is affirmative action necessary? joining me now, renu mukherjee, getting her ph.d. at boston college where her dissertation is on affirmative action. she wrote this piece in the new york times, affirmative action is wrong . thank you for being here. you heard the tape and you re familiar with the speech. president johnson said in 1965 it s not enough to open the gates of freedom. was he right then? he was right then, michael. affirmative action served a unique purpose in the mid to late 1960s and 1970s, which was to provide assistance to disadvantaged african americans as a result of the horrible legacies of slavery and jim crow. but that purpose is not necessarily being fulfilled today. when you look at the majority of black students at harvard, for example, they re largely the children of immigrants and they
attorney general s office jeff nigh and ingrid batea have been appointed to assist in the prosecution. kohberger was arrested in late december. charged with the stabbing murders of the four students. according to charging documents, their other surviving roommate saw a male figure with bushy eyebrows, a mask and black clothing in the home that night. funk s account of that night is not included in those documents. prosecutors allege dna evidence, video surveillance and cell phone records led them to kohberger, who is pursuing a ph.d. at nearby washington state university. he has yet to enter a plea, but has said through a former attorney he believes he ll be exonerated. and there was more legal drama in march when prosecutors disclosed that one of the officers on the case had been the subject of an internal affairs investigation. we don t know if that s related to this case or another one, but experts say it could be used by the defense to discredit the
ph.d. at nearby washington state university. he has yet to enter a plea but has said through a former attorney he believes he ll be exonerated. erin mclaughlin, nbc news. chilling, we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports reports, so let s get right to it. at this hour, the comment you do not want to miss from the white house, what one spokesperson said in reaction to 2024 republican candidate nikki haley saying joe biden is not likely to make it to 86 years old. and continued fighting inside war torn sudan, despite the extinction of a critical cease fire meant to help civilians flee the country. heavily outnumbered, the fbi director says there s an unparalleled threat, chinese
scholar to reporter. this is your am: wakeup call. and good morning to you. this is your am: wakeup call for thursday, december 8th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are the top stories. one of bernie fine s accusers is expected to announce he s filing a lawsuit in civil court. zam tom selly accused the former basketball coach of sexually abusing him in a pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. the fda hearing evidence about whether the birth control pill is dangerous. the government looking at side effects including claims about an increased risk of blood clots. there are allegations the drugmaker bayer hid evident of risk. heavy rain and wet snow coming down in the eastern united states. check on your flights to. let s get a check on today s weather. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. good morning, carol. the good news is, things are looking a lot better in about five hours. so as we progress throughout the day things will
met with strong resistance from police. we ll show you what s going on. plus, you know j.r. ewing from the 1980s tv series dallas announces a public health battle but larry hagman has no plans to step down. we re all guilty of it, eating and driving. but one community is working to put a stop to it. the occupy wall street movement just keeps getting bigger. more protests inside and outside of the united states along with more arrests. in new york alone, 14 arrests after protesters staged a sit-in in the street blocking traffic. in flint, michigan, dozens of demonstrators protested in front of a bank of america. and in seattle, washington, dozens more remain in a downtown park. just yesterday police in riot gear arrested 41 people there. and in san diego, police clashed with occupy protesters who had formed a tent city, and things got pretty intense. officers used pepper spray to make the demonstrators comply with an order to remove their camping gear. here s salvado