and so maybe it will work. >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last word. k you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you. and caroline randall williams will join us again next week, actually next friday night, and you can hear more from caroline randall williams in conversation with trymaine lee in the latest episode of "into america," available tonight wherever you get your podcasts. that is tonight's last word. the "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> good evening once again. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. day 1259 of the trump administration. 125 days until the presidential election. as we come on the air tonight, in new york city, the symbol of the movement for racial justice could soon be painted in front of trump tower. the painted words black lives matter" are expected to stretch down fifth avenue. this morning the president described this as a, quote, symbol of hate. lately he has been doubling down on what appears to be culture wars as the pandemic that has rocked

good and necessary trouble to build a necessary positive bridge into the future, i hope >> caroline randall williamsry much for joining us once again tonight. we hope to hear from you many more times thank you very much, caroline. >> thank you for having me >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last word "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. we have come a great distance in enforcement to chicago in the coming days. that's according to "the new york times." over the past few days, we've seen these militarized, anonymous feds arresting protesters in portland, oregon we'll have much more on this story later, including trump's plans for other cities >>> trump is also making political calculations and shifting his coronavirus strategy six months now after the virus was first diagnosed in our country and as the nation continues to shatter records for daily outbreaks. the pandemic has now taken over 141,000 lives, and as "the new york times" reports it, quote, amid mounting alarm in a huge portion of our country,

later in this hour in our discussion, we'll be joined by caroline randall williams. she wrote the stunning "new york times" op-ed piece headlined "you want a cred monument? my body is a confederate monument." her ancestors were slaves and slave owners. before we get to that discussion, we begin with what trymaine lee found when he went looking for stone ghosts in the south. ♪ >> in 2017, hundreds of white nationalists descended on charlottesville, virginia, to defend a monument to robert e. lee. their arrival marked the beginning of 24 hours of violence. one protester was killed. others were beaten and bloodied. >> after the unlawful assembly was declared, it was really very festive. it just felt like we won. that's when we heard this loud bang. [ screaming ] one car got pushed into the intersection. another car got pushed in right behind it. it was just utter chaos. >> it's hard to imagine that such a big moment happened in this little space. >> yes. >> but that's common in america. >> absolutely. >> these big moments happen in these little spaces. >> this is what w

later in this hour, we'll be joined by caroline randal williams. she wrote the stunning new york sometimes op ed piece headlined, you want a confederate body? my body is a confederate body. before we get to that discussion, we begin with what tramaine lee found when he went looking for stone ghosts in the south. >> in 2017, hundreds of white nationalists descended on charlottesville, virginia to defend a monument to robert e. lee. their arrival marked the beginning of 24 hours of violent clashes with protesters. one person was killed. others were beaten and bloodied. >> after the unlawful assembly was declared, it was really very festive. it just felt like we won. that's when we heard this loud bang. one car got pushed into the intersection. another car got pushed in right behind it. it was just utter chaos. >> it is hard to imagine that such a big moment happened in this little space. >> yes. >> but that's common in america, right? >> absolutely. >> these big moments happen in small spaces. >> this is what we learned, that all of these small space

i'm so grateful to carry on his legacy by having these conversations. >> >> caroline randall williamstonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,285 of the trump administration, leaving 99 days to go until the presidential election. perhaps you're old enough to remember last week when a number of mainstream media publications and reporters and anchors were quick to report without a whiff of irony that the president, in his candor, telling us things were going to get better after they got worse, in his matter-of-fact handling of the pandemic at his newly revived press briefings. the president, to hear them tell it, was exhibiting a new tone. the new toners in the mainstream media were roundly mocked for having learned nothing during this presidency and for relying on old rules used to cover past presidency. then just today, today he was back, the president in north carolina, his nation leading the world in coronavirus. he wants

we really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,285 of the trump administration, leaving 99 days to go until the presidential election. perhaps you're old enough to remember last week when a number of mainstream media publications and reporters and anchors were quick to rept

poet caroline randal williams writes of the efforts to take down those efforts -- >> i'm joined now by caroline randal williams, poet and writer in residence at vanderbilt university and author of that incredible "new york times" op-ed. tim o'brian from bloomberg opinion and tom any nollnichols "usa today." thank you very much for being here. caroline, president trump has a lot on his plate right now. there's a massive pandemic that's killed 125,000 americans, 2 million people infected. americans cannot go to europe, the eu is like state away. and there's this shocking, horrifying story that russia was offering bounties for u.s. troops. yet the thing that donald trump is the most fixated on is black lives matter and monuments. monuments, monuments, monuments. you wrote a beautiful, searing essay about your own personal family history, and when you hear a president of the united states, he's not even a southerner, make that the most important thing, monuments over all of these other horrors, what does that -- what do you think of that? >> i think that he is an expert chaos monger. i thi

. >> caroline randall williams, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,285 of the trump administration, leaving 99 days to go until the presidential election. perhaps you're old enough to remember last week when a number of mainstream media publications and reporters and anchors were quick to report without a whiff of irony that the president, in his candor, telling us things were going to get better after they got worse, in his matter of fact handling of the pandemic as his newly revived press briefings. the president, to hear them tell it, was exhibiting a new tone. the new toners in the mainstream media were roundly mocked for having learned nothing during this presidency and for relying on old rules used to cover past presidency. then just today, today he was back, the president in north carolina, his nation leading the world in coronavirus. he wants governors

and caroline randall williams will join us again next week, actually next friday night, and you can hear more from caroline randall williams in conversation with trymaine lee in the latest episode of "into america," available tonight wherever you get your podcasts. that is tonight's last word. the "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening once again. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. day 1259 of the trump administration. 125 days until the presidential election. as we come on the air tonight, in new york city, the symbol of the movement for racial justice could soon be painted in front of trump tower. the painted words black lives matter" are expected to stretch down fifth avenue. this morning the president described this as a, quote, symbol of hate. lately he has been doubling down on what appears to be culture wars as the pandemic that has rocked this white house for the past four months escalates to an alarming level in this country. just a few hours ago, trump was declaring victory on that front. >> i think we're going very good with the coronavirus. i thin

positive bridge into the future, i hope >> caroline randall williams, thank you very much for joining us once again tonight. we hope to hear from you many more times thank you very much, caroline. >> thank you for having me >> caroline randall williams gets tonight's last word "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,278 of the trump administration 106 days to go until the presidential election. tonight we are learning donald trump plans to send federal law enforcement to chicago in the coming days. that's according to "the new york times." over the past few days, we've seen these militarized, anonymous feds arresting protesters in portland, oregon we'll have much more on this story later, including trump's plans for other cities >>> trump is also making political calculations and shifting his coronavirus strategy six months now after the virus was first diagnosed in our country and as the nation continues to shatter records for daily outbreaks. the pandemic has now taken over 141,000 lives, and as "the new york times" reports it, quote,

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