might see? here is what we know. inside the courtroom our producer is behind me and we have two boxes. we should be getting multiple opinions today. 6 or 7 left depending how you count them. some are coupled up together. now we wait. it is the last of the term. the end of the term. we think they may add tomorrow to be the final day. we have affirmative action in higher ed., can you use race in considering applicants? a huge battle waged for decades. you have the student loan debt relief program. did the biden administration go too far? do they have the power to wipe out billion else in loans without congress or another body being involved? a couple of religious liberty cases. the web designer out of colorado. does she have to make web designs for everyone? we have the postal worker when he joined the postal service they didn t have sunday delivery. he told them it is a day of sabbath and can t work it. now we re just let s see what we have. the first opinion. not one of t
scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a
specifically on that topic. now, this is expected to be a record breaking year for air travel. tsa says to get to the airport early. to avoid all the, you know, the long lines and everything, so that s why. it would help if more people did that, right? it would help, yep. i think with the amount of people that do travel, it s good to just give yourself some leeway. and sandra, as always, check with your airlines for any updates and good luck out there. sandra. sandra: good luck out there. that s the message, right? looks ok for now there in denver. we hope it stays that way. it is going to get busy as it always does. alicia, thank you so much and great to see you as we kick off a new hour, college campuses under the microscope. the federal government investigating more than a half dozen schools after a series of alleged antisemitic incidents. welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york and john, we are closer and closer to the weekend, but a lot still to get to he
forgiveness program which is beset with legal challenges. the constitution al question is with whether the u.s. education department has the authority to forgive those debts. no matter what the court decides on student sdebt, higher education is already roiled on affirmative action. jessica sni sder has more on the historic decision and the people behind it. 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 their race has shaped their experiences in their applications. the opinion will prohibit students from checking a box indicating their race specifically saying the practice at harvard and university of north carolina cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the equal protection clause. the majority not explicitly saying that they are over rruli
it is important to keep a close eye on any potential guidance coming outs of the u.s. education department and the justice department. i expect that they have been planning on this for quite some time and we need to be ready for it. dana: when you say we, what is the mechanism for policing it? there are certainly private party lawsuits like this one, which is to say groups like students for free admission can sue if they need to. we ve seen how many years it takes for that to happen. the u.s. department of education s office for civil rights, which i headed during the trump and bush administration should be doing compliance reviews to make sure that colleges are complying with the new rules coming out of the supreme court. don t bet on it. don t expect them to do that because they are not on the same side as the law. we do need as compliance reviews but i expect they will have to await a new administration.