support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
tonight, the trump white house and foreign cash. a new report from house democrat showing donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while he was in office. then, ron desantis ramping up attacks on nikki haley. but does he have a shot at victory? and an 11th hour exclusive. your warning on how a third party challenger could help donald trump win in 2024. it memo to possible donors as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump made it official. he wants voters to put him back in the white house but today there were stunning revelations about what he was doing during his first term. trump was raking in millions in cash from foreign nations while he was in office. at least 7.8 million bucks according aeport from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign government
donald trump win in 2024. it memo to possible donors as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump made it official. he wants voters to put him back in the white house but today there were stunning revelations about what he was doing during his first term. trump was raking in millions in cash from foreign nations while he was in office. at least 7. 8 million bucks according to a report from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign governments made payments to trump businesses during a two-year period with five and a half million coming from china alone. the money went to trump hotels and d. c. , vegas, and new york. here is one big problem. aside from the optics, it s a little thing in the constitution called the clause that clearly forbids presidents from receiving any gift or benefit
bases tat island of cuba. now the white house is saying that the chinese have been in cuba for years, quote, china conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in cuba in 2019. this is well documented in the intelligence record. this is an issue that this administration inherited. of course, the u.s. has been spying on china for years. remember rc135 in south china sea that got buzzed by the fighter jet, mike, that wasn t exactly sightseeing as used to spy in china. now back to our shores. the gop-led house oversight committee say they have fbi document that the biden family took bribe up to $10 million. the top democrat saying he found no doing. the investigation of the allegations made in that document were not closed down. as i repeatedly said, i set up a process at the beginning in 2020 to vet evidence before it went to the open-pending investigations. lucas: president biden remains under federal investigation under his handling of classified materials