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>> so do you need to really see a transcript -- >> is going to be worse than what he publicly said today. >> you just made the point. he said it in public. so whats the need for the transcript, i guess, you know? >> well, i do want to evaluate the phone call. you want to know was there some sort of private quid pro quo he was discussing or suggested? there are other elements that cnn reporting on the phone call that are troubling including the idea he wasnt going to talk about the hong kong prot...

What he publicly said today. >> you just made the point. he said it in public. so whats the need for the transcript, i guess, you know? >> well, i do want to evaluate the phone call. you want to know was there some sort of private quid pro quo he was discussing or suggested? there are other elements that cnn reporting on the phone call that are troubling including the idea he wasnt going to talk about the hong kong protests if the chinese would play ball on tariffs. thats clearly giving up ameri...

Down. but you know what? its not always easy to see our own bias as a human being. what causes us not to treat others with respect, dignity or to not include them? >> as you can see that was common, but joining us now is kevin johnson the president and ceo of starbucks. thank you for coming on. good evening to you. it was a big day. >> it was a big day. we closed over 8,000 stores and had all of our partners attend this anti-bias training weve been working on for the last there is a lot of mater...

Bias of someone else when it comes at you in the form of not seeing you or excluding you, or someone not treating you with dignity or respect, or the small but annoying thing that puts you down. but you know what, its not always easy to see our own bias as a human being. what causes us not to treat others with respect, dignity, or do not include them. >> as you can see, that was common. joining us now, kevin johnson, the president and ceo of starbucks. thank you for coming on. good evening to yo...

>> we have more sound bites. dont read ahead in the syllabus in the work book. >> you did immigration so you werent going to do the snake. it was like trump classic. it was vintage early 2016 primary trump. one serious point on all this, i do think the last week of watching trump talk about guns but sort of settling by the end -- by friday a week -- you know, what has it been more than a week after the tragedy in florida, hes settled on the most nra-endorsed right wing view of guns after saying ...

U.s. congress to pay for it. i thought you were going to do the snake. he read the part of the snake. this was like a -- >> we have more sound bites. dont read ahead in the syllabus in the work book. >> you did immigration so you werent going to do the snake. it was like trump classic. it was vintage early 2016 primary trump. one serious point on all this, i do think the last week of watching trump talk about guns but sort of settling by the end -- by friday a week -- you know, what has it been ...

Education and the commonwealth standards of learning a different non-religious sample of arabic calligraphy will be used in the future." a number of students took to facebook to defend the lesson and the teacher. one post reads "i personally was not offended by this. i like the assignment." calling his instructor "an amazing teacher." the teacher had lifted the calligraphy lesson from a standard work book on world religion and had used it before without threat or backlash. muslim leaders now say...

Somewhat some parents and children speaking out. >> we just learned to write hello, good-bye, you know, normal words, not that. >> i will not have my children set under a woman who indoctrinates them with the islam religion when i am a christian. i want to stand behind christ. >> reporter: the august us school district released a statement about the assignment saying, "as we have emphasized, no lesson was designed to promote a religious viewpoint or change a students religious belief. all those ...

And also, jake, we should tell you this is an assignment that came out of a standard workbook. so this is an assignment familiar with the district, familiar with the school, this is the first time theyve had the backlash. >> and whats the mood within the community there in virginia. >> well, i think you can see in some ways what the mood has been given that the schools have closed down some 10,000 students now not attending class. a lot of parents upset about this assignment saying this just was...

Workbook on world religion, and so it is not like this teacher decided to pull it out of nowhere, and make it as part of the assignment. it is pulled out of the standard workbook out of world religions, but perhaps doing that five years ago would not have the reaction that obviously we are seeing today given the environment especially here in the united states. a number of people are sensitive for a number of reasons about the religion, and that is what we are seeing here when we spoke to the lo...