admissions. it is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about color brined blind when in fact it is about being blind to history. tonight, the ruling, the powerful descent, and how clarence thomas finally won his long battle against affirmative action. n hi long did you give your degree back again? yale does not recognize me. [laughter] as the special counsel ramps up on the january 6th investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedents, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions a
investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedent, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions at all, even for the purposes of increasing diversity. in the wake of the decisions, many colleges and universities immediately sent letters to students and alumni outlining how they are going to operate going forward. one such school was the college of the holy cross in massachusetts, which is notable, because that is the alma mater of justice clarence thomas, whose decades long project to destroy
for donald trump. we ll get into that. plus, some of the week s other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? on top of the world. yesterday was the happiest day of my life. was it? how come? [laughter] what was the feeling? because the former president had smeared me so badly and so evenly, and was such malice and such despite that it wasn t until yesterday that i got back on my feet. and so, my name is back, and robbie kaplan got it back for me. there are a lot of people who wondered why you would bring this case, not just because of the time, but because you know, you are from new york. you understand who donald tru
lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
at the top of the hour i bid you all a very good day from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we have a panel of reporters and analysts joining us to go over today s major developments for you. we re gonna get to those, but we do have some breaking news to share as just moments ago, vice president kamala harris leaving munich after giving a keynote address to the annual security conference. now, as a war on ukraine s year nearing one year, the vice president reiterate the united states commitment to ukraine, while standing a strong new message against russian aggression. the united states has formally determined. that russia has committed crimes against humanity. and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. meanwhile, the u.s. is ending the search for debris from two objects shot down by the u.s. over alaska airspace and lake huron