that includes debate by parents criticizing the school board. that is welcome. the justice department protects that kind of debate. the only thing we're concerned about senator is violence and threats of violence against school officials, school teachers, school staff. just like we're concerned about those kind of threats against senators, members of congress, election officials, in all of those circumstances we are trying to prevent the violence that sometimes occurs after threats. >> your memo states that the justice department is opening dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment and response. why is the department -- what is the department doing with tips it receives on this dedicated line? and what are you doing with those parents who have been reported. >> the fbi gets complaints, concerns from people around the country for all different kinds of threats and violence. that is what this is about. a place where people who feel that they have been threatened, violence, can report that. these are then assessed and they are only pursued if

>> this memorandum is not about parents at school boards. it doesn't matter whether they're parents or anyone else. it has to do with threats against public schoolteachers, public school officials. it is not -- >> i want to know what the data is. >> the purpose of this memorandum is to get our law enforcement to assess the extent of the problem. and if there is no problem, if state and local law enforcement are capable of handling the problem, then there is no need for our involvement. if this memo does not say to begin prosecuting anybody. it says to make assessments. that's what we do in the justice department. has nothing to do with politics. >> will you report back to this committee with what you find about these threats? because what you just said i completely agree with. we're against violence against public official. you and i agree. we're against threats of violence against public officials. you and i agree. we are for local police powers investigating local crimes. and there's definitely yokels and idiots that makes threats against p

a teacher, a school board member, says oh, i feel threatened. all, and fbi shows up that is outrageous, these are parents who want a quality education. known for school system, and school s.a.t. and other results are going down, they are plummeting because of the ideological agenda of american marxist and democrat party and teachers union and you have parents here who are standing up, democrats, independents and republicans, meanwhile, at a hearing, senate judiciary committee dick durbin, what does he say about these parents? these are not routine people. these are people who are acting out their feelings in a violent manner over and over, the same people we see on airplanes and other places, some of whom we saw here january 6? really senator, what about the people with black lives matter and antifa? are they pushing critical race theory theory ideology, how come you never denounce black lives matter or critical race theory, ever why. barack obama must leave one of his mansions or a yacht to fly into loudoun county for a few hours to help his fri

so why does school board races even need to be declared a political race? and why is this happening to feel like at this time? well, i think it was a brilliant moved by the state legislature because this battle with the school board has been going on for over a decade. we brought a textbook to the school board asking them to remove the book because it was anti semitic. it was anti american, anti judeo christian. it had content that parents and citizens did not approve of. we went before the board, the school board asked for them to remove the book. and unfortunately, they didn't think the book was worth removing. so there are time and time again, we hear of stories across the country and of course, as i said, that's been going on for decade. but parents now are finally seeing because of toasted because parents have their kids have come home. they've had home school, they looked at the content that their children are being taught, they're being told they have to sign waivers. they can't sit in their child virtual room. and we wonder why. and of course, what'

meeting and you had school board members and school officials shutting them up, shouting you aree, it's offensive speech, the speech is irrelevant from his abusive but that's a subjective policy so the injunction was issued against that policy but i think parents concerns now, you have policies so subjective if you get the federal government involved because school board members don't like your opinion and therefore labels them as abusive or offensive, it's a real problem. paul: where was this? >> in pennsylvania. paul: okay, outside lid off you, north of philadelphia. bill, is this going to be with us for quite some time to 2022? >> yes, is a debate whether public schools are accountable to the public. that's what terry mcauliffe denied when he said parents shouldn't have a role. so many officials are elected, they are the least representative part of our system, very unaccountable, generally designed to be unaccountable so people are demanding answers now and waking up to school board elections and they will try to make a difference. i will close by saying it's one reason mike

he has been found guilty since, meanwhile merrick garland has not withdrawn the memo and school board has not asked him to withdraw the memo. and now loudoun county sheriff office was acalled by what the school -- appalled by what the school board was doing. including a complaint that board should have let residents speak in an explosive meeting on june 22, e-mail show loudoun county sheriff office rejecting what it said were extraordinary security measures, including an explosive sweep. by the superintendent for future school board meetings. a 5 person quick reaction force. undercover. deputies at l the administrative building, a special operation team on stand by, loudoun county sheriff, a good man, he said, stick it. we're not doing that to the people of loudoun county there is no justification for this the feds still have that memo out. where they want to target loudoun county, every school district where a parentnt dares to speak out. with a hot line, they call and fbi shows up. that is outrageous, these are parents. that is what this election in virginia is about. these are pare

school board members in response to some of the threats that were leveled against the school boards around the country by parents. and in response to that, this memo was created that was necessary to step in and protect the safety of school board members. however, we have many republicans were stepping up and questioning the priorities of the f. b. i am asking if they should really be treating parents who complain about school curriculum and other issues like potential terrorists in an egregious abuse of power with the potential to unfairly track americans activities. present biden's, department of justice is using f. b, i criminal and counter terrorism. resources to target parents when multiple u. s. gymnast through sexually assaulted by their team doctor the f b. i ignored them. when too many consent parents spoke hard at school board meetings. the f. b, i launched its anti cons terrorist division against them. record spike in murder, overdose deaths and illegal immigration. the biden administration does nothing but parents protesting at school board meetings. mary collins sense i

it's about going after concerned parents at school board meetings. that's right, communities across the country are worried about violent crime, and the biden justice department is worried about parents who are concerned about what their kids are learning at school. this all started with a deeply misguided letter from the national school board association with heated school board meetings across the country. parents who are concerned about things like critical race theory and other controversial topics who are simply worried that their kids aren't learning about american history and civics and the foundations upon which this great country were built. they've taken their concerns to school board meetings, something they have every right, indeed a constitutional right to do. i want to be clear there's no place for violence or threats of violence in our public discourse. it doesn't matter who you are or what you're fighting for, violence is not the answer. but rather than allow state and local law enforcement authorities to intervene in those rare circum

a shocking story out of arizona where the school board members are creating a secret file on outspoken. we are going to speak exclusively to one of those targeted and a story that frankly you're going to have to see to believe. and biden's audience frankly racially awkward conversation with a former baseball great, and what is kamala harris up to? raymond has that in "friday follies." but first, the four cs of the apocalypse. that is the focus of tonight's angle. the car i drive is about 12 years old so i'm in the market for a new or used car. for advice i called a buddy of mine who works for a firm in georgia whose whole purpose is to buy and sell cars and they do it for a good profit. what an education i got about the biden economy. about a 15 minute conversation. it turns out people are just flipping houses these days, they are flipping cars. prices are rising so fast it's hard to keep up with demand. people are selling cars they bought two years ago for a return of sometimes 25% to 35% more than what they paid for it when they first purchased it. we've never seen as ever, my friend

however, many look at this situation where across the country we have many parents going to school board meetings and raising concerns about issues regarding whether it's, you know, coded restrictions or critical race theory, or some of the books that are available in the school. we have parents stepping up and raising these concerns and many see this moved by the f b i. if they indeed did raise counter terrorism and activate counter terrorism mechanisms. they see this is a very unnecessary escalation that could essentially intimidate other parents from stepping up with their concerns. will reaction from april shot on a political activist and mother of 4. they for steve credible threats where parents are saying we're going to cause bodily harm to the school board or to dis, administrator if you don't stop, then, then there are local officials that can investigate that. but i don't believe this . what's happening here. what we have here is an administration that wants to overstep their boundaries and they want to instill fear and intimidation and parents. and i mean, at what point parents

specifically calls for acts of violence being directed at teachers, school administrators and school board members. >> and those threats of violence are against those school personnel over, for example, decisions they are making about the health of the children in those schools? >> yes. it is included in a narrative that we have seen continue, which focuses on public health and other restrictions associated with covid and having to do with vaccines as well. >> now, i know a lot of us on this podium have been the subject of death threats. when we are, those are investigated by capitol police, sometimes federal law enforcement. we certainly want them investigated. you would agree i assume that death threats against school board members should be investigated similarly? >> yes, mr. chairman. it is a fundamental part of our responsibility is to make sure we take seriously threats of violence and until we can determine if those threats are not valid or credible, to maintain and be vigilant to prevent acts of violence. >> these threats of violence, these death threats are designed to try to forc

people are getting paid at the school board - meetings, absolutely.o evidence rod's paid speaker accusation is true. and rod's bee sting comment is false as well. and while the phrase, alternative facts, may be new... first steps... conspiracy theories have always been part of american politics. but in recent years they've moved from the fringe to the mainstream. now, facts are being challenged and confronted at a very local level, too, and by people who were not only motivated by politics. michael thinks that viral attention on rod will do wonders for his music career. he's got the handsome good looks, but he's also got down the home spirit and he's got the kindness and compassion to complement that. so he's really, to me, is the ideal client to have. this is what i love about the south, we love our flags. _ you know the north's got them too. laughter. could it lay there and i can put that suitcase may be in my car? it'sjust crazy that shelley's embroiled in what she is and with public health and now my experiences in public ed have been impacted, to

in hayward the unified school board voted to close two schools last night with several more possibly still on the chopping block abc 7 news reporter. tim johns explains. what factors were behind the board's decision and how parents are responding. after four and a half hour meeting wednesday night the hayward unified school board voted to close both bowman and strobridge elementary schools. none of us got into this to close down schools. it's it's the opposite of what of what we want to do the closures come amid years of declining enrollment across the school district as a whole. dunesya ramos a spokesperson for the district says they've lost2e 2004-2005 academic year. these are long issues that are not going away that will continue to impact us the impact has meant to budget short. love more than 14 million dollars money that the school district simply doesn't have in the state of california the formula that we have here is the money depends our enrolled and so with declining enrollment are funds and our income also declines. the decision has left mids feelings among both parents and

>> the school boards are elected officials. they are the government. the school district does not have power to fire them. they should be forced land call for resignations but as you mentioned in the beginning the federal government is forming a special task force to investigate us and one of the laws they are saying parents could be charged with is conspiracy against our rights and thing is we are we the people, we the parents are the people and they are the government and the constitution is there to protect us against the very things they are doing and trying to accuse us of doing. >> parents who are complaining about the schools are being branded as extremists or even domestic terrorists. merrick garland gets involved, justice mom gets involved but they are compiling dossiers on people and fox is reporting the new email shows the national school board association coordinated with the white house and the doj before sending the letter that likened parents to domestic terrorists. the emails confirm there's a lot of collaboration going on here but no on

of the right-wing domestic terrorist but what was the real reason smith showed up at the june school boardfirst place? because weeks earlier he says his daughter was sexually assaulted by a boy wearing a skirt a girl's bathroom at school. school officials attempted to cover it up. >> do we have assault in our bathrooms or locker rooms regularly? >> to my knowledge we don't have any records of assaults occurring in our restroom. the issue of assaults taking place for transgender students assaulting other students in the restroom, time magazine in 2016 called that a red herring. the predator transgender student or person simply does not exist. >> but that's not all. according to the studying expoÉe by the daily wire, who uncovered all this, it wasn't just loud and school officials trying to brush this under the rug but the county's soros back prosecutor as well. scott smith joined me now exclusively. thank you for coming on the show. i know this is an emotionally grueling time for you and your family. tell us if you can what happened to your daughter and how loudoun county officials handle i

there have been many parents going to school board meetings. and they have been raising concerns about critical race theory about kobe restrictions and schools among other issues. and many fear that this moved by the f b, i could potentially be suppressing such debate and trying to intimidate parents from taking such moves or kind of open no max for that up that kayla more put life for meal. well let those are the lines for this out, return in 30 minutes with all the latest to join us again, then i o is your media reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safe? isolation for community. are you going the right way, or are you being that somewhere? direct? what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. a whole eyes or i can no choice content, not only for the jury verdict on the car, written house trial, but also the public reaction. we will have our, a law enforcement panel discussed, and i don't know of the nickname, sleepy joe can be applie

firepower of the federal government, the department of justice against concerned parents showing up at school boardfrom the national school boar association, the infamous letter where they compared the parent to domestic terrorists. less than 24 hours the national school board association receiving all the public outcry after the hearing, retracted the letter and apologized for it. still today as you and i are speaking, liz, the attorney general has not withdrawn his memo, he based it on wild allegations by the school board association no longer exist. they retracted it. he won't take that step. what we've done we sent letters to all thes u.s. attorneys. 94 judicial districts in all 50 states what if anything they have done to advance this memo, the unprecedented directive by the attorney general. we're awaiting those results. it will be interesting to see. elizabeth: it is so shocking and disturbing one letter can trigger the fbi, the national security division, the threat assessment center, the secret service to go after parents, one letter, with no evidence. the ag testified they didn't have any

are you seeing a rise in deaths threats against school board members? >> cannot necessarily quantify it mr. chairman but we are definitely seeing online activity which specifically calls for acts of violence of school administrators and school board members. >> those are against school personnel over for example decisions they make about the health of the children inea the schools? >> yes, it is included in a narrative that we have seen continue its focus is on public health and other restrictions associated with covidid. and having tooth vaccines as well. >> i know a lot of us on this podium have been the subject of death threats. when we are, those are investigated by capitol police, sometimes by federal law enforcement for we certainly want them investigated. when death threats against school board members should be investigated similarly? >> to make serious threats of violence until we can determine if those threats are not valid or credible to maintain and be vigilant to prevent acts of violence free. >> these threats of violence, these death threat

run for school board? don't be afraid? happening in their schools and what's happening in loudoun county is happening all over the country, that's why i'm running for congress, because these local issues are happening nationally and you can find out more about my positions. but they need to look and use request, they need to go to school board meetings, they need to get involved and show their local school boards that they care about their kids education and are going to make sure that their kids get the best education no matter what bureaucrats and what the rules are made to prevent that. >> laura: all right, thank you for sharing this story tonight, everybody has got to wake up, otherwise you're going to lose your country. >> laura: final thoughts when we return. hi i'm joe montana. when you get to be 65, you have little patience for nonsense and inefficiency. you know what works and you become a pro at pretty much everything. that's why when i qualified for medicare, i went with wellcare. with no cost or low monthly pre

his dossier on parents who spoke out against his policy at school board meetings. greenberger or possibly his father kept files complete with social security numbers, background checks, divorce records, mortgage documents, even street shots of facebook posts. parents are speaking out tonight. >> we really need to step up and to send out an apology and let us know they are investigating this. you know, we are calling for the resignation of the president because parents feel threatened. they feel endangered. this is not something the district can brush to the side. >> shannon: greenberger has denied having anything to do with any so-called dossier. britney spears dissolve most but not all of the conservatorship of hot star britney spears. correspondent marianne rafferty with the legal battle with pop-culture headlines, good evening, marion. >> good evening, shannon. britney has been freed. thanks to a california judge who says she's capable of handling her own affairs. judge brenda penny saying today all parties in agreement that spears does not capacity and making h

what happens for people like kelsey and other incumbent school board members i've been covering across get afraid and either drop out or lose and don't want to run again. kelsey says this is not just about the schools or about one school board member. she says it's about actually our democracy, that this kind of fear all the way down the neighborhood could really have an impact on the rest of the country moving forward. >> and both parents are conservatives, right? >> they were originally. i mean that's how they came into politics in the first place. >> thank you, sir. it's good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> thanks for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. collagen peptide new vitamin c and the iconic red jar can't top this skin shop now at olay.com start your day with crest 3d white and from mochaccinos to merlot, your smile will always be brilliant. crest 3d white brilliance. 100% stain removal, 24 hour stain resistance to lock in your whitest smile. crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines

garland told the fbi to probe the threats but the school boards association later apologized. the top republican on the judiciary committee jim jordan of ohio wrote to garland about the whistleblower. he says that the email provides evidence that the feds, again, used counter-terrorism tools against parents. bret? >> bret: we will follow this story. chad, thank you. later in the show, we will take a look at how all of this is becoming a major midterm issue as parents grow increasingly concerned over children's education, expressing that concern in washington today. now to news overseas, concerns are growing tonight about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. again. russian troops are massing along the border with ukraine. and ukraine is taking steps tonight to firm up its defenses. correspondent trey yingst shows us the latest. >> overnight a russian drone was forced down over ukraine. a seven year hybrid war between the two countries could soon expand as u.s. intelligence officials say there is a high probability of imminent russian military action. >> armed sources are rea

doctor about living longer with kisqali. >>> angry parents outing the transgender child of a former school board in school and other controversial issues. but, again, great reporting on that. it is really sad. we saw the family. what is next for them? >> toin addition to getting a n house, kelsey says she's going to keep fighting for these issues herself. she's not on the school board anymore, but she says she's not going to let these bullies win. >> we have been watching all these arguments and this violencement you can call it madness at these school board meetings over crt to mask mandates and on and on. what else are these -- what are these detates in particular? why does it bring out these kinds of reactions in people? >> kelsey says we need to put a flag in this year. we need to remember what this was like because this is something new, she says, that what's happening now is parents are being told that people who run the schools, teachers in the schools are suspect. they're somehow evil or driven by a strange agenda. this is not an old way of thinking about, but this is a new way of thinki

in the same way that the kind of behavior we see at school board meetings makes a statement, and the goal is to be threatening, to encourage people to not step up, to encourage people, as some have, to resign from school boards. so no, it isn't a joke. it's a threat. and it's meant to be a threat. i mean, i said on twitter yesterday, if you were at a job and someone who didn't like you at that job sent out, tweeted out a video of that person killing you, and then said it was a joke, it's not a joke. >> and of course, we now have the entire incentive structure rallying around gosar.

the national school board association wrote to garland, one of the main supporters of the left, the school board association, complained to the department of justice and he had a base problem and wanted to please them. sent it to the f.b.i. it reminds me of the steele dossier where you had a law enforcement organization running every stop sign because they wanted the information to be true because they had a bias. remember page and strzok, hope trump loses. this is what happens when politics get into law enforcement and this is an example of that. the politics of school board association influenced the attorney general to get the f.b.i. involved in something they have no business to be involved in >> harris: and worked with the white house to get this going which we question. we were interviewing the proper use of the word collusion. that might actually be it. senator lindsey graham, thank you. good to see you in person. thanks for being in "focus." vice president kamala harris pushing back on claims made by her allies that she is being underutilized, underyisd. what those allies are blami

members. >> laughed at in this country because of our school board. >> school board belongs tonot you. >> the connection between the infamous dossier and a member of the current biden administration. >> information yourself for years by promoting. >> i completely disagree. >> it ditched biggest climate summit in the world to celebrate halloween. >> the kids couldn't believe that i was going to miss halloween. i had no choice. i had to cancel that trip. >> today the marine corps is celebrating its 246th birthday. ♪ ♪ [battle hymn of the republic] ♪ [battle hymn of the republic] ♪ [battle hymn of the republic] steve: live from new york city, ladies and gentlemen this on the 246th anniversary of the birth of the marine corps. that is live in front of our world headquarters as we wake up the neighborhood with the president's own u.s. marine band playing battle hymn of the republic as we listen ♪ ainsley: beautiful. [applause] brian: fantastic. i didn't think anyone in the neighborhood is going to complain do you? steve: we are in the middle of new york city. ainsley: by the way no

we do not know how the school board will react, but, we know that the judge said today that there is no lottery law left for the san francisco school district. so encourage it grade initiates great parents to call the school board and let them know they want to apply to lowell and have academic admissions in place. >> this year's freshman class was admitted by lottery. how did that change the enrollment figures for the different racial groups? could you look at that and say it was successful or not the spoke? are there other metrics? -- or not successful? are there other metrics? we have data on how well they are doing in the classroom? -- we -- do we have to data have data on how well they are doing in the classroom? >> it is to get have data from the fall semester that did show an increase of students of color at lowell. that is a positive sign. i certainly notice it when i am dropping my daughter off or picking her up this year. again, there is a need to rea ra , for the district to create a more inclusive and transparent process look at how we can really achieve the important goal

through this issue within national school boards association, they are tagging of parents showing up t question elected representative on a public school system and they tag them as domestic terrorist? think about the message that is sent. and people all want the best fo their children. they want to weigh in on curriculum, safety of the children during the school day, extracurricular activities, the type of mandates, the positions of the teachers and what they are bringing into the classroom that will influence those teachers. if i've heard it once, i have heard it time and again from tennesseans, we want our children to be educated, not indoctrinated. that is what came out yesterday. this is what we're going to see from parents who say no, no, no we are the ones who are in charge here and you've got a lo of mama bears and pop a bears who are sending that message, and i think they are going to stick with it. >> the big question as we weigh the outcome of the elections an what it means going forward which is what does it mean for the joe biden tax-and-spend agenda in particular that m

thanks for joining us. several, no show to loudon county where the school board is agreed to reverse the suspension of a teacher who is vocal against the transgender policy. and the teacher did sue in response to the settlement. the board agreed to a permanent injunction against search retaliation against tanner cross, meaning he's back in the classroom. meanwhile, in new hampshire, a student filed a suit against his school district, saying the suspension that he suffered actually violated his constitutional right to free speech. and the new hampshire bill of rights that says he was expressing his religious belief. when he said there are only 2 genders and his punishment from the school suspension was unfair. these are just a few of the issues which actually motivated parents to pay more attention. this fall to the actions of their local school boards. and at times even those parents became unruly when they felt like their voices were being ignored. but were there actions enough to justify giving the same official label by the u. s. government as white supremacists in islamic fundamen

people on a local school board, that's what matters.t is the most representative of who we are. we should be able to have conversations, that's what makes this whole thing so disheartening and make parents feel passionate. emily: that is exactly right. why the new governor of virginia, youngkin, part of his platform, the reason he was so successful because he ran on a platform of listening to parents. you won't want to miss this, joey jones sits down with other veterans to talk about what it means to serve. >> i have a responsibility to you to do something more. >> be something be of service, do something for somebody else. ♪ ♪ (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. discomfort back there? instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders, try the cooling, soothing relief or preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. preparation h. get comfortable with it. ♪ ♪. joey: this year i went to help veterans with ptsd to talk to them about what it means to serve ♪ ♪ >> i tell people the u.s.

scott smith, remember he was hauled out of that school board meeting.is daughter was raped by a teenage boy wearing a skirt in a loudon county virginia public high school bathroom. we have news coming in that teenage boy pleaded no contest to charges of abduction and sexual battery in a second case where he allegedly force ad female student into an empty classroom in another high school in loudon county. no contest plea. he is not admitting guilt but admits prosecution has sufficient evidence for conviction. parents are upset coverups of that. coverups of things like porn at student libraries. why the top-down approach, heavy hand of government power, why not just talk to the parent? >> liz, i don't think the american people will put up with this, to your point scott smith speaking that night, a school board member said there was no sex al act against his daughter. this came it subsequently. people like scott smith, the education establishment and then the white house, the department of justice, the fbi turned against. i think it made the difference in

>> well wasn't that the purpose of you know, merrick garland's comments and school board associationdment rights to have interest and express discontent with their children's education? elizabeth: we've got governor chris christie. he looks like he will run in 2024. he went after the biden justice department, congresswoman, and the fbi for continuing to investigate school board parents as domestic terrorists but governor christie called out the first lady saying joe biden is pulling the strings behind the scenes on this policy at the white house. watch. >> as a u.s. attorney who used patriot act against real terrorists what we assured people all the time that we would never, ever, use it in a way that was improper or inappropriate. and joe biden's justice department now seems to have broken that pledge and it's outrageous. it is the national teachers union, the national school boards association, who has unbelievable influence in the white house because jill biden is one of their members. elizabeth: jill biden is a member of nea. there is no proof she is pulling strings. what do you

and kelsey says that's going to actually drive people out of school board races and out of school boardsg change in america. >> neighbor taking on neighbor now. it's now the violence is coming directly to your home. so terrifying. amazing reporting, though, thanks, everyone. great to see you. >>> out front for us next. the former-top justice department -- former-top justice department official that could soon face a criminal contempt the charge for refusing to cooperate with the january-6th investigation. be right back. is the planning e. this is how it feels to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. this is what it's like to have a comprehensive wealth plan with tax-smart investing strategies designed to help you keep more of what you earn. and set aside more for things like healthcare, or whatever comes down the road. this is "the planning effect" from fidelity. like many people with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease, i was there. be right back. but my symptoms were keeping me from where i needed to be. so i talked to my doctor