really nice officer. he can also help kids out at school. reporter: deputy fields is on administrative leave without pay. that was nbc s gabe gutierrez reporting. deputy fields has not commented nor has the student. the sheriff says he doesn t believe race is a factor and noting that fields has been dating an african-american woman for some time and that the teacher and principal initially said the force was appropriate. he said he plans to announce a decision about fields future within the department later today. hillary clinton continues separating herself from president obama. on the late show with stephen colbert she gave us a glimpse of how a president clinton would handle potentially troubled big banks. do we let them fail this time? yes. yes, yes. we let them fail this team? yes, yes. wow. and tonight s gop debate will be the first with a new front-runner. ben carson is surging ahead of donald trump who literally asked iowans last night to get your numbers u