at harvard a black plicatae cream of the crop had a 56% chance while whites and asians with the same qualifications had a 15%. a black applicant had a higher chance to get in than a top asian or white student t supreme court ruled 6-3 that s unconstitutional racial discrimination probed by the equal protection clause t14th amendment. chief justice john roberts who authored the majority says this, quote. eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. roberts is saying, basically, you can t unfairly discriminate against whites in order to help blacks. all discrimination s wrong. harvard university made race a factor in every single step of of the application process, from the second they accepted the application to the second they accepted or rejected it, race was used in their decisions. the court says harvard s ad
this juneteenth, i m chris jansing. with begin with developments in donald trump s classified documents case and a new ruling from the magistrate judge with strict restrictions around classified documents and warning to him and his defense team that they cannot release evidence to the public or the media ahead of trial. but will the former president cooperate? meantime, the one competitor who trump trails in the polls is slow rolling his start two months after officially announcing his reelect campaign, his first rally over the weekend, and today, his pitch to voters and donors in california. and what we know about secretary blinken s high stakes meeting in beijing, can it calm international fears over the chill between these two countries. and multiple states under dangerous weather warnings at this hour. we ve got the latest on the deaths, the impact across the southern region and that weekend of severe storms and tornadoes we ll have a live report from texas now unde
o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
holidayh. or pkets soaring. i ielesith aokow fliers are with busy airports. on the ground, some lodges and campgrounds in the west still closed by snow. plus, training mission gone wrong. an f-18 fighter jet crashes, but the pilot survives. smoke alert. wildfires in canada choke skies as far south as colorado and utah. and later, staying the course. why this teacher at 94 has no plans to retire. i m going the try to come next year if they ll take me. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin tonight with a bold move by ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy to shore up allied support against russia. zelenskyy arrived in hiroshima, japan, for face-to-face meetings with leaders of the world s richest democracies. he is urging them to stick with ukraine as russia bets on the west growing fatigued by the cost of the war. moments after landing, zelenskyy tweeted that peace will become closer today. cbs s elizabe
government default. leaders are set to restart in-person negotiations. she s a formeront lmg a prie mission to the international space station. peggy whitman s legacy is already out of this world. game changer. an ancient pastime helping to make new connections. they call it the great equalizer. this is the cbs weekend news. good evening. thank you for joining us. i m marjor garrett. we begin with president biden. the president held a meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. this as russia claims victory in the longest running battle in the war. today, zelenskyy denies bakhmut, deserted, is entirely in russian hands. i think no. but you have to understand there das hiroshima, japan. reporter: he was a last-minute surprise guest. he is not the head of a g7 country. of this g7 summit, president volodymyr zelenskyy. leaders sought him out for a chat and to reiterate their support. president biden announced a new multi-million dollar shipment