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Caught on camera dousing the george washington statue with the red paint. meantime, this weekend in baltimore on the fourth of july, protesters ripped down the crest of her columbus statue, throwing it into the citys harbor. for a local italian-american group tried to recover but unsuccessfully did so and in rochester, new york, a statue of abolitionist frederick douglass was ripped down on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches. the speech was given new life this past holiday weeken...

>> if we succumb to the fear, we are succumbing the idea that is being driven by the people taking down those statues, the american values of courage and defense of freedom that we are not going to respect anymore and people do respect those values here, we are not going to be like other public officials that are silent in the face of this. i dont want to wake up in the future when kids are saying who is that george washington guy? thats not where we want to live. rob: what inspired this move? >...

Rob: in ohio city stepping up as a things way for statues and monuments being removed from cities across the country. carley: not everyone agrees, voicing their concerns during a heated city council meeting. joining us live to defend the decision to take in the monuments, city manager david lynch. this is an interesting idea, new york city, baltimore doesnt want statues, we will take them but not everyone in your town agrees with one resident was quoted as saying we dont need that here in our ci...

>> some protesters say these tributes dont deserve to stand because of what they were present. many of the protests weve seen in new york city begin in washington square park where just a week ago some people were caught on camera dousing the george washington stage with red paint. this weekend in baltimore on the fourth of july protesters ripped jonah christopher columbus statute throwing it into the citys harbor. a local italian-american group tried to recover it but unsuccessfully did so. a s...

In florida alone, dozens of icus are out of beds. kerry sanders has more >> reporter: tonight, scenes like these on some of floridas beaches over the holiday weekend worrying health officials, with 44 hospitals here now reaching icu capacity. north side hospital in st. petersburg among them is florida headed in that same overload that new york had? >> i hope not. we are seeing an increase on a daily basis or a weekly basis. >> reporter: while the death toll in florida at nearly 4,00 remains much...

Potentially changing their names in order to be politically correct and added "indians like senator elizabeth warren must be very angry." >> our past is not a burden to be cast away. >> reporter: the race-based tweet followed a weekend in which the president launched a divisive defense of americas heritage which he claims is under attack. protestors threw a statue of christopher columbus into baltimores inner harbor saturday. >> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase ou...

However, since then, there have been a number hong kong has always been seen of new, mostly small outbreaks. lets get some of the days other news: as the place to be if you want lockdown restrictions are being eased in scotland, access to the worlds second wales and northern ireland today. 0utdoor pubs, restaurants biggest economy, if you want to and cafes are allowed to open again in scotland. work with china, but not in wales, the five=mile travel restriction is being lifted. necessarily have ...

This terrible, terrible tragedy, which is the death of a child. >> reporter: and that raw hurt never goes away. not to a mother with a broken heart. >> i have pictures in my head that will never go away. i had to watch as people tried to resuscitate my son and failed. im never going to have my son back. >> had he lived, had he gotten extra years, who do you think he would have been? >> still the fun-loving kid that he was. and joking and teasing. and i think he would be looking to have a very br...

Hes buried next to the father he barely knew. >> reporter: is it true you buried him with the ripstick? >> yes. >> reporter: that was moms decision? what do you think that says about who that little boy was? >> you know, that and his lacrosse stick were his most prized possessions. so i wanted him to have them. >> reporter: she said goodbye to her boy, but now, as police continued to zero in on nick hillary, she hoped to get answers for him. >> reporter: did you know that they had brought nick i...

Reporter: a little boy was dead, and potsdam was in mourning. schools emptied out for a memorial service for garrett phillips, that sixth-grader so exuberant in his 12 years of life. then, later that week, the funeral at this church. for his mother, tandy, it was all a blur. >> i remember being at the church. i remember being at the funeral home. its just a lot of people. >> reporter: garrett was laid to rest in the nearby town where his mother grew up.