decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can
worst while fire season that they ve ever had on record. neil? neil: thank you. i can see the haze building behind you. i want to go to c.b. cotton from la guardia international where we have flight delays, cancellations and the smoky can t don t help. yeah, it s a perfect storm. everyone is hoping that there will be an end to this travel chaos. there could soon be new challenges on the horizon. the northeast has really been the epicenter of this on going conversation. this afternoon, things are changing as severe weather moves in to chicago. the airport there now has the most delays or cancellations in the entire country. this according to tracking site flight aware. tens of thousands of delays have been plaguing the major airlines since sunday. this situation has tested people s patience and wallets. i tried everything. i called the agency, pilots,
impact them. the tsa recording 7.5% of the agency s work force called out yesterday. more than double the number from the same day last year. according to the tsa, many workers say the financial hardship of missing a pay check is making it difficult for them or impossible to get to work. it s not just tsa agents. air traffic controllers having a hard time getting to work and having a level of anxiety. listen. we know it s a stressful job. we know where the stress is coming from, where the hot spots are, whether we re on the ground control or in the air. it s a known quantity and we accept that and we work around that. but not knowing when you re going to get paid or when your mortgage is done. there s a breaking point for everyone. they re getting the job done but it s more and more difficult as the days are wearing on. it s wearing on them and their families, neil. neil: thanks, laura at la guardia international. meantime, you heard that the president and his people still wantin