they made us feel completely comfortable in our home. and, yes, it s affordable. i wish we would have looked into it sooner. think i might look into one myself. stay in the home and life you ve built for years to come. call. to receive 50% off installation of your kohler® walk-in bath. and take advantage of our on interest for 12 months financing. hello everyone. i am julián castro in this weekend for alicia menendez. we begin tonight with this week s wave of supreme court rulings that have rolled back decades of precedent and progress in this country. starting with affirmative action on thursday. in a 63 vote the supreme court ruled race should not be considered in the college admissions process a decision that is out of step with a majority of americans. 53% support affirmative action which has been in place for five decades. american voices sounding off. i think this is a huge step back for being able to repair a lot of the structural inequalities that have exi
hey, everybody, we are following big breaking news this hour. president biden set to speak next hour after the supreme court strikes down his student loan forgiveness plan. a decision with consequences for 43 million americans. we are live at the white house coming up. plus, what today s decision means for the economy long term, as millions of borrowers start making payments again. that means less money for everything else. also healed this hour for us, a frightening arrest near the home of former president barack obama, a january 6th rioter caught with weapons and materials to make explosives. and france and fury, over 40,000 police officers fanned out and hundreds arrested as violent protests continue after a teen was shot dead by officers. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments, and they are joining us now. we begin with nbc s monica alba, outside the white house for us. monica, what is president biden s reaction to the court s decision on the student
beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth
find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
come on. hypocrisy is stunning. you can t help a family making $75,000 a year, but you can help a millionaire and you have your debt forgiven? i believe the court s decision to strike down my student debt relief program was a mistake, was wrong. one of the most regressing supreme court terms in history comes to an ignominious end with blows to president biden s student debt plan, lgbtq protections, and affirmative action. also tonight, moms for liberty was designated an extremist group by the southern poverty law center. so it s no surprise that republican presidential candidates including ron desantis are right at home at their convention. we begin tonight with the supreme court on the final day of their term, delivering a devastating one-two punch to the american people. today, the six conservative justices ruled in favor of an evangelical christian web designer who refused to make websites for same-sex weddings. a major setback to lgbtq rights and protections. they als