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Tier battlegrounds, that certainly is one of them. so both former presidents trying to fire up their respective bases. >> okay. jeff zeleny, appreciate it. thanks for that update. affirmative action in college admissions is the focus at the supreme court today. justices are considering whether some universities violated student rights by using race as a factor. a decision could mean fewer higher education opportunities for some black and hispanic students. cnn justice correspondent jessica sch...

Ciscomani is one of 33 gop hispanic candidates on the ballot, part of a concerted leadership effort to boost their ranks in the chamber. >> do you feel comfortable with the way leaders in your party have expressed themselves, vis-a-vis the hispanic community? >> i can only control how i express myself with the hispanic community. im very proud of the way weve done it. >> they argue democrats are taking hispanic voters for granted. >> i think the republican party is recognizing that its right the...

For fair admissions, theyve largely been arguing that affirmative action discriminates against asian american and white students by favoring instead black and hispanic students. now, this group has actually lost repeatedly at the lower courts, but they have been able to bring this case up to the supreme court here. there are high stakes for this argument that begins at 10:00 a.m. there are two separate cases so the unc case will be heard first and then the harvard case will be heard, but for tha...

The reason were here is to get votes where we havent shown up. >> he uses a special app micro targeting different voters. >> weve loaded in all the different voters. this is a weak republican, on the team, dont always show up in the general election. >> this gop ground operation is in nine states with critical senate races this year. >> the whole point of the program is to just talk to hispanic voters. when youre in a get out the vote phase, these voters get left behind. >> translator: i havent ...

8. brian: the greatest gains for republicans are in the latino community. was that a target right away? >> we started latinos for laxalt the beginning of this year. no senate campaign has invested more resources into this. we have done hispanic tv and radio. we have done so many events. we have been in the community. it has moved about 30 points since 2016. she won by 42 and won the state by 2. now its on average a 10-point gap. the hispanic community is moving because of our efforts and its als...

With a close race for governor, the two leading candidates are trying to pick every vote they can.

8. brian: the greatest gains for republicans are in the latino community. was that a target right away? >> we started latinos for laxalt the beginning of this year. no senate campaign has invested more resources into this. we have done hispanic tv and radio. we have done so many events. we have been in the community. it has moved about 30 points since 2016. she won by 42 and won the state by 2. now its on average a 10-point gap. the hispanic community is moving because of our efforts and its als...

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Is quite likely that this solidly conservative court could end up banning affirmative action at universities and colleges all over the country, banning them from using race as a factor in their admissions decision despite the fact that the supreme court has approved it going back all the way to 1978. now, the reason why these two cases will be heard before the court tomorrow morning is that these have been winding their way through the lower courts for several years now. a group called students ...