to commit mass murder. otherwise confederate w memorial would be inciting mass murders all over the country. it doesn't happen. it's bizarre one off committed by a sick loser

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a lot of different members of congress the mayor of charles ton, you sew congressman mark sanford. it seems to be a bipartisan gathering for this announcement about a very, very contentual issues. it's interesting that all of this has happened so quickly. when i interviewed a presidential candidate a few weeks ago, i asked about a confed real flat he had not been briefed on it did not have an opinion on before as this obviously emerged as a huge issue. not a small issue for people of either party. in the south, the confederacy is something that a lot of people have pride in. when president clinton was governor clinton, he took steps to honor the confederacy, whether with the arkansas flag which has a star designated to honor the confederacy or taking steps to honor robert e. lee or jefferson davis. >> that's right. i think you have this divide of people who identify and we should also mention the clinton campaign not commenting on that. certainly what they said to do is point to 2007 when hillary clinton said is the south carolina conphet rad flag has to go. but some people say thi

here is what mark sanford said. >> again, another intense debate within south carolina for some folks that represents heritage. for others it represents hate. it is for that reason that confederate flag was brought down off of the state capitol and put on the memorial of the state house ground. that's the compromise formed some years ago. i think we have to be atentative to where my brothers in christ are coming from on this debate. lonnie randolph, reverend darby, a long list of friends who believe passionate it ought to come down from that place, at the memorial. but i have a number of friends who say my great uncle died in this effort. for me it wasn't about slavery. it is about state's rights. it is an intense debate. i do know that it was the first governor in south carolina to apologize for the orangeburg massacre. there are things we can do o. but it is premature o go into an intense exhaustive emowingly draining debate on what we might do there before we first had time to mourn the passing of these families and lives that have been impacted. >> a south carolina heritage act pr

led by south carolina congressman and former governor mark sanford. news4's derrick ward is live in northwest d.c. now with the national conversation that has been sparked by last week's shooting. >> reporter: we're here at bus boys and poet in northwest. there was no moment of silence. they moved beyond that. in fact, there was a lot of debate, lot of conversation. sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes encouraging. people are indeed talking. the crowd was as big as it's allowed to get in this activity room at bus boys and poet. the topic of discussion as current as it could get. the charleston murders. >> something like this happens where it's clearly racially motivated, we knew our community wanted to talk about it. >> reporter: talk they did launching right into it with the discussion on forgiveness that came from some quarters for the man charged with killing nine people in charleston's emanuel ame church. not everyone was for it. >> well if you agree that white supreme e supremacy and -- supremacy and national o.j. simpson are evil -- nationalism ar

i find lindsey graham and others, mark sanford, who waffle on this issue.ome people think it is a symbol of the history of states' rights. i think that is basically crap. the confederacy was about trying to sit the rum the union to build a separate country on the backs of 4 million slaves. it would be great if some republicans had the guts to say this is not any of those other things. it is a symbol of racial oppression. it has got to go. mark: there has been a lot of change in the south and elsewhere on this issue. if they do change it -- john: it will be the one good thing that comes out of this if it happened. mark: vladimir putin gave an interview to charlie rose at the st. petersburg economic summit in russia. putin said he was concerned about the u.s. engaging in syria. he said the u.s. is to blame for the crisis in ukraine and that the u.s. is not seriously taking into account russian interest. putin was also defiant with a capital "d" when charlie rose characterized russia's actions as aggressive. putin: i do not like using the term aggressive. we a

joining us now from charleston south carolina congressman mark sanford who represents charleston. thoughts and prayers are obviously with your district and the people of south carolina. what are your thoughts this morning on this unspeakable tragedy? >> i think the obvious which is everybody here at home is trying to absorb it. i got back from washington yesterday afternoon. and, you know what has struck me since i've been back is one, the degree to which the community has come together. but, two, the degree to which people are absolutely shocked and somewhat confused by how in the world could this happen here? >> mika? >> what are you hearing from your constituents and from people on the scene? i know they have prayer vigils. we're having conversations. but if i can be completely transparent, we're a little bit at a loss as to how to take the conversation to the next level. this about as joe mentioned mental health and also about race. but we have had these conversations before. >> i suspect you'll have them again. the tragedy of the human condition. but i believe there was a pra

today flanked by a bipartisan group of south carolina lawmakers including congressman mark sanford governor a major policy change. >> for those who wish to show their respect for the flag on their private property no one will stand in your way. but the statehouse is different and the events of this past week call upon us to look at this in a different way. today we are here in a moment of unity in our state without ill will to say, it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. [ applause ] >> i spoke earlier with congressman james clyburn, democrat from south carolina, who was there standing behind governor haley and asked if he was part of the behind-the-scenes discussions leading up to her announcement. >> last thursday at morris brown ame church at the service, the governor and i spoke and during our embrace she said to me, we just got to do something. we got to have a proper response to this. so i had no idea she was talking about the flag at the time. i saw her later that afternoon. and it just seemed to me that she was getting to a good place on something, but i didn't know unt

before the service, south carolina congressman mark sanford read the names of the victims. >>> 5:18. you saw that picture from -- i think lower merion where monique braxton was driving. if you come across something like that and there are power lines on the ground your best play is to get away from it not try to drive through it. >> a lot of the crews are just finding out about it probably through our reporting and people on social media putting out those alerts and also jessica boyington who's keeping an eye on the roads. >> we're actually covering lower merion as well. what we're seeing as we head out the door you're probably going to be affected by this no matter where you are, new jersey, pennsylvania if you take mass transit. lower merion is dealing with a lot of road obstructions as well. there's a towned tree blocking the roadway at 77th street. you might not be able to expect police activity on the scene this early. you're going to have to navigate around these scenes or done the cross through. turn around and not pass through the airy. in little egg harbor township in new je

governor mark sanford is there as well as loved ones and friends of the reverend clementa pinckney all in today, giving very poignant stories -- some of them childhood friends about their loved one and their relative. it's going to be interesting to see what the president of the united states has to say. he's going to come up in just a moment here to speak. brooke i need to tell you that you know this place holds 5400 people and it reached capacity very quickly. people lined up here since before dawn before sunrise here trying to get in and they got in very quickly and now where we are here at the church is the overflow crowd. so you can hear now the folks inside of this arena awaiting the president to give the eulogy. >> incredible. we'll stay on this live picture. don, let's continue our conversation because i think it's worth reminding everyone it was nine days ago that these nine souls were massacred inside this church. it's important to remind everyone it happened during the bible study and that bible study has since resumed and the theme is unity and love. what is the sense in wh

and hundredses turned out for her funeral this morning including be reverend jesse jackson and mark sanford from south carolina. pinkney's visitation, hundreds turned out for it this morning and one woman talked about pink knee as a child. >> well, he grew up with me, because we were like a mother to him and like a mentor to him. and we're so proud of him because he grew up to be everything we thought and knew that he could be. >> now now pinkney's second wake this morning the line is going all the way up and down the street and around the corner. and to get the people in, they may have to extend the hours or turn people away, lisa? >> we have heard the entire time about the theme of love and unity in the city. and that could not be more demonstrated tonight with what you're showing us. how is the city being prepared for tonight and tomorrow for president obama's eulogy? >> the arena holds about 5400 people. and they're expecting it to be filled to capacity. and it's going to be open to the public. they're going to be cordoning off several streets and they have asked particularly women to n

of people starting to line up, i'm seeing some people, some faces, mark san ford, you remember mark sanford, who is there and others, south carolina dignitaries, a very diverse group and, there's the mayor of charleston, joseph riley, and, a number of other dignitaries and we're waiting now for the governor, to appear, and i would imagine, del walters, we're going to hear from, my understanding, the two republican senators right of u.s. senators, lindsay graham and tim scott, correct. >>> that's true, to give you an idea how quickly the political winds are changing here, the other night, i ran into senator graham, and his last words, be kind to my city. he recognizes that the political winds shifting because there are more people moving into the town and, the climate is changing will there are 5,000 blacks moving out after town that was black and, 4,000 whites moving in. so you're seeing a lot of transplants from the north, and they have differing views. so it's not only a white/black issue, it's young versus old, and it's all over. >>> here is the question, we always ask you in a situation

mark sanford is here ryu z. because people know they need to work together to get through this and they want to be here for the people in this church community. jake? >> john berman thank you so much. >>> joining mess on the phone is malcolm graham the brother of cynthia hurd. cynthia is one of the six women, nine people killed at the church last night. mr. graham thank you for joining us. i am so, so sorry for your loss. tell us about your sister. tell us about cynthia. >> cynthia was the matriarch of the family. both our mother and father are deceased. in terms of the glue that kept the family together she was a 31-year employee of the charleston community school district library system. she loved books. she loved children she loved her community, she loved her family and she loved her god. >> mr. graham how often did she go and do bible study? >> emanuel was our home church. we were born and raised in that church baptized in that church. my mom sung in the choir. we were regular church-goers. i was not surpri

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among those in attendance south carolina governor nicky haley congressman mark sanford and the reverend jackson. lance spent three decades working at the church. services for sharon today coleman singleton were held today. funeral for the other seven victims will take place next week. >> what should be done about the confederate flag in south carolina? that discussion happening right here in philadelphia as well. >> fox 29 weekend's bill anderson sat down with a local business owner who spent years making all kinds of flags and he says he's still going to make the controversial one. >> reporter: backlash from the tragic charleston pass kerr continues with elected officials and citizens exploring ways to try to make sure something like this never happens again. one of the major debates is the confederate flag. it's possible connection to alleged killer dylann roof and whether or not banning it is the appropriate station to promote harmony. several flag manufacturing companies decided to stop making the flag and one of the largest flag manufacturers into philadelphia humphries something s

here's what mark sanford had to say. >> again, another intense debate within south carolina.folks that represents heritage. for other folks it represents hate. it's for that reason the confederate flag was brought off the state capital and put on a place of memorial on the state house grounds. that was a compromise formed some years ago. i think we have to be attentive to where my brothers in christ are coming from on this debate. lonnie randolph reverend darby, a long list of friends who believe passion natsly it ought to come down from the place of memorial but i have an equal number of friends who say, wait a minute my great uncle died in this effort. for me it wasn't about slavery and states rights. it is an intense debate. what i do know is a compromise reform i was the governor in the history of south carolina to apologize for the orangeburg massacre. i think there are thing we can do. it is premature to go in to an intense, exhaustive emotionally draining debate on what we might do there before we first have had time to mourn the passing of these families and the lives

>> barnes georgia and myself had it used against us by republicans including mark sanford. we all three lost. if republicans want to say they are doing something, then address education in the south. level the playing field. expand health care. create opportunity. then you will know we are serious about the real problems behind the flag. that is the issue to address. the problem of institutional racism has caused us a loss of opportunity all across the south. that's where we want to get to is greater opportunity for all of our citizens. >> governor you are making such a good point. obviously, the flag is just a symbol. there's real work to be done on the ground. does that symbol in your state of mississippi, need to change first? >> our state is last in educational achievement, income lack of job opportunity and health care. that's not a coincidence. the flag is a part of it. but, the real problem is the attitude it represents. we must change the attitude if we are going to move forward and give all of our citizens opportunity. that's the challenge. that should be the goal

still flying high over the grounds, the stars and stripes of state flag are both at half staff, mark sanford history of that symbol. by friday with outrage growing over the flag's official place of prominence, a few cracks were forming and that night here on this show we broke some big news. >> another conservative legislator out of spartanburg said he is going to sponsor the bill to take the flag down. we are going to make progress. >> what legislator was that? >> doug brannon from spartanburg. >> spartanburg is very conservative part of this state. >> that's right. he called me just before air. he said i'm going to sponsor a bill to take the flag down. it has to come down. we've got to move forward in this state. >> during the show we then got state representative doug brannon on the phone to tell us why he's going to sponsor that bill. >> i had a friend die wednesday night for no reason other than he was a black man. senator pinckney was an incredible human being. i don't want to talk politics, but i'm going to introduce the bill for that reason. >> and over the weekend hundreds of people

senators graham and scott, and of course jim clyburn and mark sanford were there.he will is there. i'm confident it will happen and it has to happen. to have what occurred here right across the street less than a week ago is just a reminder, racial bigotry is alive. if there is a symbol that it gives people momentum that hate others because of their race it has to go away from public property. >> what do you make of this report, these reports that sales of the confederate flag and related paraphernalia skyrocketed over the past few days. maybe by 3,000 or 4,000% as some of the major retailers like amazon and ebay walmart, sears were are going to remove this from their sites. >> it shows there are some who want it for whatever reason. probably some who are basically hoarders. i think the national retailers have made this decision they deserve a pat on the back too. you know. it's about american values. we're one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. and to have a symbol that is being sold by national retailers, that people have appropriated to support o

behind them, mark sanford, now a congressman from the state.ext to him, mayor of charleston, joseph riley. ink a priebus was there. two rows behind the governor. on the left side of your screen you see congressman jim clyburn. and next to him is the top democrat in the south carolina state legislature representative todd rutherford who joins us now. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> let me ask you about your feelings about what happened in your state. did you ever think this would happen and how do you feel about having been part of this today? >> you know, i don't think anybody ever saw this coming, at least not now, at least not this soon. but i hate that it happened on the eve of this tragedy and i hate the tragedy is what made this happen. you know, the governor, we applaud her efforts. we know it didn't happen without her. we applaud all the conservatives and their c change in deciding something that has been hateful for years now all of a sudden they see it as hateful and want to take it down. >> i wondered toda

representative mark sanford clarified his position on the flag issue today as well.ernor haley called for taking down the flag from the state capitol grounds he stood near her though days earlier he said it was too soon to debate taking down the flag. i spoke to him earlier. congressman sanford, two days after the shooting i saw you on wolf blitzer you declined to take a position you said it is premature to go into an intense, exhaustive emotional debate of what we might do before we first have time to mourn the passing of the families and the lives impacted. i know elsewhere you likened removing the flag to opening a pandora's box having this debate. you now support removing the confederate flag from the ground of the state capitol. i'm wondering when and what made you come to that decision? >> obviously, miraculous turn of events we have seen over the last couple days. i don't think anybody would have anticipated the things would change as quickly as they have. not just in south carolina but frankly with regard to a larger conversation with regard to monuments. con

joining me is south carolina congressman former governor mark sanford. governor congressman sanford, we've been talking about the leadership, white and black. one of your successor, governor haley, was emotional today, was called by the president and the vice president. we've seen what in community has suffered in the past. how does the community respond to this kind of tragedy? >> i think as it has, which is with a fair degree of introspection, with a whole lot of grace and with a commitment to continuing this process of bettering relations, whether it's it white between white, black between black, white between blacks i think that's ultimately a testament not just to community leadership but to the people themselves. i mean i think that what stood out in the wake of the walter scott shooting was his mom saying immediately in the aftermath, i forgive this person. as i dad, i can't imagine doing so. but that's what the mom was saying on national television. those kinds of words have an affect. >> what about what the president said about gun violence that

>> hundreds of mourners including the reverend jesse jackson and south carolina representative mark sanford filed into the church to pay final respects. some mourners carried signs saying love wins. the 70-year-old grandmother was one of the first victims to be laid to rest. >> she was a victim of hate, and she can be a symbol for love. that's what she was in life. [ applause ] >> 45-year-old sharon dew coleman singleton was buried thursday. mourners turned out for the first of two visitations for state senator pink key this one in his hometown. >> he grew up with me, because we were like a mother to him. we were like a mentor to him and we are so proud of him because he grew up to be everything we thought and knew that he could be. >> the charleston count council renamed the library where cynthia shrude worked in her honor. a full academic scholarship is announce bed in her name. >> stay with aljazeera america for live coverage of the funeral and president obama's eulogy this afternoon. >> the future of same-sex marriage hangs in the balance at the supreme court. the justices are expected

the house observed a moment of silence led by congressman mark sanford, the former governor. he read all nine names saying they were killed by a young man with incomprehensible malice. hillary clinton also speak package out against the church shooting and the confederate flag speaking at an african-american church in st. louis. she called the attack an act of racist terrorism and said the confederate flag slunt fly anywhere. >> one more note louisiana's governor bobby jindal is expected to become the 13th republican to announce a bid for the white house. he scheduled his announcement as the a major event in the new orleans today. he is considered a long shot appealing to the gop's socially conservative base of evangelical and tea party voters but he barely reaches 1% in most polls. >> the ruptured oil pipeline along the california coast is proving to be a major problem for energy giant exxonmobil. more than 100,000 gallons of oil spilled last month. it polluted about 100 miles of coastline and killed at least 300 animals. exxon halted operations at three offshore plat fors be

several dig any tears including the mayor and congressman mark sanford attended. coming up in an hour the family of reverend coleman singleton will pay their last respects. you're looking at pictures of her viewing right now. coleman-singleton was a track coach and speech pathologist at goose creek high school. hundreds are paying respects at a wake for reverend and senator klem men clemente pinckney. as we talk about tomorrow this is the large funeral that everyone is going to be coming out for to pay respects to the reverend and also to the state senator. we have the president and vice president coming to town. a lot of preparation in advance of this funeral for tomorrow. >> yeah that is correct. thomas. with the huge crowds officials are planning accordingly not only for the thousands of members of the public expected to appear but also for the president, the first lady and the vice president. they're going to begin closing roads here in downtown charleston around 6:00 in the morning. shuttle buses will deliver people to and from the services. we have already b

. >> i want to play for everybody, congressman mark sanford, he appeared on "morning joe" and he talkedhow he responded. >> if i was to talk to other folks say, wait a minute, my great great grandfather died in the battle of bull run and for me it's a symbol of either state's rights or of the loss that was felt within our family. it's a very complex issue within our state. and i don't think that that should be the immediate solution because it's one that would take frankly, some time. >> so as the former governor and now elected to congress he talks about the fact that he has family members who died fighting under that flag and that's why it's important to someone like him. do you think though it's fair that some people make that link to another heinous symbol which is a swastika? do you think that's a fair association? >> on many levels i do think it's a fair associa comparison. let's deal with what that flag represents to black people and we can go over some historical significance and relevance to it. so i think that there's a real pause for there to be an honest discussion, not only

mark sanford was interviewed questioned about the confederate flag, why it still flies. he says, it is our heritage. it is states rights. nikki haley has the same attitude. no, take down the damn flag. it is an insult and it is hurting people. even the germans, after the barbarism of the germans, they admitted they were wrong. they rehabilitated themselves. they are the most fair, open people now. they learned. the south has not learned. host: that was thomasina. kim, from florence, south carolina. caller: we are about 2.5 hours from charleston. it is a beautiful city. i agree with the article. racism is very prevalent. it is a sad thing. it is a problem we have with these massacres. it is a multifaceted problem. it does not have one solution. in my opinion, manning handguns is a good place to start. -- banning handguns is a good place to start. we will probably never get rid of all confederate out there but i believe that no one needs a handgun. i do not understand why our society is obsessed with this idea of owning handguns. that is my opinion. i appreciate you listen

i will be introducing a bipartisan amendment with my friend from mark sanford to do the same on this bill. we need an approach to a nation that is 90 miles from our shores. americans -- may have an additional 10 seconds. mr. price: an additional minute. ms. lee: americans deserve the right to travel. . americans have that right. why shouldn't they have the right to travel to a country 90 miles off of our shores? cold war era policies are just that. 50-year-old policies that have failed, they're wrong, first of all, they're very ridiculous at this point and they don't make any sense. and so to keep trying to put these amendments into nongermane bills, where it makes no sense, is mind boggling to me. so i hope that we can get that amendment out. i just want to thank the ranking member for his efforts, given the tremendous constraints allotted by republican austerity budgeting and i yield back. thank you again. the chair: the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: reserve. the chair: he reserves. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: mr. chairman, i'm happy to note the arrival

sanford university is letting the water flow. the school turned off its fountain ahead of graduation. those fountains will require 60,000 gallons of water. it will recycle that water later this summer. >> today marks the beginning of water cutbacks across the state. david louie is always a challenge to save water. >> it is a 3% some people around here are wishing their lava in their lungs but some are taking dantadvantage of it entirely. residents are flooding the water district for applications for turf removal rebates. they get 2% back if they follow the prescribed rules which can cover as much as a third to a half of a typical home. >> we have stacks of paperwork as you can see. it is increasing the amount of time that it takes to process each one of these individually. >> 760 rebates have been issued so far this year. 800 more are in process. >> two years ago 160,000 square feet of turf was convicted. it topped 1 million square feet last year and the same amount has been converted so far this year putting 2015 on track to reach $2 million square feet. >> while individuals can limit waterious or on a city wide basis can plan or two. >> they'll be reducing experts statistic tomorrow and just a c

sanford c bernstein. thank you. still ahead, conflict in ukraine is contributing to the crumbling of the country's banking system. an exclusive interview with the ukrainian president petro poroshenko. ♪ markwelcome back to the bloomberg market day. let's go straight to matt miller who has a look at the markets. the indexes opened lower but we have clawed back some of our declines. this morning we were in a pretty bad situation with the whole crisis between greece and the rest of the eu. ball innows who has the whose court, nobody wants to take leadership, and as a result european and u.s. stocks fell. about 200 points on the dow at the open but now down about 93 points, so we have come back some. the overall level is still not horrible with today's and friday's losses. the s&p 500 was also down friday, now down about .4%. we do have some down arrows today. is going toologies either sell or a spinoff of its helicopter unit. blackhawky that makes helicopters, has the department of defense as its biggest customer. the energy sector does not need as many helicopters to fly over its oilfields that it is maybe not operating as a result of prices, so united technologies is the big loser right no