government which also had a claim on the power generation at the tennessee valley.e years, ford and gusts government fought each other over who would control the area, a private kingdom in northern alabama. reporter: get his wish and that his city over the u.s. government stopped him and do something else? eventually the government found a way stop henry ford and they moved in and built their own version of this new way of living in public tpa. the tells the story how it grew out of these ideas as well. one must cite not before we get into you and i. a side note is along with everything else going on in the early 1920s, ford was trying to make a national case the government to give what he wanted so he could build his city. he wanted control over the area, all out of the biggest dam in fact didn't happen. what did happen was henry ford decided the easiest way for him to get what he wanted might be if he ran for president so it tells the story of how close henry ford came to becoming president. this is a little known story as well but he would just do his candidate f

it's the southern part of tennessee and the northern part of alabama . a lot ofhills and a lot of hill people . but people make fun of now as hillbillies lived there. it was a tough way to make a living o. farming, a small farm up in the hills where the soil wasn't very good. and the roads weren't very good. and there was no electricity and there was no healthcare.th people lived in cabins that had big holes in the roof. you read descriptions of the way people live in those days in part of the country and it really is like looking back a couple hundred years. they will wash their clothes and washing pots. they lit a fire in there to heat the water and they had very very poor medication with the rest of the world. so when henry ford and thomas edison decide to go down there and change everybody's life, it wasn't just going into a typical 1920s town. it was like going back to 1780 or 1800 and announcing to the people in an area of the tennessee river drainage area is about the size of england. you asked people in an area that you were going to pull them ou

he was from tennessee, macon, tennessee. so he enlisted in the us colored troops regiment in 1863. could you tell us a little bit about your ancestor what you know, okay what i know about him he mustered in in 1863 in lagrange, tennessee, and he mustered out in 1866. he was with the 59th regiment and he was in the battle of bryce's crossroad, and he also had expeditions in mississippi. he also helped protect the country band camp in memphis. so he was there for a while and he also had another expedition in. tupelo he was in tupelo. so he he had quite a few areas that he had gone to and served. was a cannon shooter. so by the time he had gotten now he did hearing problems, but other than that, you know what he did after the war not after the war listening to my great great. aunt i ask her what job did he had and she said oh, baby he didn't have a job he wasn't a soldier he folded in the civil war so that was his job, so that's the only thing that i knew about him as far as the census goes it said that he his occupation before mustering in was was a farmer, but other than that after

the state in the dark of night biden administration failing to notify tennessee. >> speaker of the tennessees cameron 6 and spearheading a new committee to look into refugee issues, he joins us, i am curious the goals of this committee, what are you looking to find, what type of information? >> we are trying to figure out -- president biden promised transparency when he ran for president, we are not getting that, we don't have any information about how many children, where they are located, whether their parents are legal or illegal, probably illegal in tennessee, trying to uncover the resources we have to use, how many are here. one thing my mom taught me is things that happen after midnight are usually not good, the biden administration using the delta darkness to transfer these kids into our state and other states across america. >> if there is no border crisis as the biden administration attests then why is the biden administration being so sneaky about this? >> reporter: exactly right. we've had news reporters who go to the courthouse after midnight in chattanooga and miss this area, th

moving to tennessee? >> he said we really needed to go.y with him from wanting to move. i did want to go, i wanted to stay. and lou said, emily we're doing this for you. >> for you? >> yes, he said that we were going to be closer to vanderbilt, which was the college that i wanted to go to. and he said, this whole move was for me. >> it was kind of flattering to hear? >> yeah, and also, how do you say know when the entire thing is about you. >> so, you are still the princess? >> right. >> emily was 17 but sara was nearly 24 and inching away from the smothering-ness. >> i moved out. >> how did you do that? that's a huge step. >> he really wanted to move to tennessee and i didn't want to go. and i had just lost my mom and i couldn't stand the thought of losing my dad. i never have been able to stand that thought. my dad is so important to me. >> did you tell lou to his face, i'm not going, i'm not going in the car? >> yes. >> how did that go down? >> he was very angry with me. scary angry. and i just, i can't, i use not doing that. i don't wa

. >> tennessee really passed gop national laws banning concepts dealing with racism and sexism. >> i think it's an assault on the craft of teaching to tell educators who go into the classrooms and do the hard work of teaching that they're not qualified enough to make the decisions best for their students. >> the new tennessee law outlines topics that can't be discussed in the classroom, among them, that's a political system is racist or sexist or designed by a particular race or sex to opress others and that race or sex is inherently privileged, racist, sexist or privileged. >> we don't have clear evidence of it being overtly taught. >> is this preemptive. >> it is. >> senate majority leader jack johnson sponsored the bill. >> we want the teachers to teach about the progress that we've made an inequality e inequities that exist in society and myriad of reasons they exist that a teacher should talk about. >> racism is a big one. >> perhaps. again, we're not trying to stifle the conversation in the classroom we want what we teach to be age-appropriate. >> our kids should be taught hist

current president of the tennessee association of professional mediators. and is the representative of legal services. she got her degree from the university of memphis school of law and has a bs in microbiology. you are recognized for five minutes. ms. ettingoff: thank you. i certainly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today. of course you mentioned legal services. it's a nonprofit law firm that provides legal services primarily for individuals with low income or no income. it also offices services through the memphis fair housing center program, which we administer. that program serves to increase homeownership opportunities for decent affordable housing and ensure equal opportunity and housing. all that is to say it is a great deal of experience in the area of housing, particularly when it comes to lawful and unlawful evictions. as was mentioned, while covid-19 was stressful for everyone, it was and still is a nightmare for poor people. it's been an even greater nightmare for poor people of color. it has been said that when america catches a c

she's involved in tennessee -- in the tennessee statewide task force focusing on housing, unemployment, and access to justice. prior to joining legal services, she practiced in the areas of labor and employment law, representing employers, employees, unions and osha, wage an hour, title 7, fmla, ada, adea, and other employment law matters. she's part of the dispute resolution section, current president of the tennessee association of professional mediators and is the representative of the memphis legal services founded by mike cody and areas. she got her j.d. by the university of tennessee and b.a. in microbiology. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i certainly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today. of course, you mentioned legal services, to those of us, it's a nonprofit law firm that provides pro bono legal services primarily for individuals with low income or no of course. ms. ettingoff: and the memphis fair housing program, and that program increases homeownership opportunities, promote decent affordable housing and ensure equal opportunity in housing.

this time in northern tennessee.n her car. >> he wants candy for breakfast. and he is throwin' a fit. so she's quite distracted anyway. when, all of a sudden, you know, she feels movement. >> brooke lyons didn't have time to think. in an instant she and her 3-year-old son were under attack. >> she looks up, and here's a guy with an assault rifle pointed at her. >> two male attackers forced brooke into the car with her son. that's right, they headed here, this credit union in elizabethton, where she worked as a $9 an hour teller. >> the people knew where brooke worked. they knew how to get to her bank without being told. >> jeff blanton is a special agent for the fbi he investigated brooke's case and says she was instructed to go inside and get $350,000, or else. >> she's been told, by these two guys, if the police are called, if she doesn't do what she's been instructed, that there's going to be a shootout, that she and her child would be in the middle of it. >> a frantic brooke entered the credit union, screamed tha

tennessee is among several states that recently passed g.o.p.pion laws banning the teaching of certain concepts dealing with racism and sexism. brittany paschall now finds herself in the middle of a nationwide debate. >> pyth i think it is an assault on the craft of teaching, to tell educators who every today go into the classrooms and do the hard work of teaching, that they're not qualified enough to make the decisions best for their students. >> reporter: the new tennessee law outlines topics that cannot be discussed in a classroom. among that a political system is inherently racist or sexist or designed to oppress others. and that a race or sex is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive. what makes you think that people were being taught that before or believed that before. >> we don't have evidence that that is overtly taught? >> reporter: jack johnson co-sponsored the bill. >> we want our teachers to teach te history of our nation and the progress that we have made. and i think that the inequities that exist in society, there i

they voted for bill clinton twice, along with tennessee. what people have done with this right-wing version of the word conservatism, they have made it a culture war. so now, they have gotten people who, the average white person in tennessee and west virginia, they are not racist people. they voted for people of different parties. newt gingrich and rush limbaugh have made everybody who is a democrat the enemy. but tennessee and west virginia voted twice for clinton, even though he was for partial-birth abortions. it is a right-wing thing where they make everybody the enemy who is not part of their group. that's all i have to say. guest: he brings up a good point. west virginia is a very individual place. i spent two years there as part of the -- i was working with the americorps program for coming to d.c. it does not fit into this cookie-cutter mold of partisansh ip. joe manchin has shown he understands his voters probably better than most people who have ever been familiar with politics in the state. shelley capito was the lead negotiator

they voted for bill clinton twice, along with tennessee. what people have done with this right-wing version of the word conservatism, they have made it a culture war. so now, they have gotten people who, the average white person in tennessee and west virginia, they are not racist people. they voted for people of different parties. newt gingrich and rush limbaugh have made everybody who is a democrat the enemy. but tennessee and west virginia voted twice for clinton, even though he was for partial-birth abortions. it is a right-wing thing where they make everybody the enemy who is not part of their group. that's all i have to say. guest: he brings up a good point. west virginia is a very individual place. i spent two years there as part of the -- i was working with the americorps program for coming to d.c. it does not fit into this cookie-cutter mold of partisansh ip. joe manchin has shown he understands his voters probably better than most people who have ever been familiar with politics in the state. shelley capito was the lead negotiator

the challenges here in tennessee are people don't want to be told what to do. and so i think the more that they're pushed the farther away they go real. and so he's talking quite a lot these days and often strikes out, check yourself out, was out of the 30 that they seem to come out with the vaccination pretty quick. i'm not sure that they done as much research as i would like. but he also manages to alleviate some people fear. karen heflin was unsure about the vaccine. until now i think they actually put a needle and i wanted to talk to him about it to see what he, how he felt and trust me to trust you. why these for us? because you've really helped me 40 minutes late in the doctor takes 10 minutes to explain things. to me. this is super important. you know, so you will now get the vaccinate as i saw. well, very, very cool. go grab it and grab it. thanks, dr. henzy says he will keep up the flight day in and say out. and so everyone in his hometown is fully vaccinated and protected they might be king of the beasts, but lions finding themselves increasingly with

the challenges here in tennessee are people don't want to be told what to do. and so i think the more that they're pushed the farther away they go real. and so he's talking quite a lot these days and often strikes out, check yourself out, was out of the 30 that they seem to come out with the vaccination pretty quick. i'm not sure that they done as much research as i would like. but he also manages to alleviate some people's fears. karen heflin was unsure about the vaccine. until now i think they actually put a needle and i wanted to talk to him about it to see what he, how he felt any trust me that i trust you. why the dresser? because you've really helped me 20 minutes late before the doctor takes 10 minutes to explain things to me. this is super important. you know, so you will now get kind of a native i saw. well, there we go. go grab it and grab it. thank you. dr. henry says he will keep up the 5 day in and say out until everyone in his hometown is fully vaccinated and protected they might be king of the beasts but lions finding themselves increasingly with

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the tennessee department of transportation tells me more bridge materials are set to arrive here latermeans the work here could extend into next month. pete muntean, cnn, memphis, tennessee. >>> we turn now to the pandemic and a growing debate over whether covid vaccines should be mandated for health care workers and hospital employees. there is a new fight brewing in houston, and cnn's cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, joins us with details. what happened there? >> reporter: let's put this in perspective, these vaccines have been out for six months and this is the time that some employers are saying we want you to be vaccinated. giving you time to think about this and get this done but some employers, especially hospitals, where of course you're dealing with sick people who are vulnerable we want you to be vaccinated in order to work here and so now a relatively small number of workers in this very large houston health care system, a little bit over 100 have filed a lawsuit saying we do not want to get vaccinated and the hospital has said we're going to give you more time to

because biden is letting family units come and getting on bus tickets to tennessee.t doesn't make sense. this i think was the french press intercepting a child sex trafficking drop off, that's my impression. a good thing, greg, that kamala harris is going to address the root causes. she doesn't realize you can address root causes and the crisis at the same time. so you get lung cancer. you could wait five years and get a class action lawsuit together and sue big tobacco or you could stop smoking and do chemo. you could do both at the same time. biden and harris don't understand you can do both. now she's going to go down to guatemala and she's going to address root causes. one of them she says is food insecurity. have you seen any of these migrants crossing, greg? they do not look i may emaciated to me. she also says one of the drivers of this migration is climate. i looked at the weather in guatemala city, it is 76 degrees. you know what the weather is in el paso, texas? 82. it's hotter here than it is down there. so they want to talk about root causes, the root cau

i went to a meeting and a perishing franklin, tennessee. i couldn't believe how many people came out in the rain to this. nothing is happening. i completely agree and graham you and i am talk so many times about the you as a progressive me as a conservative, but we've been seeing this phenomenon going on right now. you know, and people looked at, you know, the, the ratings of the cable stations and stuff. they've gone down because trump is gone. i would, i would say that's more than that. i think people just simply don't believe it anymore. they're sick and tired of it. and there is, why should you waste your time listening to people a dead, a great you lie to you and show their morals appeal as perry already over you. that's exactly across the board. you see that in media, in the, in the legacy media. i'm glad that roger used that word react to that gram. go ahead. well, yeah, i mean, i think that's absolutely true. everybody knows they're being lied to just know exactly how they're being lied to. they know, so they're being lied to in one

i-40 connects tennessee and arkansas running all the way from north carolina to california.istics hub of america. it is home to fedex and the world's largest cargo airport joining east and west by air, water, road, and rail. >> this country doesn't work without memphis, tennessee. >> reporter: trucker clifton says his usual half hour haul to a union pacific rail yard now -- but says the only thing to blame for this gridlock is political gridlock. >> that's what's wrong with the world. everything is political. i don't care where you get it. let's get it done. >> reporter: this bridge has become a symbol for what is wrong with america's infrastructure. now the question is whether or not a bridge fix will happen before an infrastructure deal. the tennessee department of transportation tells me more bridge materials are set to arrive here later this month. but that means the work here could extend into next month. pete muntean, cnn, memphis, tennessee. >>> we have breaking news, there is a huge internet outage that has brought down a number of world's biggest websites, including

. >> there is a place in downtown memphis tennessee. a little hot spot not far from nearby peel street. ♪ ♪ ♪ they play the memphis blues at this club. and the sultry darkness of the rumble room, bodies sway to the beat of latin sounds. in april 2013, a woman named heather jones came in with her friend to dance the night away wearing a brand-new dress. >> how did she look that night? >> she had her head up so high and her shoulders back and she was just beginning and she felt absolutely beautiful. >> there is a time not too long ago when heather didn't feel too beautiful at all but on this evening she had the night of her life. >> she didn't sit down very much and she's being spun around and danced. >> just two nights later, everything spun out of control. >> breaking news about a missing teacher. >> heather jones, suddenly an explicitly disappeared from her home. >> her cars in her driveway, her purse keys in cell phone or missing. >> thinking of her being scared made you sick. what's happened? the answer was sickening. the why, more t

the challenge is here in tennessee, our people don't want to be told what to do. and so i think the more that they're pushed the farther away they go real. and so he's talking quite a lot these days and often strikes our tech or say i was out of the 30 that they seem to come out with the vaccination pretty quick. i'm not sure that they done as much research as i would like. but he also manages to alleviate some people fears. karen heflin was unsure about the vaccine. until now i think they actually put a needle and i wanted to talk to him about it to see what he, how he felt and trust me to trust you. why the interest rate, because you've really helped me 40 minutes late fee before the doctor takes 10 minutes to explain things. to me, this is super important. you know, so you will now get hungry, vaccinated. i saw well go, go grab it and grab it. thank you. dr. henry says he will keep up the size day in and say, until everyone in his home town is fully vaccinated and protected they might be king of the beasts but lions, the finding themselves increasingly without

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. > republicans like louisiana senator john kennedy and tennessee, senator marsha blackburn argue police departments can't fight crime if they're also under attack, they point to efforts in some cities to cut police budgets in favor of mental health services housing assistance and other programs. it has demoralized police forces and it has emboldened. >> criminal activity and this is something that has to stop. but john pierre says that's an empty argume t. the president has been very clear he does not believe in defunding the police. >> now, while this new plan does not require any congressional action that the president is urging lawmakers to pass his gun reform priorities. >> that includes universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. if vice president kamala harris is going to travel to the border with mexico. this friday with some critics suggesting it's about time kron four's. catherine heenan is here with a look at details of this trip which has been. >> talked about for a while now or well, the vice president h

texas, tennessee, virginia. she went to virginia and her friends went to texas and tennessee.t's a fascinating, crucial piece. she entered this country ten years ago. since then virginia has gone blue. we know the biden administration is having trains enteringnt chattanooga that's made the news filled with illegal immigrants in the middle the night. what's going on? it's just and just begin biden and kamala got into office. when trump got into office ande started talking about stopping the flow, they got upset and angry because there's been something going on in terms of trafficking over the border to change demographics of the country for a long time. it's not a conspiracy theory. it's the truth and i'm happy that you're talking about it because at the end of the day wo know that, harris, they are not concerned about fixing the crisis. they are concerned about accelerating plan, plan that went into motion a very long time ago.ix americans need to wake up because you are correct. it's an invasion. >> tucker: nothing truer than what you just said and it hasn't written political

it happened in a remote area near the border of tennessee and north carolina, leaving a teenaged girl. this morning a teenaged girl is recovering after authorities say a bear attacked her as she was sleeping in a national park. >> it attacked in the middle of the night with no known provocation. >> reporter: according to park officials in tennessee, the girl and her family were on a camping trip in the great smoky mountains last week. the teen was asleep in a hammock just after midnight when a bear approached the camp site and attacked. >> it attacked her, reached out and was able to lacerate both her hands and her head. >> reporter: the girl suffering multiple injuries before her family was able to chase the bear away. officials treating her at the scene before taking her by helicopter to a local hospital. rangers later locating and euthanizing the bear. rangers say the teen's family had taken all the proper precautions for food storage. officials are warning park goers of increased beer activity as the animals emerge from hibernation. last week fina kiefer barely escaped after she w

we're at the foot of the appalachian mountains in northern tennessee. the next sizable town is over an hour drive away and the small store often says as a local meeting place, ralph cross suppose is wearing marks and vaccinating. he says a strong immune system and a healthy diet are enough to ward off cove at 19. people here trust dwelt, cross and wealth cro trust. god encourage him to pray god, what they need to do. god's powerful and if you pray and if you ask god and you're impressed by the holy spirit to do it then. but if you're impressed not to do it, don't do it. i say go to the medical director, the god and the doctor in heaven. most customers have been regulars at the store for years and the majority feel no need to get back and ated. i think it's a personal choice. want to thank you. thank you. thank you so many unknowns about the side effects down the road. i'm 34 years old. i feel like i'm in a low risk group than the reasons why i can be helping my i can be patriarch and help the other folks around me, but i'm not personally wanting to take

now i'm booktv's "after words" program former senate majority leader bill frist republican of tennesseeith author andy slavitt former senior adviser in the biden administration about u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> host: andy it's great to be with you today in so many ways. let's talk about your great book. >> guest: is great to be with you again senator. your book just out "preventable" the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the u.s. coronavirus response, a great hook an insider's account of a behind-the-scenes book painful at times

that's where suddenly markets like utah, georgia and alabama and tennessee where we have data centers have become these fast-growing renewable energy markets, because we are asking for a lot of electricity from these renewable energy projects to help support our ability to grow our data centers. >> you tell me if this is right, what i think about the way you talk about really changing and augmenting the grid with new sources of energy, does this have a follow on effect for others? what does this mean for companies in the states who may not have been using renewable before? >> what we're hoping it means is that of the customers who show up and asking their utility for 100% options are also finding they can use the tariffs and the programs with creative. that's always the intention when recreating one of these programs is to make it eligible to companies beyond facebook. because access to renewable energy more broadly something we really value. what we had seen following on some of our own renewable energy purchases in states like georgia, utah and alabama has been other companies comin

and see f9 only in theaters. ♪ ♪ jillian: a tennessee mayor who has proudly served with the u.s.r nearly 25 years is now gearing up for one final deployment. the mayor joins me now to discuss his upcoming tour of duty in africa with the army national guard. good morning, thanks for being here. >> well, good early morning to you. it's a pleasure to be on your show today. jillian: it is very early. it is your fifth deployment as a member of the armed forces. i'm curious why you do it. >> well, i've always -- you know, just the spirit of public service and military service, kind of in my dna, i had family members who served in public office and also in the military so it's something that runs deep in my blood and of course i love answering the call of duty any time i can. jillian: you say this is by far the most stressful of your deployments. why? >> well, one thing, because i'm an elected official. i think this might be a first time like a full-time county level official has been he deployed in tennessee. we're kind of writing the stories on what's happening and how to handle the t

tennessee senator bill hagerty joins me now.ome after what occurred so far away. what is going on between democrats and republicans on the hill over this? >> thank you. i would say this. just as i told the people in israel, there is a small yet very vocal minority in the democratic party pushing back against our strongest ally israel. i was there to stand strong and show our continued support for israel. that's true from democrats, from independents and republicans. senator graham said we are going to in the end stand by and prevail and make certain we replenish israel's defenses. they had enormous accuracy. they saved israeli and palestinian lives. they launched 11,000 rockets. the iron dome did a great job. can you imagine if the israelis had to use something more crude or blunt more smrin lives would have been lost. the vocal minority may make a lot of noise but the american public is clearly with israel. >> harris: the bigger point in all of this is where is president biden? i'm reading in some circles the criticism is he ma

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what is your name, and where are you from >> my name is caroline, and i'm from nashville, tennessee. this is tuesday she's a golden retriever >> jimmy: oh, hi tuesday hi tuesday hi tuesday tuesday! hi, tuesday. [ light laughter ] such a golden retriever. i love it. [ light laughter ] what is tuesday's talent why is your -- why is your pet better than me >> she belts out to "driver's license" to olivia -- from olivia rodrigo [ cheers and applause ♪ and i kno we weren't perfect but i've never felt ♪ ♪ this way for no one and i just can't imagine how you could be so okay now ♪ ♪ that i'm gone guess you didn't mean what you wrot in that song about me ♪ >> i should have said she's a great singer when she feels like it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wow. that's interesting wait let's try it one more time let's see tuesday. tuesday, do you want to just see if you can sing this song, olivia rodrigo tuesday, this is an amazing -- tuesday? [ laughter ] tuesday. tuesday. tues tues tues jimmy! [ mimicking driver's license ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause something's happening. something's happening

now i'm booktv's "after words" program former senate majority leader bill frist republican of tennessee talks with author andy slavitt former senior adviser in the biden administration about u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> host: andy it's great to be with you today in so many ways. let's talk about your great book. >> guest: is great to be with you again senator. your book just out "preventable" the inside story of how leadership failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the u.s. coronavirus response, a great hook an insider's account of a behind-the-scenes book painful at times but a real eye-opener and so much to talk about.

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but on the attack, the victim, a 16 year-old from middle tennessee.he suffered cuts to the head and was rushed by the national guard to university of tennessee medical center in attacked her and we reached out and was able both her hands and her head. fortunately family was close by and bowed to scare the bear away. park rangers say the family on a tonight backpacking trip in the smokies did everything right their backpacks and food are properly stored up in the air out of the reach of bears. if the animal was aggr%ssive it's a continues to approach or it shows behavior has in this situation or courage everyone to buy back now tonight, words of warning from experts. the smokies welcome record visitors eclipsing 12 million people in 2019 2020, the tourists will surely keep coming but must remember how to handle a similar experience this incident. the family was successfully able to from any more serious attack iraq said that they're doing everything they can to discourage that behavior while investigating ranger, spotted 2 bears in the area, approachin

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advocates have bought to remove the idolize ation of confederate leaders like forest in memphis, tennessee. the former slave traders body will be removed from the grave and health sciences park to museum hundreds of miles away. this was a long time coming as the city of memphis removed a statue of him in 2017 after selling the park. joining me now to share more on this is board member of the greenpeace mercer welcome leuva. hello, thank you for having that. thanks for joining us. luther can you provide a rundown of why it's so important for confederate and clan leaders like nathan better for us to have their images removed from public spaces and what the process in memphis has looked like? well, you know, one thing that i want to put forth 1st is that, you know, we're not trying to distort history. what. ready we're trying to do is the proper place. so what we, when we talk about these confederate monuments and specifically here in memphis with the nathan that before situation. i being a member of a board who actually purchased the parts and removed the statue. and now in the process of wo