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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 remarkable story about what happens when ordinary citizens stand up for their community. ali velshi himself r...

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 color who have immigrant backgrounds, one of which was born in somalia, but the three of which were bo...

Can't 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 gap. >> bringing up a lot of scenarios over who this is going to hurt and who it is going to help. ...

The people who ran the public schools, that there was an idea we should americanize immigrants. it doesn't mean just to the learn english, also means they come to identify with the country, come to see america's 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 conclusion. in many places most of the kids are from immigrant backgrounds. >> laura: also it's made eas...

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 being threatened, all of a sudden they are the villains. i don't understand how you resolve this with...