4@
ABLE
ABLE TO
ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE BEHIND THE ROPES, BASED ON THE
MOVEMENT WE JUST SAW, THAT
COULD BE ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. I
DOWN. I HAVE TO HAND IT TO THEM.
YOU HAVE TO THINK OF ALL THE
WEIGHT THIS STATUE 4@MUST BE. 4@
THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS
FOR AN HOUR.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY CLOSE
TO TOPPLING.
TO TOPPLING. HERE WE GO.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. YOU HAVE JUST WATCHED AS
PROTESTERS HAVE4@ PUED DOWN A
STATUE THAT HAS BEEN --
>> REPORTER: THE ALBERT PIKE
STATUE HAS COME DOWN IN 4@DC ON
JUNETEENTH.
JUNETEENTH. WE SEE PROTESTERS RUSHING 4@
TOWARDS IT. 4@
I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET UP
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. A
HERE. A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE AREA AS 4@
WE GET A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. MANY PROTESTERS OUT HERE
RUNNING.
RUNNING.
RUNNING. PROTESTERS CHANTING AS WE SEE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
[ CHANTING ]
>> THIS IS A POWERFUL MOMENT
IN A DAY THAT'S BEEN LIKE THIS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ALBERT PIKE, A CONFEDERATE
GENERAL, A FIGURE WHO
REPRESENTED AN EFFORT TO
PRESERVE WHITE SUPREMACY AND
THE ENSLAVEMENT OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE INCLUDING IN HERE IN
THE STRICT OF COLUMBIA.
THIS WAS THE ONLY STATUE
DEDICATED TO A CONFEDERATE
GENERAL IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA. NOW IT IS NO MORE.
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR JUST A
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE
[ CHANTING ]
>> NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE.
>> LET'S GO!
>> THIS HAS BEEN 4@HAPPENING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE DISTRICT HAS JOINED OTHER
CITIES WHERE PROTESTERS HAVE
SAID WE'RE NOT WAITING ANY
LONGER FOR THESE SYMBOLS OF
DIVISION AND HATRED TO COME
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. WE'LL DO IT OURSELVES.
I'D
I'D LIKE
I'D LIKE TO BRING IN MY 4@
I'D LIKE TO BRING IN MY 4@4@ COLLEAGUE NATHAN BACA.
WE'VE 4@BEEN TALKING QUITE A BI
ABOUT ALBERT PIKE.
HE WASN'T THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED GENERAL. 4@
OBVIOUSLY ON THE WRONG SIDE 4@O
HISTORY, NOW ON THE GROUND.
BUT NATHAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF @
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW MUCH
ABOUT ALBERT PIKE.
>> RIGHT, SO LET'S GIVE YOU
KIND OF AN 4@EXAMPLE OF THE
OPPOSITION TO ALBERT PIKE'S
STATUE.
STATUE.
STATUE. 130 YEARS 4@AGO, THE GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC, THE FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATION OF UNION CIVIL
WAR VETERANS, WHENEVER THEY
FOUND OUT THAT THE FREE
MASONS, WHO ALBERT PIKE WAS A
MEMBER4@ OF, WANTED TO PUT IN A
STATUE OF PIKE IN
WASHINGTON --
WASHINGTON -- >> NATHAN, I NEED TO STOP YOU 4@
FOR A 4@SECOND BECAUSE WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, AND 4@
THE STATUE IS ON FIRE.
THE STATUE OF CONFEDERATE
GENERAL ALBERT PIKE IS NOW ON
THE GROUND AND ON FIRE.
THE WORD PIG 4@SPRAYED ON THE
SIDE OF IT.
JUST LIT UP EVEN MORE BY
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. WAS 4@THERE SOMETHING FIRED
THERE, TOM?
THERE, TOM? WAS SOMETHING FIRED THERE?
>> 4@REPORTER: THIS IS TOM, CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> REPORTER: 4@YES, I BELIEVE
THAT WAS SOME SORT OF
FIREWORKS OR SOMETHING.
YOU CAN HEAR THE CHANTS RIGHT
NOW.4@
NOW.4@
NOW.4@ AND SECONDS AGO, AS YOU WERE
4@ JUST SAYING, THE STATUE VERY 4@
MUCH ON FIRE AS WE 4@CAN SEE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THE CHANTS ARE CONTINUING.
THIS REALLY LED TO ALL SORTS
OF EXCITEMENT AND EUPHORIA FOR
PROTESTERS WHO TRIED FOR 4@AT
LEAST AN HOUR TO TAKE THE
STAT4@UE DOWN.
STAT4@UE DOWN. THIS 4@CONFEDERATE GENERAL
STATUE NOW ON THE GROUND
COVERED IN GRAFFITI AND ON
FIRE HERE ON JUNETEENTH IN DC
AS WE TRY TO GET A BETTER LOOK
AT THIS.
AT THIS. 4@ A LOT OF PROTESTERS 4@OUT HERE.
AT THIS. 4@ A LOT OF PROTESTERS 4@OUT HERE.@
A FLARE BEING LIT AT THIS
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. MORE FIREWORKS.
MORE FIREWORKS. MORE CHANTS.
MORE CHANTS. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE AS THE
PROTESTERS ARE SAYING.
>> THIS IS ALSO A MOMENT OF
SYMBOLISM. 4@
SYMBOLISM. 4@ PROTESTERS ARE SAYING THIS IS
A NEW DAY.
WE'RE TAKING BACK OUR PERSON
HOOD, TAKING BACK THE SYMBOLS
THAT WE LEAVE UP IN OUR CITY
AND NATION.
AND NATION. THIS 4@DOES NOT REFLECT THE
COUNTRY THAT WE WANT TO BE.
THAT WE WON'T 4@HAVE THESE
MONUMENTS TO TERRORISTS
ALLOWED 4@TO STAND.
WE SHOULD ALSO TELL YOU, AND
WITH WE APOLOGIZE IN 4@ADVANCE
IF THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT
MAKES IT ON THE AIR 4@TONIGHT.
THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE SCENE.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO
KE4@EP THIS 4@AS APPROPRIATE AS
POSSIBLE. 4@
POSSIBLE. 4@ BUT AGAIN SOMETIMES THESE
THINGS HAPPEN.
THINGS HAPPEN. [ CHANTING ]
>> ALL RIGHT,4@ LET'S GO TO
NATHAN BACA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
YOU WERE GIVING US SOME 4@
PERSPECTIVE, AND YOU HAVE 4@BEE
OUT FOR WEEKS AS WELL COVERING
THIS PROTEST