we're going to be joined tonight by jennifer jenkins who has gone viral in the last 24 hours on this issue. she's a school board member in florida, and what she has endured by simply by believing that masks are a pretty good idea to try to limit the spread of covid in public schools, what she and her daughter, her family have endured is just horrific, and she finally spoke about it for the first time yesterday. she's going to join us tonight and i just marvel at the bravery of these people. the astonishing thing in your reporting is at the end of everything that we see here, they then vote 9-1 in favor of masks and against the wishes of the people who were threatening them with violence. >> that's right, and public service is sort of always a small h form of heroism, always, to be a public servant is to do a good thing by the world. but it should not actually take literal bravery. it should not take physical bravery to do these kinds of jobs, to be a city councillor, to be a school board member, to do these things. the way the political right has dealt with covid is by bringing threa

our next guest, jennifer jenkins, now has the it had the experience of going viral. in the last 24 hours. when i saw the video jennifer jenkins speaking at a school board meeting in florida, i was in awe of her courage, and her calm. because jennifer jenkins thinks masks are a good way to limit the spread of covid-19 in public schools. jennifer jenkins and her family, her daughter, have been targeted for what is nothing less than public torture, by florida's anti mask fanatics. in florida, it's the department of children and families that investigates child abuse, the d.c. f. no one knew that the dcf was going to come up in a public meeting of the school board, the school board discussed whether it would be possible to allow homecoming dances this, year homecoming dances have been postponed indefinitely because of covid-19, when the agenda turned to a resolution, about threats against school board members, jennifer jenkins found herself, talking about something, she never wanted to talk about publicly. >> in spite of what people believe, i am not opposed to people pr

jennifer jenkins this is not. heather raymond is the president of the school board and national in new hampshire, and a recent meeting, two police officers needed to be on site because of the harassment she faced from protesters. heather raymond told a boston globe quote, this is my fourth year on the board, and this is the first time we've needed to do this, it's not good for our community, the proud boys started showing up at our meetings in june and then in july, we had the nsc 1:31 group come. they're neo-nazis and came in full regalia with swastikas on their arms. it didn't have to be this way, and you know what it's still shouldn't. joining us now is heather raymond president of the school board a national in new hampshire and parent of a six greater an eighth grader in congress woman from pennsylvania, i'm grateful to both of you, congresswoman dean i'll start with you, you started and local government and ran for town commissioners, you are one of the women candidates who delivered the house for nancy pelo

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joining us now is jennifer jenkins, member of the brevard county school board. thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> you said something that stopped me in any tracks and i want to start there. you said, it just takes one person to terrorize you. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. you know, i'm a human being. i have ups. i have downs. and sometimes those downs are really, really deep. but i'm doing okay, you know? i'm a strong person. i always come out of this stronger, more focused, and more motivated to continue to stand up for what i believe and what i believe i was elected to do. >> what was the reaction to that -- to those comments that you made that we have now played here? >> it has been a whirlwind. you know, i've always had a tremendous amount of support from the community. i always believed that what i stand for and what i have been pushing for, the safety and health of our students, was the majority of opinions. i've always believed that the people who have been the most nasty, the most negative, who have threaten

you know, just like the cdc does, jennifer jenkins talked about people shouting vital in

i'll go go back to heatherer to say thank you, please, god, and jennifer jenkins. and many women by the way, i know you were think bag that as well opinion women, public servants under attack, thank you for what you are doing. our children deserve you and do not deserve the vile attacks happening at you. >> congresswoman. >> what are you going to tell your children -- go ahead. go ahead. >> i was just going to say the congresswoman is absolutely correct. you know, many, many of our people who yell out during your our meeting and disrupt our meeting are people who are against masking, and some of them are parents who have been led astray by disinformation. but many are people who travel from place to place, specifically to disrupt meetings. and if you ask our student members of the board or really any students, they don't have a problem with our requirements that students and staff wear masks. they would rather be in school wearing a mask than risk getting covid and having us shut down. and, you know, when we talk about women in local government, our board is the mo

jennifer jenkins on the school board in brevard county. i was reading about her last night. she's a teacher, speech pathologist. she works with kids with developmental problems. her husband is a school teacher. these are what is being put in place. eddie, this is not unique. you can created a story about a father coming in berating the staff, including will be elementary school nurse because his son was taken out of school because he had a close contact with somebody who had covid. and they simply didn't want covid to spread throughout the school. there's something in the water now, eddie, something emboldened to them. to teachers, to nurses, to nurses shopping in grocery stores. to doctors, people, that they deem are out to get them because of what they heard on facebook or heard on a radio show somewhere. >> you know, willie, we often try to say these are fringe elements, but in some ways they are. but they've been mainstreamed. in many ways we're in a cold war. and in many ways it turns hot. it turned hot on january 6th. think about it, they reported her to the dcs, sayin

brevard county school board member jennifer jenkins, thank you for coming on today. and thank you for your service. >> thanks, jennifer. >> thanks, guys. >>> up next, stevie van zandt is standing by. he joins the conversation straight ahead on "morning joe." bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ so, should all our it move to the cloud? the cloud would give us more flexibility, but we lose control. ♪ ♪ ♪ should i stay or should i go? ♪ and we need insights across our data silos, but how? ♪ if i go there will be trouble ♪ ♪ ♪ wait, we can stay and go. hpe greenlake is the platform that brings the cloud to us. ♪ should i stay or should i go now? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ your new pharmacy is here. and here. and here, too. it's here to help you save time and money and trips to the pharmacy. it's here to get you the medication you need when you need it. wh

jennifer jenkins here to discuss what she calls a nationwide problem. >> biden goes big on covid-19 testing and what they are doing and why it comes at the right time. >>> a new update now on former president bill clinton. he's expected to be discharged tomorrow after a five-day stay at uci medical center recovering from a urinary tract infection. hillary and their daughter chelsea visited the hospital today. >> honoring the life of conservative mp sir david amess. he was stabbed when he met with voters at a london church. the murder considered a terrorist attack. >>> a texas officer killed outside a houston bar. two other deputies hurt in that. the shooter still at large. we have more right after this break. ht after this break. nah, a stormy day. classical music plays. um uh, brass band, new orleans. ♪ ♪ she drives hands free... along the coast. make it palm springs. ♪ cadillac is going electric. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. experience the all-electric cadillac lyriq. if you want to be bold, you have to go off-script. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'

>>> the last word team has already posted our interview with jennifer jenkins, so you can send it to anyone who might have missed it. it's on twitter, and on our websites. that's "the last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 267 of the biden administration. the house committee investigating the january 6th riot and insurrection is intensifying its focus on the previous white house. with the new subpoena targeting a doj official under trump who was reportedly involved in the former president's robust attempt to overturn our election, jeffrey clark reportedly played a key role in trump's campaign to amplify the big lies about voter fraud. trump and clark were said to have been in contact in the days before the january 6th attack. and he is said to have pushed trump's claims in the department of justice and clashed with higher-ups who resisted. the letter says, the select committee's investigation has revealed credible evidence, and the president considered installing you as acting attorney general. the man who was almost pushed

that is jennifer jenkins, educator and school board members for the third district. jennifer, i get anxiety just listening to what you're going with. that is child protective services being called on you by someone harassing you. who are these people harassing you and how often is this happening? >> to be honest with you, this has started over quite some time. i was elected almost a year ago. i would say about six months ago is when the first group of protesters came in front of my doorstep. the people who were involved in this are a minority of voices. the majority of voices here in brevard county support me. and i believe agree the things that i agree with. but unfortunately it doesn't take -- it just takes a minority to terrorize you and harass you. and when there are no consequences for that behavior, it just becomes normalized and accepted. and to be honest, it didn't just start with masks. this came from these minority of people who have been on the losing side of the democratic process. the same process that they claim to support. it was started by the renin c

we're gonna be joined tonight by jennifer jenkins, who has gone viral in the last 24 hours, on this issue. she's a school board member, in florida. and, once she has endured by simply by believing that masks are a pretty good idea, to try to limit the spread of covid, in public schools. what's she and her daughter,

. >> reporter: school board member jennifer jenkins went viral describing her personal experience. >> this is a political, calculated move to incite voters to be engaged using fear and different tactics. >> reporter: joining johnson county, kansas, and williamson county, tennessee, all making national news in the wake of persistent, violent threats against school board members. this week parents in michigan and virginia filing suit against the department of justice for allegedly stifling free speech by investigating similar threats. when schools reopened after covid, masking became politicized at the national and local levels. >> my grandmother died of covid because someone wasn't wearing a mask. >> reporter: and in the wake of george floyd's murder, fights over critical race theory. a graduate level study of the relationship between the law and racial inequality. it's not taught in public schools, but some conservative activists and parents have turned it into a catch-all for diversity programs and lessons about racism they say can make white students feel guilt. >> i feel this is cu

board member jennifer jenkins detailing the threats she's dealing with. we've seen the months around mask mandates, vaccine mandates, around critical race theory, right for trans kids and more et escalate to new heights where school board members and teachers are facing threats of physical violence. >> these are demonic entities in all the school boards of all of the united states of america. >> not that non-science -- >> the death threat was you're going to get knifed you [ bleep ] you're going to get a [ bleep ] you're dead. >> people are throwing fists and hitting each other outside the auditorium after the board voted to approve wearing masks. >> we know who you are! we know who you are! we know who you are! we'll find you and you'll never be allowed in public again. >> don't look away, guys. that's who we are. the intimidation and bullying of local officials has reached such a critical level that yesterday, the bravard county school board passed a resolution that promises to provide a safety environment for everyone at its meetings. the federal gover

that was jennifer jenkins on this show two weeks ago describing the horror she lives with and as experienced as parents have taken debates over things like mask mandates and critical race theory to frightening new levels. we show you her story again today to put into context what these school board members are dealing with as republicans push back against the attorney general's recent attempt to stop violence directed at school board members at school board meetings. yesterday many members of the gop attacked a.g. garland toer a memo he put out that says local law enforcement should work with the fbi to combat heightened levels of violence leveled at school board members. listen to ted cruz stereo they involve things like insults a nazi salute. that's one of the examples. my god, a parent did a nazi salute at a school board because they thought the policies were oppressive. >> i am sorry about that. but you had to see it. what you heard was a republican senator defending someone's opportunity to give a nassy salute. "washington post" describes the exchange like this. the senator was referrin