Took hard turn today. The man police say stabbed her to death at b. A. R. T. Was thrown out of court after shout out of court. Its hard. My armor is well intact. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristin sze. Thank you for joining us. Eight days after the trial, it reached new heights. Heres the latest live. Laura . Reporter well, hi. Court was supposed to start here at 9 30 this morning. But the defendant john lee refused to come down from his holding cell to the courtroom. It took his attorney more than an hour to persuade him to take the witness stand. It was an appearnce that lasted just a few minutes. The sister, b. A. R. T. Stabbing victim nia doesnt buy that the alleged killer testifying in his own defense is mentally ill. What ive seen, manipulation. You know . He wants to brush off, he wants to project his feelings on to others. We wont get an answer of will. John lee cowell lasted just 15 minutes on the witness stand of during the crossexamination, he became come battive sa
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and
To washington anytime, anywhere. Now lawyers react to the Supreme Court decision striking down the reaction of universities. The group is responsible for filing the lawsuit her by the Supreme Court against harvard and university of North Carolina counting their race conscious admission policies. Are you guys all right back there. Thank you for coming. Let me introduce the participants of this press conference. On my far right is calvin yang. Calvin is a participating member of students for fair admissions. He was rejected from harvard a few years ago. So my right is thomas mccarthy, typical spelling. Thomas,thomas, mccarthy. Tom is the Founding Partner of the law firm and our chief trial counsel in students for fair admissions versus the university of North Carolina. To my left is adam, and r, ca ra, adam is with the law firm formerly with bartlett beck. Adam is our chief trial counsel in students for fair admissions. These discriminatory admissions practices undermine the integrity of
sandra: awaiting a press conference for students for fair admission who brought on this case after we heard from the president there just a short time ago. so that presser in washington will be underway any moment. we ll get there when it begins. the group brought two separate cases against the university of north carolina and harvard to the nation s highest court and asian-american student claims he was rejected from six elite universities by race. reaction out of it. thank you for coming. let me introduce participants of this press conference. on my far right is calvin yang, calvin is a participating member of students for fair admissions. he was rejected from harvard a few years ago. to my right is thomas mccarthy, typical spelling, thomas mccarthy. tom is the founding partner of a law firm consevoir and mccarthy, and chief trial counsel and students for fair admissions versus the university of north carolina. to my left is adam mortara. adam is with mortara law, forme
decision. first what the president just said, speaking live from the white house, i strongly, strongly disagree with the court s decision. he said the court walked away from decades of precedent and called this not a normal court. what was your reaction to what you just heard? my reaction is that actually the supreme court is finally bringing into alignment education law with employment law. for over 40 years the supreme court has been more conservative on employment law and has restricted use of race motivated by interests like diversity or equity or systemic racism or societal discrimination. so really, i find the court s opinion today really to just be reaffirming what the court has held in other areas the fact we should not use race as a justification for any decision-making. andrew, we got word from the justice department and the attorney general with a statement, the supreme court s decision undercuts efforts by universities across the country to create a diverse gr