an autocrat facing dozens of ny charges with an ax to grind against the government he seeks to lead. that s a question that republican candidates are either unable to answer or unwilling to answer at this moment. there s now just one major challenger to ex-president trump after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump. it s hard to remember but for a time, ron desantis was seen as the much vaunted trump slayer, the one candidate who could break the hold on trump that he had on the voters in the republican party. appeal to those alienated by trump and ultimately beat joe biden. back in 2022, the new yorker asked, can ron desantis displace donald trump as the combatant in chief? the new york times asked, quote, is ron desantis the future of the republican party? but a las as it turned out, voters didn t want a trump alternative, they wanted trump. that became clear as his legal troubles mounted with every indictment the trump got stronger in the pol
that aside, it s as emphatic anm definitive as conservatives hoped and progressives feared. it s the way that the 14th amendment was color blind, jackson and others, nonsense., look at what the 14th amendment achieved. brown versust board of educati, likewise. nonsense says the dissent. it was race sensitive. the 14th amendment must be race sensitive. then there s this world s worl viewpoint, there they are like t ships passing in the night. one side says, look at the worlt today and whathe needs to be do. the conservatives, the law of the land, say ending discrimination means ending all discrimination, period, paragraph, end of story. yes, there will be a tiny little wormhole that people will push h on. the basic thrust of what the majority has done it s as emphatic as the dobbs opinion last year is to really have a revolution in the meaning of thl constitution and socially permissible ends as a result. laura, for a long time, quotas have been not permitted. sinc
good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congr
president biden prepares to do what trump s primary competitors won t, attack him over january 6th. a wider conflict in the middle east after a senior hamas leader was killed in an attack in the lebanese capital beirut. the leader of hezbollah will speak at 11:00 a.m. eastern. this hour of cnn starts right now. good morning, we start with the breaking news. the house homeland security committee will formally begin impeachment proceedings against secretary alejandro mayorkas. we asked him about it moments ago. and it comes as republican house speaker mike johnson is traveling to eagle pass, texas, today with the gop delegation in an attempt to highlight the surge in migrant crossings on the southern border. the white house is accusing congressional republicans of blocking president biden s proposed aid package that would appropriate billions of dollars for the u.s. southern border, israel, ukraine, blasting. biden himself weighing in on this last night when he returned to
with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. trump s actions are unprecedented. the supreme court concluded that the district court judged right. he did engage in insurrection. colorado s highest court disqualifies trump from the primary ballot. tonight an exclusive with the head of the group that just won this enormous case. plus the stakes for trump s candidacy and his january six trial date and his fate rests in the hands of the united states supreme court, mired in scandal. right now what is the compensation of a justice of the supreme court? oh, goodness. i think it s plenty. [laughter] new reporting on the money woes of clarence thomas and just who has been lavishing him with gifts. i feel like i should quit while i m ahead. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have a stunning bit of unprecedented news out of the state of colorado tonight. it comes at an unprecedented time, with an unprecede