his job is to help maintain and clean up lake merritt, which means he parks his car around here.hat means joggers and young families are passing by his car. they are reading what's on it, and in some cases it's sparking a conversation about race. >> i couldn't believe it at first. i got my thoughts together, you know, and i just knew it was somebody being ignorant. >> reporter: somebody's ignorance follows dontae moore every time he hops in his silver van. last tuesday night he was out for a run around lake merritt and returned home to see that somebody had painted in bold red letters on the driver's side of his car. >> i'm not saying stuff like this, you know. we deal with racism, but it's not out there like that. >> a bad thing? >> a bad thing. >> reporter: moore said it was tough to explain to his 6-year-old son why they now had to walk or take the bus to school. >> and i know he don't understand. i said one day you'll understand. >> i was really taken aback that this car was right in front of me. >> reporter: english teacher rebecca carmona was with her class of seventh grade

our senior executive editor, david merritt. guest here in dubai is raffaele bertoni, head of fixed income markets at gulf investment corporation. it is going to be the biggest opportunity you have on the pound according to goldman sachs, a pound in the customs union and possibly a second referendum, a big finish. is that goldman's optimism talking? rafaelle: it is difficult to say because we have been talking about this brexit discussion for very long and every time we thought we were close to a were disappointed. delay best will bring uncertainty, but we are closer it to a decision. we know that the u.k. pound is very cheap and if there is any outcome come of the pond well a rally together with the equity market, of course. there are a fish i wonder if that will also have anything to do with the fundamentals. economicshows a global surprise indices, a number of them reclining, that the u.k. outperforming. does this and coverage you to thision a different way on versus other bond markets like the u.s. and other zones? raffaele

the fire site by the bar tracks between lake merritt and fruit vale stations but service was not impacted. >>> gray skies with scattered showers this afternoon. we are tracking it on the high definition doppler. >> we are tracking a weather system that is bringing the scattered showers for us. here is a live look with the camera, with raindrops on the live camera and cloudy skies. it e was h hazat alonthe coast to long period powerful waves. use extra caution at the beach. you can see the scattered activity lighting up the radar screen from hayward union city it is raining over freemont and redwood terrace. we will talk about what you can expect through the week. a stronger system will roll in later this week and we will time it out coming up. >>> a southwest flight from oakland to las vegas had to return back due to fumes in the cabin. the airline says it is removing the aircraft from service for a maintenance inspection. the passengers and crew members are getting on another plane and due to arrive in vegas three hours and 40 minutes delayed. >>> a technical glitch created problems for

david merritt joining us in studio and maria tadeo joining us from brussels. let's get a first word news update. juncker hasde stepped up his criticism of chinese trade practices after xi jinping sought to soothe european concerns. the countrys called and economic competitor and rival. greece is seeking to pay back loans early. is a repayments long-standing ambition of the government as it seeks to bring down the cost of debt refinancing. elon musk has praised the security -- in tesla's security systems. this could lead cars to enter oncoming traffic. the vulnerability has been addressed. meanwhile, half of norway's car sales are now electric. china has named the new chairman for its sovereign wealth fund. .loomberg has learned it may put an end to a period of uncertainty at the fund. it saw several senior executives depart. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. much.thanks very we are getting headlines across from rolls-royce right now. let me

helping to locate encampments around lake merritt. an area he camped in himself for eight years. i used to have a tent over there. >> i had a tent. four backpacks. >> reporter: last fall city officials offered him a space in a newly open cabin community just south of the park. 20 insulated top sheds provide shelter for 40 people. two per shed. >> it has a tv. you have hot water. you have showers and a porta potty. you can wash your hands. thank- site social worker, he is back in school and working part-time cleaning up trash in the park. but he says there is one major downside. his time is almost up. a six months after that, they are on their own. >> these are very much designed to be temporary. >> reporter: she manages community housing services for the city of oakland. >> the fact you can put yourself in a shed and lock the door, the peace of mind it gives people. you know where you will get your dinner tonight and go to the bathroom. that is huge. >> reporter: she said the sheds have served 300 homeless people since the program started over a year ago. so far 103 have exited t

he has said what the delete mail describes as an extraordinary statement but does not annex troy merrittto me is accuse the us president in engaging in racist and misogynist rhetoric and backing climate change denial. as a result of that, he is not going to dinner with him. also not a massive surprise in that he said that if he became premonition or he would not invite the us president to our shore. so not a huge surprise he will not want to attend a state may quit. also the first time he has been accused of snubbing the queen because he famously did not bow to her at parliament because he famously did not bow to herat parliament in because he famously did not bow to her at parliament in 2017. so same argument coming around again. i think it isjust quite rude, don't you think? you could argue he is be consistent with his views. this is entirely sticking to his beliefs. and he is not the only politician. john burqa has also mentioned as —— john burqa has also mentioned as —— john burke how. but if you don't go to state banquets with donald trump emma do you also go to state banquets when

graphic and could be disturbing to some viewers just said on >>so what officers taylor and keegan merritt responded to a home where. >>a gunman was holding someone hostage, it is see it turned into a full blown. shootout they kicked open the front door and after getting shot webb's body camera here fell off. he scrambled and into the garage. >>tried engage him in the doorway. i was that definitely want to die some point he started dropping fresh meetings or something on. >>moments later another officer you see here breaks part of the garage to rescue officer web. some 14 hours later police entered the home to find central white her unborn baby and her son all shot dead white's boyfriend, anthony bailey who you shot there shot and killed himself after taking those other lives. the 2 officers now saying they are thankful to be alive despite all this, but they are mourning for the loss of those innocent lives both webb in murder seven-year veterans with the henry county police department they're expected to make a full recovery can adjusting back to you thank you grant we now know that that

officer keegan merritt is ducking bullets and gets shot in the hand. >> aw [ bleep ]. shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: all the while, the gunman is warning police. >> don't come in here, i got a lot of shots. i got a hostage! >> reporter: but they break into the garage anyway, freeing their wounded officer. by the time police could get in the home after 17 hours, 39-year-old sandra white, who was 9 months pregnant, was dead and so was her 16-year-old son. police say the gunman was her boyfriend, 47-year-old anthony bailey, who they say took his own life. >> we got three babies to bury, we don't know how we're going to do it. >> reporter: the family tonight is asking for prayers for both themselves and the wounded officers. >> it will's get back to steve osunsami tonight live at the scene. those officers expected to make a full recovery, but this is just devastating for that family. >> reporter: it is, david. crime scene investigators behind me. the teenager behind me, he plays football at a local high school. they were planning a surprise baby show they are weeke

he ran around lake merritt, and when he came back, there it was.his happened last week, moore and his son have walk order taken the bus to get around town. >> i couldn't believe it at first. i got my thoughts together, you know. and i just knew it was somebody being ignorant. >> this ugly story had an inspiring ending. one of moore's neighbors raised more than $3,000 through a gofundme to help him out. but one of our nbc bay area viewers who saw the story we aired earlier tonight owns a repair shop, and she's offered to paint moore's car for free. we are connecting both parties. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is stepping down. he served two years at the justice department. he also oversaw the mueller investigation. before submitting his letter of resignation to the president, today his departure is not a surprise. he announced he would be leaving his post once the mueller probe was complete. his last day on the job will be may 11th. >>> we are back in 60 seconds. it happened right outside a family's front door. the reason police are sus

merritt island national wildlife refuge-- near nasa's kennedy space center-- is home to hundreds of bird species from glossy ibises to great blue herons. it's also part of what's known as the ecotonepart salt marsh, part mangrove environment. i remember the day when i was looking out there and it was just about as much salt marshes as it was mangroves but it looks like it's pretty much all mangroves now doesn't it? >> sreenivasan: the transformation here has been so fast that an informational sign is now completely ouof-date. >> i think this is extraordinary. this is what we'reng at he. it says the marsh to the east is a grassland community. thatno longer a grassland community. it's a mangrove forest. >> sreenivasan: the changes look just as dramatic from above. researchers measure the expansion of mangroves using tellite images, and in this ingion alone mangrove cover eased by nearly 70% from 2003 to 2010. >> they are really flexible like snorkels, too. reenivasan: back at the wetfeet project, about two tours uphe coast, researchers bring us to anothesite where mangroves are encroaching

. >> reporter: officer keegan merritt, seen here, was shot in the hand. >> it stunned me, but i knew that he could see me and i couldn't see him and i was in a bad spot. >> reporter: officer taylor webb was shot in the chest and the hip, and was hiding in the garage before he was set free. after a 17-hour standoff, no one inside the home survived, including the gunman, who police say killed himself. >> the worst thing that happened throughout the entire incident is that civilians lost their lives. >> reporter: the officers tonight say they're glad that they were the ones who showed up first and not firefighters. david? >> all right, steve, thank you. >>> and now, to the anger boying on capitol hill today, aimed squarely at the pharmaceutical companies hiking prices over something many americans need, insulin. the house energy and commerce committee grilling representatives from three of the nation's biggest pharmaceutical companies over skyrocketing prices. >> i don't know how you people sleep at night. i just want you to know, your days are numbered. >> the executives answering that

david merritt is and daniel morris is still with us. what is going on?oes theresa may survive or not? is there anyone apart from this 1922 committee that can get rid of her? david: that is not a question of when is she going to go. she said she will not fight for that much longer. it is a question of how soon will she depart downing street? we will have elections this week and it will be a bit of a bloodbath. it is not unusual to lose city counselors and to go on to win general elections. we are in slightly different waters now and we are looking forward a few weeks to the european elections, which will be a headache for tories and a reminder of the government's failure to deliver brexit. farage leading- the charge. francine: does it make a difference if it happens before an agreement is signed on? david: it will make a big difference. the has got to be talks. seemingly going nowhere. all the urgency has been removed. maybe a change of leader. the tories will not pick a lead if you look at the parliamentary party and the membership. it will be someone on

ways and means cheat wrote a letter to the irs commissioner claiming that mnuchkin's concerns lack merritt huckabee sanders had this response to democrats latest request. >> i don't think congress particularly not this group of congressmen and women are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages i would assume that president trump's taxes will be. my guess is most of them don't do their own taxes and i certainly don't trust them to look through the decades of success that the president has and determine anything. >> so house oversight and reform chair elijah cummings is set to subpoena president trump's accounting firm in order to secure his financial statements according to a memo obtained by "washington post" and politico. it comes after the firm refuseed a committee request to hand over the documents. joining me again from washington, senior political correspondent for the "washington examiner," david drucker. david, do you think that democrats have a realistic shot here of getting president trump's tax returns before this april 23rd deadline >> you nerve know but i doubt it. t

still recovering from last year's storms is still deadlocked kron four washington correspondent mark merritt us has the story from capitol hill. >>the vice president mike pence spent friday in iowa during farms and homes washed out by spring floods. >>iowa. >>aids has asked for assistance. >>but back in washington lawmakers are deadlocked on a bill to provide disaster relief for victims of last year's fires floods and weave p that need the money senator rick scott says florida's panhandle region is still struggling 6 months after hurricane michael and the air force is threatening to stop work rebuilding tyndall air force base near panama city. if congress continues to delay normally disaster relief bills are not controversial. but this one is different as the president and senators from both parties argue over how much money should go to puerto rico senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats did not support the latest disaster relief bill because republicans cut money for puerto rico in favor of money for midwest farmers. we believe we all ought to pull together. >>and help american

the east bay you can see on the map here this was in the 600 block of 12th street right near lake merritt in oakland. a 36 year-old man was shot in the stomach. they've taken to the hospital we're told he's in stable condition. so far no one's been arrested so that part of investigation still unfolding. >>story this morning police are ruling out terrorism for that crash where driver is seem to intentionally run down a pedestrian since an event at the motive still unclear the driver's mother however is coming forward to offer little more perspective about person kron forster seen that hate row live in sunnyvale with that part of the story, christina. >>there are 2 did very different interpretations of the suspects character on one hand, the fbi believes that that the 34 year-old isaiah people's intentionally rammed his car into a different people yesterday now his mother she says that this is very this is not a characteristic that would be common for him and she does not believe this was intentional. she tells us that her son was an army veteran who served in iraq in very much struggles wi

. >> megan fitzgerald joins us live from d.c police headquarters with the plan the merritt and top police officers have in place to curb the killing. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, there is certainly an uneasiness among people, people concerned for their safety. just coming in now we're learning that pol are on scene of another shooting. this one on the 800 block of 48th street in northeast. i want to get to the latest wmicide which yesterday morning. that coming just hours after tha r and the chief had spoken with neighbors. this particular shooting was on skylab place and wesr inster abbe in -- wagner in southeast. a 28-year-old was shot multiple times. he died shortly thereafter, marking the 45th homicide in the city this year. on saturday, the chief and d.c. mayor bowser met with neighbors, the mayor t suggesting that city increase the number of officers on the force to 4,000. she's also offered incentives for officers to live in the serve.ity they this is just a couple of ideas to try and prevent the crime in the city. back out here live, the serial a co

we had 1500 additional troops very famously including colonel merritt raiders. we brought him over from tulagi where they had been occupied before. they are on a mission to find japanese forces east and west of the henderson field. what he discovers is really bad news. he discovers a japanese camp about where they started. he finds evidence there is a huge japanese force and he finds there's evidence that it is on the move toward u.s. positions. when he comes back he and vandergriff have a discussion and he said if i was going to attack us i would attack us on that river. i would attack us along what is going to become known as bloody ridge straight from the south. i wouldn't come in directly from the east. i would circle up to the rain forest and come get us on this open ridge. vandergriff agrees with him and what the raiders do is dig in on that ridge. in this battle the marines will outnumber the japanese overall. but the japanese idea is to have a three-pronged offensive against us coming in. the japanese are going to hit us from all three sides. of course t

morning after being shot in the east bay that happened in the 600 block of 12th street right near lake merritt you see on the map how close it was to 8980 a 36 year-old man was found shot in the stomach. he was taken to hospital. we're told is in stable condition. so far no one's been arrested, but police are looking for that shooter this morning. it's 9 us. >>and another big story police rule out terrorism in that crash that happened yesterday where a driver ran into a pedestrian in sunnyvale the motive still unknown. we don't know much about the driver aside from what the mother has come forward to say in his defense with that comports christina tater live in sunnyvale. >>with that christina. >>snow there are 2 very different interpretations of the suspects character go ahead and take a look at him this is 34 year-old isaiah peoples and he now has been charged with 8 counts of attempted murder. fbi agents believe that he ran his car into a different people intentionally and did not make any move to try to stop or break at the crime scene and now his mother on the other hand she says she know

we've got the map here showing you this happened the 600 block of 12th street that's right near lake merritt in oakland. the 36 year-old was shot in the stomach. he was taken to hospital. last listed in stable condition. so positive news there recover no one's been arrested, they're still investigating that 8 o 2 and a big story police rule out terrorism in the crash yesterday where a driver ran into a pedestrian sunnyvale the motive still unclear right now we do have though reaction from. >>the driver's mother she's coming forward to defend him prof forced christie that hatred live in sunnyvale with that part of the story christina. >>now there are 2 very different interpretations of the suspects character one from fbi in one from his mother couldn't take a look at this picture 34 year-old isaiah people's he is the one in question for schieffer possibly ramming his car into a different pedestrians. now fbi says he did this intentionally and that there was no view at the crime scene of him attempting to break in the situation now his mother on the other hand, she says she knows him better th

a washington dc correspondent mark merritt has the latest. a one year warning. >>president trump says he will not close the u s mexico border, at least for now if the drugs don't stop were largely stopped we're going to put tariffs. mexico and products all week the president had threatened to completely shut down the border after homeland security officials reported a sharp spike in illegal crossings, the president backed away from his threat after even republican lawmakers warned him. >>to think again closing on the border would have attention catastrophic. the impact on our country. >>veronica nuys an economist with the american farm bureau. she says if border checkpoints are closed even for short periods of time, it's consumers in the pocketbook and delays at at the port just add additional costs and additional time. >>and we t think we'd see that pretty quickly president trump will travel to southern california friday. deputy press secretary hogan gidley says the president will focus on what's being done to curb illegal immigration. >>but he's also going to

homeland security kirsten nielsen resigned from her job last night, our washington dc correspondent mark merritt it has a look at what her departure means for that department in the ongoing debate over border security. homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen had nothing but praise for president trump and i think the president again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country the day after the president demanded her resignation alleges gone some democrats say it's about time when she was the one who engineered his policies to separate children. >>from their parents of the border, but the president says us immigration policy must be tougher and lawmakers are wondering what that he's more and more pressing for actions at the border, the don't respect our treaty obligations are domestic statutes on how we treat people seeking asylum democratic senator chris coons as the president blames congress for immigration issues but has failed to lead lawmakers towards bipartisan reforms and white house aide hogan gidley says he's hopeful wilson's replacement, kevin mcaleenan will inspire lawmaker

that's when another officer, keegan merritt, attempts to get in and is shot in the hand. the shooter warns police. >> do not come in here. i got a hostage. >> reporter: eventually police break into that gara grabbing their wounded officer who dives to safety. after a tense 17-hour standoff police say bailey took his own life inside that home, and officials found 39-year-old sandra white and her 16-year-old son dead inside. >> we got three babies to bury. we don't know how we're going to do it. >> reporter: now the family of that woman said they had a surprise baby shower planned for her today. obviously she was pregnant. her son was inside. he was killed too. but this video, i mean it's so graphic. it really shows what police are up against every single day as they went in there, tried to save those folks and obviously tried to save their own as well. >> a lot of bravery. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> thank you, guys. >>> we do want to turn to the man authorities are calling an impostor allegedly pretending to be a missing boy who vanished eight years ago and the federa

to go through this report thoroughly and move forward after that reporting in washington, i'm mark merritt. >>on the ground for morning news golden gate park bracing for huge crowds as we're looking at for 20 festival kicking off tomorrow more on that in a minute and a growing sinkhole in one is baytown could cause serious problems if it's not fixed sooner, we'll tell you what they're doing plus first stds are on the rise in the bay area, especially simple as you can find out which groups are at mo sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. (vo) ♪ i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck finding one of those. so, maybe an electric car isn't for you after all. or, is it? ♪ weather with john and the weekend. >>nice weekend ahead guys tomo

replacing obamacare can wait at least until after the 2020 election, our washington dc correspondent mark merritt is has the latest. democrats rallied on the steps of the supreme court to defend obamacare. >>don't let president trump for you america, republicans are not the party of healthcare senate minority leader chuck schumer blasted the trump administration over its continuing efforts to repeal the health care law schumer accused republicans of trying to sabotage health care for millions they have no health care plan. >>it's the same old song they've been singing therefore repeal they have no replace recently president trump called on congress to move quickly and vote on a new health care bill. >>but in a tweet monday, he appeared to shift the timeline tweeting quote vote will be taken right after the election when republicans hold the senate and win back the house, the white house has not said when it plans to unveil its own health care bill for how it will be different from years past when the plan comes out which will be showing you at the appropriate time. >>it's much better than obamaca

and says a san jose chevron is this a shift through veil and merritt meridian. and he's throwing the sticks the cashier and then he storms off throws rocks at the gas station window them. employees were able to restrain him until the cops got there. they don't understand how these crimes could have all happened just days apart. >>why the judge to release him. if he was not relieved, you know this woman. have the will to all this. it's sad and it's disappointing. >>and don't forget that after this we told you about the case where of a woman found him in her home. she was sexually assaulted and the police showed up and arrested him right there in the home. time now is 5 oh 5 woman says that her son suffered facial fractures and broken teeth after he was attacked at a denny's restaurant in fremont this happened monday at the denny's on maori avenue. it started with an argument in the lobby between the attacker and another customer and then 35 year-old freddie eboni intervened and you can see what happened to him. he lost multiple teeth in this assault that her son

our washington dc correspondent mark merritt is has the details. >>health care is a human right. not a privilege. vermont senator bernie sanders says congress can overhaul america's health care system by embracing his vision a medicare for all single payer system for sanders says medicare for all will be a major theme of his 2020 presidential campaign, this is a struggle for the heart and soul of who we are as american people. sanders has not said how much his plan would cost, but the nonpartisan committee for a responsible federal budget estimates it could cost taxpayers upwards of $28 trillion a handful of senate democrats say they support sanders plan among them fellow senator and 2020 presidential rival kirsten gillibrand's. >>the insurance industry wants to make money therefore profit industry, their goals are not aligned with ours. >>the vice president mike pence says republicans are united against the idea of medicare for all really means is quality health care for non florida senator rick scott says it's clear to him that democrats don't have the answer obamacare is a dis

transitioning, though, to a more merritt based system over a family migration system.you know, i think it's fair to say that when it comes to immigration policy that this administration and i have very different views. this administration's policy has basically been marked by cruelty. and i released an immigration plan on april 2nd. i call a people first immigration plan that asks people to choose compassion instead of cruelty. and one of the things that -- that they have proposed in the past and they may well do now is to not allow family members to be able to immigrate in the same way they used to. they call it chain migration. i call process pro family and it strengthenings communities in the united states. under my plan we keep that. >> you have been critical in yut front on the trump administration's separation policy at the border of families. the acting secretary of homeland security, he is saying that's no longer of an option on the table for in administration. but a senior white house official told jim acosta basically the exact opposite, that it's being discu

but in itself, even if the -- tomorrow merritts would be head of the government, the idea of evacuating the settlement now is just unthinkable. we need a disaster. our problem we don't have a disaster in the sense that it's not that israel has no partner for peace. actually israel has no partner for war. that's the problem of israel. in the sense that it doesn't experience the need to make peace because there is no threat of war. and knows who are ready to go to war with israel are fallout ready to make peace with central like hezbollah. and knows ready to make peace withes israel are not ready to go with war with israel backup that's why israel is left actually without any inincentive to do any compromise. >> the lady here. >> thank you. robert an cohen, retired long history in human rights field. you mentioned at the beginning of your remarks the rule of law in the courts, and the possible attacks on them. could you give some comments on ante creedant to that and the current candidates for the minister of justice and what do you think it would take for the courts to withstand an onsla

tom: david merritt of bloomberg news, thank you. coming in later because of so much political drama at parliament will be in the evening and late into the night as well. we are now joined by jens todvig, who is spectacular speak to. his important of a near decade ago on the strength of the euro, the permanence of the european experiment. --s nordvig with exotic data exante data. and there was a wonderful article talking about the threat of brexit to all multinational business. do you look at brexit, the politics here, as being a threat to the confidence that is needed to invest? jens: i think we have actually heard that over the last couple of months, that cfo's and ceo's across europe are saying brexit uncertainties are one of the reasons i've been holding back on investments. that is already playing out. should not be underestimated. i argue that even if we feel that this brexit uncertainty will be resolved if we have some clarity from the u.k. parliament in the next couple of days, it is not a degree of comfort in the corporate s

retired army captain tyler merritt. thank you very much for both of you for being here.ent asked for and what has been done? >> absolutely. i've had the privilege of speaking with andrea and their attorney for the last several weeks. what it boils down to is the presumption of guilt before innocence. as a commander you have the right to pre-trial confinement. if i get an order from the president of the united states to release this man from prison and decide to take it upon myself to create these pre-trial confinement conditions commensurate with being in prison that's a slap in the face to the president of the united states and i know he is being fed false information. for example, there is a video out there with exculpatory evidence that the president should see. he needs to see to understand this person needs to be home with his family. he is deployed a dozen times. he has earned the right and respect, the presumption of innocence. >> sandra: requiring him to be in full uniform of the day and not allowing him to put on civilian clothing at any time. restricting gallag

beyond maybe your own cycle, social but look at your merritt yeah, yeah, and and and understand thatggering your responses right right interesting it's not always all your fault. cups, so so what can you possibly do it when you when you find yourself under stress like >>automatically want to reach for chips or chocolate or something like this right so. >>and so this is where you kind of have to you some behavior modification. this is i call it the stop breathe reflectants this method the beat go through these different steps and then and then by then hopefully you calm yourself down. but this the fundamental. key to solving this is is working on the relationship and and hoping that that will be solved and then some of weight issues can dissolve as well. >>do you know when you're it's on your trouble here. but you know in your in your history that whether or not there's ever been a study on on couples that are happy and get along and whether that are not that affects their weight or health. >>well that's a good and also when people are really happy is one of the things they like to do

. >> we were talking a little bit earlier about merit pay, and we're all for merit, rob rob merritt. but, it may be hard to assess in a school because some teachers have terrific students or easy to teach, others have very difficult students and struggle to get through the day with everyone safe and alive and so on. so, in theory, i am pro merit, why not? but i also wonder, how do you assess such a thing? or i guess our general view is, do we leave it to the locals and feds do what they should do? >> this is a contentious issue, i think it is a difficult issue to get right. i cannot point to a specific state or locality that has gotten it specifically right. i know that there was a lot of discussion in the recent denver teacher strike around the system that they had adopted a dozen years ago there. my understanding is, even going through the unrest there, they ended up with at the same place, they were before. it is difficult to get right, but i think it is, i think it is worth working on to get right. because, the tendency without having an opportunity to reward those who are doing