Affirmative action tend to enter at the bottom of the class. Then they have trouble competing. With that in mind, scalia continued, i dont think it stands to reason that its a good thing for the university of texas to admit as many blacks as possible. But outside the court, no one cared about the legal arguments. Scalia was deemed racist. Minority leader harry reid even took to the senate floor. But it is deeply disturbing to hear a Supreme Court justice endorse racist ideas from the bench. Its not the least bit racist. Reporter Stuart Taylor coauthored the book that pioneered the mismatch theory. Justice scalia used rather awkward words, but the point he was making was absolutely correct that when you dramatically lower academic standards to let in a racial group into a college who wouldnt get in otherwise, theyre going to have trouble competing with the people who got in the oldfashioned way. Reporter now supporters of affirmative action say the mismatched theory understates the real
Law enforcement is blind to the plans of some terrorists because their communications are encrypted. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter this is where terrorists turn these days when they want to talk undetected, a messaging app, called telegram, available for free on any smartphone. Its the goto application for terrorist communication. Reporter elliot zweig is Deputy Director at the middle east Media Research institute. Telegram has set it up that even they themselves dont retain the information. They cannot monitor the content. Reporter and there are dozens of other apps just like it, featuring powerful encryption Law Enforcement cant crack. That is a big problem. We have to grapple with it. Reporter fbi director james comey revealed wednesday that one of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning. And to this day, i cant tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that att
By theent, hosted historical office, is about an hour. Good afternoon. It is 12 00. We begin with two very distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms at the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. The room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. There have been a lot of inquisitions here. Today, we are not doing an inquisition. We are doing a conversation. We are very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. Andy glass was born in warsaw, poland, and arrived in the United States during world war ii. He became a citizen in 1948. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of science and yale university. In 1960, after he completed his military service, he became a reporter for th
Scene. Christie this is a tragic situation. Reporter absolutely. We have seen people stopping by leaving candles and flowers who never even knew the family. We did speak with one man who did. He is upset, angry. Police are revealing more about the man they believe is responsible. Tonight for candles and flowers arrive at the crash site in livermore. We heard everybody running to see what was going on. We tried to help them. Reporter a 40yearold woman with her baby were hit and killed. The coroner hasnt identified them but fernandez pointed us to a gofundme page. He said they were visiting for a first communion. I can still remember the glass shattered. The hood came off. Thats when i went to my balcony and looked underneath me and thats when i saw her. I dont know if i can talk about it. Police arrested 35yearold brian jones of livermore. He is suspected of driving under the influence. I can tell you to the scene he did consent to a pass and it was. 13 and. 14 on the preliminary screen
Right. It was 7 20 when the flight landed here from abu dhabi. 20 minutes later this wife and mother of four from San Francisco walked in to a lot of hugs and kisses. She had been on a ladder on one of the most dangerous sections of mt. Everest when the quake struck. You can imagine the joy this morning. No tears, but a lot of emotion, like a big sigh of relief. Exhausted, Siobhan Mcfeeney smiled as soon as she saw them. Her husband and four kids. Two boys, two girls. A reunion that almost didnt happen. The 43yearold left five weeks ago to climb mt. Everest. The quake struck leaving her and her fellow climbers stranded. They held on until helicopters could save them. The eight of white house climbed together were talking about it over the last few days. I mean we all know that where we were perfectly fine. Everything around was gone. I dont know why we survived. I have no idea. Reporter her husband and kids showed unwavering strength in her strength, but there was a 2. 5hour wait befor