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 t

so what is taney saying here? there is now no restraint, not even the restraint of popular sovereignty, on taking slaves into the territories. ian wants to take his slave with him into kansas. everyone else in kansas might r reprebate what ian is doing. legally speaking, as a citizen, in a u.s. territory, nobody can take that away from him any more than they can take away his pig, his goat, his cat. taney just blew popular sovereignty to pieces. and, in fact, with it he blew the entire notion of congressional control over the territories to pieces. there is now no restraint on the expansion of slavery in the territories. now, if you thought -- if zachary, if you thought back in 1854 that the kansas/nebraska act was a problem because it provided the possibility of legalizing slavery in some of the territories, if you thought that was a problem, look at the migraine headache you have now. kansas/nebraska was a sniffle compared to the dred scott decision. you all see the logic of this? yes. yes, indeed. and nobody, n

>> 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

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 d

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

lee and stonewall jackson monument and taney monument were taken down. we are working to get more information. we will have an update here and on the nbc washington app. >>> president trump faces new backlash for his response to the >> we want to show you a portion from each of his recent comments to give you an idea how his tone has changed over some days. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> what about the alt-left that came charging at the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt? let me ask you this, what about the fact they came charging, that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs. do they have any problem? i think they do. >> of course, we are seeing a lot of reaction to preside trump's comments on charlottesville, here and acros

taney statue stood right here on this pedestal for 145 years, and overnight by 2 a.m. that statue was removed. there were people in this area including local lawmakers who had been working for over a decade to have this statue taken down. no word yet on where it will be housed. i want to show you some video that we took overnight of the statue being removed. trucks came in, a big crane took the statue down and then trucked it out of the area. it took a few hours, and the scene was really peaceful. there were a few people that came out with their cameras literally to to watch the statue come down. a very quiet and stark contrast to other areas around the country where there were protests, where there was violence around similar situations where other confederate statues have come down. there's one local delegate who says she was very emotional seeing this statue come down. >> i started working on getting rid of this statue in 2007, so it's been a decade-long quest. i am so happy to be here tonight to see it happening. >> history hasn't changed. it's still there. i have

taney removed in march. it was in front of city hall. it was moved to a nearby cemetery with the is that chew of the maryland first governor and slave owner thomas johnson. michelle: moment of defiance in durham, north carolina. the protesters there tearing down confederate memorial statue outside the courthouse. now, though, criminal charges, prosecutors are charging the woman seen climbing a ladder to help topple the statue with vandalism. charges against other protesters are possible. at this hour, the national park service is working to clean a national treasure. earlier this morning someone and havized the lincoln memorial -- and havized the lincoln memorial. it had -- vandalized the lincoln memorial. it's the third time vandals struck the memorial. alison: take a good look now. fairfax county police want you to see this. this is the sketch of a guy they believe grabbed a 5-year-old girl on sunday and sexually salted her. the child disappeared from a playground in alexandria and was returned a short time later. family what happened.

removed a statue of robert taney. the supreme court justice responsible for the dread scott decision who said african-americans could not be considered citizens. baltimore city council decided monday to remove the monuments and the city's mayor said she unannounced. >> i think there's blame both sides. you look at. you look at both sides. of i believe there's blame on both sides. of and i have no doubt about it. >> president trump coming under fire for remarks he made about the deadly riots in charlottesville. critics believe he related the reactions. large crowds gather on trump tower on tuesday. >>> the texas controversial transgender bathroom bill died. a special legislative session ended abruptly without lawmakers taking action on the bill. the bill called for people to use the bathroom associated with gender at birth and not the one they identify with. the text house speaker say bill back during the next he - session. >>> has ert will finish the prison sentence after serving a year in prison. hassert was convicte

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

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

that taney statue removed from outside the maryland state house in annapolis to be put in storage.7 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 war weekend this year. it was supposed to be next weekend coinciding with the 155th anniversary of the second battle of bull run. next at 5

in fact a panel just voted to remove the robert taney statue.e of the violence in charlottesville that began as a protest of the removal of a statue of robert e. lee and ended with one dead and several hurt. members of the congressional black caucus are supporting senator booker's plan to introduce this legislation. no clue when that will be. however, critics including the president say removal of these statues would be changing history. live at the capitol, anjali hemphill fox5 local news. >> anjali, thank you. 4:49 is the time. we're t turning could a fox5 inclusive. fire officials investigating a d.c. firehouse after we showed pictures of dirty and rundown conditions. fox5 received those pictures of engine company 27 in an e-mail from a concerned citizen. they showed things like trash bags over windows used to keep the heat in in the win tiles, flooded storm drains and rodent problems. the d.c. fire union president and department officials say this was the first they've heard about it. the fire department says it will immediately review condi

taney himself. look at this. this afternoon after the governor put the decision, someone printed up framed and put this sign out here. now we have more on this story coming up at 6:00. at the statehouse, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. we should tell you there is just one statue of a confederate officer in the district. protesters descended on the monument. it's general albert pike in northwest. today the d.c. councilman tweeted once the council is back in session he will introduce resolution that statue removed. >> the city of alexandria is can silling the public -- canceling the public hearing to rename jefferson davis highway to give people time to take part in a survey to identify new names of the road. public hearings will be held on september 25. october 5. you can get to the poll through a link at wjla.com. alison: 7 is on storm watch after a rainy morning across the area. it caught flash flooding in northwest d.c. that was the scene along nebraska avenue. look at this. so check in with

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

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

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

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

taney wrote that. today governor larry hogan said we can't hide from our history, but we should not glorify the dark chapters. >>> a statue of the confederate soldier stands outside the old loudoun county courthouse in leesburg. a pro confederate group planned after seeing what's happened in charlottesville they've now canceled that rally and by the way, the naacp wants that statue moved to a nearby confederate cemetery. >>> what will protests of white supremists look like. in virginia a team will review the process for issuing rally permits, but a charlottesville attorney said everyone should be able to have their say peacefully, even a possible terrorist group. here's stephanie ramirez. >> reporter: the keyword is peaceful. as long as you follow the law and are peaceful, the rutherford institute president said it's your first amendment write. >> james madison who wrote the first amendment said this very clearly, to protect the minority against the majority. >> reporter: he said whether you agree with

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. we're at the beginning of the most active hurricane period and could translate into thunderstorms as well for all of

and taney's words are deeply unsetting. at the time there was a dissent in that case that redeemed the court to some degree. taney viewed it as a state's rights issue as did obviously virtually all the other justices on the court. he himself freed his slaves and gave pensions to the slaves that he inherited. that doesn't mean he wasn't a racist. he did not join the south. he stayed with the north during the cival war. he was viewed by abraham lincoln as one of his opponents. all that creates this mix of history that is not easily divided between heros and villains. this statue was there for 150 years. kids could learn more by going to the statue and saying this is someone that wrote something that was terribly wrong. >> martha: learn from the mistakes of the past and the complicated history that brought us to where we are today. jonathan turley, thanks very much. in the wake of charlottesville, a united nations panel is branding the whole united states as a place where people need to be very concerned that this is a racist

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

annapolis, baltimore, taking down the statues, including one of robert taney that wrote the dreadfuldred scott decision. a few years ago, what the people of annapolis did is erect a statue right next to taney of thurgood marshall who joined the supreme court that roger taney despoiled 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 w

in philadelphia taney street and taney field are named after him. several petitions are circulating to rename all of them. >>> malcolm jenkins says he will continue to protest the national anthem. this was last night. it was eagles home opener. jenkins began making the gesture to demonstrate against the deadly police shooting of unarmed black men. he and his teammates criticized trump for the racist violence. long is from charlottesville. he did not hold up his fist during the anthem but he did put his arm around jenkins. >> i'm saying i'm here. i support his right to protest and people fighting for equality. >> low income and community of color have different interaction with the system than that of our counter part. you know, in the light of everything that's happening, just continuing that conversation. >> he has openly supported colin kaepernick who protested by kneeling instead of standing. >>> a dreary day. the temperatures have been climbing in philadelphia. they are rising faster at the shore. this is where we are seeing breaks at the shore.

. >> 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

a self inflicted wound. >> the decision has not yet been made whether totr relocate taney's statute. similar decisions have to be made. history professor teaches at the university says they should all be put in museums. >> they led to the rising statutes. i think that's the most important. >> i asked people in our area, what they think should be done with the confederate statutes that are taken down. >> would you like to see them put in the museum. >> i'd like to see put someone public, you know, here we're come full circle. they should be out there they stand for something. what's important is the dialogue for what they stand for, people could be educated on what they stand for. >> there are more than 700 statutes honoring confederate soldiers. some people say that taking them all down would be like erasing history. chris gordon, news 4. >> i'm arlington, virginia, i'm on a roof top bar. i promise you this is a legitimate story. it's finding the best places to look up and looking up at the sky and seeing the solar eclipse come in. we'll take you around northern virginia and show you

there should be no space for gee justice taney on the capitol grounds. or my child goes to visit the state capitol and walk out the side door, the door you walk outing to downtown and she see the face of a man who said what signal does that stepped about the future of our state? these statues were not there to define the past. these statue there is put to define the future. that's why there's no place for them. >> argument certainly continues. i know there are people who argue on either side. but you are calling for it to. today. governor hogan doesn't think it's a real issue. let's see how this plays out. thank you for joining us and your insight not what's happening in maryland but in charlottesville as well. thank you. >> ben jealous this morning. i'll send it back to you guys on the couch. >> thank you very much. let's talk about weather, shall we. >> let's let tucker barnes do it. >> tuck, good morning. >> he's the professional after all. >> that's right. i like to think so. 77 in washington. here the deal with today. got more in the way of cloudine

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

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

they decided the statue of taney needed to be removed from the state house. i was done.hen miller wrote a letter to talk about the full history of taney and said he didn't like the way the decision was made to remove the statue. there will be a rally and march down metropolitan avenue. led by jesse jackson, martin luther king iii, the reverend al sharpton. i talked to mr. king. i said what would his father think about recent developments. >> i believe he would be saying america is better than this. better than the behavior for the last few weeks or seven >> he is unhappy with the developments. when we come back at 5:00 we tell you more about this group. we will have a response from the senate president. brad bell >>> abc7 news. jonathan: since friday we are keeping an eye on harvey. friday night was category four storm that blew ashore. it parked over texas and it will continue to drop a ton of rain. some of the numbers coming in now. 40 to 50 inches of rain in some areas. right now we are looking at the live pictures from spring, texas. this is from a storm chaser down

maryland senate president mike miller isn't happy with how larry hogan went about removing a statue of taney from statehouse grounds. in a letter he said the decision should have been made in public and the members of the general assembly should have had a chance to way in on the decision. he wrote the 1857 dred scott decision that upheld the violence in charlottesville has a priest with the diocese of arlington reflecting on the past. he was one of member of the k.k.k. >> this is a quiet enclave of worship. >> just accept it for what it is. ask for the forgiveness. >> members are shaken by the news that a priest for 25 years admits he's a member of the k.k.k. >> he should keep staying as a pasture. that is in the past. everyone needs forgiveness and a second chance. >> he says he was a k.k.k. member 40 years ago ped sehe he thinks back to the burning crosses. >> if he doesn't act on them, that is fine. >> the father says a terrible current event triggered memories and says the images from charlottesville brought back the memories of a bleak period in my life i would prefer to forget. the re

maryland governor, larry hogan, joining the growing crowd to call for the removal for the justice taney statute. he was chief justice in 19th century and called african-americans inferior and not worthy of u.s. citizenship. 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. tracee wilkins is in annapolis right now, she will have new 6:30. >>> controversy over confederate symbols begin to symbol after that deadly mass shooting inside a church in charleston, south carolina two years ago. it's too early to know whether the deadly violence in charlottesville might be a turning point. there's renewed pressure to remove monuments from public property. last night activists toppled a monument to confederate soldiers during protest in response to the violence in virginia. >>> now, we've asked you whether you think confederate statutes should be removed from public spaces. most of you say they should go in a museum, but many also say the statutes should not be removed. tell us what you think in the n

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

he started a petition this weekend after what happened in charlottesville calling again for the taney statute to come down. he told us in that second interview shortly after that one that he believes the governor's decision is coming a bit late, that he wished the governor would have made this decision much sooner. he tho nonetheless, the governor is saying two days after an online petition was started that he, too, believes it's time for the statute to come down and he wants to see it done immediately. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >>> charlottesville is preparing for the memorial service tomorrow in honor of the young woman who died on saturday and on the downtown mall, businesses are working now to send a message of unity. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from where the service will take place, julie. >> hi, pat, this is paramount theater, it is the place that they've decided to hold the memorial, hundreds are expected to gather here and the family has asked that the mourners wear purple. up today you can see several messages that convey

. >>> 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

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taney statue at the statehouse in annapolis.nside the capitol building here h-the statues that are coming under fire include jefferson davis robert e. lee and alexander hamilton stevenson. however there are also statues of our founding fathers like thomas jefferson and george washington who were both known slave owners. that has the president and critics questioning where the li remove all of these confederate statues. this, of course, as you said, comes in the wake of the violence in charlottesville. it all began as a protest to tear down the statue of robert e. lee and it ended with one person dead. members of the congressional black caucus are supporting senator cory booker's plans but critics including the president say removal of these monuments is changing history. live at the capitol building, anjali hemphill, fox5 local news. >> all right, thank you very much for that report. 5:05 is the time right now. and happening today in seat pleasant it's kevin durant day. prince george's county native and nba champion kevin durant

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the robert taney station in mount vernon also taken down overnight, while not complicitly a federal monumentwn for his decision advancing slavery in the u.s. and the 100-year-old confederate women's monument sits now as just a blank pedestal. baltimore residents woke to a new look in their city. >> i feel it should have been done a long time ago because of what it represents. so i'm happy for that. >> there's oftentimes a feel of just disappointment and kind of just sadness with the way things are in our country. but then there's these glimmers of hope that means that, you know, change is happening. suzanne: baltimore's mayor supervised the removal of these monuments and no word yet what will happen to them. adrianna: breaking news at this hour. abc 7 learned there is a fire at the smithsonian castle located on the national mall. we're told the fire is on the third floor and the sprinkler system did go off. this is all we know at this point but we have a crew on the way and we'll bring you more information as we get it. also right now, the search is on for a army blackhawk helicopter that we

i think his name was taney. i think that was appropriate in this case.t is important to point the confederate move in context. you are actually talking about, at the very least you are talking about a traitorous project. the confederacy actually was at war with the united states. they were traitors. then when you layer in the white supremacy, they left the nation because of slavery. if you look at all the secession documents, the vast majority of the secession documents, they refer to slavery either explicitly or refer to it implicitly. for those reasons, i would make a clear distinction between removing confederate statues on the one hand and then statues of washington or jefferson on the other. there are people who have different opinions than i do here. host: do you think as far as taking down statues, is this a short-term trend of the political moment, or does this have long-term effects? guest: i think this will have long-term effects. i think once people realize that something like this can happen, so to give another example, there was a park i use

this is video of the roger-b- taney monumnet being removed.erate statues were removed throughout the city. the mayor of baltimore stood by and watched as workers removed the statues. ( mark ) and this morning there is a growing call to remove all confederate statues across the south.( darya ) this comes after a weekend of violence in virginia that started with a protest over the removal of a statue of robert-e lee.( mark ) john lawrence has the latest. a confederate statue near the dekalb county courthouse, in metro atlanta may soon be bound for the history bin, if a recent petition succeeds. bruce caldwell/georgia resident "i think it's about time that it should come down. 109 years is long enough."just over ten miles away is stone mountain, georgia, where there's a giant, state-owned carving of confederate icons jefferson davis, robert e. lee and stonewall jackson.georgia democratic gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams wants it gone.stacey abrams/d- gubernatorial candidate"it is 2017, and now is the time for us to have a conversation about