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Wants the president's monument in washington, d.c. to be replaced. they said the memorial glorifies the author of the declaration of independence without including context about him being a slave owner. the battle over how to honor the nation's history lives on. it's happening all over the country, and you know we will continue to have these conversations about it on this show. so make sure you stay tuned. up next, though, the committee investigating the insurrection says they could subpoena former president trump, but he is fighting to keep any details from them with a new lawsuit today. st...

Take this, a statue of president thomas jefferson will be removed from new york city's council chamber at city hall. tonight the city's public design economics which overseas the public art voted unanimously to remove the statue at the behest of the black, latino and asian caucus. the caucus believers jefr's his jefferson's history as a slave owner make it inappropriate for him to stand where they govern. they voted to find a suitable location by the end of the year. and they want the monument of

Off and you have to wait three hours to unload something or wait to get it picked up. >> researchers at mit estimate that if you could improve efficiency so that every trucker gained 12 minutes of driving instead of waiting, there would no longer be a driver shortage. bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in savanna. a committee voted unanimously to remove a statue of jefferson from city hall. 1883. long advocated for its removal over jefferson's history as a slave owner. calls for the statue to be placed in a museum. up next, we talk to some americans who are finally getting out of afghanistan after...

History books and tell the truth about what he did that people think is good and what we did that was bad, put it in the history books, tell the truth about the history. but not a statue. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio on thursday said he will respect the decision of the commission and understands the base of the argument. >> he's very complex, to say the least. the thing that is so troubling to people is that even someone who understood so deeply values of freedom and human dignity and the value of each life was still a slave owner and i understand why that profoundly bothers people and wh...

It's not about the past is about what it means to the future and we have to be honest about both sides of the history. >> there are others who say the statue should say despite thomas jefferson being a slaveowner he was a founding father and president and he remains a part of her history, located or not, new york city councilman. >> the fact that he was a slave owner and the institution of slavery is not a stain on america, is not the context were trying to eradicate we are just trying to represent the thomas jefferson's life is worth memorializing in new york and all the 50 states. >> of the ...