juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
times, but i just don t know to do anything but left. thanks for watching. we ll be right back here next sunday at 8 pm eastern, you can now find the show on the msnbc hub on peacock. new episodes of the mehdi hasan show posted during the week on peacock. now, it s time to handed over to my friend richard louis, good evening, medina i do richard. awe know you love your children, great to see you mary, thanks so much. coming up a name, in the trump grand jury in manhattan is expected to reconvene this week. i will be joined by democratic congressman eric swalwell in just a moment. plus, exclusive nbc reporting on rhonda sentences presidential oscillations and why should republican donors are afraid to lead their support as of today? and we will head to mississippi to get an update on recovery efforts after deadly storm there and what president biden is doing to help the region. let s get started. another week has come and gone since wait to see if an indictment will actu
week. i ll be joined by eric swalwell in just a moment. plus, exclusive nbc reporting on rhonda santa s presidential aspirations, and why republican donors are afraid to lend their support as of today. and will head to mississippi to get an update on recovery after some of the deadly storms there and what president biden is doing to help the region. let s get started. another week has come and gone since donald trump claimed that he would be arrested and we re still waiting to see whether an indictment will actually come down in new york city. but in that time, trump has gotten from making predictions to launching some dangerous attacks. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg has been receiving death threats over his investigation into donald trump s alleged role in the 2016 hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels. now those threats came on the heels of a series of social media posts from trump, including one warning of, quote, death and destruction. i fear
a former president donald trump. mr trump landed at laguardia airport, just a short while ago. the former president expected derives soon at trump tower. he is expected to spend the night there ahead of his arraignment tomorrow afternoon at the manhattan criminal courthouse, where mr trump is expected to voluntarily surrender sources tell cnn that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud that we should note the indictment. remains under seal. these charges come after a years long probe. into a hush money payment made to adult film star and director stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, and let s let s uh we re looking. let s let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz right now she s outside trump tower and caitlin . it s odd watching this kind of for want of a better term like o j. bronco coverage of donald trump coming into manhattan for this criminal matter, and i know that media critics are taking issue with the way t
letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noicolle thanks so much i m ari melber tonight we have a very big show, including an eye on that manhattan d.a. probe that may be closing in on president trump, and tonight in this life segment i will be including a major trump legal figure as my guest you re not going to hear that anywhere else right now because he s here sitting with me. the context is mr. michael cohen is heading back to testify again before this criminal grand jury tomorrow that s investigating trump. we know other trump aides, associates and allies have been there under oath that includes conway, hicks and others you see on the screen, which is an indication they are gathering evidence, that something is really happening. this is not about leaks, this is not about conjecture everyone from people in new york legal circles following this to trump s own lawyers see it as e