another statue down: protestors try to destroy a confederate monument in the city of portsmouth, virginia. britain could have halved the number of virus deaths if it had locked down just one week earlier says the government's former scientific advisor. russia says a massive diesel spill in the arctic could take years to clean up. and the authorjk rowling speaks out about being a victim of domestic abuse. in business, a long road to recovery. the federal reserve weighs up the damage to the us economy and says fixing it will take years. we begin in the us, where there are increasing calls to remove pro—slavery confederate names and symbols in response to the anti—racism movement triggered by the police killing of george floyd but president trump says army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil war won't change because they're part of the american heritage. it comes as police in the southern state of virgina are trying to disperse protesters who attacked a confederate war memorial. david willis reports. they are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in

let's bring you some live pictures now from portsmouth, virginia.testors have gathered around a confederate memorial and attacked the statues with mallets. at least two statues have lost their heads. there's have lost their heads. a marching band playing there there's a marching band playing there as well. all kinds of music — really a kind party atmosphere. essentially statues of confederate soldiers are being could decapitated in portsmouth, virginia. we are told the plan is to take the whole monument apart. interestingly portsmouth is a majority black city, has a black city mayor, sheriff and chief of police and this monument sits on the side of where a slave whipping post once stood. this is something that's going on in many parts of the world. we've seen quite a bit of it in the uk and we have a report a little later on in the programme about what's been going on in scotland. more on the information we can confirm in virginia later on. the us secretary of state has promised an investigation into allegations that foreign journalists were abused

he be erased from history or lyndon johnson who has a history of documented racist statements in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u.s. confederacy. the soldiers will want to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attach the monument after 2 rights activists square arrested early in the day present donald trump says he won't consider renaming a u.s. military base is named after a confederate flag is now the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the halls of the u.s. capitol house speaker nancy pelosi says confederates such as should be removed from the capitol building and o.c. maybe the most powerful woman in america but she not so illegal authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures and the letter to the committee that oversees the satchels she notes that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the united states. in other world news floods in south china have killed dozens of people in many more are missing heavy rains swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230

and we'll take you to the city of portsmouth, virginia, where protestors tried to destroy a confederate monument. the brother of george floyd, whose death in the custody of minneapolis police has triggered protests around the world, has urged congress to ensure he did not die in vain. philonise floyd called on lawmakers in washington to work together to make meaningful reforms to how law enforcement operates in the us, with the hope that changes worldwide might follow. this report from our north america correspondent aleem maqbool. less than 2a hours ago philonise floyd, in the white suit, buried his brother in texas. reporter: mr floyd, what do you hope to tell the committee today? justice for george. today he came to washington to plead with politicians to ensure that george wasn't killed in vain. his kids had to watch that video, itjust hurts. it's a lot of people with... a lot of pain. my family, they just cry and cry every day and just ask, "why? why?" he pleaded for his life, he said he couldn't breathe. nobody cared, nobody. it was all part of an emotional hearing about what chan

erased from history or lyndon johnson who has a history of documented racist statements while in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u.s. confederacy. the way. the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attacks the monument after 2 lights out to the square arrested earlier in the day while the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the halls of the u.s. capitol house speaker nancy pelosi says confederate satchels should be removed from the capitol building and o.c. may be the most powerful woman in america but she knocks legal authority to remove 11 statues of confederate figures in a letter to the committee that oversees the notes said at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the united states. u.s. tech giant amazon says it's banning police from using its facial recognition tool for a year they've been growing concerns that technology may lead to unfair treatment of black people is on says it hopes this can give congress time to impose appropr

. >> the video that was displayed next to you in the intro reports, portsmouth, virginia you saw a statue being pulled over, confederate monument, city council had been meeting about it to try to move and when the protesters didn't guess what they wanted in the city council meeting they toward the statue apart. first in the words of the virginia pilot reporter who was there they beheaded all four soldiers on the statue and then used a tow rope connected to a car to pull one over. when that statue toppled over it hurt somebody so badly they were knocked unconscious and had to go to the hospital according to some witnesses that were there. as of tonight the statue has been destroyed and defaced. an american flag was burned on top of the statue and we are told by somebody on the ground that police came in after the statue had been destroyed and told everyone to leave the area. >> it is an active night and there's more to cover, thank you. the senate judiciary committee around subpoenas for obama administration officials. senator marsha blackburn is on the committee next. frustrated that clea

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this is happening in portsmouth as we speak. a similar issue. anything you can add? >> the issue at the capital are statues of confederate leaders. it's up to the state who they send to washington, d.c., but nancy pelosi has flagged these 11 converted statues. here is the letter she sent. she has written to the joint house-senate committee on the library asking the panel to remove the controversial statues immediately. she said, there is no room for delivering the violent bigotry from the man of the confederacy in the hallowed halls of the united states capital. in the old house chamber, there is a statue of jewelers wheeler from alabama in a confederate uniform, the letters csa emblazoned on his belt buckle, a virginia statue of robert e. lee, plus confederate statues of confederate president jefferson davis. when floyd's brother testified on the house who supported the kkk. confederate figures are not the only controversial statues in the u.s. capitol. there is a senator from nevada, a democrat, pat mccarran, who was known as a race better. thought in fact that the

the project plan for portsmouth is fiscally responsible given the side and many use of the project. the project is anticipated to become construction ready in a timely manner. it has related from and hard to believe part of the larger public health plan and the pandemic has helped opening china town. and lastly, funding the portsmouth will create open space for the community and also provide long-and who for tourists and visitors and who is trying to support many individual businesses. thank you. >> thank you, caller. just to confirm, that was the last caller, correct? >> madam clerk, that was the last caller. >> thank you so much. mr. president? >> okay. let's get going. what? that was it for public comment? hearing no more, i guess we have to close public comment. let's go to adoption without committee reference from item 24 through 34. >> introduced without committee reference and unanimous for first reading and any supervisor may require resolution to go to committee. >> okay. would anyone like to sever any items? i don't see anybody. >> supervisor: i will sever 26 and 31. >> 26

. >>> we'll go to evelyn in portsmouth, virginia. go ahead. >> caller: hi. yes, i agree with my clarke 100%, but i feel there's too much brutality. i feel there should be new training. sometimes when a police stop you, they're so -- they act like they're your father rather than a civil worker, because they're being paid by taxpayers' money. you know, the way they approach you, and you can't defend yourself when the police are not good. if you defend yourself, you are resisting arrest. so i'm 69 years old, and when i see a policeman drive behind me, i just freeze. i have to talk to myself and say you have never been in trouble, why are you afraid? they need to change their law rather than just shooting people down i feel that law should be changed. you shouldn't be able to shoot somebody when it's not life-threatening. you it has to stop. as far as the caller about the statutes. when i was 5-year-old, i seen a confess rat statue, and as a little girl, something was wrong with it it seems too much of a superior figure that was not good. i didn't know anything

we'll keep an heye on that situation in portsmouth, virginia. it seems the statue has been taken down and somebody might have been injured there. they might have been injured as the statue came down because it's quite a height off of which it came. we'll try to get more information and keep a close eye on that picture. plus the protests that are going on at the moment in phoenix and in los angeles. >>> democratic congresswoman karen bass is the chair of the congressional black caucus. she's helping lead the fight to pass police reform in the house. today she laid out just what is at stake as congress considers this bill. >> if this had had been a law last year, george floyd would be alive because chokeholds would be banned. breonna taylor would be alive because no-knock warrants for drugs would be banned. tamir rice would have graduated high school this may because the officer that killed him had been fired from a nearby department and he lied on his application. >> congresswoman karen bass of california joins us now. congresswoman, thank you fo

this happened in portsmouth virginia yesterday and demonstrators spray-painted and mounted a confederate monument from the 18 hundreds before they pulled it down with groups. the police were there but they did not stop the demonstration. in minneapolis protesters tied ropes around the neck of a christopher columbus statue and then pulled it down. the group called the american indian movement says they organize this as a moment of healing because christopher columbus is a symbol of genocide against native americans. >>> the time now is 4:18 a.m. amazon is banning facial recognition for one year and gives congress times to come up with ways to regulate the technology. protests after the death of george floyd focused a lot of attention on racial injustice and how police use technology to track people. ibm says they are getting out of the facial recognition business because of concerns about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and also racial profiling. and walmart says it will no longer place multicultural hair care and beauty products inside of locked cases. those locked c

host: we will go to evelyn in portsmouth, virginia. caller: hi. that it is too much police brutality. i think there should be new i think there should be new training. sometimes when the police stop me -- they are being paid by taxpayer money. andway they approach you you cannot defend yourself. yourself, you are resisting arrest. i am 69 years old and when i see a policeman drive behind me i get afraid. i have to talk to myself and say, you have never been in trouble. why are you afraid? they need to change the law rather than just shooting people down like a wild animal. , i feel that should be changed. you should shoot them in their leg or somewhere that is not life-threatening. you affected their whole family, children, mother, sister, that has to stop. about thethe caller statues, when i was five years old i saw i confederate statues and, as a little girl, there was something wrong with it. figure and irior knew nothing about the confederates. remembered me and i like it was the day when i was a little girl. black confederates two. rewrite th

and portsmouth virginia protesters have torn apart a monument to confederate soldiers. the statues of soldiers who were destroyed in spray painted with one falling on top of the protesters angry demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 portsmouth and members were arrested earlier in the day a statue of christopher columbus in the u.s. city of richmond that is in the state of virginia was torn down by protesters set fire and thrown into a lake demonstrators ropes to drag the effigy off the pedestal the monument was toppled less than 2 hours after demonstrators started chanting for that statue to go and a columbus statue was also toppled in minneapolis columbus has a legacy of violent clonal as a man cruel treatment towards indigenous peoples. the debate at risk chooses even becoming a hot topic in the halls of the u.s. capitol speaker of the house nancy pelosi says confederate statues honoring men who took up arms against the government in order to preserve slavery should be removed from the capitol building place palosi that is needed that state when she's the most p

and we'll take you to the city of portsmouth, virginia, where protestors tried to destroy a confederate

overnight, protesters in richmond, virginia, tore down a statue of jefferson davis and 80 miles away in portsmouth they pulled down a confederate monument. >> it follows emotional testimony on capitol hill from floyd's brother. he pleaded with members of congress to stop the pain of racial injustice. >> the police chief in minneapolis is the latest to announce reforms to his department. other cities are following suit. >> we begin our coverage with the overnight developments. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, the push for change in america appearing to move at lightning speed. nascar's bubba wallace racing last night with the hashtag black lives matter painted on his car. >> look at the 43 and the 21. that brings back a lot of memories. >> reporter: the race starting hours after nascar banned the confederate flag. >> that was a huge pivotal moment for the sport. a lot of backlash but creates doors and allows the community to come together as one. >> reporter: overnight ray ciccarelli announcing he's leaving nascar citing a disagreement with the new flag policy. >> that flag

officials have stated the decision to take it down was actually made out of safety concerns earlier in portsmouth a man suffered serious injuries after being hit by a statue that was toppled by demonstrators in total 4 statues have been 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 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 essential remind of black people during jim crow and the period of lynching. of the power and celebration of white supremacy and there was a very conscious effort to exclude figures. not just in terms of black leadership or those such as not turner and others rose up to rebel against slavery but al

oxford's league one semi final play—off opponents portsmouth have also had two cases come back positivemanager keith hill will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month, following the club's relegation from league one. bolton started the season with a 12—point deduction for entering administration, and finished bottom. there may be no wimbledon next month, but there's still some tennis to look forward to. the draw took place earlier forjamie murray's charity tournament — the battle of the brits.. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has the details. this will be a fairly high profile event. would you consider what is possible at the moment because it involves the top eight british singles players. they will all be in the draw and also andy murray, who will be playing his first mass since the davis cup finals —— first match. his bruised pelvic bone kept him off to work. even though he's thinking of coming back to play —— off to her. he's been drawn with liam brody and james wood, the other one will be jay clark and dan evans. there was a socially distant drawl that took

the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted in portsmouth virginia with warner falling on top of protestors and the demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 rights activists were arrested earlier in the day. well donald trump has rejected calls to change the name of military bases named after confederate army officers who fought against the government in the u.s. civil war the us president tweeted it has been suggested that we should rename our legendary military bases these powerful bases have become part of american heritage the u.s. trained and deployed our heroes on these grounds therefore my administration will not even consider the renaming of these installations. current our special envoy for afghanistan says president garny is prone to hold talks with the taliban in doha will go she known as in traffic and talks are supposed to continue on march the 10th but they've been held up by disagreements over february's presidential election and the size of each delegation as well as the global pandemic the u.s. and taliban side to the agreement ea

notes that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the united states meanwhile in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u.s. confederacy. such use of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attached the monument up to 2 rights activists were arrested in the day. still ahead on al-jazeera more evidence in colombia that longer is they using coronavirus strong bounds to illegally hack away at the amazon. and why democrats in the u.s. are accusing officials in a state of georgia voter suppression. and the plenty of sunshine across an area of asia's the south is a bit of a different story about the my you buy your front working its way eastwards taking with it the very heavy amounts of rain but as i say it's been fine and dry warm as well seoul you can see it is clear blue skies caning one of the sculptures but how much is typically about 30 degrees celsius the same on friday as well it should be a dry day with more sunshine but look at this right out across the west and ea

in modern portsmouth virginia protesters took matters into their own hands they destroyed part of this monument to the confederacy one person's reportedly been seriously injured after a statue fell on them. u.s. tech giant amazon says it's banning the police from using its facial recognition tool for the year there's been growing concerns the technology may lead to unfair treatment of black people and says it hopes this can give congress time to impose appropriate rules for the ethical use of facial recognition the tech company has long defended the police's use of real time surveillance technology but a reform bill proposed by democrats a means to ban it. but if you go to a public policy analyst at the toning fronting a foundation she says all government agencies should be banned from using any kind of facial recognition technology technology itself is incredibly harmful you know one year is not going to make a difference and also any type of reform congress could pass in one year is not going to change the fact that this technology in the hands of a criminal justice system that is ve

oxford's league one semi final play—off opponents portsmouth have also had two cases come back positivee. the two legs will be played on the 3rd and 6thjuly bolton wanderers manager keith hill will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month, following the club's relegation from league one. bolton started the season with a 12—point deduction for entering administration, and finished bottom. and we don't have to wait long for the return of the premier league, it's back next week! we told you earlier that players will be wearing the words "black lives matter" on their shirts. in terms of the pandemic. though they've been asked to stick to social distancing guidelines when they celebrate goals and avoid spitting. the question is. how will the players cope after such a long break? they have managed about six weeks of training but what about their mental preparation? lydia campbell has been looking into this. football is a game of intensity. as mentally demanding as it is physically. when the pandemic hit, players everywhere went through the thick of competition to lock down. and

another statue down: protestors try to destroy a confederate monument in the city of portsmouth, virginiaked down just one week earlier says the government's former scientific advisor. russia says a massive diesel spill in the arctic could take years to clean up. and the authorjk rowling speaks out about being a victim of domestic abuse. in business, a long road to recovery. the federal reserve weighs up the damage to the us economy and says fixing it will take years.

shifting gears for a moment, and we are following the story by the way in portsmouth, virginia. when we get details will give you a report. confederate statues, our own hitchhikers guide to everything washington, d.c. anything you could add and it's up to the states for who they send to washington, d.c., and she has a written to the joint house committee on a bigger library asking the panel to directive the architect of the capital. nancy pelosi said it "i also believe there is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men from the confederacy in the hallowed halls of the united states capital. the letters csa are emblazoned on his belt buckle. there is a virginia statue of robert e. lee, and alexander hamilton stevens, the confederate vice president. now, when george floyd's brother philonise testified at today's house hearing, he filed into the congressional auditorium past the statue of wade hampton of south carolina who supported the kkk. now confederate figures are not the only controversial statute in the u.s. capitol. there was a senator from nevada, democrat pat

to the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted in portsmouth and virginia with one formula told her test was angry demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 rights activists were arrested earlier in the day well the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the holes of the u.s. capitol u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says confederates that you should be removed from the capitol building but place he may be the most powerful woman in america she lacks in legal authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures in a letter to the committee that oversees is that she is she did know that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the united states donald trump has rejected calls to change the name of military bases named off after confederate army officers who fought against the government in the u.s. civil war. the us president tweeted it has been suggested that we should rename our legendary military bases these powerful bases have become part of american heritage the u.s. trained and deployed all heroes on these hol

protesters cheer in a fox news alert and celebrate as a confederate statue is burned in portsmouth, virginiaht. cops just watched. similar scenes in boston, miami, minnesota, where statues of christopher columbus and confederate monuments were destroyed. on capitol hill, nancy pelosi, the speaker now calling on confederate statues to be removed. steve: meanwhile the president is slamming the idea while he calls for law and order in the city of

efforts at pandering are only going to encourage the kind of nonsense we are seeing tonight in portsmouth, virginia, and we will get to that in a moment. more control and less freedom, that's what's coming. back in january of 2019 i told you to watch out because new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez was not someone to be dismissed but in fact, she would soon become the thought leader of the democrat party. people are surprised when we said that. well, i don't want to pat myself on the back but, my partner in marxism has also become a folk hero. >> what do you have to do to make sure that the police department's are defended? >> we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department. >> laura: it take long for their wish list to dominate the conversation. they find themselves >> my major business district is just shattered. why would walmart or cbs -- >> why would we tell our residents? >> thank you aldermen. next question? >> no, i want an answer. >> i think you are 100% [bleep]. >> i still can't get over that. they were literally calling and begging mayor lightfoot t

in the nearby city of portsmouth, protesesters used sledgehammmmers to destroy a monument to confederateoldiers. one person sustained a serious injury and was hospitalized after a statue fell on his head. in washington, d.c., house speaker nancy pelosi on -- joined other lawmakerss demandining the removal l of 11 confederate statatues from the national statuary hall in the capitol. meanwhile, president trump said he will not even consider renaming u.s. army bases named after confederate military officers. there are 10 such bases -- all of them in southern states. trump tweeted wednesday -- "these monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great american heritage, and a history of winning, victory, and freedom." trump's tweet contradicted defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff chair mark milley who suggested they were open to a discussion about renaming the bases. and republican committee in the senate just voted to rename these bases that are named for confederate e leaders. meanwhile, in her hometown of birmingham, alabama, angela, comedian jermaine johnson

smashed in richmond while the crowd cheered and a band played as the monument went up in flames in portsmouth, virginia. statues in boston, miami, and st. paul were also the target of a tax on capital, nancy pelosi calling for labor labeling is grotesque. the city has filed an emergency motion to preserve the confederate war memorial. is a variation on the popular line tweeting those that deny their history are doomed to repeat it. and this after tweeting yesterday about renaming military bases that were named after confederate leaders. the president tweeting it has been suggested that we should rename as many as ten of our legendary military bases such as fort bragg north carolina, fort benning in georgia, et cetera. these monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great american heritage and a history of winning, victory, and freedom. they trained and deployed our heroes on these hallowed grounds and won two world wars. the administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. the hill reporting that the g.o.p. led senate ar

what portsmouth of walmart is saying-- >> i hrpd you were talking about walmart! >> trevor: i was dulce, but how did you? >> never mind that. i got some thoughts. >> trevor: i want to know how you hacked into-- anyway, i imagine you're pretty happy that walmart is getting rid of this policy, right? >> yes. free at last, free at last. thank god almighty, the black hair care is free at last! not only did this racist ass policy treat black people like thieves, but you know what the worst part? it made every trip to walmart ten times longer! >> trevor: why would it be longer? >> because i had to go on a magical quest to find the person with the key who then had to unlock the cage who could finally retrieve my treasure. it's like a black "lord of the rings." >> trevor: it's like an extra 10 minutes. why does it matter? >> do you know how long it takes to style natural hair? do you know how much i have to go through the magical process, the moon, the stars and the products that have to come together for this to grace the plan snet that's time consuming. it's wash day. i

portsmouth has not had anything thus far, and suffolk has had a peaceful march.round us, my daughter is in the news business in raleigh and raleigh has been on fire for the last couple of days. this is frightening and disconcerting and it plays into the hands of the chinese, it plays into the hands of the russians. the chinese will look at this and say if united states of america calls and troops to quell the violence, why can't we do the same thing in hong kong? that is something people have to start paying attention to. tom: dennis, anyone who knows -- you are one of the first and harshest critics of this president. how does the republican party regroup with a one term trap or even a two term trump? dennis: is a serious question, isn't it? with the poll numbers showing a marked decline for the popularity of the president and the possibility of endemic president and even worse a democratic senate, how they will resolve this is beyond me. thank goodness i do not have to make that decision. it does appear we will have a president who will call in the troops and ta

. >>> at the life news desk, let's talk about portsmouth virginia. were a confederate statue is being removed from the city center. you can see it wrapped right now, they are ready to cart it away, this controversy over the monument escalated on wednesday after the president and vice president were arrested during a peaceful protest where they were trying to protest the existence of the statue there in the middle of the town square. they have been removing it from its base and getting rid of it. and this is one of several confederate monuments and statues of people who were important during the confederacy that are being taken down we are keeping e on >> the opening of service into san jose including an inaugural train ride with politicians. at the station were a ribbon- cutting is set for a few hours from now. >> good morning, we are stirring to see the station, live as employees are coming to work prepping the site here for the big festivities in celebration later on today. all of the safety checks are done last minute finishing touches are done. c

these weak efforts at pandering are only going to encourage the nonsense we are seeing in portsmouth, virginia. going to get that in a minute. more control, less freedom for that's what's coming. back in january of 2019, i told you to watch out. new york congressman alexandria ocasio-cortez was not someone to be dismissed. but that in fact she would soon become a thought leader of the democrat party. people were surprised when i said that. well, i'm not patting myself on the back, but she is right. and her partner in neo-marxism ilhan omar has also become a folk hero. >>ar what are you willing to sacrifice to make sure that overfunded police departments are defunded? >> we need to quickly dismantle the minneapolis police department! >> laura: it sure didn't take long for the progressive wish list to dominate the national conversation, did it? and now pelosi and schumer, they find themselves in this really awkward, uncomfortable position. they need, they really need the raid and energy of the streets to beat trump in november, that's what they think. but with that, they also get the lo

one such monument was knocked down last night by black lives matter protesters in portsmouth, virginiae statue fell and critically injured one of the protesters. left-wing vandals have also come for defining figures of our cup, including christopher columbus. statues of the man who's been celebrated in america for its founding for more than 225 years now have either been defaced or removed entirely by city governments. during a weekly news conference today, house speaker pelosi says she wants to see more of those statues removed from the halls of congress. >> this is a perfect time for us to move those statues because other times people may think, oh, who cares, i never go there anyway, they all look alike to maine they're all these white men, they're -- on the other hand. that's what i think. [laughter] on the other hand, this might be the, the timing might be just right. lou: pelosi's now a clever comedienne leftist firebrarntiond one who is clearly out of touch with the people who is now a full-on radical and at least for her political purposes, she has joined those who would deny o

in portsmouth, virginia attackers beheaded and toppled four statutes and they confederate monument. the commonwealth is trying to remove the monument to general robert e. lee, but that is told in the court so far. statues of christopher columbus have been attacked in richmond, miami, houston and other cities and house speaker nancy pelosi is asking that a live and statutes of confederate figures be removed from the u.s. capitol. statuary hall. pelosi said to have the statues are fed confederate leaders charged with treason against the united states. republicans have a senate wrapping up their pursuit of former obama administration officials who rammed the investigation into russia election interference. judiciary committee ran by lindsey graham has approved issuing subpoenas for dozens of people. congressional correspondent chad program is on capitol hill tonight, good evening, chad. >> good evening bret, this is the investigation into the investigation of the origins of the russia probe, fisa abuse and what sparked the investigation and prosecution of former national security advis

then the next day, raleigh and maybe portsmouth, virginia.the chancellor of the women's college arranged a meeting of parties involved. it was clear that woolworth's could expect no cooperation from the college officials or students. food services were at a virtual standstill. curly harris, the woolworth's manager. >> we had a president who was liberal and understanding. she did not come forward and say girls, you need to go. was, do what your conscience tells you to do. so several of us went down and just served as observers. >> we had the female students from greensboro college, and a couple of folks from bennett who showed, in my estimation, extraordinary acts of courage, because of the abuse heaped on them for participating was extremely high. >> one made a threat to me. there's a nigger's girlfriend. let's get her. i had a lot of difficulty being quiet and doing what the students had been directed to do and that was to be peaceful and not react to threats and so forth. that was very hard for me. as a matter of fact, after a while, i was

in portsmouth, virginia tonight demonstrators took the heads off four confederate statues and pulled one down using a rope as police stood by. amid all of that trump is now getting ready to get back on the campaign trail with his first rally in nearly three months taking place next friday night. >> we'll be starting our rallies the first one we believe probably we're just starting to call up will be in oklahoma. in tulsa, oklahoma. beautiful, new venue. >> meanwhile, more bad polling for the president. new gallup survey shows his approval rating has dropped ten points to 39% as trump resumes campaigning. the federal reserve is predicting long term high unemployment and a tough road out of our recession. that comes amid reports of major retail chains restructuring, getting out of the business, and some of their stores. still trump says he sees an economy on its way back. >> we are doing well in so many ways. we're really doing a financial comeback. the jobs numbers were fantastic. i think the economy will be next year will be maybe the best it's ever been. >> on that note for our lead