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Really should be done by politicians. and outsiders don't understand the game as well as insiders. and part of this is part of the chaos that we've actually seen since the 1970s. >> you both want a piece of this. also tell me, will he get a fair shake from historians? >> no. he's not going to get a fair shake because the history profession is now so much about with gender and race relations and opening up the net and the fact that donald trump makes racist comments and is having a gender war all the time, stormy daniels now entering the fray. he has a big burden in history to climb out of. >> ...

Does it tilt liberal or conservative or stay in the middle? right now the battleground is texas. >> save our history! save it now! >> reporter: in austin, heated words. the state's school board is in hearings over the content of new textbooks and some conservative board members want it moved to the right. for example, since textbooks include sections on democratic president franklin roosevelt's new deal which expanded government they also want a favorable light shined on ronald reagan's vision of a smaller government and the political power surge by conservative groups. don mcleroy is leading ...

Government, they also want a favorable light shined on ronald reagan's vision of a smaller government and the political power surge by conservative groups. don is leading the charge. >> we have the history profession that the experts seem to have a left wing tilt and we were trying to restore some standards to the balance. >> reporter: more of what the boards wanted out. too much talk about thomas jefferson and the enlightenment which stressed reasoning and science over faith, in more recognition of the contributions of religious leaders like moses to american ideals. out, calling the u.s. gov...

People about this country? does it tilt liberal or conservative or stay in the middle? right now the battleground is texas. >> save our history! save it now! >> reporter: in austin, heated words. the state's school board is in hearings over the content of new textbooks and some conservative board members want it moved to the right. for example, since textbooks include sections on democratic president franklin roosevelt's new deal which expanded government they also want a favorable light shined on ronald reagan's vision of a smaller government and the political power surge by conservative grou...

Don mcleroy is leading the charge. >> what we have is the history profession, experts seem to have a left-wing tilt. so, what we were trying to do is to restore some balance to the standards. >> reporter: more examples of what those board members have wanted? out. too much talk about thomas jefferson and the enlightenment which stressed reasoning and science over faith. in. more recognition of the contributions of religious leaders like moses to american ideals. out. calling the u.s. government democratic, like the party. in. calling it a constitutional republic. out. capitalism which some boa...