and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection it wasn t. it was peaceful protest. - it s anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - i ve got secrets - i think that s the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, that s crazy. it s a quarter, and we can talk about what s on each side of the quarter, but let s not disagree about the fact that it is a quarter. [people shouting] - january 6th was predicated on propaganda, in the most terrifying way. - so much for those claims that voter fraud never happens. of course it happens. they knew it happened when they told us it would never happen, because they re liars. - we re at a crossroads today between the promise of truth and the peril of falsity. between the promise of democracy and the peril of authoritarianism. - if i needed alternative
racial discrimination. the president said he s directing his department of education to light the way, so on the subject of what happens next, let us ask the head of that department. united states education secretary miguel cardona, who joins us now. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. i know how you feel about this decision, that you said it takes our country backward, the president, though, in trying to look forward as we head into a new era says he wants you, as the department of education to light the way, find new areas. how is that going to look? how is it going to work? thank you for having me. first of all, my message to the students and families who are listening to this decision and worrying, we re going to keep fighting you. as the president said, this is not the last word and we have a plan on trying to make sure we continue to promote rich diversity on our campuses. we know that makes learning better, and everyone wins when they re learning in a
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
july 4th holiday weekend, already this evening, those major airports slowing to a crawl. dangerous storms in the northeast causing a ripple effect tonight, stranding passengers across the u.s. a new round of storms now coming. flood watches also in the east at this hour. washington, d.c., up through philadelphia, new york to boston. and tonight, as we come on the air, the new warnings, the smoke from those canadian wildfires now set to return. already in chicago and the surrounding region. and tonight, new york s governor now warning it s coming back to parts of the northeast. also tonight, that audio recording of former president trump. abc news obtaining the recording, what trump can be heard saying about what he calls highly confidential secret information containing those potential plans to attack iran. trump saying, quote, this is secret information, look at this. a staff member later telling him, we have a problem. tonight, the new response from trump. pierre thomas i
for a fund raising push. and it was the state where he bagged it. so what s next for ron desantis after his distant second place finish in iowa? what he just told nbc news. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in new york where a jury was just seated moments ago in the e. jean carroll trial. msnbc s lisa rubin just stepped out court. give us your headlines. reporter: we just finished with the selection of a jury of nine people. one of the things that struck me about the jurors selected is how nonspecific they were about their media consumption. the judge has a battery of routine questions he asked of perspective jurors and the last one was where do you get your news from. what i saw today suggests to me that all the people assembled from the courtroom, irrespective of their political bias, they all wanted to be here because when they were asked where do you get your news from, most said i m news agnostic or i get it from the internet. i see