hemmer. welcome to the program today. dana: this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a liberal commentator who said what a year this day has been. it felt like it. it started yesterday. special counsel robert hur released his report on the president s mishandling of documents. charges weren t warranted but the defense of that decision ignited a firestorm. bill: here is part of what set it off. it reads we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. dana: that prompted the president to give rare, last-minute remarks last night where he defended his fitness for office. something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. president biden: i m well meaning, an elderly man and i know what the hell i
all charges for failing to confront the gunman who killed 17 people. across america, more than 100 million under air quality alerts as the smoky haze spreads. thousands of flyers still stranded, despite some improvement after this week s meltdown. but one airline still struggling to get back on track. the violent protest in france after the deadly police shooting of a motorist. an officer now charged. our new reporting on how the fbi is cracking down on swatting incidents across the country, and the couple whose home police have come to at least 40 times. and a sweet story about sour dough. why people can t wait for this man s bread. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, and welcome. are we now a color-blind nation? it s a question animating the political left and right over today s supreme court decision delivering a blow to affirmative action policies. a sharply divided court scrapping decades of precedent, striking do
home police have come to 40 times. and a sweet story about sourdough. why people can t wait for this man s bread announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, and welcome. are we now a color blind nation it s a question animating the political left and right over today s supreme court decision delivering a blow to affirmative action poll sills a sharply divided kocourt scrapping decades of precedent, striking down race-base admissions programs at harvard and the university of north carolina, ruling their efforts to create racially diverse campuses are unconstitutional the majority rejecting the use of race alone to promote diversity on college campuses here chief justin john roberts in his majority opinion writing both programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives conservatives argue college admissions should be based on merit, not race. president biden, on the other hand, saying discrimination still exists in america. th
this sunday night, don t miss a whole new episode of the story. 15 years, the miracle on the hudson. we ll talk to the former airline pilot sullenberger and passengers who survived the emergency landing here in new york s hudson river after birds crippled the airbus two engines. one whole hour, one whole story this sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern pacific only on cnn. the news continues, the source with kaitlan collins starts now. the supreme court agrees to take on one of the biggest cases in american history. whether donald trump can be kicked off the ballot in colorado just ten days before the first votes of the 2024 election are cast. plus, president biden condemning donald trump while marking the third anniversary of january 6. people died because of trump s lies and so could democracy. also the long-time leader of the nra resigning on the eve of his corruption trial. but wayne lapierre s exit could mean to the fight over guns in america. i m kaitlan collins, and this i
captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight straight from the source, the supreme court agrees to take on one of the biggest cases in american history, whether donald trump can be kicked off the ballot in colorado just ten days before the first votes of the 2024 election are cast. plus president biden condemning donald trump, while marking the third anniversary of january 6th, arguing that people died because of trump s lies and so could democracy, as he ramps up his re-election fight. also the longtime leader of the nra resigning on the eve of his corruption trial. what wayne lapierre s exit could mean for the fight over guns in america. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. with what is being called extraordinary speed, the supreme court has now agreed to decide the unprecedented question, can donald trump be barred from holding office again? it is not hype bole to say tonight that this case could alter the 2024 election, and it may not be the last case the s