white house press briefing since secret service agents found cocaine stashed in the west wing. reporters have a lot of questions. bill: gillian, hello. our white house team confirming that agents found the drug in a bag in a personal cubby area used by staffers and guests into the west wing. a secondary drug test confirmed it was in fact cocaine. the first family was at camp david when agents found it in a routine sweep. gillian: and begin there for hour two. bill: bill hemmer. john roberts and sandra have the day off. cocaine is a drug, along with oxycontin and fentanyl, begin all new at 2:00 right now. gillian: a federal judge in louisiana says likely the biden administration censored free speech, and blocking officials from contacting social media companies about content. a lawsuit brought forward by louisiana and missouri, accusing government officials going too far and pressure ling them to censor posts during the pandemic. overreach in doing so and influence ove
appreciate the opportunity that country blessed us with. american pride is on the decline. 39% of adults took extreme pride in our country, down from three years ago. pride in our nation has been on the decline for 20 years and an interesting distinction, gallup found 60% of republicans were proud and 29% of democrats did. wall street journal released american pride poll of their own earlier this year with just 38% of americans saying patriotism is important to them. at 1998, the figure was 70%. pride is not the only tradition heading out the poll, 39% of americans think religion is very important, down from 62% in 1998. stunning new fox news poll shows majority of americans believe the country s best days are behind us. gallup poll found 70% of americans have no confidence in national government. start there. joe concha to the midstel in the hot seat. what do you think? joe: one other part about this poll that stands out to me. what is the best country live in the world?
decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can
decision. first what the president just said, speaking live from the white house, i strongly, strongly disagree with the court s decision. he said the court walked away from decades of precedent and called this not a normal court. what was your reaction to what you just heard? my reaction is that actually the supreme court is finally bringing into alignment education law with employment law. for over 40 years the supreme court has been more conservative on employment law and has restricted use of race motivated by interests like diversity or equity or systemic racism or societal discrimination. so really, i find the court s opinion today really to just be reaffirming what the court has held in other areas the fact we should not use race as a justification for any decision-making. andrew, we got word from the justice department and the attorney general with a statement, the supreme court s decision undercuts efforts by universities across the country to create a diverse gr
the dead week, the best week of the year and for most people this week not a week off from work but at the same time a return to the normal rhythm of regular life. nobody knows what to do with this leftover week awkwardly such that the bottom of the year. this holiday purgatory is dedicated to low expectations, eating, visiting family and resting but even for those of us going to work, it is assumed not much will be accomplished before the new year. so what is on our twixmas to-do list? rachel, there s already down times and a lot to do at the end of the year. rachel: just before i came to get ready to do this show, i left a lot of to-do list with my kids, but it is funny, right? in the building, it feels different, no offense, producers but there is a lower expectation of everything that you can see that is how it feels. i think it is a great time to catch up with people. call your grandma if you haven t called her in a while. call your mom and have the conversations. i ju