l.a. police union saying please don't pull the sentences up. every time a crazy crime's going to come up, you know, punishment's going to skyrocket, and jerry brown's not attentive to that. he listens to this helter-skelter argument, ratchets up the platform for punishment, and this is how we get these increasingly severe sentences in california ever since. in 1988 there's an extra layer to this which is that's when we add the governor's veto. before that the governor couldn't veto the decisions. now the governor has this political yea or nay after the board makes its decision. and on top of everything, the commissioners are political appointees by the governor. so you're looking at a page from the california department of corrections' web site, and as you can see the -- [inaudible] you can see everybody, you can see it's a pretty diverse group in terms of gender, in terms of race, but they are not at all diverse in terms of their backgrounds. every single person that you see here comes from either a corrections background or former sheriffs or

police behavior. >> you need to have a talk with l.a. teachers union because the l.a. teachers union said they won't open their school until they get an increase in classes, bailout for their district, medicare for all, and until the police are did he funded, then they will think about opening the schools to help the students get the education that will allow them to achieve the american dream. something you've done. i notice your wife is a teacher, you went to m.i.t., harvard, miss yellen went to yale, she went to brown. you know how important education is to accomplishing the american dream. tell that to l.a. teachers union. they said unless police are defunded, they don't want to come back and teach school in the fall. >> i absolutely agree education is extremely important for everyone. >> we need democratic leaders to step forward and say the same thing, say it's just as important as going out, as mayor garcetti did in front of the cancel culture rioters, education is just as important. we need our schools to open. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you so much. i'll

unions are helping out. i kid. and their demands for reopening schools, the united teachers of l.a., they are, surprise, defunding the policenow these go beyond what normal unions demand, worse that they use this crisis to preserve their power by destroying those who conform, by trying to shut down charter schools and they are demanding the omission of any competition and depriving desperate for families of an education. this speaks to the real truth of the north american problem, it's not systemic racism but systemically corrupt education system. it's the teachers union, whose only goal is to cancel competition that might reveal their incompetence. so at the start of life for students are placed in the system where no matter how many billions, and this union prefers it that way. we don't like you would think that would be embraced but the price of union success is student failure. that we realize that because of all our inequalities is the scandalous lack of choices. and at least for their futures. so how can a union make these demands? >> i think partly is the unions are not serving the teachers and unions well. this is p

police behavior. mr. jordan: you need to have a talk with the l.a. teacher's union because they said they're not going to open their school they won't open their schools until they get an increase in tax a bailout from the district, until they get medicare for all and until the police are the de-funded. then they'll think about opening the schools to help the students get the education that will allow them to achieve the american dream, something you've done. i notice -- your wife is a teacher, you went to m.i.t. ms. yellen went to yale, to brown. you know how important education is to accomplishing the american dream. tell that to the l.a. teachers union who said unless the police are defunded they don't want to come back and teach kids in school this fall. mr. bernanke: i agree that education is important for everyone. mr. jordan: we need democrat leaders to step forward and say the same darn thing and say it's just as important as going out as mayor garcetti did and kneeling down in front of the can sell culture rioters. education is just as important. we need ou

she took the train to union station in downtown l.a., reporting for her normal shift that morning at policenie was told to meet with two detectives, men she didn't know from lapd's elite robbery/homicide investigation to help interrogate a suspect about art, because it's part of the jail, all cops who enter are required to give up their guns unarmed and unsuspecting, lazarus didn't realize she was being recorded by undercover camera >> hi. my partner >> hi. >> reporter: that's when detectives revealed this conversation wasn't about art. >> do you know john ruetten? >> john ruetten? >> how long did you guys date? >> i don't know -- i mean -- is this something -- you said it was something about art. >> reporter: detective lazarus seemed uncomfortable and vague in her answers, especially when detectives asked about sherri rasmussen. >> you know, i may have talked to her you know - >> mentioned hospital maybe? talked to her at hospital? >> yeah, yeah, i may have -- i'm thinking back, bringing up all these old memories >> reporter: detectives turned up the heat. >> did you have a fight with her?

l.a. teachers and zest one of the biggest teachers' union in the country and the fact that they're saying hey we're on the police the fact they introduce like hey we want to wealth tax like that that speaks volumes about where teachers are. you know obviously one union doesn't represent everybody but the biggest union saying this is where we stand that's a pretty big statement exactly and their white paper to its credit goes through great pains to talk about and point to research as to why the deep under police movement needs to be taken seriously. what these things could go towards in terms of more special education funding in terms of more teachers aid and assistance particularly looking at counsellors because when most need to recognise is that a lot of people are dying during kobe 900 and there are young people who are still going to school after the loss of their parents grandparents violence in certain communities homelessness homelessness is a huge problem in l.a. a lot of those kids come to school and they don't have a home to go back to so they're also looking towards relief for that that's incredible i

l.a. teachers union are holding state hostage and holding parents hostage by listing demands like defunding the policen putting more on charter schools, medicare for all, state money for illegal immigrants enrolled in their schools, before they're willing to go back to school shows you exactly why, as shannon ventured to, school districts and school boards know that 60% of parents wants kids to go back to school. but because they're run by teachers unions, the rejection with the parents ask for and beholden to them. that's exactly who's running the show and thank god the teachers union wear is not in charge of the grocery stores and restaurants shutdown we would be starving to death because they are refusing to go back to work. >> juan: al all right, i'm next, a new look why americans are afraid to share their personal views. that is next for you on "the five." ♪ ta-da! did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? given my unique lifestyle, that'd be perfect! let me grab a pen and some paper. know what? i'm gonna switch now. just need my desk... my chair

l.a. union says they will not return to work for the kids and so the government passes medicare for all to fund the police, bans charter schools, and gives them $116 billion. really? does not have anything to do with learning? victor davis hanson is a longtime californian and a fellow at the hoover institute, this is the bernie sanders agenda which has manifested itself with l.a. teachers, why did they think they can get away with this? >> they have over $100 billion in unfunded pensions for california teachers and they'vee been bailed out. they have among the most dismal test scores in the nation among the most highly compensated. it's a good thing they keep doing it. and all of these stories, there's about two or three things that summarize all of them. we have a class divided between a self employed and the middle class and those who work for government and wealthy that have guaranteed income. that's one divide. the other is this isan antiscience. it's ironic because teachers are supposed to be pro-science and teach science but california has a lower death rate for any population of european countries

l.a. union for example says they will not return to work for the kids until the government passes medicare for all, defines the police, bans charter schools and get some $116 billion. really? does that have anything to do with learning? victor davis hanson is of fellow at the hoover institute. this manifests itself with l.a. teachers. why do they think they can get away with this? >> they get away with it because they have a hundred million dollars in pensions for california teachers and they've been bailed out. they have among the most dismal test scores in the nation and they are among the most highly compensated. so it's a good thing if they keep doing it. in all the stories there are about two or three things that summarize all of them. one, we have a class divide between the self-employed, middle class and those who work for the government. and the other, this is antiscience. it's very ironic because teachers are supposed to be pro-science. california has a lower death rate per million population than any major european country including germany. it's well under 200. in fact it's only a fifth of new york and we

l.a. teachers union demanded medicare for all and the defunding of the police department as a condition for reopening. what has that got to do with education? leftist politics rules and the largely minority student body in southern california will be deprived of a meaningful education. all right. >>> let's talk about money. earnings season has begun. look at delta. lowest revenue in 30 years, $3 billion forked out for virus expenses, burning through $27 million a day. that shows you how tough it is for airlines these days. the stock down a little premarket. overall, a tiny bounce back for the overall market. big tech largely in the red this morning. we do have some decent earnings from some big banks and that's giving the markets a very very modest boost. the dow is looking for a very small gain, maybe up 10 or 12 points. and we have the s&p and nasdaq on the downside. that's premarket. all right. >>> now look at this. it is not o.j. simpson making a run on the border a generation ago. it is the new bronco. yes, the ford bronco is back. "varney & company" is about to begin. >>> -- anticipat

l.a. teacher's union said medicare for all. we have to defund the policey back to school. it makes no sense but it's scary. i will say this real quick. why not do the social distancing. why not require the masks to at least quiet some critics? >> those are good questions, too. there is no requirements right now. we put upon the table some suggestions if we look at other countries opened safely they do not do any social distancing. they do not have any masks. if you look at the data on the masks, they are not 100 percent effective and could give you a false sense of security. social distancing, you know, these children are a very loco short. the risk of them getting this disease is extremely low. we know data that happened in new york city during the epidemic outbreaks in march and april and june. we had day care center. brian: you bring up good points good data and good comparison to other countries. thanks so much we appreciate it we will follow this story and get you back. california department of health we called them and we have not gotten -- board of

l.a. unified school district, the union there really laid bare what this fight is all about and some of the things they're demanding, they want a moratorium on new charter schools. they want defunding of the police. we say private schools there, but i think it is charter schools. they want to implement "medicare for all". i don't know what that has to do to help children get back to school amid the pandemic. do you see the connection? >> oh, absolutely. this confirms what a lot of critics pointed out for years, that the modern american urban public school doesn't exist to serve the kids. it serves the teachers, primarily because of the teachers unions. this is crazy. i thought we were going to do openings by the science. most of the science seems to agree that schools are good thing to open. the teachers unions have all these crazy demands. it is back to the philosophy, never let a crisis go to waster. melissa: we expand figure out how to safely open all kinds of businesses at this point. if you look around new york, for example, they figured out how to open outdoor restaurants. you can go to retail stores. you can do all kinds of things. you can go back to the doctor. you can have surgery. you