. >> deon, we know there's been fencing around that area, almost like a construction site.t do we know about the timeline here? >>. >> reporter: we don't have a timeline yet. we figure it's going to be sometime this morning. behind me you can see the robert e. lee monument that's coming down. one of two. the other is stonewall jackson. both of these guys were former generals with the confederacy. all i can say for now is the longer we wait or the longer it takes officials to take these monuments down, it wouldn't surprise me if we start to see crowds start to gather. right now it's early in the morning. this was a controversial decision. we're going to have to wait to see what time the officials will come to remove the monuments. i know they're going to mr. mr. b placed in storage and the officials will have to determine what they twoont do with the monuments, whether they want to destroy them or sell them maybe to a museum or to some type of war grounds or some type of history institution. one thing is for sure, when the monuments do start to be taken down, i'll make sure

deon hampton for us. thanks. great to see you this afternoon. >>> by the way, in the next hour, in the 4:00 p.m. hour -- go ahead, deon, quickly. go ahead. okay. in our next hour, everybody, we will be speaking to zyahna bryant. she has been fighting for statues like the robert e. lee statue in charlottesville, virginia, to come down since she was a child. she is now seeing the fruits of her labor. she will be joining us in the 4:00 p.m. hour so don't miss that conversation. incredibly important one, a woman dedicated to this her entire life. a long-awaited sign of a return to normal on capitol hill this weekend more than six months after the january 6th insurrection coming down. the following video was released recently at the request of news organizations. like so much of the type of video coming out of january 6th, it is disturbing to watch. [ bleep ] >> you're going to die tonight. >> you're going to die tonight, if you didn't hear that. that's what was just said on that video. you heard it in that tape from

deon thank you for the reporting. deon hampton in charlottesville, virginia. the removal of the stonewall jackson confederate statue. >>> one university's loss is another's huge, huge gain. you may have heard the 10-year saga of my friend. a genius winning journalist. at first, the school declined to offer her tenure for a prestigious role at unc chapel hill. she reclaimed the stoerp. tiffany cross of the cross connection. what a journey for nicole. you are talking to her and her new partner in education today. >> that's right, i mean you just said it ali with, a decorated journalist, a mcarthur. we thought it was so ridiculous that this pulitzer prize winning tournlist would have to fight for tenure. she went to howard university with my friend. we're talking to them about hbcu life get into critical race theory and more so what this situation taught them about america and this moment of racial reckoning as we call it. interesting we are talking about as the confederate statue is coming down right now. i have another dynamic duo, ali i'm excited about. i'll g

here to discuss is veteran officers, deon joseph.aking as a private civilian for yourself, not for the police department. i want to make that clear for those joining us now. i want to get you to react to la da gascone's statement. it reads, quote, as we continue to shift our emphasis from one of punishment and retribution to one of rehabilitation and we start to look at safety in our community through a public health lens, you start de-emphasizing the role of policing. what is your response? >> well, that's uttery ridiculous. you are not making things safer by decarcerating anything. it's having the opposite effect. every time you turn on the channel there's someone casually walking into a business and casually walking out with mounds and mounds of clothing and they don't care anymore. we're seeing violent crime increase. the real systemic failure is not giving community members relief from activity from criminals that prey upon them. what's happening right now, it's a shame, it's a travesty what's happening. griff: you're right abou

. >> sandra: deon, your reaction to that? >> it's not about the money.on my badge and i went out there to protect and serve people, i felt a sense of pride in being able to give communities relief from the criminal activity of individuals who harm communities by putting them away and keeping them off the streets of these communities can have some relief. we have to get back to you, don't do the crime if we can't do the damn time. we need to get back to that. they want to make it about money and equipment, police officers across this country have pride. i don't get up in the morning relishing taking away someone's freedom. what i do relish in, when there is a star being burglarized, when there is someone who has been raped, when i put the handcuffs on the individual, i give the community relief. when we don't see that, that kills our morale. when we have politicians who throw us under the bus, who prays rioters and protesters who vandalize and cause so much destruction, when you put these criminals on a pedestal and throw us under the bus, that is what's

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arizona cardinals wide receiver deon dray hopkins treating this, then deleting it, never thought i woulda position to hurt my team because i don't want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the nfl. >>> let's talk about this now with retired nfl corner back, orlando scandrick. orlando, thank you so much for being with us. i wonder how you're watching all of this. what is your reaction to this memo from the commissioner? >> first of all, good morning, brianna. i think it's flat-out crazy. i think it's borderline unconstitutional. i'm flabbergasted. >> you're flabbergasted. tell us why. >> for me it's -- let's just put it in layman's terms. if player a is vaccinated and player b is unvaccinated, what happens if player a gets player b sick and brings the covid spike or the covid outbreak into the locker room? why is everyone punished in both teams? >> they're clearly trying to encourage people to take care of this kind of amongst themselves, right? if they won't do it for themselves, then do it for other players around you. you know, i wonder what you think about that

deon, thank you so much. >>> let's go to the other top stories we are following for you today. president biden issuing a stark warning to vladimir putin after another wave of cyberattacks by a group of russian hackers. it comes just weeks after the two leaders met in geneva and biden addressed this exact issue. >> i made it very clear to him that -- that the united states expects when ransomware operation is coming from his soil, we know it is not, not sponsored by the state, we expect him to act and we give him enough information to act on though that is. >> over on capitol hill we are learning new details about the timeline of the select committee's investigation into the january 6th insurrection. chairman bennie thompson telling msnbc those hearings will start either july 21st or 22nd, and telling my colleague tiffany cross what the first hearings will focus on. >> the first committee hearing will be, we'll talk to the rank and file employees who had to fight some of these people off on that day. we will talk to the custodial help who had to clean the mess up after we got th

very thorough, deon. appreciate that. >>> let's go to the day's other top developing stories at this hour and this breaking news as right now the texas senate is hearing from voters in a public hearing on the state's republican-backed restrictive voting measures. it comes as a top ally to president biden pleased with him to scrap the filibuster for federal election reform. house majority whip james clyburn telling politico the president should endorse the idea of creating a carveout to the legislative filibuster in the senate for legislation that applies specifically to the constitution. meanwhile, a major firing in the biden administration. the president dismissing andrew saul, a trump administration holdover. the white house says saul's actions ran contrary to the agency's mission. saul is fighting back, telling the "washington post" he plans to be back at work monday morning as he claims his term is protected. speaking of protection, the protective fence surrounding the capitol is in the process of bei