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he appeared in a video released this morning saying, we still are in a fight for the soul of the nation. he spoke about the need to, in his, words defender mobocracy. he repeatedly spoke with the need to stand up for what he termed personal freedom. this time, not just against the extremism of former president who hopes to retake the white house, but republican party, the president believes is enabled by him. >> and has been the work of my first term to fight for it democracy. >> this shouldn't be a red and blue issue. >> to protect our, rights to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally, and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but around the country, maga extremists are -- those bench rock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life, while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. dictating what health care decisions women can make. banning books, telling people who they can love. all making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. >> later on today, president

biden appeared before a group of trade members -- need to quote, finish the job. moments ago, vice president harris picked up where the president left off in his video on the topic of abortion, she was speaking at her alma matter -- university. -- six weeks after the one recently signed by republican presidential candidate governor ron desantis who said since most women don't know they are pregnant at that stage, it is proof most republicans in their words, don't know how a woman's body works. she also spoke about how she, called an extremist plan for a national agenda to push strict abortion laws. someone else also speaking about abortion -- former south carolina governor nikki haley who declared for the presidential race in february, she appeared in -- anti abortion group calling for a constructive conversation on the issue, and the need for what she termed a national consensus, but didn't provide any details of a national bush and policy would look like under hilly --

the 2024, race investigations with former president, were putting statements in a battery and defamation trial against him -- says in 1986 the former president raped her in a department store dressing room. the former president denies the charges. we will have more on what happened in opening statements today in court later. the biden campaign, cnn chief correspondent phil mattingly. what has been going on behind the scenes at the white house? >> you know, anderson, besides the video from the president this morning, his entire day was defined by official events from the white house, behind the scenes though, there was an intensive lori of activity from his top advisers. from top democrats, to lay the groundwork for what they know will be both a very expensive, and very intense battle ahead. i'm told advisors throughout the course of the day or making contact, reaching out to two key groups of the biden coalition, the core pillows of what got him elected in 2020. he will need to get elected in 2024.

whether it is young voters, latino, voters black, voters trying to ensure that all those groups were aligned, and understood what was coming, and what was going to be needed going forward. so too will reach out some efforts to speak with donors, the top advisers for the president holding a call with top donors earlier today, laying out of the groundwork for the campaign. their message, what they see going forward, and they have also been invited more than a couple dozen of them to washington later this weekend for more briefings, more intensive discussions around a plan that i'm told between the campaign and it's supportive outside groups, could -- more than two billion dollars, anderson. as for the president, and putin was briefed throughout the day on how things were growing. he did hold a call with key democratic governors earlier today to lay out the message and strategy, particularly in swing states that his campaign sees as -- more than anything else, though there is an understanding that there is a critical contrast to that they want to push forward. they know there are headwinds, they see the poll numbers as well. they feel there is a clear pathway so long as they get their allies, their groups,

probably most importantly their money in place for the road ahead. >> is the white house addressing the concerns about the presidents age? not there is anything they can do about it. >> it is a reality, and i think your point that there is nothing they can do about it is when you hear from white house officials. this is the reality. the president as the oldest president in u.s. history, his 80 years, old he would be 86 at the end of his second term. however, they have taken a lot of hard with the fact that there have been no real democratic challenges leading up to this moment. the national party is certainly behind him, but when you look at the polls coming out over the course of the last couple, weeks there is an understanding that there is an apathy to -- even among some democratic voters due to his, age generational, issues they think they can address that. one way they have tried to shift the discussion a, bit talk more about the experience, what that has gotten him in his first two years in office. sweeping legislative winds with no president over the course of the last couple decades all of which you will be talking about in the weeks and months ahead. he was talking about it today in his public speech that he

gave. that will be a primary focus. also to elevating the vice president, kamala harris as you know -- abortion speech at an hbcu earlier tonight, that will be a focus. she was heavily featured in his campaign launch video, so lots of them work together and that capacity, before but no question it is a question that will keep coming, up when they feel like they can only adjust by having the president do what he does. >> phil mattingly, appreciate, it now for republican reaction to the video, along with new controversy involving the former president, jeff zeleny joins us with all that. so what the former president and republican party have? what was their reaction to the presidents announcement? >> former president donald trump released a statement talking about inflation, talking about the war in afghanistan, the economy, you launch a, list but he also said that president biden has been the worst american president, worse than the five worst american presidents. he did not name them. he said he is surprised he is running for reelection. he called him a corrupt president. no specifics to any of this of

course. one thing he did not mention, age. that was interesting of course. donald trump a 76ers, old joe biden 80 years old. they certainly are contemporaries here. other republicans went after the biden administration inane unusual, way there will be a national committee releasing a very new ad that was made out of artificial intelligence sort of imagining what the world would be the second biden administration. as for the former president, he had this to say. he said with each a calamitous and failed presidency, it is almost inconceivable that biden would even think of running for reelection. he adds, i promise you this, when i stand on that debate stage and compare our records, it will be the radical democrat's worst nightmare. the interesting of, course he says the debate, stage because he wrote some republicans on that same topic later today. >> you floated the idea he might not participate in the republican primary debates. >> he did, that was unusual, he said he has not been consulted about these primary debates. the first one we know of course will be an august. the next will be at the reagan

library shortly after that. the -- fox news, and the former president said he simply has not been consulted about this. you may not participate at that. he said there were hostile network, hosting these debates, certainly interesting in the wake of the tucker carlson news. of course, he has come out in support of that fired fox news host. they republican national committee, the officials say -- excuse me, his advisers were told about the specific debates, but he is simply a, candidate he is not running this process. the republican national committee is running this process. we will see if the former president actually decides to not debate. we heard these same claims four and eight years ago. at the same time, he has always jumped into those debates, because that tv time is too tempting for him. >> jeff zeleny, thank you so, much appreciate your perspective on all this. kaitlan collins, cnn political correspondent anchor abby philip, cnn contributor -- remarkable biography of the

president and his latest book is on a deep division of the u.s. societal while land the making of america's fury. what are you hearing, caitlin, from the biden campaign about the road ahead? >> i think it is not going to look that if it in terms of what biden is doing day-by-day, initially, they pointed to what president obama did when he announced he was running for reelection. he was not out of the campaign trail every day. it will use white house events to really showcase that. he is never going to be holding any kind of rallies like what you have seen, former president trump, where he's expected to do going forward. one thing this announcement today does help in what they are looking for to doing is fundraising. that is going to be a key component of this. they have been questions of what he's going to announce, now was biden going to announce later, this was a little bit hastily put together. once he said in ireland, it was going to be announcing pretty, soon we will see the formation of what it looks like at the campaign headquarters. in delaware -- >> they are gearing up for being against trump i assume? >> yes, that is who they want

to run against. obviously, they do not ultimately, no that is the presumption right now trump is the front runner, they want to be a trump biden re-max, because they know how to beat him. they have done it before. and, -- that is more in line with either -- three and a half years apart or so compared to if it is a governor desantis or someone who's a republican nominee. >> how personal do you think this is for president biden to go against president trump? >> you have to remember, he came back into public life because of donald trump, he came back after the sun, died he receded back into private life, and was going to remain there until i think this moment. that is why -- really sticks in his mind, because it is, i think, as he has said publicly, the moment that he realized this was deeper than just politics, then occupying the office. but of course, he is a

politician, like all politicians, once you have the office, you tend to want to keep it. biden is like a lot of people. he has actually been running for president now for 30 years. he wanted to be president of the united states, and i think that is part of the picture here as well. but as caitlin says, he has a sense of confidence about this, particular challenge, especially as it relates to trump. he thinks he understands the formula for beating the former president a second time, and despite all the challenges that are out there, he has a team around him that takes a very methodical approach, dealing with one set of issues at a time, shoring up for example the democratic base. i noted today, the ruled out several announcements of endorsements, including some people what said maybe they would run against biden like gavin newsom, governor of california, and bernie sanders. so they are strategic, and that combined with biden self

confidence about his ability to beat trump is what puts him back here in this position again. >> and when biden first ran, there was talk about, well, he would be -- bridge the next generation. was that all just kind of talk? >> you know, i think there was to use a term from foreign affairs, a little bit of strategic ambiguity in those statements. in a way, if you ask him at the time, i remember in 2020 talking tim about, this what he focused on when you talked about being a transition candidate, that they would open up, government open up the administration to a more diverse roster of talent. in gender, terms in racial terms, they have done that. if you look at the people who brought into the administration, judicial appointments, you cannot deny the fact that a lot of people took from his messaging at the time the idea that he may only run for one term. at the time, his advisers were saying look, he would not say, that political malpractice to do, so lame dark on day two. that is not what a lot of people heard. >> the biden community is

making abortion front and center and kamala harris out there tonight i just want to play some of what she said -- >> fundamental freedoms are under attack in our country today, and it is the tradition of this university and there say the tradition of our country to fight for freedom, to fight for rights, to fight for the ability of all people, to be who they are. and make decisions about their own lives and their bodies. >> and this is clearly an issue democrats see as of annette is mobilizing people to vote in the midterms. >> you look at what happened in wisconsin recently, that supreme court race with judge -- getting that seat because she ran very clearly on what you are saying when it came to abortion. what we have seen a have been ever since roe v. wade was overturned, which initially galvanized republicans of course, something they had sought for so many decades but in the and it is energizing democrats in a way that we have

seen is also putting republicans on. they're not really sure how to handle, it we are talking to is that hutchinson earlier who denouncing formerly tomorrow he's going to be a republican contender for this. he has said he thinks abortion may be on the backburner by the time 2024 really heats up, i'm not so sure about, that it has been one of the number one issues we have seen mobilizing voters. republicans are -- north dakota, they are signing incredibly strict wilson to, loeffler to governor ron desantis signing that six-week bill into law whether -- moderate voters, and ending the general election if he was the nominee. i think it is going to be something that is more difficult for republicans to talk about. they haven't found their footing. >> and, abby, we may have a supreme court which weighs in again this time next year on the medical pill, the medical abortion which is widely used, has been for decades. >> yes, i, mean look, this is a

live issue. i don't think as a set hutchinson suggest, this is necessarily going to fade. the reason actually is because republican legislatures and lawmakers are pushing increasingly restrictive abortion bills at the state level. that is always going to keep this issue on the front burner. we are also starting to see among republicans a real pressure being put on some of these candidates by anti-abortion groups, -- really putting people on the record, would you be willing to support in harms a federal abortion bans. so even if some republicans, maybe some moderates wanted to say let's not talk about this so much, i think there is the right flank of the republican party that has said we have been fighting for this for 50 years. they want to see really hard commitments, and the people trying to be somewhere in the middle on the republican side are not really going to be able to do that.

because, there is this kind of grassroots movement that is still there pushing them further to the right. we saw that with nikki haley as she today tried to say, let's have a conversation about it, never mentioning what her line is in terms of when she would like to see abortion restricted in this country. >> president biden often -- from his first two years in office, obviously they know or control the house no one expects any of the presidents remaining legislative parties to pass congress. how much could that her in between now and the election? >> i think what you are hearing him speak out, it became very clear in this video today that he is framing this election as larger now than just legislative action. they had a lot of that in the last two, years this is about freedom, fundamental freedoms. i think that resonates with a lot of democrats who feel they look at the overturning of roe v. wade. you look at the challenges to same-sex marriage. the effort to try and rollback what has come to be settled freedom, settled lost in the united states. i think for a lot of americans,

particularly democrats who may be uneasy about the idea of a biden at the age of 80 going for a second term, they are going to begin to look at that choice, and say that this is actually a grant choice. it is a referendum on the character of an issue. >> i appreciated, caitlin, collins thank, you just ahead, tonight after years of legal wrangling, the opening statements today in a lawsuit against former president -- alleges in 1996 that former president donald trump raped her, he also says he defend her more recent comments he, made the nights are, claims we'll have details on opening statements ahead. also, more fallout on the firing of tucker carlson, by fox news, -- who once worked for him, he is now suing the network, of course is says it was a hostile work environment for women. let's tighten that. (fabric ripping) ooh. - wait, wh- wh- what was that? - huh? what, that? no, don't worry about that. here we go. - asking the right question can greatly impact your future. - are, are you qualified to do this? - what? - especially when it comes to your finances. - yeehaw! - do you have a question? - are you a certified financial planner™?

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store -- she's also suing him for defamation for comments chalk made about her last october. on his truth social platform, he posted is is a hoax and a lie, just like all the other hoaxes that have been played on me over the last seven years. while i'm not supposed to say, it i will, this woman is not my type. he also posted, i do not know this, woman i have no idea who she is. she completely made up a story that i met her at the doors of this crowd in new york city department store, and within minutes swooned her. in his october deposition for this case, trump called carroll a not job. carol filed what is now her second lawsuit against trump last november, after a new law called the adult survivors act was passed in new york. that law allows adult alleging sexual assault to bring claims years after the attack. carol claims trump forced her up against a dressing room wall, pinned her in place with his, shoulder and raped her. >> he managed to penetrate me

against my will completely. >> carol's lawsuit says trump jammed his hand under her coat dress, and pulled down her tights, then full forced his pianist inside her. she says the attack lost 2 to 3 minutes. trump has denied all her claims, including the allegation. carol said she called a friend right away that night who backs up her story. >> i remember her saying repeatedly he pulled down my tights, it was horrible. he fought. and i said, let's go to the police. >> carol's lawsuit claims the alleged sexual assault caused significant pain and suffering, adding trump's defamatory statement has injured the reputation under which she makes a livelihood. >> nobody is holding him accountable, yet not one person. >> carol sud trump initially in 2019 for defamation, after he denied raping her. >> it is a false accusation, and i don't know anything about her. >> the trial in that first legal battle is delayed as the courts figure out if trump can

be sued for comments he made while he was president. the defamation claims from the more recent lawsuit would not be impacted, since trump made those statements after he left office. in the meantime, e. jean carroll is still hoping for justice. >> total jail time, and the rest of his life, absolutely. >> randi kaye, cnn. >> i'm joined now by cnn legal analyst and defense attorney joey jackson, this is a false civil lawsuit, what does that mean for the kind of evidence that, you know, is admissible? >> there are distinctions obviously between civil and criminal. in a criminal case, you are talking about criminality, you're talking about jail, the prospect of losing your liberty. in a civil case, it is about monetary damages. >> so once talks about showtime, that is not on the table? >> that is not on the table with respect to this, perhaps a notion of justice stems from other cases they're going after trump, about but not this case. there will be no jail no matter what happens. to the burden of proof,

remember a criminal case it is a very high standard, beyond a reasonable doubt. this is not criminal, it is civil. what does that mean? it means it is a preponderance of evidence, in english what that, means more likely than not. 51% versus 49. but at the end of the, day the determination of the jury will be one of battery, that is a touch without consent, that is the rape allegation, of course the defamation allegation with respect to mr. trump saying it did not happen, when in fact she believes it did. that is what this lawsuit is all about. >> so they can't have -- they can't say that the rate did not occur, but that he defamed her. >> correct, it would be inconsistent. the whole notion and theory is the fact that she believes that in this department store, back in the 90s, that he in fact raped her. that is a battery. so if you believe that, then you also have to believe it is defamation to suggest that it never happened. those are the issues we're

dealing with. >> the jury will see the access hollywood tape, is that -- i mean, how is that going to impact? >> so with respect to the evidence, i will tell you what i'm looking for. there are a couple things. the first thing, recent outcry witnesses. what are those? when something up and an individual, there may not be other people who are immediately right there, but at some point you go and say i can't believe what so and so -- >> the fact that she has one or two people she -- that very, day that, night she talks about -- two people should give the indication this happen to, once that go to the police, another said trump is strong, i would not even think about it. that is not the only thing i'm looking, for you mentioned the access hollywood tape, why is that significant? the judges permitting that to go to show, it is, relevant because you have admitted mr. trump and therefore allowing that. the judge is allowing to other witnesses who have alleged that mr. trump indeed groped them,

and that is going to be relevant, or as we lawyer, say the issue of -- witnesses to that, event but witnesses to -- that will be the argument that he engaged in. >> joey jackson, appreciated, thank you. >> a source fired senior fox producer suing the network is now saying about tucker grossman and time working, there were news reporting, as it may be reported to -- with flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you keep your cloud options open.

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lot of them that should have been provided in the dominion case against fox, that is what -- fired fox senior producer who worked with across and was fired yesterday is saying. a reminder -- that has filed two lawsuits against fox, and so she was let go for. she accuses fox of promoting a hostile work environment with crimes around sexism and misogyny among carlson show team. according to a reporting that may have been one of the reasons why carlson was fired yesterday. those were also crimes was pressured to -- misleading comments in the case. today she told msnbc nicole wallace, she has many audio recordings i'm devices, and crimes dominion said they did not have -- >> i had several recordings that i am still going through, that we have recovered from all the phones there are 90 that we have. >> 90 recordings, not long after, that attorneys speaking

on msnbc subjects with the special counsel on the investigation launched those reportings. fox books written i previously said the lawsuit are quote, riddled with false allegations against the, network and our employees. to get perspective on, this and what it means to broader news media landscape without tucker carlson -- they've, it could have you on, do you have a sense of how much of a role any of the grossberg allegations may have played and tucker carlson's -- is it clear why he was fired at this point? >> it isn't clear why he was fired, and i think really, this story has such large cultural reverberations for it that we should be careful, and we shouldn't say this is why happened. there has been so much of that, anderson, in the last couple days. purposefully, i pulled back from that. but if you look at history, there is some indication here

that this culture is still in place. the culture of sexism, masaji, really a culture that the bases women was built into the dna of fox news by roger ailes, the founder, the master propagandist, the political operative who founded this. we saw it down the line with bill o'reilly. fox talked about as if they excised this cancer, when they got rid of sales and o'reilly. bill o'reilly the host. that was really traumatic. even cutting off the head with ills, and then o'reilly, you do not change a culture overnight. i wrote at the time, this is like a cancer at the heart of fox news internally. they really have to make a serious systematic attempt to eradicate it. i don't think they made that kind of attempt. if her allegations are true, anderson, they did not --

>> you covered tucker crossing for many years, is it clear to you how, or even lai's persona became what it did, -- where he thought the audience was and the was very financially lucrative for him? i talked to -- barry contrarian, and that the fox version of him was not the person he knew way back then? >> well, i think it is always hard to figure out whether someone is manipulating the, system or being seduced and manipulated by it. i think that wasn't always the way carlson was. i would agree with -- but i think it was the man meeting the moment. when he caught that show at fox, we had the ascent of donald

trump. i think he saw what trump did, how trump used transgressive behavior, and outrage to gather attention to himself. two to control the media. i mean, i wrestled 1 million -- how do we cover the sky, we cannot keep covering him when he says things that we know aren't true. all we can say is -- we never figure out how to cover. just as trump did in the political realm by going where no one else would go, saying horrible things, insulting people in horrible ways, saying racist stuff, tucker carlson did the same thing in the media realm. when he said immigrants, he suggested that immigrants make us dirtier as a nation, that is a racist statement. it is just outrageous. i can't think of any mainstream journalist who would even want to think that, let alone say it. he said it, he gets enormous coverage, his ratings -- he feeds the base of as far

right further and further out there, the audience, it looks like he quote owns the lips. they are delighted. >> the level of democracy though of him saying he, hates donald trump, he can't wait till he doesn't have to cover him, they are almost, are they don't have to have him on, they don't have to talk about him every night. it is just so hypocritical to be saying one thing privately, and then saying something else on air. it is just stunning. >> and, they are saying to you and me, and people who tried to be intellectually consistent and honest, the hypocrisy makes you gay. but in the world he operated, and somehow in his mind, i did not -- it is easy to get seduced by the power. you know, every time you go out there and say certain, things you get great feedback. and, i think he got caught up in that a little bit. i think in some ways he got caught up in, it and hoisted on -- >> there is no greater reminder

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yesterday, in the state house in montana for protesting the montana state representative, so we suffer. first opening, transgender women elected to montana's legislature. [screaming] [crowd chanting] he's been kept from speaking on the house floor, after comments she made last, week in response to a bad that would for -- trans gendered minors. here's what she said. >> if you are forcing a trans child to go through puberty when they are trans, that is intense amount of torture, and this body should be achieved. only thing i would say, is if you vote yes on this bill, yes on these amendments, i hope that the next time there's an indication when you ball your heads in prayer you'll see the blood on your hands.

>> republican lawmakers from the montana freedom caucus, demanded the effort be censured for using vote inappropriate and uncalled for language. state representative, suffered, joins me now. >> representative, thank you for joining us, have you been formally reprimanded or told what specific house rule you violated that led to all of this? >> i have not been for emily reprimanded, when i spoke of the majority leader stood up and rejected much like a minority leader does when they say something we take -- two and, then nothing happened, and thursday the speaker and for me that he would no longer be recognizing me because, in his, mind i broke decorum. >> i want to play a clip of something that the republican speaker of the state house said today and let you react to it. >> [inaudible] speaking at the montana, house leadership, for gop has silenced anyone's false. currently, all representatives

are free to participate and house debate, while properly in the house rules. the choice did not follow house rules and one that representative zephyr has made but the only person made silencing representative zephyr is representative zephyr. the montana house did not be voted. but also continue to be treated the same. >> what is your response to that? >> you know, i would say i am punching in on the bills i am ready to speak on, and the speaker guaranteed the signing not to recognize me. and i think that it is important to acknowledge that we have had people in that body on the other side who have screamed in their closing arguments. who have acquainted my very existence, to somehow sexualizing children. and yet the speaker allows them to go forward. so, we're seeing a very

undemocratic application of what it means to have the quorum. but, i would say, i rise in support of my community, my constituents, every time i speak. >> the house speaker has also said that if you apologize for your comments, he would allow you to speak again. do you have any problem -- to apologize? >> when i spoke for the bill 99, i spoke about the very real heart that -- for example, there was a young trans teen, who attempted suicide, and when her mother found her she had one of these hearing, anti-trans hearing up on her computer. i see the real harm that these bills bring, and i stand by holding the republicans accountable for their policies. >> can you just explain why -- i mean you say that not allowing a minor who feels that they are trans gender, a trans minor to get gender affirming treatment or care is a tense

amount of torture. can you explain why. and saying that the republicans have blood on their hands. how is it torture? >> so, i know that being a trans, i know the joy that comes when you're, trans and you get to finally focus on yourself and walk through your daily world with the joy and purpose that i would not have had possible if it were not for my transition. and we know, data wise, that there's a 73 reduction in suicide -- again care approved by every major medical association in the country. and if you rob people of the medical care they need to live joyful and fulfilling lives, if you don't allow them to have access to that, you are putting them in a position where they're going to be in dire straits. >> representative zephyr i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you for having. me >> still ahead, new changes are coming to the, ap african american studies course that

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tonight, new details of the controversy around the ap african american studies course, the college board, which oversees ap colored work is making changes to the curriculum, which sparked criticism from florida around desantis and other conservatives. the board was engaged in a very public to be, with desantis, in the department of education which rejected a preliminary parlor version, saying it, quote, lacks educational value. the board released a statement yesterday, pushing back saying that they're committed to providing a unflinching encounter with the facts and evidence for american history and culture. the polar version of the courses currently being offered in dozens of high schools across the country, and the board said it will expand to 800, schools and 16,000 students in the next school year. cnn's ed lavandera went to the school and told us that what is offered to being tossed.

here's his report. >> we need paper, we need our pencils -- >> therein will slim's taking these students on a journey through black history of the early 20th century. >> the great migration, carlo renaissance and jess. >> williams is teaching the inaugural course in ap african american studies at mclean high school in tulsa oklahoma. alongside chicago hall, teaching a second class. >> all of these are going to be, in their own ways documenting -- >> mcclain is one of just 60 schools in 33 states across the country teaching this new ap class. >> their culture now begins to take a different shape and it causes a rebirth of african american society in harlem new york. >> mclain high school is located in a city where the lessons of black history were long hidden. >> here along the street, all

of these plaques marks were businesses want stood. >> there will be banks, there will be grocery stores,. we >> walked with mr. williams and miss hall in the historic greenwood neighborhood of tulsa the side of one of the worst race massacres in u.s. history. a once thriving black community known as black wall street, it was burned to the ground in 1921. , and as many as 300 residents were murdered by a white mob. >>, and there is generations and generations of oklahoma residents who were never told about this. >>, yes it was history that was aided. >> well, what does it mean to you? >> i want students to know that african american history is american history, it is world history. >> we are there to make sure that we're educating our students, that were being a force for them. >> but, the ap african american studies class has drawn criticism from some conservative political leaders. like republican governor, ron desantis who has rejected the class in florida. >> we believe in teaching kids

facts and how to think but we don't believe that they should have an agenda in post on them. >> the college board, which sets the curriculum, made some changes to the courts for the states can iteration but also says the political criticism has moved from healthy debate to misinformation. >> good morning, good morning! >> mcclain high school principal, renee, said that she jumped at the chance to run this pilot program. she has worked at this predominantly black high school for eight years. and says that her school needs this class. florida has banned this, class do you worry about the same thing get up in here? >> i try very hard not to live in that place. the optimist in me says no. but the realist in me says, of course i'm, of course. ian >> how come blues and jazz are not the same thing? because blues is justice mother. >> students say the classes brought history to life in a way they've never experienced before. >> i feel like if we embrace did we would be more together and we would be more

understanding. >> i'm learning about way, more not just martin luther king, rosa parks, way more about slave and all of that. >> so, do you guys feel like you're kind of like the torchbearers of making sure that this history doesn't get forgotten? >> you, know our history is important, we are not trying to indoctrinate or change the perspective, the point of history is to get the facts, and you need to build around opinion. >> learning is limited if it is only an intellectual enterprise and it doesn't get to the place of the feeling of the emotion. it has not done everything that it can do with us so feeling is a part of the learner. >> and ed lavandera joins me now. do you know what changes the college board plan plans to make? >> well, the college board, anderson, hasn't said specifically what we changed in the class but after the criticism from people like ron desantis in florida, there were some changes in having to do with black lives matter,

reparations among several issues presumably, and maybe those type of issues get brought back into the class program but the officials and the teachers that you heard from in tulsa, the principal says that this is a pilot program, they will always fully expecting some sort of changes. but the class has been very popular and they offered to classes this, year hoping to move it up to three classes next year, anderson? >> ed lavandera. thank you. a programming, no cnn prime time, kevin mccarthy races to get a vote on his debt ceiling plan, michael speaks with one of the key holdouts from mccarthy's party and congressman matt gates is at the top of the. our up next, the singer, writer, and civil acts activists --

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