A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
Six days for west nile virus recently? i remember reporting that. It is in such context right now. We think it is far away but it is happening in our backyards. Thank you. I would like you to come back later in the show to repeat this information. Thank you. September 10th will be here before we know it. In moments, what both candidates are doing and not doing to prepare. It may surprise you. good day to you. I am alex witt and this is alex witt reports. We begin this hour with breaking news from the middle east. U. S. Military operation in iraq killed at least 16 islamic fighters and six soldiers were injured but none of them were described as lifethreatening. The joint operation with the rocky mac security forces happen in the country s westerni desert. Joining me from rehobeth beach, delaware, gary is here. What is the biden administration saying about this? reporter: at this point, not a lot. We have that statement reporting of the operation, along with the security forces you
Need. The American People want to know the truth. Whats what our committee has been doing. This is a diversionary tactic. Bring it on. Ukraines Intelligence Services foiled a russian plot to assassinate zelenskyy. Ukraine russia fired nearly 500,000 shots at ukraines forces in the past seven days. Western officials are telling cnn they are getting increasingly sober updates on ukraines counteroffensive. Arrest warrants issued in this massive brawl in montgomery on a boat dock. Many questions remain about the melee that appeared to be very much split across racial lines. Doing his job, and for some reason they didnt like it. Its an unfortunate incident. Shouldnt have happened. Something we are investigating right now. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad you are with us. Victor blackwell with us all week. Good morning. Good morning. A lot to get to, especially that Video Everyone is talking about. Unbelievable. Its creating memes across the internet. We will get into that. Starting wi
weeks away, donald trump is taking his campaign rhetoric to dark extremes. we re getting new reaction to trump s immigrant-bashing that s invoking comparisons to nazi germany. the gop governor of new hampshire chris sununu joins us live this hour. also tonight, two former georgia election workers are su su suing rudy giuliani again after he was ordered to pay the women nearly $150 million in damages. we re going to tell you what they want now. and hamas releases video of three elderly israelis it s holding captive in gaza. the u.s. is playing a role in restarting negotiations aimed at freeing the remaining captives amid pleas from hostages. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. exactly four weeks from tonight, the first votes of the 2024 presidential election cycle will be cast in iowa. and gop front-runner donald trump is trying to fire up supporters with ugly and very chilling new attacks on immigrants. cnn s omar jimenez has more on trump s rhetoric and t
2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trump s ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recommend any wholesale changes at the fbi. the special counsel also appears to relitigate two of the cases he lost that went to trial, in which he brought criminal charges. the durham report has been contradicted by two of the reports, including one released in 2020 by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. the committee s report as well as one from the justice department watchdog found the fbi s investigation with some laws but warranted. and said the trump campaign closed a counter inte