everyone agrees. this after a group of asian-american students filed a complaint against harvard and the university of north carolina chapel hill alleging that they failed to employ employee race neutral admissions practices. the majority opinion delivered by chief justice john roberts said that any student, quote, must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race. highlighting the importance of this case in a rare move. justices clarence thomas and sonya sotomayor also read their opinions from the bench. now with justice thomas declaring, quote, at all forms discrimination based on race including so-called affirmative action are prohibited under the constitution. now harvard did in fact released a statement following the decision acknowledging that the court ruled their admissions policies did not comply with the 14th amendment, the equal protection clause in the constitution and the civil rights act. harvard is not actually totally b
from the u.s. on the tragedy. we ll be right back. we ll be right back. hey, everyone. welcome to msnbc special coverage of the rebellion in russia. i am ayman mohyeldin in new york. more than 24 hours after a russian mercenary chief ordered his forces to end the revolt and retweet from their march toward moscow, many questions still remain about vladimir putin s grip on power, about the future of the war in ukraine, and about the impact of this crisis on stability across that region, as well as elsewhere around the world. here is what we know at this hour. russian mercenaries in the wagner group have withdrawn from the russian cities on the orders of its chief, yevgeny prigozhin, who declared an end to his rebellion yesterday. now, according to russian state media, prigozhin meanwhile, now headed to belarus, whose president, alexander lukashenko, helped negotiate that de-escalation. as for vladimir putin and the ongoing war in ukraine, the russian leader expressed co
thank you so much for joining me. ukraine s president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden s meeting with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very subst
of our viewers around the world and to our viewers joining us from the u. s and canada. i m leila rock and you re watching cnn newsroom for nationals have been evacuated from sudan as fighting between the military and paramilitary forces stretches now into a second week . hours ago, the us confirmed that all american diplomats were on their way out of the country and that the u. s embassy in the capital khartoum has been temporarily closed. cnn s oren lieberman has the details. a successful mission carried out in the dark of night in sudan to evacuate the u. s embassy in khartoum, according to us officials. three chanukah helicopters took off from djibouti some 750 or 800, miles away from khartoum flew into the country landed, secured the embassy and then brought out all of the embassy staff and their family members, a group of just under 100 people, according to us officials, who briefed reporters on the operation and what happened around it during the operation and afterwar