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quick headlines. seven cars of an amtrak train headed from new york to new orleans derailed in south. at least four people hurt, 218 people on board. no word yet on the cause. incredible video just released showing u.s. coast guard rescuing two teenage boys clinging to a navigation marker off the coast of north carolina. they climbed up there when their boat started taking on water. both expected to be okay. speaking of okay, here s steve. thank you very much, brian. a controversial textbook now approved by the texas school board despite concerns it is factually incorrect on a number of issues, including climate change and fracking. oil and gas professional becky berger tried persuading the texas board against adopting the book but to no avail. our next guest is not
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surprised. we re joined by a former member of the texas state board on education, cynthia dunbar joins us. becky berger stood in front of the board considering this textbook and said you can t have our kids read this. it is one-sided and riddled with air. they said we re going to print it any way with some changes. right. what s interesting is issues with errors in textbook is very common. nobody wants to think there are errors in textbook. those error concerns come up all the time. then it comes down to the question of are these factually octoberable errors or factually objectionable errors. then the problem comes where is the pool of
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now that we have common core in place in 46 states, the textbook companies seem to be gearing everything common core compliant even though texas is not common core compliant the publishing companies are writing the books to meet that with federal standards. there is this woman in texas, this becky berger, they say sure, she s an oil and gas expert but she s running for office as a republican. you know, in their estimation, that somehow disqualifies her testimony. right. i mean, she is definitely an oil and gas geologist. she is qualified to be able to present this. quite frankly, in a representative framework of government, we want anyone and everyone to be able to voice their complaints and concerns about the content of the textbooks and what s being taught in the classroom. this is what happens when you have socialized education pushing particular viewpoints within the classroom. i know americans are concerned about socialized health care through
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