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So omarosa manigault newman's white house tenure was controversial at best. and her firing is still causing problems for an administration that cleary has a diversity problem. i want you to listen to this is kellyanne conway struggling to even name one prominent african-american in the west wing. >> omarosa was the most prominent high level african-american serving in the west wing on president trump's staff. who now is that person? who is the most prominent high level advisor to the president on the west wing staff right now? >> african-american? >> yes. >> i would say that, well, first of al...

Institutions to people of talent no matter their background. so let's first talk about the new york challenge to meritocracy. its eight selective schools are a wonder of the modern public education system. admission to them is based on a single test. having well thought connections with lot get you in nor your race or athletic prowess. they have a track record of moving smart kids out of poverty and into the middle class. it turns out to blacks and hispanics comprise just 10% of these schools compared to the 68% of the student body as a whole. it's said to favor asians who make up 60% of the s...

It schools are a wonder of the public education system. admission is based on a single test. having connections will not get you in. they have a track record of movi moving smart kids out of poverty and into the mid class. blacks and hispanics comprise 6% of the schools. the test said to favor one group who make up more than 60% of the students. to come complain the schools have a diversity problem as the mayor does is wrong and wrong headed. the schools are incredibly diverse. the category encompasses people who trace an sentry to china, india, philippines among others. widely different count...

I think seth meyers is actually a really interesting host for this moment. he's obviously done topical human before. he worked on weekend update on "snl." his late night talk show is very topical. interestingly, seth meyers talked about how his wife is an attorney who prosecuted sexual assault cases and has a segment called jokes seth can't tell where he brings on two women writers to tell the jokes he can't tell. so i think he's very aware of the potential pitfalls and is a really good person to kind of account for them. >> there were no nominations for female filmmakers. is that going to be ...

Right now, the feud going on, jeff flake and others, bob corker, going after the president. here was like yesterday on abc. >> when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans and sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the thousands of a dying party, when you look at the last of diversity -- lack of diversity sometimes. it depends where you are come about by at-large, we are appealing to older white men men. there is a limited number of them. >> ed: jeff flake retiring. he left the door open to potentially challenging president trump himself in 2020. what is going ...