he said that the teachers union has already endorsed hillary clinton. there are people who agree that the national teachers union is a destructive force. it's going to hurt him with people who never had this to began my. >> i would suggest that that would be great. turco. [cheers] >> it is your classic neighbors battling neighbors program. he is 69 years old. he is getting a divorce and he's having a rough time. he wants to go down the bucket license. he was paying to keep his plan on the local air case which he just couldn't afford going through such a costly divorce. he moved here to oceanside and long island. slowly but surely they started dropping by and spokespeople from the town, different councilman and organizers, and right now they have over $3000 in this and they say that it is an eyesore. >> the police have been called and they have come by. one of them that he wouldn't name even took a picture thing that this is awesome, you are totally allowed to have and the lawyers are backing him. he had three of them. they actually said that we are going to support you pro bono and take this thing

teachers with violence? >> at the national level who deserves a punch in the face? >> the national teachers union. >> good evening again. i'm sade baderinwa. >> and i'm bill ritter in for diana williams. >>> angry blow back tonight from teachers and their union who say the governor indeed has gone too far. >> but with the republican presidential debate just three days from now and with governor christie close to not being included, was he trying to generate some headlines? >> political reporter dave evans here with the latest. david. >> as you know, this is a long running dispute dating back to when governor christie first took office and he has tangled with the teachers union ever since. so this latest remark was not a big surprise but it might -- with republicans voters who will be closely watching thursday's big televised debate, the first of the campaign season. governor christie has said before he would handle a bully by punching them in the face. that led to a question yesterday and an answer that angered many. >> at the national level who deserves a punch in the face? >> the national teach

. >> new jersey's largest teachers union is demanding governor chris christie resign over comments they made weekend. >> at the nationall, who deserves a punch in the face? >> the national teachers union because they're not for education for our children. they're for a greater membership, greater benefit, greater pay for their members. and they are the single most destructive force in public education in america. >> liz macdonald is here, we are hearing the national teachers union firing back at this comment. when you see a clip like this, it is taken totally out of context. >> yeah. that's right. your point there, you were fond of saying you treat bullies one in two ways. you either go up to them or you punch them in the face. and then he was asked who would you punch in the face now. >> right. >> and chris christie was talking about the entire teachers union. p. what what the president of the american federation of teachers had to say about chris christie's comment. she's essentially saying here that chris christie has issues and it's not just fiscal issues, not his inability to fix the pension crisis. that he's a bu

union members to pay for things like collective bargaining. the ten teachers taking on the union say mandatory fees violate their right to free speech. the california teachers association, the national teachers unions, and several other public employees unions, say the suit threatens to curtail their freedom to organize and advocate. well, as we first reported earlier this year, a former google executive founded a new network of micro-schools. the founder of facebook took note. mark zuckerberg and his wife priscilla chan-- non-profit foundation is part of a $100-million investment in altschool. altschool plans to use that money to expand its network of small private schools. that hopes to eventually bring its education model to public schools as well. and last, but certainly not least, the economic outlook for california schools is on the upswing. california now ranks 29th in per-pupil spending. that's up from 42nd just 2 years ago. the boost is largely thanks to proposition 30. according to an independent analysis, prop 30 raised the state sales tax and personal income taxes for the highest-income californians, and that money goes to schools. the state may be enjoying the influx of

. >> oh, the national teachers union. >> i have used birth control and not just the rhythm method, okayso, you know, my church, my church has a teaching against birth control does that make me an awful catholic? >> larry: no. it does not make you an awful catholic. it makes you an awful toastmaster. those people are eating. and it is not just me who feels this way about chris christie, his own supporters have hardened against him. >> that is what he said. thank you, jeb, thank you. >> so they turned against him not for imagining him having sex but for actually seeing him display affection. >> i can't get the picture out of my mind after super storm sandy when obama landed in new jersey and he just cuddled up right, right up to him. >> i never forgive him for hugging shakedown. >> the shake down to get more money. >> you don't have to embrace him. shake his hand. >> that's right. these people don't forgive chris christie for hugging the president. during a national crisis. it's a hug, people. i mean, are they worried that chris christie is going to catch black if he gets too close? right

>> oh, the national teachers union. >> christie added that the teachers unions are only looking out forves and not our children. local teachers we talked with said the governor's comments are offensive and said he is the real bully. >> i think it's very disheartening, appall upset, angry? angry and disappointed. >> if you're beginning to be the president of the united states you should be concerned about middle-class families. >> new jersey's education association says christie is an embarrassment to new jersey and should resign. christie's presidential campaign did not respond to our requests for comment about the local teachers union criticism. >>> turn about is fair play in politics. yesterday, the website gawker posted one of donald trump's phone numbers online. the headline read "call donald trump's cell phone, ask him about his important ideas." you'll remember last month, trump gave out the private cell phone number of rival candidate lindsey graham. trump's camp said the release of his number isn't causing problems because it's a number trump no longer uses. >>> veterans will te

>> the national teachers union. >> christie add the the teachers unions are only looking out for themselves and not our children. local teachers said the governor's comments are offensive and said he is the real bully. >> i think it's disheartening, appalled, upset, angry? angry and disappointed. >> if you're going to be the president of the united states, you should definitely be concerned about middle-class families. >> new jersey's education association says christie is an embarrassment to new jersey and should resign. christie's presidential campaign did not respond to our request for comment about the local teachers union criticism. >>> the website gawker posted donald trump's phone number online yesterday. the head line read call donald trump's cell phone and ask him about his important ideas. last month trump gave out the private cell phone number of lindsey graham. trump's camp says the release is no longer using that number. >>> yesterday, the 11-term democrat shaka fatah was indicted last week. he's charged with 29 counts including money laundering and racketeering. he says he is

>> the national teachers union. >> christie added the teachers unions are only looking out for themselvesnd not our children. local teachers we spoke with said the governor's comments are offensive and said he is the real bully. >> i think it's very disheartening, appalled upset, angry? angry and disappointed. >> if you're going to be the president of the united states, you should definitely be concerned about middle-class families. >> new jersey's education association says christie is an embarrassment to new jersey and should resign. christie's presidential campaign did not respond to our request or comment about the local teachers union criticism. >>> and turn about is fair play in politics. yesterday the website gawker posted donald trump's phone number online. the headline read "call donald trump's cell phone and ask him about his important ideas." last month trump gave out the private cell phone number of his rival candidate lindsey graham. trump's camp says the release of the number is not a problem because he no longer uses that number. >>> yesterday, amy schumer backed a bill int

he says the national teachers union deserves a punch in the face. did the governor who wants to be president going too far? is he trying to make political headlines? tonight we have reaction from local teachers. >>> new details on a campaign reaction crash that hurt -- chain reaction crash that hurt several people including police officers. i'm bill ritter in tore diane -- in for diana williams. >> i'm sade baderinwa. >>> tonight the driver who was behind the wheel of the van speaking to eyewitness news. >> facing a long list of charges including trying to leave the scene after the crash. >> darla miles in jersey city. darla. >> reporter: sade, there were three people inside of that minivan when it caused the accident that injured seven people including the jersey city police officer who was still here in the hospital but the family of the driver charged wants to make sure that it was him behind the wheel because he doesn't own that minivan. this is your black mercedes which was damaged, correct? >> it is. >> this is the carnage left behind from a ch

>> oh, the national teachers union.ho's already endorsed hillary clinton, 16, 17 months before the election. >> why? >> because they're not for education for our children. they're for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members. and they are the single most destructive force in public education in america. i've been saying that since 2009. i've got the scars to show it. but i'm never going to stop saying it because they never change their stripes. >> this weekend is the 40th anniversary of the release of the amazing album "born to run." i read something in the press that really upset me the other day, where you were quoted as saying -- and maybe it was a misquote -- but you were quoted as saying that when it came to your favorite new jersey musician, it was no longer the boss, mr. bruce springsteen, it was jon bon jovi. if this is true, i have to warn you, i might form a pac, a super pac, and run ads against you. would you clear this up? and how can you justify such an egregious flip-flop? >> it'

>> oh, the national teachers union.sed hillary clinton 16 17 months before the election. >> why? >> because they're not for education for our children. they're for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members. and they are the single most destructive force in public education in america. i have been saying that since 2009. i have got the scars to show it. but i'm never going to stop saying it because they never change their stripes. >> does he have a point? even if you don't fully agree with him, does he have a point about the union as it stands now? >> i think in some areas, yes. some of us have read the horror stories especially in the northeast of some of the teacher unions protecting really really bad teachers. here in georgia, we are a right to work state so we have a little union presence but it's not as powerful as the one in the northeast. yes, there are like with anything there is a minority of the teaching profession that probably shouldn't be in it. but those are the ones that we hear a

attributeed to one new jersey governor chris christie when it comes to the teachers as union of the take a look. >> the at nationalpunch in the face? oh, the national teachers union, because they're not for education for our children. they're for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members. and, they are single-most destructive force in public education in america. neil: was interesting about this, jake tapper, great guy, he worded it, became italian in that questioning line there, if you could punch somebody in the face, who would it be? >> yo, i'm not saying that. the saying that response is played in the media if chris christie wanted to punch media in the place. he was responded to a question worded that way they would be deserving of that. i don't like italians dragged down on punching issues. liz macdonald, former new jersey mayor steve lon began on that message. mayor, you like what he is saying. >> with the governor 100%. neil: not punching people. >> not people. the union. if he said i want to punch the republican congress in the face or the koch brothers that would be fine with th

new jersey's largest teachers union demanding governor chris christie resign because of comments he made this weekend. listen to this. >> at the nationale? >> oh the national teachers union. because they're not for education for our children. they're for greater membership, greater benefits greater pay for their members. and they are the singlemost destructive force in public education in america. stuart: well, that's not the first time that the governor has clashed with the teachers union but liz, he's taken a trump-like persona there. >> yeah. he's trying to get a spot in the gop debates as well, so he's vying for that. taking on the unions is a big theme for the gop party. chris christie really raised the hackles again of new jersey's largest teachers union. they're now demanding that the governor resign immediately. of course he's got going -- not going to do that. this has been a four-year battle that also was ramped up earlier this year when he did not fully fund the state pension system which the teachers don't like. stuart: does that statement, bash 'em in the face, do him bad on the national political scene? >> it's a mixed --

the national education association is the largest labor union in america. your sister teachers union, the of teacherseration has already endorsed hillary clinton. they did not endorse early in 2008. when can we expect an endorsement? and if so, when? will it be clinton? is bernie sanders giving her a run for the money? lily: both of the organizations have very different processes to reach decisions. a long time ago when jimmy carter was running, that was the first time that the national education association decided to make a recommendation to our members of who would make the best president. we have made a recommendation and every presidential race since then. i feel very confident that we will make one in this race. the question is one of timing. we are making those decisions now. our political action committee is made up of educators who lead state affiliates all over the country. they will come together and make a recommendation. they will debate this and make a recommendation when they believe it is the right time to our board of directors. we have a board of directors lik

union, teachers join these protesters. each one has their own demand. now they want to turn this one-day national strike into a protest until the president resigns. >> they believe deep down that many will worry about the economy. the slump in the economy has forced contraction in the economic growth. >> with the measures taken by the government, there isn't much work. >> they insist that the strike will be a failure. >> the president has called for a national dialogue. i think many issues can be improved and rectified, and we're ready to recognize things could be perfect. >> indigenous groups like this one helped correa win office eight years ago, now they're some of his worst critics. >> we voted for him. he sold us illusions, dreams, now we've woken up from a nightmare. for more than eight years we have waited but now we say enough. correa changes, resigns. >> these protesters say they're looking for answers to their demands, and they say they won't return home empty handed. al jazeera. >> why not take a look at our website all the very latest there on that explosion in china. back in a second

unions, teachers, and doctors will join these protesters. each one has their own demand. they want to turn this one-day nationalinto an indefinite protest until the president resigns. >> reporter: this man believes deep down many protesters are worried like him about the economy, the slump in oil prices has forced a contraction in the economic growth. >> translator: with the measures taken by the government like imposing more taxes there isn't much work. >> reporter: he says the strike will be a failure, however, he has offered to talk to protesters. >> translator: the president has called for a national dialogue. i think many issues can be improved and rectified and we are ready to recognize things could be perfect. >> reporter: indigenous groups like this one, helped the president win office eight years ago. now they have become some of his worst critics. >> translator: we voted for him. he sold us illusions, dreams, and now we have woken up from a nightmare. for more than eight years we have waited, but now we say enough, he will have to resign. >> reporter: these protesters say they don't want a dialogue wi

union support. he got that yesterday with national nurses united. teachersupport. obviously when you're looking for a base democratic voters you're looking for that union support. he netted that yesterday. that's something that the campaign really touted. >> los angeles times political reporter curtis lee, thank you very much. many are feeling the bern, b-e-r-n. >> thank you. >>> addressed the back and forth with anchor megyn kelly, saying in essence the hatchet has been buried but is also separating himself from fellow republican candidates, trump suggesting he would leave some partial federal funding for planned parenthood, major departure from congress quunal republicans who want all money yanked from the organization while the government agrees with practices of harvesting -- >> i would look at the good aspects of it. we have to take care of women. we absolutely have to take care of women. the abortion aspect of planned parenthood should absolutely not be funded. >> joining me now, senior politics editor for the daily beast. starting with you, jackie. do

making the most statements are the local aclu, the national aclu, the americans united for separation of church and state, and of course the teachers unions. so some combination of these groups are likely to join together to file the litigation challenging nevada's esa program. they will do so in state court not federal court. why? because in 2002 the u.s. supreme court essentially took away all of the federal constitutional claims from those who oppose educational choice programs. and zelman v. simmons, united states supreme court, said a program that is neutral with regard to religion in which the government does nothing to favor one religiousn over another and decides which school to choose in the hands of parents so parents exercise a genuine private school will pass constitutional muster. so there is no federal constitutional claim we expect to see challenging nevada's program. however, we expect to see them invoke two claims. one of the claims i believe is a serious claim. the other claim i believe is frivolous. so i'm going to spend a little bit of time talking about the serious constitutional claim first. and then we'll wrap up wi

making the most statements are the local aclu, the national aclu, the americans united for separation of church and state, and, of course, the teachers unions. so some combination of these groups are likely to join together to file the litigation challenging nevada's esa program. they will do so in state court, not federal court. why? because in 2002, the u.s. supreme court essentially took away all of the federal constitutional claims from those who oppose educational choice programs. and zelman v. simmons, united states supreme court, said a program that is neutral with regard to religion, in which the government does nothing to either favor one religion over another and leaves the decision of which school to choose in the hands of parents so parents exercise a genuine private school will pass constitutional muster. even in parents choose to enroll their children in religious schools. so there is no federal constitutional claim we expect to see challenging nevada's program. however, we expect to see them invoke two state constitutional claims. one of the claims i believe is a serious claim. the other claim i believe is frivolous. so i'm g