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
admissions. it is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about color brined blind when in fact it is about being blind to history. tonight, the ruling, the powerful descent, and how clarence thomas finally won his long battle against affirmative action. n hi long did you give your degree back again? yale does not recognize me. [laughter] as the special counsel ramps up on the january 6th investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedents, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions a
people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with
decision that could profoundly change called emissions, and more broadly reshape by four millions in this country. also, what we are learning about the arrest in the washington neighborhood where the obamas live. with a heavily armed man with materials to make a molotov cocktail, who was also wanted in connection and january 6th. plus, what we re learning but a new cooperating witness in the january six probe of the former president, and why he could be in a position to now say, a lot. first, the supreme court s history making decision today, dismantling a pillar of affirmative action. specifically, college admissions. in, and the court ruled by a 6 to 3 margin, that race conscious politics at harvard in the university of north carolina violate the third 14th amendment. in his majority opinion, the chief justice wright set the programs, unemployable employ race in a negative manner, and involve racial serotonin, lack meaningful and points. those admission programs cannot be r
ted lieu was in the middle of that history. his reaction to what she said at the trump rally saturday, in just a few minutes. a very good day to all of you from nbc news here in los angeles. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we have some breaking news this holiday weekend, two mass shootings overnight, seven people injured in wichita, kansas, and 30 in baltimore, where two people died. in wichita, police seized eight firearms close to the scene which appears to be a club. one person is in custody. the shooting in baltimore took place at an annual neighborhood block party. nbc s marissa joining me now from outside one of the baltimore hospitals where victims are being treated there. there was, that welcome. what more are you learning? alex, just to summarize some of what we know as of this morning, we know that there were 13 victims, including two dead, 28 others injured and several of those injured in critical condition as of this morning. in fact, within the