thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the ruling is seismic. now come the aftershocks. john berman here for anderson. tonight what happens now that the supreme court has gutted affirmative action in a decision that could profoundly change college admissions and more broadly reshape life for millions in this country. also, what we are learning about the arrest in the washington neighborhood where the obamas live of a heavily armed man with materials to make a molotov cocktail who is also wanted in connection with january 6th. plus, what we re learning about a new cooperating witness in the january 6th probe of the former president, and why he could be in a position to now say a lot. first, the supreme court s history-making decision today, dismantling a pillar of affirmative action. specifically, college admissions. in it, the court ruled by a 6-3 margin that race conscious policies at harvard and the university of north carolina violate the 14th amend
jean carroll after trump lost to her in this previous case about defamation regarding sexual assault. now, donald trump s trip to court is a stark turn from his recent victory in new hampshire. that was just tuesday. this is not how any candidate in any party, in any point in history, it has ever wanted to follow up on a primary when. let alone try to get momentum while under oath. regarding such serious allegations of defamation. now, trump s time on the stand was deliberately brief. he answered a single question from his lawyer, the judge overseeing what would be allowed. the lawyer asked if trump stood by the past deposition that he gave, which denied the underlying sexual assault that is the issue in the defamation, and trump replied, simply, 100%, yes. the lawyer tried to then bulldoze on and get donald trump to say more about denying the actual allegations, the judge intervene and struck those answers from the record. and that, very briefly, shows how court is different
jesse: i made bret give me one. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. a damning federal government report about local law enforcement failures during the uvalde, texas school massacre. neither side is willing to budge in the border standoff between texas and washington. over land along the southern border. we will bring that you story. and we talk live to the founding chairman of the no labels group about how democratic groups are allegedly trying to undercut attempts to construct a unity presidential ticket, get on ballots. we will talk about where that effort stands tonight. we begin tonight with an update in the ongoing threats from china. hazardous materials team from the environmental protection team is removing dangerous chemicals from a warehouse in california turned to unlicensed bio lab by a chinese national. it s raising new questions and concerns tonight. national correspondent william la jeunesse shows us from reedily, california, good evening, william. bret
in the united states and around the world. i m alex marquardt in washington. and i m anderson cooper on the canadian coast. a new mission to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. the company under intense scrutiny, as we re learning about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. cnn s new reporting on the special counsel s january 6th investigation. sources revealing that at least two fake trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. and the chief of the wagner private military group makes a powerful claim, accusing leadership of killing a huge amount of its mercenary force, describing its actions as evil. we ll break down what this could mean for russia s war in ukraine. you re in the situation room. we are coming to you live from canada, st. john s, newfoundland. this is a key staging ground for the investigation of the deadly submersible. many critical questions remain unanswered, as a new mission is und
with people who didn t have clearance. . how critical could that piece of evidence be in this case? plus, russian president vladimir putin speaks. the defiant president trying to project strength after the weekend rebellion, forcing new questions about his power. we re going to have a live report from moscow coming up as well. we begin, though, at the supreme court, where we expect more decisions to be released at any moment. we re watching for decisions on highly consequential issues. the court often waits to release the most controversial decisions until the end of a term. and we re getting right down to the wire here, folks. if we get one of those major decisions, we re going to bring you that and the very latest right away there. we re also monitoring some dramatic new developments in the trump classified documents investigation. an audio recording has surfaced in which the former president appears to discuss classified documents with people who did not have security