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They going to destroy and why are we allowing it? why would we allow lunatics and vandals to destroy our history? make us hate our ancestors? lewis and clark and sacagawea? come on now. political reporter at the new york post joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. i don t understand why everyone kind of sits back and allows lunatics and vandals to destroy our history. i mean, this is amazing. the city council had sent these people out to bring down the statues of the confederate generals and then it was you know, it was like if you hire movers and then you slip them 100 bucks to install the air conditioner and they took down these two other statues. the best explanation that i ve heard about taking down the lewis and clark and the sacagawea statue is that it was a woman giving men directions. this is madness and, you know, what was reported about the ....
Only statues to come down in charlottesville. the city council also voted to remove a monument to american explorers, meriwether lewis, william clark, and their native american guide, sacagawea. a man charged with illegal voting in texas is reportedly out of jail. the nonprofit bail project says it put up the money to have rogers released after bail was set at $100,000. rogers was arrested on wednesday. he spoke to cnn, in 2020, about waiting for six hours to vote in the democratic primary. authorities say he, also, voted in 2018. now, all that would be fine, except texas says rogers was on parole after burglary charges in the 80s and 90s and that would make his votes illegal, under state law. the american civil liberties union has taken up roger s case. the aclu says laws shouldn t intimidate people from voting and it will push back on efforts to restrict voting rights. the western u.s. is sweating ....
Moment longer. reporter: the end of a long and bloody battle for one city grappling with how to tell our nation s story. there is a lot of work left to do but i am trying to find a way, as a black woman, who has been on the forefront of this issue, to celebrate the small wins as they come. and that is important, and i think this work is long and hard. it s not the end. it s not the beginning. u um, but it is a win. reporter: evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, charlottesville, virginia. lee and jackson weren t the only statues to come down in charlottesville. the city council also voted to remove a monument to the american explorers, william clark and their native american guide, sacagawea. a little more than six months after the capitol was stormed by that violent mob of trump supporters, the final section of security fencing, added after the insurrection, has now been removed. there are, now, concerns about how the campus will be protected, going forward, and if capitol police will h ....
Absolutely no mandated cash benefit to new mothers. the u.s. and papua-new guinea. compare that to the other superpower china, which offers three months paid leave through social security. while many developed economies throughout europe as well as canada and australia offer around 4 to 12 months with a mix of paid and unpaid leave. lynda kinkade, cnn. now the search is on for the new face of the $10 bill. this moment one of the most iconic first ladies is currently in the lead. a new poll shows 27% of americans want to see eleanor roosevelt on the bill. that would be a good choice. coming in second place is the famous abolitionist harriett tubman. that would be awesome come to think of it. rounding out the top five are sacagawea who helped lead the famous lewis & clark expedition across the western united states. that would be a great pick. legendary aviator amelia earhart. now it s getting hard to choose. ....
Helen keller. and sacagawea. that s very right. great. and who was susan b. anthony? she was president of the national american suffrage, women s suffrage association? i think that s right, yeah. very lucky guess. very lucky guess. good job, ladies. i personally would love to see a female on the $20 bill. and i d love for it to be one of our supreme court justicame the? ruth bader ginsburg. obvious choice. what about the other two? sotomayor, i remember. and elana kagan. that s right. but what is sotomayor s middle name? maria? right. ....