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Than names were taken out. bill: it seems as if -- i don't know, if it is political correctness or your politics, professor, but why the decisions being made the way they are? >> well, i think there are political agendas. by board members. and, by outside groups. that want certain names in the text. that would rather have certain names out of the text. bill: james i kreeshtiappreciat coming in today and, kelly, appreciate it, and the board will meet in march and the final decisions en may and at that point we'll figure out what is in and what is not in the state avenue texas and i want to reit...

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Because they say this is organized by outside groups, by teachers unions, by progressive activists. but nevertheless, they are jamming up the switchboards and the democratic base is very, very engaged on this nomination, which is why you're seeing something somewhat rare here. democrats united from the most conservative wing, joe manchin and heidi heitkamp up for re-election in 2018 to the most progressive members, elizabeth warren and al franken, all voicing their opposition to betsy devos. a sign of how polarizing she's become as a nominee. john? >> manu, thank you. this vote takes about 20,...

Republicans who were withdrawing their support are expressing ambivalence cited as the reason why they could not support him? >> reporter: you know, it was the sum total of eebts. some were very troubled by the episode you mentioned, joke, not hiring the undocumented immigrant. also a number of issues continuing to pile up. the timing is also important here. republicans had just taken a political hit for backing betsy devos to be education secretary as well as other controversial picks like rex tillerson to run secretary of state. some nominee that a lot of republicans did not want to support,...

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