Off on the framework of a Ceasefire Deal and hostage release in gaza, and now its up to hamas to agree to the deal. This comes after the United States air dropped thousands of meals into gaza a this weekend. Welcome to fox news live, im mike emmanuel. The deal is reportedly for a 6week pause in fighting and the release of more israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. Trey yingst is live in tel aviv with more on the fragile state of those talks for a potential ceasefire. Hello, trey. Reporter mike, good afternoon. Overnight if israel says their Military Hit Dozens of different targets inside gaza in a matter of minutes looking to put new pressure on hamas amid these ongoing cease fire conversations. The civilian population in gaza continues to pay the highest price amid the war. Mohamed calls out for survivors under the wreckage of his family home. Overnight israel launched a new round of airstrikes against central and southern gaza, killing both militants and civilians. [speaking in
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
so how might jack smith s case or perhaps cases against former president trump hold up at tliel? between 2010 and 2015 smith led the doj s public integrity unit of about 30 prosecutors investigating public corruption cases of politicians and others. among smith s more notable prosecution, democratic senator and vice presidential candidate john ed wards over payoffs to the woman with whom he had an affair and bribery case over democratic senator robert menendez. both those cases resulted in hung juries and mistrials. he did secure a conviction for extortion, bribery, money laundering an racketeering. in 20201 trump pardoned renzi.
so how might jack smith s case, or perhaps cases against former president trump hold up at trial? between 2010 and 2015 smith led the doj s public integrity unit of about 30 prosecutors, investigating public corruption cases of politicians and others. among smith s more notable prosecutions, democratic senator and vice president candidate john edwards on campaign finance law violations over payoffs with the woman he had been having an affair and a face against robert menendez over gifts from a friendly. smith s team did secure a conviction against republican congressman rick renzi of arizona for extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, rack tiering. in 2021 president trump pardoned renzy. my next guest, bob mcdonald has a personal perspective on smith.