it eliminates figures like hillary clinton and helen keller.cision will be finalized or amended in november. >> we are not talking about "foot loose". we're talking about the united states in 2018. in the same vote they reinsert references to moses in a high school government that highlights individuals who laws and government institutions informed the american finding. >> i don't think you need to take moses out. >> i'm not going to comment. >> i don't understand why -- there are people who don't like donald trump, but you can't take him out american history. >> stay with us. officials say the move will be streamlined. lessons for 5.4 million public school children. joining us now to discuss this the texas government reporter who broke this very important story in the dallas morning news. okay. help us understand the criteria and reasoning for removing 2 public figures like hillary clinton and helen keller. >> well, it's a little complicated but first, just good morning from texas. >> good morning from texas. >> thank you for having me. they a

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the board also voted to remove helen keller from the curriculum and to keep billy graham. the newspaper said the vote was preliminary and the board will take a final vote in november. >>> while we have been keeping a close eye on tropical storm florence, other parts of the world are dealing with their own weather disasters. a typhoon slammed into the philippines early this morning, the death toll has reached 28. two women were killed when a hillside drenched by all the rain collapsed on top of them. the typhoon which is being called the strongest storm in the world so far this year was the equivalent of a category atlantic hurricane when it hit. >>> from cell phone users, may be caught off guard when you receive an emergency test message from president trump. is part of the fema wireless emergency alert system in case there is a national emergency. it is scheduled to be sent out thursday, september 20. more than 100 carriers including verizon, at&t, sprint and t-mobile are taking part in this emergency alert test. >>> we have a look at the forecast. >> we are still trackin

book now at choicehotels.com >>> hillary clinton, barry goldwater and helen keller, what do those threeeople have in common? i would have said nothing, but now it turns out the texas board of education says they're no longer required learning in the state's new curriculum. why? let's ask the reporter who broke the story. laura mcgonnahey of dallas morning news. welcome to "primetime." >> good morning from texas. >> educate me. why these three? how did this happen? what's this about? >> we're talking about the texas state board of education. it's an elected board of 15 people, and every year they look at a different subject area, it might be science, it might be health, and this year they decided to, what they call, streamline the social studies curriculum and one way they wanted to do that was look through every historical figure that kids in texas have to learn, are required to learn in the classroom and see if there was anyone that they could cut out. >> okay. so streamlining. what are the guidelines for streamlining? >> so in march of this year there was a group of volunteers that we

the board voted to remove helen keller from the kirkland and to keep billy graham. preliminary, and the board will take a final vote in november. >>> managers of the millennium tower trying to prevent the building from becoming yellow tagged. crews constructed a canopy on the outside of the building to protect pedestrians from falling debris. officials have threatened to yellow tagged the building and are willing to be flexible as long as the building is safe. >> there is a vote to remove names from this campus. they will rename three campus references to the one who founded the system in the 1700s and is blamed for his mistreatment of native americans. it will be named stanford way after the university cofounder. they have yet to be decided. stanford said other references will remain. >>> in san francisco crews removed a large statue early yesterday morning. the early days statue was put up at the civic center plaza in 1894 depicting a native american karen at the feet of a catholic missionary and spanish cowboy. they approved its removal following complaints the i

. >>> texas public school could soon drop figures like hillary clinton and helen keller from their curriculum. according to "the dallas morning news," the state board of education voted to remove certain figures in order to streamline the course. they said it was not real learning. a volunteer work group found removing clinton and keller would save 30 to 40 minutes of teaching time each. however, dropping the figures doesn't mean they can't be taught. they just wouldn't be required. a final vote is scheduled for november. >>> this morning the state of mississippi is reacting to the controversy surrounding the nfl and nike's new just do it ad campaign. mississippi state police agencies saying it will no longer buy nike products. according to the "associated press," marshall fisher told reporters he will not use vendors who do not support law enforcement and our military. it's the latest in widespread fallout after nike's decision to use 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick in their ads. mississippi's republican governor has expressed support for his appointee's decision. nike shares fell right a

. >>> key historical figures like hillary clinton and helen keller may disappear from the state board education in texas. the board of education says it realizes people will disagree on what should remain. state requires too much material to jam into one year. officials say teachers can still discuss the excised figures, but it is not mandatory. the decision on who to remove and include is based on volunteer work groups. final vote is set for november. >>> a suspect charged with arson in connection with the huge fire at new york city parking garage. police say 23-year-old evon stevens was seen in the area where the fire broke out in brooklyn. the seven ala-alarm blaze damag 300 cars. firefighters worked for hours to put out the inferno. >>> julie chen is stepping down as the host of "the talk." it comes a week after her husband, former ceo chairman les moonves, was forced out under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations. chen is expected to address her decision in a taped segment today. chen will continue to host "big brother." it seemed unlikely she would return to "the talk" every

has voted to remove a lot of famous americans from their curriculum, including hillary clinton, helen keller, eleanor roosevelt, feminist betty friedan and the father of modern conservativism, barry goldwater. great, now kids will have to learn about barry goldwater like i did in the streets. passing around dog-eared old copies of the "national review" they found buried in the woods. now at the high school level the board voted to reinsert the biblical figure moses as an influence on american politics. also biology class now covers how long you can live inside a whale, and sex ed involves passing out fig leaves and telling kids to avoid taking fruit from snakes. but all is not lost because removing figures from the curriculum wouldn't prevent teaching about them, but would mean doing so is not mandatory. so teachers decide whether to cover hillary clinton or have their students wonderful why hillary clinton wants to lock up crooked what's her face. by the way, by the way -- [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: secretary what's her face is my guest tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen:

when you add in the fact that he read defenses like helen keller he is out of the nfl.: that's pretty funny. wait, i don't think you are giving his his due. nike told us he is the bravest person in human history. certainly american history. you served the united states marine corps in combat did you ever meet anyone as brave as collin kaepernick? >> i will tell you all the brothers in arms that i serve with none of them had the bravery to make $39 million in the nfl and then move on to get paid by one of the biggest shoe brands in the world. i have to tell you, i think he should get some sort of medal of honor whatever civilians can make. [laughter] >> tucker: jesse, thank you for coming on tonight. it was great to see you. >> appreciate you, man. >> tucker: thank you. richard painter ran for office in minnesota recently. he didn't win but he did become famous for a phrase that he uses a lot. he put it in a campaign ad. why does he love that phrase so much? dumpster fire is the phrase. we will ask him. what is it about dumpster fire that is so appealing. >> dumpster fil

the education board also cutting helen keller from its curriculum.nd even paul mccartney is hopping on the anti-trump train, writing a new song referring to the president as captain -- or mad captain. >> we've got a mad captain the sailing this boat we're all on, and he's just going to take us to the iceberg. in particular? mean, it's obviously, it's trump. katie: mccartney's new song also tackles the issue of climate change, and those are your headlines. pete: i totally get rid of hillary clinton, but getting rid of helen keller? ed: it doesn't make sense. bieber -- pete: your fave. [laughter] ed: if i could name drop, i met his mom recently. katie: i'm a belieber. i like his music. ed: super nice, author, filmmaker, and she -- apparently her son wants to become an american citizen. i think it's great. he obviously spends a lot of time here, he makes his music here -- pete: he's canadian. ed: unlike, say, jim carrey who's for socialism, he wants to be a part of america. that's pretty cool. but you have all these other celebrities who said if donald

historical figures that may be dropped include deaf-blind civil writes socialist pioneer helen keller and hillary clinton, thee first femamale presidentntial nominee for a major party, who both scored low on the board's grading system. the republican majority board's decision will undergo a final vote in november after a period of public response. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley has announced the committee will hold another hearing on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh monday following accusations he attempted to rapape a 15-y-yeard girl a at a party while he was n high school. both kavanaugh and his accuser, professor christine blasey ford, will testify under oath. ford told "the washington post" kavanaugh and his friend pushed her into a bedroom during a party and that kavanaugh then forcibly pinned her down o on a bed and trie

. >> that's why albert einstein, helen keller, norman thomas, martin luther king jr., we can go on andcratic socialist. one of the great founders. >> tucker: but has it struck you as interesting that it's never actually worked anywhere? the question is not what are our goals, our goals of the same. how do we get there is the question. so what happened in venezuela, they call that democratic socialism but they don't have toilet paper and is less equal than ever. >> but part of the problem is that any time there has been attempts of ordinary people to engage in self-determination they can get crushed by external nation. look at u.s. policies towards venezuela, very, very ugly. at nicaragua the same way. we saw that in so many other instances where countries try to engage in self-determination and they either get crushed, they get coerced and they end up oftentimes responding to the authoritarian treatment. it's only been a movement so fa far. attempt to resist a third grade at the top, the racism, sexism, homophobia, the various ways in which human humanity is violatd rather than affirme

the texas school board has voted to eliminate hillary clinton and helen keller from the curriculum.l texas. i wonder this prediction if texas could change and become a purple state will come to bear earlier. the hispanic vote will come to bear. will this be more active than normally? >> i think if beto is going to win, hispanic voters have to turn out. his message, which i think he's starting to get to resonate down along the border in the rio grande, is frankly you have to vote because if you don't vote, the republicans are going to take away daca. they're going to reduce your health care. they're going to cut taxes to the rich. they're going to make medicare and medicaid more difficult to get. they're going to continue to separate families on the border. if he hits that message strong and hard along the rio grande, he's going to have a very good chance of turning out these voters. as you mentioned historically in our state, they simply have not come out in the kinds of numbers that have been needed but this is an election where they very much could decide whether beto gets elected