as of monday morning, november 14th, the teacher in question is no longer employed by the pflugerville a replacement. now i want to bring in carmelo llewellyn, a student who was in the class that day. also joining us is carmelo's mom, janai hearty. -- i have to ask you melo, you were in this classroom. i can't believe that this was actually said at this -- tell me what you are thinking at this moment when you hear this. >> we just anger building up. but i controlled it and it went down. i had to speak to him. i was speaking from my heart -- on what i had to say. >> -- the student that said, i had respect for you, but now i have no respect for you. >> you are the student talking about respect, which i have to say, i have to praise you, melo, on that point. because you are calm, because you -- you actually endeavor to understand what he was saying and speak about it. . when you heard about this, was this the first time that you said something like this? where did it come from? would have before then? >> it started off -- because i asked about -- and he told me, no, because i was racist.

he said that we should respect him more because >> honest that i was just i don't see a pflugerville sent out an e-mail to the community letting them know that that teacher is no longer employed in the district. >> the benjamin say they're proud of those students who pulled out phones to record the incident, making sure others were aware of the situation. >> i'm happy that the children had enough courage within themselves to be able to get this on tape and to be able to report it to the administration. the benjamin say they've talked to their son and they're proud of the way he kept his composure. they help others who have to deal with similar situations will do the same. we believe in equality for everybody. >> my some of the example of that. and i was very proud of what he did. >> that was reported to be over a month now. in other news, there is a new report faom nassau to is that sea levels are rising higher than expected. and of course, that could lead to serious consequences for us coastlines. the study says the coastlines could be afoot above today's water lines by the year 205

and this from julie in pflugerville, texas. from joy in fort worth. from martha, in luling, texas. from harold. from jane. from myrtle. in 1944, when i was 10 years old, i almost lost my mother from a botched abortion. i had an abortion when i was 23. i was unemployed and suffering from health problems. i had to borrow money for the abortion, but i was fortunate enough to live close to a clinic. i had an abortion in houston a few years ago, when my birth control failed due to antibiotics given after a surgery for cervical cancer. one in three women in our country have had, or will have an abortion, and that's not a choice made due to inconvenience or a simplistic disregard of human life. quite the opposite. i'm perplexed about why you're wasting time on these bills that are not pro-life at all, but only designed to prevent women from getting needed healthcare. i see no legislation providing easy access to birth control to reduce the need for abortion. i see no legislation to provide for childcare, a living minimum wage, or family leave. i am opposed as a social worker, a healthcare