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department spokesperson era hut, republican the pollster, legal analyst elliott williams, and x e o assist -- the idea that with all the subpoenas with the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, what is the significance of this now to you? >> its easy to forget that the mar-a-lago investigation has been going on because all the headlines for the last two weeks of focused on new york city investigation into the former president there. but also fulton county georgia where the pre...

Truly understand. i >> totally disagree with the idea that it is sinister for parents to be organizing around the kids schools. the idea of telling people at school board meetings times or giving them information they can use when speaking with public officials. thats organizing. thats something that the left and the right does. and i think that new york times piece they give an interesting example of a textbook company that reformed and revised their explanation of the rosa parks story. >> mcgr...

Some of the personal information of 24 million customers. zappos issued an alert to customers and urged them to change their passwords. wikipedia whether blackout the english language version of its website on wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in congress. apple is expected to announce thursday that its planning to revolutionize the textbook industry. soon, you may be able to have updated interactive textbooks that you can buy on itunes. and a life-like one-foot ...

Think hes getting a quote, fair shake from those within the tea party movement. he was secretive about plans when he was running apple. now in a new biography, steve jobs talking about some of the new technologies he was exploring before his death. jobs admitted he had ambitions to reinvent television and target the textbook industry and met with publisher to discuss partnerships with apple. >> clayton: thats been the last big part of this r whole thing is the television and the biography comes ...

Particularly in california and texas. those are the places where these various pressure groups focus their attention. >> every group wants to impose its will on textbooks. trying to brain wash or propagandize children in the hopes thinking they will grow up thinking about things the way you want them to think about things. so if you are a left-wing maxist group, you want them to grow up thinking that america is an oppressive capitalist plot to undo the working class. if you are a conservative gr...

On some level, concerning on another level. the first thing that occurred to me. dont we have the internet? why does texas get to decide what goes in textbooks? >> first of all, i would like to say im a big fan of "brown bear, brown bear." my son loves the book. and the white dog at the end. it is all very good. the long-term picture is within five years probably the textbook industry is in big, big trouble because teachers will make their own textbooks based on what they buy and download off of...

Religion and whos trying to make sure its in these books about our american history. thats one of the hot topics. martha: that is a hot topic indeed. so the textbook industry says this has changed for the worse over the years. why is that? >> >> they say its come down to identity politics what kinds up -- what winds up in the books. it used to be they had historians or educators that wrote the books but instead of them having pride of authorship, people are taking the curriculum guidelines and t...

>> why do the groups target the classroom? because thats where the ideas are shaped, thats where opinions are molded, and thats where world views are established. i think what youve got doing r going on in texas is this constant struggle between two views of the world. >> reporter: and those two views will be battling it out this week in texas, jane. jane: some are saying this is all about identity politics? >> reporter: yeah. you know, i talked to a gentleman whos worked in the textbook industr...

See if you can answer this question. do you really know what isqu inside your childrens textbooks?m talking a talking about textbooks from kindergarten through college.o. make no mistake there is atake battle being fought for theeioh amerds of future generations of americans. yoho wins and who loses is up to you. tonight we expos the underbelly of the textbook industry. from the biggest elementary schools to the smallest one room schoolhouses to virtual classrooms. it seems that no matter who yo...

Kindergarten through college. make no mistake, there is a battle being fought for the minds of future generations of americans. who wins and who loses is up to you. tonight, we expose the underbelly of the textbook industry. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] from the biggest elementary schools to the smallest one room schoolhouses to virtual classrooms. it seems that no matter who you ask, when the topic is textbooks, everyone has got something to say. >> if you are gonna teach a ki...