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Because the students who are admitted that way could get perfectly good educations at different schools. >> so then let me ask this argument then. is college a reward for having done well in high school, or is it an opportunity that we ought to make available to as many young people as possible for greatness in the future? >> i think i agree with your second point, that we know that race affects peoples life chances and education is one of the greatest contributors to how people succeed in life....

Is there a common thread? >> well, the mostly tend to be american. thats probably the one common characteristic. for example, of the 71 individuals who have been arrested in the u.s., basically since march 2014 for being linked to isis, the vast majority of them, almost 90%, are u.s. citizens. most of them born and raised here. again, very different backgrounds and profiles, and most of them are americans who in different ways have embraced isis ideology. theyre attracted by different parts of t...

Hybrid. it could have elements both of a terrorist attack that was planned to be much larger and this is where i agree with bob, there may be remaining individuals who were going to perpetrate the attack with them. there were allegations from their neighbors that people have becoming and going to the house but i think also for me this wouldnt have been the first primary target because had he intended to shoot up the party, he would have brought the guns with him when he first went. he wouldnt ha...

What kind of websites were they on? you know, in the past, it generally has been the male that has been radicalized and brings the fe pail along. when you look at her behavior, you have to wonder how deeply she was in this. >> and her backgrounds, where she came from, where she has been. pack taken born, in saudi arabia. it seems logically that she would be the one. >> and to travel here with that motive when she came over if 2014. >> exactly. >> we will continue the conversation throughout the ...

Backgrounds but as far as i know, there had been no arguments or bad feelings or anything like that prior to what happened yesterday. >> youve been open to what your husband has said about muslims in the past. what has he said? >> yes. hes very upset about what isis has been doing and the radicalized muslims, al qaeda, the whole situation and his upset about the fact that the majority of the muslims, its like they wont come out and do something about it. its like -- >> do you think he talked to ...

For example when were already going through the backgrounds of the individual. we were told for example in the first 24 hours one of them had appeared to have become more religious and may in fact had radicalized in the last year or two. when you also look at the preparations they made here for what would be called workplace violence would be extreme. and even beyond that the notion that a husband and wife team would be engaged in workplace olence would be something of a first. as i said are, if...

Guns recovered from the two suspects deceased in the suv. they believe they were all purchased legally and they said two of the guns were purchased by one of the names suspects whos deceased. are we any closer to knowing who the other legal furrier was of the other guns and how those guns might have made it to these suspects? >> no, not so far tonight. but the primary shooter, alleged shooter, syed farook, there was nothing in his background that would have prevented him from buying a gun legall...

Background check system that they would have passed anyway. its possible they had a private sale of some kind because they found guns they wanted cheaply for sale somewhere else. in terms of figuring out whether or not there is ties to terrorism, ties to radical extremists of some kind, do you have any sense of what direction the investigation is going or if theres anything thats loan about them from the local community and either of their backgrounds thats been a real red flag so far? >> well, ...

In terms of figuring out whether or not there is ties to terrorism, ties to radical extremists of some kind, do you have any sense of what direction the investigation is going or if theres anything thats loan about them from the local community and either of their backgrounds thats been a real red flag so far? >> well, what we know from federal officials is that syed farook made two trips overseas to saudi arabia in the last couple of years. one was to go to the hajj in mecca, and other was just...

All of the activity and trying to assess what was happening, i was informed that that was the location where this was happening and i was asking for officers to respond as quickly as possible because we had every belief at that time we had people still actively being shot inside of the building. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. >> san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden, who was the first officer on scene, who gave a remarkable ...