admissions. it is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about color brined blind when in fact it is about being blind to history. tonight, the ruling, the powerful descent, and how clarence thomas finally won his long battle against affirmative action. n hi long did you give your degree back again? yale does not recognize me. [laughter] as the special counsel ramps up on the january 6th investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedents, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions a
investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedent, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions at all, even for the purposes of increasing diversity. in the wake of the decisions, many colleges and universities immediately sent letters to students and alumni outlining how they are going to operate going forward. one such school was the college of the holy cross in massachusetts, which is notable, because that is the alma mater of justice clarence thomas, whose decades long project to destroy
politicsnation. tonight s lead, enough is enough. right now, at least nine people, including two children are dead after a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen, texas on saturday. the authorities have identified the gunman as 33-year-old mauricio garcia. two senior law officials are telling nbc news today that he interacted heavily with white supremacist content online. nbc news has not yet seen any of the suspects. investigators say it is still too early to determine a motive for the shootings. at least seven people ages 5 to 61 remain hospitalized for injuries tonight. some of them are still in critical condition. president biden weighed in earlier today, offering condolences. but also calling on congress to deliver a bill that bans assault weapons and enacts universal background checks. while americans real from yet another bloodbath caught on video, the response from most republican politicians have been their usual call for thoughts and prayers. and the insist
we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union 221 years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched america s improbable experiment in democracy. the document they produced was eventually signed, but ultimately unfinished. it was stained by this nation s original sin of slavery. i chose to run for president at this moment in history because i believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes, that we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. this belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the american people. but it also comes from my own story. i m the son of a black man from kenya and a wh
nearly a week after it was detected in united states airspace. u.s. military is now working to recover the balloons debris off the carolina coast, as china lashes out and suggested could retaliate. as you hear terry chairman jim jordan fires off his first subpoenas targeting the biden administration. the doj pumps the brakes on some of his other requests. it is cut the legs out from other republicans plain investigations? and later. democratic congressman does something rare in modern politics. hiring a former gop rival to join her team. she is here to talk about whether she could be an example for others in these times of extreme polarization. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you. i m katie. thing right, now the search is on for what is left of the chinese balloon. which the american military says it has been used to spy on our country. the tensions between our two countries are even more tense now than they were 24 hours ago. on saturday, an f