germer and ms. cook because they are good teachers and they tell me get my grades up when they are low. i think that the principal should get fired because she is not doing her job. she yells as students who are not doing anything and she sat on a student to restrain her, which was not necessary or acceptable to me. that is it. [applause] >> my name is patricia. i attend martin luther king middle school. this is must third year there. i came here to save my teachers. on january 29, i was heard by the principal just for laughing in class. the principle to me into the counselor's office and told me she was going to search me so i told her that i did not have marijuana on me because that is what she thought i had. she refused to listen. when i told her i did not want her to search me because she has no reason because my eyes were not ready and i did not smell like marijuana, she said if i did, she would call the police and it would do a full body search. i said ok and she looked in my backpack. she did not

ms. cook broader test store -- her task scores of. -- her test scores up. my kid has struggled in math. now he is teaching me the pythagorean theorem. he is in the honor roll because of ms. germer and ms. cook. to have them not come back is unacceptable. your kids are in college and private schools. let ours get there. let us have an opportunity to put our kids in college so that they can go somewhere. 94124 is tired of teachers and administration coming into the neighborhood to get a paycheck. it has been going on for too long. we are tired of our voices not being heard. let them have a say. listen to our voices. we are tired of being ignored. we know that this is going to be swept under the -- president yee: excuse me. you have had your two minutes and you went over. there are other people who want to voice their opinion also. we have to be respectful of their time too. >> my name is mark murray and i am a seventh grade teacher at mlk. i'm here to ask that the non- reelection of those teachers be rescinded. we are an understaffed schools. normally, we have

cook, in his papers, is seeking over $200,000 in penalties because of ms. s with him. >> reporter: cook has paid the child support. his attorney said cook didn't think he had to pay for the months he was caring for the children while brinkley starred in "chicago". >> he realized it was a misconception, wrote the check and paid her. >> reporter: the war of words is the latest round of verbal blows between the once happy couple. at the divorce trial in 2008 cook admitted to having an affair with his 18-year-old intern diana bianci and spending thousands a month on internet pornography. >> it was extremely insulting, especially for a woman who built her career on her looks and beauty. for it to happen to her was huge. >> reporter: the public divorce feud ended with an agreement giving brinkley sole custody of the children. her attorney says the 58-year-old former supermodel's main focus now is being a super mom to her children. >> my client wants it to stop. she just wants to get on with her life. >> attorneys on both sides say they hope to work out differences

ms. guthrie. >> you guys closely monitoring the ongoing feud between christie brinkley? >> always. >> more on that with "today's professionals." >> first, matt, you interviewed christie brinkley on our show earlier this week. then we talked to peter cook, and he had his say. so i guess the question is, what effect might this very public battle be having on their kids? the panel will weigh in on that. >>> also, 33 is the most people said they were happiest at. they say 33. we'll check in with star jones, donny deutsch and suze orman. >> how about for you? >> i think 40 is pretty good. >> i'd like to think the best is still ahead. >> no, no. right out of a hallmark card. >> pollyanna, thank you. >>> also ahead, if you are watching your pocketbook, bobbie thomas is going to show us affordable handbags on a budget. >>> plus on "today's money," getting yourself out of some credit card debt. last year, americans rang up more than $22 billion in penalty fees. that's aside from interest. a lot of families struggling with this. we'll have tips to get yourself out of that trouble. >> thank you, willie. >>> let's go inside. natalie's standing by at the news desk with a look at all the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. the attorney for neighb