juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
Im paula reed in washington. For a ferocious freeze complicating Rescue Efforts after a deadly winter storm pummeled the u. S. Freed warnings in effect across the u. S. Snow and sheets of ice. The storm blamed for at least 26 deaths. Roads impassable in Upstate New York after a monstrous blizzard. For nearly 12 hours it was almost impossible to go anywhere in a vast majority of the community. This is an area with approximately 500,000 residents between the city of buffalo and the suburbs. It was such that we had to pull Emergency Rescue vehicling off the roads. The bitter cold icing over the christmas celebrations. This morning parts of the south seeing the coldest christmas in decades and making a mess of holiday travel. 1,800 Flights Canceled again today. We have a team covering this all tracking the latest Winter Weather developments but beginning in buffalo, new york. Paw lo sandoval is there. Last time we spoke we did see some trucks on the road. Whats the latest there . Reporter
good morning, everyone. happy new year! and welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. s this sunday, january 1st, 2023. i got to say it first, boris. i m amara walker. 2023. isn t that crazy, amarah. where does the time go? yeah. thank you so much for joining us on this new year s day. i m boris sanchez. we hope your new year is off to a fantastic start. is it, amara? it s too early to say, but i ll tell you this, i do not set new year s resolutions, because i just disappoint myself. i take it literally day by day. let s survive today, january 1st, and see what the next day brings. i am fully with that sentiment. here s what s ahead for you this hour on cnn this morning. the new year comes with new rules when it comes to filing your taxes. why that could mean a larger paycheck this year. plus, if you ve been to the store lately, there s a good chance that there s an unexpected item in the bagging area. sound familiar? coming up, we ll talk about those
for the gifts you won t forget. happy holidays from mercedes-benz. see your mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional offers. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m john vause. coming up on cnn newsroom. just one man. without donald trump there would be no january 6th, the final report from the january 6th select committee lays out the case against the former president. just in time for holiday travel, a cyclone bomb is bearing down on much of the u.s.. a slip of the tongue or a change in foreign policy? for the first time, vladimir putin uses the w word as in, war in ukraine. live from cnn s center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. > an 18 month investigation, thousands of interviews, documents, emails, phone records, and the house committee investigating january 6th has finally released its full report. it s 845 pages long with the main conclusion donald trump and his allies took part in a number of schemes to overturn the 2020
and this is cnn newsroom. the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine s response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country s overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don t worry if you don t understand boxing day. most of us don t. it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that