support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
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good afternoon. the front runner in the contest for the conservative party leadership, liz truss, says she will act on energy bills within a week if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak, says he cannot rule out blackouts this winter, if he becomes pm. the uk is facing a genuine emergency on energy, he said. which of the two has won will be announced tomorrow. on tuesday, the queen will invite the winner to form a government. our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. whoever wins the leadership race and becomes the next prime minister will becomes the next prime minister will be walking straight into an economic storm. they face one urgent question before all others, what to do about soaring energy bills. rishi sunak has long promised some financial support for everyone, with more on top for especially the most vulnerable. today, liz truss promised if she wins, help is on the way. i promised if she wins, help is on the wa . , ., ., promised if she wi
queue to get in and cast his vote. another 90 minutes, 359 conservative mps to determine whether boris johnson carries on as prime minister or whether there is a leadership conservative party members to decide who the next prime minister will be. the expectation is the prime minister will win mathematically but the question is whether the numbers leave him politically. where the numbers leave him. if leave him politically. where the numbers leave him. numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, or numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, or if numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, or if he numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, or if he loses, - mathematically, or if he loses, where does it leave him? it mathematically, or if he loses, where does it leave him? it will be about the numbers where does it leave him? it will be about the numbers and where does it leave him? i
the leadership to break those rules. the past leadership to break those rules. in the past hour, the leader of the scottish conservatives set the prime minister position is untenable and says he will vote against it. boris johnson will meet the backing of 180 of his mps if he is to stay leader of the conservative party. today he told both mps he would win for them again as he met them in a private meeting. the hour began an hour ago. six p:m.. it will continue all the way through until 8pm so we have another hour to go. then they would be an hour of counting. we are expecting the result at nine p:m.. we do know which way some of those mps are voting and we will bring you the latest from the house of parliament. conservative mps hold boris johnson s future in their hands voting is under way etc they are voting right now on let that they have confidence in him and whether they want to remove him as leader of the party and whether they want to keep them. in recent months the p