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The leader discussed that strategy in syria. multiple reports claiming the leader is dead or severely wounded since he was last seen in 2014. but u.s. officials believe he is still alive. a former mayor of new orleans awarded with tearing down history. mitch landrieu given the jfk profile in courage award after taking down statues of robert e. lee, jefferson davis and twoers o. he went ahead with the move despite legal challenges and arguments that confederacy is an important part of new orleans...

>> jason: american history is on the chopping block again. first the pc police pulled down confederate statues acrosss the country. now the california town of arcadia is preparing to take down a nearly nine-foot-tall statue of president mckinnley because of the federal governments treatment of native americans. more towns across america are poised to pull down statues deemed similarly offensive. wheres it stop? lets discuss this with urban gameme changer ceo shirley and talk show host ethan. tha...

Christopher columbus? if you think so, then you have a problem, it aint going to happen.e >> tucker: have you seen any votes on this? >> no! >> tucker: there are voters here and they thought they were in control. has anyone actually voted? >> great observation. the speaker of the city council said we are going to have -- tear the statute down and the mayor said we are going to have this commission. we were on the columbus day parade and i was with maria, maria is great. and i have governor cuomo...

Reason to stand. there are folks who dont necessarily want to see the football players taking a position, kneeling or standing or anything when it comes to politics. think about that? is that the way folks see football? >> i think there are a couple issues here. ment is it the question, this is what we dont want football players to do, take a knee, maybe. i have seen polling on them that shows the majority of the americans say to stand and respect the flag. i can totally understand that. but is ...

Rename things and take down statues, in dallas alone, 500 k removing a statue of robert e lee, that money could be used to the benefit of our children and improving the black community, not so much names, that doesnt affect education. rob: how much attention to people pay these names and statues? i understand if it is a confederate general the sensitivity, makes sense to me but also, previously, went as far taking names of founding fathers off of schools, benjamin franklin middle school, thomas ...

Seems to be this jump on the bandwagon despite history, we did a little bit of research, you pull up the pictures of the lee jackson monuments that nancy pelosis father helped dedicates, and now she is the one leading the charge to rip them down, so either she thinks her father is a racist, or times have changed, or it is political opportunism, you take the pick. >> no, something has happened after charlottesville, youre definitely onto something, and a big diverse country like ours, you can hav...

Paul ryan, the very well done town hall that cnn did with paul ryan, people were having a civil debate. theres not enough of that in this country. have you people pulling down statues. >> cliff, it sounds like the president of the united states should be listening to your advice because hes the one, i mean, hes a big part of the divide, the separation. he may say that he wants people to come together but his words reflect something else. >> and don. >> i agree he did not do this. i respond to do...

Those are the one whos said death to america. >> steve. >> dont disagree with you at all. >> thats good. >> you talk about afghanistan. >> its great to find common ground. one thing i notice about the paul ryan, the very well done town hall that cnn did with paul ryan, people were having a civil debate. theres not enough of that in this country. have you people pulling down statues. >> cliff, it sounds like the president of the united states should be listening to your advice because hes the one...

It. lets put it somewhere historically it fits with the area around it so you can have people come to see it who want to understand that history and that individual. >> i want to know what you think about what the president said about the statues yesterday. im going to play a bit of it again and then well discuss. here it is. >> george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? so will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down -- excuse me! are we g...

>> tucker: the destruction of a war memorial in durham, north carolina, yesterday was the latest example of police in action in the face of a writing mob. the police made no arrests in the aftermath. durham county sheriff mike andrews urged people to stop complaining. >> some might say i stood by and did nothing, dont mistake at restraint for inaction. had i ordered my deputies to engage a hostile crowd, there would have been serious injurie injuries. statues can be replaced. lies cannot. its ti...