let me start with you, taigen. theact that the mayor did this and received threats, in fact, i understand that he had some kind of challenge in even getting contractors that would take the contract to remove these objects. it shows there is really a lot of support for maintaining this celebration of whoite supremacy and confederacy. >> there's a lot of support for the monuments. people see these as relics of history. they've been gathering at the remaining three monuments to show their support for them. in familiar, the one of jefferson davis. there were about 30 supporters there last night. and there were about 30 folks who were there in support of the monuments being removed. they were sort of facing off for some time. it got a little tense. but it was interesting to see them engage in conversations about this topic. and i heard from the supporters of the monuments that these are kind of -- they see them as part of their personal history. a lot of these folks drove past these statues every day on their way to school