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Accurate history, even when it denounces whiteness as supreme. the idea of this statue was commissioned 104 years ago and dedicated 97 years ago at a grand ole party held by a man who bought the land and demolished existing structures to create 104-year home for this object. the object was only important because of the race of the man who sat upon the horse. his greatest honor was his whiteness and the treason that he committed in the attempt to preserve the great american tradition of being able to enslave, rape, pillage and murder black people for economic

Possible. but it is an open cabin, so there really isn't a way out if something does go wrong. so it's very critical that we get all of these steps right. blue origin does have a bit more traditional rocket, vertical launch and landing rocket and they have an escape pod system for the capsule away from the booster. that is a tried and true method. nasa and russia have used it for their rocket, spacex also another competitor for orbital flight has used it as well. >> thank you so much for joining us. we will all be watching tomorrow. good to talk to you. and tomorrow join msnbc for special ex...

Southwest into the pacific northwest. what's concerning is this is our third heat wave, we're just getting into the start of summer. >> yeah, that's the thing. it's early july and these are the temperatures that we're dealing with. worst of all, those northern cities where folks do not have air conditioning, that's where it becomes a really deadly issue. janessa webb in the weather there, thank you for joining us this morning. >> and thank you for being with us for "msnbc reports." i'm lindsey reiser. >> and i'm kepd kendis gibson. two monuments dedicated to civil war generals are coming dow...

Various who planned to converge at the university of virginia campus today to protest the removal of a statue of robert e. lee. tell us a little bit about the organization that you lead and what it is you're trying to do and set the scene for us where you're standing right now. >> so i am standing on the south side of market street at the corner of emancipation park where the robert e. leamon yumt is loek is located. there's demonstrations. 15 minutes ago, members of the national traditional workers' party as well as the national socialist movement and the ku klux klan were marching town marke...

The white house advisors, got involved in it and there was this idea of bringing together so-called alt right groups but included groups like the clan, local white supremacist groups and converging on charlottesville to protest the removal ot statto the statue. did my producers just tell me that reverend blackmon is okay? we're trying to get her back on the phone but charlottesville, you have these various white supremacist groups gathering to defend that statue. last night, there was an action, a counteraction plan and this was essentially a meeting at a church on the campus of the university...