amendment. now effecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a color blind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the court s first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden, again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a question today at the white house. you ll see the moment. terry moran at the court. mary bruce in the studio with me. and rachel scott on how this immediatelying bes an issue in the race for president. also tonight, more than 130 million americans under air quality alerts tonight. millions more suffering from that intense heat. growing more deadly today. the smoke from the canadian wildfires now blanketing 23 states, from wisconsin to the northeast. washington, d.c. and detroit with the worst air
for sean. a rare moment of bipartisanship, as we speak both democrats and republicans agree joe biden is not up for the job. 88% of americans believe the united states is on the wrong track. meanwhile confidence in the office of the presidency is at an all-time low. just 23%. biden s overall job approval is also at an all new low, and according to politico, many top democrats are wondering if biden can rise to any moment. but today during a rambling speech in ohio, biden touted his bold economic vision, and then blamed all of our problems yet again on vladimir putin. watch this. it really is historic. this was $90 billion, okay? but the reality is for so many p moving. unfortunately, that is probably a trump calling peer to. joining me and i was rita lewis. where are you, rita? she is somewhere, i m told. she stepped out, i don t blame her. an economy that grows from the bottom up in the middle out. we have a long way to go because of inflation. because of, i call i
tonight, panic and terror. we have new video tonight. it just shows simply the horror, the sheer horror as the highland park parade shooter began attacking spectators on july 4th. store security camera shows parade goers flowing to safety. this video is from a store right across from the building that officials say the shooter used. and it actually comes as the shooter today confessed to the massacre and said that he contemplated a second attack in madison, wisconsin. that is the city that he drove to after he fled the scene in highland park. it appears when he drove to madison he was driving around. however, he did see a celebration that was occurring in madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. well, thank god he didn t. but tonight we are learning about those that he did kill and attack in highland park. 69-year-old eduardo valdo died tonight at the hospital. his wife was hit with bullet flagme
election and that trump himself could be next. also tonight, mary trump joins me as her uncle s constant demand for loyalty is severely tested. more people are coming forward to reveal what they know about the big lie including trump s former white house lawyer pat cipollone. as access to abortion gets more scarce by the day, we re asking the question tonight, how long before an american woman is prosecuted for having an abortion? we begin with unprecedented measures. today fulton county district attorney bonnie willis spoke out after a special grand jury sent a fresh round of subpoenas in her investigation into interference in georgia s 2020 vote. it s worth noting that one of the recipients is pretty extraordinary. among those summoned was sitting united states senator lindsey graham for information on his phone calls to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger questioning legally cast mail-in ballots. it s not every day that a united states states senator is subpoen
gunshots wounds to police, who a admit he was not armed when shot. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight begin with the breaking news, the highland park shooting suspect has now been charged formally with seven counts of first degree murder. we just heard a live press conference where officials say dozens of charges coming against the smekt so this is just the beginning, seven accounts of first degree murder. fa faces life sentence without possibility of parole, and again, there will be dozens more charges but that s where we start. officials say he planned his attack for weeks and then killed seven people and injured 38 more. the victims, as we now know ranging in age from age eight to 88, police have released a photo of the 21-year-old gunman dressed in women s clothing during the attack, we believe he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and identity and fired 70 rounds from a high-powered rifle into the crowd. photo from cnn shows the suspect moments after