decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can
soon. plus, all eyes on florida where a grand jury in the trump classified documents case heard from another witness today. the washington post reporting that if trump is indicted, a majority of the charges will be brought in florida. so what does that mean? and ukraine gaining background around bakhmut around the chief of russia s private army admits there will be major russian losses in ukraine. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the hazardous air now choking more than 75 million americans. it s an unbelievable situation. these are live pictures of new york. thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds and hundreds of miles away is now smothering the city. you got more than 8 million people affected just there. and it is way bigger than new york, philadelphia, pittsburgh, syracuse, all of them, the images you see there, 75 million americans are suffering from the hazardous haze. it is so bad particularly in new york city that the air quality index th
possible serial killer now on the loose. arthel: senior correspondent claudius in a west coast beer with the very latest on this. what more can you tell us? what s arthel residents are on edge one if a serial killer is preying on vulnerable women there. the bodies as you mentioned of six women have been found within 100 miles of each other on the sides of roads, in the woods or in remote rural areas always in the last four months. the first victim was found in february the most recent last month. 22-year-old ashley was found on may 7 after vanishing at the end of march. 32-year-old joanna speaks and mother of three disappeared at about the same time. her body was found on april 8 for the medical examiner said she died of blunt force trauma to the head and back. her death has been ruled a homicide. remains out bridget webster one week after gerry perry had disappeared in early march. also on april 24, the body of an unidentified native american woman was found there a freeway
Loved ones. This morning, what were learning about the victims and the hero teachers and football coach. The suspect now in custody after slipping out of the school blending in with evacuating students. This morning, new details about his past, the disturbing social media posts. Why he was expelled and what he said before the shooting about valentines day. Now another American Community devastated, mourning the victims of this latest shooting. We are live on the scene with the survivors of the massacre and the match teacher who helped keep his students safe right here on gma. Good morning, america. As you can imagine, it is a challenging, difficult morning. George is on the scene in florida, where another community is in disbelief shocked by devastating violence. This time at that Florida High School on valentines day. This image, one that has become all too familiar. Students evacuating with hands up and the suspect in that deadly shooting is in custody. New images this morning showin
Done in phoenix so you should be okay after today. 30s and 40s for the temperatures but otherwise we are looking at sunshine and after the arizona rain things are looking quiet for the next three days and then a change is coming sunday and monday. Sunny and breezy today with 60s and warmer into saturday. Here is sal. We have a jackknifed truck that has spilled fuel at west line i80 and that is causing a huge backup. It is going to be there for a little bit. We will keep following this jackknifed truck if you drive through tracy it is going to be a major problem, highway 24 is very slow because of earlier problems getting to the tunnel. Watch for traffic to be slow approaching fish ranch road and the bay bridge toll plaza is slow for 20 minutes on the delay and this morning the east bay freeways are okay with slowing on 880 s. Lets get back to the desk. We are following the mass shooting yesterday at a school in parkland florida that killed 17 people. The Deadliest School shooting since