if we tell little children of color they are inherently victims. neither is good. the battle hitting parents the light is shining. all of you must go and we ll take back our schools. against school board members. i m a public official so i guess i m open prey. what do you think debate about critical race theory is really about? control, control over what can and cannot be taught. it s even become a political weapon. virginia parents have a right to make decisions on their children s education. that s the virginia i grew up in. terry mcauliffe wants to change that. this morning, we ll look at the fight over how children should learn about america s troubled racial history, how the crt debate has divided one community, and i ll talk to nikole hannah-jones who won a pulitzer prize for her work on the 1619 project about race in america. welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running
could she have been targeted by neighbors she tangled with? she made an enemy? she made an enemy for sure. or maybe the enemy lurked within. some said wendy had a history of emotional troubles. she began screaming obscenities and shouting. could this beloved teacher have had multiple personalities? he said that s not wendy, that s shawna. was this a woman broken or a woman taken? to find out what happened, an elite group of detectives launched an elaborate mission. they re described as right out of hollywood. the staged kidnapping, the fake blood is truly phenomenal. all leading up to a sit-down with a man they called mr. big. a high stakes gamble to reveal the truth on tape for the children left behind. what was it like to hear that? shattering. the story you re about to witness is all too real, though it may seem perhaps implausible, like a play or a movie with at its dark heart something quite unspeakable. the actors are the family, divided across a
the state s race for governor heads into its final stretch with election day just nine days away, the race is being defined by two factors: education and donald trump. both fiends of the republican parties drift into the land of lies and fear. terry mcauliffe is busy reminding his opponent of the ties to the former president. frames the stakes writing, mcauliffe highlighted youngkin s statements welcoming trump s endorsement, his opposition to vaccine or mask mandates and a support for election integrity. the strategy is playing out as a new poll shows the race at a virtual tie in a state typically leans blue. as the race tightens, youngkin continues to throw meat. he plans to ban race theory in schools. youngkin is searching for a solution to a problem that does not exist. this summer lauden county, virginia became ground zero for our nature s culture war of what is or what isn t taught in the classroom. parents showed up in droves speaking out against critical race theory a
we had in our house bill, which i was proud of, an increase in the corporate rate, and an increase in the capital gains. it was a very well-received proposal, because it wasn t punitive. it was fair. but we ll see what survives, prevails. reporter: do you have a preference? well, my preference is to follow the cooperation that the senate and house come to. next is a woman no matter who. reporter: you said that yesterday morning you said some of the reporting about what was in and out of the bill was not accurate. is that because the bill is in flux, and does this have to be prebaked with the senate before you present it. everything has to be nailed down with the senate and manchin? whatever it is you think i said, what i was saying is that instead of covering what is in the bill, you all seem to be on a jag about a few people. 96% of the house and senate democrats support the president s proposal. you would never know that to see the reporting on it. but that s your
Programs they feel are un-american and can make white students feel guilt. right now it s very trendy. i know that. it s very unpopular for me to be against it. we should be teaching american pride, not to hate our country and hate each other. reporter: there s no evidence that colleyville heritage high or dr. whitfield taught critical race theory. when whitfield became principal, parents claimed photos of him and his white wife found on his facebook page were inappropriate. others grew outrage after he took place in a district-approved later anger after he wrote an email about george floyd s murder stating systemic racism was alive and well. they flooded school board meetings. one resident accusing whitfield by name. tonight i would like to express my concerns, not only of myself but of many in our community about the implementation of critical race theory in our district.