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Chicago facility. it isn't the first for the cook county jail. more than 400 employees called out sick for mother's day last year. and this week we honor our brave police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. thousand of officers across the country holding a candlelight vigil in washington marking national ng ate week. half-staff. 49 officers have died in the line of duty this year. steve: meanwhile no secret college campus more liberal than ever. should we bring back the affirmative action style programs which they love to force of the hiring of conservatives to balance out all the libera...

So i read bernie goldberg what about ideological diversity? what about a conservative point of view at the "new york times." where's the diversity on that? so bernie, where is it? >> it's not in the "new york times" newsroom by and large. it's not in most american numerous. listen, i think skin-deep diversity is important because there is a better chance that you, juan williams, will understand stories involving black culture and have more access to black communities than i would. i understand that. that's fine with me. >> right. >> but, in the newqç business and even more important kind of d...

So i read bernie goldberg what about ideological diversity? what about a conservative point of view at the "new york times." where's the diversity on that? so bernie, where is it? >> it's not in the "new york times" newsroom by and large. it's not in most american numerous. listen, i think skin-deep diversity is important because there is a better chance that you, juan williams, will understand stories involving black culture and have more access to black communities than i would. i understand that. that's fine with me. >> right. >> but, in the newqç business and even more important kind of d...

If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. turning to some developing news right now. the audio recordings of oral arguments in a pivotal affirmative action case at the supreme court earlier this week, those tapes were just released. it is our first chance to hear exactly what justice antonin scalia said that caused such an uproar. our team is covering every angle of this story with the legal and political analysis. we start with nbc news justice correspondent pete williams who listened to the audio of those proceedings. pete, what do...

From the nine justices here. not having to do with the three rulings expected today, but they have expected to take up affirmative action in college admissions in the next term. the case will be heard then. that begins in the fall. the court has agreed to rehear a challenge to the affirmative action program at the university of texas at austin which used race as a plus factor here to achieve more diverse campus after first admitting the first top ten percent of graduates from high school. the big news coming here is what will be heard in the court's next term starting fall and affirmative acti...