This weekend on Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien sits down with Sen. Cardin (D-MD) to discuss the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and the Democratic strategy. Then, residents of small cities up and down the Gulf Coast are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. Soledad O’Brien checks in with Port Arthur, TX Mayor Derrick Freeman about why recovery efforts have been so slow. And, Richmond, Virginia, once the capital of the Confederate South, is still struggling to decide what to do with its confederate monuments. Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War museum, and says although she is African-American, she understands why the statues should remain.
