and 247 years of independence. tonight, the largest fireworks show on television, with dazzling displays in cities from coast-to-coast, and amazing music to get the party going, including these talented performers. post malone, demi lovato, ludacris, shania twain, darius rucker, zac brown band, leon bridges, the all-american rejects. smashmouth, alanis morissette. clean white t s, duran duran and the united states air force band. now a cnn special event the fourth in america. what a way to kick things off. the united states air force band performing the stirring first of blue march live on cnn. welcome to washington, d.c., on this glorious independence day. crowds are gathering on the national mall and all across the nation s capital. we ll see the lincoln memorial and other monuments light up very soon in one of the biggest fireworks shows in the country. happy fourth of july, i m dana bash with morris sanchez. i m thrilled to be with you and also our viewers on this w
decision. just a few days ago cbs news ran a pole asking americans about this very issue. 70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recently found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box too, even in blue state california. in the 2020 election democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pro- affirmative action activist, the governor, u.s. senators and the golden state warriors pushed voters to support the initiative. they out bid opponents of affirmative action by 19-1. in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party tries, no matter how much money they spend, the american people have rejected the view that we should be judged on our skin color. so if anyone is trying to hold on to the past like the demo
ju julie banderas , dr. janet nesheiwat and ian prior. we begin with shannon bream, who is live at the supreme court. shannon. shannon: kayleigh, we had talked about student loans and issue was standing, state of missouri had standing to bring this legal challenge and secretary of education went too far using the heroes act to wipe out student loans. the 6-3 opinion, the heroes act gives authority to cancel money for student loans, it does not. the secretary can modify regulatory provision, with the education acts, not to rewrite the statute from the ground up, which is essentially what he did to wipe out the loans. the judge wrote this, the statute read gives secretary broad authority to remove national emergency effect on ability to repay student loan. that 6-3 split did not see this the same way. this affects billions in student loans. the president and other democrats suggested, i don t think he had authority to do this and supreme court agreed. lori smiths, free speech
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
lives. bill: so the victims range in age of 8-85. the attack prompted nearby cities to cancel events in illinois. officers arresting a person of interest later around 5 miles away from the same. he s identified as a 21-year-old aspiring rapper with a history of posting violent imagery online. dana: the parade attack follows a recent string of mass shootings targeting churches, schools, grocery stores. the headline fourth of july terror and those that were there say that the scripted accurately. side screaming. they did know it was coming from. seem like it was fireworks. that s when everybody was running inside then we started noticing how many people were bloody. i saw somebody on the ground with his leg in the air and the garlic crying next to him. then to my left my mom and i saw at least three more people on the ground, bloody. the naturally likely to started running towards her car. my granddaughter said to me when she was leaving she said pop pop dealt with