that has marc lipschultz joining us. coming up, we turned to d.c.ping to eliminate the department of education but he says he wants to work with stakeholders including unions in the process. randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers will join. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: president donald trump reiterated his preference to dismantle the department of education but indicated he preferred to build consensus around the idea. president trump: i think we would work with congress, work with the teachers union. they are the only ones opposed to it. nobody else would want to hold them back. we have to tell the teachers union, we are rated last in the world and education of the top 40. vonnie: that is president donald trump. the president and elon musk are scrutinizing and cutting federal organizations. american federation of teachers president randi weingarten's call of the cuts unlawful. we are joined by her now. her organization represents 1.9 million teachers and other education professionals. thank you so much for joining. tell