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
decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can
until you see that report. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. another huge day for the country from the nation s high court. we are expecting more consequential decisions from the supreme court that could reshape america as we know it. after yesterday s ruling on affirmative action declaring race cannot be used an express factor in college admissions. it is another sweeping change from the supreme court s conservative super majority. it could have a lasting impact on the diversity of campuses across the nation for decades to come. two of the key decisions left for today are student loan relief for tens of millions of americans and there is the case of a web designer who refused to make websites for same-sex weddings. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is tracking all of it for us. a huge week for the court, for the country, and these opinions today also, either way they go, will have a huge impact. yeah, exactly. we are really zoning in on the stud
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
soon. plus, all eyes on florida where a grand jury in the trump classified documents case heard from another witness today. the washington post reporting that if trump is indicted, a majority of the charges will be brought in florida. so what does that mean? and ukraine gaining background around bakhmut around the chief of russia s private army admits there will be major russian losses in ukraine. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the hazardous air now choking more than 75 million americans. it s an unbelievable situation. these are live pictures of new york. thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds and hundreds of miles away is now smothering the city. you got more than 8 million people affected just there. and it is way bigger than new york, philadelphia, pittsburgh, syracuse, all of them, the images you see there, 75 million americans are suffering from the hazardous haze. it is so bad particularly in new york city that the air quality index th