S.C. Lawmakers Begin Considering Confederate Flag's Removal; Shooting Exposes Problems with U.S. Deportation Process
FOSTER: Today, lawmakers in South Carolina will begin debating whether to remove the Confederate flag from capitol grounds. This comes after calls from the governor and others to take the flag down after a racially motivated shooting at a predominately African- American church. A two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of the general assembly is necessary to remove it. Some South Carolina residents see the flag as symbol of pride and others as a symbol of hate.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I said, how are you doing, and when I did, another fellow jumped on me. I got jumped. That was last Monday. You try to take down the Confederate memorial and take down the Ten Commandments in Oklahoma, you are starting all this stuff you can't handle.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All it takes is sometimes one person saying, think, think, it's just a symbol. Whether it's up there or in a museum, it's just a symbol. It's what we do with that symbol that is going to determine whether South Carolina is in the news for the wrong reasons or whether we are stepping off the grand stand and shaking hands and saying this is us.</s>ASHER: And South Carolina is actually the only state that still flies the Confederate flag on capitol rounds. But references to the Confederacy are still displayed on other flags. The seven flags you see here incorporate elements of Confederate imagery or allude to the Confederate past. South Carolina's flag was the battle flag for the Confederate States of America, which fought against the North during the American Civil War, which ended in 1865. Now one reason the state seceded was to preserve their right to keep slaves.</s>FOSTER: Now, the shooting death of a woman in San Francisco is exposing major problems with America's deportation process.</s>ASHER: CNN's Boris Sanchez has more on the story, including emotional comments from the woman's father, who watched her die.</s>BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Walking with his daughter, Kate, on a busy San Francisco pier Wednesday night, Jim Steinle heard a loud pop ring out.</s>JIM STEINLE, FATHER OF KATE: This was evil, evil personified.</s>SANCHEZ: Kate fell to the ground, hit by a bullet, the shooter running off without saying a word.</s>UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: There does not appear to be a connection between the victim and the suspect. At this point, it appears to be a random shooting incident.</s>SANCHEZ: The suspect? 45-year-old Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant and repeat felon. According to immigration officials, Lopez Sanchez has been deported five times to Mexico. In March, he was released from federal prison after serving time for sneaking back into the U.S. Federal law enforcement sources tell CNN it would have been six deportations except authorities in San Francisco wanted him on a drug related warrant so U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turned him over to deputies. ICE officials say they requested an immigration detainer that would give them a head's up before he was released. But the sheriff's department denied the request, according to policy, before letting him go. The chief attorney telling CNN there was no legal cause to detain him. Lopez Sanchez now faces homicide charges.</s>STEINLE: It's not going to bring Kate back, again, them finding the guy and the justice will work its way through the system, but our focus is on Kate.</s>FOSTER: Boris Sanchez with that report. The suspect reportedly told CNN affiliate, KGO, he found the weapon on the ground and it accidentally fired when he picked it up.</s>ASHER: And more upbeat news. The United Nations has released its newest picks for the coveted World Heritage List. We'll tell you which places made the cut. That's coming up.