we re learning from our sources about the special counsel s investigation. plus, our russia experts are weighing in on cnn s exclusive new reporting. documents showing a missing top general in vladimir putin s military has been a secret member of the mercenary group behind the recent mutiny. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . there s angry backlash tonight after the u.s. supreme court ruled that race can no longer be a specific basis for college admissions. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has our report on the decision and the disredissent. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision to gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process, but prospective students are allowed to talk about how race has shaped their experiences in the applications. the decision will prohibit students from ch
the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and that s what i meant by not normal. that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. we ll break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile we re just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, we ll take a look how americans feel about the issue of affirmative action and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the supreme court ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled that the programs at the university of north carolina and one at harva
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President biden Opening Statements being read in the trial of our former president. Liberal District Attorney alvin] brought this case against donald trump on those charges. Trump faces 34 counts related to payments made to sex film worker Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 president ial election. All of it has people asking why now . District attorney alvin bragg, why now . Today a hearing on trumps 175 million new york civil fraud bond, remember the money he had to come up with in order to go forward with an appeal in that case. No victims in the case. You know how it goes. Tomorrow a hearing on trumps new york gag order is set. Thursday u. S. Supreme Court Arguments on Whether Trump can claim immunity on the case in georgia. Critics are claiming all these antitrump efforts are politics. We are dealing with a case that is really a House Of Cards built on quicksand. This is a case that should have never been brought and would never have been brought if it wasnt that the defendant was do