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plus, what if i told you there was no legal principle more than anything or anyone else in the country that keeps real police reform from basically being possible at all? what if i told you a federal judge just called that widely it use legal doctrine and unconstitutional error? well, that happened this week and it got way too little attention so i will take my glasses off and talk to some lawyers about this stunning ruling and what it could mean in practical terms. then, a remarkabl...

Florida, and prior deputy assistant of state under hillary clinton and now cohost of the podcast "unredacted." you were at the white house yesterday. i want to ask about the president calling people who disagree with him who are very critical of him anti-american and that they should leave the country. is that fundamentally different than the president who regularly calls his opponents names? >> i think this was fundamentally different because the president was picking out these four women of co...

Cant sit on our hands and ignore the disparities of wealth reflected in the sat. on the heels of college admission scandal with laurie locklin and felicity huffman. not everyone is buying this privileged equal admission argument. >> we see every year in new york city that asian kids from poor immigrant backgrounds -- regardless of their income levels -- because their families, their parents are so focused on their students academic involvement. that is what is necessary to close the achievement ...

The people who ran the public schools, that there was an idea we should americanize immigrants. it doesnt mean just to the learn english, also means they come to identify with the country, come to see americas founding as the founding of their country as well and not see that as something that dead white men did. the numbers are so big. one of the ways at same place works is i am grants and their kids interact with so many kids from native backgrounds that assimilation becomes a fore gone conclu...

Where justice kavanaugh now gives them a conserve lean in court. this also comes at a time where the administration is considering reinstituting the policy of the children at the border. this is somebody who exhibited his incredible animus towards immigrants and has done that by lying to the american people. the family values party, the quote, pro life party who cares about children so much has bought into this story line that these children fleeing violence from gangs and their parents lives be...

And we dont want you here. you take our jobs and rape or children. >> the children? >> the kids -- parents shouldnt have brought them. take your kids and come out. you came illegally. youre not supposed to be here. asylum -- >> empathy. >> its not on the foot of the statue ofliberty. figure out what you want the process to be p. dont lie about it and dont do this to kids. >> you talked about how your family came here as immigrants from italy. so many americans families came that way. their ances...

And im okay with the political argument. figure out what you want the process to be. dont lie about it and dont do this to kids. >> you talked about how your family came here as immigrants from italy. so many americans families came that way. their ancestors. my came over by force. >> yeah. >> but still, its, you know, most people who are in this country, who come from immigrant backgrounds, they came over. they didnt have a lot of money. they came over seeking a better life. the families werent...

To have attended a private school. he doesnt need your help. yet, who has a better chance of leveraging diversity standards to get into harvard? you know the answer, the rich kid does. he gets an advantage he hasnt earned and doesnt deserve. and that is a win for him. harvard wins also for being inclusive. meanwhile, this kid from the south side of chicago does not go to college at all. this is happening at schools all over the country. the trend is accelerating as immigration accelerates. the 2...

Yet, who has a better chance of leveraging diversity standards to get into harvard? you know the answer, the rich kid does. he gets an advantage he hasnt turned and doesnt deserve. and that is a win for him. harvard wins also for being inclusive. meanwhile, this kid from the south side of chicago does not go to school. it is accelerating as immigration accelerates. the 2007 study found that among black students in the top to 28 american universities, it was double the representation in the bar p...

Defend borders? >> what do you think? >> what i think is in this country we know that laws have not always meant justice. actually tonight i met the two u.s. citizen children of a woman named guadalupe who got deported to mexico. he was living here since she was 14. her crime was providing for her kids. she got a fake social security number. thats what i have to do to keep working. i have to ask, by the way. how many more billions do we want to spend protecting you from this border. could a bord...