rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and that s what i meant by not normal. that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. we ll break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile we re just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, we ll take a look how americans feel about the issue of affirmative action and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the supreme court ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled that the programs at the university of north carolina and one at harva
right now. out front next the breaking news, a u.s. flag in flames as massive protests break out in iran following u.s.-led air strikes in yemen. and tonight biden threatened more strikes to come. plus a cnn investigation tonight. gaza hospitals on the edge of collapse. a top target for israel, which says hamas is using some as command centers. so tonight we have an in-depth look what is actually happening inside those hospitals. it is a special report you will see first here out front. and just in tonight, ron desantis going straight to south carolina after iowa even though new hampshire comes first. he ll be in both on the same day. is it a smart move? john king is here with me at the magic wall. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett on this friday. out front tonight the breaking news, protesters burning the american flag on the streets of iran. you can hear them chanting, saying an attack on yemen equals war. these images coming out of tehran tonight c
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, good evening. with just over 24 hours until the caucuses, donald trump is delivering his closing arguments to the people of iowa, with a heavy dose of insults, mockery, and more lies. for his supporters, he s pledging four more years of revenge and retribution. nikki and crooked joe are backed by warmongers, millionaires and billionaires who crave to destroy the maga movement. these caucuses with your personal chance to score the ultimate victory over all of the liars, cheaters, thugs, perverts, frauds, crooks, freaks, creeps, and other nice people. trump blamed immigrants for the nation s problems, saying they threaten to spread disease all over the nation. here s part of that hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric. we re taking in people from prisons. we re taking in people from mental institutions. we re taking in murderers and drug lords. we re taking in people that are very, very sick with dis
g getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. donald trump s position on the national debt is identical to joe biden s. there have been promises made about draining the swamp, building the wall, doing all these things you know, none of that came to fruition. he is a child when someone disagrees with him. he engages in reckless conduct. i don t need to read the indictment or believe its allegations are true, though i m pretty confident they are. clearly, it was unauthorized, illegal and dangerous. i view them serious and disqualifying for a commander in chief. anybody who doesn t want to look at the facts should be disqualified from running, not just trump. so many of those people saying that worked for him yeah. you had his attorney general. you had his national security adviser. you had his secretary of defense. you had his top ranking officials. all republicans. all supporters of donald trump all people that stood
right now. out front next, the breaking news u.s. air strikes in the middle east tonight. u.s. fighter jets right now striking parts of yemen with tomahawk missiles. we are waiting to hear directly from president biden as the entire middle east and the world right now are on edge. and more breaking news tonight. trump s tirade, a judge shutting the former president down after an outburst at his fraud trial in new york. could this be the beginning of the end for trump s business empire? and christie s hot mic moment everybody s been talking about. we have the man on the other end, who was speaking to christie on that mic. what else did he say and what was it really an accident? let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett, and we do begin out front tonight with the breaking news, the united states striking the middle east this hour. a u.s. official telling cnn that right now the u.s. military is carrying out strikes with fighter jets and tomahawk missiles on ye