rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and that s what i meant by not normal. that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. we ll break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile we re just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, we ll take a look how americans feel about the issue of affirmative action and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the supreme court ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled that the programs at the university of north carolina and one at harva
the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, said ukraine should not be forced towards making a deal with russia. president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. the canadian prime minster suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes though, there are differences of emphasis in approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister acknowledges, though, some are tiring of it. i think that the pressur
in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
And in edinburgh, a warning that the decision not to require the approval of the Scottish Parliament is proof that the Devolution Settlement is worthless. With every day that passes right now, it is becoming clear that scotlands voice cannot and is not able to be heard within the uk on this question. Well have the latest on this landmark ruling by the Supreme Court and what it could mean for the brexit process. Also tonight a record fall in bts share price, after news that its italian subsidiary tried to cover up huge losses. More Executive Orders signed by President Trump this time he revives plans to build two Oil Pipelines, despite environmental concerns. Sta rs stars are you shining just for me. And leading the oscars race is la la land with a record equalling 1a nominations, including for best picture. And coming up in sportsday later on bbc news, sir Alex Ferguson gives us his Progress Report onjose mourinho. He says the portugese is learning to control his emotions. Good evening
the middle class, and connecting that to the progress that we are making. while certainly you point out that we are not where we would all love to be, we still have progress to be made, we believe there are signs we re moving in the right direction. like the fact the united states has lower inflation than any other major economy in the world. we have the we re having currently the fastest economic recovery, the strongest economic recovery of any major economy in the world coming out of the pandemic. that s the result of decisive actions that this president has taken the past two years. while we have to keep our foot on the gas, we re making signs of progress. press secretary olivia dalton, thank you, as always, for joining us. sure we ll speak again soon. up next on way too early, ukraine receives its first visit from a republican 2024 white house hopeful. we ll tell you who that was. on morning joe, much more on yesterday s landmark ruling