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>> things like islamic phobia, ideas of american exceptionalism. >> gross. look, its unfair to say that these kids are representative of the population as a whole. but what are they representative of? how about an educational system that is worried about indoctrination versus instruction, one of which is anti-american viola, spewing from passive aggressive physically unattractive and perpetually wrong professors. misdirected anger who is damaging to small minds. thanks to these marxist think tan...

This is a reason we have shared with the commissioner of education and the board of education that we have fragile students who need to have the additional layer of support and security that our mask mandate would have by making sure we have as many people masked to reduce transmission of the virus. >> now, i know you say that your district is not part of a lawsuit that was ruled on today by the appeals court, but it is an important ruling nevertheless. what impact do you think it will have on s...

I will add one more very, and i wrote a dissent, and that is the way it works. i thought that particular case should not be decided just on an emergency basis. as i said, i thought that the majority was very, very wrong. >> and now the 83-year-old justice also addressed the calls of some democrats to step down while biden is president and can pick the successor. breyer called it a complex matter and he said that he will retire on his own terms. still ahead, the children in the nations biggest ...

Or vaccines but the instruction by republican governors to tell school districts that they cannot take steps for safety such as masking or telling businesses that they cannot require masks. its entirely inconsistent and really a lot of this seems to be rather performative about trying to appeal to the republican base and not about what is in the best health interest of the citizens of these individual states. you can make a constitutional argument, a principaled argument that you dont think unde...

Students who have been exposed and have them quarantined. um, this takes considerable amount of time and logistics and organization. and then, those students need to go home and they are going to be quarantined and trying to get instruction in a distanced method. we do have a digital platform with canvas that we are trying to provide this instruction. but it still is -- its very different than a face-to-face classroom. and so, then we would have them come back and do five-day testing to see if w...

Governor to escalate the legal ordeal. um, it is still, though, a -- a good point, a positive moment for us. and we are -- were pleased by the decision. were pleased by many of the points that judge cooper presented because they align with many of our concerns. and um -- and i think that this is, you know, a step in the right direction but were managing our expectations and we know we have a long process, a long legal battle. but were ready and were up for the challenge. >> you know, the governo...

Guaranteed and trying to get instruction in a distanced method. we have a digital platform with canvass that were trying to provide this instruction. its very different than a face-to-face classroom. then we would have them come back and do five-day testing to see if we can shorten the quarantine period. thats, of course, if they dont have symptoms. when we have a staff member, many times i want to respect the fact that our staff members, you know, my body, my choice, but many of our staff membe...

Presented because they align with many of our concerns and i think this is a step in the right direction but were managing our expectations and we know we have a long process, a long legal battle and were ready for the challenge. >> the governor was standing behind a podium that read early treatment saves lives. i tonight know if the irony is lost in him and hes trying to make it more difficult for schools to prevent covid cases in the first place. >> well, i think theres many ironic moments tha...

Person learning and they are prepared to keep students in the classroom as much as possible to make sure they get access to in person learning. >> bret: have there been studies about mental -- how the wearing the masks and how this has all affected kids as far as, you know, do they lose a year in education this past year is. >> there was a lot of missed instruction. i think also, bret, what i have heard from students in my visits to different states and from my own two children, they miss their ...

In schools for months now. tell us about what has motivated you to speak up. >> well, thank you for letting us come on the air today. this is an issue that affects not just us, but students across the nation. recently over the past few weeks, ive seen that a lot of students, not just at county schools, but across tennessee have had to make a decision, and that is to prioritize their personal health or their academic well-being because right now a lot of the options available to students are limi...