Controversy that doesnt seem to be dying down. Reporter well rick, democrats and republicans are calling out White Supremacists and neo nazi by name there is no similarities with other protesters despite what the president asserted. The outrage is still pouring in over president trumps response to the violence in charlottesville. And white nationalists for the removal of a robert e. Lee statue. I condemned neo nazi and other groups but not all of those people were neo nazis. You had people that were very fine people, on both sides. In one of the most contentious news conferences, its president angry and not backing down from his initial response that both sides were responsible for the deadly violence. What about the alt left that came charges as you say the altright. Do they have any semblance of guilt . What about the fact they came charging with clubs. You had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was also very violent. The response was quick and widesp
Lives matters wants it gone. If the city wont use it i think its time for the people to rise up and take it down. Rizzo should not be honored. He was a racist bigot and homoaphobe and how he interacted with black and brown people was with violence. But jodi who used to work with rizzo, got it all wrong. He was a tough lawmaker and won the respect of african meshes. Blacks got to breaks irish got to breaks and polish got to breaks. You dont get breaks if you break the law. The current mayor, jim kenney asked about the new effort. There is a group of people and folks in the city that want to reconsider the placement of that statue whether removed or relocated. You have to go through the same process. Im not a fan of the statue and im not a fan when it went up. But that doesnt mean i can unilaterally tear it down. Intentions were stated. Those that want it gone and those that want it to remain here. The statue remains and surrounded by a temporary fence and a watchful eye of Police Office
By all. This began when white nationalists protested and baltimore removed four statues overnight and a statue of confederate attorney general george davis was vanalized and four people were arrested after the toppling of a confederate statue in durham, north carolina. John rawlins is in Center City Philadelphia where another statue is attracting attention the statue of the late frank rizzo. What about this controversy . Reporter well, this is something of a spill over effect. The city has expanded and reconfigured the temporary structures and barriers around the statue right now. The 10 foot statue here and surveillance cameras here the concern is participants involved in an event may target the state you in some way. Intense focus on a statue that is here since 1998. Someone threw eggs at it a 25yearold from miles away in new jersey taken in and charged. After a tweet by Council Woman gwynn. I am clear that this needs to have a public process to move the statue to another location. R
Among teenagers. First up, karen rogers has traffic, and david murphy has weather. Reporter its going to be warm today. Reporter we have a rip current situation, hurricane gert is moving away from us. This is an improving situation. Storm tracker 6 live showing we have cloud cover, we had precipitation in the overnight hours, thats gone. 65 in allentown. 27 in philadelphia. 67 in wilmington, 68 in ac. 75 in cape may. Few youre planning to head out for a run this morning its a moderate humid morning, 72 by 7 00. 85 8 00 a. M. , 73 degrees, were looking at a high of 88 degrees. Its going to be a warm one, that 88 above average as the average high is beginning to slip a little bit now that were into the second half of august, 73 is the low tonight and thats above average. Were looking at potential downpours from thunderstorms, not a big chance. Strong storms. We have construction crews out there, we seen them on the scene on the boulevard as we look live on 9th street southbound toward fo
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