you are a vice president at the ohio state board of education. talking to this audience we have who is tuned in, the parents especially, what have you learned that is really encouraged to you about the challenges that are out there in your own role and in your capacity to make a difference? >> i just got off a school board meeting on tuesday. -- we made an appeal that everyone on our 19 member board need to learn for themselves what critical race theory is about. i have been receiving letters from parents all over the state of ohio. they are concerned about what their children are being taught. some of their local boards are engaging. some are not. so, the question becomes, parents hold us accountable. hold your local school board accountable. we are a local control state. a lot of education determination happens in the local district. but we are the resource and the setup -- so, for example, 16 19 project showed up on our website. the perception is that we support this. we were clueless about it. we don't even know how i got on the website. so,

board when of the largest in the nation for critical race theory. i have been receiving letters from parents all over the state of ohio there is concerned with their children are being taught some of the local boards are engaging in some are not so parents hold us accountable. and then to set up that curriculum on the website so for example on the website the perception is that we supported we were clueless. so that began as policymakers as the school board to find out why. but it's because there is consequences and the foundational support for education. i find a lot of them are clueless until it is too late. >> and with a 1618 project of critical race theory et cetera so what is needed so what more do we need? >> orgy push back against the instructive narratives that we really do need to be offering the ways and often times those that are advancing the narratives that are causing trouble and division often like to portray the debate as we are here to give you an honest view of history as opposed to the sugarcoated view he would get traditionally from the other side. so what we need to do is fall into the trap of letting them characterize our point of vie

. >> in the state of ohio whether it's tim ryan that becomes the the senator and jd vance, they don't make the decisions as to the school curriculum for schoo boarddoes a school union's way and and of course state legislators including the governor. final thought aaron been deals important who's in the united states senate because there's still some federal oversight regarding the department of education when you see see act scores and hitting near record lows for students are trying to step forward, we need to step i every level and make sure america's kids have the best future for tomorrow. >> organa talk to bill bennett about that the former education secretary tomorrow on this program america's late is fox new @ night. leslie marshall thank you both for coming on meantime breaking tonight new report says the biden administration is trying to manage the optics of the crisis on at the southern border . by leaning on local politicians the democratic mayor of el paso texas is taking hits from both the white house and local leaders. bill has the breaking details tonight in eagle pass texas the city of el paso, texas has become an epicenter of the

states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohioona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his republican challenger, herschel walker. all year, the georgia senate race has been one of the most closely watched in the country, but that has been even more true that ever over the last ten days. it began with that reporting first from the daily beast by the new york times, that walker had pushed for and paid for his then girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009, a charge that walker has denied. since that reporting, this has become the question when it comes to the battle for control of the senate. will it cost walker the voters? if it does, will it cost republicans a seat they may need to win if they're going to gain control of the senate? we knew that topic was going to come up tonight, it did, here's how it played out. >> your former girlfriend made pub

we don't know how many people may have been on board the plane or the route that that plane was traveling. the ohio stateion. we are expecting updates later this morning, but, again, it seems the fire is out waiting for word on possible injuries at this point. bianna. >> we will continue to follow those updates throughout the day. alexandra field, thank you. >>> for the first time ever alaska has canceled the snow crab harvest. it's a devastating decision for thousands. the fishermen and their families who dpend on the season for their lie had i hoods. wildlife officials say billions of the crabs have disappeared from the cold waters of the bering sea and the actual numbers are indeed shocking. the snow crab population shrank from 8 billion in 2018 to 1 billion in 2021. gabriel prout joins me, a fisherman and co-owner of the fishing vessel silver spray. gabrielle, thank you so much for joining us. what does the lack of a crab season mean for you and your business right now? >> thank you, bianna. good morning. it's really devastating. not just on my family and my brothers and my father, who i work along,