>> OBVIOUSLY, THIS ALL ARISES -- WE TALKED ABOUT CHARLOTTESVILLE.
IT ALL COMES FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE.
THERE'S BEEN A NATIONAL PUSH TO REMOVE OR RELOCATE A LOT OF
THESE NATIONAL MONUMENTS, THESE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
THIS WEEK THERE WAS A BIG DUST-UP IN CHAPEL HILL.
THE CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES --
UNIVERSITY, I THINK THEY'D LIKE TO REMOVE THE MONUMENTS.
>> Marc: DID THEY INDICATE THAT TO THE GOVERNOR?
>> IN THEIR LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR, NOT THEIR
CONVERSATION, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SAFE TO LEAVE IT UP.
WE'D LIKE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THAT.
IT'S DISINGENUOUS THAT YOU WANT HISTORY PROFESSORS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER SOMETHING IS SAFE.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED BACK TO THEM BASED ON STATE LAW THE WAY
HE READS IT AND THE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT REITERATED THAT THE
LAW IS VERY MURKY.
IT IS UP FOR INTERPRETATION.
IF THERE ARE SAFETY ARGUMENTS, YOU CAN REMOVE THOSE STATUES.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID, HE WANTS TO RELOCATE THE ONES ON
THE CAPITOL GROUNDS TO A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE, TO A
BATTLEFIELD, A MUSEUM, AN HISTORIC SITE.
AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE PUSHING THE SAME THING.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK YOU SEE THE UNIVERSITY
TRYING TO NOT MAKE THIS DECISION.
YOU HAVE A CHANCELLOR AND A PRESIDENT WHO WANT THEM TO COME
DOWN AND A BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT UNC WHO
DO NOT WANT THEM TO COME DOWN.
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