can you imagine jefferson davis, alexander stephens, treason, they committed treason against united states of america and sadly they are still here because their states put them here. that is why i wrote to the chairman of the rules committee, , andf our house committee i particularly talked about alexander stephens. , these these are his words infamous birds of alexander stephens, clear today as they were in the aims of the 1861, confederacy. this is his cornerstone speech. he says stephens asserted that , the prevailing ideas relied upon by our founders included the assumption of the equality of man. he goes on to say, "this is wrong." and then he goes on from there. you can see the letter and see what he says. and see why he has to come out of the capital. has believe the committee the jurisdiction to move these statues, but we also have legislation. the chair of homeland security others, they have that would get rid of -- we have 11 of them that we have our eye on. but it may take legislation or action by the rules committee. believe me, if i had more we would no longer have the statue

americans identity but it seems the time has come for its last stand can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens. cheney had it commission against united and they said he's a feel good because their state put him here robert e. lee jefferson davis and alexander stevens actually have statues within the u.s. capitol building but now the call is coming for those statues to finally be removed 150 years later the possibility has never been so real confederate statues in monuments to pay tribute to white supremacy and slavery in public spaces it is time to tell the truth about what these statues are hateful symbols that have no place in our society and certainly should not be enshrined in the u.s. capitol the confederate flag is a symbol that many southerners as well as even low income whites in other parts of the country have come to identify with but now the declaration is coming from the halls of power saying that it's time for this to come to an end the u.s. military with the backing of the u.s. senate is talking about changing the name of bases named after confederates this does not sit well with

the library asking for them to be removed due to the links to racism can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens treason it cheese and against united states and the statue of ophelia because there's states like him here. the 11 statues display soldiers and officials who served in the confederacy and fought to preserve slavery democrats a lot of the calling for them to be taken down along with a number of major military bases being renamed president terms already stated he simply were reconsider the names of military installations because they're part of u.s. history. and america's reassessment of the past doesn't earn their big corporations have recently taken a closer look at how they presented themselves h.b.o. for example is temporarily pulling many favorite classics that romanticize slavery from this platform or big tech firms of tweet their voice assistance to support the black lives matter movement let's get taylor takes a closer look. all i know about them is that why not our advice delete. i think. past a policeman well yes it and then she didn't spend that stature will he just delete or

these confederates, jefferson davis, alexander stephen, they committed treason against the united states in the name of slavery. i think that is a different story. but you know what? subject everything to scrutiny and make a decision. but i do think we should do it in a safer way rather than a more dangerous way. robert: speaker pelosi, let's turn to health care. republicans keep fighting president obama's health care law. now you are moving forward with your own bill to expand health care coverage. how has the pandemic affected that law and the broader health care debate? speaker pelosi: the pandemic, of course -- as you know, when we passed the affordable care act, it was named the affordable care act because affordability is about accessibility, and that was very important. we can do more. we can do more, and that is what we are doing in this legislation, to increase the number of people who have access to subsidies, to expand those who would be on medicaid, and so sad that some states would not even accept 100% coverage for medicaid so that people would have access to health care. so

library asking for them to be removed due to their links to racism can you imagine jefferson davis. alexander stephens. treason it sure isn't against united and there's change a shield a bit harsher state. here the 11 statues display soldiers and officials who served in the confederacy and fought to preserve slavery democrats are largely calling for them to be taken down along with a number of major military bases to be renamed however president trump has already stated he simply won't reconsider the names of any military installations because they are part of u.s. history and america's rethinking of history doesn't end there be corporations have recently been taking a closer look at how they present themselves h.b.o. for instance is temporarily pulling many favorite classics that romanticize slavery from its platform while big tech firms have tweaked their voices systems to support the black lives matter movement saskia taylor has more. home is not why not our advice delete. i think. past a policeman well yes it and then she didn't spend that stature will he just delete or interesting interesting i m

can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens. treason it makes reason against united now and this tragedy i see only because their state like them here where this does come amid the current campaign in the country to take down symbols of the confederacy in norfolk virginia a statue of a confederate soldier has been renewed after standing in its place for more than $100.00 days however officials think the decision to take it down was actually made out of safety concerns area and portsmouth a man suffered serious injuries after being hit by a statue that was toppled by demonstrators in total for statues of being beheaded in the city we discuss the war on monuments the host of r.t. america's on contact show chris hedges. i think it's important to remember what the historian carl becker wrote and that is that history is what the president chooses to remember about the past so historical monuments are an expression of power indication of who has power and that's the power to choose our history is remembered in public places. all of th

them to be removed amid the nationwide demonstrations against racism can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens treason it treason against united and this tragedy i feel that because their state put them here well this does come amid the current campaign in the country to take down symbols of the confederacy in virginia a statue of a confederate soldier has been removed after standing in its place for more than 100 years as he fought on the side trying to preserve slavery we discuss the war on monuments with a host of r.t. america's on contact show chris hedges. i think it's important to remember what the historian carl becker wrote and that is that history is what the president chooses to remember about the past so historical monuments are an expression of power indication of who has power and that's the power to choose our history is remembered in public places. all of these confederate monuments the ones that you seen coming down mostly in the south of course. were put up in the late 890 s. the early 20th century. to a centrally remind of black people during jim crow and the period of lynchi

library demanding the move nationwide demonstrations against racism can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens. treason it takes region against united states now and this tragedy i see only because their state like him here plus his request comes as demonstrators across the country demand symbols of the confederacy be taken down in norfolk virginia as censure of a confederate soldier has been removed after standing for more than a century however official stated it was taken down g.t. safety concerns and even pulls with another city in the state a man was left in a coma after being hit by a stench a talk by demonstrators who are on the stand she is in the city have been beheaded we discuss the war on these monuments with a host of anti america's on contact show chris hedges. i think it's important to remember what the historian carl becker wrote and that is that history is what the president chooses to remember about the past so historical monuments are an expression of power indication of who has power and that's the power to choose our history is remembered in public places. all of these con

can you imagine jefferson davis? alexander stephens? treason, they committed treason against the united states of america. and their statues are stilhere because their states put them here.s: >> desjardepublican senator roy blunt, who oversees the committee responsible for the statues, says moving them is possible, but only the states can take them out of the capitol. and some states are. like arkansas, about to replace its controversial statues with musician johnny cash and cil rights activist and journalist daisy bates. it is a cultural turn. nascar this week banned the confederate flag from its events.na th and marine corps have also just banned the flag. but some worry this is a slippery slope toward the removal of monuments to founding fathers, many of whom were slave owners. others say the cntry needs to more educated about its racist past. >> i don't agree with the wholesale removal of everything that pertains to the confederacy because we need to understand what our history is, it's that we don't need thy gs that glorat history.

do you have the power to move alexander stephens, jefferson days of his -- davis to some dark corner of the capital and if so, will you do so? >> we will see. , i wasrt with a feather like to start with a feather. let's see how we can have consensus about this. members over the years, especially members in the black caucus, have just wondered what are these people doing here. most of us don't know one from the other. but there they are. jesse jackson junior wrote a book on this i believe, a more perfect union which did not include alexander stephens and jefferson davis having a place of honor in the capital of the united states. on theoke -- let's focus bill. let's focus on no chokehold, no no knockofiling, warrants in case of drug cases. let's talk about ending injustice, racial injustice in our law enforcement. let's focus on what we do about immunity in terms of prosecution and the legislation and how we go forward. let's see how we can work together, recognizing there are many fine people in our first responders and law enforcement. many of them want to be part of the solution. n

that's why i wrote a letter a couple of days ago, june 10, can you imagine jefferson davis, alexander -- alexanderson stephensson that they are across the state, put them here. that is why i wrote to chairman blunt of the rules committee and the chair of our house committee , the equivalent committee, and talked about alexander stephens because these are his words. the words of stevens are as 1851 today as they were in -- the aims of the confederacy, in his cornerstone speech, stephens asserted that the prevailing ideas relied upon by our founders, included the assumption of the equality of man. he goes on to say, this is wrong. and then he goes on from there. you can see my letter and what he says and why he has to come out of the capital. yesterday,was from and she spoke about the renaming of military bases as well. go to c-span.org for that conference, but for your thoughts on this movement, you can call the lines and post on social media. don in washington state, go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. i only oppose it, first off, because you learn from your past , each and every one of us, and if we

back here in statuary hall looking at jefferson davis, an eternity, vice president of confederacy alexander stephens, leader of the confederate army. when speaker pelosi was speaker first time she didn't have authority to kick him out of the capital, she relegated him into the crypt, the part of the capital with 40 massive columns that hold up the dome. this is wade hampton of south carolina. he was one of the largest slave owners in the south. u.s. capital website, though, they don't acknowledge that in their biography of him. they say he was successful and assumed the life of a planter. now, he went on to be a high-ranking official in the confederate army and on to be governor and senator of south carolina. adamantly opposed to reconstruction. now, more than 100 years later the senator that holds his seat, republican tim scott, one of three black senators in the senate currently and he is working on reforming the police. now we're in the capital visitor center, emancipation hall, which, of course, commemorates the day slaves were freed. here you have statues such as sa sa sakajawea. when they took