Justice ginsburgs words were, i remain convinced that handedly is a consideration of race, is preferable to stealing it. And maybe that goes also to your question. If these are proxies, to what extent our schools, our schools entirely safe come even if they say, look, we know the top 10 is a proxy for race in which is using it for that purpose and that purpose alone. Our educational institutions given the distance language safe in using proxies that are intended to offer that and conceal it . I dont believe that the university could find a safe harbor, build themselves that theyre completely invulnerable, that the use 100 proxy for race. I think the courts would look behind that decision, but there are, there are ways of classifying folks that are courts approved. Geography is flexible enough and allows for movement so that you could move to another school district, move to a close down, and, therefore, have control of whether you fit into that category or not. So geography is one that
The roadmap begins with the markets looking to rebound as tensions in the ukraine ease at least for the time being. Gold pulling back from that fourmonth high. However, putin still calling the situation in ukraine an unconstitutional coup, well go live to kiev for the latest developments from the region. And shares of radioshack dropping almost 30 in the premarket after the Company Announced its closing 1,100 Underperforming Stores. But well begin with the markets as we said trying to rebound from the selloff yesterday despite the turmoil in ukraine, futures in the u. S. And shares in europe pointing sharply higher following reports that Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to cease military exercises along the border with ukraine. His argument was that those had been in the works for some time. Obviously theres suspicion around everything he said, but for now it looks like an escalation is maybe off the table for today. No need for military action is the i think the standout quote fo
[background sounds] [background sounds] flags at the capital flying at halfstaff today in honor of the Washington Navy yard shooting victims. In the house and Senate Members of congress commented on yesterdays events and gun violence. We begin with House Minority whip steny hoyer. Frankly i dont know enough about the facts. I lost three constituents that lost their lives working in the navy yard. Two of them lived in Charles County and one of them lived in Saint Marys County to county in which i live. I am sure that it will renew the discussions about access to weapons that can be used to kill a lot of people quickly. We have seen however in colorado just in the past weeks to legislators who had the courage to vote for legislation which simply asks that we do a background check so we know who is getting guns which 80 to 85 of the American Public say is a sensible policy. Now withstanding that these two legislators will recall in a special election. One can analyze who comes out to the
War. Booktv in prime time continues this week. Tonight after the communicators, well bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. At 8 30 p. M. Eastern, we begin with Oscar Goodman at freedom fest. He talks about being oscar from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas. After that, well go to this years printers row Literary Festival to hear about the cooked seed. Then on to bookexpo be america in new york city city with erica jong who talks about fear of flying. And we finish with author and radio talk show host larry elder at the Los Angeles Times festival of books as he discusses his memoir about his troubled relationship with his father in dear father, dear son. Booktv in prime time all this week on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, with the announcement this week that the Washington Post has been sold to jeff bethos, we thought wed take this opportunity to look at changes in the newsp
Lecturer at the university of californiaberkeley on media consultant, lecturer at the university of californiaberkeley on media economics. Also joining us from our new york studio is edmund lee, the media reporter for bloomberg news. Mr. Lee, if we could start with you. How big a deal is this sale . In secularig deal terms, at least. In terms of numbers and finance, 250 million is not a lot of money. Compared to other media deals, it is pretty small. It is more the fact that it is the Washington Post, the storied newspaper. And jeff bezos, on the other side of the country, who is a wellknown internet billionaire. Despite the fact that he tends to be press shy. It is the secular interest of the big names behind it. Interest in this deal outside of washington and outside of media circles . I think the fact that there are probably almost everyone at this country has come across amazon, bought something, or been aware of it will get main streets attention. The focus is the power centers. M