indictments he s facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once a star of the tv company black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what s next in his career and role and climate change activism? i m simone sanders-townsend, and i have something to. so it s been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the polyp college admissions process. now americans are beginning to evaluate this new terrain, with some launching new efforts in the fight for racial equity in education. others working overtime to shut out students of color. this week, a group called lawyers forced civil rights or lcr fall to complete against harvard university. one of the respondents on the supreme court s admissions case is on behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they re asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system call
gearing up for an historic trip to europe meant to strengthen american leadership overseas. after a week spend touting the administration s command of the economic situation here at home. yesterday the labor department announced 209,000 jobs were added in july. the white house touted he number as a sign of bidenomics inaction. alongside consumer-focused efforts to reduce jump fees and health care costs. and democrats and their allies are mobilizing in the wake of last week s rulings from the conservative dominated supreme court. with race based affirmative action band, legislators and lawyers are taking aim at so-called legacy admissions. we talk to one group suing harvard university for what some call affirmative action for the rich. in the meantime, it was a bloody-long independence weekend, as mass shootings rocked cities from coast to coast. kansas city mayor quentin once better law enforcement, but also tighter gun restrictions. he will join us shortly. and later you a
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone, the house is adjourned for the rest of the year. not they don t have urgent work to do it like working on an aid package for israel, ukraine, and southern border security. but they did vote for a baseless impeachment inquiry of president biden. the republican priority actually, why is that? well we will ask congressman tim burchett of tennessee, and then rudy giuliani s lies about two election workers, what they have finally cost him. the jury verdict, 100 $48 million in damages for defamation. no surprise, giuliani called it absurd and he vows to appeal. how is that gonna go for him? we will dig into it with one of our legal gurus. she is feeling good from her head to her shoes, honey. i sat down with the queen of rock and soul, patty la belle. we talked about her amazing career, and businesses and even that crazy christmas tree lighting video that goes viral every year. you want to stick around for this. i am symone sanders-tow
politicsnation. tonight s lead, last-ditch effort. senate negotiators have been meeting this afternoon trying to hammer out a deal on immigration. president biden s homeland security chief met with lawmakers on the hill earlier in the day. majority leader chuck schumer delayed the holiday recess, hoping for a breakthrough on a bill that would also include military aid for israel and ukraine. if a bill cannot be made in the next several days, both chambers will have to take it up next year alongside a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. and in the house, there will be the matter of and impeachment inquiry into president biden. launched this week at the origin of that republican leadership. all this as the first presidential nomination contest is now less than a month away and iowa. and black voters across that south are literally so when the states that live in, over voting district maps that they contained designed to suppress the vote in 2024. an
right now, democrats are taking what lessons they can from last week s election. still riding high on big winds. that overperform. but the outlook in 2024 from the white house and now the senate is with the news that west virginia senator joe manchin, west virginia senator joe manchin is retiring, leaving a deep red state up for grabs. and polling continues to show president biden underperforming with democratic voting blocks. get reelected next year. meanwhile, the presidents presumed opponent in 2024, donald trump, is ratcheting up his rhetoric on the campaign trail, calling his rivals vermin, and touting an immigration policy amidst deportation, even more extreme than his first term. all this as his fraud trial is set to resume monday in new york. i last amok reddick jimmy harrison, how democrats should respond to all of this ahead of 2024. from the son charles five, to new york city council district nine joins me tonight. days after his resounding city counc