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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. xq institute. lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. md anderson cancer center. making cancer history. supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world s most pressing problems skollfoundation.org. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the islamic state group is claiming responsibility for an attack tonight at an upscale restaurant in bangladesh. authorities say up to nine gunmen took at least 35 hostages in dhaka, the capital, including some 20 foreigners. at least 26 people were w
the court struck down the policy at issue, which, in louisville, had been adopted, a policy, adopted after the school system was no longer officially under court order, by consensus, large consensus of the community, it wanted to continue with its integration program in schools . it was considered a model community for integration. the court said that the principles established in the affirmative action cases regarding diversity really don t apply in the k-12 context and context. and then, as you mentioned, there is the continuing controversy over affirmative action. the court is going to hear the fisher case again. tomiko: it will rule on the merits and it doesn t look good to proponents of affirmative action. and it may not be a sleeping a sweeping holding but the nature of the conversation at the court is having is really goes back to that word of judicial supremacy. the court, in the affirmative action context, is saying that it is to be satisfied that there aren t al
keep blazes at bay during one of the worst fire seasons on record. throughout the west, big fires have become the norm. fire managers are having a tough time keeping one all the demands for firefighters and firefighting resources. ifill: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the united states is moving to take more of the many thousands leaving africa and the middle east. the associated press reported today the obama administration will accept at least 5,000 addition
the worst fire seasons on record. throughout the west, big fires have become the norm. fire managers are having a tough time keeping one all the demands for firefighters and firefighting resources. ifill: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the united states is moving to take more of the many thousands leaving africa and the middle east. the associated press reported today the obama administration will accept at least 5,000 additional refugees next year. meanwhile,