CNN’s Sunny Hostin: Confederate Battle Flag ‘a Symbol of Domestic Terrorism’

HOSTIN: “And you know, I've said this over and other again, I've said this to Mr. Heinz, before symbols matter. And it is very clear that this is a symbol of domestic terrorism. It's a symbol meant to invoke fear. And I remember being in North Carolina, visiting my father, we were in the outer banks and I literally saw a truck with a huge Confederate flag. Two guys sitting, drinking beer, staring at me. I grabbed my children a little closer. It invoked fear in my heart. And that is the reaction that most African-Americans have. I have taken granted informal pulse since I have been here. Every single person I've spoken to lament the murder of the nine, but then immediately say we've got to take the flag down. The people of South Carolina want the flag down.”

LEMON: “Yeah.”

HOSTIN: “And it needs to come down.”