Tonight I'll read out.

Oh, Mon-Tag. I knew it. I knew it. Of course, all this.

The existence of a secret library was known in the high places, but there's no way of getting at it.

Only once before I've seen so many books in one place.

Like Fahrenheit 451, life is imitating art in Florida, where DeSantis might as well be burning books,

because he sees them as more dangerous than guns.

Which he wants people to be able to carry around without a license or even training.

Also, tonight, the investigation of Donald Trump's hush-funny payments to an adult film actress moves into a significant new phase.

And on the ease of Tyra Nichols' funeral, we're going to expose the serious flaws in police training in America,

which led to Nichols' brutal killing by officers sworn to protect the public.

We begin tonight in the not-so-free state of Florida, where in the year 2023, it's probably easier to get a gun than it is to get a history book.

Right now, Florida Republicans, led by Governor Ron DeSantis, are trying to push through a bill that would eliminate concealed weapons

permits, calling the right to bear arms, quote, central to our freedom.

Those same lawmakers have simultaneously cracked down on other freedoms, like children's freedom to read books.

The Washington Post is reporting today that school officials and at least two Florida counties, Manatee and DuVal,

have directed teachers this month to remove or wrap up their own classroom libraries until the books are vetted for appropriateness.

Under state law, teachers who display or give a student a book deemed unallowed could face up to five years in prison.

You're at that right. Five years in prison for handing a child a book.

And in case you're wondering what falls under the umbrella of inappropriate for school children by Florida's standards,

activist Brandon Wolf points out that one of the books rejected by DuVal County Schools is the life of Rosa Parks.

What DeSantis is doing is intentional, in order to peel off Trump's Republican voters and get them on his side ahead of his presidential bid in 2024.

He's turning Florida into a right-wing paradise, where the focus isn't on healthcare or jobs or taxes or infrastructure.

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