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>> today, at noon, city council members in orangeburg will vote on a resolution to remove a confederate statue. >> during the protests outside city hall, members want the 127-year-old confederate statue at courthouse square removed. >> when people say, its our heritage, its not my heritage. when i think of confederate anything, im in fear. its been one of those things where you cant talk about it or you dont say anything about it, but were now in a time where they have the voice. >> were here to...

Youve got to take people with you. you obviously come to this as an extremely sort of well—read british—indian who knows your history, but there are many people who would in sheffield look at the renaming of their streets and they would just feel it was a sort of attack on their traditions, their city, their culture, and they would resent it. well, it hasnt happened. so, theyve got nothing to resent. but im thinking of one street name in london thats been changed in southall. its now called ...

I think what you have in san francisco is this. the odd bedfellows of political money, as well as parents who are angry. they are not angry about the normal things that you sort of see populating the news. they are not angry about books in schools, not angry about critical race theory. there actually have a conversation on equity and how we make sure that the schools are equitable. they feel like these three particular board members, are not on the side of equity. they would rather spend time re...

People we no longer wish, among them, abraham lincoln and dianne feinstein. does this mean anti-covid restriction protests are now going to be very common in blue cities as well as in red states? this was, many say, a grass roots, parent-driven initiative. lets hear some reaction from parents. >> i saw a lot of kids struggling doing school from home. and i saw the school board prioritize renaming schools over getting kids back into school. >> they should have been focused on reopening schools li...

People. so homelessness has taken over. woke has taken over their schools. and the criminals taking over high end stores. good luck with san francisco. >> steve: when it comes to who is looking out for the kids. ultimately its the parents. here is one earlier on the channel. >> its a dumpster fire, honestly. i mean, the school board is focused on everything except reopening schools or on quality education or focused on renaming schools on -- you know, using kids as subjects for their social expe...

In the states that refused toto open. and you saw this repeatedly that the sort of diversity, equity, inclusion, new curricula was being kind of shoehornedas in during this period of remote learning to teachers at home and some teachers. and but that was a real opportunity i think a lot of activists thought they had because everyone was sory overwhelmed with virus. we can do this other stuff. do youon find that to be b the case?e you know, t i thinkhe c the namf the schools was such too a flashp...

Going on during the pandemic and i was struck by just how strong the condemnation was. you called it offensive personally. offensive to the students. offensive to the parents as well. >> well, i grew up in san francisco. i went to public schools and in fact, my elementary school was named when i went there and there was a whole process and it was changed to rosa parks and rosa parks came to our school for the renaming. there was a process associated with it, but the difference here is we were in...

Over the needs of their children during the pandemic. claudia cowan is live reporting in san francisco. >> good morning. last-minute ballots are still being counted. early results show it wasnt close. voters resoundingly giving three democratic school board members the boot. it is the first time any school board member has been recalled in san francisco. for many parents it was a referendum how the board managed the pandemic putting racial quality and renaming dozens of schools they considered t...

Weeks as democratic governor newsome considers easing restrictions. residents in san francisco, one of the most liberal leaning cities overwhelmingly voted to oust three of the san francisco school board members accused of putting progressive priorities like the renaming of schools ahead of keeping their doors open. democrat mayor london breed, big change of tune from this mayor here calling it a loud and clear message today. >> the frustration, the uncertainty, the inconsistent information, the...

Open and they watched their school board debate name changes instead of fighting to open the doors to the schools. >> you had three things going on, willie, i think are three key issues that democrats not only will be talking about in general election campaigns but what we are seeing in primary campaigns and even in liberal bastions like san francisco. mara, those three are obviously covid, whether the schools open or not, what sort of mandates there are inside the school. parents are watching t...