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But, you know, theres been a marked decline in african american enrollment in the university of virginia. that is the background context against this taking place. what is going on there? >> its sort of hard to know. one thing that might be happening is that in the past couple of years, universities sort of pulled back on its scholarship program for low-income and working-class students. so if you think that african american students are going to belong to those categories, pulling back is going...

And the city cops. >> we saw some protesters obviously a very diverse group of protesters students black, white, latino and other, all gathering. but, you know theres been a marked decline in african american enrollment in the university of virginia. that is the background context against this taking place. what is going on there? >> its sort of hard to know. one thing that might be happening is that in the past couple of years, universities sort of pulled back on its scholarship program for low...

And ill try to make it as brief as possible. but this was a man that was, in fact, a cleric in iran. he was critical of the iranian regime in the late 1990s, fled to australia because he was going to be killed. obtained political asylum in australia in 2001, left behind his then wife and two children in iran whom hes never seen since as i understand it. they werent allowed to leave iran. lets understand that background context with one could imagine all the different things he would have seen an...

Possible, but this was a man that was, in fact, a cleric in iran. he was critical of the iranian regime in the late 1990s, fled to australia because he was going to be killed. obtained political asylum in australia in 2001, left behind his then wife and two children in iran whom hes never seen since as i understand it. they werent allowed to leave iran. lets understand that background context with one could imagine all the different things he would have seen and heard about in iran under that re...

And health care providers, but will be covered for a lot more people than it was going to. >> and thats the key thing. is that the complexity of the law, its complexity is the product of a politics it gave birth to. >> thats the problem. i cant resist saying it even though ive been defending it even though its a lot better doing nothing. i signed up for medicare a month ago. took me ten minutes. if there had been an option, there would have been none of this uproar. thats the last thing the insu...

According to the common core education standards thats the best way to do it. forget about the civil war. told remain from giving background context or substantial instructor gid dance. the close reading forces students to rely exclusively on the text and level playing field for those seeking to comprehend lincolns address. with us is jim surgess. >> jim, when you first heard of these standards, this particular piece of information as it relates to gettysburg address, what was your response? >> ...

"60 minutes" to exist when this is the background context. >> well, this is precisely the point that bill keller and again greenwald were bouncing back and forth when they did their dialogue in the "times." >> bill keller, formally with "the new york times." >> but obviously, this statement of laras, and this is going to become more and pore apparent, raises the stakes even more for the importance of cbs to be transparent about just how the vetting process was done. i mean, this is ultimately a ...

Neutrality that is necessary for "60 minutes" to exist when this is the background context. >> well, this is precisely the point that bill keller and again greenwald were bouncing back and forth when they did their dialogue in the "times." >> bill keller, formally with "the new york times." >> but obviously, this statement of laras, and this is going to become more and pore apparent, raises the stakes even more for the importance of cbs to be transparent about just how the vetting process was do...

We think of hiroshima, those pictures horrible after the event that happened. >> no radiation is safe. but generally speaking, americans dont have anything to worry about. >> we have on this map here and were showing obviously the path some 5,000 miles first to the aleutian islands. >> you cant reassure people. people are so terrified that everything you say, because they dont have that background context, that understanding of what radiation is and what it means, they cant actually decide for t...

Wall street should actually care about the fact unemployment is high. i want to talk a little bit more about unemployment and talk about the big background context in texas and the immigration there and what that means for the obama coalition and what happened on the hill today which is actually quite fascinating after this break. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervi...