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>> hi, everyone. im dana perino. a midwest winter storm having travelers saying "attempt to travel west today." why the markets freaking out? and sizing up some of the biggest global risks from 2018. coming up at the top of the hour on "the daily briefing" ." >> julie: all right. democrats look at the 2020. some are reportedly concerned about the lack of diversity in the top contenders. recent polls showing three white men leading the pack with joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders and congr...

So theyll debate that on capitol hill. i want to ask you about the recent criticism that there are people who are trying to silence conservatives when it comes to these things. i want to point to a case of something that is going on my facebook. david french writes about this. "a senior engineer invited colleagues to join his group called engineers for political diversity. "the new york times" reports more than 100 people joined. "the times" are reported that ingrid tried to appeal it but they s...

Thinks -- they will debate that on capitol hill. i want to ask about the criticism of social media and there are people trying to silence conservatives when it comes to these things. i want to point to a case going on it facebook. a senior engineer named brian invited colleagues to join a group for political diversity in the new york times reports 11 people of joins, time supports angry colleagues have also tried to appeal to facebook to shut down the group. so far they failed, they upset other ...

He supports the policies that president trump is pushing. and also, he, you know, took a stab at black lives matter. rachel: in fact, stephanie, let me put up that tweet of his from black lives matter. it says black lives matter one goal. division. black lives matter, white lives matter. police lives matter. yeah, whats wrong with that? >> nothing. and this is something that i have been talking about for a long time that all lives do matter. and so when you just pick one certain group, you exclu...

They bring their knowledge, their tools and equipment and the proficiency to get the job done. and the whole time i have been in the fire service, pg&es been there, too. whatever we need whenever we need it. i do count on pg&e to keep our firefighters safe. thats why we ask for their help. so omarosa manigault-newmans white house tenure was controversial at best. and her firing is still causing problems for an administration that cleary has a diversity problem. i want you to listen to this is ...

So omarosa manigault newmans white house tenure was controversial at best. and her firing is still causing problems for an administration that cleary has a diversity problem. i want you to listen to this is kellyanne conway struggling to even name one prominent african-american in the west wing. >> omarosa was the most prominent high level african-american serving in the west wing on president trumps staff. who now is that person? who is the most prominent high level advisor to the president on ...

Institutions to people of talent no matter their background. so lets first talk about the new york challenge to meritocracy. its eight selective schools are a wonder of the modern public education system. admission to them is based on a single test. having well thought connections with lot get you in nor your race or athletic prowess. they have a track record of moving smart kids out of poverty and into the middle class. it turns out to blacks and hispanics comprise just 10% of these schools com...

It schools are a wonder of the public education system. admission is based on a single test. having connections will not get you in. they have a track record of movi moving smart kids out of poverty and into the mid class. blacks and hispanics comprise 6% of the schools. the test said to favor one group who make up more than 60% of the students. to come complain the schools have a diversity problem as the mayor does is wrong and wrong headed. the schools are incredibly diverse. the category enco...

I think seth meyers is actually a really interesting host for this moment. hes obviously done topical human before. he worked on weekend update on "snl." his late night talk show is very topical. interestingly, seth meyers talked about how his wife is an attorney who prosecuted sexual assault cases and has a segment called jokes seth cant tell where he brings on two women writers to tell the jokes he cant tell. so i think hes very aware of the potential pitfalls and is a really good person to ki...

Right now, the feud going on, jeff flake and others, bob corker, going after the president. here was like yesterday on abc. >> when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans and sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the thousands of a dying party, when you look at the last of diversity -- lack of diversity sometimes. it depends where you are come about by at-large, we are appealing to older white men men. there is a limited number of them. >> ed: jeff flake retiri...