everyone agrees. this after a group of asian-american students filed a complaint against harvard and the university of north carolina chapel hill alleging that they failed to employ employee race neutral admissions practices. the majority opinion delivered by chief justice john roberts said that any student, quote, must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race. highlighting the importance of this case in a rare move. justices clarence thomas and sonya sotomayor also read their opinions from the bench. now with justice thomas declaring, quote, at all forms discrimination based on race including so-called affirmative action are prohibited under the constitution. now harvard did in fact released a statement following the decision acknowledging that the court ruled their admissions policies did not comply with the 14th amendment, the equal protection clause in the constitution and the civil rights act. harvard is not actually totally b
midnight on the east coast i am stephanie ruhle and we ar continuing our breaking news coverage of the indictment o former president donald trump. the grand jury in manhatta indicted him earlier today making trump the first forme president to ever face crimina charges in our nation history. those jurors have been hearing evidence of hush money payments, made to adult film star stormy daniels during the 201 presidential campaign. trump s current lawyers issued a statement saying he did no commit any crime and they plan to vigorously fight this political prosecution. one trump attorney tells nbc trump is expected to b arraigned on tuesday in ne york let s bring in our panel o experts to break it all down simone sanders townsend, msnbc host and former chie spokesperson for kamala harris harry lippman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistan journey jonathan allen, senior analyst reporter for nbc news. and tim o brien, bloomberg opinion senior columnist and the man who wrote
court tonight. issuing an order that protects broad access to the abortion pill but this thing is far from over that decision coming down just hours in before midnight deadline it blocks a lower court ruling that would have limited access even in states where abortio remains legal. the states will continue t play out in the fifth circui court of appeals tonight planned parenthood issued a statement saying they will, quote, continue to fight so that everyone can make thei own decisions about thei bodies, their lives, and their futures. earlier this evening the forme head of planned parenthood sai this this case should have never been taken there is zero evidence that th fda made a stake in this case. there is not about the healt and safety for women was all about politics according to the guttmacher institute, these pills are use on more than half of all u.s abortions. president biden responding t the decision tonight, saying h will continue to fight attacks on women south
it blocks a lower court ruling that would have limited access even in states where abortio remains legal. the states will continue t play out in the fifth circui court of appeals tonight planned parenthood issued a statement saying they will, quote, continue to fight so that everyone can make thei own decisions about thei bodies, their lives, and their futures. earlier this evening the forme head of planned parenthood sai this this case should have never been taken there is zero evidence that th fda made a stake in this case. there is not about the healt and safety for women was all about politics according to the guttmacher institute, these pills are use on more than half of all u.s abortions. president biden responding t the decision tonight, saying h will continue to fight attacks on women south, and urging americans to vote for lawmaker who will restore roe v. wade right now more than a doze states have some type of abortion ban in place. reports say republicans i 20
additional funding available t help banks meet the needs of their depositors this comes just days after the collapse of silicon valley bank nbc news producer garrett grew back joins me now. gary, what more. do we know we do have the statemen straight from we will read a portion of it t you now. after a recommendation from th board, the fdic in the federal reserve, and consulting with the president, secretary yelle improved actions enabling th fdic to complete its resolutio of silicon valley bank tha mirror that fully protects the depositors what does this mean? basically, the depositors will have access to all of thei money starting tomorrow. and no losses associated wit the resolution of silico valley bank are going to b borne by the taxpayer. that is zero dollars there senior management of f s vp ar going to be completely removed from the company, according to treasury and they say that it i decisive action that wil protect the u.s. economy b strengthening public confid