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Your take? is this assault? >> it is. it technically does fit the definition. this is a juvenile allegation. this is not the crime of the century. but it is set up where, when you throw something at a teacher, when you intend to cause injury, it fits the definition of assault. we're not going to be hitting sledge hammers here. there's going to be programs and other options, but yes, it should be prosecuted. >> is this an instance of sort of zero tolerance gone too far? i mean, really a carrot as a weapon? >> i don't know where we've gone in society here but schools should be able to govern the...

A principal? >> you know, it's being handled with the school, as well. but certainly there's a juvenile system set up for rehabilitation. and you see this individual needs some counseling. yeah, it's appropriate. >> it's appropriate? baby carrot, appropriate criminal charge is assault? we already have an overcrowded criminal justice system. now we're going to take resources for the baby carrot case? no it's ridiculous. the school should handle it and that's it. >> we have another story i want to ask you two gentlemen about. we have a teacher in utah, she's under fire right now for building -- ...

They're making ginger bread houses for school. he picks up a magazine. tell me about that. >> the father, neil, says that he picked up a magazine and it was a gun magazine. the dad was a former state champion marksman in connecticut. he had gotten him a bb gun the christmas before. his son picked up the gun magazine, and he turned it to a page. on the page the son asked about three different types of gun. one was a sig sauer. one was a bushmaster 223 ar-15. and the three guns that the son had asked about were the same three guns that adam lanza walked in to school the next day. >> the very nex...

That school responsible. when it comes down to it, i think this is a public policy decision. we have to basically weigh the interests of the domestic violence victims in a situation like this versus the safety of the children in the classroom. and it's unfortunate all around. >> it is. >> but it's a decision that had to be made. >> it is. to her point, how does she get another job if she has to explain why she left her last one? let me go to our next story. it's a much lighter one about the most popular song in the english language. i'm going to put money on it that you know it by heart. roll ...

They would have pulled their kids had she stayed. >> there comes a point where you have to do what's right for people. this is, i think, a prime example of why victims of domestic violence do not come forward with their situation. how am i fwoigoing to get a job? what do i say when they say why did you leave your last job? because my school thought i was a security threat? who's fwoigoing to put me in fr of a classroom? >> welcome to both of you. joey, let me start with you. she's considering a lawsuit. does chshe have a case? >> unfortunately, she really does not. here's the problem, brooke. ...