Force to with enough the white house. Later, the treasury secretary talking about new sanctions against north korea. This week on newsmakers, the president of the American Federation of teachers joins us. Randi it is a terrible idea. It showed absolutely no about children, parents, and educators. All want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Like, this is what the nra has wanted all along. New market for the gun manufacturers. This is where the president , listening session, to the conversation . If you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Are you talking about just handguns versus an Assault Rifle that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . Happens if kids are rushing away in a hallway . What is a frightened teacher going to do . I could go through all of these unanswered questions, and the more
Proposal, as teachers in West Virginia went on strike for not having received a raise in years , and teachers are fairly underpaid. That is what is ironic, that the president , when it comes to something that he thinks is important, he wants to pay for it. As opposed to what we know is important, which is how do you attract and retain brave people into graeat people teaching . That is the issue in West Virginia this week. And it has been an issue for a while. I was in charleston this week. And i have never seen that level of anger and that number of educators in and around the capital in West Virginia. As you know, i spent a lot of time in West Virginia because the aft has started this partnership to revitalize the eighth poorest county in the country. I spent a lot of time at that capital, and i spent a lot of time in West Virginia. Here is the deal with West Virginia. Teachers in West Virginia are paid 48th out of 50 in the nation. And teachers in the surrounding counties and states
Schools to be safe sanctuary for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Not armed camps. It felt like oh, this is what the nra has wanted all along. This is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. This is where the president , after that listening session, to the conversation . If you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Are you talking about just handguns versus an Assault Rifle that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . What happens if kids are rushing along and a horribl hallway . What is a frightened teacher going to do . I could go through all of these unanswered questions, and the more questions you go through, the more you realize what an insane idea it is. And frankly, i was on the phone with about asked he thousand 60,000 teachers and other educators this week and we raised this idea as one of the ideas of the president had sai
I will begin with your response to the president calling for teachers to be armed in our nations schools . Randi it is a terrible idea. Stop. , full but it saddens me, because it absolutely no understanding that children, parents, and educators all want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. Not armed camps. And it felt like go, this is what the nra has wanted all along. This is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. And this is where the president , after that listening session, to ok this conversation instead of actually trying to reduce gun violence in our streets and our schools . So if you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers . Are kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips . Where are you going to lock guns . Are you talking about just handguns versus and ar15 that can shoot 90 rounds in a minute . So what happens if kids are rushing
were killed were first grade classrooms. when the shooting started, a second grade teacher thought that the pop, pop, pop she was hearing were some folding chairs falling over. she looked down the hallway and saw that wasn t what it was. she saw the janitor sprinting toward the front of the building and realized it was gunfire. in addition to the janitor, there were two kids. because they were walking the attendance to the main office. i used to try to get that job, too. when she realized they were this danger, she pulled them into her classroom to save them. locked the door, read them stories and sang christmas carols to muffle the sound and keep everyone calm. that is abby clemens. her daughter sarah, her outside the box thinking has led her to start a whole new wing of the gun reform, anti gun violence movement. it s the junior naa.