that aside, it s as emphatic anm definitive as conservatives hoped and progressives feared. it s the way that the 14th amendment was color blind, jackson and others, nonsense., look at what the 14th amendment achieved. brown versust board of educati, likewise. nonsense says the dissent. it was race sensitive. the 14th amendment must be race sensitive. then there s this world s worl viewpoint, there they are like t ships passing in the night. one side says, look at the worlt today and whathe needs to be do. the conservatives, the law of the land, say ending discrimination means ending all discrimination, period, paragraph, end of story. yes, there will be a tiny little wormhole that people will push h on. the basic thrust of what the majority has done it s as emphatic as the dobbs opinion last year is to really have a revolution in the meaning of thl constitution and socially permissible ends as a result. laura, for a long time, quotas have been not permitted. sinc
good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congr
a concerning update tonight. a man with numerous weapons and materials to make a molotov cocktail was arrested today near the d.c. home of former president barack obama. it turns out he has been wanted in connection with the attack on the u.s. capital january the 6th. and there was a warrant out for his arrest. long forsman officials tell cnn tonight that the suspect, taylor toronto, claimed on an internet livestream that he had a he added though that there is no indication of a direct threat to the obamas, and he has now been arrested. as a fugitive of justice. a spokesperson for the obamas declined to comment tonight to cnn. thank you so much for joining us, cnn tonight with alison tomorrow starts right now. thank you very much caitlin, good to see you. good evening everyone i m alison camerota and welcome to cnn tonight on a big news night the supreme court handing down a decision that s being described as a generational shift. it will alter the way colleges and univ
the supreme court, ruling 6- 3, today, to end affirmative action in college admissions. this is a decision being described is a generational shift that will alter the way that colleges and universities have operated for decades. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on today s landmark ruling. reporter: the supreme court s during a protest by getting affirmative action, citing colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process, but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the race has shaped their experiences in their applications. b6-three opinion written by chief justice john roberts will now prohibit students from checking a box indicating their race, specifically saying the practice at harvard and university of north carolina cannot be reconciled with a guarantee from the equal protection clause. the majority not exquisitely saying they are overruling more than four decades of precedent which allowed affirmative
i looked and i seen the sun this morning, bright red. oh, my god, what s going on? when you look high up the buildings, looks pretty rough. looks way different from now than yesterday, way different. completely agree. i feel i have a blocked nose as well. slightly irritated. a little concerned about my kids going outside, but so, for once i ll actually let them stay on their devices. sandra: begin with the smoky skies that have become an air quality emergency for millions of americans and officials are warning things may only get worse in the coming hours and days. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. john, hello. john: if you have some masks left over from covid, might want to dig them out. smoke is blanketing the eastern u.s. triggering air quality alerts in big cities like new york and philadelphia, and more than a dozen states. outdoor activities have been canceled at schools across the region and tens of millions of americans are advis