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Affirmative action. >> thats right. >> attorney general sessions seems to draw a different conclusion. >> he sure does. but theres been an unbroken line over more than four decades from the u.s. supreme court supporting, clarifying, confirming the ability to use race in college and university admissions and in k-12 systems. that unbroken line comes from the need for and the academic interest in achieving diversity in our schools so that were educating our students and our school communities towa...

We did learn theyre between 200 and 270 young males between the age of 14 and 18. while that is helpful and clarifying, it does not answer the question as to where are the toddlers and where are the girls and where are they going to go and how are they going to be treated? now, add to that weve seen a steady stream of protesters and activists coming to this site, not just lawmakers. today we saw medical professionals, around 50 to 100 of them from across the state converging here to voice their ...

And brown people and not more people from places like norway. clarifying, if you can call it that, sarah sanders. >> no one is going to pretend like the president is always politically correct. he isnt. thats one of the reasons the american people love him. >> not all of the american people love this. the presidents approval rating around the time of those comments, 38%. i want to bring in now, angela rye, amanda carpenter and scott jennings. it keeps happening. he is saying things that are blat...

About the politicization of the fbi and about his being fired i totally get. i dont want to say that its clear that his conduct has been completely above reproach because it feels like its a much more complicated story than that. >> and david k. johnson, it seems andrew mccabe still has a lot more were going to hear from this. we have justice department experience here as well as reporters because this is journalism story, too. mccabe is in trouble because of communication with "the wall street ...

With. so the fury that mccabe has about the politicization about the fbi and his being fired i totally get. i dont want to say that its clear that his conduct has been completely above reproach because it feels like its a much more complicated story than that. >> david k. johnston, it seems like andrew mccabe has a lot more than were going to hear about this. i think were lucky we have experts with justice department experience here as well as reporters, because this is a journalism story, too. ...

Testimony that the inspector general i suspect had a problem with. so the fury that mccabe has about the politicization about the fbi and his being fired i totally get. i dont want to say that its clear that his conduct has been completely above reproach because it feels like its a much more complicated story than that. >> david k. johnston, it seems like andrew mccabe has a lot more than were going to hear about this. i think were lucky we have experts with justice department experience here as...

Absolutely terrifying discussion but clarifying, as well. thanks for helping us understand it. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> thought the scariest thing in cyber attack news today would be the other story that nicole had in the "new york times" today which is about a petro chemical plant in saudi arabia hit by a cyber attack to just not shut it down but make it kill people but then we got the following story happening here under our noses in our country. since ive been speaking, we have b...

Report from the secret service, they even use the word "allegedly," allegedly a self-inflicted gunshot wound. as you know, as these things often happen, we often learn more beyond the initial report. the fact that theyre saying this is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, not an attempt aimed at the white house directly, i think is significant. >> absolutely, thank you, geoff bennett, for clarifying. meantime, former cia director john brennan with strong words for president trump. here it is. >> wh...

Down donations from the nra. >> senator rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the nra in the future? >> the answer is people buy into my agenda. >> reporter: when asked if hed support banning semiautomatic rifles outright, he also refused to do it, saying it was complicated. sunlen serfaty, cnn, washington. >> well, the politics with gun control, of course, are always treacherous, even with senator rubios promise to change some of his positions. nothing...

Capital did senator rubio spend or earn last night at the town hall? he obviously did a lot of pushing back and clarifying. it was a difficult crowd and i think he gets credit for showing up and taking some very tough questions unlike the governor of florida or the president. >> i totally agree with you. he definitely gets credit for showing up. he knew this would be a totally hostile environment for him and he went anyway. and forgive me for taking off my cynical hat for a moment, but these wer...