diaz-balart. we begin with a decision from the u.s. supreme court that will have huge implications for colleges and universities and society in general. last hour the justices said schools cannot use race as a consideration when it comes to admitting students. ruling that affirmative action programs both at harvard and the university of north carolina are unconstitutional. it is also a decision that could have implications far beyond education. with us now to take a closer look at this, we have nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who is outside the supreme court, we have reverend al sharpton there in the center of the screen, president of the national action network and host of politics nation on msnbc, as well as maya riley, president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. welcome to you all on this extraordinary news day. julia, what more did the justices have to say in their decision? reporter: well, in short, they have ended affirmative action as we
with laura kuessnberg, paddy 0 connell and henry zeffman. it seems every time you turn on the news, there has been another strike somewhere, there was a strike on an american military base this morning in iraq. so, this hotting up of tensions continues apace, and this morning we had grant shapps the defence secretary on the programme, who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, in other words, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in otherwords, he was anticipating that there will be more conflicts coming down the tracks before too long. which sounds like a pretty alarming message, but i think most politicians you talk to at the moment would say actually thatis at the moment would say actually that is probably true. i at the moment would say actually that is probably true. that is probably true. i heard it summed up that is probably true. i hea
before that catastrophic implosion. a light fast repair just days after a fiery collapse. the major highway that millions rely on back open for business in philadelphia. and attorney general merrick garland commenting just a short time ago on those charges against president biden s son hunter. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc news s ryan reilly on what we just heard from attorney general merrick garland. unexpected for the attorney general to talk about it. he doesn t answer a lot of questions. but what did he have to say this time? i think based on the allegations that had come out through the whistleblower, he felt responsibility to lay it out here. essentially what he said is he has not taken any action in regards to this hunter biden investigation. take a listen. mr. weiss, was appointed by president trump as the u.s. attorney in delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration would be permit
e lon musk and mark zukerberg they have agreed to fight each other in the vegas octagon. no joke whom better to handy cap this fight than colby covington and michael chandler they will join us in a bit to weigh in. i want to dpet you involved. go to my twitter at ingraham angle or instagram ingraham radio and answer this question. who would win a cage match. elon musk or mark zuckerberg. sex, lies and whistle blow are the focus of tonight s angle. when you thought the bidens could not get sleezier they surprise you. whether sniffing girl s hair or copping a feel from ava at the white house the politic has no shame or no sense or neither. the aim arrogance in his son thou we are discovering for lurid details about hunter s leisure activities l.a. times said a founder of saventhum a private sex club was banned after he had the nerve to name hunter biden as a member. that is this club in it was create in the 2013 afternoon the found are watched the tom cruise movie, eyes wid
republican caucuses. the remaining contenders are brave and the snow and cold to make their final pitches this weekend. ironically the voted will take place of martin luther king day. so many of the gop candidates have to split a questionable commitment to the ideals of democracy and equality that the great late civil rights leader fought and died for. reverend kings spirit fills tonight s show and we are joined by his eldest son and namesake, his daughter-in-law arndrea and his granddaughter yolanda. they ll have plenty to say about the state of dr. king s dream. and a moment when racial tensions and the threat of political violence seem more real than perhaps any time since the height of the civil rights movement of the 60s. all of this tonight on this kicked a weekend edition of politicsnation. the king family will join us in a moment. but we start with congresswoman robin kelly, democrat of illinois. congresswoman kelly, thank you for joining us and let s start in your ne