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culture plus co-founder lili gil valletta and former army captain jeremy hunt. we begin with anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon bream. thank you for covering this all morning for us. shannon: glad to and glad you have attorneys there, including you to break these things down, as well. this is landmark decision about what higher education can and can t do about race. the court said it cannot be a factor deciding who gets into college, including harvard and unc. chief justice said here, the student must be treated on his or her experience, not on basis of race. many universities have done the opposite and concluded wrongly touch stone of individual ability is not lessons learned, but color of their skin, constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. he read from the decision and so did justice thomas. devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated, this will entrench racial segregation, racial inequality will exist as long as it is ignored. i ....
In georgia in a middle-class family. when i got to high school, i decided i wanted to go to west point. always been my dream. i had two jr otc instructors who told me, you will get in on merit, we will work with you everyday to achieve your goal. from freshman year to senior year of high school, they were, academic and physically pushing me to get to benchmarks. push-ups, sit-ups, running miles, education, top scoring grades and i had mentors that believed me and i got in on merit, not based on the color of my skin thachl is what we lose with affirmative action. kayleigh: and yale law graduate, get that in there. lili: first to graduate from college in my family. it is about merit. ....