::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - Civil rights leaders are rallying opposition to a Confederate battle flag that flies over Interstate 95 in Virginia. But the flag is on private property in Stafford County and the owner vows the flag will stay as a symbol of Southern heritage. The Stafford chapter of the NAACP tells the Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg that it has collected 200 signatures on a petition protesting the flag. NAACP President Aston Haughton calls the flag a "symbol of hatred and oppression." He is hopeful the petition will encourage lawmakers to ban such symbols. The deadly attack on an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, has sparked a national debate on symbols of the Confederacy. Earlier this week, Gov. Terry McAuliffe moved to have the Confederate flag removed from state license plates.

buzzz worthy. . . South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley reportedly will call for the removal of the Confederate flag from the state capitol. The recent  mass murder of 9 Black South Carolinians at Mother Emanuel AME Church by a white supremacist prompted further debate about the significance of the flag.  Those who are against the Confederate flag feel it  represents our nation's painful racist  past, while those who are for it say it symbolizes Southern pride.  Haley is expected to announce the flag will be placed in a museum during a live press conference scheduled to air on CNN today at 4:00 p.m. ET today. Republican senator Linsay Grahm is expected to join Haley at the press conference in support of her decision, though in years past he noted the "is part of who we are."  Democratic senator Clementa  Pickney, who was also the pastor or Mother Emanuel AME, was also a shooting victim.