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Minutes ago a team at a conservation lab in virginia opens up a time capsule found yesterday where a statue of robert e. lee once stood in west virginia. theyre still sorting through the copper box believed to have been placed back in 1887. inside it so far, confederate memorabilia and a worn and badly damaged photo of abraham lincoln in his coffin. apparently it was from a "harpers bizarre" article. confederate buttons, a silver coin from 1883. it looks like thats in the shape of a flag there. ...

>> reporter: richmond, virginia, once the capitol of the confederacy. three months ago in a nation newly sensitive to glorifying a confederate general, the towering robert e. lee statue that was completed in 1890 was taken down. historians delighted when the dismantling appeared to reveal a time capsule they believed it might hold a possible second photograph of president abraham lincoln taken after he was assassinated. but the box was nothing more than random keepsakes. but yesterday when teams...

And no survivors have been found after a small plane crashed near san diego, it went down monday night in a neighborhood between el cajon and lakeside. road closures are in effect and residents are asked to avoid the area. no word on what caused the crash. get ready to hear more from the house committee investigating the january 6th capitol attack. the "washington post" saying that the panel will hold public hearings in 2022 to tell the complete story of the insurrection. members want to show ...

Confederate general robert e. lee. the statue came down this past september, and today they opened the time capsule and they got a surprise. with the story, heres "360s" randi kaye. >> its tedious work, and yes, opening a 130-year-old time capsule is time-consuming too. the task was shared by virginias department of resources. for more than a century, this time capsule was buried in the statue of robert e. lee in richmond, virginia. it was covered friday morning months after this historic moment...

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A conservation crew in richmond, virginia just cracked open a time capsule. the 36-pound copper box was found in the pedestal that recently held up a statue of robert e. lee. suzanne malveaux joins me now. what did they find in the box? >> what they found about this was the process. they had historical and archaeological experts from virginia who went through opening this box with us in realtime. unlike a museum where you have a pin and a note in a sterile environment but opening it up and you h...

I believe the church has hindered progress in womens rights, racial equality and lgbtq plus rights. a recent history discovered in virginia. a time capsule buried in the robert e. lee statue is opened. what was inside and what wasnt. cnns randi kaye has the surprising reveal. >> reporter: its delicate and tedious work, and yes, opening a 134--year-old time capsule is time consuming, too. the task was shared among conservators from virginias department of historic resources. for more than a cen...

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As described in the richmond dispatch back in 1887. the list of articles in the copper box was said to include dozens of items, including a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, even a picture of former president lincoln lying in his coffin. but it turns out this capsule was made of lead, heavily corroded, and partly covered in mortar. the box itself is an artifact, so they had to take care to preserve that, too, using tiny spatulas, tongue depressors and -- >> a very controlled tool that vibra...

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