ybefore to know before you head out. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this morning reaction pouring in after the supreme court ruled to gut affirmative action, a move that will transform college admissions beiacross the countr. justices rules that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as part of their address missions process. the supermajority all voting to reverse decades of prez department. republicans praising the decide. kevin mccarthy said that it will leave to fairer admissions. but democrats are slamming the ruling. vice president kamala harris calling it a step backward that will make the nation s colleges less diverse. jessica schneider reports. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process. but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the
racial discrimination. the president said he s directing his department of education to light the way, so on the subject of what happens next, let us ask the head of that department. united states education secretary miguel cardona, who joins us now. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. i know how you feel about this decision, that you said it takes our country backward, the president, though, in trying to look forward as we head into a new era says he wants you, as the department of education to light the way, find new areas. how is that going to look? how is it going to work? thank you for having me. first of all, my message to the students and families who are listening to this decision and worrying, we re going to keep fighting you. as the president said, this is not the last word and we have a plan on trying to make sure we continue to promote rich diversity on our campuses. we know that makes learning better, and everyone wins when they re learning in a
standardized tests and their grades and then they argued with harvard and north carolina that they were starting to only allow a certain percentage of them to come to the school at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. this is a big deal. chief justice roberts writing in his decision many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the touchstone of an individual s identity is not challenges bested, skills built or lessons learned but the color of their skin. our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. then we heard from president biden. here s what he said. i strongly disagree with the court s decision. we cannot let this decision be the last word. discrimination still exists in america. martha: okay. winsom sears and marc are here. first, to shannon bream who has been excellent in coverage of this today. we ll have more tomorrow. she was outside the supreme court. hi, shannon. hi
40 million americans. the high court ruled the biden administration s bailout amounted to executive overreach. the president now promising to use other means to grant student borrowers some relief as he tries to deliver on a key policy priority. meanwhile, former president trump applauded the supreme court decision while speaking at a rally in south carolina just earlier today. the supreme court also ruled that president biden is not allowed to wipe out hundreds of billions, probably trillions of dollars of student loan debt which have been very unfair to the millions and millions of people who have paid their debt. alexandria half is live at the white house with more. hi, brian. starting to see the beginnings of these rulings. they will play out on the campaign trail. four president biden pushing the need for a revised plan he has to reduce the student loan burden. four someone like former president trump, today he pointed out that under her head as ministration three
we find the defendant not guilty. so say we all this 29th day of june 2023 broward county florida. bryan: a jury finding scott peterson not guilty for failing to take action during the 2018th school shooting in parkland. prosecutors said he was one of the first officers on the scene at marjory stoneman douglas high school but failed to confront the gunmen inside. defense lawyers say peterson could not have known where the shooter was anti-was being made a sacrificial lamb. let s bring in ted williams. thank you for being here. this was just a brutal heartbreaking case. nineteen hours of deliberating. six person jury in florida. prosecutors said scott peterson should have done something, it was his duty to do something nt did not. as a result, 10 people on the