a lot of people will remember laura kelly was the first governor in the nation to cancel the rest of the 2020 school year for students back in 2020. she was the first governor of the nation to do that. in the selection, it large part a referendum on that decision. a decision she is standing by. touting her worth with g.o.p.-controlled legislature to get schools fully funded. her opponent kansas attorney general derek schmidt is hammering on the frustrations and damages to kids and families that have come from her decision to close the schools, arguing that kelly went too far. >> derek, i will never apologize for protecting the lives of our children. [applause] >> what good does it do to fully fund schools if you turn around and walk the children out of them? >> bill: along with education this week, both campaigns released as addressing the issue of transgender women's competing in sports. an issue that governor kelly twice vetoed bills that would have prevented that from happening. >> laura kelly vetoed laws to protect men and women in sports not once but twice. [applause] laura kell

ladies and gentlemen, the honorable laura kelly, governor of kansas. good morning, everybody. i am so delighted to be here and honored at astra for aspira to the stars through difficulty. that is the kansas state motto, a recognition that kansas came into the union as a free state when there was fierce opposition that the spirit of kansans propelled them to beat the odds and accomplish much. who better to represent our great state in statuary hall than dwight d hayes and our and now a native daughter of kansas, amelia earhart. i want to extend my gratitude to our congressional leaders and our kansas delegation for the opportunity to honor one of kansans most iconic figures, a woman who showed all of us what it means to reach for the stars. amelia earhart was born and raised in atchison, kansas. a small town overlook in the missouri river from a very early age. amelia was a dreamer. her dreams went far beyond the banks of that river and far beyond the prescribed gender roles of her time. kansans have long celebrated our women, trailblazers, blazers like susanna salter, the firs

in this new ad provided exquisitely to "hannity." >> laura kelly promised to fix our schools.ng with parents, she is siding with radicals pushing their agenda on tire kids. to actually solicit lended lessons. biological boys competing against girls. saying there's too many white teachers. >> tammy: here with reaction derek schmidt. all of those issues, all of us care about, tell us why you're running in what you want to do for kansas. >> tammy, there's nothing more important than raising the next generation and parents have to be front and center in that roll. it's common sense. here in kansas we have the democratic governor laura kelly who has walked in lockstep with the biden administration's radical agenda on education and so we sent her a parent's bill of rights to make sure parents are fully involved knowing what's going on in their kids education's. she vetoed it. a fairness in women's sports bill to make sure the meaning of transgender males competing against our girls and women in competitive sports, denying them scholarship opportunities or just the thrill of victory.

ladies and gentlemen, the honorable laura kelly, governor of kansas. good morning, everybody. i am so delighted to be here and honored at astra for aspira to the stars through difficulty. that is the kansas state motto, a recognition that kansas came into the union as a free state when there was fierce opposition that the spirit of kansans propelled them to beat the odds and accomplish much. who better to represent our great state in statuary hall than dwight d hayes and our and now a native daughter of kansas, amelia earhart. i want to extend my gratitude to our congressional leaders and our kansas delegation for the opportunity to honor one of kansans most iconic figures, a woman who showed all of us what it means to reach for the stars. amelia earhart was born and raised in atchison, kansas. a small town overlook in the missouri river from a very early age. amelia was a dreamer. her dreams went far beyond the banks of that river and far beyond the prescribed gender roles of her time. kansans have long celebrated our women, trailblazers, blazers like susanna salter, the firs

laura kelly promised to fix our schools instead of siding with parents.s siding with radicals, she radical ontonda our kids explicit lessons. kids. even in kindergarten, biological bullies competing against girls in high school sports . >> now, kelly's hand-pickeds. commissioners say we have too many white teacher's too mans. well, well, here with reaction,e kansas republican gubernatorial candidate derrick schmidt.s, a all those issues, starick, alllo of us care about. tell us why you're runningt yo and what you want to do for kansas.u want to do tell there's nothing tammy, the' more important than raisingareno the next generation. and parents have to be front it's common sense.nt role. that's common sense.re we all get that. e have the but here in kansas, we have a democrat governor , laura kelly, who has walked inwt lockstepep with the bushradica administration's radical agendas on education. and so we sent her a parents t bill of rights to make sure that parents areo make fully ind and knowing what's going on in their kids' educations. she vetoed it.

. >> democratic kansas governor laura kelly isn't backing down from controversial decision to be thein the nation to close schools for the rest of the year in 2020. she is now locked in one of the tightest gubernatorial races in the country against republican state attorney general derek schmidt in a race where education could be the deciding factor. >> this governor has done more damage to more of our kids than any other leader in the history of the state of kansas. and now we are dealing with the consequences on the back end. >> governor kelly is touting her work with the g.o.p. controlled legislature to get schools fully funded and turning the states finances around from the $350 million short fall brownback left office in 2018. the kids are back school. our economy is thriving. our unemployment rate is the lowest it's ever been. kansas is in good shape. >> what good does it do to fully fund schools if you turn around and lock the children out of them? >> registered republicans in kansas outnumber democrats by more than two to one in most precincts. so turnout will be key in this

laura kelly running in kansas. she benefited from a week republican of opponent.term in a dogfight in her race. in some of these swing states, kansas doesn't qualify, but others do. you have great tests of where the parties are in between the presidential elections, 2020 and coming up in 2024. >> we haven't talked about two of the best-known nonincumbent gubernatorial candidates, atul o'rourke in texas, stacey abrams in georgia. they are trailing their republican competitors ever so slightly. >> that is right. for asell known and well loved among democrats as stacey abrams is in georgia, they are kind of polarizing figures. georgia to some degree, they are still kind of center-right states. as much as the candidates fire of democrats, they fire up democratic opponents. polling has indicated steady, solid lea for camp in georgia, and greg abbott in texas. we talk about those races, even though gg abbott has had questions and problems in recent nths. he still looks like he is decently positioned this year. >> c geoff: what makes governors races different? kyle: ther

and as you noted, laura zecher . kelly reportedly also previous arrest for attempted murder, first degree murder. he was sentenced t , first-deoter three years, but of course, twob years later, he's backac on the streets. .we'll keep you updated. >> unbelievable. thank you so basically, early release strikes again. now, this is what the aclu and george soros type prosecutors want nationwide. gein this is the result. so, kelli, as you said, was sentenced to three years, but then he was released on march 16th. of this year.e and now it looks like innocentie people are dead and injured. joining me now is brandon tatum, former tucson police officer, host of the officeroff tatum show and podcast.m show an playdon, you're seeing this play out tonight, including on facebook live. >> your reaction to what you're seeing so far ? >> amortize was horrifying. i could not believe my that this young man was on camerawith with such a depraved s mind to go and shoot innocent people that want to broadcast it. you know , i see that we have

kelly reportedly has previous arrests protected murder, first-degree murder. he was sentenced to three years but of course two years later he's back on the streets. we'll keep you updated. >> laura: unbelievable, trace. thank you. early release strikes again. this is what the aclu and george soros type prosecutors want nationwide. this is the result. kelly, trace said, sentenced to three years but then released on march 16 of this year. and now it looks like innocent people are dead and injured. joining me now is brandon tatum, former tucson police officer, host of the officer tatum show and podcast. brandon, you are seeing this play out tonight, including on facebook life. your reaction to what you're seeing. >> laura, this horrifying. i cannot believe my eyes. this young man was on camera with such a depraved mind is to go and shoot innocent people and want to broadcast it. i see that we have a criminal justice system that's flawed and we are in trouble if we don't disowning about it. this guy had charges and they should've headed in prison for a very long time if our system would work like it's supposed to. instead he gets a slap on the wrist, gets out of prison and goes on a

laura's. >> it's not actually. >> okay, it's mine. but, no, that would be so cool. i've followed kellyican idol" when it first -- i love her and i would just love -- kelly, if you are listening, your people are listening -- >> it's on. >> you and me singing "endless love." lionel richie and diana rost did it, luther vandross. i'm seeing a hit, a grammy. i think beyonce did it with luther, too. >> she's so talented and so fun. that would be great. well, we can all have a little bit of kelly in our life. nbc bay area's new fall schedule gets preempted tonight actually for live emmy award coverage but that starts at 5:00 p.m. we can watch kelly as we do every afternoon. >> we will be your backup dancers. >> we're going on tour. >> we're getting fancy. >> we'll practice outside today because the weather is nice. >> it will feel so much more comfortable. we couldn't do that last week because it was so hot. as we get a look at the point way we're starting out on this monday morning, how about this, this beautiful sunrise we have happening over san jose. now some of that still the tropical mo

kelly is senior writer and author. and mike. mike it's almost as though they are seizing phones of anybody who has communicated with the president. >> this is scary stuff laurap for noncrimes, keeping his residential records at mar-a-lago. another going after his supporters for the noncrime of questioning no relate to my collection. what's the crime they're investigating? were not of third world marxist yet. i'm n stomach understanding how the biden administration can investigate this as a series of crimes? >> laura: they had to keep trolling for information because so far they've got butkus. julie i find it ironic that were spending $50 billion to defeat vladimir putin who puts his political enemy at risk, targets them, harassed, vendetta campaigns, get it seems like that's exactly what's happening here. >> that's what's happening now. it's what's been happening 20 months. we've talked about this before laura. 900 americans were present on january 6 know if face criminal charges for mostly nonviolent participations. in charging documents, sentencing recommendations, you see texts, social media posts, memes on people's phones, not about what happened on janu

we need a strong democrat in arizona like mark kelly. >> laura: why don't you move there and run?and we are supposed to believe after listening to stuff like that that they actually care about women? not women who dare question their twisted orthodox? they don't count. but the -- on that view, i think they are good for one thing. reminding us that today's feminists are the real male chauvinists. yeah. you are witnessing a full-fledged democrat meltdown happening. they don't about preventing violence. they never have. didn't care about saving democracy. he never did. for preserving respect for our government institutions. they are so consumed by hatred for the 74 million americans who voted for donald trump that they are willing to compromise all that they once believe in including the right to free speech impartial justice in order to punish those same trump supporters. well, that cat gentlemen, is what i call dangerous extremism. but democrats, they are the ones who will be punished less than six weeks from now when the voters finally have their say. and that is the angle. for jo