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Political desires, one of the things that i think maybe makes you different than anybody else on the panel is youre undecided. have in the past been democrat, have in the past described yourself as conservative. as we look at the field for 2024 where do you find yourself gravitating. >> i definitely want to vote for somebody thats against this war and against future wars, unnecessary wars. i know theyre slow walking a war against china. i mean, weve got to control china but economically, not -- ...

The aggressiveness that judge star reflected during his t tenure. he knows how to draw distinctions between things, but the matter of perspective did seem different to me. >> david gregory? >> jeffrey has covered, not just the impeachment scandal, but going back to iran kantra, how partisan the independent council becomes and how it is viewed around the surrounding activity. the chances are they will find something. that was true of the special prosecutor when they looked into

Panel. jeffrey toobin, comey has always had a pretty good reputation out there. did he an tis tate -- do you think he appreciated the uproar he would generate on friday? >> hes a very savvy guy. he had to know that when you make an announcement about a criminal investigation involving one of the two candidates for president 11 days before the election, he had to know what a bomb it would be. but he made the calculation that it was worthwhile. i think that is something that will be a signature of...

Out altogether. charlie, you say this is not helping anyone. >> no. i know new york city schoolteachers who are very good. what they complain about is that the unions in large part protect the really bad teachers, to protect their own power. >> their concern is that the test, which is the only metric you have to judge their success, you take that out -- >> i dont know a single new york city schoolteacher who is smart -- i know a few who are smart, who are afraid of this test. there are plenty of...

Lose their jobs. unions call it tenure, critics are calling it a scam and a sham. and the judge as well, calls it uncub stugsal. ashley pratt agrees with the judge. ashley, what do you make of this? because boy, do the unions are fired up and ready to a peel this and stomp smoldering efforts in similar questions. >> the better question is when unions arent fired up. i think this is a huge win for students who are trying to really fight back against teachers in the classroom who they see as unqua...

Which i believe teachers justly deserve tenure. but its a ridiculously short period of time. we dont finish providing the professional development to support new teacher rz before you have to make the decision to keep them. the judge on this phase of the ruling is that its absurd to have that period of time. you need a longer period of time to take into account all of the great work that teachers do to make that decision. >> how long she they have to be a teacher before they qualify to be tenure...

It takes a military jaunt to remove bad teachers in the classroom, trust me, i know. and if we get the teachers removed, they have the opportunity to come back. tenure cost exist, it may not be called tenure, but its certainly exactly tenure. >> and karen, i think that parents, what some parents object to is that you can call it contract, you can call it tenure, but basically its protecting some incompetent teachers. do you think thats a problem? >> i do not think that that is what were really t...