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if people want to go and speak in front of texas school boards about the needs for more accurate treatment of slavery and ranch -- race relations and get shouted down by school boards we will try to defend their rights to. -- rights too. host: let's hear from iris in tampa, florida. caller: i fully agree with the concept of free speech. it was put in the constitution so we can have accurate dissemination of news and facts. however, in today's environment, free speech has been weaponized. people can go and say whatever they want. in a violent manner, to stir up unlawful actions. we stated that if that happens, then refer to the police. it is too late then. i think we have -- it has come to the point where we have to have some kind of guidelines for people to express free speech. i watch the hillsborough county school board meeting a couple of months ago. i listen to it for two hours. i was appalled at the violent nature of the parents who were against the masks and vaccines, how they threaten school board members. and, the school board members cannot say anything to put a stop to it. i was

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texas. the school board sends a letter to the president.ys later, we get the action that we talk about today in the hearing where the attorney general's office is now just as justice department is going to go after parents at school board meetings. this shows how political everything has become for this administration. >> shannon: some new fox news pulling out. we will put this up about what parents are worried about, what voters and people are worried about when it comes to school. 63%, schools pushing a look political plan. but also we see threats against officials. so people are concerned about that. another poll that we have, it breaks it out and asked school boards asking for doj help. what do you think that is about? the people are applied -- 53% said they truly need protection. 40% said it was about trying to stop opposition. so there is clearly up that there are some threats to the school board members. people think that is what the doj's situation is about. >> i don't think that's what about in the wrong thrill rides and that's wro

if people want to go and speak in front of texas school boards about the needs for more accurate treatmentslavery and ranch -- race relations and get shouted down by school boards we will try to defend their rights to. -- rights too. host: let's hear from iris in tampa, florida. caller: i fully agree with the concept of free speech. it was put in the constitution so we can have accurate dissemination of news and facts. however, in today's environment, free speech has been weaponized. people can go and say whatever they want. in a violent manner, to stir up unlawful actions. we stated that if that happens, then refer to the police. it is too late then. i think we have -- it has come to the point where we have to have some kind of guidelines for people to express free speech. i watch the hillsborough county school board meeting a couple of months ago. i listen to it for two hours. i was appalled at the violent nature of the parents who were against the masks and vaccines, how they threaten school board members. and, the school board members cannot say anything to put a stop to it. i was rais

texas. recently, the carroll independent school district in southlake, texas, had special training after the school board an anti-racism book in her classroom. nbc news obtained an audio recording. take a listen to what is an unbelievable conversation in the unite of america in 2021. the woman you hear, gina, is the district's executive director of curriculum and instruction. >> we are in the middle of a political mess, and you are in the middle of a political mess, and so we just have to do the best that we can, and so we're going to go and we're going to do, you're going to do what you do best, and that is to teach kids. >> i think we're all just really terrified. >> i think you are terrified and i wish i could take that away. i do. i can't. i can't do that. you are professionals. we hired you as professionals. we trust you with our children. so, if you think the book is okay, then let's go with it, and whatever happens, we will fight it together. we will. >> as you go through, just try to remember the concepts of 3979 and make sure that if -- if you have a book on the holocaust that you have one that

top line thoughts and i want to get to senator cornyn of texas. >> well, i think merrick garland didn't have a great answer for his school board memo. the national school board association has removed their memo that it was based on. it looked like to some extent a rug had been pulled out under. >> harris: he really had no answer. and then when texas senator cornyn went after him and pressed garland on the effect the memo would have on parents, it got quite a response from the democratic chairman. let's watch it. >> can you imagine the sort of intimidation, the sort of bullying impact that a memorandum from the department of justice would have and how that would chill the willingness of parents to exercise their rights under threat of federal prosecution? >> the only thing this memorandum is about is violence and threats of violence. >> and you consider the chilling effect your memorandum might have on parents exercising their constitutional rights? i think you can answer that yes or no. >> i don't believe it's reasonable to read this memorandum as chilling anyone's rights. it's about threats of violence. >> harris: it went on

gender education, idaho, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, arizona, south carolina banned by state boards of education, alabama, georgia, florida and utah. a texas school district reinstated a book by an author of a book called "new kid" and literally is a book about new kids trying to fit in at a school of a different race. they had to go through and look at it. houston chronicle talks about because of a challenge -- because of his challenger, governor abbott has removed a web page with a suicide hot line for lgbtq youth because that's too dangerous to have a black student suspended in georgia to plan a protest against the confederal flag. i can go on and on and on with the examples. as somebody who yourself has a history in terms of education, what do you think the threat is here? because if parents are allowed to say i don't like that dr. king book because there is no other side to the civil rights movement, you're not giving the other side of the story so take that dr. king book out. what do you think that threat is or taking out tenure in georgia? >> this is a war on teachers, this is a war on teaching and a war on truth ultimately. it's very dang

>> if school choice for virginia or parents across the board, he wouldn't see governor abbott having to look for another job in texasome ideas and jumping would be leading, school choice would be leading, it would not be tied in the reason is people not reality. no governor of any state makes one 100% decisions in public school system in that state, i don't care what state you are in school districts, certainly have power. parent to have power clearly school choice is not the end-all be-all answer for every parent. ask people taking their school to private and they haven't seen the success and programs they want in the school system and they are not comfortable taking that out. kennedy: thought a symmetric you will see over and over and when you include the discussion, they are very happy with charter schools, very happy when they do have a choice and when they have been completely underserved by teachers unions and the public school systems. it is the end all because they will and all interfaced with public school because it done their children set such a great disservice. daniel, and hannah, tropical storm is next

school board meets. vilde to look it up myself. i'll tell you, my heros in this community roo the people working on the school board, the people working on the county government in austin, texas. let me tell you people working in our county and city governments are heroes. not all of them are women. but they're the ones that have to stand up to this state government. and, you know, i'm sure it gets tiring. i'm sure it's tiring. and so i think if we can just remember the anger that we felt and then turn that into a sustained energy for pushing the ball along, right. like we did something great. awesome. work is still -- god, so much work to be done you'd know better than most. i want to tell people, again, one person to terrorize you, a community can save you. be a part of that community. >> i think that's such a good message. and my radio cohost jess mcintosh says it's a relay race you pick up the baton from somebody else. pick up the baton, everybody start running. ana marie cox, thank you for joining. a good conversation. it's really important. please stay safe. coming up two texas democrats react to the breaking news from austin tonight. react to the breaking news from aus

example, watching what is happening in gop led states like texas and women's reproductive rights, and anti-mask activist showing up at school boarding to sit it out, but the question is if enough of them will show up to push mcauliffe over the finish line because he has the advantage when it comes to registered democratic voters. >> four days and counting. thank you so much. >>> a new day is dawning in boston. for the first time ever, the mayor won't be a white male. more on that historic vote ahead. called tardive dyskinesia td. and it can seem like that's all people see. ♪ some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. ingrezza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with td movements in the face and body. people taking ingrezza can stay on their current dose of most mental health meds. don't take ingrezza if you're allergic to any of its ingredients. ingrezza may cause serious side effects, including sleepiness. don't drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know h

independent school district in texas took part in a training session for what books they are allowed to have in the classroom libraries. the training session was four days after the school boardd a fourth grade teacher for having an anti-racism book in her library and emailing teachers to close the libraries until they can be vetted. why would teachers need the classroom library vetted? to line up with the house bill 79and the updated version that the republican texas senate bill 3. you may know it as critical race theory. in this case, the law to limit teaching has manifested in a group of southlake, texas parents fighting for more than a year to block diversity and inclusion programs in the district. something which antonia hylton's podcast has been covering. nbc news has obtained audio from the classroom library training session from a staff member who secretly recorded it. here is the guidance from the executive director from curriculum instruction. gina petty. >> we are in the middle of the political mess and you are in the middle of the political mess. so, we just have to do the best we can and we're going to go and we're going to do -- are you going to do what you do b

my heroes and the community are the ones working on the school board, the people working at my county government, and in austin texas, people are working in our county government our hero, not all of them are women but there are the ones that have to stand to the state government. i'm sure it gets tiring. i'm sure it gets tiring. and so i think if we could just remember the anger that we have felt and then turn that into a sustained energy for pushing the ball along, right? we did something great, biden got elected, awesome. work is still -- there is so much work to be done, you probably know this more than most. i want to tell this to people, one person to terrorize you, a community can save you, be a part of that community. >> i think that is such a good message and my radio host just says it's a relay race, you're picking up the baton from somebody else, so pick up the baton everybody. start running. ana marie cox, thank you so much for joining tonight, good conversation, really important, please stay safe. coming up. two texas democrats will react to the breaking news from austin tonight. austin tonight resh. i'

person who made the threats and will maintain a police presence at schools and school board meetings for the foreseeable future. texasutine people incensed or angry but people reacting in a violent manner. same people on airplanes and here on january 6. so when you responded as quickly as you did to that school board request, did you have second thoughts after they sent a follow-up letter saying they didn't agree with their original premise in the first letter? >> i think all of us have seen these reports of violence and threats of violence. that is what the justice department is concerned about. it's not only in the context of violence and threats of violence against school board members, school personnel, teachers. a rising tides of violence against judges, prosecutors, secretaries of state, election administrators, against doctors and news reporters. that's the reason we responded as quickly as we did when we got a letter indicating that there were threats of violence and violence with respect to school officials and school staff. that's the reason, that's what we're concerned about and part of our core responsibi

school board actually have their school -- excuse me, their salaries docked. it is an ongoing situation here in florida, as it is in arizona, as it is in texas, as we continue tothank you very much. what a tragedy. what a tragedy. joining me now is dr. mercedes carnathon. i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from cal. are you encountering people who chose to get vaccinated only after having a loved one get sick or even dying? >> that story really struck a chord. this was an individual who committed himself to education, and yet his school district, his county, his state failed him in requiring that he protect himself, and requiring that the children in that setting wear masks. and, yes, we're encountering that every day, even in blue states or blue cities, where people are refusing and stating that their reasons are that they don't trust the science. you know, we've had over 57% of americans fully vaccinated and no clear evidence that it causes any harm or danger. this is a situation that we can get ourselves out of if we actually rely on the science. >> in the state of florida, things are looking better. but things could change so quickly as we s

texas senator ted cruz outraged. >> the attorney general told the department of justice that those parents of school boards should be treated as threats and as domestic terrorists. >> cruz and fellow republicans on the senate judiciary committee sent the attorney general a letter today demanding to know why the justice department is involved at all. they write: the fbi should not be involved in quashing and criminalizing discourse that is well beneath violent acts. interest groups representing school boards are thanking the justice department for getting involved. but parent, like amy, who are attending a summit hosted by the family research council says they have no plans to stay quiet. >> we have everything riding against what is happening in our schools and it makes even more people want to speak out. >> parents here at the summit say of course they don't want to see anyone get hurt, but they worry the government is simply going to be bullying people into silence. as for the justice department, bret, it says it stands behind directive and hopes to have few ideas in a few weeks how it can best protect school board

school boards big time. republicans are demanding a special counsel into hunter biden. also tonight, texaseploying armed national guards to arrest illegal aliens for trespassing. texas, missouri suing the white house to build the border wall. this debate, should california declare a state of emergency as truckers now demand. california the nation's headquarters of dysfunction. it made life a living hell for truckers. fueling a trucker shortage and harming the entire coverage. news coming in, first on fox. defense industry rocked. lockheed martin and ge face petests walkouts over vaccine mandates. will dr. fauci be called account for lying to congress. new nih letter that says the nih funded supervirus research contradicting dr. fauci or can you expect more thunderous hair splitting and dissembling from dr. fauci. critics call this a textbook case of bureaucratic stubborn necessary, draining people of common sense to lethal adults. john durham will soon declassify documents in has criminal trump-russia probe. we'll look who could be in hot water. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit"

crowds >>> but first, a tense school board meeting after an administrator's controversial remarks about the holocaust. >> students, parents, and people from south lake texasnto the meeting just last night many of them outraged over the secretly recorded audio obtained by nbc news of an administrator in south lake just outside dallas. >> make sure that if you have a book on the holocaust that you have one that has opposing, that has other perspectives. >> how do you oppose the holocaust? >> believe me, that's come up. >> well, the administrator made the comments during a training about which books teachers can keep in their classrooms district officials asked them to get rid of any books that present a singular viewpoint that may be considered offensive. teachers complained the rules force them to get rid of books focusing on racism last night a former student said the district is opening the door for bullying, something he says he experienced when he was there. >> the other facts are that i a jewish kid born in dallas was bullied on a daily basis for my religion for two years in this very district nearly driving me to suicide before thankfully being remov

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school boards and their toxic agenda. hundreds of thousands of parents we're tracking this, they're now mobilizing nationwide. joining us tonight, texasttorney general ken paxton, congresswoman nancy mace, former deputy independent counsel sol wisenberg, economic experts liz peek and mitch roschelle plus former dhs official mike howell. we have a lot of news coming in for you. this debate, where is the education department on school boards nationwide letting things like school books loaded with porn into school libraries? instead of using the fbi and homeland security to go after parents, how about appointing that firepower at drug gangs, antifa rioters and criminals crossing border. merrick garland facing scrutiny over his family ties to a consultancy that has multimillion dollars contracts with school boards to do things like data mine information on your schoolchildren. that consultancy has ties to facebook's mark zuckerberg. more than hundreds protesting against president biden in michigan. the brand new reason why progressives are so angry with the president now. did he just tank his own agenda? we've got top democrat terry mcaul

he got up in front of the loudoun county school board, and let's listen to cut number six, and exchange between texas congressman chip roy and the attorney general about this particular case. listen here. >> the victim's mother is hard on the cell phone video telling the crowd what happened. my child was at school and behind him the victim's father was being seen arrested and bloodied. the man arrested a 48-year-old plumber became the poster boy for it domestic terrorism, the biden administration and which you concocted to destroy anyone who gets on the way. attorney general, do you believe a father attending a meeting exercising his first amendment rights and yes, getting angry about whatever lies are being told about his daughter being in the school he sent her to be educated in, but this is domestic terrorism? yes or no? >> no. i do not think that parents getting angry at school boards for whatever reason constitutes domestic terrorism. >> john: is a jonathan that's what the attorney general said but this is what the national school board association cited in his letter to the attorney general. an

now an update on a texas city dealing with the fallout of a controversial state law that affects which books teachers can have in their classroom live lye brars. a tense school boardst since a top school administrator was secretly recorded telling teachers to comply with the law wit offering books with, quote, opposing perspectives on the holocaust. listen to one former student recount the bullying he endured that drove him to contemplate suicide. >> i was subject to rash bullying, almost all of which was anti-semitic in nature. i received jokes a about my nose to gas chambers. there are not two sides of the holocaust. the nazis killed millions of people. there are not two sides to slavery. >> southlake has been at the center of this new texas law that requires teachers to present multiple perspectives when discussing quote, widely debated and controversial issues. it's the of the six-part podcast southlake. all episodes are now available wherever you get your podcasts. >>> with states like texas, tennessee and florida take aim at how race and history are taught in schools, a new documentary airing sunday takes a deep look at the core issues fueling those attempts

who made the threats and will maintain a police presence at schools and school board meetings for the foreseeable future. in texas, a parent physically assaulting a teacher ripping off her mask, and it goes on and on and on. these are not routine people incensed or angry. these are people who are acting out their feelings in a violent manner over and over again. the same people we see on airplanes and other places. same people, some of whom we saw on january 6th. so when you responded as quickly as you did to that school board request, did you have second thoughts after they set a follow-up letter saying they didn't agree with their original premise in the first letter? >> senator, i think all of us have seen these reports of violence and threats of violence. that is what the justice department is concerned about. it is not only in the context of violence and threats of violence against school board members, school personnel, teachers, staff. it is a rising tide of threat os violence against judge, against prosecutors, against secretaries of state. against election administrators, against doctors, against protest

texas. for critical race theory being taught to our children. to not fund police. have the f.b.i. going after parents. in school boards. vacs mandates. shutting down businesses. forcing people to comply or they lose their job. energy poverty. preventing people from actually getting the energy to keep their homes, drive their cars, go to work. that is what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want us to borrow half a trillion dollars to keep funding. please forgive me if i vote no. to rack up more debt for my kids and grand grandkids. to fund the tyranny of the american people that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle wish to continue to fund. no. i haven't voted for a debt ceiling increase before. i certainly haven't voted 49 times to raise the debt from $1 trillion to $28.5 trillion as has the majority leader. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts virginia tech. mr. mcgovern: i'm going to save my breath and reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: mr.

there is no question the school board meeting actually ending up behind me is going to play a role in this virginia governor's race, anderson. >>> up next the governor of texasaccine mandates. we'll tell you about a company who says they won't go along and why. so we made a plan to turn bath time into a business. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com >>> texas is now banning covid vaccine mandates for all workers, but some companies are ignoring it. texas governor greg abbott said the covid-19 vaccines are safe, effective and the best thing against the virus but should remain voluntary and never forced. southwest airlines say they will continue implementing a federally directed vaccine mandate for their employees since they fall under the government contract. >>> let's hand it over to chris cuomo for "prime time." chris? >> hi, i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." we can now tell you gabby was strangled and we can tell you details that mean the most to investigators. we also learned something else from the coroner. here it is. >> as far as the time of death, we are estimating three to four weeks from the time that the body was found. >> this

carroll independent school district in southlake, texas, took part in a training session, new guidelines for books allowed in their classroom. the training came four days after the boardurth grade teacher who had kept an anti-racism book in her class library, and one day after school administrators emailed teachers directing them to close their classroom libraries, quote, until they can be vetted. now a secret audio recording of the meeting taken by one staff member has been obtained by nbc news. take a listen to some of the shocking guidance from executive director for curriculum and instruction, gina peddy. >> we are in the middle of a political mess, and you are in the middle of a political mess, and so we just have to do the best that we can. we're going to do -- you're going to do what you do best and that's teach kids. >> i think we're all just really terrify. >> i think you are terrified, and i wish i could take that away. i do. i can't. i can't do that. >> just try to remember the concepts of 3979 and make sure that if you have a book on the holocaust that you have one that has an opposing -- that has other perspective. >> how do you oppose the holocaust? >> w

we cherish most. >> here you have these idiots in texas, willie, a county donald trump won by 81%, trying to run somebody off. you see it with school boardtened. we see it everywhere. it is, again, connect the dots. this is pretty obvious stuff. >> yeah. it's not a dress rehearsal. as eddie says, it is happening right now. listen to the attorney general of michigan who says she fears for her life. they have extra security. >> crazy. >> governor of the state was the victim of a plot to kidnap and perhaps kill her. that's real. that happened. that's the fbi. that's what's going on on lower levels around the country. when people are more aggressive, they're more passionate, more willing to be violent if they have to be. it's happening right now, and people are being installed at state and local levels who can do things to the 2024 election, which thank god they weren't able to do to the 2020 election. >> all right. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," colombia is the latest country where american officials have reported incidents of the mysterious havana syndrome. what we know about that new investigation. >>> plus, a major music festival, coa

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texas. it's also a district where a parent complained when her daughter brought home a book called anti-racist from her 4th grade teacher's class library. the school boardies until they can be vetted by the teacher, leading one editor to cover their book shelf with caution tape. south lake is also a place are antonia hilton and her colleague mike hickensbaugh explored in depth, and antonia joins me now. i would love you to give context of the sound. it is everywhere. the story is everywhere. it's shocking sound. what was the context? what was the meeting this was happening in? and why would this educational administrator be saying this? >> i think there's a couple important layers of context here, chris. the first is that south lake is a community right outside of dallas, and it's one of the ground zero towns where these fights over critical race theory, over how to talk about diversity and differences in schools got its start. their fight started in 2018, well before most people had even heard the phrase crt. that's an important thing to note here. south lake has when you look at the fights always been ahead of the curb, and now the fight is coming to

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texas, eight days later the department of justice challenges it. september 29 a political organization asks president biden to involve the fbi in local school board fiveys later, the department of justice does just that. mr. attorney general, was it just a coincidence that your memo came five days after the national school board association's letter went to the president? >> so we are concerned about violence and threats of violence across the board, against school officials, against -- >> is there any connection attorney general, with the school board letter and five days later your memo regarding school board issues? >> obviously the letter which was public and asked for assistance from the justice department was brought to our attention, and it's a relevant factor in -- >> who gave you the letter? >> i'm sorry? >> how did you become aware of the letter? >> i read about the letter in the news. >> who at the white house told you to write the memo? >> no one at the white house spoke to me about the memo tall.at all. i am sure at least i would certainly believe, the white house communicated its concerns about the letter to the justice department. and t

texas. >> there we go. >> don't get pregnant anywhere. >> do your kids go to private school? >> public school. >> isn't that co-parenting with the government. >> no, it isn't. you know why, we have a boardf education. we elect who our officials are. we get to have a voice >> so you work with the government. . >> we do. . >> in parenting decisions. >> yeah. >> we could keep doing this all afternoon. but i won't. joining me now is the mean who has seen and heard just about everything, jordan klepper. jordan, i feel your pain. my brain hurts just watching some of what you just showed us a few moments ago. i think you might have broken a few brains with the power of the follow-up question, which is an art form, i have to say. my hat is off to you. do you feel all of these anti-maskers were dug into their views no matter what, or did you find a case where somebody had a light bulb moment and you convinced them, okay, maybe i need to take a second look at this? >> at that specific rally, there was no light bulb moment. everybody was pretty much was dug in. there's valid concerns people have about what this will do to children. children with disabilities, who maybe can't communicate as well wi

texas a parent tore a teacher's mask from her face. another sent a teacher to a hospital. arizona a school official was told you'll get knifed. a fight broke out after a school board meeting in missouri. i appreciate, attorney general garland, your concern about threats to people who are doing their job trying to help our kids get a good education. i'm grateful to you for that. my question is, as our governor in florida claimed your efforts are weaponizing the d.o.j., i would like to know whether governor desantis has been cooperative in your efforts to protect our schools. >> i don't know the answer to the question that you are asking. we are trying to prevent violence and threats of violence. it is not only about schools. we have similar concerns with respect to election workers, with respect to hate crime. with respect to judges and police officers. this is a rising problem in the united states of threats of violence and we're trying to prevent the violence from occurring. >> i appreciate it and i'm shocked and dismayed by the lack of concern by some of my colleagues on this committee. last year as you pointed out over 93,000 people died of overdose in america.

school board rooms. i'm sandra smith, a lot of news breaking, we'll continue to cover the shooting inling language, texasace. >> trace: indeed, good afternoon, i'm in for john roberts. assistant attorney general on the hill this hour, expect a grilling, parents seen as threats, many raised questions over critical race theory in schools and confusing covid policies. the department encouraging education officials to report mothers and fathers to national threat operation center. these are parents,let administration want reported when dealing with terror concerns. the left has gone from saying critical race theory wasn't a thing to unleashing the feds on parents. let's get live to mark merdeath in washington this afternoon. mark. >> the justice department says school board meetings are getting out of hand and board members face constant threats of violence. to stop this disturbing trend, the attorney general is directing the f.b.i. and others to see what they can do about i threats are discouraged, identify them when they occur and prosecute them appropriate. justice department wants concerned parties to ca

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