lee,ation for robert e. he'd taken an oath to the constitution of the united states, as all officers did and in his mind for his entire life, virginia was his country. do,whatever virginia would he would do. so he kind of turned away this and scott knew that if virginia seceded, which, of course, eventually it did, that lee would go with virginia. but it is true that scott wanted him to command. he had broached that notion to lincoln who was perfectly to accept scott's advice. lincoln, early in the war, of course, wanted to lean heavily the professional soldiers. lincoln knew what his strengths and and where they weren't was perfectly willing to accept scott's advice. but it was not going to happen wasn't going to do it. john: i was just going to mention, too, i think just to has said, weraig hear -- we always hear the story pacing up and down and he did trying to decide whether to join the union, join the confederacy and i cannot remember where i read this or i learned this. an actual fact, 40% or something

lee, there is a myth that robert e. lee and jefferson davis loved the idea of recruiting african-americans and many believed there were confederate african-americans, no matter how many times we say there were not. >> that is a myth. robert e lee, along with 99.4%, i made up that number, along with his generation, was a racist. he did not believe blacks had any rights or could be effective citizens. he did not believe blacks had any rights that any white man was bound to recognize. but he was a pragmatist in terms of war. in march of 1865, note the date, he surrenders in april. in march of 1865, a little rump confederate congress, passed a law authorizing the recruitment of black soldiers. that was the only time the confederacy became involved in this thing. they raised two companies, did not issue than any weapons, they drilled with broomsticks. lee was asked, would you accept black soldiers, and yes he would, because at that moment, anybody who can hold a place in the line and wield a weapon he would accept. he was no

glymph: briefly, in terms of monuments, the robert e. lee duke, so weat struggled with, should we put something in it? i think not. people have suggested patty murray, washington, martin luther king. s most effective use would be a blank space, which is kind of speaking to our potential. enthusiast of sort of willy-nilly trying to compete with the confederate landscape by putting monuments up to black people. i think we have to think about what monuments are designed to do, what kind of nationstate message they enact. the confederate monuments, as david pointed out, they were not just monuments to the confederacy, but they were also monuments to a particular conception of the u.s. as a nationstate. so there or monuments that i would have no trouble saying oh, yes, take it down. statuesthose are like that look alike and overall they and ugly, and then are landscaped, and they make it beautiful, and even if they were , but iript purchases think it is important that we are having this conversation about whether they go or stay. of them will

his current project is an encyclopedia of robert e. lee. but he has spoken and written widely on the common soldier in the common people of the civil war era. as you can see from the book titles listed in your program and available-for-sale and on a graphic in the lobby outside, yes, i have to pitch for everyone. most recently, he edited the publication of the book highlighting the letters, thates, and reminiscences remain in private collections throughout the commonwealth. the virginia civil war cisco to --iel -- sis was continual they scanned these newly developed sources and they are available for researcher at the library. this is the kind of valuable works of budd robertson has performed throughout his long career. and for which we are deeply grateful. this morning, gentlemen and ladies, dr. budd robertson will kick off our symposium with a talk entitled civil war echoes from the common folk. ladies and him alone, dr. robertson. [applause] -- ladies and gentlemen, dr. robertson. [applause] dr. robertson: thank you, christie, for those

fredricka wilson, and the comments about the civil war and robert e. lee. how have things changed since this incident with rob porter? >> clearly it was on that downslope to begin with. this is a relationship that was fraught from the beginning because donald trump doesn't like to be managed. while general kelly said his job is not to manage the president, it's to manage the staff, donald trump called friends and advisers and said i've got another nut job thinking he's running things. there was a meme against trump allies that it was this president kelly idea that he was the true power in the white house and that's what got steve bannon into trouble and that's what's getting john kelly into trouble. how does this change things, we'll still see. this morning i heard he's looking for replacements for chief of staff. possibly kevin mccarthy, mark meadows. while the administration publicly is saying the president has confidence in him, we should point out he has confidence in john kelly until he doesn't. >> how much determinism does the president have of who hi

e. lee. - in charlottesville, virginia, where protests are turning violent. - at least one person is dead after a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters. but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. i think there's blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either. - like, i know that this happened a week ago, but i'm not gonna lie. i'm--i'm still processing everything. you know, first of all, a racist neo-nazi killed a peacefully protesting woman with his car, right? then the president of the united states defended the neo-nazis who that dude was marching with. and this is the thing. it's not once, but twice. like, donald trump said it. then three days later, he came back and said, "hey, hey, you know how i-- "i said that nazi-defending thing? "well, i just realized that, um, i--i messed up. "i didn't defend them enough. yeah. yeah. my support was here, and i was trying to get it here." [laughter] yeah. - fallout

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shroud have been placed on the monuments for robert e. lee and stonewall jackson back in august after a white nationalist rally turned deadly the. a virginia judge ruled yesterday that tourists artists and historians should be allowed to see the sculptures. city officials say they are unhappy with the decision but plan to honor it. >> also new, a utah woman has turned panhandling to help make her dream of becoming a mother a reality. jessica gail and her husband have been trying to have a baby for 13 years hadn't no luck. her husband has a rare genetic condition that makes conception nearly impossible. gail works at a hair salon an custodian at a local school. recently she's added a third money making venture. >> i actually thought i'd never be standing on a corner asking for money. we're going to do anything and everything that we can to make it happen. >> gail hopes to earn enough money for in vitro fertilization which she says costs between 800 and thousand dollars a month. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning, everybody. we're looking live i

you must be pretty happy that you took down four statues, got jeff davis down, robert e. lee, got that liberty monuments down, and general beauregard, got four statues down, what's next for you? >> well, our name is take 'em down nola, and we want to take them all down. there are 20 more statues that are dedicated to white supremacy in the city of new orleans. we have hundreds of streets named and parks named for confederate and white supremacists, and we want to wipe the slate clean, and we have challenged the mayor, from the very beginning, don't do a half job, let's do the whole job. >> laura: malcolm, i want to jump in here, because jackson square, that is new orleans, jackson square, do you say that jackson square -- jackson square is not new orleans? >> no, it's not new orleans. do you want andrew jackson to be >> laura: do you want andrew jackson to be eradicated -- okay, let's move on. would you like thomas jefferson, anything related to thomas jefferson -- thomas jefferson has to go? george washington has to go? who else is left? is madison okay? james madison ok

grant and robert e. lee, comparing their childhoods, experiences at west point,

he talked about robert e. lee. he now has issued the statement defending rob porter and had to walk it back. there is tons about his abuse. the very reason he is there is now called into question. you can imagine trump has been already at some of the patronizing statements kelly made about how trump has evolved in his ideas about the wall because of briefings that kelly gave him. this is in the washington post. it's about white house council. in january 2017 when he learned of the allegations he wanted porter to stay put because he saw the capitol hill veteran. it is according to people familiar with the matter. his view didn't change in june when the fbi flagged some of the findings to the white house for did he act in december when he learned they were porter's security clearance or in november when porter's former girlfriend contacted him about the allegations? >> i can certainly understand why a calm demeanor is a premium asset. for all of these jobs they are all about integrity and judgment. i really don't kno

e lee statue. the city never specified when the morning. go with spiegel, they have 15 days to take those tarps down. >> two american astronauts returning to earth overnight after 6 month mission at the international space station. they landed in keswick stan where they were greeted by below freezing temperatures. medical staff responding immediately, six blankets, making sure they were okay. >> let's talk some weather and a lot of stuff going on. >> excellent talk. jillian: that happens when i leave the weather to you. >> there is a lot going on. >> different temperatures and colors on the map, some places it is nice in some places not. >> tomorrow is meteorological spring. on the calendar it is 20 days away. 44 in new york, a lot going on on the map, tennessee and ohio river valley watching the storm system, so much flooding in these areas, that is concerned, flood advisories posted, not only the threat for rain but severe weather later this afternoon, large hail, isolated tornadoes was part of t

e lee. do you think that had that operation, as efficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would have survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far often -- i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that -- the suggestion is that johnson may have been in on this and that he was supposed -- he was targeted, but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> okay. johnson lost being impeached or convicted by one vote, and they tried to convict him as i understand it because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. and wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >> later it was, but it was a while. but it was the law at the time. >> but it didn't have anything to do with his loss by -- his acquittal by one vote? >> no. >> thank you. >> thank you. only in the sense that people thought it was a bad idea later on. >> i'm not sure that i want to say this. >> oh, go ahead. >>

this is one of them, the calling robert e. lee an honorable man. the list goes on for him. but ultimately, the culture is established at the top in the west wing and donald trump is somebody, curt, that surrounded himself with pretty controversial figures that he has defended. look at the men donald trump has defended in the past. we got a graphic there. one of those is your former boss, steve bannon, who had his own allegations against him during a divorce proceeding that were ultimately dropped because his ex-wife didn't show up for courted. why do you think he surrounds himself with them? >> you look at donald trump who he himself has a long record and history of being accused of misconduct and sexual harassment. and i think he sees in all these men the same philosophy that the women are at fault or this behavior isn't what he defines as summary judgment. hell, you go back to the campaign, corey lewandowski put his hands on a reporter, michelle fields, left abuses on his arm, and he's bringing him up on stage the next day. >> steve bannon did nothing to defend michelle f

we learned he has trump views on race, praising confederate general robert e. lee, saying daca dreamers should have gotten off their butts. so this has been a revealing six months for a man we didn't know as well as we thought we did. >> you have to remember going through the transition, there were a list of folks they refused to hire, those were folks considered not trumpers. if they said something negative about trump in the past, they would not hire them. there were folks floated, folks willing to go in and meet with the president that were shown the door because they didn't want anybody who they thought would go against his agenda. donald trump had a long memory in that respect. look at mitt romney and the meeting that president trump had with him about being secretary of state. mitt romney went to bedminister and talked to donald trump, had the steak dinner and ultimately got nothing. let's talk about donald trump and how he has personally reacted to these allegations. donald trump when he spoke to reporters -- it's interesting because they brought reporte

we learned he has trump views on race, praising confederate general robert e. lee, saying daca dreamers should have gotten off their butts. so this has been a revealing six months for a man we didn't know as well as we thought we did. >> you have to remember going through the transition, there were a list of folks they refused to hire, those were folks considered not trumpers. if they said something negative about trump in the past, they would not hire them. there were folks floated, folks willing to go in and meet with the president that were shown the door because they didn't want anybody who they thought would go against his agenda. donald trump had a long memory in that respect. look at mitt romney and the meeting that president trump had with him about being secretary of state. mitt romney went to bed minister and talked to donald trump, had the steak dinner and ultimately got nothing. let's talk about donald trump and how he has personally reacted to these allegations. donald trump when he spoke to reporters -- it's interesting because they brought report

grant and robert e. lee, comparing their childhoods, experiences at west point, actions during the mexican-american war. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long discussion. >> we are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of the new york historical society tonight. john f. marszalek is the giles distinguished professor of history meritus at mississippi state university, the executive managing editor of the ulysses s. grant association, dr. marszalek has written or edited numerous acced

e. jared kushner's security clearance downgraded. hope hicks admits she lies to protect the president. now mr. trump's own actions the focus of the russia special counsel. >>> students return to stoneman douglas high school in florida today two weeks after 17 lives were taken. the chances of major gun reform appear slim. >>> good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> slim to none, right? i am dave briggs. imagine for those kids. going back to school -- >> a tough day. >> i was there 19 years ago, columbine, when they went back. those kids never wanted to go back to that school. >>> we start with the president. was donald trump's decision to run for president tied to his company's business dealings in russia? the mueller investigation is looking directly at the actions of president trump before the 2016 campaign. sources say investigators are asking witnesses when mr. trump became serious about running for president, how that timing co-ins sided with his business

this guy praised robert e. lee, praises the confederacy. i don't know why at this point we're surprised he stood by this guy. he's been chief of staff since last july. if the fbi informed the white house that this guy couldn't get a security clearance, the chief of staff would know that. >> senator, are you -- i feel like i lose my capacity to be shocked. i have to say i genuinely i'm shocked that this individual was given the job he was in that white house and then defended after it became public after they knew what he is alleged to have done. >> well, we have to remember that kelly had to know all about this. and the people very close to donald trump at the very high level knew about this. i've been visited by the fbi. they asked my opinion about certain judges that were proposed for the bench because they came from california bip knew them. they turn over every rock. i would -- i know this in my heart if not i didn't read about it, but i know in my heart that the fbi must have seen that photo. must have seen the complaint that was writt

. >>> in charlottesville, virginia, a judge ruling tarps covering statues of robert e. lee and sconewall jackson -- stonewall jackson must be removed. they were covered last august after two state troopers and heather heyer were killed during violence surrounding a white nationalist rally. the city wants the statues permanently removed. others have threatened legal action to keep them there. >>> ahead, miami heat star dwayne wade turning back the clock to honor one of the victims of the florida shooting. >>> andy scholes has more in the "bleacher report." small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. at&t doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. at&t, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. at&t, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. >>> welcome back, a day after dedicating his season to stoneman douglas

john kelly found himself in hot water a little more than a week later when he called robert e. lee, an honorable man and suggested a lack of compromise caused the u.s. civil war. just this week he angered many immigrant rights supporters when he suggested some young immigrants were too lazy and too afraid to sign up for daca. with me now, los angeles times columnist and host of the slate podcast, virginia hefernan. let me start with you. i'm going to read this tweet again. it's so astonishing. people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. some are true. some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. life and career are gone. is there no such thing as due process? >> i think one thing we're missing in conflating these issues with me too is, yes, 99% of the cases, the me too cases that have been brought forward in the press with incredibly skrup lating vetting has been born out. these women didn't come forward, the ex-wives of rob porter, and david sorensen. they were sought out by the fbi. the reason that

. >> lazy dreamers, robert e. lee was a honorable man and smearing frederica wilson and the list goes on. lazy dreamers again. and a larger question that i think folks have is if there were photos would this have played out the way it did. were the photos the nail of the coffin for rob porter. if there were no photos would he still be allowed to be there and if you are a woman and you don't have that sort of proof, that does mean this white house will not believe you. guys? there is so much more to talk about. so stay with us. we're going to come back. ahead, could this be the beginning of the end for john kelly. what his possible departure could mean for a white house already in turmoil. this new day looks nothing like yesterday. trails are covered. paths aren't what they used to be. roads nowhere to be found. ( ♪ ) and it's exactly what you're looking for. ( ♪ ) and it's exactly what you're looking for. you might be missing something.y healthy. your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish n

e. [roll call] commissioners, first on your agenda is general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter, jurisdiction of the commission exempt agenda items. with respect to agenda item, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. i have no speaker cards. >> does any member of the public wish to speak on a nonagenda item? if so, please come forward. >> mr. president and commissioners, my name is michael levin. i'm just here to ask about something that i'm very concerned about and that is the albert samuels clock on market street. i'm sure you're all aware how it is constantly attacked by vandals. the last time someone deliberately smashed three of the small clock faces at the base and managed to stop the mechanism so it has been totally stopped for a

. >> i would tell you that robert e. lee was an honorable man. he was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which in 150 years ago was more important than country. the lack of an ability to compromise led to the civil war. and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand. >> there are 690,000 official daca registrants. and the president sent over what amounts to be two-and-a-half times that number to 1.8 million. the difference between 690 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up. others would say were too lazy to get off their as but they didn't sign up. >> okay, andy, i'm not going to claim i understand how difficult the job is. i understand how chaotic and the massive responsibility. and the fact that with all the issues we have going on, whether it's in the middle east or north korea, you're not alone. there are senior members of the gop who have said, let's just let john kelly do hiscix job. but do you listen to those things

e. people trying to break in. set fires. so, they have agreed to make those more frequent to address those matters in the interim. >> thank you. any other questions, commissioners? no? we can move on. >> very good, commissioners. that will place us under commission matters. item three. president's report and announcements. >> the announcement i'd like to make today is appointment of members of the architectial review committee. i'd like to continue the appointment of commissioners hyland and pearlman and had commissioner johnck to that committee. >> thank you. i accept. thank you. >> there is no other announcements, item four, consideration of adoption, draft minutes for february 7, 2018. >> commissioners, any comments on the draft minutes? at this time, we'll take public comment on the draft mince of february 7, 2018. does any member of the public wish to comment? seeing and hearing none, we'll close public comment. do we have a motion to adopt them? >> i move we adopt them. >> second.

they were calling robert e lee honorable. that is not long after charlottesville, after trying to mess with it for draco wilson -- frederico wilson. one thing they do well is charging people. i'm waiting to see how they're going to target turnout since they came off the podium. they are very good at targeting people. it is hard to do your job. if you can go home at the end of the day and say, i did what i was supposed to do. that a whiteing reporter would do. i can go to sleep people and have an eight hour rest and come up and do it the next day. the targeting is hard. this is not specifically to being a black woman. it is trying to get answers to questions. sometimes it is very big -- basic questions. is the president going somewhere? it is not anything you asking that a superduper complicated or top secret. today, we came in and there have been reports on tv that they he was likegoing -- to cement his resignation and he was going to stay on during a transition. there were lots of reports on television that said he was out i

and they were calling robert e. lee honorable. honorable. so and it, again that is not , long after charlottesville, not long after trying to mess with frederico wilson. go and attack frederico wilson. this one thing they do well is targeting people. they do it very well. and i am waiting to see, going back to omarosa see how they're now since target her she came off the podium. they are very good at targeting people. and it is hard sometimes to do your job. but if you know, if you can go home at the end of the day and say i did what i was supposed to , do. i did everything that a white reporter would do or any other reporter would do, i can go to sleep peacefully and have an eight hour rest and come up and do it the next day. the targeting is hard. darlene: the hardest thing, and this is not specifically to being a black woman, this is personal, but it is trying to get answers to questions. sometimes it is very basic questions. is the president going somewhere? i am trying to think of a recent example. it is not anything you are asking that

so they were calling robert e lee and honorable. so again, that's not long after charlottesville, not long after trying to mess with frederica wilson or this one thing they do well. targeting people. they do it very well. and i'm waiting to see going back to oryza, i'm going to see how they're targeting her now. talking about she went three times on the president and they are very good at targeting people. so i think it's hard sometimes to do your job but if you know you can go home at the end of the day and say i did what i was supposed to do. i did everything that a white reporter would do or any other reporter. i can go to sleep peacefully and have a rest and get upand do it again the next day . targeting is hard. >> one of the hardest things, and this is not specifically being a black woman. but it's sometimes just trying to get answers to questions. and sometimes it's very basic questions. it's if the president going somewhere, i'm trying to think of a recent example. it's not anything you're asking best super complicated or ri

and they were calling robert e. lee honorable, honorable. that's not long after charlottesville, not long after trying to attack frederica wilson. one thing that you will is targeting people. they do it very well. i'm waiting to see, going back to omarosa, i'm going to see how there could to they came off the podium saying we fired her, you know. they're very good at targeting people. it's hard sometimes to do your job ready you can go home at the end of the day and say i did what i was supposed to, i did everything that a white reporter would do or any other reporter would do. i can go to sleep peacefully and have an eight hour rest and get up and come back and do it again the next day. the targeting is hard. >> hurt one of the hardest things, this is that specifically to be about woman. it's just sometimes trying to get answers to questions. sometimes it's very basic questions, is the president going somewhere? trying to think of a recent example. that anything you're asking that is superduper complicated or top secret. for example, today