loif. again. the justices say affirmative action is wrong. the conservative majority s ruling will change how college admissions decisions are made everywhere. plus personal and pointed. the two black justices on the bench use their opinions to litigate a fight over the role of race in american society. and the ruling is making waves already on the 2024 campaign trail. president trump calls it a great day for america. president biden set to speak in minutes from the white house. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. the supreme court undoes decades of law and precedent. the justices today ruled to gut affirmative action, and it will scramble how colleges pick and choose who gets into their schools. it will also likely force students, especially black and brown students torks rethink where they even apply for college. i want to get straugt to jessica snider in washington. so jessica, this is a major, major ruling. it is. and at this point,
the son of caribbean parents worked so hard to pull himself out of poverty and become educated. i am the first of my family to educated. reporter: and he would become an impact on music. and sidney portier and walter mat matthau. reporter: he was dubbed the king of calypso and at the same time he won an oscar for his role in the first movie with an all black cast. he went on the make 40 albums including more than 40 movie compilations and went on the make 10 movies. he was one of the first black performers to win a tony award for the broadway hit john murray anderson s the almanac. then later he dealt with the larger societal issues of class and race like the white man s burden. i kind of grew up and it got away from me. although he was busy, he made time of father and father of four children from two marriages. his daughter sher vi b sherry bell fo bellfonte followed hi footsteps and became an actress in her rights. then he stood up for civil rights with bob
a critical rebound, or is it the calm before the storm? the data is in and the u.s. economy grew by more than expected last quarter putting an end to a six-month slump and the president is hoping this bounce gives democrats a jolt before election day. but before we discuss the political fallout let s look at the numbers. with cnn s matt egan and rahel soloman. break this down for us. does this mean we are out of the woods. unfortunately, not so much. great news that the economy bounced back last quarter. but that doesn t mean that the risk of a recession going forward has gone away. both things can be true at the same time. today s report showed that gdp increased last quarter at an annual rate of 2.6%. pretty solid. i think that plus low unemployment should put to rest this idea that the economy is already in a recession but this gdp report had concerning signals. it s really the improvement was driven by trade, exports were up. imports went down. that alone was enough to
swore to support and defend the constitution and, quote, administer justice. all the members of the court, i m pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling. cnn supreme court reporter ariane devogue is with us now. good to see you. before the swearing in, we saw two big decisions from the court. now, let s start on the decision, curbing the epa s powers to fight climate change. what s the impact? right. this was a significant opinion. basically saying, curbing the epa s authority here when it comes to power plants. it was broken down along ideological lines. chief justice john roberts delivering this big blow to president biden, and it comes, of course, as scientists are raising alarms about global warming. what chief justice roberts did is he reversed a lower court that had given the epa broad authority to regulate in this area, so to regulate the entire grid instead of specific improvements at specific power plants, but roberts said, look,
Cases in 16 states now. New york saw their first case on sunday and now 13 people have been confirmed sick with the virus there. As this virus spreads, more and more communities are being proactive. There are a smattering of schools across the u. S. That have closed to protect from the virus. Many of them are near that nursing home in kirkland, washington outside of seattle where several residents have died. But worldwide theres been an extreme abundance of caution. Iran, japan and italy have shut down all of their schools, and in new delhi, india, officials closed Elementary Schools for the rest of the month. India has only 29 confirmed cases out of a population of 1. 3 billion people. Then theres this. The church of the nativity in bethlehem is now closed indefinitely due to coronavirus fears, a fear that stems from a visit by a group of tourists from greece where one member of that tour group tested positive for coronavirus after returning home. And right now there are thousands of