director of a nongovernmental organization that provides grants for development projects in syria, and from norman, oklahoma, the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. gentlemen, welcome to you all. syria, as we heard, says it should control the delivery of aid into all of syria. it does not recognize the nongovernmental organizations working in the north and northwest. is syria playing politics with aid? >> to be honest, when we are talking about syria, the country is already divided into three sections, and different powers are controlling each section. in the northeastern part, the pkk, pid, curtis-influenced area. at the center, damascus through aleppo, and on the northwestern part, we have the opposition forces, so in each area, they have different difficulties after the earthquake, but the most affected areas are especially under the regime control, under the syrian salvation government. under the government, i think the death toll reached more than 2180, and the official count is 1002 hundred 50, so different parties make the administration a little more difficult, but this may give it political advances in the region for the mil

, joshua landers, director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. gentlemen, welcome to you while i'm at that start with you, syria. then as we heard says that it should control the delivery of aid into all of syria. it doesn't recognize the non governmental organizations working in the north northwest is syria playing politics with aid her. to, to be honest, a man we are talking about syria, you know, at least a da com pres, already. if you write it into 3 sections and different powers are controlling each section in the north eastern part, we have the peacock i p p k, k, p i v y p g, a courtesy blues area and it yeah, at the center at damascus through our nipple and mediterranean area we have the regime forces and on the north western part, under the turkish influence we have the opposition forces at a serious elevation government. so in each area they have different difficulties after the earthquake, but the most effective areas are especially under the regime control. and under the salvation side, insulation going in control because the losses

can now speak tojoshua landis who's director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahomaejoins us now. we saw joshua, where he joins us now. we saw reports there from joshua, we saw reports there from both syria and turkey, do serious have a right to feel particularly aggrieved about the lack of age? particularly aggrieved about the iack of age?— the lack of age? yes, they haven't got _ the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid - the lack of age? yes, they haven't got much aid at i the lack of age? yes, theyj haven't got much aid at all the lack of age? yes, they - haven't got much aid at all and syria, after ten, 12 years of civil war has very level —— little moving equipment, the whole system, all the systems are broken down and so it has been very difficult to get any aid in an any aid that came through turkey, the degree to the opposition areas in the north and the western of the country usually was used before it got to the syrian border. roads were broken, people ignored syria and turkey got much greater attention.

of oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least one tornado was confirmed in norman, oklahoma, where students at the university of oklahoma rged to seek shelter. a warning also issued for downtown oklahoma city. the system is so strong, a wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. so far, more than 90 storms have been reported across the southern plains. okay. joining me on the phone now is mark fox, meteorologist for the national weather service in norman, oklahoma. what do we know about the situation there, particularly what level of damage this tornado has caused, mark? >> well, the tornado happened about 9:00 or so, 9:20 central time. and came within about a mile of our office and started to produce a little bit more damage as it moved off to the north and the east. we've seen some pictures of some homes with roofs torn off and trees uprooted. it's probably going to be a little bit of an ugly scene once the daylight hours come tomorrow morning. but we know of several homes damaged, and so far, knock on wood, haven't heard much in the way of injuries. but those reports are sti

of oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least one tornado was confirmed in norman, oklahoma, where students at the university of oklahoma were urged to seek shelter. there are now reports of widespread damage there, downed power lines, and debris blocking roads. the system is so strong, a wind gust of 114 miles an hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. also more than 90 storms have been reported across the southern plains. on the phone right now, is extreme storm chaser aaron jayjack who is in northern oklahoma. aaron, good to have you with us. can you tell us where you are right now and what the conditions are? >> yeah. so i'm in norman, oklahoma, which is just outside of oklahoma city. in fact, it's the home of the national weather service that's giving out all the warnings and watches that we've been seeing today in oklahoma. so i was tracking the storms today. i started off in the texas panhandle. a significant severe weather threat that we had expected today, and started off in the texas panhandle and worked my way east across i-40, across oklahoma and i-40 until i got to oklahoma city. i dropp

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of remediajuification for our policy. but we do thinkur university's history is relevant to the diversity analisn two distinct ways. first, it help explain why the progress we have beepuuing is behind the university of oklahoma. we have a unique racial history in our state. all these programs take society as they find it. >> that might account for why thear expiration deadline cannot be blanketly applied because we start in different places with respect to how race has been considered to exclude people in our various communities. >> yes, i agree very much with that statement. >> justice thomas? >> what is the percentage difference between a nonracial approach and the approach that you are taking? >> the expert evidence in our case suggest for 1.2% of the african pool as a whole is affected by our race conscious admissions program. how that works out in the lent denominator is the number ofnderrepresented minorities ocaus which is far lower than the number of rura students, even less for first-generation college students that weav >> do you think that 1.2% marginal difference is enough of a compelling interest to continue a race-based program? >> what he tried to do is foowhis court's guidance for a number of

think that it helps explain why the progress that we have be pursuing is perhaps behind the university of oklahoma, for example. we have unue racial history in our state and all of these programs take society else they find it. >> i say, that might account for why the 25 year expiration deadline cannot really be blanketly applied because we start in difre places with respect race has been ered to exclude people and our various communities. >> i very much agree with that statement. >> thank you. anything further? >> what is the difference the percentage difference between a non racialppach and the approa tt you are taking? >> the expert evidence in our caseugsts that 1.2% of the applican pool as a whole, is affected by our race conscious submissions program. how that works out in terms of the relevant domator is the number of underrepresented minorities on campus, which is still fairly small. it is far lower than the number of rural students that we ve or even less of the number of first generation college students that we have. >> do youhi that 1.2% marginal difference is enough of a coelng intere

to house leadership we formed oklahoma broadband council to deliver high-speed internet to 95% of our population. as companies flood oklahoma, let's make sure our universities and higher education work with companies to train the workforce of tomorrow. i want to challenge ou and osu to grow to 40,000 students by the year 2040. we need our universities to meet the engineering needs of our aerospace industry, as the software developer base for technology hubs. we expect our tuition to pay for everything. so we can be the top in the nation. i want our universities to have more career based counselors. i wanted challenge our high schools to be more responsive to our workforce. oklahomans need truck drivers, plumbers, electricians. i want us to refocus our career based. let's reimagine our approach. let's invest in high school freshman so they can start a career in cybersecurity. so we can keep up with the jobs of tomorrow we must transform our state economy to an innovation economy. in oklahoma, we lean into it, we embrace it. let's continue to promulgate and continue to make investment in our aerospace defense so we can enhance our military bases and air force

oklahoma, two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage. downed power line and debris blocking roads in the city of norman, home to oklahoma's largest universityns of thousands of people statewide are or without power. >> a lot of real strong wind. i was standing out in the garage. my wife went to the neighbor's to get in their shelter. wood and debris started flying. and hitting things. so i jumped in the back seat of a car in the garage real quick. but it didn't last very long. thank goodness, seeverybody is okay. >> well, the system is so strong a wind gust of 114s per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 415 storms have been reported across the southern plains. under 160 million are under high wind alerts a storm expert tells cnn it's still early for a tornado system. >> it's a nighttime tornado, those are always quite difficult and, you know, extra dangerous. one thing today, you know, it's february. it's traditionally the southern plains and tornado alley, if you will, doesn't really start to come alive with the tornadoes and severe weather outbreaks until maybe march, especially april and may. that's the

oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma's largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger meteorologist with the national weather service in norman oklahoma. thanks for taking with us. >> good to be with you. >> talk with us what you're able to able to tell us about the extreme weather conditions in closed and who is getting hit with this? >> as you mention we have had a line of strong to severe storms but high winds across the southwestern and southern central parts of the statement we have had 7 tornadoes that we can preliminarily confirm across our forecast area across parts of southwest and south central oklahoma but most significant tornado perhaps appears to be the norman tornado moving across the southeastern part of normal and we are going to send a survey team. >> how

students at the university of illinois urbana champaign offered to take cover and night of terror in norman, oklahoma. an ef-2 with winds topping 110 miles an hour whipping through the neighborhood. we are in the tornado zone and also tracking the storm moving from the midwest right into the northeast in the coming hours. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee leading us off. take us through it. >> reporter: david, we are moments from the first flakes of snow that will take this measly winter in new york city only 0.4 inches to something that looks more like a february day and slide through. this first little bit will be the appetizer then you get the bulk into the late night and overnight hours, pay close attention to interstate 80. not just if you're traveling but because that's a pretty sharp cutoff meaning thatnt s cheouomg certainly philadelphia very little whereas new york city gets more, 7:00 a.m. it' dwr u d oan boston, hartford and through the day slows down, vermont, new hampshire and maine smothered in snow. 6 to 10 inches and some of the higher elevations could be higher. north

university and from brussels. we have i said i'd she. who is executive director of beta syria, that's a non governmental old organization that provides grants for development projects in syria and from norman, oklahoma, joshua landers, director of the center for middle east studies at the university of angelo home. a gentleman, welcome to you. while i'm at that start with you, syria, then as we heard says that it should control the delivery of aid into all of syria . it doesn't recognize the non governmental organizations working in the north northwest. is syria playing politics with aid her. to, to be honest, a van we are talking about syria, you know, at least a big countries already. if you want it into 3 sections and different powers are controlling each section in the north eastern part, we have the peacock i, p p, k, k, p i v y p g, a courtesy blues area. and it, you know, at the center at damascus, it through our nipple and mediterranean area, we have the regime forces. and on the north western part, under the turkish influence, we have the opposition forces at a site in salvation government. so in each area they have different difficulties after the earthquake, but the most effective areas a

of the shortest in the nation. we must work fast to keep it that way. [applause] [cheering] as companies flood oklahoma, workforce is the number one challenge facing businesses. let's make sure our universities and higher education are partnering with companies to change the workforce of tomorrow. i want to challenge ou and osu to a quality education to 40,000 students by the year 2030. [applause] we need our universities, the engineering needs of the aerospace industry, the teaching needs of our secretary skills, software developing skills for tech companies. because when we send our kids to college, we expect tuition to pay for their education, not their indoctrination. [applause] >> i want our universities to have less officers and more career placement counselors. [applause] i want to challenge our high schools and career texts to be more responsive to the workforce because oklahomans also need more truck drivers, more mechanics into plumbers, electricians and aviation mechanics. i want us to rethink our career tech funding model. we created that model over 60 years ago. let's reimagine the approach. instead of just building new buildings, let's invest in high school freshman so they gra

that point, we do know when numbers decrease in schools like the university of californiand michigan, the upper tier schools in the oklahoma school system, that blacks have reported feeling isolated and having their voices stifled. >> yes, although the correlation offered in the briefs breaks down, if you look at the underlying information, just to takealornia for example, at uc davis which has african-american rrentation several points lower than uc merced, there are less reports of isolation. you can see that at unc, native -- there are some students under the policy who report gs of racial isolation. native america w have a small percentage of representation on campus compared african-americans report feelingesracially isolated. the suggestion that that can be the standard is insufficient. >> justice kagan? >> this is off the track. but you made a reference earlier your remarks about gender differences. there's a lot of statiic evidence that suggests colleges now when they apply gender-neutral criteria get many more womenhamen. and asmehat continues to be trueo at using gender-neutral criteria, you know, men are 30% of

at least two tornadoes have been confirmed in oklahoma including one in norman home to the state's largest university. there are reports of with downed power lines and road closures. so do stay with cnn for the latest as this system continues to move through the region. we will watch it. >>> the united states is commending israeli and palestinian officials for holding talks on deescalating talks. officialsfrom both sides say they will seek a just and lasting peace. the west bank saw another deadly flair up that undermined the talks. >> reporter: two israelis and a palestinian are dead after a day of violence in the west bank as officials from israel and the palestinian authority met in jordon in an effort to try to calm the increasing levels of violence and tension here on the ground. the first event happened in a town that sits on a busy road that is often used by israeli settlers to get to other settlements. it seems as if an attacker or attackers uses a car to hit the car of two brothers before then shooting them at what local officials said was point blank range. they both died from their wounds. the attacker or attac

oklahoma seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 302, the energy cybersecurity university leadership act of 2023, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 302. a bill to direct the secretary of energy to establish a program to provide financial assistance to graduate students and postdoctor al researchers pursuing certain courses of study relating to cybersecurity and energy infrastructure and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, and the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. ross, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 302, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lucas: madam speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lucas: thank you, madam speaker.