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Bush-era race-neutral guidance. schools that keep race-conscious admission policies could face a justice department investigation or lose funding from the department of education. several universities have already come out against the decision and say they will proceed with diversifying efforts. a man and a woman in the uk have been critical poisoned using the same military-grade nerve agent that poisoned a former rush wran spy and his daughter four months ago. the couple were found unconscious in their home in the town about seven miles away from salsbury where the poisoning of the two prev...

>> we are not in a position to say whether the they have been agent was from the same batch the skripals were exposed to. the possibility these two investigations might be linked is clearly a line of inquiry. it is important, however, that the investigation is led by the evidence available and the facts alone. >> the thing in common is novichok. let's see how deadly it can be. the russian word novichok means newcomer. it refers to a group of advanced nerve agents developed by the soviet union in the '70s and '80s. western intelligence agencies didn't even know about this class of nerve agents ...

Daughter were exposed to back in august called novichok. i want to take a look at how deadly it can be and just what it is. it means newcomer is refers to a group of advanced nerve agents originally developed by the soviet union in the 1970s and 1980s. western intelligence agencies didn't even know about them until 1991 when a russian scientist defected and reported on russian violations to the 1990 chemical weapons accord. now, according to the experts, the way it works is frighteningly simple. once it enters the body, the chemical blocks neurotransmitters that control your muscles, including...

>> martha: it's interesting because the comments don't come out of nowhere. he wanted to get out there before he got on the plane today. what did you make of it? >> it was strange. i wonder whether, you know, the russians did a little dangle on the telephone. they knew the n.s.a. was listening to and it was in the presidential daily brief and he bit on it. look, karl is absolutely right in terms of the russian conduct, which should be the measure of the broader cooperation. there is no rationale excuse for them being part of the g7 at the moment. they have a hindrance on north korea. smuggling...

Was very clear with the russians about what had happened in your own country to russian nationals that were living there. >> yes, there's a track record here of russians actually using nerve agents against people on foreign soil and very strong international response to that message hasn't gotten through what we would like to have done. >> dana: certainly the united states and the u.k. have a special relationship. but sometimes it's not without tension. and obviously, iet -- the iran deal is one of those. where do things go here? >> it's one of a close relationship. one of the aspects is when ...