florida and american history.e wages culture wars against black history and black floridians. three teenagers have stepped into the breach. florida high school students victoria mcqueen, jewel yet heckman and elijah edwards are foized to sue desantis after the state education department rejected a new advanced placement course covering african-american studies. these three honors high school students would serve as the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit. victoria, jujiet and elijah thank you for being here. victoria and juliet are based here. you're in a.p. classes. right? so talk to me, victoria, about the importance of taking a.p. classes and why you would want to take this a.p. african-american studies class. >> a.p.s opened my eyes to an array of new information. when i took honors in middle school and the friends i have in honors classes now, we go farther back in history. we go deeper into history. and if we had the option to take african-american history at the a.p. level, we also would get that deeper knowledg

and florida is eclectic.have a culture that i grew up in but the rust belt values that raise me. i get to yale, his no idea what i was getting into i didn't wasn't colleges were liberal, i was 18 years old, i show up my first day in florida we wear jean shorts and flip flops and t-shirts, i wear, that you have kids frandover, i was a fish out of water it was a culture shock, i was not a refined conservative in terms of politics i was into sports. but you sit in the classrooms, you one of yale's motto for god, for country for yale in the classroom, they are attacking religion and god and the united states. i never experienced that, growing up in dennedin, i didn't know if people were republican for democrat, you had them both. that was my expressure to the -- expose tour to left are, if was so different from when i thought was a probial appropriate, i was not influenced i rebelled other way, i got through college and law school, you know i was set, when i was running for congress, i tell story in book, i was g

but the desantis war on education in florida no longer effects just florida. because his latest attack has had a very negative national impact. so, two weeks ago, ron desantis gave a speech rejecting the advanced placement ap college credit courses on black history for florida high schools. take a listen. >> this course on black history -- what's one of the lessons about? queer theory. now, who would say that an important part of black history is queer theory? that is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids. we want education, not indoctrination. >> not indoctrination. page 243 -- not really -- of the republican party playbook. accuse your opponent of the very thing you ourself are guilty of, or want to do. to be clear, desantis is fine with indoctrination. he just wants to be the one doing the indoctrinating. and yet, despite that, on wednesday, the college board announced major changes to its ap african-american studies chorus that include big cuts from its pilot course, along the lines that conservatives favour, downgraded from the curriculum are topics that

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what does this mean for the residents of florida?ney has had an arrangement unlike anybody else in the united states, certainly anybody else in florida. they have actually had their own government as a corporation it's been something that's allowed them to be excepted from laws that everybody else has to follow in the state of florida. gave them huge tax breaks and actually allowed them to wrack up 700 million in municipal debt. and at the end of the day, when they have gone the direction they have, going against our parents' rights bill. talking about putting sexuality in programming, we were in a situation in florida where, okay, corporations can do that i think it's a mistake when they get involved in this stuff. but, disney was doing this and florida was basically de facto subsidizing their activism because of this special arrangement, so it's not good policy to have a corporation control its own government anyways but particularly under these circumstances and so we said the corporate kingdom is going to come to an end. they are

with florida law. there in lies the big question, will florida accept this as with the revisions and allow it to be taught in florida classrooms? >> thank you so much. >>> i want to turn to robert patterson, who you just heard from in the piece. he's a professor of african-american studies at georgetown university and served as the co-chair of the committee of professors and teachers who developed the a.p. african-american studies course. thank you for being here today, professor. i'm intrigued. i want to take a step back for a moment. it sounds like a lot of the talk points that we heard from abover desantis up to this point had been based on proposed aspects not a final curriculum. is that true? >> yes. that's an important point to make a distinction on. in fact, the document that the state of florida got was not officially given to them from my understanding, by the college board. it was a very early document that was a collection, if you could think of, of a wish list of what over 100 college profe

the economic outcomes from florida are way above average. the same outcomes for california are way below average. that is reflected in the way of the migration pattern. there was a large migration from california but there was a big jump in the pandemic. the outflow from california, similarly there was a big inflow into florida prior to the pandemic. during the pandemic there was a big jump in people moving to florida. a 60% jump. host: if you're more interested in the study, details, paragon institute.org. our first call comes from steve in pennsylvania on the independent line. you're on with the doctor. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. thank you for c-span. ending the covid-19 pandemic truly irresponsible. at sometimes we have to do things we don't like because of the pressure we face from inside forces. host: dr., as far as the ending of these conversations, should there be a formal end to how we approach covid? guest: there should be a formal end to declarations and emergency measures. one of the bad side effects about the em

. >> it is a new day of accountability and central florida.ak with the judge agreed the jury was at the crime scene. the accused killer's brother cleaning up the remains of his nephew. >> mother, father, uncle, you should never have to see and do what i did that day. >> many chicagoans head to the polls because it is time to cast their vote for the next mayor's election. >> it looks like there will be a runoff. speak with the issues we discuss first and foremost on most votes minds. >> 2024 who was pumped up for the election? [cheers and applause] >> my man donald trump. >> nikki haley! governor desantis, but what about president desantis? >> i like it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> lawrence: you are looking at jacksonville, florida, where the sun is coming up already. one end of the slushy mess mess, ainsley. brian is having breakfast with friends. >> ainsley: is not too far away. [cheers and applause] at a diner called the metro diner. and he used to live there his wife right down the street, hey, brian. [chanting: usa] >> film xp when th

. >> tucker: so florida is technically a state but there's always been a little country within floridas own mouse-dominated vatican called disney. but the new governor of florida, ron desantis, has put an end to disney's corporate control over state of florida and he joins us straight ahead to explain why and how. be right back. ♪ >> tucker: well, here's a trivia fact you may not have known. since 1967, 56 years, the disney corporation has enjoyed near total control over about 40 square miles of florida. its own little vatican city. this is by acts of the florida legislature which empowered disney to act at its government and could acquire territory outside its area by eminent domain, just take it from people. people started to wonder why would disney that is a totally politicized company that promotes race hate and sexual lying children. why would they push this on florida? last year they pushed a bill ending this arrangement disney had. of course they hated it. florida governor ron desantis's pushed for and signed that bill into law. he joins us tonight. governor thanks so much for c

closing in rural florida. that's more than a third of all the rural hospitals in this state. and it matters. do you know what the furthest distance from the hospital from your home, if you have an accident, the higher the percentage is you'll die. because it takes so long to get there, to the nearest hospital. that's just a statistic. the only reason medicare expansion hasn't happened here is politics. it's time to get this done! it really is! and it will be done had you been ele elected. it's not like you're the poorest state in the union. look now, you may have seen, we had a little bit of a spirited debate at the state of the union. [ laughter ] i -- i -- well, i guess i shouldn't say anymore. but particularly with social security and medicare. republicans seem shocked when i took out the pamphlets they were using about cutting medicare and social security, read from senator scott's proposal. read from the proposal from the senator from wisconsin. they were offended, liar, liar! by the way, the last person

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florida is not one of them. white house officials are candid when they say they are not expecting it to swing dramatically back towards democrats given the way it has gone over the course of the last couple of cycles. but they know that this is a perfect place to lay out that message on social security and medicare and you have four evils. as one white house official pointed to me, we like foils, there are no better foils in politics than rhonda scent is and rick scott. again, when you talk to white house officials, they make clear that florida is not necessarily a political winner for them. but on the message and on the actual politicians, they believe it is. that is why he is going down there. when you talk to them about what happened last night, the back and forth with republicans, as one official put it to me, we did not plan for that. but republicans walked right into the trap. chaos and extremes -- i asked if that is how they view ron desantis and senator scott. they said, the most chaos, the most extreme.

i'll just talk about florida for just a second. when folks don't have medicaid, they come in and they're poor and they're rural folks, they the hospital can't charge them. there's nobody to charge. there's no money. they take care of them if they come through the door. but eight rural hospitals have already closed in florida since 2005. and seven others are at risk closing in rural florida. that's more than a third of all the rural hospitals in this state. and it matters. do you know what the reason the further distance a hospital is from your home, if you have a -- if you have an accident, the higher the percentage is you'll die, because it takes so long to die, because it takes so long to get there to the nearest hospital. that's that's just a statistic. the only reason medicare expansion hasn't happened here is is politics. it's time to get this done. [applause] and if you've done it, you've been elected. [applause] i really don't get it. i really don't get it. it's not like you're the poorest state in the union. look, now, you

but he clearly wants to, look, going to florida is a gutsy move. florida is a red state. let's just be really honest. it has been red for the last -- i know, i know. >> it's moved. >> i've got the pollsters here. let's be honest, this is a basically a red state. he's going to florida to campaign, he's playing offense. that demonstrates a degree of vitality from an 80-year-old incumbent president. it demonstrates that -- we'll see thuhow it goes. >> in this context, desantis, he has his message. you talk about whether he's a foil, certainly would be a formidable candidate it seems. we haven't really seen a lot of him outside of florida yet. >> true he has made the whole issue of social policies and woke the center of his existence. today it was the florida house billings really giving desantis a chance to run disney. i'm shortchanging it. that's what he wants to do in florida. here's desantis today. >> disney is sgoing to pay its fair share of taxes and disney is going to honor the debt. this is obviously now going to be controlled by the state of florida, which is no long

he went to florida.vered , florida, 107 years ago when your mom's relatives came there, but all these democrats want to discover it now, but not appreciated. >> especially because florida i the place were woke goes to die according to governor desantis. he is the new muscular conservatives is impaired we talk about small businesses, we need small businesses to thrive like the tech sector is going bananas down there. the home of bitcoin, it's under a little bit of you know, but a the same time, i think that people are really drawn to the entrepreneurship that is thriving there and in addition to that, look at what he's done with disney. this is a big tech problem everyone has, these big oligarchs putting their thumb o the scale of what americans think and what we can say. he took on disney nt one. i think letting smaller businesses thrive that's what w are. we are competition, we are innovators. i think ron desantis is doing a good job and what should dimer often. >> no vaccine passports, he really gave p

university of florida, florida state university, central florida, a&m. university, florida national university. the university of north load as well. how worried are you about this if they are not pushing back. >> i'm incredibly worried. this information is so invasive insidious, and it isn't part of an attack that governor desantis has launched on the transgender community alongside all marginalized people. whether he is attacking lgbtq plus folks were teaching black history or also going after our undocumented dreamers as he is also committed to eliminating their instate tuition. is important to stress that every culture wars class war. so what desantis is trying to do is basically broaden the division between the haves and have-nots. and not allow for those of us who don't have means, to be able to critically think, to become leaders, and to ask tough questions in our classroom settings. and so, students are not just concerned, they are fighting back. as you, saw the statewide lot walkouts. >> you've got a real ally in the students in florida it seems

come to florida. the meanest place on earth. so much so that even former brazilian president jair bolsonaro, whose supporters tried to overthrow the government down there, literally just a couple weeks ago is trying to extend his stay in desantis' camp, requesting a six-month tourist visa which would make bolsonaro the former second president who fomented an insurrection currently residing in the state. joining me is brandon wolf, survivor of the pulse nightclub shooting and press secretary of equality florida. fernand amandi, and mark whittaker, cbs sunday morning contributor and author of the forthcoming book, saying it loud, 1966, the year black power challenged the civil rights movement, which is probably already illegal in florida. and mark y do want to start with you, because you wrote a very interesting piece today. and i just want to read a little bit about it. you wrote, desantis is wrong about black studies. as i discovered writing a book about 1966, when the push for black studies began at san francisco state universi

florida was the epicenter. and the biggest ones in the business were the george brothers at american pain. >> the george brothers did not start the opioid crisis. but they sure as hell poured gasoline on the fire. they became the largest street-level distribution group operating in the entire united states. nobody put more pills on the streets than they did. nobody. they created a blueprint for how this is to be done. and they were operating in broad daylight. >> the scale of this enterprise, i mean, it was enormous. >> you had addicts streaming in from all over the country, thousands of miles just to come to florida to get drugs. >> when you see what's going on inside that clinic, your jaw just falls to the floor. >> i got your pills in the parking lot. chill out, man. >> i've been on the job as a special agent for over 20 years. and i've seen a lot of crazy. but this was just [bleep] crazy. >> you couldn't make up the stuff that happened in this investigation. strippers and white supremacists running medical

florida.y that could soon become -- ron desantis becomes president or simply gets more airtime because ron desantis is a candidate running for president, this is not going away. >> that's right. and talked and said this is a perfect example, not sure that thousands of migrant families, men women and children, are seeking greater economic opportunity and freedom in the united states of america. i don't know if they constitute a threat. they certainly don't constitute a threat to florida, and republicans have gotten away with the storytelling that this is somehow a danger, it's not. to your point, why is florida taking this position? reaching into other states, and flying migrants to another state, they could be welcoming them in florida. they can invest in another human resource, and the safety net resource to provide these families an opportunity. the cruelty is the point she. your point on what the florida legislature is, there is good reason to believe that when rhonda sanchez pulled a marth

to not florida. he's getting ahead of his skis, so what they pass the bill ahead of the last legislative session, and he passed the budget to move these migrants, nobody could have ever expected that he would have inserted himself in texas and moved them to martha's vineyard. he was not authorized to do that under florida law, so the bill that just passed yesterday now authorizes him to use his political fund for more stunts. >> to be clear, migrants are one of the targets of desantis administration. you also have the florida high schoolathletic association, considering requiring female student athletes to disclose their menstruation history. of course, there is a lot of pushback there. the association decided against it. why was it even being considered in the first place? >> i have to tell you, that was very disappointing to see such an invasion of privacy with our girls, but we have seen invasion of privacy with our women with a 15-week abortion ban that passed last year with no exception for rape

biden is in florida.t does that say about democrats' belief and their strategy for the state in the next two years. it's been turning redder and redder over the past six years or so. >> yeah, florida is not a battleground state. the democrats didn't contest it last fall. they didn't put money in nationally because they considered it to be a waste, and they ceded the ground to desantis who ended with a 19 point win. you're not going to suddenly switch in two years to democrats, that doesn't seem likely. what you have is president biden going down there as a useful way to get in rick scott's face, and to make a point that resonates with seniors all over the country. i don't think they think realistically florida is going to flip for them. they want to make the issue work for them. this is like the republicans talking about defunding the police by the way. the same kind of politics. president biden doesn't favor defunding police, because there are some democrats who favor t republicans like to go ahead and h

florida. support strong policies to keep our communities safe and we back the blue and we support their mission. >> right. right. >> new york city mayor eric adams, a former police officer offered desantis a sarcastic welcome on twitter. welcome to nyc governor ron desantis, a place where we don't ban books, discriminate against our lgbtq plus neighbors, use asylum seekers as props or let the government stand between a woman and healthcare. we're happy to teach you something about values while you're here. >> desantis saved his criticism for new york on policy. >> new york is the only state that doesn't allow judges to consider when they're making a bail determination whether someone is a danger to the community. >> next stop was port washington, pennsylvania a philadelphia suburb. speaking in support of police, and noting his record on other issues. >> and in florida, our promise to parents is you send your kids to school in florida they will get an education not a political indoctrination. >

elijah and cat are both juniors at the university of south florida.oth of you. >> hello. >> hi. >> elijah, you first. tell me about the walkout. what was the goal? did it meet your expectations? >> first of all, it more than exceeded my expectations. we had hundreds of students on each campus and we had more than ten campuses participating. so there was thousands of students across the state that walked out, which was really awesome to see. the reason we were walking out is because we feel that the government is basically trying to prevent us from learning what we want to learn inside of our classrooms. so we're taking the time to leave our classrooms and talk to people and learn about the history and information that's being prevented from being talked about. >> elijah, you're the director of coordination for stand for freedom and kat, you're the director of communications. tell me about the organization, how it came about and what you feel it's empowered to do. >> this all started whenever the governor desantis administration asked for the trans hea

florida.icy that could soon become, whether becomes national policy because ron desantis becomes president, or it simply gets more airtime because ron desantis is a candidate running for president, this is not going away. >> now, that's right. it's often said that cruelty is the point. this is a perfect example. i'm not sure, alicia, that thousands of migrant families, men, women, children, unarmed seeking greater economic opportunity and freedom in the united states of america constitute a threat. they certainly don't constitute a threat to florida. republicans have gotten away with storytelling that this is somehow a danger. it's not. it is an asset. to your point of why is florida taking this position of reaching into other states and flying migrants to another state, we would be welcoming them in florida. we would invest in the human resources and the safety net resources to provide these families an opportunity. cruelty is the point. to your point on what the florida legislator just did,

this is from an event held in tampa florida. and i can't stand here and not tell you how much i admire charlie crist. charlie? [applause] i don't think you're finished. [laughter] look, there are so many things we could focus on today at this great university, from education to foreign policy and a whole range of other issues. but earlier this week, i reported on the state of the union. i said -- [applause] -- i said it's because of the people of this country, the resilience and the strength, the soul of the nation is strong and the backbone of this nation is strong and the people of america are strong. it's never been a good bet to try to count us out. never, ever, ever. we're often told that democrats and republicans can't work together. but as i told my republican friends on tuesday, if we could work together the last congress and we did, there's no reason we can't work together to get things done as well in this congress. [applause] and pat baskette, an old friend of mine, when i was up in the senate for 270 years [laughter]

this is not florida definitely. it is cold. in the next couple days, 31 in new york. 40 in chicago. it is cold across fargo, we have a cold front and see potential for showers and thunderstorms over mississippi today. we could see severe storms for texas and louisiana up toward arkansas. some severe weather could be possible, heavy rainfall is the biggest risk and we have potential for some snow of severe storm threat for texas today. don't think it will be severe, be aware and foxweather.com will give details. 78 in new orleans and miami. any birthdays or celebrations? what is your name? >> grace. >> today is your birthday? >> i'm turning 40. >> janice: i remember 40 well, it was a great year. hi. happy birthday they say. >> ainsley: 40s are your best. >> janice: can i have a hug? >> ainsley: coming up, our voter panel will be here to weigh in on top issues ahead of the state of the union address. there they are. >> steve: morning, folks, you are next. >> ainsley: it's a good mix. ♪ past. because only tempur-pedic uses our one

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bilirakis of florida.uld establish guidelines for properly disclosing the audio or visual recording capabilities of smart devices. there is widespread from consumer advocacy groups to the tech companies themselves. americans deserve the chance to make informed decisions about the electronic evesdroppers we allow into our homes. let's pass this bill so our consumers know when big the tech is listening. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. bilirakis: i have no other speakers. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognize dollars. mr. pallone: i have no additional speakers and i do think this is an important bill for consumers and i thank the sponsors and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. bilirakis: again, this is a commonsense bill

florida governor ron desantis with my radio show.ur. finally putting an end to disney corporate kingdom invoking self-governing power. so bizarre they were able to have all this power. ordering the house of mouse to pay back 700 plus million dollars in taxes. florida radio host. one of the premier talents of this region. nationally syndicated joins us now. >> thanks for having me. you said come to the metro diner. three cameras and a satellite truck. amazing. >> brian: some of the typest people. all these people your listeners. is this a good move for desantis. >> there is no bad move for desantis. arguably the most popular governor this state and probably any state. the people in the state of florida are kind of fed up with wokeness as you pointed out. go woke, go broke. florida is where wokeness goes to die. disney was acting up. ron disantd said we can't be business partners if you are going to take all the money you make from the benefits we give from you working in the state and invest in undoing the legislature that the people

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but the state of florida cannot take that burden.d to a state that will do so and care for all the asylum-seekers. >> todd: florida state rep carolina amnesty who you heard from in that fiery review, john snyder proposing a new bill joining me to live. carolina, is this bill just forcing sanctuary cities and states to quite frankly put their money where their mouth is? >> 100%. i was born in venezuela and i understand why people want to come here but the point is state of florida is not a sanctuary state. they will be transported to a state to assist them but florida will not be one of those states. we don't have that ability and they should be transported to a state that claims wants to help and do on their behalf. this is a matter of public safety. we don't know who these people are. i'm just grateful for the strong republican leadership and simply not fair to bear this burden. other states have to help and they have to pay their fair share of. >> todd: john, there have 22,396 total migrant encounters in florida so far this year al

alix: it costs more for texas and florida tomorrow then california.pinion piece from bloomberg news and met with her says "if social and mean state control of reduction, distribution and exchange of goods and services, than florida and texas fit the description." that is an interesting piece. what is the overall esa's -- nieces? -- what is your overall thesis? >> texas and florida are aaa rated. california does not have that rating. not bad but nowhere near that. in california today, consistently borrowing at interest rates that are well below florida and texas. that, if you like divergence, widened dramatically when both texas and florida, the states publicly said, we don't want any banks that are in any way favoring esg to be underwriting our bonds. and if specifically in the case of texas, they didn't like the banks that had a view of a firearms, automatic weapons that have unfortunately made a mess of our schools. these banks have been excluded. since that point in 2022, the cost to the taxpayers of florida and texas go up every time they borrow,

way he runs florida.ald trump is not been silent. he called the governor theysanctimonious, lacking in class and loyalty, desantis has not responded, he doesn't need to. 's track record in florida speaks for itself. second hour of varney just getting started. byron york with us this tuesday morning. i think desantis is off to a good start. what say you? >> i agree with you. we shouldn't expect any formal announcement from him until may probably. when florida legislative session is over desantis is promising big things but when you look at how to run for president without officially running for president, i think he's off to a good start. he has a book coming out. that's a real telling sign. at the end of this month. i think is doing the things you do, one thing he hasn't done is go to iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. is not doing this quite so overtly but is spending more time on issues. stuart: it is the issues he's picking on which i think our winning issues and other candidates don't have that trac

more now from florida. >> florida is where woke goes to die. >> and for governor ron desantis, floridaential aspirations come alive. >> so help me god. >> six weeks after starting a second term, he's putting the finishing touching on the desantis playbook. >> freedom lives here in our great sunshine state of florida. >> taking his record from florida's capital to the national stage. as one of the country's youngest governors with one of the loudest voices on conservative policies. it's a driving force in the latest cap chertoff culture wars, already shaping the 2024 campaign. >> when other states consign their people's freedom to the dustbin, florida stood strongly as freedom's linchpin. >> the governor has introduced himself as a leading culture warrior with a growing list of what he calls anti-woke laws and proposals. >> this bill takes three main steps. >> like the parental rights in education act, which critics have dubbed the "don't say gay" bill that bans instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. under his watch, transgender childr

florida's policies have succeeded.we need everyone around the country to support the people that wear the uniform, to support policies that keep communities safe, and to abandon this woke nonsense like releasing criminals or electing prosecutors that don't follow the law. >> lisa: governor, a lot of it comes down to the mentality. the cities you're going into, we have arrived at this point where they see criminals as the victims. how did we get here? >> to me, it's all putting ideology over public safety. you look at new york city, no city -- it was the safest big city probably in the world under rudy giuliani and under michael bloomberg. people loved it and now they found that all t away, and i hae described spy, officers' lives are more at risk, because they have to risk their lives to put somebody away, but the judge releases them so they end up having to arrest the same diet week or two later in risk their lives again. you've also seen places like chicago where these prosecutors are not going after the people. so t

we're going to get to what is happening down in florida. there you key caitlan is live on capitol hill. president biden face s a series of investigations. >> also moments from now, the gop is gearing up to kick congressman omar off of a key committee. big questions on whether or not they have enough votes. they believe they do. they face some pushback from republicans. >> also hunter biden with a counter offensive. the president's son demanding investigations into those who access data from his personal laptop. what is behind this really aggressive new legal strategy. >> we'll get to all that in a moment. we're going to begin with breaking news out of ukraine. there is heavy shelling this morning. live to sam kylie. sam, hello. what are you hearing? >> well, hearing is quite literally what we've been doing here, hearing and cowering along with the rest of the population. about every five to ten minutes, i'd say, we can hear a barrage usually of missiles being fired from the russian controlled side of the river. where i'm standing here is in

part of that pitch is knowing a strong partnership in florida with law enforcement, liz.mike and manuel think enjoying a certain now foreign police commissioner. first let's deal with this. critics are saying desantis and his team are not censoring teaching about slavery they are not censoring teaching about racism. they are talking about stopping schools teaching children to look at each other differently because of their race. he is trying to stop the sexual's content and school. your reaction to that? because i think a governor desantis is doing as he is voicing what most americans think. they do not want woke up. they do not currently want critical race theory to divide children when they are in grade school. they want people to teach our history and they do not want to be focusing strictly on transgender. they want to be talking about educating our kids. they care about crime and they care about the economy. elizabeth: would like your reaction please the governor desantis going after illinois governor for his weak on crime policies like no cash fail and for the gover

d sa how did you do it in florida?u o i mean, we've become the focus o point of freedom in the united states and even around the world. the and people look at florida.t said a you just had someone from spainn saying a politicia, n, she wants spain to be the florida of tal europe. and i think what wk e do is wepc talk about the different fights that we've had, our approachh to leadershileaderf thp. the but at the end of the day, tucker, you talk about all the time in your show. yes. show, yes, we have to fight over go got to fight overweening government, very important. imp and we have a veryorta vasttives administrative state that we battle with .tale wit bideh bin. but you also have corporate america going big tech censoring. ss so these are fights all acrossno the scene. and when youd stand up for what's right, they come after you. it isn't easy. so you got to have the courage of your convictions to stand strong. but i think what we've shownbu n florida, if you do that and and people see you're willing to fight for t

let me go to you bishop, down florida. will be hosting the prayer and march preparations at bethel baptist church in tallahassee. and we will kick off the march towards the capital at around noon. why earlier this week, we find that there has been those that have supported the governor, there have been those that have acted against the governor. why has the faith community gotten so involved,, because we talk to professor crenshaw who's been attacked. and the college board revised its findings, and it's framework for the placement of african american studies. why have the faith leaders got involved in this? and why are you trying to -- >> first of all, reverend al, thank you so much for having me. i think my main reason is because a black church has always been the holistic, prophetic witness in the african american community. so faith leaders are less than leaders if we don't stand with others, in this fight against this oppression and injustice. and reverend al, in your comments, you said one of the very reasons we are d

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board chosen personally by the florida governor. half a century, the 25,000 acre independent special district has allowed walt disney world to self-govern its orlando area theme parks, maintaining roads, buildings, utilities, even its own fire department. the board is run by land owners with close ties to disney. >> we shouldn't let one company have their een set of rules compared to everybody else. >> reporter: but critics say the move directed at disney isn't about fairness, it's about exacting political retribution. >> i think that the governor has decided that anyone who goes against what he thinks is the right thing to do for florida, they call it woke. then they have to be dealt with. >> reporter: so you see this as retaliation? >> well, i do. in many respects, i do. >> reporter: retaliation after disney, the state's largest single-site employer, spoke out about how sexual identity are discussed in classrooms. >> what happened is by disney alienating the people of florida, they lost the political capital that prevented this go

in society is mandated under florida statute.you look at the statute, you can google it and pull it up, it's pretty extensive. i think what the governor is saying in the battle he is trying to make is we believe in education, we're not trying to deprive people of civil rights. i don't think that's what's at issue here. i think there's a different thing. i think when al sharpton shows up in tallahassee and is banging on the governor's steps, i think that's a political win for the governor in that case. look, i don't like to see politics division. i think it should be about one plus one and how we keep attracting them to the party, not separating them. but in a primary, unfortunately, this kind of politics is winner for both sides, unfortunately. >> so, van, then you have the age issue on top of the race issue that's come out here. nikki haley went out today, and that was a message it was to biden and it was to trump. it wasn't even thinly veiled. when you get to saying 75 for the age and competency test, you just have to check the

neil: on that subject, the florida cfo, jimmy patronis. florida has a cfo.. remembers but the fact of the matter the governor has an added edge. the governor can do executive things, bark orders, make laws, all of that. that is an important edge going into a presidential contest or is it? we'll explore it after this. ♪. doors lead us to places we've never been. your dedicated fidelity advisor can help you open those doors. they can help you create a retirement-income plan designed to balance growth and guaranteed income. and provide access to specialists who help with estate planning to look out for future generations so you're not just growing and protecting your wealth. you're sharing it. because doors were meant to be opened. great job, everybody! for businesses of all sizes, there are a lot of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security for total peace of mind. and you choose a next generation 10g network that's alway