indictment he is facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once the child star on the comedy, black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what is next in his career and his role in climate change activism? i have something to say. it s been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the college admissions process. now, americans are beginning to evaluate this new terrain with some launching new efforts in the fight for racial equity and education, others working overtime to shut out students of color. this week, a group called lawyers for civil rights, or lcr, filed a complaint against harvard university. one of the response to the supreme court admissions cases one behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they are asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferen
indictments he s facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once a star of the tv company black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what s next in his career and role and climate change activism? i m simone sanders-townsend, and i have something to. so it s been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the polyp college admissions process. now americans are beginning to evaluate this new terrain, with some launching new efforts in the fight for racial equity in education. others working overtime to shut out students of color. this week, a group called lawyers forced civil rights or lcr fall to complete against harvard university. one of the respondents on the supreme court s admissions case is on behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they re asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system call
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
you read books. you read books there was a great va, author of the book how the garcia girls left their accent. joining me tomorrow night six pm eastern for our special year end meeting of the velshi banned book club and we are going to feature some of my favorite conversations with authors and scholars from 2023. don t miss it. but i will speak with a man who was one of the first introduced the idea that donald trump could be disqualified as a 2024 presidential candidate because of section three of the 14th amendment. the federal judge joins me just a few moments if another hour of velshi begins right now. and good morning, it is saturday, december 23rd. i m ali velshi. the start of a crucial presidential election season is right around the corner, but a few key constitutional questions remain unresolved, which could directly up in the 2024 race. with the iowa caucuses just 23 days away, some of those issues are finally reaching the supreme court s purview, setting up
and she sold it. she was under care of doctor s for emotional disorder. law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving. her parents felt she should not own weapons. as we said last night, we have no idea what drugs she was taken or if she was not taking due to her emotional disorder. we ll not speculate until we know more. but, what is clear is in her final messages to a friend that hale was seriously disturbed. she wrote that i am planning to die today. you will probably hear about me on the news. she said in an instagram message, one day this will make more sense. i have left behind more than enough evidence. it is the evidence that could help prevent tragedies like this in the future. we have known since yesterday about the existence of a quote, manifesto, i hate using that term. for a lack of a better word, that s what we calling it. police revealed of parts of what s inside. manifesto several different writings of other locations. there was a ma