ku klux klan had been founded. a friend of mine john meacham when i said i was running to restore the soul of america. he wrote a book "the soul of america." there is a page 160 in his book showing over 30,000 ku klux klan members in full ra gail i can't, reverend, pointed hats, the robes, marching down pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. jesse, you know all about this. washington, d.c. if my memory is correct there were 37 members of the house of representatives who were open members of the klan. there were five, if i'm not mistaken, could have been seven, i think it was five members of the united states senate open members of the klan. multiple governors were open members of the klan. most people didn't realize that a century ago the klan was founded just six years before the horrific destruction here in tulsa. and one of the reasons why it was founded was because of guys like me that are catholic. it wasn't about african-americans then, it was about making sure that all those polish and irish and italian and

your lawsuit claims both men violated the ku klux klan act.t is that act, and what is your lawsuit saying? derrick: after the conclusion of the civil war and members of congress were working to bring this country back together, they realized that many members were being threatened when they went back to their home districts, as they carried out their duty. the act was adopted to protect members of congress, so they could carry out their duty to uphold and support the constitution. in that act, they built in protections against mob violence and racialized groups like what we saw on january 6. it became known as the kkk act because that was one of the leading whites of premises groups at the time in 1871. we found representing the embers of congress simply carrying out their duty on january 6. this mob with the encouragement of president trump, and we believe rudy giuliani, the proud boys and many others, were seeking to stop the peaceful transfer of governance, stop individuals from carrying out their duties as members of congress, and as a res

i remember the aclu would do things like defend people in the ku klux klan from marching. i think all what they were doing was abhorrent. but that's part of democracy is being uncomfortable. people are allowed to have bad, stupid, and silly ideas. the minute you start clamping down on free speech, the -- the chilling effect it has on society. that's one of the things that makes america unique is the commitment to free speech. >> how do you keep the bad, crazy, noisy voices in the mix of conversation? >> doing a better job of figuring out who the fake russian bots are and getting them off. we have 5 million folks on our facebook page and you see pictures of them in backyard barbecues and we've been able to connect with so many of these folks. so, it's a great platform that way. people have to bear some responsibility. you have to treat everything with a certain amount of skepticism. that person from nigeria a, emailing you about the fortune if you give them your bank account, that's not true. you're going to have to take -- in all the freedom, there's a tremendous amount of

superstar coup b the historic garden district mansion built in 1926 was once reportedly the home of a ku klux klan leader. now investigators want to know if the fire was arson. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, wednesday night's fire at a mansion owned by beyonce and jay z now being investigated as arson. authorities in new orleans believe the fire began in the kitchen where they reportedly found a gas can along with books in the oven. >> i was walking around the corner with ziggy smalls and all of the smoke was coming out. >> reporter: witnesses say a man was seen running when the fire broke out. >> my neighbor around the corner, she had witnessed the dude. he, like, jumped over the fence, like right on the backside of harmony over here on 8th. >> reporter: authorities have not disclosed how much damage the home sustained, but it took 22 firefighters to extinguish the fire. beyonce's management company bought the mansion in 2015 for $2.6 million. originally, the building was a church and then a ballet school. neighbors say few, if any people, have entered the mansion in years. although they say a gate

to vote until the 19th amendment a hundred years ago, the poll taxes and literature tests and ku klux klaneg: finally, someone with the guts to call out that ku klux klan. stupid racists of the sea. i bet they are democrats. ♪ ♪

to vote until the 19th amendment a hundred years ago, the poll taxes and literature tests and ku klux klan campaigns of violence and terror. >> greg: finally, someone with the guts to call out that ku klux klan. stupid racists of the sea. i bet they are democrats. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> greg: it is tuesday, everyone. so look at these happy people. these are texas democratic lawmakers, and they fled the state like on the mike hunter biden running from a pregnant stripper. they left yesterday to deny republicans the corn needed to vote on strengthening election safeguards. whereas the democrats like to call it, the worst thing since the civil war. >> to strip the right to vote as authoritarian and anti-american, and he will highlight the work of the administration against this, necessity of passing for the people act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act and how we need to work together with civil rights organizations to build as broad a turnout and voter education systems overcome the worst challenge to our democracy since the civil war. >> greg: the worst challenge to our democracy t

it's the ku klux klan's appropriation of what they thought was the confederate flag. you could make some very simple descriptions. mitch landrieu is the guy who struggled a lot and spoke to me and wynton marcellus about what to do, and did the right thing. these things are not melted down into bullets or anything. they are in museums, and we interpret. this is what this man spends his life doing. that's what we've got to do. and nothing has been erased. nothing has been erased, and the problem is that sometimes there is a tendency on the other side to want to erase and to say you can't say this anymore. we've got to continue to talk about nathan bedford forest. do we have to name a high school after him? i don't think so. >> we should also note, it was just the past year that mississippi finally changed its flag, correct? it took a little while. i want to bring in the audience for a couple of questions we pulled together, just to get a sense of where everyone's head is and that can give us another jumping off point for the conversation. there is the idea of being incl

the ku klux klan was meant to disarm african-american gun owners and that has gone through the 1960's, malcolm x, and people like robert williams wrote a book that said people have a right to defend themselves under the second amendment, and that is when the country discovered that gun control after 1968. there is a long history of racial politics of who is seen as a threat. and then who gets to carry a gun and who gets to defend themselves. there is this conversation about what is playing out now, which is in part about guns, but it is also about stereotypes, safety, immunity and it is a far bigger issue that ties into the racial history of the country. host: frank in new york, independent. hi. caller: good morning. good morning, dr. metzl. you were talking violence, guns, race, i think that for me, my opinion can be reduced to income disparities. in this country, we think it is around the procapitalist side or on the way to the left of socialism -- i want to get your opinion on how much that plays into although this. when i said income disparities. thank you. guest: thank you. quick

it's the ku klux klans appropriation of what they thought was a confederate flag so you can make some very simple descriptions. and do you know mitch andrew is the guy who struggled over talked to lonnie? i'm sure talk to me. talked to winton marsalis a lot of people about what to do and he did the right thing right these things aren't melted down into you know bullets or anything like they're in museums and we interpret interpret interpret. this is what this man spends his life doing. that's that's what we've got to do and no, but nothing's been erased. nothing has been erased and the problem is that sometimes there is a tendency on the other side to want to erase and to say you can't say this anymore or you can't talk about that. we've got to continue to talk about nathan bedford forrest, but do we have to name a high school after him? i don't think so. so what we should also note, by the way, i think it was just this past year that mississippi finally changed its flag. correct? yes. yeah, it took a little while. listen. i do want to bring in the audience to a couple of polling ques

the poll taxes and the ku klux klan campaigns of violence and terror that lasted into the 1950's and0's. and again just two weeks ago, a decision of weakened landmarks voting rights act. to the willful attacks, electric -- election attacks in 2020, and then the whole other level of threat, the violence and the deadly insurrection of january 6 on the capitol. just got back from europe from the g-7 and nato. they wondered, it's not a joke. they asked me, is it going to be okay? the citadel democracy in the world, is it going to be okay? time and time again, we have defended free and fair elections, and each time, we found a way to overcome. that's what we must do today. vice-president harris and i spent our careers doing this work, and i've asked her to lead to bring people together to protect the right to vote in our democracy, and it starts with continuing to fight to pass hr-1, the for the people act. [applause] that bill -- that bill would help end voter suppression in the state, get -- in the states, get dark money out of politics, give voice to the people at the grass roots level

it is the ku klux klan's prescription of what they thought.mitch landrieu is the man who struggled over it, and talked to lanny and me and wynton marsalis, and what to do, and he did the right thing. these things are not melted down into bullets or anything like that, and they are in museum, and we interpret, and interpret and interpret, and that is what this man spends his life doing. that's what we have to do, and nothing has been erase. nothing has been erased. the problem is that sometimes there is a tendency on the other side to want to erase, and you can't say this anymore or talk about that. we have to continue to talk about nathan bedford forest, but do we have to name a high school after him? i don't think so. >> so we should note this past year that mississippi finally changed the flag, correct? >> yes. >> it took a little while. listen, i do want to bring in the audience to a couple of the polling questions to have a sense of where everybody's head is, and another jumping off point of the conversation. an idea of being included in t

they founded the ku klux klan. host: we will let you go.st: i always like to point out people like frederick douglass. an incredible person from american history. robert small, one of the most amazing stories coming out of the civil war. we failed to share our own legacy on these issues, as if the civil rights act passed because of republican votes. the party was founded on abolition. there is a tremendous opportunity. i also think when it comes to spending, to me, spending is a moral issue. it is nauseating about washington, where politicians think by spending all of this money, standing on the side of the angels, know what you are doing is robbing future generations. that money is coming from our children and our grandchildren and a diminished quality of life and diminished opportunities there going to face. i look at spending as a moral issue. host: you are writing in newsweek, the issue is immigration, you're right that vice president kamala harris is finally visiting the border after ignoring the crisis for three months. her ill-fated

she also said, i accepted an invitation to talk at the women's branch of the ku klux klan. she further said, this is a quote. they are human weeds, reckless breeders, spawning human beings, who never should have been born. these are vicious, racist, grotesque use. that was -- views. that was the founder of planned parenthood. indeed her vision of what unlimited abortion on demand would produce tragically has come to pass. a final question, ms. odin. you describe the horrific experiences you went through when you entered this world with the failed abortion that nearly took your life. you found it an organization of survivors who were born alive despite an attempt to take their life within abortion. can you tell this committee about those survivors and what you would say to senators considering striking down laws that say a child born, alive, outside the womb, reading and living, should not be killed but must be cared for? because right now this committee is deciding whether or not, even after your born, you had any right to continue living. what would you say to the senators

watchers that come to my area, they are white, look like they could be people of proud boys or the ku klux klan. >> you are judging a book by its cover. >> the gentleman's time has expired. ms. thompson: it would be more amenable to me if you had [indiscernible] >> i believe there were no complaints filed at all in harris county on voter intimidation so i think it's more of an urban legend. i yelled back -- yield back. >> i now yield five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. thank you all for being here. thank you for coming to washington at a critical moment in our nation's history. people keep trying to characterize what you did as fleeing texas, but i think what you did was you were pulled to the nation's capital by the power of your experience and came as a clarion call to congress and to the president to do all we can to push back against these voter suppression efforts. and you didn't just come for texas, although that's your first love, you came on behalf of states and americans all across the country who are facing similar rollback of their access to the ballot box. so, i can't

. >> thurgood marshall the head of the naacp the majority to protect the rights of the ku klux klan andcalling for his own murder calling for the murder of african-americans. marsha was able to see, i hate this. it scares me but i'm not going to take the role of shutting down another person speech. absolutely we should speak out against violence and absolutely we should speak out against it but not to echo what we are to believe. do we sometimes feels, if it doesn't heard it doesn't -- count. >> i think the first amendment so misunderstood and it's one thing to say guess i've are right to speak another thing to say you have a right to speech and i hate what you are saying. when the founding fathers that the first amendment and the constitution and wasn't a deal. it wasn't the first thing i thought of and also it wasn't entirely free-speech at the time. >> and franklin of all people said when they passed the first amendment they had no idea what the hell they were doing. i forgot how they put it but they put it beautifully. [inaudible] the idea of what free-speech was it's extremely diff

the caller is right that in part the mission of the ku klux klan was to disarm african-american and gun owners . so that's gone through the 1960s and people like a man named robert williams wrote a book called negroes with guns that said black people have a right to defend themselves under the second amendment but that was when the country discovered gun control after 1968 so there's a long history of who was seen as a threat. and then who gets to carry a gun and who gets to defend themselves? again part of this conversation about what's going on now which is about guns but it's also about stereotypes of safety, community and it's a far bigger issue that ties into really the racial history of our country. >> from frank in new york in northport, independentline . >> caller: good morning doctor metzl. you were talking violence against race, i think that for me my opinion, it can't be reduced to income disparities and in this country we seem to have the areas around the procapitalist side or all the way to the left it's the dirty word of socialism and they've been trying to hide it since f

here is the sentence, and it was buried in an editorial about the ku klux klan nationally. the sentence was, in 1921, racial bitterness, which had been rooting for several years, culminated in one of the most disastrous race riots in the nation's history. period. it did not even mention that it wasn't tulsa. okay. so the bottom line is that, you know, the story of the massacre was covered up. john franklin said, to also lost its sense of honesty. it did for about 50 years. so the question is, how did it come out? how did we know about this? why are we all here today? how did that all happen? this is a story i write about more extensively in my new book. but i want to talk a bit about how that happened and give you all a couple of stories so you can get a handle on what is going on. and it's very important to first recognize the key group. the key group was a group of survivors, not a large group, but over the decades they kept telling this story. they would tell the story and talk about it publicly and try to support having this thing passed on. probably the most -- the sin

agents to ku klux klan members and she's a major reason for this crime increase. >> tucker: jonathan,amala harris does have a theory about why the border is open and won't stay closed. of course, it's not her fault. it is the fault of climate change. >> there are also long-standing issues that are often called the root causes of immigration. we are looking at the issue of poverty and the lack therefore of economic opportunities, the issue of extreme weather conditions, and the lack of climate adaptation. as well as corruption and the lack of good governance. and violence against women, indigenous people, lgbtq people, and afro descendants. >> tucker: it is like a parody, like a "saturday night live" sketch. the publisher of "climate depot" and the author of the book -- thanks for coming on. if you are really concerned about the environment, which they are not, but let's say they were, you probably don't want to make your country more crowded with the world's poorest people. that increases the amount of carbon emissions and spoil the land, does it not? >> yes, you would think so. ameri

but he became offended by what he saw and offended by the ku klux klan and segregation and national press club not allowing black members. so it became a crusade for him of inequality and justice. and his family he used the old quaker style of speaking. they did silent prayers at meals . just enough to indicate it was on his mind. he judged politicians by the standards the quakers and he had. the two presidents he got along the worst with were herbert hoover and richard nixon, who were both quakers. they were not his same form. host: the column appeared every day and later they added radio and television. i wanted to show a clip we have of the television program. how did he do all of this? watch and we will come back. [video clip] ♪ >> with congress back in town, the news is certainly breaking. eisenhower has decided he has to get this program to congress at any cost and here are the developments. he has finally picked a successor to senator taft. mr. nixon who one year ago, his name was mud but today he is the white haired boy around the white house. this will naturally cause trouble wit

the ku klux klan borrows the template of the freemasonry.most interestingly beginning and southern italy in the early 19th century space exactly template made its way from the political sphere into the criminal sphere that man you can see there in the green jersey in 2008 was the last man to aspire i never none on. as all of the other members of the ruling commission of the time. the man as it happened next to him, then colonel monai chino, general mineo g, a friend of mine who worked a lot and knows a lot of people involved. lucas american sister organization is a sworn secret brotherhood, members of organizations join families it's a metaphor not mean it's all related. it's a metaphor for how closely knit they are does not mean they're all none on. those families and cells of the organization like masonic lodges but like being a member of the masonic lodge you also become a member of a wider network with contacts particularly across the atlantic and that is when the secrets. initiation, codes and rituals and so on it is unmistakably stole

there's a historian in huffington post texas senate bill drops teaching requirement that ku klux klan right the attorney, hold forth on your feelings about that particular bill. >> listen, i want people outside of texas to understand how dangerous this is. one out of ten children in america are educated in texas. it leads the nation in our education. right now trying to wash -- i'm sorry trying to whitewash our history, promote the ku klux klan as an organization, i guess, as a neutral morality when it wasn't. we should be able to teach what was evil. i began my career as an educator with teach for america in new jersey and atlanta. to have this kind of governmental partisan influence on what we teach our children is the hype of anti-democracy. >> uh-huh. and the time we have left, mr. meter, again, no democrat has won statewide since 1994. make your pitch, why should you be the first one? >> our platform is geared around responding to the actual needs of families in texas. it's not about left or right, republican or democrat. there are concerns for texans about the power grid, about

it is therefore not immune from liability, especially under the so-called club -- ku klux klan apt, which of the lawsuit and that passed right back into the 18 sixties, important parts, and one part says if you work with other people to interfere with the performance of the governments functions, if you conspire, that is, to undo the workings of government, you are going to be liable. the other part, very important as to donald trump, it says if you have the power to prevent an ongoing interference, especially a violent one, with the functions of the government, and do not use that power, or negligent and turn the other way, as we saw donald trump do when he and his family were watching it on a tv screen as the riot went on, then you are liable for damages to those you injure. and those -- in this case, it would include congressman swalwell who feared for his life, but also a number of the capitol police who are also suing. this is an important development, not only for mail-in brooks -- mo bricks, i don't wanna estimate his importance, but he's not the biggest fish in the pond. it's a te

ku klux klan members love donald trump. the former klan leader supported donald trump's run for presidency in 2016 that what became the controversy of the day for the trump campaign in 2016, donald trump pretend not to know who david duke is or what he thinks. but that didn't bother david duke at all. because david duke knew that that was what a winning politician was going to have to say in a situation like that. so the racists who love donald trump because they believe he is one of them have never believed his denials about being one of them. they just see that as something donald trump, a smart politician, has to say. but they believe that they know where donald trump's heart is. america's klansmen, america's nazis believe that donald trump has in his heart what they have in theirs. sheer hatred. so they will be cheered tonight with the news reports that they will firmly believe that donald trump said hitler did a lot of good things. the reason donald trump's nazi followers will believe that he said that is the same reas

and justice marshall thought he was a goner for sure, thought the police would turn him over to ku klux klan and then cold feet because alexander looby was following so they go back to town and charge justice martial with driving -- marshall with driving under the influence and they go to the local magistrate, the police say this man was driving under the influence. magistrate said i can tell right away, he tells justice marshall, breathe into my face. so justice marshall acts it out, he says ha, and the man doesn't flinch, he says this man has not touched a drop of whiskey, you know, release him. justice moishlg -- marshall gets in the car, drives off, gets where he is going, calls the naacp and said i had not touched whiskey before but now i'm about to get drunk. again it's a horrible stostory, it's also a true story, there's a very nice book about this particular event but he would always punctuate it with his own brand of humor. >> i will contribute a couple. the stories you say are what would you say harsh, hard, but not in the language necessarily or even the events. but one was in, i

the poll taxes and literacy test and the ku klux klan campaign that lasted in the 50s and 60s.cision that weakened the landmark voting rights act. just got back from europe with. g-7 and nato. they wondered. they asked me, is it going to be okay? is it going to be okay? time and again we weathered threats to the right to vote free and fair elections. and each time we found a way to overcome.r that's what we must do today. i asked vice president hair tois lead to bring people together tn protect the right to vote in our democracy and it starts with continuing the fight to pass hr-1, the for the people act. that bill -- that bill would help end voter suppression in the states. get dark money out of politics, give voice to the people at the grassroots level. create a fair district maps and end partisan political gerrymandering. last month republicans opposed even debating even considering for the people's act. we must pass the for the people act. it's a national imperative. we must also invite for the joho lewis advancement act to restore and expand. explore and expand voting prot

was not imprisoned nor executed, he went back to civilian life and became an early member of the ku klux klan fact it was the first and most notorious grand wizard of the kkk. in 1978, over 100 years after forests death, the tennessee state capital installed a bust in his honor. the bust, as you might imagine, immediately drew protests and support from well, the kkk. who were pictured here holding a press conference in front of it in 1980, they of course would love to see one of their former members represented in the state capital, wouldn't? a whole lot of people have been tried to get rid of nathan bedford force bust ever since it was installed, their efforts were met with resistance. protests have been going on since 2015, london lamar was part of that fight earlier this year she told us why removing the bust was so important to her. >> every day i have to walk into make legislation for all people of tennessee, i have to walk past a clansmen before i go into the peoples house, our state capital is recognizing and supporting the first grand wizard of the kyky, and a building that should be

ku klux klan covering up the police label on the back of the jacket there.e coat and the sign and he appears to try to laugh it off. the video was provided to cnn without any sound. it's unclear what they're saying to each other. the mayor of sheffield lake said he spoke with the black officer who was involved and the officer said that he laughed it off because he was uncomfortable and he didn't know how to react to all this. the former police chief was placed on administrative leave once the incident was reported, and he handed his retirement papers in the same day. here's the mayor, dennis. >> the chief was standing in his office and he made a joke, am i going to get fired over this? and i looked at the law director, hand him his paper. he said after 30 years, this is what i get? i said, you have ten minutes to get out of the office. >> reporter: cnn isn't naming the black officer targeted, but we reached out to him. he declined to comment. in a statement to the affiliate, campo, the former police officer, said it was a joke that got out of hand. cnn has r

women the right to vote until the 19th amendment 100 years ago to poll taxes and literacy test and ku klux klantwo weeks ago. that decision that weakened the landmark and voting rights act. to the willful attack, election attacks in 2020. then to a whole other level of threat of violence and deadly insurrection of capital on january 6th. just got back from europe. they asked me is it going to be okay. each time we found way to over come and that's what we must do today. vice president harris and i spent aour careers doing this work. i asked her to lead, to bring people together to protect the right to vote in our democracy and it starts with continuing the fight to pass hr1. the for the people act. [ applause ] that bill would end voter suppression in states. get dark money out of politics. give voice to people. create a fair district maps and end partisan political gerrymandering. last month, republicans opposed even debating, even considering for the people act. senate democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. we must pass the for the people act. it's natio

he thought that the police were going to turn him over to the ku klux klan and then they got cold feetbecause see alexander libby was followed. so then they go back to town and they charge him, they charge justice marshall with driving under the influence and they go to a local magistrate and to local magistrate size, well, why are you bringing this man here and the police say, well, this man was driving under the influence. and the magistrate says, i can tell right away the way this man was driving under the influence any tells justice marshal, breathe into my face. and so justice marshall accident he says -- and the man doesn't flinch, he says, this man has not touched a drop of whiskey. release him. justice marshall gets in the car, drives off, that's where he's going, calls the naacp and says, you know white? i had not touched any whiskey before, but now i am about to get drawn. again, so a horrible story. it's also a true story. there's a very nice book about this particular event but he always would punctuated with his own brand of humor. >> i will contribute a couple. the storie

senate passed a bill that would remove a requirement for public schoolteachers to teach that the ku klux klanf me doesn't want to take something like that seriously because we have books and we have the internet, except we have books and we have the internet and vaccine deniers and people denying women their rights, so i don't know. what do you do with this stuff? >> well, you have to take texas very seriously, ali, because of the size of the state and the impact on school textbook purchasing. it has an impact on content in school books and mcmillan press and the lot. this is really key. there are folks screaming, you will not replace us. folks are worried about tucker carlson and others worried about demographic shifts and panicking and also worried about being displaced in history. made to be monsters. this is the stuff, the logic of fascism. we need to understand it. i want to be clear here, ali, the problem isn't just simply loud racists, those folks are easily identifiable. the problem rests with those of us willing to be silent in the face of all of this. this is just simply another fro

he became an early member of the ku klux klan.st and most in courts grand wizard of the kkk. in 1978, 100 years after his death, the tennessee state capitol installed a bust in his honor. the bust, as you might imagine, drew opposition and protest as well as support from, well, the kkk, who are pictured here holding a press conference in front of it in 1980. they, of course, would love to see one of their former members represented in the state capitol, wouldn't they? a lot of people have been trying to get rid of nathan bedford forest's bust ever since it was installed. regular protests have been going on since 2015. tennessee state representative london lamar was part of that fight. earlier this year she told us why removing the bust was so important to her. >> every day i have to walk in to make legislation for all people of tennessee, i have to walk past a klansman before i go into the people's house. our state capitol is recognizing and supporting the first grand wizard of the kkk in a building that should be a building where

justice marshall he thought he was a goner for sure and that the police would turn him over to the ku klux klanand then they got cold feet law alexander lubby was following. so then they go back to town and they charge him -- they charged justice marshall with driving under the influence. and they go to a local magistrate and the local magistrate said well why are you bringing this man here and the police say, well this man was driving under the influence and the magistrate said well i could tell whether or not whether this man is driving under the influence and he tells justice marshall, breathe in my face. and so js -- justice marshall doesn't flinch. and he said this man has not touched a drop of whiskey. release him. justice marshall gets in the car, drives off, gets where he's going. calls the naacp and said, you know what, i had not touched any whiskey before, but now i'm about to get drunk. [ laughter ] again, it is a horrible story. it's also a true story. there is a very nice book about this particular -- this particular event. but he always would punctuate it with his own brand of hum

requirements and certify democrats that public schools teach about martin luther king jr., the ku klux klans movement. the bill would effectively leave it up to school districts to decide who's history is taught. it's just one example of how republicans across the country have turned history into a wedge issue. teachers like rodney pierce are caught in the crossfire. pierce is a social studies teacher at red oak middle school in battleboro, north carolina, and was social studies teacher of the year in 2019. he sought to inspire his students by teaching them about local history, the various monuments to confederates and the history of horrific lynchings in the area. now pierce is facing backlash from parents saying that his teaching of history and race is biased. that he insists on talking about slavery, and that he has a perceived political slant, accusing him of lying when he quoted former president donald trump verbatim. joining me now is rodney pierce, social studies teacher at red oak middle school. he joins in his personal capacity and his views do not represent those of the school dis

we are facing texas republicans who pass a bill in support of the ku klux klan, and we can't out-organized federal assistance of that, and if he is incapable of that, he needs to be quiet and go. >> thank you, marcel, for your thoughts. there you have it, geoff. and we got other thoughts from reverend barber about this new bill, and he says that the march has an impact on that and he said that as the biblical story of jericho that perhaps as you march, the walls are starting to fall. >> thank you, priscilla thompson and marcel for willing to speak to with you. and as there is finally movement to the voting rights legislation on capitol hill, and a group of senate democrats who are looking to lead the bill, but they are hoping to keep the bill alive after the more sweeping bill was blocked. and texas democrats were back on capitol hill to testify about the voter restriction bills they are seeing at home. those democrats had more meetings with the clintons and georgia's stacey abrams, and joining us now is adam serwer who is staff writer for "the atlantic" and the latest piece is "the democ

but also dropping a requirement that teaching about the ku klux klan wrong >> people trying to reviseey're seeing each and every day systemic racism played out in the disproportionate racism towards african-americans dyeing from covid, the disproportionate race of african-americans living below the poverty lines. there are reasons for in and historical context. to try to deny the history, try to revise it and try not to allow the truth be told to me is outrageous. and i think this is just another effort actually that authoritarian countries and leaders use to try to create an environment where only those that are powerful, the rich prevail. and they want to keep others in a place where we're totally oppressed and totally not part of in country's democracy. so this goes right back to voting rights. we need h.r. 1 passed, we need h.r. 4 passed to have a system that allows the voices of people who have not been heard to be heard through their elected officials. this is about more than just voting. this is about preserving our democracy, which leads right to what we're talking about right

the right to vote until the 19 minute 100 years ago, to poll taxes and literacy tests and the ku klux klanthat weekend the landmark voting rights act. to the willful attacks, election attacks in 2020 and then to a whole other level of threat, the violence in a deadly insurrection on the capitol on january the 6th. ijust got back from europe with the meaning of the g7 and nato. they wonder, not a joke, they wonder and they asked me is it going to be ok? the citadel of democracy in the world, is it going to be ok? time and again, we have weathered threats to the right to vote in free and fair elections and each time we have found a way to overcome. and thus we must do today. the vice president harris and i have spent our careers doing this work, and i have asked her to leave and be people together to protect the right to vote in our democracy. i have asked her to lead. it starts with continuing the fight to pass hr one, the for the people act.— that bill... that bill will help in voter suppression _ that bill... that bill will help in voter suppression in _ that bill... that bill will help i

rushmore is facing fresh scrutiny created by a sculptor with ties to the ku klux klan. the first 150 years of the united states history. it's our mission, to share the history and the culture with the american people. >> reporter: but darryl says it's not enough. the one thing you want a family who visits mt. rushmore to walk away with knowing is what? >> more information, more true history about the native people that were here and what it mean, what the black hills means to our people. >> reporter: there is real debate right now over what should happen here. there is a camp of people who believe that this monument should come down altogether and i'll tell you, even the sculptor's granddaughter is in that camp. you heard darryl say he wants a more complete telling of his people's history, perhaps some monuments to chiefs and warriors leading up to this walkway to see these presidents here behind me, t.j., so visitors know the entire history of this land here. >> well, we could add to the history possibly. there was an idea floated about adding possibly faces to the mon

that is the highly controversial film from the 1900's that glorifies the ku klux klan as heroic men protectinggot to be a racist. she since took her twitter account private because i'm sure the critics were out there, ashley. ashley: i'm sure they were. rightly so. lauren, thank you very much. now this, dr. fauci, changing his tune again. he says vaccinated people should still wear masks in parts of the u.s. roll the tape. >> i might want to go the extra mile to be cautious enough to make sure that i get the extra added level of protection. ashley: dr. marc siegel here to take that on. those opinions change all the time, do they not? members of the u.s. woman's soccer team turning away from the flag during the national anthem? what is the story here? they will tell us. brian kilned will be here next. ♪ look...if your wireless carrier was a guy, you'd leave him tomorrow. not very flexible. not great at saving. you deserve better - xfinity mobile. now, they have unlimited for just $30 a month. $30 dollars. and they're number 1 in customer satisfaction. his number? delete it. deleting it. so brea

the ku klux klan was meant to disarm african-american gun owners and that has gone through the 1960'sx, and people like robert williams wrote a book that said people have a right to defend themselves under the second amendment, and that is when the country discovered that gun control after 1968. there is a long history of racial politics of who is seen as a threat. and then who gets to carry a gun and who gets to defend themselves. there is this conversation about what is playing out now, which is in part about guns, but it is also about stereotypes, safety, immunity and it is a far bigger issue that ties into the racial history of the country. host: frank in new york, independent. hi. caller: good morning. good morning, dr. metzl. you were talking violence, guns, race, i think that for me, my opinion can be reduced to income disparities. in this country, we think it is around the procapitalist side or on the way to the left of socialism -- i want to get your opinion on how much that plays into although this. when i said income disparities. thank you. guest: thank you. quick question.