the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
christine todd whitman. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest development in the search of donald trump s mar a lago estate two weeks ago. a usjudge has ordered the release by tomorrow at noon eastern time of a redacted version of the affidavit that supported its application for a search warrant. it s a document that contains a lot of detail. in it, thejustice department had to lay out for the judge why they thought there was a probable cause for a crime and that evidence existed of that crime at the florida resort. and it s a document the us media and donald trump have both wanted unsealed. let s talk with former federal judge, nancy gertner. good to have you with us. on that latest development that they are expecting a release at noon tomorrow, your reaction? i expecting a release at noon tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised- tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised- the tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised. the usual tomorrow, your rea
we have to harness that unity to continue this mission and make sure it s brought to its conclusion. thank you very much for your time from jerusalem, avi. and cnn newsroom continues right now. netanyahu told president biden that the possibility of extend thing truce with hamas would be welcome. pause not a cease-fire. the past few nights an emotional roller coaster. president biden celebrated the release of abigail edan. my son and other israelis are being held captive and it s my job to keep this prioritized. huge crowds in the occupied west bank welcome and celebrate the rehe of these women and children held in israeli custody. after seven weeks of darkness, finally a bit of light. it s not going to end before they re all out. the hope is on both sides that this could be continued for some time. good monday morning. the final day of the four-day truce between israel and hamas and a source tells cnn there s a slight issue with the list of hostages
a jaw-dropping amount. cnn s steve is following the campaign in concord, new hampshire. desantis laid out his new economic agenda but it is really in the shadow of this poll. and it must be a gut punch to the campaign. what are they saying? reporter: certainly this is not the kind of poll you want to see after you reboot your campaign, bianna. and especially today, you saw him go up on the stage and he held a press conference where he actually said he wasn t going to take any questions that weren t about his economic proposal. so clearly this is not something he wanted to talk about. and why would he. it shows donald trump, this poll, 45% to ds 17. but i want to talk about the underlying elements of poll because they get at the heart of the problems that desantis is having with his central argument. he said he is someone who could come in and get his agenda accomplished. well republican voters disagree.
talks about side issues and who he hates and has grudges against and i don t think that will fair well. trump hasn t faces primary voters in seven years and i think when he does he will be in for a rude awaking. and another bad sign in the poll. 58% of republicans say trump has better odds of beating ben and 28% said of thatestis. electability was a key argument so how should he be selling himself, if you were advising him, if this argument now isn t holding. well, let s give get ashley to weigh in. well right now it doesn t seem like ron desantis has a very clear strategy. even though he attempted today to introduce a new economic message, he still continues to go back to his what seems like to be his core around the