. >>> now to the community of southlake, texas which sparked the debate of what is critical race theory. the plot thickens. they are now in the middle of a firestorm after a top administrator was heard making these comments about the holocaust in a tape obtained by nbc news. >> make sure if you have a book on the holocaust, you have one -- >> holocaust -- >> believe me, that has come up. >> the administrator during a training session over which books teachers can have in classroom libraries which is a discussion required in texas after a ban on widely debated cultural issues. mike, thanks for being with us. first, get into this texas law that has educators going through their libraries. what's the deal? >> well, the texas law was one of many that has been passed around the country over the past year in response to conservative backlash to the racial reckoning of 2020 in which states have throughout the south and in conservative red states have passed laws targeting what conservatives branded as critical race theory. anything that fall under that umbrella are teachings about the legacy o

teachers in southlake, texas asked about teaching opposing views of the holocaust. asking teachers to pair books about the holocaust with other, quote, perspectives. the doj discusses a despicable surge of threats. one florida school member has had it making waves for calling out harassment she has faced for supporting science. >> i don't reject people coming here and speaking their voice all the time. i don't reject them standing outside my home. i reject them following me around in my car and saying that they are coming for me and i need to beg for mercy. i reject that when they are using their first amendment rights on public policy, they are going behind my home and bran dishing weapons to my neighbors. i have to take a dcf investigator to her play date and check for burn marks. that's what i'm against, which is a credible threat. >> jennifer, thank you for being with us. what was the moment you were like, enough, i can't stand by and let these people to continue to harass me, i have to say something? >> i decided on that school board meeting where i spoke out i