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Separate some things. >> there's no question about it. look, i understand you can be em pa thit thet ic to understand where you're coming from. the some of these monuments in h virginia for example and there are million the who don't support this because some of family, some are sacred monuments to war dead. those are big -- let me paraphrase the black mayor of richmond who said a couple of months ago. the he said because of politics, but he said keep the statues but teach the context. create more statues to teach history and the context. that is extremely important important. our history is i...

After what happened in your home state, where do you stand on the issue of the statues, whether they stay or go? >> well, you know, i stand in the same spot the african-american mayor of richmond said, leave the history there. driving up here, there was monuments to the war dead, battle feels, statues, just driving up virginia, it's pervasive in our state. i stand where he stands where he says, lead them, but teach the context. maketure the history is completely known. i think whether you look for social justice, racial justice, economic opportunity, just removing statues does not do anything ...

Heavily populated as well. >> that's correct. >> derek van dam, thanks very much. >> thank you. let's turn to japan, because today the country's commemorating the 70th anniversary of world war ii's end with a variety of services. one event which happened early included a moment of silence in tokyo. japan forced to remember the more than 2 million japanese service members and 800,000 civilians killed during the war. shortly after that event, japanese politicians delivered an offering at a tokyo shrine honoring japan's war dead. in the meantime, prime minister shinzo abe offered profound grief...

These are the top stories we are following this hour. anger at the white house. police furious that they can't get into memorials honoring the nation's war dead. all the latest live from washing to be. a shocking end to the 22 year old mystery of who killed baby hope. new york police finally find the murderer. wait until you hear who they say it is. >> and the nasa juno probe is moving through jupiter. and we'll talk to the man who knows everything about this mission. that is right. it is bill nye the science guy. but first, it is four days and counting before the u.s. runs

Morning. we saw some folks basically creating a big nuisance for the park police and the park rangers as they tried to set up barricades there. there is a reason they are doing all of this. listen here. >> this is wrong like ted said. these are open air memorials. they are low cost if any to the federal government. these are for our honored war dead. we are not going to stand by and let this happen. >> what do you both hope to see happen after today's rally? >> i would like to see the politicians get their acts together and quit punishing the citizens. >> veterans of many wars gathered here to...