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the confederate flag was, as he put it, "part of american free speech". and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku klux klan. but since the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in some ways, and not least its association with confederate generals with bases that have been named after them, bases such as fort hood, fort benning and fort bragg. now, the military is considering renaming those bases, but again it faces opposition from president trump, who believes that they are all part of america's "great heritage" and should retain their current names. david willis in the us there. let's get some of the day's other news. a summit of european union leaders in brussels has ended for the day with no progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis. the recovery fund is proposed to be wort

the confederate flag was, as he put it, "part of american free speech". and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku klux klan. but since the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in some ways, and not least its association with confederate generals with bases that have been named after them, bases such as fort hood, fort benning and fort bragg. now, the military is considering renaming those bases, but again it faces opposition from president trump, who believes that they are all part of america's "great heritage" and should retain their current names. let's get some of the day's other news. a summit of european union leaders in brussels has ended for the day with no progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis. the recovery fund is proposed to be worth 750 billion euros, but there

the confederate flag was, as he put it, "part of american free speech". and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku klux klan. but since the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its own racist past. it is a very diverse institution, the us military, but it does have a rather regrettable past in some ways, and not least its association with confederate generals with bases that have been named after them, bases such as fort hood, fort benning and fort bragg. now, the military is considering renaming those bases, but again it faces opposition from president trump, who believes that they are all part of america's "great heritage" and should retain their current names. david willis in the us they. let's get some of the day's other news. the financial crisis in lebanon has contributed dozens of protesters have protested reforms in khartoum under new laws. under the new laws, women no longer need permission from a male relative to tra

and a solid silver african-americans were forced to do hard labor why confederate soldiers, labor of the kind they had always done, labor that was meant to serve the interests of southern slaveholders and of southern whites. so they were forced to clear roads, to build fortifications, to grow crops and so on. but they were not welcomed into the confederate military. there was a debate about the potential enlistment of black soldiers, and the very last stages of the war, and some terrific work from people like kevin levin and bruce levine showed fairly very clearly that was -- to preserve slavery by forcing some black man to bear arms in subordinate roles, no eye towards either potential equality or citizenship, to rescue slavery for the rest of southern society, that debate, that went nowhere because slaveholders turned out were not willing to give the slaves over to the army in the capacity to be used in that way. very, very important to put that myth of black confederates to rest once and for all. african-american men served in the union army. >> our next question is from jennifer

>> african americans did not serve in the confederate army. this is one of those myths. to shrine an idea of a faithful slave in a cell. african americans were forced to do hard labor by confederate soldiers labor of the kind they had always done labor that was meant to serve the interests of southern slaveholders and southern white so they were forced to clear roads, to build fortifications, to grow crops and so on. but they were not welcomed into the confederate military. there was a debate about the potential enlistment of black soldiers as my confederates in the very last stages of the war and some terrific work like people like kevin lewman and grace Ãbbruce levine showed clearly that was a big tip preserve slavery by forcing some black men to bear arms in subordinate roles with no eye toward the potential equality or citizenship. to rescue slavery for the rest of southern society that debate that went nowhere because the slaveholders turned they were not willing to give their slaves over to the army in that capacity to be used in that way. it's very important to p

the confederate soldiers were not americans at the time that they were fighting on behalf of the confederate states of america. they had declared themselves in revolt against the united states, which makes them american enemies, not american heroes in the first place. and i think that to me is sort of the mind-boggling rewriting. if you want to talk about rewriting history, people say taking down the monuments is rewriting history. i say calling confederate soldiers who were treasonous traitors to their country american heroes, i think that that is a rewriting of history. >> having grown up in the south around these monuments your whole life, are you at a point where you are surprised that it is finally happening? or surprised that it took so long and you expected it to happen sooner, that we're seeing so many of them come down? >> i think i'm interested to see what it yields beyond just taking them down. you know, in mississippi, taking it down doesn't mean anything until they actually take it all the way down, not just move it to some place else. and so i think if we actually get them down

americans who fly the confederate flag 3 white americans accused of shooting dead a black man while he was out jogging i pleaded not guilty to murder a judge in georgia has now denied them a security bond to be released on bail george michael his son travis and their neighbor william bryan a facing 9 charges 25 year old was killed in georgia in february but it wasn't until may that police eventually made arrests that was after a video of the shooting went viral sparking outrage. before the boss of mexico state run oil company has been taken to hospital shortly after extradition from spain and media that zoya was due in court in mexico to answer corruption bribery and money laundering charges when he was chief executive of pemex a 45 year old is said to have developed and suffered this problems but was also a close aide of former president and rico pena nieto and his administration which is linked to the other big scandal the largest pick that scandal throughout south america. the philippines government is enforcing coronavirus restrictions in the capital manila for another 2 weeks.

jefferson davis would accept that invitation, and become the president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1865, jefferson davis received word from general robert e lee, commander of the army of northern virginia, that they could no longer hold the confederate army back from attacking the city of richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis, soon after that, would follow. he would finally catch up with his family, right above the florida state line. it is here where a federal mounted unit was able to capture him and his family. jefferson davis was placed on a boat and moved back up here to fort monroe and incarcerated in this very cell. some people ask why. the main reason is that jefferson davis was indicted on three federal charges. one, for treason. two, complicit in the assassination of abraham lincoln. and three, the mistreatment of federal soldiers in prison by the confederate states army.

african-americans were forced to do hard labor by confederate soldiers, labor of the kind they had always done, labor meant to serve the interests of southern slave holders and the southern whites so they were forced to clear roads, to build fort tick indications to -- fortifications and grow crops and so on but not welcomed into the confederate military am debate about the potential enlistment of blag soldiers as a -- by white confederates in the very last stage oses the war and terrific work by people live kevin loven and bruce levin shows clearly that was a bid to preserve slavery by forcing some black men to bear arms and subordinate rolled with no eye toward their potential equality or citizenship to rescue slavery for the rest of southern society that debate -- that went nowhere with the slave hold terse who were not withing to give their slaves over to the army in that capacity to be used in that way, so it's very, very important to put that myth of black confederates to rest once and for all. african-american men served in the union arm,ot in the confederate army. >> the next ques

the confederate flag pole who ever wants to fly it. 3 white americans accused of shooting dead a black man while he was out jogging have pleaded not guilty to murder george mcmichael his son travis and their neighbor william bryan are facing 9 charges between them 25 year old was killed in georgia and february but it wasn't until may that police eventually made arrests after a video of the shooting went viral well police and residents in chicago and several other u.s. cities are braced for another weekend of violence summer street crime crime is accelerating with hundreds of people shot or killed this year alone crime analysts say the pandemic on the george floyd protests have increased tensions in urban areas 100 reports from chicago. 7 year old natalia wallace was gunned down when a group of men opened fire at an independent state party one of 27 people killed in more than 100 others shot over the past 2 weekends in chicago bulls heart it's broken you can also see it's broken again. we've got to be tattooed in it damn it i'm tied up in atlanta an 8 year old girl was gunned down the s

jefferson davis would accept that invitation, and become the president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1856, jefferson davis received word from general robert e lee, commander of the army of virginia, that they could no longer hold the army back from richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis soon after that would follow. he would finally catch up with his family right above the florida state line. it is here where a federal mounted unit was able to capture him and his family. jefferson davis was placed on a boat and moved back up here to fort monroe and incarcerated in this very cell. some people ask why. the main reason is that jefferson davis was indicted on three federal charges. one, for treason. two, complicit in the assassination of abraham lincoln. and three, the mistreatment of federal soldiers in prison by the confederate states army. in order to answer those charges in federal co

thats one of the myths there were african-american confederate soldiers. there were no african-american soldiers that willingly fought for the confederate states of america. service. ordered into they were building the batteries that would attacked the fort in april 1 1861. >> let's talk about the cipher key. chisholm had a role to send and receive coded messages. our first object is the very key he used for deciphering these messages. how does it work? a curious looking object. >> it is. the idea of sending messages to distant areas in war is as old as war itself. ancient times, it was done with fire at night with torches. in the early days of the civil war, it was messages sent in morse code by torchlight. or through flags. that used to be done on a navy ships as late as world war ii. an alphabet by flag-waving. cipher keys were pretty new and pretty revolutionary. what they did is -- first of all, they all came in that box on the bottom. at the top, you see the alphabet. below it, corresponding letters that can represent the original letter, but would b

when discussing the removal of confederate monuments, congressman lewis described these efforts as the beginning of the movement that would help us move toward the realization that we are one people, one nation, and we have to be .ensitive to our own history just this week, we in the house of representatives are honoring this movement in the nation's capitol by voting on historic legislation that will remove the defenders of the horrific system of slavery, segregation, and racism from the u.s. capitol building. i am proud of the work of our chair and all of our colleagues are doing to demonstrate that our public lands and parks belong to all americans. this is an opportunity to shine a light on stories of great individuals who have not stood for hate or opera russian or orinst our union come -- oppression or against our union, but rather those who reflect our ideas and those whose valuable contributions to build the fabric of our nation. dr. coleman, thank you for being here and for the important work you are doing to inform us of our history. for those who may not understand these sym

there were no confederates mentioned and it was all, you know, the forefathers of our country. all the great americans, and that was really the main bulk of it. so what she said is flat out falls in those headlines you mentioned for the newspapers were unbelievable misleading. some of the headlines that i saw were even worse than those and in fact as i follow this over the weekend, i don't think i've ever seen such dishonest and biased coverage of any event. this was a speech it meant to be inspiring and even, if you think the message was flawed, the speech itself was quite strong and in some ways very positive. >> bret: so, mark, in your estimation, is this all about the trump -- through the prism of trump, or this moment? when you think this is coming from? >> well, we're in a bitterly divided country and people decided what they think of trump and those don't like him, i don't think they pay attention to what he actually says and even less to what he actually does. the result is that he gets the kind of coverage he gets and i thought as i saw this weekend unfold in the cover

free speech rights and his defense of americans who do want to fly the confederate flag mike hanna in washington with more on this one so if this memo is to be believed authorizing only certain flags that promote unity so that's perhaps not explicitly saying no confederate flags but very much implied. that's correct the secretary of defense is walking a very fine line between immense pressure from the military which wants to get rid of confederate flags across all of its institutions and from the president who continues to support the display of the confederate flag insisting that it is a freedom of speech action so what marcus has done is walk this fine line but instead of saying what is not allowed saying that these are the only flags that are permitted to be flown on u.s. military installations he then lists each of these flags which obviously ranges from the stars and stripes to various division or flags flags of allies in suitable circumstances so this is mark spitz solution to what is a potentially dangerous issue with the president who continues to press for the return of the c

the confederate troops during the american civil war it symbolizes the southern states and their struggle to preserve slavery this flag is now history the use of this flag is relevant to everybody in the society who use it so everybody. feeling or nobody gave a shit and writes to say something about it and to have an emotional attachment this is very much flakes are working as a social symbol if the symbol is saying something that we are no longer thinking about for ourselves that we should be like that it. seems to be time to change such a symbol. canada is the best new an example of a flag change at a national level the country swapped its inherited british flag for the well known made coolly flag in 1965 sites africa and rwanda have also removed their colonial past from their state flags new zealand time ever was not the whole process took several years of discussion. finally they reached 3 or 4 designs that were acceptable to most of the people. they went through a decision process through referring them and finally they decided they just like the flag as their reason they don't see w

which has been a historic descent african-americans have complained about the use of the confederate flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if who oversees actually among troops they don't want to upset trump i think mentioning can better fly directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who are lying because that are like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the confederate flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the confederate flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that it's heritage and not eat that you know if people want to fly can better fly they're not flying it because they support white supremacy they're doing it because they're proud of their southern heritage how this argument is still floating let alone from the highest office in the united states in 2020 is beyond me i hear it is not he was very popular in his seventies eighties

the us defence secretary, mark esper, has, in effect, banned the flying of the confederate flag at american military bases around the world. he's issued a memo prohibiting what he called "divisive symbols". the confederate flag represents the states that fought to keep slavery during the american civil war. dozens of defenders of islamic law have protested in the sudanese capital khartoum against recent government reforms that allow non—muslims to drink alcohol and grant more freedom to women. under the new laws, women no longer need permission from a male relative to travel with their children and anyone convicted of renouncing islam will no longer face the death penalty. the financial crisis in lebanon has contributed to an energy shortage that people are trying to combat on their own. without mains electricity, many residents and institutions, including hospitals are installing diesel generators. the lebanese pound has fallen by nearly 80% since late last year. germany has been relying on testing, tracing — and now technology, to reduce the number of new corona infections. more than

make sure that this fort was secure on the very eve of the american civil war. what you should know about these 32-pounders and fort monroe is that these guns were never fired in anger and this fort was never attacked. strength andto its how imposing it is to the enemy. was it like before the american civil war? slaves were used primarily for agriculture. this map gives us a clear indication of where that agriculture takes place. they were growing things like tobacco and cultivating cotton. you can see how populous the slave people were here in va at the time. let's go through georgia. they were growing rice and different things here. a concentration of enslaved individuals. the mississippi river valley is the same thing. the other cash crops that allow whites to capitalize on that. look at the concentration of enslaved people. in the bay of 1861, there was a perfect storm. several things came together to create what we call today the contraband decision. the first thing is that abraham lincoln promoted and assigned major general william butler to take command o

which has been a historic descent african-americans have complained about the use of the confederate flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if who oversees actually among troops they don't want to upset trump i think it makes you think and better why directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who were lying to better like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the confederate flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the confederate flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that it's here and had to not eat that you know if people want to fly can better fly they're not flying it because they support white supremacy they're doing it because they're proud of their southern heritage how this argument is still floating let alone from the highest office in the united states in 2020 is beyond me i hear it's not heat was very popular and seventies eighti

they are in the confederate states of america. robert e. lee was a great tactician but he was a leader of the confederate army which succeeded in starting a war that killed 600,000 americans. and so it is one thing to treat him as a tactical hero and put him off in the corner somewhere, but it's not the right place to give him the presence he has in our society through statues or other discussions. they were not great americans. they were great members, perhaps, tactically, of the confederate states of america, but they were no longer americans at that point. >> i want to ask you about your own personal experiences. you are the proud son of immigrants, raised in the bronx in new york city. then in 1957 and 1958, you drove to basic training at ft. benenig benning, georgia. tell me what you experienced in the jim crow south, this was before the civil rights act. >> in those days if you wanted to go from, say, new york city to columbus, georgia, there is only one motel that you could stop at along the way that would accept black people. and th

the flying of the confederate flag at american military bases around the world has effectively been banned. without directly referencing the flag, the us defence secretary mark esper issued a memo prohibiting what he called "divisive symbols". recent protests have renewed calls to ban the flag across the us. china is preparing for a weekend of heavy rain as 15 million people in central and southern china experience their worst flooding in decades. more than 140 people are missing since the floods began last month. now on bbc news — click. this week: cleaning up the social network. getting your mask on. and... breaking bad with giancarlo esposito. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. that's the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. in fact in some parts of the world it is just the norm anyway. so do it. hey, lara. hello. i hope you have been bending the metal bit over your nose, now i know about it seems really obvious. absolutely right and i didn't know that, until recently, and it does help it to sit in place so it is very useful information. it does help but it still

feed, manyr twitter of the confederates are calling for the continued existence of confederate statue areas, raised in opposition to the civil rights of americans of african descent. gary from twitter as well as says you cannot remove history. destroying history does not change history, it only gives haters a chance to change history for their own benefit. the twitter feed is at @cspanwj, and you can also post to our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan, if you want. -- we will hear from lori, go ahead. caller: i support the monuments being taken down. i do not know if they ever have permission to put them up, but i find a lot of times even the bases,f all the military the names were put there for a reason. those statues were put up -- a hierarchy exists, and they have not been torn down till this time because we finally stood together with all the people in marching against this. we watched a man get murdered. it took that, but we are all with blackgether lives matter. and as we stand together for them, we are standing together, all of us. there is a hierarchy bear the thought the statu

african-american history at the university of dayton ohio she says not listing the confederate flag by name in the new policy sidesteps the wider issue. i think it definitely was a political move to rights of its well not dissent obviously within the military about the constant usage of the y. which has been a historic descent african-americans have complained about the use of the confederate flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if who oversees actually among troops they don't want to upset trump i think mentioning can better fly directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who were lying to better like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the confederate flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the confederate flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that it's heritage and not hate that you know people want to fly a confederate flag they're

which has been an historic descent african-americans have complained about the use of the confederate flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if you will who oversees actually among troops they don't want to upset trump i think it makes you think and better why directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who were lying to better like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the confederate flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the confederate flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that it's not eat that you know people want to fly and better fly they're not flying it because they support white supremacy they're doing it because they're proud of their southern heritage how this argument is still floating let alone from the highest office in the united states in 2020 is beyond me i hear it's not very popular in his seventies eighties and nineties

which has been a historic descent african-americans have complained about the use of the confederate flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if you will who oversees actually among troops they don't want to upset trump i think mentioning can better fly directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who were lying to better like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the confederate flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the confederate flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that it's here and cajun not eat that you know if people want to fly a confederate flag they're not flying it because they support white supremacy they're doing it because they're proud of their southern heritage how this argument is still floating let alone from the highest office in the united states in 2020 is beyond me i hear it's not he was very popular in his seventies e

not americans love seeing statues of confederate generals or confederate named bases however however, it would belove the president to push members of the house, republicans and democrats to include a clause that explicitly preserves statute do yous to american founders, the president is right there is no limiting principle for the democratic party and the left. he was right when he said this a few years back and criticized come after the confederates and washington and jefferson and lynlincoln. that is happening right now. president should say there are certain things agree maybe move to a museum certainly other things that should not come down. the problem i see is not the confederate statues it's obliterate american history as a whole too many people not want to make any sort of distinction there. >> harris: yeah. part of the reason why people of color have particularly spoken out against it or not for it in terms of keeping them up or taking them down alveda king the niece of mlk joined me sunday night for a special, katie, her point was there are so many other things she would li

he has rarely voiced the concerns or the feelings of, you know, millions of black americans who do not view confederate symbols as their history. and so that is the aggregate, as you say, pam. that's the aggregate view i think of what the president's been doing over the last several weeks but really over the last many, many years dating all the way back to, as jeremy said in his piece, back to 2016 when, at that time, it was mexicans being criminals and rapists and banning muslims. today, it's americans being pitted against americans in an effort to further divide the country, it seems. >> that's a very important point there. and you make also another point, abby, when he kept saying and the white house press secretary kept saying "our history." but what do you really hear? are they really talking about everyone's history here in america? >> i don't think so. the confederacy was canceled in 1865 by the deaths of hundreds of thousands of american citizens who stood up to reunite this did country and the institution of slavery. but it's a fascinating rhetorical tactic because it's one th

when asked whether he understood the confederate flag reminded black americans of slavery, the president told cbs news that displaying the banner is a matter of free speech. then he was asked about the number of black people killed by police. >> why are african-americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country? >> and so are white people. so are white people. what a terrible question to ask. so are white people. more white people, by the way, more white people. >> multiple studies show more whites overall are killed by police, however, research shows black americans die at the hands of law enforcement at a rate about three times higher than whites. the president also called the killing of george floyd terrible. >>> next the abc news exclusive with the president's niece who is now talking about her uncle for the first time since the release of her explosive new book. this morning, mary trump says the president should resign. this morning, president trump's niece calling on her uncle to step down. >> if you're in the oval office today, what would you say to him? >> resi

the confederate -- the american civil war was fought and it was an act of rebellion, it was an act of treason at the time against the union, against the stars and stripes, against the u.s. constitution. those officers turned their back on their oath. >> joining me now is leon panetta who served at secretary of defense and cia director in the obama administration and white house chief of staff in the clinton administration. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being with us. this is a point that colin powell, a former joined chiefs chairman, made in the interview with me as well. they were not defending americans, they were killing americans. >> there's no question that general milley is doing the right thing. there is a bipartisan committee and armed services committee on the senate side. i think true on the house side. i think secretary esper is supportive of. i think there is a recognition it's time to move into the 21st century, review the names of these posts. and identify war heroes that really represented a united country and that fought alongside of our military as it is toda

of dead confederate generals. i don't think people will understand that. and by the way, i think there's a risk there politically. if you veto that bill over the issue you are likely to be overridden in the congress. and diminish your presidency. my advice sign it. leapt the process play out. you have mitch mcconnell and republicans saying we'll put a process in this bill that allows the military to go through the correct process to change the name. there's nothing wrong with that. this is not the issue americans are concerned about. they are concerned about attacks on the founding fathers kp americans founing ideals and principles. attacks on the confederate this is not time of mine thing and stake the claim in the national debate. >> so much more to discuss. we'll discuss everything you said plus more. did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liquid

symbols our history, but we're talking about four years of american history here. isn't he celebrating, really, the racism that that moment represented, not just heritage? >> it's about time we called this out for what it is. my colleagues -- i'm not a specialist in -- in reconstruction history. i know more about the second reconstruction that happened in the 1960s, but it's about time we called this out for what it is. many of though statues, and the mississippi flag are products of an effort to -- to prevent freed men, as they were called at the time, freed slaves from having the rights that all americans enjoyed. it was a way of trying to bottle up the outcome of the civil war. in many ways, southern historians talked about the fact that the south won the second civil war, which was the struggle that led to the creation of jim crow laws and the outcome was an apartheid state in the section of the south. so it's about time we talk about what those statues really meant. they were a symbol of oppression. they were a symbol of a denial of what the civil war was abou

rather than divide us through the use of confederate imagery. so, let me start with one of my favorite people, mayor landrieu. it is wonderful to see you. someday i will see you out-of-the-box. you mentioned in your testimony that confederate symbols, including the ones mentioned in the legislation today were constructed in the 20th century. purpose of building these confederate monument long after the civil war? mr. landrieu: as professor dr. loconte told us a few minutes ago, so many people are ignorant of our history. many people think they were put up immediately after the civil war, when in fact they began to be erected in the 1990's, and they only stopped being erected just a few years ago. they were part of an effort to rewrite history by something called the lost cause, an effort to make the cause of the civil war noble. it was really a propaganda campaign started generally by the daughters of the confederacy that were intended to rewrite history, as one of the other witnesses said, to rewrite history books. what the partrn of our histor

the flying of the confederate flag at american military bases around the world has effectively been banned. without directly referencing the flag, the us defense secretary mark esper issued a memo prohibiting what he called "divisive symbols". recent protests have renewed calls to ban the flag across the us. a summit of european union leaders in brussels has ended for the day with no progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies after the coronavirus crisis. the recovery fund is proposed to be worth 750 billion euros. a police officer in london has been suspended, afterfootage emerged of him kneeling on a man's neck during an arrest. the metropolitan police's deputy commissioner, says the images posted on social media, are extremely disturbing. another officer has been placed on restricted duties and an independent investigation is underway. danny shaw has the details. get off me! get off my neck! yesterday evening in islington. an officer appears to kneel on the neck of a man police are trying to detain. get off my neck! they were called after reports of a fight. the footage, shot by

to solve the native americans who were plundered in the wake of columbus you've got confederates let's have statues of of these slaves and of the great heroes like truck month who helped to free them let's make martin luther king's star to very much more prominent in american life there are lots of ways to do this rather than toppling pieces of masonry and if you'll forgive the pun manila nothing is set in stone even the monument tree around us can. be changed can be supplemented but what's much more important is what's happening to the people the flesh and blood not the stone yeah all those people that are still on those 16 territories that don't exactly quite have their own freedom or their own say in what's going to happen with their typically their island in this case right as a gem we here in the us we were always taught in school growing up that it was the europeans who are the colonizers great britain or cortez of spain etc but we too americans are colonizers places like puerto rico guam samoa are among the poorest places that have direct ties to the us when we expanded westward

tell us what you think this moment is for the american people in terms of reckoning with these confederate leaders? there really is a lot of change going on. >> absolutely. i think obviously we were all locked down together, the whole world was. we were forced to see things that probably made us, you know, wince and be more introspective. i really think that there is a moment. i don't know how fragile it is, where people are at least willing to listen to the conversations about race. we talk about who we are, there is a statute right now in new york to a man who was the father of modern gynecology. what he did was he performed surgery on enslaved black women with no anesthesia and because the belief was that black people didn't feel pain. that idea still permeates the medical profession right now when we're not treated medically properly because they believe we actually can't feel pain, so that is not just a vestige of the past but a connection to what we are going through right now and the way that you -- america needs to rid itself of the idea that one group is supreme and the other grou

civil war and its enduring legacy as a disenfranchisement of millions of american citizens. for african-americans, religious and other ethnic minorities, the confederate flag has long been and continuesit to be associated with violence inflicted upon them. throughout the current discussion, one is often repeated and you heard we should erase history by removing these items from the public landscape. the fact is that history was already when these items were either did. subsequently half of americans remember the civil war -- is i remembered and interpreted where the entire nation has been skewed. with that said, i doo say this: do when asked what they do when thinkindo we do whenthinking abg forward, let's beki clear we should absolutely have monuments reflect our shared values of justiced and equality, but we cn do that if we continue to think that t what they have on the current landscape represents us. thank you for allowing me time to speak today. >> thank you very much, ms. coleman. thank you for that testimony, reminding the members of the committee will the chair will

americans who fly the confederate flag lawrence korb is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense and he says it will be hard for trump to reprimand esper i think it's really up to ask her whether he's willing to put his job on the lot because if he's a secretary of the fans and he does and then the president old president will pay a tremendous political political price went up to now history has not been like the career just you know secretaries we congress war who have defied the president when it comes to you know doing something like for example was secretary of the navy didn't like it when he got any gallagher they see a little you're basically had committed committed murder so he got he got fired so i think it will be very hard for trump in an election new york to fire the secretary you don't have time to get another one slightly if asked 1st word about his wife's and history he should really just go full you know well or extreme ahead i'm just beijing says u.s. officials have quote lost their minds in their attacks on china these sharp words a

a policy which effectively bans the confederate flag at american military sites this is coming from reports from the reuters news agency which is reporting that it's seen a copy of a memo from. which authorizes only certain flags that promote unity this is a decision that could increase tension between. president donald trump who has cited free speech rights in his defense of americans who do want to fly that confederate flag. coming up for you in about 25 minutes time up next though it is inside story with a recount. taxes taxes taxes a group of millionaires just governments to raise taxes to fund a coronavirus recovery they say charity is not the solution but will government's unsub a call and how popular is this idea this is inside story. there are welcome to the program i'm laura kyle the coronavirus crisis seems to be spinning out of control on thursday the world record its worst single day rise in infections almost a quarter of a 1000000 in just 24 hours cities that had declared a tends to victory a falling back on the look down one by one. the return of restrictions is an eco

military instillations named after confederate soldiers as part of a great american heritage. ayanna pressley made a speech from the floor what true heritage is for many black and american women. >> driving while black, jogging while black, sleeping while black, we are criminalized for the very way we show up in the world under the harsh black body is seen as a threat always considered armed. centuries of institutionalized won't be undone overnight for racism is like the marble pillars of this institution. there is rallying crime, black lives matter is a mandate from the people. it's time pay us what you owe us. our black skin is not a crime. it is the beautiful robe of nation builders. >> and joining me now is iayann pressley. thank you for being with us. it's so interesting to me. i think what you said was so powerful and it's a view of history that is not really taught in school books and it's not really the way many certainly white americans think of the history of this country, the pillars upon which it was built and yet undeniably going as far back in our country's histo

it is an embrace of our american family, our values, freedom, and future. with that, i will take questions. >> a couple questions. the first one, why is the president so supportive of flying the confederate flag? ms. mcenany: i think you are referring to a tweet this morning. is that right? i think you are mischaracterizing the tweet. the tweet was aimed at pointing out that the fbi report of the alleged hate crime at nascar concluded that the garage door pull, which had been there since last fall, was obviously not targeted at a specific individual, because in fact it was a garage pull and in fact it was there since last fall, long the 43 team arrived. and it was determined not a racist act. >> mike bush and is, why is the president so supportive of flying the confederate flag? ms. mcenany: the president never said that you are taking his tweet out of context. >> the president said nascar saw bad ratings because they took down the confederate flag. does he believe they should fly the confederate flag? ms. mcenany: the whole point of the tweet was to note t

the flying of the confederate flag at american military bases around the world has effectively been banned. without directly referencing the flag, the us defense secretary mark esper issued a memo prohibiting what he called "divisive symbols". recent protests have renewed calls to ban the flag across the us. china is preparing for a weekend of heavy rain as 15 million people in central and southern china experience their worst flooding in decades. more than 140 people are missing since the floods began last month. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: cleaning up the social network. adding your mask on. and... breaking bad with giancarlo esposito. hey, welcome to click and wear a mask. it is the advice you are given, just do it, it's not a problem. in fact in some part of the world is just the problem. in fact in some part of the world isjust the norm problem. in fact in some part of the world is just the norm anyway. problem. in fact in some part of the world isjust the norm anyway. so problem. in fact in some part of the world is just the norm anyway. so do it. hey lara. hello

lauren: the city that was once the capital of the proslavery american south is taking down its confederate statues. the mayor of richmond ordered the immediate removal of all statues on city land after weeks of protests against racism and police brutality. protesters across the country targeted monuments of confederate officials and leaders with racist pasts as part of nationwide mistakes in over the killing of george floyd -- demonstrations over the killing of george floyd. antiracism demonstrators have taken over the area following floyd's death, declaring it free of police officers, but trump called the protesters domestic terrorists and wanted them removed. seattle's mayor ordered the area cleared after two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. adverts for more than 400 brands are due to start vanishing from facebook, part of a campaign to put pressure on the world's largest social media platform to do more to stop the spread of hate speech and racist content. in last-minute talks, face book convinced advertisers it was doing enough. it was an ominous warning by the u.s. president ag

feed, manyr twitter of the confederates are calling for the continued existence of confederate statue areas, raised in opposition to the civil rights of americans of african descent. gary from twitter as well as says you cannot remove history. destroying history does not change history, it only gives haters a chance to change history for their own benefit. the twitter feed is at @cspanwj, and you can also post to our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan, if you want. -- we will hear from lori, go ahead. caller: i support the monuments being taken down. i do not know if they ever have permission to put them up, but i find a lot of times even the bases,f all the military the names were put there for a reason. those statues were put up -- a hierarchy exists, and they have not been torn down till this time because we finally stood together with all the people in marching against this. we watched a man get murdered. it took that, but we are all with blackgether lives matter. and as we stand together for them, we are standing together, all of us. there is a hierarchy bear the thought the statu

all of american history. that is including the good parts. the folks who signed the emancipation proclamation, the declaration of independence, but what we are seeing unfold right now isn't just about statues and our past. what we are seeing is about our future. we are witnessing a fundamental clash between those who want to keep things the way they are -- democracy and capitalism -- and those who want to see the country change via a socialist system. i think a majority of people want to keep the current system in place, but those aren't really the people that are energized right now. president trump needs to be keenly aware of that fact going into the election, especially if joe biden picks somebody who has sort of democratic socialist ties, lake elizabeth warren, as his vice presidential candidate. >> gillian: leslie, at some point it seems to me, and about the last week to two weeks, the national focus, the national conversation, has sort of turned, from a discussion about confederate flags, monuments hono

military instillations named after confederate soldiers as part of a great american heritage. ayanna pressley made a speech from the floor about what true heritage is for many black and american women. >> driving while black, jogging while black, sleeping while black, we are criminalized for the very way we show up in the world. my black body is seen as a threat, always considered armed. centuries of institutionalized won't be undone overnight for racism is like the marble pillars of this institution. there is a rallying cry, black lives matter is a mandate from the people. it's time. pay us what you owe us. our black skin is not a crime. it is the beautiful robe of nation builders. >> and joining me now is ayanna pressley. thank you for being with us. it's so interesting to me. i think what you said was so powerful and it's a view of history that is not really taught in school books and it's not really the way many certainly white americans think of the history of this country, the pillars upon which it was built and yet undeniably going as far back in our country's history,

so glad both of you are here. more than 128,000 americans. just think about that number. more than 128,000 americans now have died from coronavirus and our president is focusing on confederate monuments and now calling black lives matter a symbol of hate. there is no question what he is doing here, is there? >> and this comes off of the heels of the president retweeting the video with one of his supporters shouting out white power and not condemning the phrase but condemning black lives matter. he is giving a very evident wink and nod to the racists in his pace and people that are proud of what he has done in terms of stoking racial divisions in the country. 128,000 people have died from the coronavirus. the fact that the president is focused on defending confederate generals and trying to discredit the black lives matter movement. it is clear that he is isolated on the issue. the president is looking towards the past and trying to relive the glory days and appealing to a small and a shrinking part of his base including the man in the video shouting white power. >> as sub