evening. now it s time to last word with jonathan kaye pot in for lawrence. good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. quite the day we ve had today. i know you re gonna have a great show analyzing what went. down yes, we will. alex, thank you very much. have a great show. this is not a normal court. that was what president biden said after the radical conservatives on the supreme court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and
and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
diaz-balart. we begin with a decision from the u.s. supreme court that will have huge implications for colleges and universities and society in general. last hour the justices said schools cannot use race as a consideration when it comes to admitting students. ruling that affirmative action programs both at harvard and the university of north carolina are unconstitutional. it is also a decision that could have implications far beyond education. with us now to take a closer look at this, we have nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who is outside the supreme court, we have reverend al sharpton there in the center of the screen, president of the national action network and host of politics nation on msnbc, as well as maya riley, president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. welcome to you all on this extraordinary news day. julia, what more did the justices have to say in their decision? reporter: well, in short, they have ended affirmative action as we
court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history. and that s what i meant by not normal. i find it just so out of sorts with the basic value system of the american people. and i think across the board the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions this court is making. he s right. it s not just of the radical conservative supreme court is undoing decades o
custody this hour after leading officers on a chase through the streets spraying dozens of bullets along the way. mike tobin has more. mike? bryan, we re standing by to get the update from philadelphia police. they have declined to identify the gunman. the philadelphia inquirer has no idea what sent the man on the killing spree. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had an a.r.-style rifle and a sidearm and a scanner to listen to police ray. four fatalities were found on the street. a fifth fatality appears to be a man that tried to run from the gun fire in to the house. family went inside. found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. went outside where he saw the police officer. notified that officer. the officer notified medics. they pronounced the 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. another mass shooting on the west side of fort worth, texas. three people did, eight recovering from injuries. a holiday gathering around midnight. gun fire created panic