standardized tests and their grades and then they argued with harvard and north carolina that they were starting to only allow a certain percentage of them to come to the school at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. this is a big deal. chief justice roberts writing in his decision many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the touchstone of an individual s identity is not challenges bested, skills built or lessons learned but the color of their skin. our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. then we heard from president biden. here s what he said. i strongly disagree with the court s decision. we cannot let this decision be the last word. discrimination still exists in america. martha: okay. winsom sears and marc are here. first, to shannon bream who has been excellent in coverage of this today. we ll have more tomorrow. she was outside the supreme court. hi, shannon. hi
in a lengthy letter with indiscriminate capitalization committee chair bennie thompson sends it to him and trump doubled down on fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. a reminder, it was not. facts. once the subpoena is formally issued there will be specific deadlines for when the former president must testify. if he defies it, he could then be held in contempt of congress. yesterday s subpoena vote was the committee s mic drop moment before the november midterms. they also, though, used that final hearing to share new evidence from secret service communications, leading up to the capitol riot. and showed never before seen footage of congressional leaders scrambling to respond to the attacks from a makeshift bunker. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us live now. tell us more about new evidence that was revealed. well, victor, and erica, the biggest new evidence was all of that new video from congressional leaders behind the scenes, figuring
him and he deserves it. he put these people through hell. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, august 5, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re getting more revelations in the january 6 investigation including this cnn exclusive. donald trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the justice department for the very first time. sources tell cnn that they are discussing the claims of executive privilege which he hopes will stop members of his inner circle from testifying about their conversations. we know that the federal investigators have subpoenaed trump s white house counsel pat cipollone and his deputy patrick philbin to answer questions about schemes to overturn the 2020 election and there is more, sources tell cnn trump s own attorneys are warning him that there could be indictments on the horizon. the former president apparently skeptical grilling his legal team about whether they think that he will actually
colony, even as biden offered russia s most infamous prisoner to bring her home. let s go outfront. tonight the cnn exclusive. we are learning that former president trump s legal team and the justice department are now in direct talks about the federal investigation into january 6th. this is a significant development because it is the first time that we actually know that they re talking, right? it shows trump is involved in this. the two sides are speaking. as attorney general merrick garland s investigation ramps up. according to sources, these talks revolve around conversations he would shield around federal investigators. we learned that the justice department was gearing up to battle former trump officials who might try and keep their conversations with the former president from federal investigators. i want to go straight to ka kaitlin. what more are you learns about these talks and considering they re with the former president s attorneys, with him. what does this me
the capitol riot committee s primetime hearing laying out in detail how the insurrection unfolded. the politicians, the pundits who say that january 6th was anything short of a violent insurrection are lying. the committee is promising many more details that we haven t learned before. just justin bieber taking a break after getting a rare virus that has paralyzed half his face. i can t smile on this side of my face. i m pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. a call to action under a ban hear the sums up the high stakes, march for your lives. in more than 400 cities across the country today that s rallies demanded that lawmakers confront the explosion of gun violence and mass shootings. the largest was in washington where significant gun reform has stalled for years in the senate of the right now, senate negotiator working on a bptd package are expressing some optimism for compromise. our correspondents are fanned out across the country to cover these urgent