first, i m still filling in for my friend velshi. good man, roughly one year after roe v. wade was overturned, supreme court issued another ruling that said two up and another aspect of american life. on thursday, the supreme court ruled that commissions programs at harvard and university of north carolina violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. it effectively puts an end to affirmative action, a decision that will back decades of progress and president and in fact colleges, universities, and younger generations of students around the country. the 237 includes a dissent written by justice ketanji joao brown jackson the first black woman to be appointed to the supreme court. she wrote quote, with let them eat cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the record and announces colin finest for all by legal fiat. but deeming race relevant law does not make it so in life. during his remarks on thursday, biden echoed those sentiments. today, the court on
nor did he have any issues to order. joining me now from uvalde, texas is nbc s correspondent antonia hilton. walk us through these new details and revelations. who was actually in charge at the scene that they? good morning michael. that is really the question, right? i think one really stuck out to me about that interview with the was that he did not know that he was the incident commander. in other words he had no idea that he would be in charge. you also mentioned that he left his radio behind, he said that was because he wanted to hands free to handle his firearm. he also described praying as he tested a key, after key, and it took him a while to find one that would actually work for the right classroom. law enforcement experts when the tribune gave them all these details, they were pretty shocked. from their perspective they say that the leader of a school districts law enforcement, the chief of police should know that they would be incident commander in this kind of
unfounded allegations of corruption in his 2020 election loss to joe biden. for many months now he s been spreading baseless lies about an election that hasn t happened yet. yesterday the twice impeached and recently convicted ex-president took this grievance campaign to detroit, a city that was crucial to president biden s victory in and 2020. and the city where trompe l oeil is made baseless claims of election fraud. lanes that have credited, what have disenfranchised city voters, many of whom are black. that is all in the past apparently. in a span of just a few hours, trump attended a pair of events in the motor city. first, he participated in a roundtable discussion at a predominantly black church during which his campaign formally launched black americans for trump. and outreach group that seeks to cut into biden s lead among that demographic. then, he appeared at an event hosted by the right-wing organization turning point usai. and yvette largely attended by hard-line
months away but donald trump has already begun his campaign to undermine the results of this year s presidential race. he has started to sow seeds of doubt about the integrity of the election that hasn t happened yet. during the speech last night at an event hosted by turning point usa, he even appeared to cast doubt on the entire electoral system. when i go to california, we have 100,000 people show up. i said why are we losing california? why would we lose it? it is so corrupt. the whole election process. setting aside for the moment this insidious lie about the electoral process, in the event that twice impeached recently convicted ex-president trump does when ski in november, conservatives already have a very well thought out plan ready to implement on january 20 of 2025. it is known as project 2025 and it s a 920 page playbook spearheaded by the heritage foundation that includes plans that a second trump administration could implement on day one. it primarily seeks t
This week. the roster of speakers at the summit includes five republican presidential hopefuls, including former president donald trump, and former governor, ron desantis. our current governor, ron desantis. the event has spurred protests and backlash from a number of groups, including one of the largest organizations representing historians. the american historical association. they ve penned a letter to the museum hosting the summit writing, in part, quote, moms for liberty is an organization that has vigorously advocated censorship and harassment of history teachers, banning history books from libraries and classrooms, and legislation that renders it impossible for historians to teach with professional integrity, without risking job loss and other penalties. the velshi banned book club will be fighting this unrelenting censorship by featuring two powerful books that had been heavily targeted by moms for liberty. lawn boy, by jonathan everson, appointment coming of age story