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Covering now for close to 12 years. there was a lot of home spun wisdom talking about the lessons he learned from his parents, his grandparents growing up here in scranton. it was much more biographical than a policy speech but that was the point. they wanted to contrast what joe biden learned about the importance of treating people with dignity. about being a man of your word. with what they say was the upbringing of donald trump. biden said his father had to do the longest walk to talk to the ...

And he has done that, both with the g-7 decision, which of course he pulled back, and more importantly, with the decision about syria, which he is just continuing to get scathing criticism about from his republican colleagues. >> reporter: jack, a focus, an intention, the strategy of nancy pelosi seems to be, keep this impeachment process very focused on ukraine. >> yeah. >> and that helps shorten the timeline, because she wants a shorter timeline. get to a vote as quickly as possible here. in t...

A branch, if you would, of the simon city royals. that took up his entire back. >> do you earn tattoos? >> you dont necessarily earn them. their tattoos mainly are to symbolize respect toward their organization. >> what is that symbol right there? >> as we are the united states of america and we have the red, white, and blue, they have the six-point star. the points of the star are the six points in which theyre supposed to live and abide by. and they stand for wisdom, knowledge, understanding, ...

Because your parents went there, why, is this feudal england? i cant imagine what the thought process is. >> theyre terrified what would happen to their fundraising if they got rid of legacy preference. they believe a lot of alumni donate in the hopes of getting their children into the school. >> according to "the harvard crimson," one-third of last years freshman class had relatives that went to harvard. legacy admission is deeply entrenched at many top tier schools. to understand what it all b...

And that those who do not do so well deserve their failure. it makes us smug and insensitive, reproducing the worst aspects of the clubby aristocracy of old. that is the greatest moral failing of meritocracy and one that is best countered by recalling the wisdom contained in the declaration of independence, the bible, and most of the worlds scriptures -- that all people are created equal and are of equal worth no matter where they got into college. im fareed zakaria. thanks for watching.

They believe a lot of alumni donate in the hopes of getting their children into the school. >> according to "the harvard crimson," about one-third of last years freshman class had relatives who went to harvard. legacy admission is deeply entrenched at many top-tier schools. to understand where it all began, let me take you back to a troubling chapter from more than a century ago. >> they founded schools that their sons might absorb the accumulation of mans knowledge and wisdom. >> in the early 1...

Segregation. the american system does not provide many paths for poor bright kids to move up. at the heart of the scandal of the declining social mobility. finally, lets take to heart some of the broader critique of meritocracy. many people succeed in life even though they do badly on tests. tests are not the measure of ones true worth in life. nor is where you went to college. the worst aspect is it allows people who rise to the top to believe they are better. they deserve their success. and th...

That stands for "royal knight," a branch, if you would, of the simon city royals. that took up his entire back. >> do you earn tattoos? >> you dont necessarily earn them. their tattoos mainly are to symbolize respect toward their organization. >> what is that symbol right there? >> as we are the united states of america and we have the red, white, and blue, they have the six-point star. the points of the star are the six points in which theyre supposed to live and abide by. and they stand for wi...

Want to change. what is it like to be in this place with other brothers? >> it feels good because you see them trying to change, too. >> um-hmm. >> i see what i see, whatever i see right here, i see a bunch of guys thats really changed their ways. you know, they dont want to do that no more. >> do you think you could have changed if it werent for god? >> i couldnt have done it without him. >> we tried 12-step programs, other rehabs, stuff like that. unless you find the lord somewhere in your l...

Youve left yourself nowhere to go. howard: yeah. i think the frustrating thing is that the countrys leaders cant even have a civil meeting about syria, that was the topic, without it degenerating into, certainly, there were insults and mutual charges of meltdown. ben, this week we had testimony where john bolton was having called rudy giuliani a hand grenade, the ambassador told the house he was disappointed when trump told him to work with giuliani on ukraine. what about republican complaint th...