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See in the other nations in the next couple of weeks as we get a—level results. the first is a return to the kind of grades we had in 2019 when exams were fully in place. small adjustments have been made, but it is more a return to normal. but that gap between the children from the least advantaged back grounds, scotland is not unique in being worried about that. children have such different home circumstances, different support from families and in england and wales last year, gcse results ha...

Balmoro. that is where she felt she could take her hat off and to julias point, i think that history will regard queen elizabeth ii as probably one of, if not the greatest monarchs that this country has ever seen. you know, its not just about 70 years on the throne and 70 years in terms of sacrifice and service. but that 70 years represents 70 years of having to do everything perfect. 70 years of never, in my opinion, you might think -- never being off duty. 70 years of putting your country, you...

Revelation. >> and one of the cases, at least one of your books, it was parents of color who actually organized and mobilized against efforts to ban it, so talk about that experience, and what youre hearing from parents who are reading, of all back grounds, who are reading and engaging with the content in your books, on the other side of this, you know, really brouhaha over anti-critical race theory even though they dont know what it is, you know, what are some of the positive things youre heari...

All over the world, strong advocate for strong defense. he loved our military. i think they loved him, too. >> for sure. you mentioned his time in congress, six terms as a u.s. senator. he ran for president twice. you supported senator mccain during his 2008 presidential campaign. tell us why you believe he would have made a good president. >> i thought his opportunity for winning was better against governor bush at the time. i thought his possibility of winning the presidency against al gore wa...

It better and how does the movie dismantle some of the barriers he was talking about? >> i always tell people, the term is showbiz. two sides of the coin. you have the show side, the backside, the business, i will tell you, if it doesnt bring in the color green none of this matters. it doesnt matter who is on the screen. if green is flowing in, its going to continue to green light and its going to continue to, again, bring opportunities for people of all colors, all shapes, all creeds, all back ...

Are echoing the white nationalist claim that america is at risk because the nation is growing more diverse. an argument that treats the mere presence of nonwhite people, citizen or noncitizen, as an existential threat to the country. it is true the nation is growing more diverse but heres the thing. a big part of the country sees it not as a threat but a benefit. cause for celebration. this year has seen a really incredible explosion of democratic candidates from all kinds of back grounds. peopl...

Are echoing the white nationalist claim that america is at risk because the nation is growing more diverse. an argument that treats the mere presence of nonwhite people, citizen or noncitizen, as an existential threat to the country. it is true the nation is growing more diverse but heres the thing. a big part of the country sees it not as a threat but a benefit. cause for celebration. this year has seen a really incredible explosion of democratic candidates from all kinds of back grounds. peopl...

People from more back grounds to seek input about a supreme court nomination. mr. president, i am grateful to you and i am humbled by your confidence in me. >> thank you. >> 30 years ago, president reagan nominated anthony kennedy to the supreme court. the framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. i am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the supreme court.

Their -- brian: 26 minutes before the top of the hour. jillian, you have the latest news. jillian: good morning. new mugshot just released of convicted murderer scott peterson. currently on death row for the california killing of his wife lacy and unborn son conor back in 2002 on christmas eve. he is currently appealing with a slim chance he gets a new trial. regularly updated mug shots are required at the prison. harvard student run newspaper calling out the university for so-called blatant lib...

Department investigators. so throughout the course of this past week, there were points in time where we had persons of interest because of information that had been provided, and then as we furthered the investigation into those individuals, either their back grounds, their social media life, things like that, we have run those leads to ground and at this point we are following up on a few more. we have had persons of interest and we continue to look at a few. but we have not identified a suspe...