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western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? >> we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. >> they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. >> we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very...

America. because as human beings we should be reposed by the inhumane treatment of historically excluded groups in the united states. but i come to serve notice that for all of us out here, if you can fight for black people, you better be ready to fight for the lgbtq community. you better be ready to fight for the immigrant community. you better be ready to fight for the women of our community. everybody who is marginalized, if you come for one of us, you come for all of us. >> and that is called intersectionality, folks. joining me now is tre main lee, host of into america award-winning podca...

Necessarily translate into is economic opportunity. in selma, half a century after bloody sunday, the population is more than 80% black. and 41% of people in the city live below the poverty line. selma, 50 years since a march is a city still striving for economic parody and justice. tre main lee has been reporting on the state of the city and he joins me now. too often selma is reduced to a bridge a clash and a march. talk to me about the conditions in the city today. >> reporter: that's right, it's kind of appropriate that the bridge is the symbol here. protesters are trying to cross that bri...

Custody. he took himself to a report and suffering gunshot wounds. >> tre main lee, thanks for the update. >> a few other stories we are following. a polar plunge from a blast of dangerously low temperatures and even subhitting the midwest and the east. only expected to get worse as the week wears on. snow and lots of it. it complicated the morning commute and prompted closures on the east coast to the west in washington state. heavy rain caused a mudslide that knocked homes from below the foundations. there is fear that more of that hillside you saw could collapse later today. we will keep tr...

Players made, no, they are exercising the right to free speech. they will not be disciplined by the club nor will they be disciplined by the national football league as it was released today. >> the players are not alone. members of congress making that same hands up, don't shoot gesture on the house floor yesterday. you can see them there. tre main lee has been covering this and joins us. some called this gesture a sign of respect to the late michael brown. why has it become so insendiary? is there a way to make that without it being so? >> there is not a reason without it being racially char...