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Missouri. thats a mix of a wildfire and tornado. a woman instagraming this image of a firenado. these fire tornadoes can form an intense heat combines with high winds. amazing picture. luckily no reports of injuries from this one. heres a look at todays weather. scattered showers over the northeast and into the great lakes. a band of severe storms from the great lakes into mexico. snow showers for the northern rockies. clear along the west coast. >> temperatures are heating up across much of t...

And you know, i try to encourage that so i feel that kids who have the opportunity to build up their character and person from the inside-out, usually can be extremely dynamic and no matter what their circumstances they are born into. thats what i do with a lot of my charity work for my foundation that i do. >> we just apparently lost our connection to cedric the entertainer. are you there? >> im there. >> someone jealous of your skills and comedy tampering with our connection there. youve given...

Feels like a high school exam. instructions are very straightforward. its tied to what a student would likely be learning in high school. s substantive things like the subject, things students will see in the classroom. the s.a.t. is how well you take the s.a.t. not a predictor of college success. >> and if it looks more -- if its designed to be more like the curriculum students would have encountered and to give you a sense of how well the students mastered that material, it raises the question...

Is an alcoholic, you know, the mother is in prison. you know, they have had to work since they were 5 years old still they have managed to achieve 3.7, 3.8 grade point average. still above average sat scores. this is a person who has a tremendous amount of potential. this doesnt matter what their color is and, yes, i would absolutely be willing to give that person a little extra scrutiny and perhaps some aid. >> so if i have got it right you would change affirmative action not necessarily being ...

Role. if you take the top 50% of students and award them for academic excellence, then why have an honor role as all. this is ridiculous. >> clearly i disagree. so, i actually think that it shows that this child is exceeding in other areas. he made the honor roll, which means -- >> one criteria, great point average? >> grade point average. >> so even with the c and d he made it. >> lets say the student is extremely artistic and got the c or d in math, and he is not an algebra kid or science kid....

California system, asians make up almost 40% of the student body or 2 out of every 5 students. while they are only 12% of the california population." lo and behold, that group of white people who got that information gave grade point average less importance because suddenly they, white people, were the ones being threatened by the so-called meritocracy. part of professor sampsons conclusion, this finding weakness the argument that white commitment to herring toty is purely based on principle." e...

While they are only 12% of the california population." lo and behold, that group of white people who got that information gave grade point average less importance because suddenly they, white people, were the ones being threatened by the so-called meritocracy. part of professor sampsons conclusion, this finding weakness the argument that white commitment to meritocracy is purely based on principle." exactly. it shows how malleable, slippery, our notions of merit are in the context of higher educ...

A jaw dropping new study shows that white people dont like affirmative action unless they think its going to benefit them. and this is very real practical implications because every year that goes by, the job market increasingly requires college degrees. parents grow more anxious about their kids getting into college. and admissions to these colleges grow more and more competitive. so along comes this great experiment, a study by frank sampson, a professor of sociology at the university of miami...

After all, people will often favor the policy that is good for them and their group. so it shouldnt be any surprise that there would be some white people who would downgrade, lets say, grade point average or test scores if those in merit arent working in their favor. >> we often think of the debate over affirmative action in a kind of battle over a zero sum fixed pie of educational resources, as involving white people and black people, or white people and black or brown people. one of the things...

That can be taken with or without food. my doctor recommends citracal maximum. its all about absorption. >> reporter: breaking news here at the supreme court. im jake tapper. there has been a decision in a case short handed as affirmative, but more broadly whether or not race can be used when deciding whether to admit a student into a university class. the case is fisher versus university of texas at austin. abigail fisher applied to be a student at the university of texas austin. she did not ge...