celebrate all of these nominees live cnn heroes announced our tribute. once again, control usually shunts, cnn heroes of 2022. i hope you go out and vote! the news continues. i want to hang it over to jake tapper, and cnn tonight! the united states of america faces a far-right militia accused seeing to overthrow the government. its biggest test yet. federal prosecutors today rested their historic case for their role in the u.s. capitol attack on january 6th, 2021. over the last month, the justice department presented witness testimony and shocking videos, and damning text messages and more all of it evidence that prosecutors proves the five defendants attempted to carry out a coordinated conspiracy to try to legal transfer of power and keep donald trump in the white house. now why is this case so different than the hundreds of other cases facing alleged rioters in january 6th? two words, seditious conspiracy. that s a rare charge. it s one that has been put in the books
a debate coming up. john: begin with the supreme court hearing arguments today on what could be one of the most consequential rulings for higher education in decades. hello, john roberts in washington and hello to you this afternoon. gillian: good to be with you, john, on this spooky halloween. john: good to be with you as well. gillian: i m gillian turner. whether to end affirmative action policies in a pair of cases. john: opponents argue the criteria has harmed millions of students, particularly asian-americans. david spunt starts us off live outside the supreme court. did justice brown jackson recuse herself. that s right, because of her position on the harvard board of overseers, and her connections to harvard university. she thought it was best she sits out. there are two separate cases, overall affirmative action affects millions of students across the country and the justices began hearing two arguments three hours ago. started with the case out of the uni