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U.K. government pushes legislation to prevent "town hall militants and woke worthies" from relocating controversial monuments after BLM protests.

Statue of a 17th century slave trader, then dumping him in the harbor. pressure from protesters creating action in america, as well. in jacksonville, florida, a statue of a confederate soldier standing on this pedestal since the 19th century carted off by the city overnight. >> this is a symbol of white supremacy and hate that was put up in the jim crow days and black people know that. >> reporter: just moments ago, the citys mayor ordering all confederate statues removed. tonight, the u.s. navy...

Felt was important. >> you have two brave commanders you have jim buoy and travis. >> buoy was a slave trader. he also was a charismatic leader. >> buoy was with his brother and known as crocodile, tough kind of character out of the bayou. buoy, crockett and travis and others decided were going to dig in our heels. its freedom or death. were going to make our stand here. it was like a second american revolution in their mind that we now going to get sources of mexico. >> first thing is to think ...

Sacrifice for something they felt was important. >> seo two braided commanders, jim bowie and william travis, what were they like? >> travis was a young man, had strong, bowie we had more wisdom, he was a slave trader, one of the things he got involved in life, but he also was a charismatic leader. bowie was famous in his own right, creating the bowie knife in louisiana, known as a tough character of the bayous. bowie and crockett and travis on the others decided we are going to dig in our heels...

>> its an incredible story of a man that blew the lid off slave industry in the 1700s. he was a slave trader. through an appearance out at sea alone in a hurricane, he basically changed his life and came back and became the world s first whistle blower. >> as the executive producer how difficult is it to bring that story to the stage? >> as difficult as you can imagine. yeah. we had a good run in chicago. that opened the doors for us to come to new york. you know its not the typical broadway fai...

Throughout, you know his eulogy, but also this being a gospel song, you know one of the most famous gospel songs, written by john newton, a man who had been a slave trader himself, who found god and became an abolitionist. and so what obama was really talking about was that kind of metaphorical transformation in taking down the confederate flag, that same type of redemption racial redemption through, you know christian fellowship and christian love. it was an amazingly profound moment. >> the sp...

Andrew jackson be removed from the $20 bill? he was our seventh president but he killed tons of people and made his fortune as a slave trader which is bad. we dont need, perfection just someone better than jackson. i vote for gary coleman. >> baker? >> yes. >> jackson does seem like a scary dude. but werent we all scary back then? everybody was animals. >> it was a tough time. you had to be scary or you didnt survive. >> excuse me. >> this trail of tears? >> yes. >> so you know, in thinking abou...

Thats superb. superb. all right. thanks, chaps. >> the way she behaved in the premises when the officers werent in there, she was desperately trying to get to her telephone to alert spln to delete information. i think question eve got our girlt. >> finally, after numerous raids, police have managed to find and arrest bar. a slave trader responsible for buying and trading women at auction, including, potentially, lily. back in gloucester, police are focusing on links back to china. >> the organ...

Numerous raids across the country, devon and cornwall police managed to find and arrest, bar, a slave trader responsible for buying women at auction. including potentially lilly. back in gloucester county, police are focusing in on another and more sophisticated trafficking ring with links back to china. >> the organization here, behind the crime groups seems to be much swifter, much quicker, organized. they have gone through four prom sis in less than three months. >> this gag appears to be ope...

>> who knew about it this? how high did it go? did it go to the attorney general or the president of the united states? >> the man who defended president clinton about that. also a man not afraid to speak his mind. the front man of the smashing pumpkins, billy corgin. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. and our "in america." news flash -- its summer and its hot. wait a minute. thats news? this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening, a big story tonight. just a little wh...