years. he believes private king won t be released until north korea made good use of him for their own propaganda. he is going to be educated, brainwashed into thinking that he made the right decisions. he will be taught to say the right kind of things, and then they will showcase him to the world. reporter: jose, the north koreans haven t acknowledged they have private king in custody. the experts we re speaking to say they re unlikely to hear from private king until the north koreans have finished interrogating him. back in this country, growing political outrage over florida s new standards for teaching black history. vice president kamala harris is blasting them now florida governor ron desantis is pushing back. reporter: tonight the battle over florida s new history curriculum - they insult us in an attempt to gaslight us it s very thorough, very factual nobody s buying their
jacksonville coming together at around 24 hours at the personal direction of the vice president. governor desantis called her speech, quote, absolutely ridiculous. he is continuing to justify these changes, while interestingly, still distancing himself from the backlash over them that s following him from florida to the campaign trail. the battle over florida s new history curriculum they insult us in an attempt to gaslight us. it s very thorough, very factual. nobody is buying their nonsense anymore. going national, a white house official tells nbc news that vice president kamala harris decided to go to florida specifically to challenge its new standards with black history education, past just days ago. they dare to push propaganda to our children. joel critics are blasting the changes, pointing to lessons that teach middle school students, quote,, how slaves develop skills which in some instances could be applied
following him from florida to the campaign trail. the battle over florida s new history curriculum. they insult us in an attempt to gaslight us. it s very thorough, very factual. nobody is buying their nonsense anymore. going national. a white house official tells nbc news that vice president kamala harris, decided to go to florida, specifically to challenge its new standards for black history education passed just days ago. they dare to push propaganda to our children. critics are blasting the changes, pointing to lessons that teach middle school students, quote, how slaves develop skills which in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit. this is unnecessary. to debate whether enslaved people benefited from slavery. are you kidding me? florida governor, in 2024 gop presidential candidate, ron desantis, at a friday campaign
so the head of the democratic party in florida, nikki freed, she has said that she told a number of outlets doing interviews or the last couple of days that instead of using resources to organize folks and get the campaigns, they re using resources to just put people on the voter rolls in the numbers are important, last year, right? at the end of the year there were about 438,000 folks on the voter roll who had early mail-in ballots. at the end of july, the beginning of this july it was about 92,000. right? so there is some, there is a gap there, there s a lot of work to be done and we will see if the democratic party in georgia can make it up? staying in florida, simon, i want to ask you about the controversy over guidelines in the state, they suggest that teaching that slaves received some. benefits from slavery is their new social studies history curriculum,. and vice president kamala harris flew to the state to react. here is part of that. re is part of that
go to your happy price priceline as we speak, the culture wars are escalating on the right with republican candidates rushing to take advantage as they battle what they call the woke left. just some stark examples of the growing divide include a fight over jason aldean s new song try that in a small town. one critics say is rife with racist and violent overtones, although aldean denies that. some republicans are defending the song as a celebration of american values. down in florida, governor desantis s department of education has rewritten the public school s history curriculum to include a portion describing slavery as beneficial for some slaves. vice president harris who is speaking on this very topic in florida later today is having none of it. and speaking of our children,