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Theyre worried about going to a movie theater. theyre worried about going to their places of work. >> ed: in terms of support for joe biden, some of the younger rivals. there may be younger african-americans saying we want some fresh blood. >> i think in 2018 we saw young people from all different backgrounds say to the democr democratic party, we want people that look like us, as well as people who are our age. i dont believe that is going to be the only determination for those young voters nex...

>> we got to work a flight from miami to maintenance the bahamas issue here just had some lights come on. >> reporter: he is 60, a naturalized u.s. citizen born in iran he has been an airline mechanic for 30 years american says tonight safety is its top priority and hes been fired. the backgrounds of people who service airplanes on the ground at airports worldwide has longurity concern. >> that requires ongoing monitoring, ongoing security checks and background checks of all those touching the a...

What does this say, overall, about airport security, if it turns out that somebody who potentially had sympathies towards isis was a mechanic who for decades has been working on these passenger planes? >> right. this is the so-called insider threat. airports and airlines have been more careful collecting the backgrounds of people with access to plains, mechanic, ground crews, maintenance staff. the tsa has a statement out saying it conducts unannounced screenings of airports and airline employee...

>> bill: thats not fair. >> no, bill. i live in a world where people believe that if you dont call someone out be it sexist, racist, homophobic youre not addressing the issues. i think i can address the actions and issues without name calling. i dont want to major in the minors by calling out people. i want to major and hoping to bring about racial reconciliation so that people of all different backgrounds. thats why i dont want to get into the conversation. >> sandra: nbc "wall street journal" ...

So there are some ties there for sure and i think that they are proceeding carefully they are taking their queues from saudi arabia. that basically said wed wait to see what saudi arabia wants us to do before we decide whether wed actually hit back at iran or not which is an abdication of american self-interest and military might this is also going to play out significantly next week. the united nations general assembly is here in new york the president is going to be here for nearly the entire ...

Contemporaneously. her mother thought she had been raped. she was so u.p.s. about the experience, although debbie didnt tell her the details at the time. i think it was also important to say that its easy to minimize these allegations and also to look at them as piling on with kavanaugh when you had a lot of allegations coming fast and furious. and to really say that you have to con text lies this womans experience in order to understand why this was formati formative. for some people it wouldnt...

Kavanaugh when you had a lot of allegations coming sort of fast and furious. you have to contextualize this womans experience. for her is was because it concerned a sense of inadequacy she had coming into yale in the first place. so socioeconomically she was at a disadvantage. she was a person of color. it was not a seamless transition for her. frankly, it was easier for me, i think, coming from a private school in new york than it was for a lot of other kids coming into yale from different back...

>> we had back and forth with the supreme court spokesperson about this. ultimately he wanted to be able to have a say that he declined to comment for the book and we werent comfortable doing that if we were going to find a meeting with him. >> to deborah ramirez, this story is a cultural story. its kids from different backgrounds who found themselves at yale. she felt disconnected from the start, and then this experience, as she tells it in the book, completely changes her sense of her position...

Its the kids from different backgrounds who find themselves at yale. and she felt disconnected from the start. and then this experience, as she tells it in the book, completely changes her sense of her position at yale with these people. >> i mean, i think whats important is that, i mean, it was important for us to real flesh out her story. one, because it was never fully told or explored. she never testified. we never had the chance to kind of hear from people who were trying to reach the fbi w...

>> it will have to be both but its hard to imagine any governmental regulation that will change the meat industry. acting on ones values can feel really good, can feel inspired. >> im with you. i agree we probably shouldnt use the word sacrifice in this context because if you dont act on your values, you dont feel good and the consequence to be the wrecking of the earth. >> in world war ii, the home front efforts that regular americans made regardless of their political leanings or socioeconomic...