what happened to roger taney? next you will listen to the clip from the president of the national constitution center talking about the rest of chief justice taney's life after this decision. >> roger taney is a constitutional tragedy. he was viewed as being a moderate when it came to the balance between state and civil power and was thought of until dred scott and as justice scalia says, the drama of how he tarnished his reputation, in the harvard school library there is a photo that shows his sad eyes that reflect the tragedy of this decision and shows us how important a single case can be. by the end of his career, taney was reduced to wandering streets of washington personally handing out copies of the decision checking lincoln's power to extend the writ of habeas corpus that he had printed himself. >> and one other thing to talk about with roger taney and his memory is that today he continues to be controversy bl. if you go to the state house in annapolis, there is a statue of roger taney at the entrance of th

the roger taney statue. taney was a supreme court theice who authored this couldshows us, be just one of many changes across the d.m.v. in light of charlottesville. comingederate statues down. streets and schools renamed. all just days after the violence in charlottesville. >> a combination of sadness, anger, motivation. it shouldn't have to happen in the united states. reporter: what is happening is change. the roger taney statue, depicting the supreme court outside removed from the maryland state house and put into storage. >> i was a bit sad to see it removed, yes. case, taney an 1857 issued a ruling upholding slavery, denying citizenship to anyone of african ancestry. the nephew says he believes his ancestor was a union supporter slaves he inherited. >> we do miss the opportunity for history to be a teaching certain events, to say let's not do this again. reporter: now political leaders of lee change the names highway and jefferson davis highway. >> as an african-american, it's reminder of something we do

crew is delicately poised of the heavy statue of supreme court justice roger taney top of it to base and onto a flatbed. a challenge for the crane because of the large trees, it is the secondr statue to come down --roger taney statue to come down this week, in 1857 he ruled against threats got, it was of, denying citizenship for african-americans. >> i do not think we should memorialize people that rose up in arms against the country. i also think that it is a slap in the face to african-americans. that is not right. >> the statues gone, they stood for a reason and they have a meaning. you cannot change that meaning. the past is the past and that is what built this country. hogan, who once defended the statute had a change of heart this week after charlottesville. it is being stored in an archive facility in maryland and costs $80,000 to have it removed. adrianna: we are expecting a statement from the charlottesville mayor on the statue of confederate general robert e lee. we will pass the statement to you. coming up next -- an exciting day at reagan national airport, the eve of nati

autria: we start in annapolis and the statue of roger taney coming down.ohn gonzalez is after a busy night at the statehouse. john: good morning. a busy night m.v.p. or. a statue vested here for 150 years on the ground that the house in annapolis, in fact, right in front of the main entrance of the state house has now been reduced -- well, look for yourself. now a box covering the stone base. crews are doing their best to a small group of spectators literally cheered when it was delicately hoisting the statue of supreme court justice base.taney off his payroll challenge to get into the area because of the large trees that surround the controversial statue. the second roger taney statue to come down this week along with three confederate statues removed yesterday in baltimore. it was back in 1857 that tony ruled against -- taney ruled against slave drives. -- dred scott. the governor had a change of heart and call for it to be removed. two days after a vote for it is now gone. it is stored now at in archives facility in maryland. it cost about $80,000 to ha

before that, they removed a statue of roger taney.ld not be considered citizens of united states. baltimore city council decided to remove the monuments and city's mayor said she would get it done quickly >>> i think there's blame both sides. you look a both sides and i have no doubt about it. >>> president trump coming under fire for remarks he made about the deadly riots in charlottesville. he equated the actions of the white nationalists group with the people protesting them. large crowds gathered outside trump tower tuesday. many people were already upset that he didn't condemn white supremacist groups in the immediate aftermath of the deadly violence in virginia. >>> texas controversial transgender bathroom bill died. a special legislative session abruptly. not the one they identify with the house speaker said there's no push to bring bill back during the next session. >> this will officially finish his prison sentence today, the former speaker of the house seed he was convicted in a hush money case. sexual abuse of young boys. h

i'm going to ask you to brief, and we'll spend more time there, who is roger taney. people look at the name and want to pronounce it tainey, but the pronunciation is taney, correct? >> taney is correct. he is a former slave holder, a marylander, statesman. he has held public office in the state of maryland. he was attorney general for the state of maryland, attorney general of the united states, and by the mid 1830s he is -- becomes chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. he is a colonizationist. that is someone he who advocates a former slave cannot leave peaceably in the united states and they should be removed voluntarily to places like liberia. he is a catholic living in the

annapolis, hilary lane wusa9. >> roger taney is an important figure in the nation's history. he was from calvert county, justice of the supreme court. taney served on the supreme court from 1836 until his death in 1864 before the end of the civil war. his ruling said that blacks whether they were slaves or free could never be u.s. citizens and he's also best known for authoring the majority opinion in the 1857 dred scott decision. some of you may be asking who is dred scott. he was unenslaved african and social activist who served several masters before suing for his freedom. he argued he was no long enslaved because he'd become free when he moved to the free state of illinois. in 1857 the supreme court ruled that scott and his family were not entitled to their freedom and could not be u.s. citizens. this story getting a lot of attention on our wusa9 facebook page. arch posted his response writing these statues were created for the purpose of cotimidating the people of the fact that racists still use them today for that very purpose proves they need to go. tom mitchell saying

crews removed a statue of roger taney. the supreme court justice responsible for the scott decision which said african-americans could not be citizens of the u.s. baltimore council decided monday to remove the monument, mayor pugh said she would get it done quickly and unannounced. >>> 5:46 is the time. as we take a live look outside. this shot is a lot more clear than the other shots. >> yes. >> hopefully things are getting better in some spots. commute people traffic, bad weather, bad news. >>> wage your way through the fog. >> hello, is that you? >> just make it tougher to get going. >> no rain, we traded the rain for the fog. you mentioned earlier, fauquier county going back today. fog at the bus stop. feels too early for back to school. >> caitlin >> no, no, it's not early enough >> it's not early enough. you're right. >> who are you talking to >> i vote for year around school. >> summer vacation. >> really. >> maryland school not going back till after labor day. >> i know. >> couple more weeks. >> couple more. >>> le

the roger taney statue was also removed this morning. there are two other confederate statues in the city. checking to see if those came down as well. >>> the man who organized saturday's white supremacist rally in charlottesville facing legal trouble, a $3 million lawsuit was filed against the organizer, jason kessler. the man accused of driving his car into counter protesters is also named in the suit. two women that filed the suit suspect james alex fields hit their car when he drove into the group. >>> and what everybody is talking about this morning, president trump's stunning news conference yesterday, the president doubling down o violence in charlottesville. and the president is getting a lot of criticism for what he said. >> lawmakers from both parties are stunned that the president was defiant in blaming two sides for the atmosphere that led to saturday's violence. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, how have people in the president's party reacted? >> reporter: it is a history making moment. this is the first time

arlington board making these changes just as confederate statutes across the country including the roger taneyl in annapolis are coming down. that taney statue removed from outside the maryland state house in annapolis to be put in storage. the 1857 case, taney, supreme court justice, ruled against dred scott, upholding denying citizenship to anyone of african ancestry. the arlington board hopes to convince virginia lawmakers to pass a bill permitting the name change or giving the county the authority to do so. >> and i think it has come to be a divisive reality. not that we want to eliminate history. it is to be learned from and embraced at some level but where and how? richard: there are no guarantees this will happen. state lawmakers meet in january and february. they will be the deciders on this. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from a descendent of roger taney his thoughts about all the changes. reporting live in arlington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. larry: high tensions over all things civil war is prompting manassas to cancel a tradition. the city says it will not hold its annual civil w

this is a statue of former supreme court justice, roger b. taney. the man who wrote the decision that kept slavery alive in america. maryland governor larry hogan now wants the statue gone. brad bell broke the story first and is live outside the state house in annapolis. brad? brad: this is the statue. it has stood here for many, many years since 1872. it's in a prominent location but it doesn't look like it will be here longer because today, governor hogan said now is the time to remove it. the statue has stood in this place of honor since 1872. but governor hogan said, "the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the history." and so, he said removing the statue should start immediately. >> goodbye. it should go. brad: ev lin johnson among those -- evelyn johnson among those visiting the state house applauding the decision. >> whatever you have at the state house should be indicative of the ideals of the people that it represents. >> it seems like a step in the right direction. >> as the fi

supreme court justice roger taney.only thing that's left is greenwood den box covering the marble pedestal. it stood here for 145 years. house, well, overnight, between 1:00 and 2:00 o'clock this morning, crews came in with a large crane and hoisting material and they lifted the statue off its pedestal, put it on a flatbed truck, you see it there on the flatbed truck as it left here around state circle, to be taken to a storage facility. we don't know what the long-term future is of the statue but for now it will be put in storage. there are maybe a couple of dozen people here in the middle of the night watching this as it went on. now this was precipitated by a vote of the state house trust which really has authority over the grounds here around the state house and indoors as well. and by e-mail vote on wednesday, the state house trust voted to remove the statue. now, mike miller who the senate president was the lone person on the four member trust who did not vote for it he wanted a public forum a referendum, if you

this state of roger taney statue was removed overnight. construction crews also removed the robert e. lee and "stonewall" jackson monument at wyman park dell. the statues had become a flashpoint for criticism. baltimore mayor catherine pugh is promising to remove two additional confederate statues. it's unclear when they will come down. we have a crew on the way to baltimore, and will have a live update at the top of the hour. dense fog advisory for the entire area through 9am - foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid - pm storms thursday and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. patchy thursday: partly sunny. scattered pm thunderstorms. highs: 85-88 winds: s 5 mph winds: s 5 mph back to our big fallout after the violence in charlottesville. later this morning, a memorial service will be held for heather hyer, the woman killed in a car a

for people who know what justice roger taney did in the supreme court and the statute in front of the house is offensive and hurtful. that's what it was for joe lean, who in 2007 was a freshman delegate in prince georges county, thought to have it removed. >> i got a lot of push back from people and leadership who kept trying to tell me about history and how we couldn't erase history. i believe removing the statute from the state house grounds is the right thing to do. we will ask the state house trust to take back action immediately. >> reporter: in his statement the governor also said the time has come and during this chapter's history. it's the same sentiment. and violence and further divide our nation. it's too soon to say what removing taney statute will mean, for activists who wanted to see it gone, they're ready to move forward. >> who we choose to honor, it really says a lot about has never happened before. they've never removed a statute. what that process is going to look like. whether there's going to be an official vote and how long it's going to take, they'll have to figu

roger b. taney was the fifth chief justice of the united states. dred scott was a slave who sued for his freedom and they became tied together in history in ruled in dred scott's case saying african-american could not be considered citizens of the united states. ever since then the statue has been controversial since it went up in 1872. but never more so than now. >> it shouldn't be in a place of honor. it belongs in a museum. not the state house lawn. >> activists murray launched a petition drive to remove the statue on sunday. now it has nearly 800 signatures. yesterday another boost when they offered the quote, 100% support of social media. >> i don't want to erase history but we should put it in a museum for people to come. just like we read about the ku klux klan and the other people, read about that. it's history. >> others aren't s >> to some people this man was evil. he did other things. he treated them other ways. >> so now we are on the other side of the statue. this is a placard put up explaining dred scott's life and what the decision m

. >>> statue of supreme court justice roger taney was brought down in annapolis.said his legacy could not be honored. 18 >> unfortunately that was decision i think that was might andn't i think it's a reminder of terrible situation. >> i'm wick with ed happy to see this happening and it's way too late. we have to get over our differences and fix this country. >> i'm really glad to see it gone very plan pi. there's no place to be here this is supposedly so-called free state and dread scott decision was exactly opposite that. >> well put. >> while robert eerks lee statute could be coming down -- the city's mayor aremoval of the chapter before i pat the mayor is talking about about emergency session to change the law and allow the city confederate monuments and making everyone realize how there was even flying the confederate flag. six flags has removed markings one was -- park initially wanted to continue to be display the fog and had a khaips of heart. park representatives issued a statement in part we always choose to folk uing on celebration that unit us versus t

where it stood since 1872 and statue was of roger b.b. taney. he wrod the dread scott decision that upheld slavery and denied african americans citizenship in the united in light of what happened in charlottesville over the weekend rather than -- called for removal of the statue and state house trust on wednesday voted by email four members of the trust, three of them v voting to have this removed. mike miller senate president was the one that did not vote in favor of removing statue right away. he wanted to have more of a public referendum. it's gone in middle of night following what they did in city of baltimore earlier this week removing roger tawny statue there and three other confederate statutes and this was kind of under radar regionally until this week. and now the statue which had a prominent place at the maryland state house is gone guys >> bob thanks very much. bob will stay out in anna annapolis. mayor of of charlottesville, virginia will make ann announcement of the robert e. lee statu a national debate of whether to reprevb over ca

the roger taney monument also stripped away during the night. a lot of people saw this happening overnight and were there taking photos and were actually pretty happy about it. take a listen. >> a teachable moment and it's a -- a time for other people to be up on a pedestal. >> it celebrating the worst part of our history -- celebrates the worst part of history and presents it as something worth honoring. that was actually twisting the truth. >> reporter: about that last person you just heard from. he is actually the one that organized this statue right here. his friend actually made it. it was originally put up two years ago as a type of resistance against this statue here, then on sunday they brought it back and it still sits here, we don't know how long the city is going to let this city here. but -- stay here. but many people also were not happy about this. look at that right here, somebody wrote are we helping? on the side of it. it was a young woman who said she wasn history. so she said she was very concerned on our facebook. you'll see a

this state of roger taney statue was removed overnight.d the robert e. lee and "stonewall" jackson monument at wyman park dell. the statues had become a flashpoint for criticism. baltimore mayor catherine pugh is promising to remove two additional confederate statues. it's unclear when they will come down. we have a crew on the way to baltimore, and will have a live update at the top of the hour. dense fog advisory for the entire area through 9am - foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid - pm storms thursday and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. patchy

the roger b taney statue in the mount vernon area is now gone.. and in wyman park, the lee-jackson monument, also removed. mayor catherine pugh is overseeing the operation, but so far she hasn't made any remarks. our suzanne kennedy is heading to baltimore right now. she'll have more in a live report at 5:30. and also breaking now in alabama... a confederate monument - covered up. overnight - officials in birmingham, boxing up the statue with plywood, amid chants from protesters. the city says this is temporary as it explores legal options for the statue's removal. . news conference unlike any other in history. 24 hours after condemning neo nazis, white supremacisits and the k-k-k - president trump, now defending some of those protesters who descended on charlottesville this weekend. the new comments, drawing fast and fierce responders from lawmakers.. and even stunning white house officials. we want to hear your reaction this morning - go to wjla.com slash vote-now -- and watch live results on your screen. let's go now to our sam sweeney live in

workers carted away a statue of supreme court chief justice roger taney from the grounds of the statehouse in annapolis. taney was the author of the dred scott decision that upheld slavery and ruled that black people could never be citizens. >>> three organizations have pulled events from president trump's mar-a-lago club in florida after his response to charlottesville. the american cancer society cited its commitment to diversity as the motive for dropping its plans. the cleveland clinic also says it will now change venues. >>> overnight financial markets are down, and the barcelona attack was just one of the reasons. they were following the u.s. markets, which is coming off its second worst day this year. experts say investors worldwide are worried about the problems in the trump administration. >>> let's take a break now from that and take a look at your weather. well, one of the tropical storm systems in the atlantic ocean could be one of concern to the u.s. the weather forecasting models do show that it could reach the southeastern coast by sometime late next week. you see it there.

. >> police are protecting the court roger taney. the maryland state house trust voted to remove it from the grounds where it has sat the past 140 years. retired lawyer voted to remove the statute because of the decision taney authored in the scott case. >> it was absolutely racist. and it might have been par for the course at the time, but did not -- >> mr. edison says the maryland decision became urgent after seeing the violence in charlottesville over the statute of confederate general robert e. lee. history professor who teaches at american university believes that all confederate statutes should be taken down but not destroyed. >> i do think there should be an effort made to put these statutes in a museum typesetting where people can come this point and why we're felt the need, the come pugs at this point to take them down. >> if other people feel like they need to come down, i like the idea of them being put into context. >> there are more than 700 statutes honoring confederate soldiers throughout the united states, some people

the roger taney statue and video from this morning, we watched crews use cranes to remove robert e. lee and stonewall jackson monument from the park near johns hopkins. since then, we've learned the confederate women's monument in bishop square park was also gone before sunrise. and we take a live look at wyman this is where the statue once stood. in the last few hours, it was taken down. justin finch is there and has more on what happened in charlottesville played into the quick decision to remove these statues. >> saw the pedestal littered with graffiti at the time the statue was taken down. thank you. >>> that statue of taney taken down in baltimore is a replica of one at state capitol grounds. >> there's a call to remove that in annapolis. larry hogan and others calling for its removal. in a statement, hogan said the time has come to make a difference between acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history. >>> it is 6:35. in other top stories. two people dead in a murder suicide. police are trying to find out what led up to the shooting late last night

breaking news from overnight the statue of former supreme court chiefioustis roger taney has been removed in annapolis. tawny broke the scott decision that said african americans could not be citizens. this comes after governor hogan asked for it to be removed. >> a crowd of people. overnight a third suspect was arrested. meanwhile police say in spanish city of cambrils they are investigating a second attack there. police shot and killed five suspects they say hit pedestrian with a car. six were wounded in that attack. >>> 5:46 it the time now. i was waiting on music for you caitlin roth. >> after your rap the last eggment. >> i don't know that was a rap i don't know what it was. there was no rhyme or reason for any of that. >> you never lie♪ >> oh, wait there's the music. ♪ ♪ >> final five song? >> kind of sound like it. >> no. >> song we play for jim lokay show sounded like at night. why not it's in the rotation. >> upbeat, getting us going on this friday, right? >> it's friday. we have been in a pattern of so many rainy fridays. we have a lot of rainy days. >> aug as summers go. >> def

also roger taney monument was also removed from its pedestal. the city council pointing to events in charlottesville, what happened there this weekend. a resolution this week to call for immediate removal of the monument. looks like they're working fast. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. that statue taken down in baltimore is a replica of the one at state capitol grounds. now the maryland governor larry hogan is calling for the original statue of taney to be removed. in a statement, the time has come to make a difference between marking our past and glorifying our history. >>> it started after they discussed removing statue of robert e. lee. we are hearing from one of lee's descendants that lives in the area. robert e. lee iv is 92. says his great grandfather would be ashamed at the violence that erupted over his statue. >> in my opinion, never would have been on the side of terrible people that started the riot or klu klux klan. we don't need people like that in this country. >> after the civil war, general lee taught in what became washin

sits outside the maryland statehouse, workers removed the statue of form r supreme court justice roger taneyer midnight. activists fault for years to remove the 145-year-old statue saying his legacy should not be honored. in 1857, justice taney wrote the fame dread scott decision which upheld slavery and denied african-americans u.s. citizens ship, they s hurtful and wrong >> unfortunately that was a decision things like this was very detrimental to our country. i approve of the removal of the statue. i just think it's a reminder of a terrible situation. >> i'm happy to see this happening. it's way too late. we ought to get over our differences, fix this country. >> i'm glad to see it gone. very happy. there's been no place to be here. this is supposedly so-called free state. and the dread scott decision was directly opposite that. >> many politicians including governor larry hogan defended the memorial saying it was an important piece of maryland history. hogan changed his position after what happened in charlottesville and pushed for the statue's removal. >>> to the district, where some pe

>> reporter: the confederate women's memorial also gone, a statue of the supreme court justice roger taney now gone as well. monuments that some regard as symbols of strength also seen by others as something hurtful, especially in the wake of the violence in charlottesville. >> and if anybody who thinks that these things are just sort of innocuous historical symbols, i think you need to ask yourself, why is it, then, that neo-nazis find them so important. >> reporter: for those here who have been coming out to these monuments today have been saying that their hearts really go out to those in charlottesville and the violence that was visited upon them there over the weekend. they're also saying, too, they're wondering what's next for those now-removed monuments. we are told they will be stored until it's decided what to do with them and go. we are live here in baltimore. i'm justin finch, news4. back in to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. >>> we're following breaking news this morning. two people are dead after a suspected murder/suicide at a retirement community. prince george's co

was the first, by the way, maryland supreme court justice and the only supreme court justice for, roger taney wrote that african-americans were not citizens did not have rights and therefore had no constitutional rights under the law and no right to sue. a statute in his honor was erected in 1872 here, again, in front of the maryland state house. here now from former maryland delegate and chair of the prince georges county delegation, joe lean ivy who have fought since 2007 to see this statute come down. >> tar voted to put that statute up and they said that it was going to affirm what he had done as a supreme court justice. now, this was a controversial decision even back then, not everybody was on board even back then. >> this statute belongs in a museum, not in a place of honor on the lawn. there's a very significant difference between putting something in the history where it can be explained and putting in a place where it sends an implicit message that this is someone that we as a state hon thorough. >> reporter: the last person you heard from there is pat murray. he started a petition

a confederate statue of slavery defender roger taney doesn't ride off into the sunset....but rather isaway in the early morning hours on a flatbed truck.mayor catherine pugh/d-baltimore"any city that has confederate statues are concerned about violence occurring in their city."baltimore removed all four of its confederate statues wednesday.other cities, including gainesville, florida and new york also removed confederate items over the past few days.but now this is going further than statues and plaques.adam bazaldua/parent"this is an opportunity to show our younger generation the difference in right and wrong." a dallas school district wants to change the names of five of its schools named after confederate officials.they are named after: robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, sidney lanier, albert sidney johnston and john reagan.oklahoma city officials are thinking likewise.aurora lora/superintendent, oklahoma city public schools"what we want to do is find out if the communities have interest in going forward with the name change."and the charlottesvill e city council, in virginia, recent

did is erect a statue right next to taney of thurgood marshall who joined the supreme court that roger taneydespoiled by giving that horrendous decision, so there is a way to have responding statutes. in richmond, the statues of lee -- >> i keep thinking of monument avenue. totally. >> where does it end now? with arthur ashe in monument avenue. that was the reply to the -- by the way, that's a real issue because monument avenue statues are great works of art, unlike some of the others that we're talking about. what do you to? do you contextualize it. >> i keep thinking about richmond. that's a great point. i was also read where some of the cities where the stactues ae coming down are going to confederate cemeteries. >> and the artistic problem with that is they are created to be seen from 70 feet below. if they're in your face, they're going to look like cartoons but maybe better than destroying them. >> that's why i wanted to talk, originally, the mayor of richmond, we'll follow up. harold, thank you so much, and al, thank you as well on that. >>> coming up on cnn, some new yorkers say the

that's the same sentiment that led activist group "our maryland" to start a campaign to remove the roger taneyrrent location. taney was a prominent defender of slavery.patrick murray/activist "it just shouldn't be in a place of honor like this. it belongs in a museum, not on the state house lawn."and houston mayor sylvester turner is also considering removing his city's confederate statues. mayor sylvester turnerd-houston "history has its good, history has its bad, but i do think it's important for us to review our inventory and then to make the most appropriate decision."but some say removing these items won't change attitudes in the country.bernard adams/georgia resident"it's history. that's all it is. if we talk about racism, racism isn't a symbol, it's a person."gov. doug ducey/r-arizona"i don't think we should try to hide our history, i think we ought to try to teach it and make people understand we've overcome a lot of mistakes." i'm john lorinc reporting. ( darya ) happening today... as kids head back to school the city of petaluma is making sure they make it to class safe with an empha

overnight, baltimore quietly took down four confederate monuments including a statue to chief justice roger taney wrote the dread scott decision that found that slaves were not citizens and therefore were not protected under the constitution. joining me to talk about all of this is nbc news correspondent senior correspondent tom brokaw and john meacham, also an msnbc contributor in nashville, tennessee. tom, to you in montana, been wanting to hear from you and to hear your thought s about what we're going through here in america. >> well, andrea, my 50 years as a reporter, more than 50 years, race has been a prominent part of all of that. when i was a younger man, i thought we would have resolved those issues by now. this past weekend was another great demonstration, extraordinarily unsettling, about how in many ways we have gone retro, we have gone back to a more divided country in some ways. when you have groups like the kkk and the various hate organizations that can organize themselves and get as many people as they did to march in charlottesville, and to utter loudly anti-semitic remarks as

supreme court chief justice roger taney from the state house grounds.1857, he authored the "dred scott" decision that upheld slavery. the c.e.o. of 21st century fox, james murdoch, today criticized president trump's comments on charlottesville. in an email to friends, he said: "standing up to nazis is essential; there are no good nazis." he also pledged $1 million for the anti-defamation league. murdoch's company is parent to fox news channel. president trump convened his national security team today, to focus on a new strategy in afghanistan. mr. trump flew from bedminster, new jersey to hagerstown, maryland, and traveled to camp david for the afternoon gathering. and, the pentagon announced joint military exercises with south korea will begin monday, amid sharply higher tensions with north korea. in sierra leone, authorities now say the toll from monday's mudslide disaster is approaching 450 dead. flooding that triggered the slide continues, after heavy rain. meanwhile, survivors are burying the victims in hurriedly dug mass graves, and they're strugg

the chief justice of the united states supreme court, roger brook taney. appointed to the supreme court by andrew jackson. taney had been a faithful jacksonian servant as secretary of the treasury. in fact, when jackson made his war upon the bank of the united states, the hatchet man, so to speak, was roger brook taney. jackson appoints taney to the supreme court to succeed the famous john marshall. for more than 20 years, taney had been chief justice of the united states supreme court. it is to taney court that the dred scott case comes, is argued and heard and on march 6th, 1857, a decision is handed down. it's a clear-cut majority decision, 7-2, and the opinion in this case is written by taney, himself. what does he say? he says, basically, two things. "dred scott must stay a slave because he has no standing to sue in federal court. it's a question of jurisdiction. this is a technicality. it's an important technicality. taney writes "the question before us is whether the class of person described in the plea and abatement compose a portion of his people

this is video of the roger-b- taney monumnet being removed. three other confederate statues were removed throughout the city. the mayor of baltimore stood by and watched as workers removed the statues. ( darya ) a tree trimmer is in critical condition this morning after nearly falling into a wood chipper in napa. jeremy booth was injured yesterday. witnesses tell kron four he was a part of a three man crew taking a tree down. they were using ropes to take the high branches down. booth was in charge of putting those branches into the woodchipper. at one point, he got tangled in a rope that went into the woodchipper. the crew got the woodchipper to turn off but the rope had been around his neck and he lost oxygen. booth is in his early twenties and has young children. (mark) in mariposa county... crews are continuing to battle a blaze near yosemite. the south fork fire has burned 17 hundred acres. right now there is zero containment. firefigthers have told people in the area to be ready to evacuate. park rangers are worried the fire could grow i

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overnight crews hauled away the statue of former supreme court steve justice roger taney who wrote thead scott decision which approved slavery and said african-americans could not be citizens this comes a mid a national debate on whether or not to take down confederate monuments. after the violence in particle lots sparked protests across the country several cities removed their confederate statuing many people in annapolis are happy that maryland has done the same. >> earlier this week, baltimore -- >> unfortunately that was a decision that i think was very detrimental to our country. so i approve of the removal of the statue. terrible situation. >> i'm wick happy to see this happening. um, it's wait too late. we got to get over our differences. we got to fix this country. >> i'm really glad to see it gone. very happy. there's no place to be here. this is supposedly the so-called free state and the dread scott decision was exactly opposite that. so glad to see the gone. >> now earlier this week baltimore leaders also had four couldn't federal monuments removed from the city. >> today

a confederate statue of slavery defender roger taney doesn't ride off into the sunset....but rather istaken away in the early morning hours on a flatbed truck.mayor catherine pugh/d-baltimore"any city that has confederate statues are concerned about violence occurring in their city."baltimore removed all four of its confederate statues wednesday.other cities, including gainesville, florida and new york also removed confederate items over the past few days.but now this is going further than statues and plaques.adam bazaldua/parent"this is an opportunity to show our younger generation the difference in right and wrong." a dallas school district wants to change the names of five of its schools named after confederate officials.they are named after: robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, sidney lanier, albert sidney johnston and john reagan.oklahoma city officials are thinking likewise.aurora lora/superintendent, oklahoma city public schools"what we want to do is find out if the communities have interest in going forward with the name change."and the charlottesvill e city council, in virginia,

nancy: this just in, the roger b. taney statue outside the state house in annapolis could be removed. he is the late u.s. supreme court justice who authored the 1857 dred scott decision upholding slavery and denying citizenship to black people. governor hogan said he is asking the statehouse trust to remove the statue and the push to remove it has grown stronger over the years especially now following violence in charlottesville. michelle: the surge of heavy rain in washington turned a river. they did their best to maneuver the strong current. stephen tschida has more from those caught in the downpour. this was rough. stephen: michelle, we are at connecticut and nebraska avenues. both head downhill. check out what happens across the intersection. nebraska avenue drops off steeply today after the heavy rain. it looked like a water fall. it came hard, fast and in an instant overwhelmed drainage system and flooded nebraska avenue. >> it was a little scary. drivers on connecticut avenue and nebraska avenue suddenly surrounded b

the roger b. taney station in mount vernon place also taken down overnight.licitly a confederate monument he is well known for advancing slavery in the u.s. and the 100-year-old confe blank pedestal. the baltimore residents woke to a new feel in their city. >> i felt like it should have been done a long time ago because of what it represents. i'm happy for that. >> there is often time a feel of disappointment and kind of just sadness with the way things are in the country. there are the glimmer of hope. that means that, you know, change is happening. >> baltimore's mayor supervised removal of the monument. no word what will happen to them. in baltimore, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. michelle: "the hill" is reporting that they are renewing calls to remove confederate symbols from the capitol where statues of jefferson davis and alexander hamilton stephens remain. they were president and vice president of the confederacy. there are several more statues memorializing members of the confederacy there. the group is not working on lee boyd malvo the convicted sniper

three so far confederate statues have been removed overnight in baltimore, including the statue of roger b taney and the confederate women of maryland statue. comes days after the violence in charlottesville. the commission decided to go ahead and remove the statues, they did it in the middle of the night probably to keep away the crowds. the decision originally decided back in january of 2016. now, as you can see, a lot of people that have left messages here are in support of the removal of the statue but we spoke to one woman out here earlier this morning, she put a little memorial up here and she says she came out here to mourn the removal statue sculptured by a woman and one of the first in baltimore sculptured by a woman put up >> i'm mourning the art. and the documentation that we lost. because it was an accurate piece of history. you know, it was accurate. >> reporter: again, three confederate statues so far removed in baltimore, overnight. in the middle of the night. in the dark. unclear where those statues are headed next. live in baltimore, angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> meanw

statues in the city of baltimore have been removed overnight in the cover of darkness, the first was roger taney supreme court justice, taken down and stone what will and lee were taken down around 4:00, the confederate woman of maryland statue came down before the sun came up and the fourth statue to come confederate soldiers and sailors monument. the decision to do this was by city to immediately remove these confederate statues after the violence that happened in charlottesville over the weekend. and so far, things out here have been quiet, but even in that video of the statues being removed, you hear cheering and clapping by bystanders as the statues were lifted off. unclear is if there are any events or protests planned after the removal of these statues overnight. we have heard people driving by some people yelling out things like good. other people showing their anger towards the city's decision to remove these statues, especially in the cover of darkness overnight when not a lot of people expected it. unclear at this point where these statues are going. however, the city did vote to imme

the statue of former supreme court justice roger b. taneyd at the maryland state house on wednesday but the state house trust board voted to dismantle it. taney is a former chief justice who defended slavery. the statue 145 years old. >>> a fifth grader with a mind for business. what he's hoping to do with the money he made selling bracelets. >>> you want to see one of the hottest shows ever? hamilton is touring. but you'll need to gather up some jacksons, grants and franklins if you want to see it. see what i did there, scott. >> i sure did. chris, ultimate doppler right now, it is lit up. we're lookin looking looking aty rainfall, also severe weather. but what about the weekend? details next. from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter whe