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Who is a woman. and our caucus really does look like maerk. and what's so exciting about it as a woman, i know that we bring our personal experience as a wife, as a mother to our job and it really makes a difference. >> you know, one of obviously the most powerful people in the country is the speaker. she's been a big advocate of yours. she did have this news conference yesterday touting the number of women in the diversity and leadership and she sent out a tweet boasting about that, clearly a stab at the republicans, who took a lot of heat because they appointed the first 19 chairs, all of th...

They ought to be proud of the women in their caucus and be willing to promote them. so the opticses stink, but they reflect what's really going on in that caucus and it will be a challenge. and you can say just name two and that will feel better and that will make it easier for michael and tom davis who are good guys to get through an interview. but it doesn't really reflect what's going on in that party and the reality is to michael's point you have a seniority issue and you're going to have a lot of obstacles and barriers to new young talent coming up and they have new young women talent and...

Out. >> they're continuing working at their current jobs while this application process -- >> until the end of the year. >> and it's also interesting about the seniority issue. they're going to be hired then on merit? >> and that's what they're looking at in providence. is it about merit? about seniority? will it be a combination of both. these are some of the things that the school district is trying to hammer out. >> they're going to be competing with for the same jobs. that's too bad. it's happening all over the country. we appreciate you. another important story. but it's sad what's happen...

New young teachers that are going to get pushed out. if you take a look at teachers, there are some great teachers that have been there for a long time and some terrible teachers there for a long time. some great and terrible teachers that came in yesterday. it seems to have nothing to do with age or longevity. but seniority is essentially the basis of most union contracts. and we have to change that in the city if we're going to improve the schools even more. we're making a lot of progress but still have more to do. >> jon meacham. >> you said the seniority issue is not the biggest problem. w...

They think we should lay off based on the quality of teaching. that's what's right for children and families. we need to talk about that, too, because our union and legislature so far are blocking those kind of meaningful reforms. so, the more people learn about some of the really arbitrary, and, in my view, fortunate consequenc -- unfortunate consequences, the more people will react and we'll build the consensus. i think that's what happened with the rubber room. now i would like to deal with the seniority issue and other issues so that we can use our money to protect our kids in the classroo...