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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
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
book. a ten secret document the special counsel argues the president showed four people in the room. a writer, publisher and two of his white house aides. these are bad, sick people. that was your cue, you know, against you. started talking about oh, we re going to try to no, they were trying to do that before you even were sworn in. that s right. with millie, i ll show you an example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t that amazing, a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. look. it was him. they presented me this. this is off the record, but they presented me this. this was him. this was the defense department and him. we looked at him. this was him. this wasn t done by me. this was him. all sort of stuff. pages. let s see here. yeah. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case, you know. except it is highly confidential, secret. this is secret information. look at this. attack. hillary would print that out all the time. she send it to
things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. oh, gosh. an audio recording undercuts trump s pathetic defense in the classified documents case as the doj reportedly barrels forward on its investigation of his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. also tonight, a supreme court victory for voters and democracy. in a defeat for republicans who wanted to strip state courts of any role in running federal elections and give politicians the final say. plus, ron desantis admits he wants to rewrite the constitution so that right-wing politicians can decide whether people born in this country can legally be considered u.s. citizens. we begin tonight with a frequent and losing strategy by the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. whenever he finds himself stuck in a perilous legal mess of his own making, he goes full orwell and just tells the world don t believe your lying eyes. stick with us, don t