said this project is 1-sided and dogmatic style of history. it could be part of the curriculum but not its core. please don't do this, you will regret it. my view is like on energy when people talk about fossil fuels or wins and electrical. i'm all in on all options and i'm all in on all areas of study to include free children and future generations to come not to exclude that which you don't find pleasant or supportive of your views. include it all. why can't we do that? >> we need to dig in deep to everything and we can spend a lifetime, many of us pick up books on a daily basis, try to read them. david mccullough has written them the great historian that helped us to know more about everyone from adams to jefferson, hamilton, we need to know more, not less. the fact that the purpose of education which by the way more billions, the president's prescription the other day, writing a blank check for all programs from cradle to grave gives unprecedented authority to washington where...

and lose their majority in the house. >> reporter: that is why republicans see this as an opportunity to drive a political wedge on social policy. neil: thank you very much. i want to go to jeannie allen on the center for education reform. can you explain at least in layman's terms what this would advocate? the 4 hundredth anniversary of slavery to look back in history and see things through the prism of slavery and recognize outstanding americans etc. but it seems to have morphed into something that is radically upending everything we know about american history. could you explain? >> it is so true. the 1619 project is not just about content but intend and it strives to put bad intentions at the feet of everyone from the folks who came here at jamestown to look for a new land to the people who stepped foot in plymouth, massachusetts to the people who debated and brought about the beginning of the end and we are still nowhere near it, the beginning and the end of racism...