i like the idea that you're measured against other kids and empirical data. >> what about the teacherseing measured up? >> i agree. i'm very merit-based. i don't think you need rubber rooms for the teachers who stink. get rid of them. i agree with you guys on that. i don't like the fact that more and more we're teaching to too many tests. what's lost in the translation is that the kids are only learning how to take the tests. >> the whole class -- the class you take to take the sat and the act. ben stein, you have more ivy league degrees and mbas and law degrees than i can count. you have a very smart son. is it overdone? do you think the president has a point or there is an agenda going on here? >> i think there are several things going on. one, the unions are throwing their weight around. two, there is an astounding, horrifying, terrifying racial gap in achievement on the nation's standardized testing. i think the obama administration wants to try to cover that up. three, there is a complete misunderstanding about the value of memorization and teaching to the test. memorization and t

we have an obligation to do the research to find out why, to go with empirical data to find out the rootauses of it. the notion that suggests that america's finest you are looking at understated somehow don't do -- would somehow not do their job, i reject that. the automatic connection between an activity and crime, we know through history we should not make that connection. we need to find out more data, we need to basically research, we need to ask the tough questions. but we need to have conversation to have the courage to ask the tough questions and come up with the answers. although we are seeing a spike, this is still from 40-, 50-year lows in crime. before we assume there is a national epidemic of violence, and all violence is some thing we should deal wit, hwe should take a look at what got us there. what is most heartening for me is i am listening to my colleagues like cathy and others and she is saying we need to do it on evidence-based scenarios, we need to build social services and options. the idea that policing in a democratic society means that public scrutiny is not a thr

but if you are a are republican insider, there is no empirical data or poll or number or fact suggestingg ground beside as few polls like quinnipiac that are outliers and at this point, they don't have much hope that trump could lose. it is conceivable, and big dollar efforts by the republican consultant liz meyer saying that there are more efforts going against trump to try to limit him, but the jury is out on how effective those efforts are going to be. >> i think that the only reason that we can smile about this is that we have a long time on the calendar for things to coalesce and develop. if it were six or seven months we might not be smiling. betsy woodruff, thank you so much. >>> at the holiday box office, the second sequel in "hunger games" could win for the second straight week, but what other mov movies trying to knock it off? we will find out next. 5 years, our clients have relied on us to bring our best thinking to their investments so in a variety of market conditions... you can feel confident... ...in our experience. call a t. rowe price retirement specialist or your adviso

we have an obligation to do the toearch to find out why, go with empirical data to find out the roott. the notion that suggests that america's finest you are looking at understated somehow don't do their job, i reject. the automatic connection between an activity and crime, we know through history we should not make that connection. we need to find out more data, we need to basically research, we need to ask the tough questions. but we need to have conversation to have the courage to ask the tough questions and come up with the answers. although we are seeing a spike, this is still from 40-, 50-year lows in crime. for we assume there is a national epidemic of violence, and all violence is some thing we should deal with them we should take a look at what got us there. what is most heartening for me is i am listening to my colleagues like kathy and others dounderstand we need to evidence-based scenarios, we need to build. services and options. the idea that policing in a democratic society means that public scrutiny is not a threat to policing, it is the foundation of it, that you must

it seems there's room empirically based on the data for real discussion as to how to get the balance correct. i gather you share that view. i appreciate your willingness to continue in a dialogue for us to get the benefit of your views as we move forward toward criminal justice reform. >> thank you. happy to. >> thank you. i yield back. >> may i be recognized as a point of professional courtesy. i made a mistake and wanted to correct it. i was wrong when i said senator vanned burg's son committed suicide. it was senator hayes. his son was arrested in lafayette park, but that was mccarthy after him. so write church, wrong pew. >> i recognize mr. desantos? >> good afternoon, dr. comey. i noticed companies have been notifying customers -- i think particularly for child pornography investigations this may be an issue. do you think that's something that could hamper investigations? >> i do. it's something i've been hearing more and more about over my two years on this job from prosecutors aware of that. >> the president has a plan to bring over a lot of people from the civil war in syria,

matt: i'm looking at breaking news -- we are getting economic data specifically empire manufacturing.se than economists had anticipated. a 6.5% droping for and we got a 10.74% drop -- a drop of 10 point 74. the previous number was a drop of 11 point 36. empire manufacturing is worse than what we previously had anticipated and now we see negative reaction in futures. the dow and the nasdaq futures are down and s&p futures are still up. coming downres are a little bit. in the wake of the paris attacks, we have seen s&p teachers trade positive pretty much the entire morning. taking a look, i can show you the world index equity page. this is european indexes. we saw earlier green across the entire screen and now we are comeg the euro stocks 60 down just a little bit. -- thell see the footsie ftse gaining slightly. back in the u.s., we have an equity story. will by starwood hotels for $12.2 billion. down andboth trading earlier, marriott was trading up and now it has come down about 2% and starwood is down about 6% on this news. both of these stocks are down about 7% year to date. david: y

data breeches. >> you want to is he rosey o'donnell on empire tonight. what?y, so she has something to do with cookie, we'll explain. >> (movie clip). >> oh, that's casino of like working with lauren. she's always trying to get the last word on me. >> every time. >> it remind me of you and i about this clip. >> welshing more straight ahead. >> yes, we will. >> and stay with us. >> ya. >> because we'll do some rock music and hip hop. and classic rock. and hip hop. and the five beatles, john, paul, ringo and two chains. >> anyway. >> she turns 43 today. >> happy birthday. she is 43. >> i didn't say anything. >> still the best movie ever, right? you. >> said that already about planes, trains and automobiles. you say it to every rock song. it is the best rock song, it is the best rock albumn. you need to pick one thing and stick with it. >> he actually said one of the best. >> no. oh, maybe he did. but it is always like one of the best. this is one of the best. he's never, unless it is something that i bring up, then it is just okay. but if he bridges it up, it is

data cherry-picking. amid unsubstantiated theories flying all over the place the president grounded his analysis in empiricalvidence. >> it is true that in some cities, including here in my hometown of chicago, gun violence and homicides have spiked. and in some cases they spiked significantly. but the fact is that, at least so far across the nation, data shows that we are still enjoying historically low rates of violent crime. >> so once he got that out of the way, president obama did something more than just stick to the facts. he also acknowledged that there is a place for experience that acknowledges the human interaction behind the statistics. >> but, you know as well as i do that the tensions in some communities, the feeling that law enforcement isn't always applied fairly, those sentiments don't just come out of nowhere. i mean there's a long history here in this country. it's not something that any individual person here is responsible for. but we all have a responsibility to do something about it because it's part of our legacy. >> and that message that the collective experience of american citizens

empire. he called donald rumsfeld arrogant. george bush has said he never consulted his father before going to war in iraq. to get more and these and breaking stories, go to bloomberg.com. tom: this is a dataoil right now in the u.s. is 34 dollars. this is the most optimistic chart i can come up with. this is claims adjusted for growth of america's employment. we have never been here in a gazillion years. the volatility of the 70's and 80's and we come down through the recession and there is the crisis. vonnie: claims have continued to outperform. tom: it's extraordinary. an important correction -- i am getting hammered because i cannot l pronounce francineacroix's last name. we'll discuss this over drinks. we are going to the saint regis hotel and i will pronounce it correctly. thank you for that important tweet. belsky is with us looking at the linkage of what the fed and the bank of england does and his optimism on the equity markets. at of a sudden, where 18,000. >> i think people are still in the bunker. becauseinteresting time we talk a lot about hockey. one of the terms is hockey is chirping. i think the fed has heard a lot of chirping. they hear the ecb saying we will do more and t