studying at the top american university had always been her dream. >> nowadays many leading businesses, especially nonchinese firms are opening officize hope studying at this university will boost my chances of getting a job at a foreign company. >> reporter: the university graduate students half started joint research with top 11 students from 12 other universities. and research positions in china. the graduate school hopes this will help it enhance its academic recognition. then corporations and the state of missouri might give money off to the school. >> we well have more chinese students. we are looking to expand our program within the very near future. chinese students are the key to our program, to the success of our program. absolutely. a chinese education specialist, predict more foreign universities will set up in china. >> with more and more foreign companies doing business in china, there is a greg need for chinese workers, who know how foreigners do things. getting on the bandwagon, more and more, u.s. and european universities will open branches in china, recruit stug dent

studying at a top american university has always been her dream. >> translators: nowadays many firms e opposing offices here. i hope studying at this university will boost my chances of getting a job at a foreign company. >> the university's graduate students have started joint research with top 11 students from 12 other universities and with such organizations in china. the graduate school hopes this will help it enhance its academic reputation. then corporations and the state of missouri might give money to the school. >> we will have more chinese students. again, like i said, we're looking to expand our program within the very near future. chinese students are the key to our program, to the success of our program, absolutely. >> reporter: a chinese education specialist predicts more foreign universities will set up in china. >> translator: with more and more foreign companies doing business in china, there's a growing need for chinese workers who know how foreigners do things. getting on the bandwagon, more and more u.s. and european universities will open branches in china recruit

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mack's theory gives the opinion that essentially african americans do not belong at top tier universities. my first question is do you think that your mismatch theory is saying african americans are inferior and should not be at top universities. and then my second question is to both of you which is how did the diversity rational become precedent because you have four supreme court justices who said that we need afir ma tive action to remedy societyle discrimination. the other four justices disagree and it was louis powell who came up with what we have been following one justices remarks as precedent. >> there are a lot of questions there. i won't answer all of them. but let me emphasize i am not saying african americans do not belong at our top universities. all i'm saying is it would be better if they were admitted according to the same standards as other students. what i am saying discriminating against white and asian students who are far better qualified academically is not doing anybody any good when the african americans are admitted to schools they're not well qualified. now the

mismatch theory is the opinion that african-americans do not belong at top tiered universities. my first question is do you think that your policy is your theory saying that african-americans are inferior to top universities, and the second part of the question which asks how did the diversity background become precedent because in back that four other supreme court justices who said that affirmative action to remedy the discrimination, the other court justices disagreed, and essentially they had the diversity so for the last 30-40 years, we have been have one justice remark as precedent. i want that topic discussed as well. >> host: mr. taylor, you can go first. >> guest: a lot of questions there. i won't answer all of them. i'm not saying african-americans do not belong in the universities, but all i'm saying is that it would be better if they were admitted according to the same standards as other students. what i am saying is that discriminating against white and asian students who are far academically are not doing anything when the african-americans are not well qualified. t

but me emphasize, i am not saying african americans do not belong at top universities.would be better if they were admitted according to the same standards as other students. discriminating against white and asian students who are better qualified is!Ññ?ñ?it ⌟ñ?ñ what . we cannot use the rationale of past discrimination. to justify using race as a factor in admissions. prior to that it was an issue and it was argued that remedying past instances could be a justification for using race in admissions. that was not the way we were going after the opinion. the diversity rationale is somewhat murky. it says the university has the right to have a diverse environment and i think that makes sense that it gives less clarity to universities and to the public has to what they're trying to do when really it came about in order to ensure equal opportunity for people of color and women. it came about in the 1960's when jfk to him and it did -- proh ibited discrimination and they needed steps to ensure that equal opportunity was available for everyone. it is not something that was abo

american consumers are feeling pretty good about the economy. the university of michigan's latest reading on consumer sentiment hit a five-year high. that comes as the treasury reports the u.s. budget deficit topped $1 trillion in fiscal 2012. that's our fourth-largest budget deficit since world war two. that held wall street's gains in check: the dow rose 2.5 points, the nasdaq fell five. the s&p down four. for the week, the major averages were all off more than 2%. the nasdaq was hit the worst, down almost 3%. giov >> i think it's very hard to predict real estate prices now because the world is in such an unusual situation. there are so many ifs. and because we just recovered from the biggest housing bubble in u.s. history. so we're really in uncharted territory right now. >> reporter: shiller says one problem for the housing market is there is really no sense of urgency for potential home buyers to pull the trigger on a purchase. interest rates are expected to remain low for the foreseeable future and housing prices really aren't rising that much. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> susie: best buy is revving up its holiday retail strategy. the struggling electronics chain is taking its na

american consumers are feeling pretty good about the economy. the university of michigan's latest reading on consumer sentiment hit a five-year high. that comes as the treasury reports the u.s. budget deficit topped $1 trillion in fiscal 2012. that's our fourth-largest budget deficit since world war two. that held wall street's gains in check: the dow rose 2.5 points, the nasdaq fell five. the s&p down four. for the week, the major averages were all off more than 2%. the nasdaq was hit the worst, down almost 3%. >> susie: a new housing boom? >> susie: a new housing boom? a lot of talk and headlines about a recovery in housing. even consumers are feeling more confident as they see signs of a pick up in housing. next week we'll get more direction on where the nation's housing market is headed with the latest monthly numbers on new home construction and sales of existing homes. diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: it looks like the housing market is finally emerging from its long funk. in august existing home sales increased nearly 8% to their highest level in more than two years. home construction is gaining steam along with builder confidence. and the standard and poors case shiller home price i

top job to virginia. -- >> mitt romney reversed his stance on controversial comment that he made about 47% of americans. john gonzalez is live at george mason universityresident will be later this morning. >> good morning. 13 electoral votes in virginia are a priority once again for both campaign trails. mitt romney will be in southwest virginia talking to coal supporters. president obama will likely target a younger audience, holding a rally at george mason university. romney is open to build on his new-found momentum after what many describe as a very strong showing in the first presidential debate watched by 62 million americans. this will be part of three rallies in five days in the commonwealth for romney. for the first time he's talking about taking a different approach on the controversial comments he made on 47%. >> what i said was completely wrong. i absolutely believe that my life has shown that i care about 100%. >> as for the president, he will be in virginia and fairfax hoping to rebound after what pundits tell of called a sub-par performance during the wednesday presidential debate. his campaign admitting they will have to adjust strateg

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americans have just won the nobel prize for chemistry. robert leftkowitz of stanford university and brian kuboka will win the top prize. they focused on receptors. >>> police say two 26-year-olds arrived from egypt last night and are facing charges on terror in libya. we expect to learn more today from london. >>> and questions into how a massachusetts man was able to go through airport security with a smoke grenade in his luggage. he was on his way from japan to boston. police arrested him on a connection flight at los angeles airport on friday. federal agents say the 28-year-old man was wearing a bullet-proof vest and flame retardant pants. they say he had the smoke grenade and other weapons in his luggage. they are not under the impression he was a terrorist. he made his first court appearance yesterday. a detention hearing is set for friday. >>> now at 6:17, the man believed to be behind the anti-muslim film that sparked riots across the middle east is due in court today. a federal judge will decide if mark basseley youssef will be sent back to prison for violating probation. he was caught lying to probation office

virginia hunkered down with top aides, undergoing debate preps with governor romney on tuesday night at hostra university in new york. the president was highlighting the success of americanuto makers in the wake of a government bailout. governor romney opposed using government funds to help the auto industry. those auto makers are an entry critical, of course, to ohio. >> i bet on american workers and american ingenuity and three years later, that is paying off in a big way. together, our auto industry created a quarter of a million new jobs here in america. >> the president will stay here in the battleground of virginia until tuesday when he flies to new york for that second presidential debate. a lot of democrats pushing him to be more aggressive than he was in the first one. this time, it will be a town hall format with undecided voters. he has to be careful not to be too negative. a tough balancing act as the democratic party wants to see the president stop what republicans are calling mittmentum. fox news. >>> denver police looking at surveillance video after a bullet shattered a window at president obama's campaign office. there were people inside the office when i

american universities and colleges. we look forward to working on economic issues with the new libyan government once it is formed. one of our top priorities is helping nations trade more with each other. that will create new jobs for their citizens and markets for their products but today north africa is one of the least integrated regions in the world. it doesn't have to be that way. opening of the border between algeria and morocco would be an important step moving toward that integration. the third key area is strengthening democratic institutions advancing political reform. not an easy process. as we can see in the difficulty in forming a government in libya and political progress has to grow from the inside, not imposed from the outside or abroad but there are ways we can and are helping. in libya the united states has trained hundreds of lawyers and civil society activists on the election laws and offered tutorials to campaign managers in the run-up to the recent election. now we are encouraging civil society to fully engage in drafting a new constitution that will protect the equal rights of all libyan citizens. similar

what is it that texas can do besides the top 10%, which the university says is not adequate for the reasons i gave earlier? if they want to increase african-americans and hispanics without going to a quota system, the easy answer is just regard race entirely. think about that for a second. you're now an admissions officer and you have a personal essay in front of you by the student. the students as i was a member. i grew up in the ghetto, subjected myself to this kind of thing. i was arrested by the police because i was black and i decided what i needed to do was getting education and become a lawyer. can anybody expect any reader to strike the fact about being african-american from that essay? or are we going to have someone go through at it every essay to be sure there is no indication of the race of that individual, and i were going to do some kind of my inexperience on the reader to see that they don't even take about greece. that's the problem the university of texas has. despite the fact this is a very narrow case in many respects, spirit court has shown it is supremely able to disregard the wishes of the litigants to go as broadly they want

is it texas can do besides the top 10% which the university says it not adequate for the reasons i gave earlier. if they want to increase the number of african-americans and hispanics without going to a quo that system. well, the easy answer is just disregard race entirely, but think about that for a second. you are now an admissions officer, and you have a personal essay in front of you by the student. the student says i was a member of the black students association, i grew up in the ghetto, subjected myself to this thing, arrest byes police because i was black, and i decided that what i really needed to do was get an education and become a lawyer. can anybody expect any reader to strike the fact about being african-american from that essay? are we going to have somebody go through and ed it every essay to be sure there's no indication of the race of that individual and do some kind of mind experiment on the readers to see that they don't even think about race? that's the problem the university of texas has. last thing, despite the fact it's a narrow case in many respects, the supreme court is able to disregard the wishes of the litigants and go as

americans in the engineering class. >> yes, your honor. >> and the total number admitted under the top 10% class? >> yes. >> subtract eight from b, and you will get c. >> let me explain why the university did not look at that. the time it was conducted, it was before the holistic issue was adopted. in 2003-2004, the determination would not have been as important in just finding out african- americans or hispanics are under-represented minorities present at the university. >> what is the number? what is the critical mass of african-americans and hispanics to the university did you are working to? >> your honor, we do not have one. >> how will we supposed to tell if the plan is nearly tailored to that road? >> looking at the criteria in grutter, which rejected that you could come up with a fixed percentage. >> this is very from group-to- group, from state-to-state tax is contextual. it could very -- state-to-state? >> is contexture will. it could very. -- is contexture will. it could very. >> is the critical mass dependent on the breakdown of the population of texas? >> no. not at all. it is looking to the educational benefits of diversity on campus. i think we agree on what that means.

americans in the engineering class. >> yes, your honor. >> and the total number admitted under the top 10% class? >> yes. >> subtract eight from b, and you will get c. >> let me explain why the university, the determination would not have been as important in just finding out african- americans or hispanics are under-represented minorities present at the university. >> what is the number? what is the critical mass of african-americans and hispanics to the university did you are working to? >> your honor, we do not have one. >> how will we supposed to tell if the plan is nearly tailored to that road? >> looking at the criteria in grutter, which rejected that you could come up with a fixed percentage. >> this is very from group-to- group, from state-to-state tax is contextual. it could very -- state-to-state? >> is contexture will. it could very. -- is contexture will. it could very. >> is the critical mass dependent on the breakdown of the population of texas? >> no. not at all. it is looking to the educational benefits of diversity on campus. i think we agree on what that means. >> mr. garre, could you explain the critical question, why did the 10% solution not suffice? why was that no

american universities and colleges. we also look forward to working on economic issues with the new libyan government once is foreign. one of our top priorities is helping nations trade more with each other. but after i create new jobs and markets for products. by today, north africa is one of the latest integrated region and the world. it doesn't have to be that way. and opening the border between algeria and morocco would be an important step in moving toward that integration. the third key area and our strategy is strengthening democratic institutions advancing political reform. not an easy process. as we can see from the difficulty in forming a government in libya. political progress has to grow from the inside, not imposed from the outside or abroad. but there are ways we can and are hoping. and libya, for example, the united states has trained hundreds of lawyer and civil society activists on election laws and offer tutorials to campaign managers and candidates in the run-up to the recent election. now we are encouraging civil society be pulling in age than drafting a new constitution that will protect the equal rights of all

americans or hispanics. .. >> no, not on a per class basis. >> but class. >> you're looking at the classrooms, your honor. what that university found was -- >> how many are non top10% members at issue here admitted in each class? >> your honor, we did not look specifically at that determination. what we did was to try to find the percentage in this. we concluded in 2004, again, before we did the classroom study, before the issue was adopted, and at that time there were no taking race into account , and will be included was edgy like that african-americans, for example, a 90% of the class of them must -- >> i don't understand your answer. the total number of african-americans in an internal plans. >> yes, sir. >> you know the total number her were admitted that it the top 10%. >> we do. >> your honor -- >> what is the value? >> i don't know the answer to that question. at the time the class from diversity study was conducted it was before the commissions process at issue here. two dozen 3-4. so that determination has been as important as just finding out or african americans or hispanics, underrepresented minorities to present at the university in such numbers --

american universities and colleges. we also look forward to working on economic issues with the new government once it is formed to read one of our top priorities is helping the nation's trade more with each other. that after all will create new jobs for their citizens and markets for their products. but today in the least integrated regions in the world. it doesn't have to be that way. opening the border larocco would be an important step in moving towards that integration. the third is strengthening the space institutions and political reforms. not an easy process. as we can see from the difficulty in forming the government in libya. political progress has to grow from the inside, not imposed from the outside or abroad but there are ways we can and are helping to be in libya for example the united states has trained hundreds of lawyers and civil society activists on the election and offer tutorials to campaign managers and candidates in the run-up to the recent elections. now we are encouraging civil society to be fully engaged in drafting a new constitution that will protect the equal rights of all libyan citizens. similar efforts