[crowd murmuring] - a crucial supreme court ruling on affirmative action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. - the central question being decided this time: is should affirmative action continue forever in the name of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on asian american students? this is the most important civil rights case of our era. i don t think it s an overstatement to say they re freaking out right now. one admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that they re thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. there has to be some discrimination here. there has to be something against asian americans specifically. this case is going to be something more than just about admissions. the notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating
for the medical team. we need that communication. we need to communicate with the people on the scene. we are blind. we cannot work at the scene, effectively, without communication. protesters, around the world, demanding a cease-fire, condemning the heavy civilian casualties inflicted in gaza. israel s prime minister, ignoring the calls for peace. three weeks after hundreds of hamas terrorists killed more than 1000 civilians, and took 200 more hostage. hamas continues to fire missiles at israeli towns among the gaza border. join me now, and recently see contributor, huma aberdeen, servings an adviser to former secretary of state, hillary clinton. there is reporting in the washington post, and i hope you saw, the u.s. pushing for a humanitarian pause after weeks of championing israel s right to defend itself. what do you understand, in this conversation that happened behind the scenes, and the pivots that are made to say, in public, we are going to say go go go, in private
this will be concert 2nd piece of ground operations in gaza we begin this hour with and israeli prime israel escalating minister, benjamin its attacks on netanyahu, bows to gaza, in the warning of destroy a long war ahead hamas. . we ve seen rockets exploding in the propels downtime stretches gaza skyline, over momentum the enclave. around the world this after israeli as hundreds of officials announced that thousands the conflict is entering a new phase, called for a meeting cease-fire increased. airstrikes, and ground chinese incursion throughout the gaza foreign minister, strip. workers inside of gaza, describing a humanitarian catastrophe. food, water, and fuel, they are all running out. food medication is limited. one pleading for food and internet service to be restored. communication is the central nervous system in an emergency for the medical team. we need that communication. we need to communicate with the people on the scene. we are blind. we cannot work at th
and in the air. a humanitarian crisis getting worse by the hour. also following breaking news out of florida. chaos after a shooting at a halloween event. at least two people are now dead, one of them a teenager. we are getting some troubling information about warning signs missed involving the main mass shooter. we are also following major political news this hour. the fallout from the biggest drop out so far from the 2024 presidential race, former vice president mike pence finding out that refusing to overturn an election is an unforgivable sin in today s republican party. plus, as house speaker mike johnson gets ready to get to work this week, we are taking a special look at some of the extreme views he holds on the 2020 election, abortion, lgbtq rights, and more. views even those who voted for him may not have fully realized. all that plus fans around the world in mourning today after the death of friends star matthew perry. oh, come on. don t be mad. we both said somet
after more than three weeks of dysfunction and chaos on capitol hill the house finally has a new speaker this morning. house lawmakers elected congressman mike johnson of louisiana as the 56 speaker of the house. he s a conservative ally of former president donald trump and a low ranking member of the gop leadership team. after 22 days of disarray republican house members demonstrated remarkable unity with all to 20 voting for johnson, shortly after the vote the new speaker made this pledge. i m going to make this commitment to you, my colleagues here and on the other side of the aisle as well. my office is going to be known for trust and transparency and accountability. for good stewardship of the people treasury. for the honesty, integrity that is incumbent upon us, all of us, here at the peoples house. speaker johnson will immediately have to work within his party and with the biden white house to figure out how to fund the government before money runs out on november