A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
The stone, the fuel that will bring home the remaining 101 hostages. I am honest, and i say its not that hersh was perfect, but he was the perfect son for him, and i am so grateful to god for 23 years i was privileged to have the most stunning honor to be hershs mama. Truly heart breaking Eulogies Yesterday from the parents of hersh goldberg. Pollin. His body and the bodies of five other hostages were recovered over the weekend in southern gaza. Their deaths ignited massive protests across israel, putting more pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Ceasefire And Hostage deal. Well go through all of that in just a moment. Plus, well bring you the latest from the Campaign Trail as we are now just over two months from election day. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning, and we will begin this morning with the recent and heart breaking developments out of T
I have been here only once or twice before and today i decided to come, like most people here, because we have had enough. Everyone left their work, left children at home, and came here to protest, to say no more. No more to this corrupt government. We have a criminal government who lets the hostages be murdered only for the sake of the coalition. We are asking from our government to stop everything and to make a deal. The funerals for some of the six hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for Almog Sarusi Who was 27. The hostages Families Forum said that the six captives were murdered in the last few days. But, hamas said Israeli Fire killed the hostages. Lets get some analysis now im joined by Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. What expecting to happen today . We are what expecting to happen today . We are expected what expecting to happen today . We are expected to what expecting to happen today . We are expected to see
Killed by israeli fire. Thousands of israelis have been protesting in Jerusalem And Tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli government to bring the remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafa as israeli forces battled above them. Almog sarusi. Alexander lobanov. Ori danino. Eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. Carmel gat, a the
The remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Jon donnison reports from jerusalem on what we know about the israeli hostages. Six more dead israeli hostages In Gaza. Carmel gat, who was a0. Alexander lobanov, 32. Almog sarusi, aged 27. Eden yerushalmi, 24. Ori danino, who was 25. And the youngest, hersh Goldberg Polin, just 23, who was also an american citizen. With broken hearts, the Goldberg Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their son and brother, hersh. They thank you all for your Love And Support and ask for privacy at this time. Just a few days ago, his mother, rachel, had called for his release. Hersh, we a