culture plus co-founder lili gil valletta and former army captain jeremy hunt. we begin with anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon bream. thank you for covering this all morning for us. shannon: glad to and glad you have attorneys there, including you to break these things down, as well. this is landmark decision about what higher education can and can t do about race. the court said it cannot be a factor deciding who gets into college, including harvard and unc. chief justice said here, the student must be treated on his or her experience, not on basis of race. many universities have done the opposite and concluded wrongly touch stone of individual ability is not lessons learned, but color of their skin, constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. he read from the decision and so did justice thomas. devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated, this will entrench racial segregation, racial inequality will exist as long as it is ignored. if peop
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
gaza today. although he stopped short of describing this is the start of a full-scale ground invasion. yesterday, senior adviser to people benjamin netanyahu told my colleague that this latest escalation is the start of, quote, feedback. you be sure if you are in a hamas tunnel or you are in a hamas stronghold, and we are going to come and find you, and we are going to eliminate that target. hamas will pay for its crimes against humanity. hamas will pay for slaughtering our people. and tonight, we are starting payback. overnight, gaza was hit with an intense series of airstrikes then knocked out internet throughout the region, effectively cutting off gaza s 2 million residents from the outside world. it says are used by hamas. joining me now, nbc news correspondent josh letterman. who is in the west bank and you let matt bradley who is live on the ground in lebanon on israel s northern border. what is israel saying today regarding to actions in gaza? it s been difficult
As a result. And the first pictures of a Rare Giraffe Born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. And in half an hour, well look back at the rio olympics and the Refugee Athletes who competed as a team for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The russian president , vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. Therell also be fresh peace talks. The deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. Mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. Daniel boettcher reports. Russia and turkey have been pushing for a nationwide ceasefire, particularly since the collapse of the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. Ina the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. In a statement the syrian army said the comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement was a result of recent military successes. The Syrian