protection. so, the largest school district in the state which is fairfax county is one of the seven. they are certainly being very vocal on this, leading the charge. saying they intend to fight this as hard as they can with resources that they have. >> catie beck live in richmond. i know we'll see more on "nbc nightly news" reporting this. i want to turn to florida, one professor there accusing the republican governor, ron desantis creating a climate of fear. after the school district cancelled his civil rights lecture because of concerns over critical race theory, even though that had nothing to do with the topic he was delivering the lecture on. this was a discussion he was presenting to teachers in one county. when he got an email, the whole thing was called off. it comes from the state with governor desantis blocking it. a spokesperson releasing this