right now about a new poll that shows that a majority of americans are in favor of confederate statues. 62% saying statues of leaders of the confederacy should remain as historical symbols. 27% say they should get them out of here. let's bring in john fabian witt. not a relative of mine. john, the debate that's under way right now, should it be about statues? do they have a place in our society, whether they're of historical significance, they could be teaching moments, or should we be talking about the real cause of the civil war and why monuments to confederate leaders are offensive to many in the first place? >> well, statues are really important ways in which we communicate as a collective, as a community, what's important to us and what we celebrate, what we commemorate and how we remember. so it's not surprising that we're living with live history