what was unusual here, he read hi concurrence from the bench. that rarely happens. he basically said he is painfully aware of the history of racism in this country, but he thinking everybody needs to be treated equally. justice jackson on the other side, her first term, she said the court s own missteps are both especially memorialized and excruciating plain. the schools wanted diversity, they felt like their schools are a pipeline to society, and the conservative challenges here, it was a group, they said, look, taking race into consideration violates the equal protection clause. violates federal law. that s why they wanted they programs struck down. they got the win today. the pipeline to the military, though, the officer corps, at least about one third of it at the service academies is preserved, which is an interesting carveout. you know why that s interesting. during oral arguments, the biden administration really seized on the military, really solicitor general spen
in charge of guantanamo bay he let president obama know his views on that. he seems to have an excellent opinion amongst the army and much of the armed forces. the president respects much of what he has to say. he is an outspoken man and one that president donald trump seems to greatly respect. at the moment, anyway. thank you very much. time now for newsnight. to be deemed safe, cladding systems are meant to survive a ao minute fire test. today, we learned grenfell‘s lasted just nine. 82 other buildings use a design that s similar enough to be troubling. also tonight, we re used to being on the wing to europe in our millions, but when we leave the eu, will we be forced to go into reverse, or even be grounded? if we do not have a transitional arrangement and if we are not a member of the eu as part of that transitional arrangement, then we have chaos. and ahead of tomorrow s first ever relaxed prom for people with learning difficulties and sensory impairments, we ll have a
High hopes for this investigation that they will be able to determine exactly what caused this catastrophic implosion. also important here is the transport safety board that in a release last night indicated that they had the data recorder from the polar prince. you ll remember that that was the mother ship that was essentially tethered for communications to the titan. they will now hopefully through interviews and that data recording be able to know the precise moment that they lost communications and possibly why was there a clue as to what happened? and then when we talk more about those debris pieces and the investigation ahead, we can also look to the materials. we all heard about that carbon fiber, is it really a good material for the passenger cabin, and as well be able to test those large elements in laboratory in laboratory conditions. u.s. coast guard now has possession of them, but important here the transportation safety board here in canada says that they ve already