ybefore to know before you head out. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this morning reaction pouring in after the supreme court ruled to gut affirmative action, a move that will transform college admissions beiacross the countr. justices rules that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as part of their address missions process. the supermajority all voting to reverse decades of prez department. republicans praising the decide. kevin mccarthy said that it will leave to fairer admissions. but democrats are slamming the ruling. vice president kamala harris calling it a step backward that will make the nation s colleges less diverse. jessica schneider reports. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process. but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the
cheney will give up her seat in january. she says her work is far from finished. we ll have much more from yesterday s primary elections just ahead. plus, we re learning more about who the fbi interviewed and what agents saw before they seized classified documents from the former president s home. meanwhile, in washington, president joe biden celebrates a major legislative win ahead of the midterms. something that seemed very unlikely just a couple of months ago. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big win for former president trump and a huge loss for republicans against his lies about election fraud. gop congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th select committee and a one-time leader of the house gop, was just ousted by a landslide in wyoming s primary. trump s name wasn t on the ballot, but he loomed large after he ma
Good wednesday morning. We begin with the president s critical day ahead at the United Nations. As the u. S. Steps up against isis and al qaeda by launching air strikes in syria, the president will be shoring up his campaign for support. We have team coverage. And go live in just a moment. But begin with the United Nations and tahman bradley. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President obama says that the United States cannot wage the battle against isis alone. So hes coming to the United Nations today seeking military and financial help. Today president obama addresses the United Nations with the goal of recruiting more countries for the fight against isis. The meeting comes after the United States and five arab allies carried out a series of air strikes in syria against isis and the khorasan terror cell. More than 250 fighter bombs and missiles from fighter jets, drones and navy ships. Striking camps, and this finance center. You can see on the lefthand side the before shot. And t
Good wednesday morning. We begin with the president s critical day ahead at the United Nations. As the u. S. Steps up against isis and al qaeda by launching air strikes in syria, the president will be shoring up his campaign for support. We have team coverage. And go live in just a moment. But begin with the United Nations and tahman bradley. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President obama says that the United States cannot wage the battle against isis alone. So hes coming to the United Nations today seeking military and financial help. Today president obama addresses the United Nations with the goal of recruiting more countries for the fight against isis. The meeting comes after the United States and five arab allies carried out a series of air strikes in syria against isis and the khorasan terror cell. More than 250 fighter bombs and missiles from fighter jets, drones and navy ships. Striking camps, and this finance center. You can see on the lefthand side the before shot. And t
Candidates, nominees from president republican president s have learned a lot about how to deal with the hearings. When you heard kavanaugh say as he did, talking about the parties to the case that theyre Flesh And Blood Human Beings and we need to have empathy for them and real world consequences of the court are very important. As a political matter, great stuff. A legal matter, its nonsense. Were youre an Appellate Judge and an issue comes before you, the issue is not the parties. Youre to resolve the legal issues. Its a purely legal matter. The parties may happen to be the case that they pick to do that. Now, obviously its as well as a human being to say you care about the parties, yes, you should, but thats smart to say that. Bork said when he was asked about why he wanted to be on the court back then, he said among other things, he said it was an intellectual feast. His critics got all over that. To him its a theoretical matter
kavanaugh. One is cory booker and kamala harris. No