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But can you do that? can you actually outlaw a relationship between consenting, quote, adults? joey jackson is criminal defense attorney. jason friedman, a former prosecutor. a little background here. the mother, as anyone can imagine is outraged about this and her daughter. she says i have no legal recourse and i believe this teacher was setting my daughter up for this. and there is nothing i can do about it. first of all, is she right? is there no legal recourse at this point in time? >> well ...

Illinoises, michigans, californias, these are the large population centers and it is one of these things where something doesnt change, certainly it will start to have a dramatic impact on everything including this real fragile recovery that were experiencing. jon: that will be the bad news. charles payne from fox business network, charles, thank you. >> thanks. jon:. >> a new push to criminalize relationships between teachers and students. inappropriate relationships that is. a 41-year-old man ...

Who had first suspended him indefinitely without pay but now he has stepped down. theres also new fallout from the controversial relationship involving a california teacher who literally left his family and then moved in with his 18-year-old student. now a state lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make it a felony for any elementary or high school teacher to date any student regardless of their age. abcs nanette miranda has details. >> reporter: their relationship made national headlines. ...

Moments on the "dr. phil" show. abcs cecilia vega has the downright dirty details. >> reporter: theirs is a love story that has been making headlines ever since jordan powers and james hooker went public with their romance on "good morning america." he is the now famous 41-year-old high school teacher who left his wife and kids to move in with his 18-year-old student. >> youve lost your career over this. >> i have. >> youve lost your wife and children right now. >> yes. >> what makes this worth ...

♪ tainted love ♪ both of us bobbing our heads to "tainted love," right? its probably one of the nicer things we could say about a couple we first told you about a couple weeks ago. >> thats right. hes her former teacher and together they faced off with her mother for some cringe-worthy moments on the "dr. phil" show. abcs cecilia vega has the downright dirty details. >> reporter: theirs is a love story that has been making headlines ever since jordan powers and james hooker went ♪ oh, ta...

But both insist they waited until jordan turned 18 in september to become physical. >> i think that theyre just digging for something that wasnt there. >> reporter: james hooker resigned from the school, and jordan no longer attends classes. but police are investigating when their relationship actually began and whether they broke the law. >> im just following my heart, and this is the direction im going now. >> reporter: they say its forever. but what happens to these high-profile controversial...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. in the kelly file segment tonight, the 17-year-old murdered three students earlier in ohio this week. charged as a juvenile. what? another student teacher situation. one in me desis a california james hooker who taught computer classes at enoch high school has quit his job left his wife and children and moved in one of his students. isnt that nice? 18-year-old jordan powers. incredibly the couple appeared on good morning america. >> do both of you understand ...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. in the kelly file segment tonight, the 17-year-old murdered three students earlier in ohio this week. charged as a juvenile. what? another student teacher situation. one in me desis a california james hooker who taught computer classes at enoch high school has quit his job left his wife and children and moved in one of his students. isnt that nice? 18-year-old jordan powers. incredibly the couple appeared on good morning america. >> do both of you understand ...

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. in the kelly file segment tonight, the 17-year-old murdered three students earlier in ohio this week. charged as a juvenile. what? another student teacher situation. one in me desis a california james hooker who taught computer classes at enoch high school has quit his job left his wife and children and moved in one of his students. isnt that nice? 18-year-old jordan powers. incredibly the couple appeared on good morning america. >> do both of you understand ...

In other news this morning counselors will be available to students and their parents today at that ohio school where a teen gunman went on that deadly shooting rampage. investigators say 17-year-old t.j. lane admits opening fire in the cafeteria, claims he chose his victims at random, and says the gun that he stole came from his uncle actually taking it out of his grandfathers barn. in this tragedy three students were killed, two others wounded. classes, though, will resume tomorrow. a califo...