United states. Keep your ships and planes away, he said. He wasea to criticism of an incident in the Taiwan Strait on saturday when a chinese hi destroyer so close it had to slow down to avoid a collision. Last week a chinese fighter plane pulled a similar maneuver in front of an american reconnaissance plane over the south china sea. Without trying to justify the actions general li said, to avoid similar incidents the u. S. Should steer clear of areas around china. Mind your own business, he said. But the u. S. Sees routine patrols of the air and sea off Mainland China as very much its own business. To underscore its position that this is International Space open to everyone. At a conference banquet on friday general li shook hands with the american secretary of defense, lloyd austin. But china declined a formal meeting. And that, said secretary austin, is dangerous. Meanwhile, the u. S. And chinese militaries continue to operate close to one another. Ausein ino reporters o dangerousne an sraled out of control. Elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. Well, President Biden spent a weekend in the nations capital. Today the president golfed with his brother at joint base andrews in maryland. At the same time Top Administration officials are in beijing trying to ease tensions between the u. S. And china. Cbss skylar henry is at the white house with more on that. Skylar, good evening. Reporter hey, jericka, good evening to you. This latest provocation comes as the administration is looking to defrost a somewhat icy relationship with china. One President Biden previously predicted will thaw soon. With tensions already high the u. S. Is calling chinas move sending a warship to intercept an american destroyer irresponsible. Its the latest in a string of incidents between the two sides. In february a u. S. Fighter jet shot down a chinese surveillance balloon hovering over american airspace, sending relations umm. Some lawmakers are concerned about the growing strain. Absent communication allows for a lot of risk of miscalculation. Reporter senior Administration Officials have worked for months looking to keep intelligence channels open. Last month cia director William Burns made an unannounced visit to china. The highestranking official to go to beijing since that incident. Republicans said Administration Efforts to meet with chinese officials project weakness. Biden Administration Officials should stop chasing after their Chinese Communist counterparts like lovestruck teenagers. Its embarrassing and its pathetic. We need to stand strong and this Administration Needs to stand strong. Reporter Administration Officials expect President Biden to meet with chinese president xi sometime later this year. They last met last november. And skylar, as you know, the faa right now reporting this afternoon a small plane crashed in virginia. What else can you tell us . Reporter the crash is generating headlines because it made an unauthorized flight over washington, d. C. Airspace, which is restricted. Now, many in the area heard a sonic boom likely caused by f16s which were forced to scramble in response. It crashed over 100 miles outside of the city. The faa and ntsb are investigating. Thank you, skylar. Today indias rail minister said it appears a malfunctioning signal is to blame for the countrys worst train disaster in decades. It caused two passenger trains to change tracks and slam into a freight train. The trains were carrying more than 2200 people. Nearly 300 of them were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured. Well, today in ukraine air raid sirens were heard across the country as russia launches new airstrikes and ground assaults. Ukrainian Officials Say one killed a toddler and wounded 22 people outside the city of dnipro. Cbss debora patta is there tonight. Reporter good evening, jericka. Well, its been a deadly week for children in ukraine. Russian missile attacks killed a 9yearold girl in kyiv on thursday, and just this morning a toddler in dnipro. It is a grimly familiar scene. Daylight revealing the full extent of the destruction. Homes reduced to rubble. Residents shocked and traumatized. The explosion was unexpected and very strong, said lyubov. I was thrown all the way into the corridor. Overnight a frantic race for survivors and the news no parent should ever have to hear. A 2yearold girl had been killed as she slept with her mother, who was badly injured. Across the border in russia a new front line. Antikremlin militia fighting alongside ukraine have stepped up attacks in the belgorod region. The daily hardships in ukraine being felt by russians who have taken temporary refuge in a shelter. Were trying to be strong, said irina bulakova, because we have children who give us the incentive to carry on. In a selfrecorded message on social media belgorods governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, urged residents to evacuate the border towns. But if a newly posted Ukrainian Military video anything to go by, things could get much tougher for both sides in this war. Released with the tag line plans love silence, there will be no announcement of the start, soldiers are seen urging operational secrecy ahead of an expected counteroffensive. In the past few days ukrainian officials have tried to temper expectations regarding that counteroffensive, jericka. President zelenskyy said in an interview this weekend that kyiv is ready but avoided making any predictions, saying it could go a variety of different ways. Debora patta for us in ukraine tonight. Thank you. Today opec members voted to stick to the cartels Oil Production targets for the year. But saudi arabia announced it will slash its Oil Production by 1 Million Barrels a day in an effort to tighten global supply. Today gas prices in the u. S. Average 3. 55 a gallon. Mississippi has some of the lowest prices while california has the highest. Still, prices are significantly lower than the 5 a gallon we were all paying just over a year ago. Well, today the Union Representing thousands of movie and tv directors announced it has reached a new threeyear contract with hollywood studios. Now, the Directors Guild of america says the tentative deal includes improvements in wages and streaming residuals. At the same time, though, theres no agreement yet with the writers. That strike is now in its fifth week. The cbs overnight news will be right back. When you really need to sleep. You reach for the really good stuff. Zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. Its nonhabit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. Weve seen what you would do for a klondike®, so were raising bar. Now we want to see what your hometown would do for a klondike®, so get together, and go for the bar, sandwich, or cone. 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What do we do when affirmative actions under attack . Stand up fight back reporter affirmative action has helped boost the number of black, latinx and other minorities who are underrepresented at prestigious schools. But now those racial preferences may be prohibited. End race in admissions. End race in admissions reporter in large part due to the efforts of this man. The equal rights provision of our 14th amendment basically gets to the point that people should not be treated differently because of their race or ethnicity. You also say its a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It is. The opportunities must be the same regardless of your racer oethnicity. Reporter edward bloom, whos retired from a job in finance and living in tallahassee, florida, is not a lawyer. He is founder and president of students for fair admissions, and acknowledges starting the group to challenge affirmative action in colleges. The Supreme Court is now considering cases he brought targeting the university of north carolina, the nations oldest public university, and harvard, the oldest private college. Bloom says his group has 22,000 members, but none are identified by name in either court case. Well, in the world of social media it is no surprise that 17 and 18yearold kids do not want nam made public. Reporter bloom has previously spearheaded two cases in which the Supreme Court struck down voting policies designed to help racial groups, particularly African American and latinx voters whove endured prior discrimination. But he lost a 2016 case in which he backed abigail fisher. I dont believe that students should be treated differently based on their race. Reporter who unsuccessfully challenged racial consideration in admissions at the university of texas. But todays Supreme Court is far more conservative. Were you just determined to keep bringing cases until you got the court to agree with you . Legal advocacy requires a longterm commitment. Reporter there are in fact nine states that have enacted bans on racial preferences in state colleges. With some reporting a drop in African American and latinx admissions at top institutions. Affirmative action advocates say a nationwide ban would be disastrous. Affirmative action is really trying to treat everyone equally. Recognizing that certain groups have been marginalized over the centuries. Reporter now a professor at Loyola University new orlans college of law, mitchell krusto grew up in segregated louisiana. Most of the restaurants in town did not serve black people. Water fountains were segregated. So there was a white only and a black only water fountain. The Woolworths Department store, you could not have Counter Service if you were black. Reporter he is a descendant of generations of enslaved people. And forebears who faced prejudice after emancipation. So a lot of the legacy of discrimination in housing, in employment meant that my family was set back century after century. Reporter even after the Supreme Court mandated School Desegregation most of your own schooling was in segregated catholic schools. Absolutely. Elementary and high school, yes. Reporter he was a top student. And also, he acknowledges, an affirmative action beneficiary in 1971. You knew when you applied to yale that they were interested in you not just as a student yes. But because they wanted to bring in more African American students. Absolutely. Reporter but he also points out race is just one aspect. I wasnt accepted into yale because im black. I was accepted into yale because of all the other things that i am as a person, of which im also African American. Reporter you graduated magna cum laude. Yes. Thank you. Reporter and you were admitted to yale law school. Yes. Thank you. Reporter and krusto argues that the Supreme Court should uphold its previous rulings that colleges have a genuine interest in including students from different racial groups. For all students who are at a university having a diverse campus of individuals with different backgrounds adds to the educational goal of the university. Reporter for his part edward bloom, a descendant of holocaust survivors, contends that when colleges have considered ethnic backgrounds of applicants it has hurt certain groups. Back in the 1920s its well documented by dozens of historians that harvard had policies in place to discriminate against jews. Fast forward now to the 1990s and 2000s, we believe that harvard has policies that diminish the likelihood that highachieving asians are being admitted. Reporter in fact, harvard recently announced that nearly 30 of those admitted this year are Asian American. More than four times the representation in the total u. S. Population. Still, some Asian Americans are taking a stand against affirmative action plans that tend to help other minorities. Even if tomorrow they decide to give a preference to asians, ill be just as opposed because the idea is that ideally we should all be treated equally and there really should be a level Playing Field for all of us. Reporter rutvij holey whose parents were born in india is the founder of americans for equality Political Action committee. A straight a student in irvine, california he was just admitted to one of the nations top schools, stanford university. And yet did you apply to any Ivy League Schools . I did. I applied to all of them except for harvard. And did you get into any of them . Nope. No. Do you have a feeling that maybe racial preferences might have had something to do with that . Yes. I mean, to me look, i look at the data, right . Im not going off a feeling. Because the College Admission process has been very good for me. Everyone has to acknowledge knowledge there is a level of discrimination that occurs. I think this case has the potential to really pit Asian Americans against other minorities. And i dont want that to happen. I think we should all, you know, understand what other people have gone through and support them. Reporter chelsea wong, a harvard sophomore, is copresident of the Harvard RadcliffAsian American association. She participated in a proaffirmative action demonstration before the Supreme Court heard arguments on the cases last fall. It was also an Asian American antiaffirmative action demonstration, underscoring how divisive the issue is among americans of all races. But wong argues that its a question of basic fairness. You know what . I wish we didnt have to have affirmative action. I think we had to have it because all of the different, you know, compounding forms of inequality that affect someones life before they even apply for college call for something that accounts for those factors. Reporter still, edward bloom of students for fair admissions believes there are other ways to get a diverse student body. Even though this is not news to you. That some people think your actions over the years have showed that youre a racist, or bigoted in some way. How do you respond to that . Well, i think thats an easy sort of intellectually lazy way of making an argument. Lets have a debate about the policy. If these policies go away, will it not just advantage Asian American applicants but maybe also white applicants . Its unclear who this is going to advantage. Its going to be up to harvard. Its going to be up to unc to change their policies to make them first its important thats the goal. Make them colorblind. Reporter but with many legal experts predicting that the Supreme Court will strike down affirmative action, advocates like law professor mitchell krusto are worried that decades of progress for underserved minorities will be set back. If the Supreme Court decides to ban the use of race, i think theyll go down in history as being one of the most conservative, reactionary white supremacist Supreme Courts that weve ever seen. Weve ever seen. That again was rita braver weve seen what you would do for a klondike®, so were raising bar. Now we want to see what your hometown would do for a klondike®, so get together, and go for the bar, sandwich, or cone. Go for the glory america, klondike® wants to know what your hometown would do for a klondike®. Lets see whats up with hilldale. [cheering and applause] as temperatures continue to rise across the country, cities and counties are scrambling to find lifeguards. A nationwide Lifeguard Shortage has pools cutting back hours and sometimes even closing. Elise preston reports. Reporter children make a splash in los angeles. Its fun and relaxing. Reporter in washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser kicks off the citys summer pool season and thousands flock to floridas beaches. Americans just want to be in the water. They tried to rush me out because they know the faster we get here the more theyll get to be in the pool. Reporter but with increased demand comes danger. New york city is facing its worst Lifeguard Shortage on record, with roughly a third of what it needs this summer. And thats despite a 9 pay increase an