nathan bedford forrest was physically buried underneath it. nathan bedford forrest's body and his wife was under that statue in that memphis park. when they started digging after they took down the statue, it turns out, the directions they had weren't exactly right. they weren't directly under the statue. they were kind of under the plaza in front of where the statue had been. it took them a while hunting around to find the caskets. they did finally find the remains. they made a plan to rebury them this fall, a few weeks ago. look what they had to do to get it done. local nbc 5 in memphis, tennessee, got an exclusive look at this. this is astonishing. and, again, remember, this is the confederate general, wealthy slave trader, first grand wizard of the ku klux klan, nathan bedford forrest. >> all of it, with the remains of a man, reviled and revered and the weight of a city divided on his shoulders, teller ordered his staff to place the caskets in two different vehicles. >> i had my staff leave the site, drive in different directions and i'll

forrest that park had this huge statue of nathan bedford forrest in 2017. they did have one complication and taking it down in 2017, which is that was nathan bedford forrest actually physically buried underneath it. nathan bedford forrest his body and of his wife are right underneath that statue in memphis park. when they started digging after they took down the statue, it turns out the directions they had weren't exactly right. they weren't exactly under the statue, they were under the plaza where the statue had been. it took them a while to find caskets. they did finally found the remains, they made a plan to rebury them earlier just this fall just a few weeks. but then look at what they had to do in order to get it done. local nbc five in memphis, tennessee, got an exclusive look at this. this is just astonishing. and again, remember, this is the confederate general, wealthy slave trader, first grand wizard of the ku klux klan, nathan bedford forrest. >> all of a, along with the soil, transferred into temporary caskets for transporting. with the remains

so if you don't like nathan bedford forest, you'll have to get over it. there won't be anything to tear down or move because he's going to be there and it is okay because we could be saved as by grace. okay, back to the rock of chickamauga. the other name that he's probably is well-known by most folks is old slow trot. and i just picked different images of this. if you want to talk about maybe the most nicknamed general, this is -- he's a candidate. he gets up there. some people could call him pat thomas and this and that. so he gets all kinds of different names. but rock of chickamauga or slow trot are the two names that seem to be the things that pop up the quickest. so as biographer, one of the things i waned to do was to get past that. what does that surface tell us but then what do we learn about that individual as we get deeper into her personality. i grew up in old nancy count and it is suffolk and close to sussex and in southampton county you have two generals that are important, and maybe more but at least two. george thomas and william mahome. a

one of which was one home to the confederate general nathan bedford forest, the founder of the k k. k. i guess it's a place for history lovers. honeymooners usually get the grand wizard suite. the democrats, the democratic parties, answer to the rebel takeover of the supreme court is like more democrats to save abortion rights ad. do you guys have any other ideas? this regressive southern gargoyle is going to tell hundreds of poor women, hundreds of thousands of poor women. how to live their lives at a luncheon with justice barret, who's probably really only in it for the quail. i think we have to do something about this supremely on democratic institution of the supreme court. it's so on democratic, i'm pretty sure the us military is already considered invading it. mixed up, studies have shown that people get depressed from social media. i learned that from an instagram post, the consumer financial protection bureau just sanctioned new rules. debt collect can now text email and d m u on social media. though it's getting worse, but it is good news. if you thought social media was a

fox 17 in nashville where a large statue of a university general and former kkk leader nathan bedford is removed from its pedestal. the statue sitting on private property along i-56 in nashville has been in place since 1997. it's been a source of debate and vandalized in 2017 and 2020. and this is a live look at honolulu from our affiliate khon. a little cloudy there. one of the big stories tonight a north texas high school band is in hawaii to perform at the national pearl harbor remembrance day ceremonies. the toler high school students took time to visit the pearl harbor national memorial to learn more about the december 7th, 1941 attack. the majority of the band members, the nine-hour flight from dfw to honolulu was first time on a commercial airliner. there you go. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. you're a one-man stitchwork master. but your staffing plan needs to go up a size. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indee

. >> well the ones that fascinate the most, nathan bedford forest man, to me, robert e. lee is immensely interesting and complex and complicated and certainly read and thought a lot about him. william dorcy, you don't get much more fascinating than that young officer. thomas. that's the reason i write about these individuals. i find them interesting. maybe thinking about a george washington getty book but that will take work. getty is actually very good and underappreciated but he's not confederate and not brad or sherman so that's one reason that has some blowback, because every time i mention that to a book publisher they sort of roll their eyes and say we'll pass on that one, so maybe, and of course, billy, if anyone wants to let me do that one i might do that one. >> i'll say abraham lincoln. i mean he's endlessly fascinating. he's articulate, clearly the self-made man i was talking about very early, quintessential 19th century frontiersman, self-made, self-taught, autodidact and yet enigma in so many ways. anybody truly understand what's deep down inside abraham lin

i think i know nathan bedford forest. the people i've spent time looking at i feel like i've got on the know them. here are roots in shampt county for george thomas and you can see the markers there and there is looks like a cemetery style and you will notice he's born july 31, 116. by the time of the war he's mature. he's moved along in life. and we'll talk about some of the things that make him who he is. some of the character traits and elements that define him or help us understand them. one is his service in mexico. we were talking about doing a book that talks of craig seems and i were talk about doing people in mexico and chapters on that for a book. and thomas was in mexico. service there. and in virginia it is booun vista.uena vista. . and lafayette not lafayette and monochel not monticello. i guess better than being in versailles than in versailles. and he begins to make his name and one of the things he's famous for is standing his ground. holding his ground. as he will say later on i saved my section of brags.

so if you don't like nathan bedford forrest, there won't be anything to tear down or move, he's going to be there. and it's okay because we can be saved by grace. okay, back to the rock of chickamauga. the other name he is probably known by is old -- and i just pick different images. if you want to talk about the most nicknamed general, he is a candidate. he gets up there. some people would call him half thomas and they would call him this and that. so he gets all kinds of different names but rock of chickamauga or slow trotter seem to be the things that pop up the quickest. so as a biographer for one of the things that i do is to get past that. what does that tell us? and what do we learn about that individual? i grew up in all nansen county, which is suffolk now and is next to southampton which is close to sussex. and in southampton you have two generals very important, maybe more, but there were at least two, george thomas and billy mahomes. and thomas does have a home place that is still there. so you can actually go there and see the homeplace. now i wouldn't try to be too crazy

nathan bed flash bedford forest. i feel it should have been kept up. this shit is hilarious. when seen a statue when the general looks like he's shooting his way out of a saloon. his horse doesn't even have reins. looks like he stole a horse in red dead redemption. i'm going to get out of here! who makes a statue of your moment of panic? he looks like he just found out what a barack obama is. they said what? he's the ruler of who? aaahhh! we don't need to take down con n fete rat statutes. if this general looked like this in real life, explains a lot. he probably said at the klan rally, we should all wear pillow cases over our faces. to scare the darkies? sure, that's why. the main story. for decades, owning a home has been one of the core parts to have the american dream, just below dating pete davidson. but right now actually buying a home is harder than matt gaetz watching the new saved by the bell. >> with the housing market red hot perspective buyers trying not to get burned as demand rises, so intense that red fin says homes are selling within a week after hitting the m