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decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the cour ....
standardized tests and their grades and then they argued with harvard and north carolina that they were starting to only allow a certain percentage of them to come to the school at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. this is a big deal. chief justice roberts writing in his decision many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the touchstone of an individual s identity is not challenges bested, skills built or lessons learned but the color of their skin. our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. then we heard from president biden. here s what he said. i strongly disagree with the court s decision. we cannot let this decision be the last word. discrimination still exists in america. martha: okay. winsom sears and marc are here. first, to shannon bream who has been excellent in coverage of this today. we ll have more tomorrow. she was outside the supreme court. hi, shannon ....
it is thursday, june 29. in the midwest u.s., millions will be waking up to unhealthy air quality level in the coming hours. chicago experienced the worst air quality in the world 00 wednesday. smoke from the canadian wildfires is blanketing dozens of states from the midwest to the east coast yet again. and meteorologists say the haze is expected to stick around the next couple days. meanwhile nearly 85 million people from california tole alabama and as far north as illinois are under heat alerts. national weather service says new orleans has surpassed the number for the most in that of heat warnings in a year. in texas, at least 11 people have died in just one county due to heat-related causes. and now the heatwave is set to expand. the latest now from chad myers. big high pressure in the ....
Clearly and articulately. definitely. yeah. martha: all right, guys. great to have you. i hope you come back and come back too, vivek. had breaking news. appreciate your flexibility. that is the story for thursday, june 29. story goes on. i ll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. your world starts right now. neil: the supreme court has now ruled and now some are getting unruly. welcome. i m neil cavuto. what to make of this historic decision today. 6-3 decision at that. pretty clear. pretty clearly controversial. shannon bream has more from the supreme court. shannon? all right. a big decision today, neil. let s redo what the chief justice had to say in writing for the majority in the 6-3 ....