we have lindsey burke. she is the education policy director for the heritage foundation, which were those of you outside the beltway, it is a conservative think tank in washington dc. the president of democrats for education reform. he's also a civil rights leader. next in him is marty west, an education professor at harvard graduate school of education. he was also previously in education policy advisor to senator lamar alexander, the republican from tennessee, who is the chairman of the senate education committee. a quick housekeeping note. this is one of the first panels at ewa. #ewa2017.et using everything is on the record, so it is fair game. we want you to make news. this is also being livestreamed on periscope. because we have such a big task ahead of us today, we want to provide lots of time for your questions. we are going to forgo opening remarks from the palace -- into this.nd dive i want to take a minute to set the scene we are currently in. , six months ago, how many of you guys thought we woul

lindsey: another week, another family kicked off a flight, and this time, the dispute started over a birthday cake. it happened over the weekend on a jetblue flight at jfk airport. cameron burke said he was asked to move the wedding cake -- the cake from the overhead bin to under his seat. jetblue says he refused several requests to move the cake and yelled at flight attendants. va is denouncing a torch rally held by white nationalists over the weekend in response to the planned removal of confederate statues. saturday night, dozens of all right supporters led by richard spencer rallied around the statue of confederate general robert e lee. many were heard shouting, russia is our friend. the mayor says it's a form of intimidation. we do value diversity, tolerance, difference. that is a source of our strength, a source of our greatness, and we will not stand for this despicable behavior. lindsey: a rally was held last night at lipa or in response to the demonstration. more than 100 people were there to rally for a quality -- equ ality. this is some must-see video out that is where flames burst out of windows at a high-rise apartment building. the seven-alarm fire started on th