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When it comes to christopher columbus. i definitely get that in here in l.a. they chose the name today, indigenous people day, so that's pretty interesting. what i must say, when it comes to the defacing of the statures, which is american history, we have to be honest about that, i see this is another opportunity for people to continue on the momentum of charlottesville where they are taking down statures all over the country. it's illegal, against the law, they shouldn't do that. in 2016 there were about 718 statues and monuments of the confederacy and since charlottesville there have been do...

27% say they are for removing them, and 11% are unsure. now, if you take a look at this map, since the violence last week at least nine communities from durham, st. petersburg have already removed statues. in durham eight people were arrested. if you take a look at next map, nearly two dozen communities who are now looking or in the process of considering perhaps removing their statues and monuments including in the lexington, kentucky, where the city council voted thursday to remove really i statues from their courthouse. and all in all, the question now is how far does this go? there are 718...

Them, and 11% are unsure. now, if you take a look at this map, since the violence last week at least nine communities from durham, st. petersburg have already removed statues. in durham eight people were arrested. if you take a look at next map, nearly two dozen communities who are now looking or in the process of considering perhaps removing their statues and monuments including in the lexington, kentucky, where the city council voted thursday to remove really i statues from their courthouse. and all in all, the question now is how far does this go? there are 718 confederate monuments in publ...

Garrett, thank you, sir. i appreciate it. so we have this renewed effort to take down confederate statues following last week's violent clashes. and this morning we have duke university in north carolina reef moving a statue of general robert e. lee from the chapel. following the growing calls from students, the statue had been vandalized earlier in the week and then early on wednesday in baltimore they removed three confederate monuments there, including a statue of former supreme court justice roger b. tanny. he was the one that authorized the dred scott decision and that monument stood fo...

>> i cannot escape the color i am or my history but i can do something about the present and hopefully the future. >> take down those confederate statues and show the world that americans really fight for freedom. >> reporter: few among the packed crowd supported keeping the divisive statues in place. >> it's not the slavery, but its our history. >> reporter: a view point echoed by president trump. sad to see the history and our culture being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. adding, you can't change history, but you can learn from it. since last weekend's d...