and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: protests outside the supreme court following two monumental rulings. in a 6-3 vote the high court ruled in favor of a colorado graphic designer who refused to design a custom wedding website for same-sex couples arguing at conflict with her christian faith. the majority putting her first amendment rights above the state s nondiscrimination law. today is certainly a day of victory but not just for me, for all americans. affirmed the government cannot force anyone to say something it doesn t believe. joey:the justices struck down president biden s $430 billion student loan bill. it would have allowed eligible borrowers to cancel $20,000 in debt. president biden: i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. rachel: this follows a
decision that could profoundly change called emissions, and more broadly reshape by four millions in this country. also, what we are learning about the arrest in the washington neighborhood where the obamas live. with a heavily armed man with materials to make a molotov cocktail, who was also wanted in connection and january 6th. plus, what we re learning but a new cooperating witness in the january six probe of the former president, and why he could be in a position to now say, a lot. first, the supreme court s history making decision today, dismantling a pillar of affirmative action. specifically, college admissions. in, and the court ruled by a 6 to 3 margin, that race conscious politics at harvard in the university of north carolina violate the third 14th amendment. in his majority opinion, the chief justice wright set the programs, unemployable employ race in a negative manner, and involve racial serotonin, lack meaningful and points. those admission programs cannot be r
burgers on the grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. with us, the host away too early. white house chief at political jonathan lemire, you asked special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. former white house director of communications to obama jen palmieri. and the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. so get this, a memoir from donald trump s own former white house chief of staff appears to undercut the former presidents latest and many defenses for his willful handling of classified documents. earlier this week you remember this leaked audio from a 2023 meeting seemingly capturing former president trump showing off what he admitted was a classified document. this is at his club in bedminster. about a potential plan to attack iran while he was president. well, with milley, i ll show you example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t it amazing? i ve a
he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
we re going through a similar dance right now after the president s son pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges drawing a chorus of conservative criticism for a sweet settlement that includes only probation, but now we come to the irs whistleblowers who have been all but ignored by the press and, of course, we have to be cautious about unproven claims. but the new york times, to its credit, broke with the pack by saying it confirmed independently based on a source that a second unnamed irs official claims david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, asked, the oj for special powers to the doj for special powers to pursue the case outside the state and was turned down. whistleblower gary shapley has said he was not the sole decision maker in the case and that he was constrained in the probe. you convinced looking back at this now that this was an effort to protect president biden and his family? there were definitely hindrances that aye never seen before in my 14