caucus is calling for the removal of statues. and tom fitzgerald with more on
this. fitz? >> reporter: good evening, jim,
shawn, there is not just one statue of confederate f
there are 12. and what is getting attention of a lot of people is if you
compare that to how many african-americans statues there are.
there are four. this controversy, for couple of days now, is shining new light
on the united states capitol building and not in way that many people who are calling for
these statues' removals are happy about. of case in point, take a look at
some of this video that we shot today. now, this is inside the united
states capitol. there's a statue of thomas jefferson.
there's a statue of georgia washington. you would expect that.
they're founding fathers. but there's also a statue of the president of the confederacy in
would be jefferson davis, across the hall there's alexander hamilton stevens the vice
president of the confederacy, one level below in the crypt of the united states...