$20,000 in debt. did you overstep your authority? i think the court misinterpreted the constitution the. will: this follows the previous day of landmark decisions with the high court voting to outlaw race-based affirmative action in college admissions, just a landmark week for the supreme court and a really bad week for joe biden. let s focus in on the supreme court for just one moment, if we might. these are three major, or major policies that are the culmination of years, perhaps even decades, of work in some cases. for example, when it comes to the affirmative action. the supreme court saying that colleges should not use race in admission to me, on its case is a on its face, is a good and principled move in terms of evolving towards a less race-conscious society. under the 14th amendment, all men have equal protection. when it comes to the colorado case, this was simply about free speech. should you be compelled to endorse or create speech you do not agree with, and
shots were fired around 12:30 a.m. rachel: it s unclear what started the shooting not. arrests have been made. we re going to be following this story that s developing as we speak, and we ll share the updates with you as we get them. will: and to another alert, protests continue in france for a fifth straight night after the shooting by police of a teenager last week. hundreds gather in the parisian suburbs. resulted in protests in some places and obvious riot and destruction in others. more than 700 arrests were made by early this morning according to french officials, and officers lining paris champs el say. joey: the reason why will read that. the violence reaching the home of a french mayor who says rioters rammed a flaming car into his home injuring his wife and one of his small children. he tweeted: my home was attacked and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt. wow. rachel: french president emmanuel macron even pulling out of a state visit to germany du
biden to address active duty military families gathered at the white house for a holiday barbecue ahead of tonight s fourth of july celebrations here in the nation s capital. be we ll go there live. a pair of mass shootings interrupting the festivities in two major u.s. cities. a gunman in philadelphia accused of killing five and injuring two children, one of the victims just 2 years old. just hours later in texas, three people were shot and killed in a fort worth parking lot. we ll get the latest on the investigations. plus, in israel, eight people are injured after a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of people gathered near a tel aviv shopping center. police say the man then jumped out of his vehicle and began stabbing people before being killed by an armed civilian. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today i m alex marquardt, and this is a situation room special report. we are standing by to hear from
loud and dangerous but must be handled with care like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. reporter: to what extent has vladimir putin been weakened by recent events? it s hard to tell, but he s clearl-y losing the war in iraq. tom: sorry, mr. president, theer war isry in ukraine.t some stories are like cherry womans bombs, if you re not paying attention, they can snear up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [background sounds] [laughter] tom: and some are roman candles. they get your attention, but they don t pack a lot of power and then they fizzle out hiked this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy s car because heman claimed the man was threatening him. do you know what the threat was? he had a biden sucks bumper sticker.king he was blocking my way saying that i scratched his car, icr didn t scratch hisat car. i m a state senator, i d thinkf you d recognize me. what s the reason to key the car though, that s
against president biden s student loan bailout plan on friday but its allies are vowing that the fight is not over. rachel: that s right. defiant democrats are also face something tough questions. after the supreme court quoted nancy pelosi s own words in their decision. joey: our very own martin meredith is live at the white house and he s got more on this story. martin. reporter: joey, rachel and steve good morning to all three of you. president biden said he s disappointed in last week s supreme court ruling which nullified his efforts to cancel some student loan debt but the administration says it s working on a plan b. it s really important, first of all, borrowers hear loud and clearly we re not stopping the fight that we recognize how important this is. within hours of the supreme court decision, which we totally disagree with, i think is wrong, we announced that we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: that other pathway includes