in this case the supreme court drew a clear line and said yes to religious liberty. and that donald trump south carolina rally this weekend wasn t the former president getting all the attention. we ll tell you about a republican stalwart which was booed off the stage. we ll have more on that. and anyone about lamar s italy officials are instructed to give us an update on the mass shooting overnight in baltimore. two people were killed. 28 more were hurt. nbc s marissa perez there in baltimore were also joined by former fbi supervisor rob d amico. marissa wiley standby here for this update. please bring us up to speed to what we know so far? yes, where things stand at last check, we re waiting for an update any minute now. these details could be subject to change hopefully we ll learn more soon. but here is what we know right now. at least 30 victims, to people, that they were adults but they were young. an 18 year old, a 20 year old, and among the injuries we had a 28 wer
the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
Detecting rockets fired from syria. Bret israeli jets hitting hamas targets softening the battlefield paving the way for ground forces. Meanwhile as weve been telling you at least 14 americans dead and they dont know, at least another 20 considered missing. Some of them possibly held hostage in gaza. There is no more electricity in gaza. The only power plant there running out of fuel. They have also cut off electricity and water. The israelis have. And as the u. S. S. Gerald ford Carrier Strike force arrives in the region iranian backed militia in iraq is threatening to attack american bases in retaliation if the u. S. Intervenes in the war between hamas and israel. Dana the latest this hour. Starting with mike tobin live on the ground in the war zone. Good morning, mike. What you see behind me off in the distance is the gaza strip itself. You may be able to hear israeli jets overhead. They are constant. The pounding of the gaza strip is constant. To the North And South of me israeli t
They have not put forth the vast majority of their forces for the counter offensive. the enemy gets a bow, the russians are well dug in, they re entrenched, and then the ukrainians are still trying to get the manpower and sources ready for this, so i think these timelines that everyone talks about, i feel in many ways that they re artificial. we want to see ukraine make some gains, it just may take some time. again, we re talking about months if not a year of still some serious fighting ahead. i would just say that i really hope that not only ukraine but also the west does not get wobbly. now is the time to push more to the ukrainians, including these attack missiles, but given time, i am not concerned about any kind of slow offensive in the making. look at there. what do you make for the argument that putin s leadership in russia is actually better for world stability than someone taking
there was a whole lot more by the way, the former vice president very clear on where he stands on f-16s, the attack missiles, much more so than we hear from the biden administration. the full interview with mike pence will be tonight on outfront at 7:00 eastern. i ll see you then. in the meantime, back to abby in washington. thank you, erin. we look forward to seeing that interview. the timing very interesting indeed for former vice president mike pence. still ahead here on the lead a top trump campaign aide, a classified map and investigators of the special counsel s office, new developments in that investigation into trump s handling of classified documents. just buy any footlong in the app, and get one free. evereryone loves free stuff chuck. can we get peyton a footlongng? get it before it s gone. on the subway apapp.