you answered that it was the october 22nd memorandum from the national school board association. the national school board association has been mentioned and has since withdrawn that memo and you said that was a factual predicate. given that was the factual predicate and rescinded the memo saying there was no justification for some of the language used in the letter will you rescind your memo? >> senator, best of my recollection i said the impetus for my memorandum was that letter and also reports of this kind of activity. >> what reports? >> i said again at the time that they were news reports that had been published and i think that some of the other senators here have described some of those news reports and we have certainly seen subsequently more news reports and more statements by board members of threats to kill them. >> congressman chip roy of texas said -- raised in that same hearing the issue of a 14-year-old girl in a school bathroom being sexually assaulted in loudon county. and you indicated in response to that that you weren't aware of that and in the six days before

department of justice communicate with the american federation of teachers, national education association or national school board association prior to your memo? >> i did not. i don't know. >> you don't know if anyone else in the justice department did? >> i don't know. >> did you or anyone at the justice department communicate with those organizations prior to the letter? did you help the national school board association put together the letter? >> again, i have had no such conversations. i would be stur surprised if that happened >> will f.b.i. agents being attending local school board meetings? >> no. there is nothing in the memo to suggesting that. this memo is about violence and threats of violence. >> the same day you did the memo the justice department sent out a press release monday october 4, 2021. the press release says justice department addresses violent threats against school boards and teachers. a question to one of my colleagues you said parents are domestic terrorists. according to the attorney general's memorandum the justice department will launch efforts designed to address the rising c

or anyone at the justice department communicate with those organizations, aft, nea, national school boards associationrior to the letter? did you help the national school board association put together the letter? >> i have had no such conversations. i would be surprised if that happened. but i don't know. >> will fbi agents berd meetings? >> no and there is nothing in this memo to suggest that. i want to again, try to be clear. this memo is about violence and threats of violence. it's not -- >> the same day you did the the press release, monday october 4, 2021. the press release says justice department addresses violent threats agaials and teachers. now are you said earlier to a question to one of my colleagues on the republican side that parents aren't domestic terrorists we're not going to treat them that way. paragraph. according to the attorney general's memorandum the justice department will address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel. those efforts are expected to include creation of a task force consisting ofntatives from the department's criminal division civil right

and we know that the national school board association wants the white house and the association were happy with the letter. the national school board association sent the letter to the white house and the white house promptly called you and said sick the fbi on parents at school board hearings. and that's what i mean. the white house is the profit here and you're just the vessel, correct? >> sir, i did not speak with anyone from the white house while i worked on this memorandum. the memorandum reflects my views that we need to protect public officials from violence and threats of violence, while at the same time protecting parents' ability to object -- >> i get that. i heard your testimony. were you worried you'd be fired if you didn't issue the memorandum? >> i'm not -- i signed on this memorandum on my own. i said from the very beginning. i've taken this job to protect the department of justice and make independent determinations with respect to prosecution, and i will do that. >> i'm sorry to interrupt but i don't have much time. now, when you got the letter from the white house t

i'm not here as a spokesperson for the national school board association. thority to be a spokesperson or representative of the national school board association. i'm here just to tell you that there have been across the country a number of very serious threats that have been communicated by u.s. mail, by voicemail, by the internet, and those are federal crimes, and i personally as a local school board member have been concerned that the justice department was not stepping up and investigating those federal crimes. i have no reason whatsoever to believe that any of the threats in the worthington school district were initiated by parents or by people who live in our district. i have reason to believe that these were outside groups funded by outside groups that are stirring up this kind of violence and threats in our community. >> uh-huh. charlie wilson, we appreciate you talking with us today live, of course talking to our colleague in his piece. appreciate you. >> you're very welcome. >> thank you so much. >>> all right. still ahead, another water crisis in

that would likely be i assume the letter from the national school boards association, this outrageoustrageous letter, as pretext for federal action to chill, deter, and discourage parents from exercising their constitutional rights and privileges. so according to this, the department of justice, at the most senior levels of the biden administration, and these organizations, including the national school board association colluded, conspired, to set up the parents and parent organizations and tax payers of this country to silence them. upon information and belief, in or about mid september, work began on development of what became the attorney general's memorandum. concerns expressed by department staff included, one, the absence of federal law enforcement nexus and authority, exactly there is none. number two the constitutionally protected nature of parent's protest. absolutely. it is protected. however, jane doe number two made it clear this was a white house priority and a deliverable would be created. next, on or about september 29th, citing legal authorities, including the patriot

department of justice can indicate with the american federation of teachers or the national education association or the national school board association prior to your memo? >> i did not. i don't know. >> sandra: did that surprise you jonathan? >> it does, and that with a host of legal experts as destroying the integrity of the justice department. and the beginning of the investigation of the customs officer has declared them guilty and said they had been stopping these individuals trying to come into the country. that's really out of line and it's a direct sort of flap of the justice department independence. in total and nothing but crickets in response to that. the president has made repeated statements about pending investigations most recently in saying that anyone who doesn't comply with the subpoenas in congress should be prosecuted by the justice department. the record here is not quite as redeeming and i don't necessarily say that those are an and proper and those are not public statements who should and -- the justice department. >> john: you mentioned a moment ago that the attorney general is somewhat like s

>> not sure what you mean by that. >> national school board association sent the letter to the white house and the white house promptly called you and said, sick the f.b.i. on parents at school board hearings. that's what i mean. the white house is the puppet here, you're just the vessel. >> john: we did learn the national school board association was in touch and the letter was sent to the president on september 29th and the doj notified you better look into this and the memorandum was sent from attorney general to the f.b.i. does seem to be a lot of -- >> i think senator kennedy was underscoring attorney general garland's testimony is not credible, not credible for him to say he was sitting at his desk minding his own business and decided to issue this memo. the letter from the school board the white house worked on was dated september 29th. a week later you get the memorandum from attorney general garland. garland has a lengthy career as in federal law enforcement as top official, first in clinton justice department and as distinguished judge of one of the most eminent appellate co

the national school boards association tried to call them domestic terrorists. doesn't work like that. why attorney general goes out and asks the fbi to go after these parents, these parents are their constituents for the school board members and they have to listen because parents know their kids much better than anybody else out there. i think their job is to listen because these parents want to protect their children. soth is a totally abuse of power. why the fbi has to go after these parents? elizabeth: you know the emails show that the white house did work closely with the school board group for weeks ahead of time on this to help this political ally of the president. again being called a partisan political use of federal law enforcement use of power meant for al qaeda that was aimed at terrorists. talking about the national threat assessment center, the homeland security department, you know the fbi and secret service and what parents are basically saying, listen, this isn't just about teaching students the history of racism. it is actually indoctrinating

and the national school board association had to admit they were wrong and apologized. arland denied. we have a school board member in california saying f you to a parent complaining about what's going on. >> the school boards know they will not face any consequences for it. but the american people are waking up. parents are not going to stand for this, no matter who they voted for. these administrators and school boards have too much power and the american people are taking it back. >> that hot mike revealed. she got caught, judge. and they told you how she has no respect for parents. that is a warning sign. this happened in california. what's happening in virginia? it's across the country. the school boards, the districts that are democratic have no respect for parents. parents have a right to be involved in their kids' education. this is a wake-up call. this is the number one issue? america regarding education and parental control. judge jeanine: after all the yelling by the school boards and f you, they are still doing it. the school board hates the parents. andrew c

watch it. >> in drafting the letter, the national school board associated collaborated with the white house. they worked on it together for several weeks. we know the national school board association wants the white house and the association that was unhappen my with the letter. national school board association sent the letter to the white house and the white house promptly called you and said sick the fbi on parents at school board hearings. that's what i mean. the white house is the prophet here. you're the vessel. isn't that correct? >> senator, i did not speak with anyone from the white house while i worked on this memorandum. this memorandum reflects my views that we need to protect public officials from violence and at the same time protecting parent's ability to object to policies -- >> i get that. i heard your testimony. >> harris: senator kennedy, we know he doesn't mince words. you're just a vessel, aren't you to attorney general merrick garland. >> emily: i want my attorney general to be a master of law. >> harris: you wants him to be extraordinary? >> emily: yes. who we'

exercised this effort in pushing the fbi in going after parents and school boards as a result from this memorandum of national association from school boards. what else did we learn today? the member into the came out from friends of mine, did a foia request. they put forward and showed in emails there was obvious collusion going on between national school boards in the white house. they had been coordinating this for weeks, they decided they wanted to put out what this looks like and in the context of doing this memo, footnote 13 specifically references what occurred in loudoun county. the attorney general had to acknowledge that is where he got the impetus behind going after these parents. it's a travesty, this father deserves a medal for how reserved he was about what happened to a ninth grade in the bathroom in a school he sent her to to get educated, to get raped in a bathroom. he deserves commendation for going to a school board and raising his voice a little bit and raising concerns about what happened to his daughter. my reaction might've been a little bit different. >> will: yeah. accommodation, not being labele

garland refused to follow their lead. >> from october the 22nd, the national school board association apologized for its letter. why didn't you rescind that memorandum and apologize for your -- for the memorandum? >> responsibility of the justice department as i said in my opening is protecting americans from violence and threats of violence. >> protecting america. so that's a sorry but not a sorry from our attorney general. garland said he was concerned with protecting americans from threats of violence but what violence is he worried about? what incidents does he cite in the memo or the letter that was sourced the letter. ted cruz sought to find those answers, watch. >> how many incidents are cited in that memo? how many of them were violent, do you know? >> i don't know. >> you don't know. there is a reason you don't know. because you didn't care and nobody in your office cared to find out during this hearing i counted 20 incidents cited of the 20, 15 on their face are nonviolent. >> lawrence: it's clear the a.g. doesn't really care about threats. he sees this as an opportunity to

. >> the memo issued five days after the national school board association wrote to president biden about the rise of threats by parents to school board officials writing these heinous actions could be the equivalent of a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. >> not in a million years did we dream that one day we would see the justice department treat american parents as domestic terrorists. >> but garland said his memo doesn't use the words domestic terrorism or patriot act. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children, nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorism. >> he says the one-page memo is a warning only for those who threaten or commit violence. the memo doesn't use the phrase "other forms of intimidation and harassment" without definition. also asked about the border crisis, specifically asylum cases. those numbers continue to grow. he also said special counsel john durham's budget was renewed and his investigation into the origins of the rus

. >> first, the national school board association now apologizing for the letter the attorney generalitted was used to target parents and investigate them as possible domestic terrorists. here's what ag merrick garland told congress two days ago. >> when did you first review data show like this so-called disturbing uptick? >> i read the letter and we have been seeing overtime -- >> i didn't ask you, he read the letter, that's your source? national school board association represents thousands of school boards and school board members says there are these kinds of threats when we read in the newspapers reports of threats of violence in the context of threats of violence -- >> for the very first wine in your -- >> gentlemen's time has expired. >> okay, and as aba showing an apology for the letter sent to the department of justice reading in part, there was no justification for some of the language included in the letter. we deeply value not only the work of local school boards making contributions within our community but also the voices of parents who should must continue to be heard.

now we know that the national school board association says shouldn't have sent the letter. by the way, brian, we also see in states all over the country, including missouri, my home state, school boards are leaving the national school board association. we don't want to be part of this. they don't speak for us. we don't think parents are domestic terrorists. we are going to need to hear from the a.g. why it is that the school board association we repudiate the letter, shouldn't have sent it yet he has done nothing to withdrawal the memo, change the memo. still directing the fbi to get involved in local school boards. that's just wrong. >> brian: one thing we did find out viola garcia who co-penned the letter and bypassed the board they claim is now joining the biden administration. she is failing up. >> exactly. also goes to show you, brian, there is a lot of collusion there between this school board association, at the national level and the biden administration. and we know now because we have gotten the email from it that the biden administration, the school board associa

recently you directed the fbi to coordinate with 14,000 school districts after the national school board associationotect schools from imminenthr of parents. along with friends, neighbors and constituents, i've attended multiple school board meetings throughout my district in the last year. i ve school yet. i'm very concerned about some of the things that are going on, and yes, some of those school board meetings get heated. are we, my friends, neighbors, constituents, are we domestic terrorists? >> no. >> are we criminals? >> again, i don't know the facts that you're talking about, but the only way you're criminals is if you commit acts in violation of t and that would mean threats of violence or actual violence. i'm sure you haven't done that, counselor. >> have states asked f■vor help? the school board association did, but have states asked for help? >> we ever state and local partners for all of our matters. this is an assessment of whether there is a problem and there are federal statutes involved and there are state statutes involved. we are trying to prevent violence and threats of violence a

even the national school board association apologized. >> you are just a vessel, aren't you?mean by that. >> you have weaponized the fbi and department of justice. it's wrong. it's unprecedented, to my knowledge, in the history of this country. i call on you to resign. >> this letter calls him a domestic terrorist. the nrc eight is so embarrassed of this letter, they have apologized for it. they have retracted it. you apparently don't have the same willingness to apologize and retract what you did. >> your test money, your directive, your shame. thank god you are not on the supreme court. resign in disgrace, judge. >> geraldo: that was terrible. >> greg: garland grilled -- he is now aware of the school rape case. >> you indicated you were not aware of that, and in the six days before you testified before the house judiciary committee, have you become familiar with the public reported details about the case? >> g.a. garland: i have read about the details. >> greg: that's good, think of her how was his performance? before i don't think you can say the name merrick garland witho

now i know the gave some examples, but the national school board association says that they're trying to equate criticism book, you know, represented in, in some kind of vice violence or threatening behavior towards schools. trying to equate that to a domestic terrorism. that i don't know much about us laws, but surely there is already laws that exist, that if someone is or is threatening or is physically violent, surely that there are laws, it already exists to cover that, it's why the need to go over the top. it would seem domestic terrors aren't that you're, you're, you're going to the nth degree though it's not needed. surely you've got the lot let me be clear when i have meaning. and what i've noticed is that this government, particularly this administration, feels the need to read the fine word, and they want to say that words are weapons. let me be clear, violence is never acceptable. so if there are instances where the parents are crossing the line and threats turn into physical violence, and absolutely those incidences should be handled on the basis of their own individual me

national school board association apologizing for a letter sent to president biden that likened protestsby some parents against school policies to domestic terrorism. following that letter, attorney general merrick garland instructed the fbi to take the lead on a task force to address threats against school officials. and we are learning new details after alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed a director of photography with a prop gun on a movie set. we will hear the 911 call. we have live fox team coverage, alexandria hoff from the national school board association and matt finn on the tragic baldwin shooting. live in virginia, hi, mark. mark: alicia, good afternoon, democrats are deploying the biggest names throughout the common wealth to try to race support for terry mcauliffe, former chair of democratic party and someone struggling get back his old job as he races for the governor's mansion. on the stage is the sitting governor of virginia ralph northham who not too long ago was considered dead man walking and we are expecting to hear from former president barack obama. he's one o

now it follows a letter from the national school board association which told of an immediate threat while dealing with issues surrounding a critical race theory and mask mandates. citing several examples, however, critics believe the moves simply designed to suppress opposition voices coupled with attacks against school board members and educators for approving policies for masks to protect the health and safety of students in school employees. many public school officials are also facing physical threats because of propaganda purporting the false inclusion of critical race theory within classroom instruction and curricula. these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased. the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. any legitimate violence is sufficiently addressed by your local police. the fed was the political police f b. i are the politics police. president biden's latest decision is part of a disturbing trend in the democrat party to silence parents. we should encou

or anyone at the justice department communicate with those organizations, aft, nea, national school boards association, prior to the letter? did you help the national school board association put together the letter? >> i have had no such conversations. i would be surprised if that happened. but i don't know. >> will fbi agents be attending local school board meetings? >> no, and there is nothing in this memo to suggest that. i want to, again, try to be clear. this memo is about violence and threats of violence. it's not -- >> the same day you did the memo, the justice department sent out a press release, monday, october 4, 2021. the press release says justice department addresses violent threats against school officials and teachers. now are you said earlier to a question to one of my colleagues on the republican side that parents aren't domestic terrorists, we're not going to treat them that way. let me read from the third paragraph. according to the attorney general's memorandum the justice department will address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel. those efforts are expe

and ultimately led to that national school board association letter to the white house comparing alldomestic terrorists. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel is live for us in loudon county. this is real for those students and everybody else, mike. >> no doubt about it. the national school boards association has apologized but it certainly did a lot of damage with parents worried they would be treated like the enemy for expressing first amendment rights. also a lot of focus on attorney general merrick garland who wrote a controversial memo earlier this month. some alarmed the memo may have a chilling effect if the justice department will treat parents like domestic terrorists. 19 house republicans on the judiciary committee are calling on garland to rescind his memo. you side stepped the chilling effect the law enforcement apparatus would have on parents' speech. they initially urged the biden administration to investigate school board protests. garcia has been appointed by education secretary to the national assessment governing board. loudon county virginia father scott smit

. >> attorney general merrick garland sent the memo responsible request from the national school board association which asked the biden administration to step in as parents and public school districts across the country stand against directives like critical race theory, sexually explicit school literature and constantly changing covid 19 protocols. the school board meetings entered in shouting matches and even arrests but one parent who herself is a school board member in sarasota, florida says federal intervention goes beyond the pale. >> no acts of violence or threats should ever be tolerated and i believe local law enforcement has been quick to respond but this act by the national school board association, taxpayer-funded lobbying group intended to silence and intimidate parents who have a different point of view. >> republican lawmakers grilling in deputy attorney general lisa monaco slamming the doj for targeting parents while violent crimes servers across the us and calling the directive and attempt to chill speech from anyone opposed to the biden administration's ideology. the doj denies

the national school boards association., to the president of united states, an inside job, there is no question. they want the federal government to use patriot act to investigate what they call -- domestic terrorism. the violent interference with federally protected right statute. there no federal nexus for this. i guess we can conclude that the biden administration benefit of justice 100% in, in the racist marxist ideology, poisoning our children. >> that is right. we have seen as context that national education association, na, over -- the summer they endorsed critical race theory, there is pressure built up on the school systems, they have shut down are in over a year, adopted the insane mask policies, now exposed for forcing malign racial ideologies down the throats of people, parents and american people are revolting, rather than win in spirit of public debate, they have gone to their ally in biden administration, including attorney general said time to unleash the fbi on parents, this is not only designs to launch a

the national school board association detailed an instance of assault of an illinois school board memberreats against school board members and even in some cases threats against teachers a lot of this is unfortunate but you canterbury from the idea that public servants and people performing a public service should be protected no. one is saying that you can't speak out at a school board meeting. this is about threats and violence and intimidation and that's the response. now, what you are seeing here of course bill pointed this out. a lot of this is a response to arguments, political arguments over critical race theory. over the use of masks in cool to protect children against covid. these are issues that are being used as trigger points, i think, on the right to stir up voters. the idea that anybody left or right would not be behind law and order is a surprise to me. i think republicans are always for law and order. >> mike: all right. so president bidenens sinking poll numbers. having an impact, potentially on bellwether race in virginia. let's play a clip. >> we are facing a lot of he

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he announced the action five days after the national school board association asked president biden for the justice department review saying that threats against school officials could be considered domestic terrorism. watch this. >> a snitch line on parents started five days after a left wing political organization asked for it. that's not political, i don't know what is. >> we don't need you, your justice department or the fbi trampling on the rights of american parents. we just want the best possible education for their children. >> to be clear, if even there's a threat of violence, do you believe that it is domestic terrorism because a father gets mad? >> are we, my friends, neighbors and constituents, are we domestic terrorists? >> no. >> are we criminals? given the timing of this, your memo appears to have been motivated by politics more than any pressing federal law enforcement need. >> martha: right there is one of the big question for today. so former education secretary betsy devos has called the move a shameless attempt to intimidate parents and she joins us now. secretary de

what we asked the national association of school boards for all the communications between the whitece department so we can see if the attack may have originated in the white house and what exactly the coordination was. the other letter we sent to the national security, or to chairman nadler was to have a hearing. one of the things the attorney general said in that extraordinary memo was in the task force he is going to create, the national security division of the fbi is going to be involved. that was created under the patriot act and it is designed to protect america from terrorism. what role would they have with america's parents? edward: exactly. you're on the homeland security committee. you know, what is your reaction when you heard frustrated parents being compared to domestic terrorists? >> you know the first place that came out was in the letter from the school boards association and again, that is what they said in their subsequent memo they heard a lot from their members. they issued an apology. they said that was utterly unjustified, yet the attorney general of the united

investigation someone did that said there's a disturbing uptick or you take the words of the national school board association? >> the nsba apologized for certain parts of the letter last friday writing the safety of school board members, other public school officials and educators and students is our top priority and there remains important work to be done on the issue. there was no justification for some of the language in the letter. any loudoun county, virginia. the schools have been ground zero for a lot of this push back from parents against what is going on in the classrooms. martha? >> martha: thanks very much. mike emanuel reporting there, this is jim jordan from ohio. congressman jordan, good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> martha: where was the evidence in the hearing that there was a dangerous uptick or threat to these school board members? if there was, that would have to be dealt with. but now you have the national school board association saying we didn't really identify any dangerous uptick. you nailed down that's what merrick garland was basing -- calling the fbi in on these

the national school board association put that letter together and released it at the end of septemberils from the national school board association showed they had the president of the group, so the top leadership, had been in communication with the white house. once the letter was published merrick garland testified that the white house likely spoke with people at the justice department about that letter and he also testified that he relied on the letter, at least in part, for putting together his memo. this letter was extremely controversial. it likened some of the parent protests going on to domestic terrorism, even suggested the justice department should look into deploying the patriot act. garland and his testimony last week before the house judiciary -- he is facing the senate judiciary today -- could not imagine a scenario where he would consider this domestic terrorism. but the press release the justice department put out accompanying his memo did talk about the creation of a task force to deal with this which the task force would include the national security division. it has

this memo is purely based on the letter that the national school board's association wrote that they work with the white house in crafting, 20 state school boards recently disavowed that letter from the national organization and saying we're not part of this. we're not witnessing violence. the threshold for action by law enforcement, harold, is the -- that the likelihood of violence that is real and imminent. not -- not even threats of violence don't stand up. it has to be likely and real. for law enforcement to intervene because the first amendment is so strong, the right to free speech and the right to spirited debate. here's what's going on here. questioning critical race theory. parents across the country, you got called a racist. that didn't shut them up. that didn't keep them at home. they go to school board meetings. now they have to call them domestic terrorists and sick the fbi and department of justice on them. why? these are parents -- these are not just white parents, these are parents of color across the country that are trying to finally dismantle the ecosystem that is k

to your point about federal crime, the national school board association, where millions of parents have calling specifically for these parents, the threats of violence and violent pointing to them -- they are calling on the doj to exercise their rights under the patriot act, the gun rights -- the school three -- gun free school zone act comedy hate prevention crime act, the violent interference of federally protected rights statute, and the conspiracy against race -- in addition to calling upon the usps, the postal service. to your point, the most dangerous person in the neighborhood is the patriot flying the american flag, the most interesting and schools is the parent trying to intervene on behalf of their kid. keep in mind, there is no anger against the violent crimes happening in our cities. this president reserved condemnation for the unvaccinated. the taliban's business like comedies parents have no place at the table in the conversation of the school board. it's so backwards, and it is seen further socially, and in media, and everywhere. now, they are trying to weaponize the doj

>> that letter is a september 30th plea from the national school boards association to president bidenvestigate, intercept, and prevent the current threats of violence against public school officials to assure that safety of our children and educators. , against school officials. and that the department takes these incidents seriously. and his community using its authority and resources to discourage these threats. identify them when they occur, and prosecute them when appropriate. throughout a five and a half hour hearing before the house judiciary committee, he dismissed criticism that his instruction to the department are inappropriate and egregious. >> no one has a right to be violent or threatened violence. and if anyone does that, they can be dealt with by security or by local law enforcement. but we don't need the vast power of the federal government throwing its weight around. >> i can't imagine any circumstances in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children nor can i imagine a circumstance where they be labeled as domes

. >> reporter: those emails show the white house in communication with the national school board association weeks before the liberal organization sent a letter calling parents opposed to critical race theory domestic terrorists and asking for patriot act surveillance and yesterday ag garland faced a barrage of questions from republicans on that bombshell memo. >> the national school board association says these kind of threats. >> any connection with the school board letter and 5 days later your memo regarding school board issues? >> the letter was brought to our attention, a relevant factor. >> he denied agree with the substance of the school board letter. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in circumstances of parents complaining about their children nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorists. >> reporter: garland claiming currents of sexual assault in loudoun county, virginia schools. >> are you aware the boy was arrested and charged for the first assault in july but released from juvenile detention? >> of li

this comes after the national school board association likened to these parents domestic terrorists. ly protests against critical race theory or mask mandates schools deserve federal intervention. but what about this? this is left-wing protesters nearly burning major american cities to the ground and yet they weren't slept with a terrorist label. coming to you first, not only were they not slept with that terrorist label but they were not federally prosecuted at the federal or state level and in most of those cases the deterrent consequences consisted of community service. what will they do something about it and not respond to the cause of the ns b.a.t. was the patriot act to inform another parents >> emily, as a wise man once said the left would have no standards and this is the perfect example. with all of those parents who are protesting against putting neo-racism into the schools to teach children that they are born guilty because of their skin color, that some deserve more and some deserve less, that's just one piece of critical race theory throughout all of our public schools a

mark: national education association, american federation of teachers, 4 million membersio strong, in back pockett of democrat party, they are in on this, they said they are in. the national schoolion inn their better to the president of the united states, this is an know side job. no -- this is an inside job, they want federalal government to use patriot act to investigate what they call domestic terrorism, the matthew shepard and james bird jr. hate crimes prevention act and conspiracy against rights statute, there is no federal nexus for this. i guess we could conclude that the biden administration, department of justice aredm 100% in, in this racists marxist ideology, poisoning our children, right? >> i think that is right, we haves seen context of national education association, the nea, over summer endorsed critical race theory by name. they pledge to try to bring it to allll 50 states and all 14,000 loca school districts, they doubled down, we see now there is incredible pressure built up on public school systems they, shut down in some cases for over a year, they have adopted insane, nonscientific mask policies now exposed for enforcing racial ideology down the threats o

chip slaven is the interim director and ceo of the national school boards association. den, and he joins me now. first of all, maybe can you tell us what the experience has been like across the country for the school boards that make up your organization? >> yeah, well, thank you for having me, first of all. we appreciate the opportunity to talk about this letter and why we felt the need to send it. school board members are facing a very critical time as we're trying to reopen school buildings and provide education opportunities for their students in a safe and positive environment. they're facing these challenges of both at school board meetings can a also when they're out in public, on social media, and it's not a typical having a disagreement in a meeting and then everyone goes home afterwards. these meetings are being disrupted by crowds screaming and yelling. there have been some physical assaults. there have been threats being received by school board members. one incident that i am familiar with, a letter was sent to a school board member saying we're coming after

as such, national school boards association who west to join to expedited reviewed by the u . s. department of justice, education and homeland security. additionally, it's asking the u. s. government to use against parents all tools at his disposal. even the patriot act intended to prevent international terrorism by, you know, actual terrorists now, so my thing that all this is a bit over the top, you know, considering most of the lobby groups, complaints are about parents, quote, threats of harassment. it's in other words, just mothers and fathers disagreeing. however, it seems the justice department didn't have to think twice in just 5 days after the letter was sent to us attorney general merritt garland ordered the f b. i to investigate the parents and seek ways to prosecute them and stop this quote, disturbing trend. the department takes these incident seriously, and it's committed to using it so thought a tune resources to discourage these threats, identify them when they occur, and prosecute them when appropriate. i'm direct them. yes, be i work with each us attorney to

attorneys to look at threats against school officials even after the national school boards associationfor the letter at the center of the controversy suggesting the threat and acts of violence of the school board meetings might be domestic terrorism attorney general insisting justice department aimed to crack down on violent not to intimidate parents from speaking out about their child's curriculum. we are back with our panel, dan henninger, kim strassel and kyle peterson. kyle, you heard the attorney general, do you believe him ask. >> the problem i think the biden administration was trying to do constituent service. merrick garland is a smart guy and knows this is not an area for federal law, if there throughout going to school board members, that's for local police, state police and i think they thought they would issue the letter intake we are taking it very seriously and will set up meetings for you guys and it would be in the headlines with the guys did was serious blowback. paul: the national scoreboard association, are you saying they generated this? were they doing this and wh