wedding websites for same sex couples. an application of the first amendment to civil rights law that could affect public accommodations perhaps even gay marriage access for many minority groups. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court just ended its urm with a conservative super majority flexing its muscle once again. this morning striking down the student loan forgiveness program with the chief justice writing in part the secretary of education asserts the heroes act. in a second major ruling today but perhaps even more far ranging consequences down the road the six conservatives, gorsuch writing the opinion saying the first amendment rights of a colorado website designer give her the freedom to refuse from accepting same sex couples from her business. in this case justice sotomayor read aloud a strongly worded dissent from the bench to emphasize her strong disagreement. writing in part, lgbt people have existed for all of human history. and as s
overturn the election results. that man is donald trump s top white house lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down for a transcribed interview under oath with investigators this morning. as far as we can tell, that interview or that meeting is ongoing at this hour. punch bowl news reports this about the parameters of today s testimony from cipollone, quote, sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement about what investigators can or cannot ask him. prior to hutchinson s testimony the panel had discussed an arrangement with cipollone for an on the record interview, but cipollone backed away from it, sources tell us. cipollone is expected to claim executive privilege over conversations he had with trump, but there is plenty that the committee is interested in outside of that category. for example, we expect cipollone will be asked about conversations with former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the possibility that cipollone could provide gamechanging i
quote, on an idyllic summer morning from a rooftop high above the highland park independence parade, a gunman aimed down at the floats and lawn chairs and strollers and opened fire. the high school marching band s members sprinted for their lives. bystanders scooped up young children and fled. in all six people were killed. some two dozen others were injured, either by rifle fire or in a stampede away from the scene. the victims range in age from 8 to 85. just hours ago, officials announced that a seventh person has lost their life. the deceased include a 76-year-old grandfather, named nicholas toledo. the new york times reports this about him. toledo did not want to attend the highland park fourth of july parade, but his disabilities required that he be around someone full-time, and the family wasn t going to skip the parade, even going so far as to position chairs for a choice viewing spot at midnight the night before. mr. toledo is sitting in his wheelchair along the par
Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. Desperation and danger growing as critical aid remains stuck at the egypt, gaza border. A live report from cairo as humanitarian workers warn that the main hospital on the strip wont have electricity for much longer. At this minute, House Republicans just started huddling Behind Closed Doors after a short time ago, jim jordan failed for a third time to lockdown the votes to be speaker. In fact, he actually lost support between the second and third rounds, and to say frustration is building in the republican conference is a bit of an understatement. Im really recommending against this flurry of new votes when the votes are absolutely not changing. That is a fact you can take to the grave. Everyone wants to stay here l reflect and go back to the days weve had over the last two weeks and say we did it to ourselves, folks. We did it to ourselves. And then breaking, in just the last half an hour, an extraordinary and hi
good afternoon. i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. today another escalation in what is already a brutal 2024 presidential race. this time coming from hunter biden who says the right is trying to kill him in order to destroy his father. that accusation made in a rare interview after prosecutors filed a shocking new indictment. what his lawyer is saying and what this latest round of charges could mean as his dad tries to hold onto the white house. overseas, the u.n. calls the situation in gaza a, quote, spiraling humanitarian nightmare. people with open wounds and people stand in line for hours to use one shower or toilets. families who have lost everything sleep on bare concrete floors wearing clothes they have not changed for two month thes. the chilling new letter from the leading u.n. official on the ground who says they are, quote, hanging on by their fingertips. and the major controversy that just keeps growing after leaders of some of