western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very moment we are in. history is vital, as is knowledge. it s why education is so often ground zero in the u.s. culture wars. and why florida governor ron desantis apparent white house ambition strikes at the heart of the american classroom. desantis has staked his political future on a bid to block an advanced placement course in african-american studies, saying it lacks educational value. it s that f
biden, gene sperling will join us. neil cavuto will also be joining us here. first, the story from hillary clinton live at the white house. hi, hillary. hi, martha. when it comes to the state of the economy, president biden does not think things are that bad. he also does not think that any world leaders believe that america is going down the wrong track. they do not think that. you haven t found one person, one world leader to say america is going backwards. i can understand why the american feel are frustrated because of inflation. inflation is high in almost every other country. a recent poll suggests a lot of americans are not happy. a poll says 69% of people disapprove with how president biden is handling the nation s financials. the u.s. inflation rate is not lower but higher than some major economies in the world including italy, canada, germany, france, japan, saudi arabia and china. republicans say the reason for high prices is not a mystery. we know why we
it does seem because between this, what abbott is doing, what desantis is doing, snatching people out of texas and throwing them on planes everywhere. they re sort of using these migrants at this point as theater. and in some cases as gory sort of snuff film type theater. do you believe governor abbott, is this the goal? does he want to see more deaths? does he think that s going to deter people if more people die? i think he thinks this is going to get him more support in a republican party that has been taken over by extremists. absolutely get their jollies from seeing migrants hurt, maimed, punished in their eyes. and so he thinks he s going to get ahead politically. this is a guy that, as i have said on your show many times, has bigger political ambitions. i think he sees himself one day, although i doubt it s ever going to happen, but he sees himself at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and one of the ways you get there is
the teaching of critical race theory at any state institution. while also making it easier for any politically appointed presidents and boards of trustees to fire tenured professors. essentially an attempt to scare them out of teaching anything deemed too woke. joining me now, two people who are on the front lines of this fight. dr. regional ellis, associate professor of history and african-american studies at florida a&m university and dr. bruce, anti-racism activist and adjunct professor at florida a&m. thank you both for being here. thanks for having us. i want to talk about the chilling effect of what desantis is doing. let s start with this d.e.i. situation, 34.5 million budgeted program as of january. what is d.e.i.? diversity, equity and inclusion? it relates to higher education. we have 12 public universities here in the state of florida. and if you look at the d.e.i. initiatives for the past 10, 20
as a leader of the party, that s what you ve got to do. you spent a lot of 2021 trying to get some skeptics to take the backseat in arkansas, so i m curious what you think of what desantis is doing. my message is the vaccines protect you, get vaccinated. like anything, you take an mrna shot. the way to view it is what are the benefits and the drawbacks? it seems like our medical establishment never wanted to be honest with people about the potential drawbacks. he s leaning into vaccine skepticism at a time when i know health officials are trying to get people to take these