continue to regenerate themselves. this seems more likely we might see a few heads roll. there s that foreign trip on friday. a chance for the president and for this administration to reset its messaging, its agenda, to put the focus back on foreign policy. does the president hold his fire until after that trip and then change his mind with some of these staff positions? that s the big question mark. it is our sense there won t be a big overhaul. we know that since steve bannon had the, shall i say, kerfuffle, within the white house, he hasn t had one on time with the president. better safe to keep steve bannon in the white house than outside. fueling something like bright b.a.r.t. and to your point, steve only learned about the comey firing from watching it on tv like the
from the trump transition team. president-elect trump had a busy day of meetings at trump tower, including one with former cia director and army general david petraeus. lobby of the 5th avenue high-rise has become a cat walk of sorts for staff positions. phil mattingly has been watching the arrivals and departures. a lot of comings and goings at trump tower today including general petraeus. what s the latest? reporter: yeah, i think what mike pence coming out of trump tower tonight was the most important thing. look, there s been a lot of focus on this secretary of state round robin of sorts and certainly general petraeus appearance and sit-down with donald trump is an important aspect, donald trump the president-elect tweeting after that meeting he was very impressed with general petraeus. general petraeus talking to reporters afterwards, anderson, and said he was impressed with the president-elect s grasp on world events. important to note based on what the vice president-elect sa
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$900 million to be cut out of schools in wisconsin, madison is going to get hit just as hard as any other district. what kind of pressure is this going to put on the school? absolutely. what kind of pressure is this going to put from a guidance standpoint? well, it s huge pressure. and you have to realize for 18 years we ve had revenue controls. we ve lost 700 staff positions, ftes over the course of the last ten years. we ve had a slow squeezing of education for 18 years under democrats and republicans and now this. it s going to be, if this passes, and i believe that we can impact this governor and this capitol but if it passes it will be devastating beyond belief courtney johnson in your state of ohio collective bargaining is not going to be available. the republicans are going to vote this right out. how do you feel about that? you know, i ve been asked as a teacher by my president to out educate the rest of the world and i just don t know how i m
$900 million to be cut out of schools in wisconsin, madison is going to get hit just as hard as any other district. what kind of pressure is this going to put on the school? absolutely. what kind of pressure is this going to put from a guidance standpoint? well, it s huge pressure. and you have to realize for 18 years we ve had revenue controls. we ve lost 700 staff positions, ftes over the course of the last ten years. we ve had a slow squeezing of education for 18 years under democrats and republicans and now this. it s going to be, if this passes, and i believe that we can impact this governor and this capitol but if it passes it will be devastating beyond belief courtney johnson in your state of ohio collective bargaining is not going to be available. the republicans are going to vote this right out. how do you feel about that? you know, i ve been asked as a teacher by my president to out educate the rest of the world and i just don t know how i m