good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congr
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We were just talking about this, still muggy out there, bu be mug think afternoon compared to what it was yesterday. Yesterday was just really very , d outside, but colds front came through, moved into the Early Morningtou will allow some drier air to then filter in as we go thro daytime hours on our not food going on, good news, of course few light morning then thunderstorms came through in the afternoon hours, but at this point, we just have maybe few ours of just some high level clouds south of philly, high sewer uso start out the morning, temperatures still on the mild to even warm side ofhi srt the day out, 71 degrees, and plentygh south jersey and delaware, does get little cooler heading , low mid 60s range. Average lowr of the degrees. So again, slightly above. That will here are points still muggy into the 70s through millville, a. C. 60sm philly points northward, and no today will filter in some dry area air. 74 degrees mostly 9 00 this morning, into the 80s by about lunchtime