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After all, what is the place of monuments in cities? Is there room for them in their future?

There really are no innocent human artifacts dedicated to remembering human acts, as fact or fiction.

>> reporter: why? >> the situation right now, it's hard to live here. >> reporter: we've also heard complaints today, eric, about the exit of the u.s. troops, the speed of that exit. we also heard from afghan president ashraf ghaani, in his words, we must stay united. tall task. back to you. eric: that it is. arthel? arthel: workers in charlottesville, virginia, today removed statues of confederate generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson four years after plans to move one of them helped spark deadly violence at a white supremacist rally. let's go to lucas tomlinson now. he's live in charl...

Goal of helping charlottesville, virginia, and america grapple with its sin of being willing to destroy black people for economic gain. >> reporter: it was a pretty low-key affair with the statue being removed at 8 a.m. the statue of lee was the source of recent controversy and tragedy. in july 2017 white supremacists marched on charlottesville. a month later the infamous unite the right rally resulting in the death of a 32-year-old woman. joe biden, then a candidate for president, said he was greatly moved by the tragedy, and it helped convince him run for office after president trump said bo...

Off as well, stonewall jackson. a local pastor described the feeling of seeing the statues removed. >> my hair is gray enough for you to know we've been through some struggles in this country. my prayer was that my grandchildren and great grandchildren would not have to do the same thing all over again. >> reporter: the city announced the statues should be removed just yesterday to avoid any violence and a repeat of 2017. arthel? arthel: lee and jackson gone. understand there's going to be a third statue that's going to be removed? which one? what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's already hap...