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Different racial backgrounds to come together and experience one another as peers. right? this opens up pathways to leadership in business, in government leadership. and so its critically important that the court keep open these pathways and not strike down the use of race in higher education. >> and what we have seen the court, the supreme court do, over a period of time is essentially weaken just how much affirmative action the public universities can do. the standard they can use, the amount ...

Me six jurors and four alternates will hear that case. the attorney for george zimmerman, mark omeara says the jury could be seated by the middle of the week. the father of the victim of trayvon martin says they are kneeling good so far about the jury selection process. also today lawyers will focus on the 911 call weve heard about and the scream heard in the backgrounds. the defense and the prosecution are both bringing in experts to testify about technology that could be used to try to identif...

Navara. what a disappointment for someone expecting a tweed-jacketed, craggy-faced spy, with a demeanor carrying the weight of dark exploits. we met several times after the interview before he began his long run of deportation. he wrote more books, exposing names of active 2,000 cia agents across the world. years past, he became a forgotten man, a relic of the 60s. he fittingly died inia vanna in 2008. superficially, their backgrounds differ -- agee, a graduate of neat note and an expert on lati...

I think theres space in morning tv for that. agreed? shows got its niche and every shows got its own angle. and weve got a big team of team playing off of it. its not just chris and i. its also michaela pereira as well. bringing our own backgrounds and stories. and were going to be playing off of that a lot during the show. >> every show, alison, distinguishes itself from the people who are doing it and the choices it makes. so over time, they start to distinguish themselves. but at the bottom o...

Uphold the commitments of the nfl. your league has even published a values policy on diversity. we looked it up. it says, we represent and respect a wide range of human differences, personal experiences and cultural backgrounds for the benefit of the organization. respect. thats one thing the term "redskins" is not about. so commissioner, we see you. you arent fooling anyone. and the next time you weigh into this debate, learn some history. in fact, you could learn what your own value statement ...

Shes not actually in office. so it gives her leeway to split with him on certain discrete issues, but if she does too much, then it gives the media an opening to rub those wounds raw. so i think theyre going to be very careful. i think theyre going to coordinate, give the white house a heads-up when she takes a position that is a little different than the president. >> youre smart. larry, youre into something here. i think the hillary clinton and the bill clinton amazing ability is to have these...

Much, then it gives the media an opening to rub those wounds raw. so i think theyre going to be very careful. i think theyre going to coordinate, give the white house a heads-up when she takes a position that is a little different than the president. >> youre smart. larry, youre into something here. i think the hillary clinton and the bill clinton amazing ability is to have these fantastic academic backgrounds. the credentials are amazing. yale law school, you cant beat that, harvard and wellesl...

United states. >> good evening, my fellow citizens, this afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the president of alabama national guardsmen was required on the university of alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the united states district court of the northern district of alabama, that order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young alabama residents who happened to have been born negro. that they were admitted peacefully on the campus is...

Out the final and unequivocal order of the united states district court of the northern district of alabama, that order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young alabama residents who happened to have been born negro. that they were admitted peacefully on the campus is due in good measure of the conduct of the students of the university of alabama who met their responsibilities in a constructive way. i hope that every american, regardless of where he lives will stop and examine his...

A whole range of socioeconomic backgrounds. but as it got on toward the 1950s, as we were several decades into that migration, the people who by then were leaving tended to be those who were at the higher end of the spectrum. tended to be those who had the benefit of education. who had the means to seek out and have a hope of getting new jobs in new states that they were going to move to. an education offered a way out, and a lot of americans who had that, who were well educated and who knew the...