doug brannon, what about the issue of gun control? >> i would ask the people around the country to look at south carolina gun control. just in the past two years, i believe, we have passed full background checks before one can purchase a weapon and we have included in the law that if one has ever been deemed incompetent, they can no longer legally possess a firearm. so president obama has called for background checks and mental health checks on a nationwide level -- a national level. we have done that here in south carolina. so from a gun control standpoint, i believe south carolina is ahead of the curve they are. -- there. amy: we are going to turn now to don doyle, south carolina historian, talking about the significance of the flag. fetzer university of south carolina. if you can briefly talked about the significance of why this flawed -- flag went up on top of the state capital not 100 years ago, but actually at the height of the civil rights movement. and it significance now what you're seeing now unfold in these days. >> thank y

republican south carolina state representative doug brannon has announced plans to sponsor legislation to take down the confederate flag from the front of the south carolina state capitol. hundreds of people marched in the capital columbia saturday calling for the flag to come down. we'll have more on the flag and on the shooter's white supremacist ties after headlines. fbi director james comey has refused to consider the rampage in charleston an act of terrorism. speaking at a news conference in baltimore friday, comey said the massacre would be investigated as a hate crime, but ruled out the term terrorism. >> because of the way we define terrorism under the law terrorism is an active done -- violence done or threatened in order to try to influence a public body or the citizenry, so it is more of a political act. based on what i know so far, i don't see it as a political act. amy: comey's remarks appear at odds with justice department statement issued the same day, which said -- "the department is looking at this crime from all angles including as a hate crime and as an act of domest

>> 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 marched in charleston and the state capital columbia calling for lawmakers to take down the confederate flag. a moveon petition ultimately garnered over 500,000 signatures and retreat from prominent republican helped ratchet up the pressure on his own party. to many it is a symbol of racial hatred. remove it now to honor charleston victims. but the death blow for confederate flag apologizism showing the white supremist who confessed embracing the battle flag,

republican state representative doug brannon will introduce the bill. >> i've been in the house five years, i should have filed that bill five years ago. but the time is now. >> reporter: but supporters say the flag is not the problem. >> and what happened in charleston is a terrible thing but the flag didn't do it. the flag did not pull the trigger. >> reporter: the governor will keep the legislature in session until it will flag comes down -- the flag comes down. marlie hall, cbs news, columbia, south carolina. >> wal-mart is removing items from its stores and website that feature the confederate flag. a company spokesperson says we never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer. ebay is now following suit. >>> a special election today in north san jose for a seat on the city council. it is the second time manh nguyen and tim orozco are competing for votes. >> the april election was very close. in these little small elections every vote truly does count. >> neither candidate took home 50% of the votes last time. 26 polling places are open today for thousands of voters

. >> reporter: state representative doug brannon, a republican, says he hasn't had the courage to submit a bill against the flag until now. >> the switch that flipped was the death of my friend senator pinckney. i've been in the house five years. i should have filed that bill five year ago, but the time is now. >> reporter: those who support the flag, like paul graham of the sons of confederate veterans, say the flag is being unfairly targeted. >> if i thought this would change anything at all, i would personally be the first one to want to take it down, but it will not change anything. what it will do is it will embarrass and shame people who had nothing to do with this event, nothing. >> reporter: south carolina's extended legislative session ends this week. scott, the governor said that if lawmakers don't act in time, she'll use her authority to bring them back into session to ensure a vote. >> pelley: adriana diaz at the capitol for us tonight. thank you. turns out the confederate battle flag is an option on the license plates of nine states. alabama, louisiana, georgia, maryland, mi

. >> again, that's state representative doug brannon in south carolina saying he will introduce the bill in december when the legislature is back in session to remove the flag from the statehouse grounds in south carolina. >>> meanwhile the controversial flag still flying above the south carolina state capitol this morning. the american flag and south carolina state flag flying at half staff, but the con federal flag flying nearby not at half staff. governor nikki haley ordering them to fly at half staff. the south carolina government needs to sign off on any movement of the con federal flag. a spokesperson for the president saying they believe the flag belongs in a museum a statement he made in 2007 before he became president. jon stewart adding his thoughts on thursday night's daily show. >> nine people were shot in a black church by a white guy who hated them who wanted to start some kind of civil war. the con fedfederate flag flies over south carolina and the roads are named for confederate generals and the white guy is the one who feels like his country is being taken away from him.

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republican state representative doug brannon said he plans to introduce a bill that would do just that. >> i've been in the house five years and i should have filed that bill five years ago. but the time is now. [ chanting ] >> reporter: while brannon acknowledged the move could cost him re-election, many with presidential aspirations rushed to embrace the call made by the governor. senator lindsey graham who had expressed a different opinion just days before publicly reversed course. >> put it in a museum. move forward. >> reporter: the flag can only be lowered with a vote by the state legislature. mark albert, cbs news, washington. >>> president obama will go to charleston on friday. he will deliver a eulogy for a victim clementa pinckney a pastor and a state senator. >>> voters in north san jose will hit the polls today to elect a city council member. two men are in a runoff for a seat on the city counsel sill. manh nguyen and tim orszco are competing to fill the seat. >>> at least 60 senators must back a measure for it to clear a procedural hurdle on giving mr. obama enhanced autho

brannon, a republican state representative, says he's going to introduce this bill to get rid of the confederate flag from the capitol grounds, what does that do to the political debate in south carolina? >> i think it helps tremendously. you know it's not only been hard to get republicans to take a stance like that but it's been difficult for democrats over the years as well. i took this stance last year during a gubernatorial campaign because i felt like it was the right thing to do. we needed white voices in south carolina who would speak out, and it's great to have doug join that chorus. i know doug. he is a sympathetic and compassionate man and it doesn't surprise me at all. >> you ran for governor last year as a democratic nominee against nikki haley. but you say this is a position that you took specifically in the home stretch of that campaign. so tell us, what were your experiences going around south carolina advocating that position? what were you hearing back from people? >> well, i represent in the senate a very rural mostly white district, and as i travelled the state i f

. >> reporter: republican doug brannon plans to introduce a bill to remove the flag from state property which is likely he acknowledges to cause him his position. >> the sweat that flipped was the death of my friend clementa pinckney. i can't let the senator's death go without fundamental change in south carolina. >> reporter: brannon says that he intends to introduce that bill as soon as he can, but the next legislative session won't start until january. less than two-thirds are requires to remove or even lower the flag. by the way the flag has no pulleys to lower it. it remains at full staff after the shooting. >> thank you. >>> president obama is back at the white house. he spent father's day playing golf but that move is drawing criticism. some consider golf courses a strain on scarce water supplies in a state ravaged by drought. >> reporter: the coachella valley near palm spring is home to one of the dennest concentrations of golf courses in the country. 124 of them. their fairways of green cover over what this used to be, a harsh and barren desert. >> we're doing everything to con

. >> south carolina state representative doug brannon thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> boston marathon bomber dzhokar tsarnaev is scheduled to be sentenced today after the judge in the case hears from ref i was of victims and survivors. up to 30 people are expected to speak at the hearing. the big question is whether we'll hear from tsarnaev himself. >> good morning. you know this really is just a formality at this point. last month a federal jury decided that dzhokar tsarnaev should be executed for his role in the boston marathon bombings two years ago that killed three people and injured 260 others. now while the jury's verdict is binding, the judge still has to officially impose the death sentence. we're expecting to hear from several survivors of the bombing, as well as family members of the victim who died at the hands of the tsarnaev brothers. big question now is will dzhokar tsarnaev himself make a statement. we shall see and of course bring you the very latest details from inside the federal courthouse here in boston. for now back to you. >> new details this morning on