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Good example is university of colorado boulder. when they were faced with affirmative action ban, they came up with an action plan they use along side their race based plan. they found the socioeconomic one compared to students that face the same obstacles they did. that has actually increased race -- the admissions race of underrepresented minorities compared to race based affirmative action. so its actually increasing those. >> right out the box, im in favor of class based attempts to admit st...

Afghanistan and iraq? >> total respect for that. i appreciate that. i will never criticize anyone for serving our country and say thank you for that. >> but you dont see it as a request fgs to become senator? >> no. theres a lot of people in the senate that didnt serve in the military. in the senate we have all kinds of different people. all kinds of different folks that have come from all kinds of different backgrounds pi. i think thats part of this sense of entitlement he gives off. almost as ...

And there may be better assets that can be made available over time with a little more preparation. one of the things we havent heard a whole lot of recently is the investigation into passenger and crew. we havent seen conclusions there. what do you think about that? >> i think that probably was a secondary thought. i think the investigation and the malaysians focused right in on the pilot and co-pilot. if you real just a week into the investigation, they announced that it was a criminal investi...

Hospital that endorses obamacare and aggressive in signing people up for the insurance program. do you think thats something that could cost him with republicans? >> i dont mean to minimize all of the things, i dont think they are political mine fields, this one is too. as he explains it, hes on a board where he doesnt necessarily agree with the company that supported the affordable care act, doesnt mean he doesnt want to serve on the board. i think boards on general are targets for people on th...

Peace, some kind of reconciliation, meeting of the minds, sanity is possible after you visit majda. its a restaurant in what looks like an idyllic village in the judean hills. about 20 minutes from jerusalem. it feels like an alternate universe for a number of reasons. one of these women is jewish. one is muslim, from a nearby village. theyre partners, co-owners of majda, and also married. theyre unsurprisingly friends of yotan. together they grow and raise much of whats used in their kitchen. t...

Is one of those topics they dont discuss because its very divisive, is it fair to have discussions that unify rather than divide? >> religion is only divisive if you use it for selfish purposes. if somebody from another faith comes up to me and tells me they are celebrating their holiday of their faith, theyre happy got it. im delighted about it. im happy to -- i love it when a jewish person for example wishes me a happy easter. thats not divisive at all. as long as were all seeking service of o...

We are back with our panel extraordinary air. richard and msnbcs crystal ball, and theyll be weighing in on todays heros and zeros. first up, a fight coming to a head in new york city. . that is to close public schools on the two days of ede, the muslim holiday. the mayor says he intends to keep that pledge, but he hasnt taken any action yet. with the coalition just brought together hundreds of muslims from all national backgrounds hoping yub itd front will force change. city schools close fox y...

50% in deaths. a heroin addict in connecticut is most likely white, more suburban and probably younger than you might expect, but they stress theres no typical addict. >> you cant pin them down to an ethnic, racial, sex, financial backgrounds. it could be anybody. >> its not just police that are struggle to cope with the problem. mental health professionals are overwhelmed and looking for more resources. the number of people admitted to heroin treatment programs in connecticut jumped to more tha...

Pamela, is there one piece of information, investigators youre talking to, here in washington really want that they dont have yet, other than obviously wreckage? >> i mean, thats really what they keep saying to me. they keep driving that point home, wolf, look, right now, i mean, the investigation continues but at some point, it seems like they sort of hit a dead end, as far as researching, backgrounds of the passengers and crews. there waiting for the black box to give them more clues. as far a...

What should he be most concerned about? you saw a lot of conservatives critiquing him this week. you saw where they made fun of that. >> that came from the waistline of the country. can i do that joke again? what rush limbaugh said is about as far away from anything i would be interested in unless it was from dick cheney. >> peoples political backgrounds may matter. >> you get a good bit from those guys if theyre going to, as you say, impose their political views, but theyre not dumb enough to d...