and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: protests outside the supreme court following two monumental rulings. in a 6-3 vote the high court ruled in favor of a colorado graphic designer who refused to design a custom wedding website for same-sex couples arguing at conflict with her christian faith. the majority putting her first amendment rights above the state s nondiscrimination law. today is certainly a day of victory but not just for me, for all americans. affirmed the government cannot force anyone to say something it doesn t believe. joey:the justices struck down president biden s $430 billion student loan bill. it would have allowed eligible borrowers to cancel $20,000 in debt. president biden: i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. rachel: this follows a
the lead with jake tapper starts now. at any moment we are expecting a big court decision that could cost donald trump tens of millions of dollars, the lead starts right now. a jury deliberating after a dramatic day in the e. jean carroll defamation case, donald trump stormed out of the courtroom and the judge threatened to lock up trump s attorney and now jurors will decide how much you must pay for defaming the woman he already found liable for sexually abusing and defaming. the showdown, texas defies a court ruling court ruling keeping razor while and the national guard at the border, one of 25 governors siding with the lone star state over the rule of law. one of the most stunning acts of violence we have heard of from gaza, palestinians shot dead despite waving white flags of surrender. a scene investigation coming now about how bad and how often it is happening. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper a day of antics inside the man tent a manhattan courthous
residents are warned to brace for extreme heat. temperatures expects to soar to 115 degrees. let s check in with adam klotz for the fox weather forecast. what do you have for us? adam: wild weather across the country. eastern half of the country, something similar today. you see every afternoon storms explode, expect to see something this afternoon. the rain continuing to linger across new england, at times fairly heavy. that takes heat of the day. rain from mississippi and georgia to the carolinas. potential for severe weather today, including areas like charlotte, norfolk, dc and philadelphia, up to new york. that is two on a scale of five, large hail and wind possible and isolate tornado is not out of the question. out west, it is the heat. you are seeing 115 in phoenix. 113 in vegas, 106 in bakersfield. showers here for eastern half of the country. everything in green, risk for rain for today s forecast. for the 4th of july forecast, maybe a chance of severe weather.
brought by a computer repair man. the decision sparked a year s long scandal inching closer to the oval office. dana: the laptop is at the center of the federal probe. the five year investigation culminated in a plea deal for two miss demeanor but a whistleblower said the charges should have been much stronger. the evidence that we collected during it still met the elements of the criminal violations and everyone participating agreed that document went forward with everyone s concurrence. results in this deal? yeah. bill: that whistleblower reacted to evidence suggesting hunter used his dad as leverage in business negotiations saying he tried to follow the money but was repeatedly stopped dead in his tracks. so that s the crux of one of the issues here is that we weren t allowed to ask questions about dad. we weren t allowed to ask about the big guy. we went allowed to include certain names and document requests and search warrants. bill: team fox coverage today
decision. first what the president just said, speaking live from the white house, i strongly, strongly disagree with the court s decision. he said the court walked away from decades of precedent and called this not a normal court. what was your reaction to what you just heard? my reaction is that actually the supreme court is finally bringing into alignment education law with employment law. for over 40 years the supreme court has been more conservative on employment law and has restricted use of race motivated by interests like diversity or equity or systemic racism or societal discrimination. so really, i find the court s opinion today really to just be reaffirming what the court has held in other areas the fact we should not use race as a justification for any decision-making. andrew, we got word from the justice department and the attorney general with a statement, the supreme court s decision undercuts efforts by universities across the country to create a diverse gr