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So there is some -- it's just -- we are not communicating clearly with the people on both sides of this debate. i think that's what i'm seeing that's really frustrating. >> shannon: bridget, quick final word to you. >> you know, i think the biggest thing is what will just said anything sony people get into the teaching profession because they are passionate about educating our students to be successful members of society and not push an agenda and so i think that it's really important that we get back to the basics, take this out of it and i don't think this debate is going to go away unless w...

Absolutely happening. teachers are terrified. teachers are scared because paul rossi, i don't know if you're familiar with his situation in york, he spoke out against some of the practices happening in his school and he was fired. so the fears are justified and teachers are often -- you know, they don't want to lose their jobs, they have a lot of response abilities and stuff like that so it's a very valid fear that they have for sure. >> shannon: yeah, i mean, people have mortgages and families and a career that they would like to preserve, but with that in mind, john, do you worry about the c...

>> virginia's loudoun county, one of the largest counties in virginia, the board of education there, rather than face parental criticism, they shut down public comment, they actually call the police to come in and arrest parents who had gathered or expressed their grievances. >> shannon: well, tonight, all the republicans on the committee sent a letter to the democratic chairman conceding they can't be sure that it was norcross who made the remark but they are demanding public clarification and apology. we will track it. [indiscernible] from the left invested educators, schoolboard members and...

It probably made sense to get people time to question or like john said, the this happens in supreme court hearings as well well they're not effective questioners they're not trial attorneys they are members of congress and elected foeshlts and act like this. they are always running into problems like this around the high profile systems. >> it's such a strange setup. it's designed with impediments along the way to actually have effective testimony. >> it is and it's odd, anderson, because the rules of the house and the committee really doesn't require them to do it the way they're doing it. t...

Allegations and the charges. but no, it's two hearings. if the democrats do it well it's laying out the ails of the report and if the republicans do it well what they need to do is call it a deep state conspiracy and that everybody is in cahoots and out to get donald trump and that's what you're going to see. and they're far more -- the republicans on the committee are more coherent in strategy than the democrats are. you know no obstruction, no collusion and it's a deep state plot to take down the president. the democrats are plor all over the place on a lot of this. >> yeah, i mean, john, cl...