But we are going to begin with the latest on charlottesville. We are there removing those confederate relics. Its been a Long Time Coming you might say according to the Charlottesville City councilman michael payne. The statues were at the center of the rallies that took place four years ago or in 2017 and of course resulted in the death and the injuries of many people there in charlottesville. These are the live pictures that were getting in right now from charlottesville. We were told that the removal will happen sometime within our hours and of course now were starting to see some heavy equipment pulling through into the downtown area. Its actually two different monuments that will be removed, lindsey, one of them is of robert e. Lee thats been there nearly 100 years, the other one is of Stonewall Jackson. And this was all approved by the City Council and was fought all the way up to the supreme court. That is why this is happening today. We are going to bring in right now Council M
Despite opposition from Republicans in Congress, the U.S Army will remove a Confederate statue in the Arlington National Cemetery in compliance to a Congressional mandate.
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