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Speaking at a national teacher’s convention, Calvin Mackie makes inspirational appeal 

>> reporter: a problem, he says, the covid-19 pandemic made worse. >> six years ago, we'd have an english or a social-studies position posted with -- within five days, we'd have 75-to-100 applicants. this past-school year, for one of our math positions, we had three applicants. >> reporter: a survey by frontline education polled about 1,200 school and district leaders in the country. frontline is a company that helps k through 12 schools recruit and train educators. it revealed two out of three respondents reported a teacher shortage. and 75% of city-school districts are dealing with a shortag...

Herd or murder, you emily, a troop. they're mad they want their food so they're fighting. kangaroo's favorite food? human flesh. they feast on the flesh of humans. [laughing] in australia they're considered gods. kangaroos are allowed to drive in australia. ♪ >> dana is great. >> all right, it's friday, also national tell a joke day. i only have three. be ready. you did really well last time. why are mountains the funniest place to travel? funniest place to travel, mountains. >> a laugh track? >> they're hill hive arious. where do math teachers go vacation. times square.

>> dana is great. >> all right, it's friday, also national tell a joke day. i only have three. be ready. you did really well last time. why are mountains the funniest place to travel? funniest place to travel, mountains. >> a laugh track? >> they're hill hive arious. where do math teachers go vacation. times square. what do you call an unpredictable camera? a loose canon. >> oh. >> i stepped that up. as greg mentioned i will be on fox news sunday, filling in for chris, we have governor bullock running for president, and larry cudlow. >> times square that was excellent. >> random act of kindnes...

Teacher. could you have trusted them not to panic and do the right thing? do not arm your teachers. fund appropriately public education. fund mental health. do ban weapons of war. >> congressman, that is an elected official with a law enforcement background. do you know more than he does? >> it's hyperbole because he's saying give every art teacher a gun. that's not our argument. he's responding to an argument we're not making. >> what is the argument, just the math teachers? >> absolutely not. i want to find the personnel on campus who have law enforcement training, military training. if we t...