cause for celebration for the vast majority of th americans who agree with the supreme court, who wrote, racialeliminatinge discrimination means eliminating all of it. it cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. an abc ipsosething poll revealt 52% of americans agree with the decision to race based admissions. but sadly, this did not go over well with many democrats. new york congressman jamaal bowman said the court is illegitimate and that they re there to serve white supremacy and white patriarchy . the supreme court is here to serve oligarchs. oligar they re here to serve billionaires. they re here to servchey re her. they re here to serve white supremacy and white patriarchyr and nativism. they want to take away our civil rights. they want to take away our voting rights, our human s rights. , huma they want to make our country more dangerous by expanding concealen men s ri wand carry p they don t
been for me to keep that secret? i feel relieved it s out in the open. sometimes in the newsroom you get a tip or a lead, but it s not reportable yet. but nothing i wanted to celebrate as much as this. yeah, no, it was awesome, and we love reporting good news. i thought you and her had a great conversation. we were all watching and feeling great about it. thank you for all of that and we ll see you soon. you got it. thanks the alicia and again, our big congratulations to nicolle wallace. our time neighbor and a valued colleague among so many of us, and happy news for her and her family. we did want to say that. that is the personal local stuff. we ll get into all the big news in the world. we re tracking several stories on the beat including heat on a trump codefendant in georgia. the white house touting these democratic wins as they gear up for what they say could be a campaign season of blue wave momentum. we have a special guest on that tonight, someone you may
a landmark stimulus bill has been stopped with progressive options. these ideas for what should be done to tackle the covid crisis such as it is now and to try to rebound and get on the road forward. democrats are now eyeing this openly a as both a solution set of plans for the nation and a political weapon. the democrats chances of winning something that they see as fundamental for this biden era, can which would be in congress. there are zillion signs the message may be breaking through. 67%, that is a supermajority in any time period, 67% of americans approve of the handling of covid. the main issue of the year. and his overall approval rating up to 62%. that s up 6 points from it last week. we have been charting some of these numbers because they are unusual and they suggest a break with the politics and the polarization of the last four years, at least on some issues. it speaks to a bet that president biden and his team are making that americans obviously need help. this
ging character and their meri t and and not the color of their skin is a cause for n celebration but but in response to chu, former cnn personality soledad o brien tweeted, congrats on screwing over other people of color, ma a ng over m. it s an interesting statement. so many implications. somplicatit mean that if an american asian-american parent who finds that their teenagerin is being discriminated against because of the skin color thatdi they maintain, that they should just shut up and be happy about being allowed into america? or is it instead implication here that asians should feel a sense of solidaritybove a with every other american above an undefined level of melanin? n and if so, this exhibits a level of racism. if that s what this implication is, that anyone above this level of undefined melanin should all stand in solidarity with one another. that s more regressive thane even the thoughts of george wallace. in fact, thi s is morein fac reminiscent of the racist progressi
boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman for gove