the city claims irreparable harm would be done to the city of new york if two to 4-year-olds were allowed to choose whether or not to mask in school. we are fighting that state and again trying to get parents back the choice to do what s best for their children. todd: michael not to get in the legal leads but a lot of times if you get at the appellate levels, it is very left, liberal. are you worried the decision will be based on politics are not the law and not on logic? i am not. i am hoping the courts see how much the science is behind us. we have a really strong constitutional argument that we won at a lower level. i think this is may be a different story in terms of what the court will look at. i m not on hopeful but in fact, little looking to the court s decision. todd: isn t this what most parents want? masks are off work parents and the inner circle say, we want to masks on. what are using? all have a choice as to
themselves. this is unusual. it is an escalation of what he s been doing in going after the media. this targets reporters can i stop you there? but isn t this what hillary clinton s ally did with media matters? i have heard about this story. it sounds a lot like media matters. media matters no doubt did this on the left and other conservative groups have gone after the media more specifically or more broadly. what s different here is when you read the fund-raising pitch it is really to go after the individual reporters and really try to damage their credibility in public. to work with what they call friendly media outlets. to get this information into the public s sphere during the election to help trump and to hurt those reporters. and it comes we also reported over the weekend that they plan to escalate their attacks not just on the reporters but also on the big social media platforms. that their polling is showing that these attacks of bias whether it s mainstream media or
after some has criticized it as a racist. it also shows slaves working and white pioneer standing over the body of a native american. he with more on this is cabot phelps. thanks for having me. ed: isn t this what president trump alluded to when he was over fire from charlottesville, they are coming for george washington, statues are coming down, you ll see paintings are raised. in the coming years, you ll continue to see this with every founding father. you ll see it from thomas jefferson and you are seeing this from the mural, do not give into the outreach mob. you can never do enough to earn their approval. you are never going to appease them. they ll find something to be mad about. in this case, had the mural not depicted slaves and not the depicted americans in any form, the same outrage mob would be saying, we need more representation. it s not an accurate depiction of george washington s life. now it does have those things, it s not how we wanted it. the fact is history is
where a person is actively fighting with us, actively taking a swing at us. reporter: the three unnamed officers who struck johnson and a sergeant are now on paid leave. the chief who heard the audio on the body cam said this certainly at first glance it looks like a mistake, and it doesn t look right. and it s our job, my job to collectively investigate and find the answers to this. reporter: johnson s lawyer wants these officers charged and plans to sue. he s physically hurt, emotionally hurt, and this is going to affect him for the rest of his life. reporter: cnn, mesa, arizona. thank you very much. let s bring in now cnn political commentators ben ferguson and a former new york city police detective. hello. disturbing video. mark, isn t this what nfl players wanted to bring attention to? exactly. while the president is making
where a person is actively fighting with us, actively taking a swing at us. reporter: the three unnamed officers who struck johnson and a sergeant are now on paid leave. the chief who heard the audio on the body cam said this certainly at first glance it looks like a mistake, and it doesn t look right. and it s our job, my job to collectively investigate and find the answers to this. reporter: johnson s lawyer wants these officers charged and plans to sue. he s physically hurt, emotionally hurt, and this is going to affect him for the rest of his life. reporter: cnn, mesa, arizona. thank you very much. let s bring in now cnn political commentators ben ferguson and a former new york city police detective. hello. disturbing video. mark, isn t this what nfl players wanted to bring attention to? exactly.