Judge set bail at 1250000. 00 without any conditions but of show when can come up with 1000000 dollars he could get out on bail as long as he abides by the following conditions he does not leave the state of minnesota without permission he surrenders his gun and permits he does not have any contact with George Floyds family and he does not attempt to work in Law Enforcement or any kind of security job shoguns charges were upgraded last week once these Minnesota Attorney general took over the case the 2nd degree murder charge in the state of minnesota means that the prosecution would have to prove that jovan killed george floyd intentionally or that he killed floyd while committing another felony it is predicted that the prosecution will take that latter strategy the attorney general has already said that this will be a difficult case to get a conviction on he is asking for the publics patience but of course protesters have 0 patience as specially when lives are at stake. Thousands of people queued to pay their respects to George Floyds body in his home city of houston his funeral will be held there on tuesday theres been previous memorials in minneapolis where he died and in North Carolina where he was born. Annapolis is the 1st u. S. City to commit to defunding and dismantling its police force following floyds death 9 members of the city council signed a pledge for reform they hold a veto proof majority new york and los angeles have also vowed changes to funding. Frances interior minister has introduced a ban on police using chokeholds for and global outrage of the death of george Floyd Christopher guest on now says the method of seizing the neck via strangling will be abandoned and no longer taught to offices the french government has come under increasing pressure to address brutality and racism within the countrys police that in america now accounts for more and more of the spread of corona virus the World Health Organization has sounded the alarm that the outbreak has not yet reached its peak it says Global Support is needed. We need strong government leadership in latin america we need Strong International solidarity with the countries of latin america and we need leadership from within latin america too to bring this disease under control its not one country its many many countries experiencing very severe epidemics with what we saw in europe and north America Health system is now coming under real strain intensive care beds not being available in all countries to cope with the disease and a lot of fear and confusion at a Community Level for Different Reasons so i would say right now the epidemic in central and south america is the most complex of all of the situations we faced globally. As libyas u. N. Recognized government continues to retake territory a key figure from another war in ministration has appeared in moscow for talks i get a salary they speak of the parliament based in 2 broke was also at saturdays talks in cairo alongside warlord highly for have to and egypts president this is father announced but i was rejected by the un recognized government. And hes 5 civilians have died in russian ass trikes on syria attacks targeted rebel held areas in july and were in Southern Province several other people were injured. Coming up a journalist looks back at his familys legacy of owning slaves which is their correspondent its up next 20 years after that. Im james gannon a news editor for aljazeera. I grew up in this house in virginia in the Southern United States my childhood here was a happy one my family werent rich but we were comfortable. I was particularly close to my grandmother Mary Hamilton lee it was she the told me about my leave family history. My most famous ancestor general robert e. Lee led the Confederate Army against the union during the American Civil War in the mid 1900 centuries. I was proud that this man considered one of virginias greatest heroes was a relative i wasnt told that he fought to defend slavery. On the 12th of august 2017 these pictures of racial hatred in charlottesville in virginia were particularly shocking. Because that White Supremacists were rallying around was the preservation of a statue of my ancestor robert e. Lee. I felt outraged that my family name was associated with the k. K. K. And neo nazis. What happened in charlottesville made me consider for the 1st time the true legacy of my slave owning ancestors. I want to know why people in my home state of virginia are so divided on the subject of confederate monuments and what they represent. And i want to find out how much the oppression of enslaved people by my ancestors has had an impact on black lives in america today. What im told will at times make me deeply uncomfortable. But these conversations for me are long overdue. Im broke. Richmond virginia is the former capital of the confederacy the 11 Southern States the vote the union in the American Civil War. The statue of my ancestor robert e. Lee is one of the 5 confederate statues on monument avenue the grand history of enrichment it stands 18 meters tall and dominates the citys landscape. For over 100 years richmond has honored as one of its greatest heroes until recently. In 20159 black church goers in South Carolina were shot by a white supremacist the killer was photographed with a Confederate Flag a symbol for racists of White Supremacy and soon after the city council in new orleans voted for their confederate statues to be removed the state of louisiana was once a major center for the slave trade. And public consultations took place in virginia which once had the largest in slave population in america in richmond the debate over the monument avenue statues was heated now is the time for us so tearing down participation trophies for the losing side the war the war the strange story the british the the truth. Lets remember too that after the Arlington County could to help reconcile and rebuild relationships between north and south how can anyone say this great leader is a symbol of hate and evil and White Supremacy. Its a question whether vision a statute would you like to see well known michael. Moore you know you said there was a it was well there are a lot of. Early reviews from you know i was. I want to know why opinions in richmond are so deeply divided by just how are you glad to see you Martha Rawlins is also a cousin of robert e. Lee you know you look like a really do i do you know im going to i dont have a horse and it was really no. Martha helps run the richmond chapter of an Organization Name coming to the table so it was set up to help realize one of the dreams of Dr Martin Luther King Jr that the children of former slaves and slave owners would one day sit down together at the same table. Just the action of bringing 2 people together dont go to the same chairs that dont shop in the same places live in the same neighborhood and dont look alike i say that when we even go out in public we are the marching pair here weve been on every civil rights and womans march there is even just seeing us to gather models what is possible that in itself some people say thats really small but i think its huge coming to his high level which is to heal the wounds of the legacy things like mark where he is now who are visiting our purpose 1st rack is uncovering and and teaching truth in history. And you will be a lot of homework even though. This is monument avenue. Martha wastes no time in starting her 1st lesson on the true history of the American Civil War next when we come to is. Jefferson Davis Jefferson davis was the president of confederacy we need to weed whats written on his monument. Its a its appalling. The words on the statue paid for by the daughters of the confederacy gives a now discredited view of history. That the civil war was not fought to defend slavery but a heroic struggle to preserve the southern way of life from northern interference. But is that once a year far away that so it says to ensure any section of the country not even for our own security benefit. But the high and solemn motive of defending and protecting the rights we inherited which it is our duty to transmit unshorn to our children. And what the rights we inherit a were the right to us right now was taught in school that we were not defending slavery we were just defending our us now from the northern aggression the rest why. Next we visit the statue of our common ancestor its very painful to remember the legacy ive been stright where my great grandmother was 2nd cousin or property. So its painful its painful to know cham is not perfect right our queen i would take them day on the defense of slavery was not. Something to be honored. Gary flowers is a local radio host and custodian of black history in richmond he wants to show me a statue that he fought to get a wrecked in in 2017 so this is mrs magdalene out walker. Born to an insulated mother Maggie Walker was the 1st black woman to charter a bank in the United States the St Luke Penny Savings Bank statues say to the community and say to the world this is someone whose fault to put on a on a literal pedestal that is a woman to be honored and that is a woman to be memorialized so thats what is so disheartening and despicable about the confederate statues because they fought for slavery. Sedition secession and racial segregation and so those are not honorable virtues for which to fight nor are they american there is no other country on the planet that honors and statuary the losers of a civil war itself that my ancestors who were burned be brutalized raped by a confederate a confederate bankers that is a constant symbol to me the confederate statue that we have now honoring a dishonorable man and a dishonorable cause and a dishonorable confederacy. Statues mean so. There are others in richmond who are adamant the statue should remain the organization sons of confederate veterans has spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to prevent the removal of statues in charlottesville and elsewhere. Mr morehead mr Gannon Andrew morehead had to meet you yes or welcome to richmond and Hollywood Cemetery im at it told yeah im a relative of robert e. Lee absolutely and with the beard with the reddish beard you look more like you have stuart but thats excellent lets take a look at a few things and write. These are the dead from gettysburg. We visit the confederate section of the cemetery with the graves of around 2000 soldiers who died in gettysburg a battle lost by robert e. Lee in 1963 it was arguably the turning point in the war. Heavy casualties. Around 50000 soldiers from both sides died in that battle there are a lot of people that feel that those statues need to come down when you look at these monuments just on a pure abstract be theyre beautiful works of art beautiful works of art and then youve got the military brilliance of robert e. Lee which is still studied by military theorists today the passion for this issue we as the sins of confederate ancestors. There our family we revere the fact that we feel in our opinion they fought for a noble cause. To overthrow it overbearing federal government would you want anybody to talk badly about your family just the notion of family you know brings up a lot of emotions in me but at the same time if there is a member of ones family that is doing something that you dont agree with you have a responsibility for them sure and were responsible for the legacy of our ancestors as far as telling the truth as we see it robert e. Lee didnt say im going to fight for slavery no what he said is i cannot term us a word against virginia so that tells you that the war was not about slavery there are some things were not going to agree on i appreciate your time and giving us your point of view absolutely. Andrews view that the civil war wasnt primarily fought to preserve slavery has been debunked by the vast majority of scholars. Im curious to find out why so many millions of virginians still believe that all of this to an end its pleasure to. Have a Christy Coleman is an expert on the American Civil War and heads the museum in richmond specially devoted to the subject so kristie here we are 150 years after the civil war it seems like a lot of the history and perspectives are still unsettled why is it still such a hot button to day. I think. Part of the reason is that we spent 150 years lying to each other about what this war was about. We spent 150 years lying and trying to reinforce the law and the truth is and i did daughters of the confederacy and their historian of the organization a woman by the name of Mildred Rutherford makes it her business to frame the narrative that must be in every school or textbook and if its not there she tells the me. You must reject it from your home and you must reject it from your school and thats exactly what they do so if you wonder why america has such a diverse view about this it was crafted that way the way i see it is that robert e. Lee fought for slavery and thats what the civil war was about but. Along the way in our ive heard an alternate opinion the reality is men women and children were bought and sold from their families by lee ok at arlington. And in many other properties that he owned he comes from a family that for generations has bought and sold human beings this way. But im convinced that the weight of his choices. The death tolls in the casualties being so high i think weighed on his soul and i think that that is why he was so in his last years was so adamant. To tell others dont put up statues dont relive this lets just. Lets just be you have the intensity that i see in his images with in your eyes i really like ike i think that might be a family trait its probably just beard maybe its very. Good. To see what people think i look like hes got. My own view is that the statue should be removed because it glorifies a shameful cause the fight to preserve slavery. Over 700000 soldiers died in the American Civil War the equivalent of 7000000 today. I guess it gives me some small comfort to know that my ancestor also didnt want any monuments to this dark period in our history. Its time for me to face up to the sins of my ancestors. This church in peters ville maryland was built by black people my ancestors and slaves. My grandmother used to bring me here as a child. Ive come to see 2 of her friends ive known them since i was young lord have mercy or at 1st may almighty god have mercy on us to get us out but were going to everlasting life. Clarice in a stellar both descendants of the people my family and slaves i want to know how they feel about that its not something my family ever discussed. I feel uncomfortable about bringing up the subject of enslavement i dont want to upset them. Cleary some im wondering if you could tell me about the picture on this book here this is my mom. Madeline. And im claire. And she was the nurse of this little girl and moans mother used to work for the least so your moms mother was born in slave by the chief and yes. Oh tell howd see he was a slave my great grandfather of the lead property i feel kind of strange about that some wonder and how how you feel about that i just live in the present time and i know that i can go anywhere i want to go and do anything i want to do and i dont have to bow down to nobody see that thats me in this present time and thats where i am what i wanted to do was go on you know a journey that where i figure out what i can do to make sure that you know we dont start slipping backwards you should just try to make sure that you treat people right dont dont harbor thinking about what your great great grandfather did so i dont have no hard feelings with you but im proud that you want to do something. But make sure you do something i dont know what youre going to do you. If if you win the lottery you can give me a cup and belt ok i could do that. But other than net. I hope weve got something they had to help you in in your endeavor if you really had it i hope i have because i think you got a wonderful family. I feel humbled that a sterling priest dont hold any grudge against my ancestors for what there is and are but i want to honor their call to action. I need to know how much closer we are to racial equality than in my great grandfathers day. Baltimore the largest city in maryland is just one hour away. It has a population of 3000000 with a high proportion for black. 2015 there were street protests in baltimore. Triggered by the death of a 25 year old black man. Freddie gray spine was severed while in Police Custody no officer was ever convicted. I meet up with kwame rose a Young Political activists who hit the headlines during the protest. Kwame was filmed in a well known t. V. Host for failing to report the underlying race related issues fueling the honor asked i want you and fox news to get out of Baltimore City because youre not here warning about the boarded up exterior black right where you. Think things are are better are they Getting Better we have a white supremacist in office now may be just as bad as robert e. Lee was and donald trump promotes and preys on the races ideologies that exist inside of American Society you know we black people built this country from on our hands our bl