sun s rays. but then the white house clarified by saying there are no plans underway to establish a comprehensive research program focused on solar radiation modification. good. but not just the sun, fireworks are under attack this weekend, environmental party poopers in los angeles got their way by instituting new regulations on firework shows over the water. to get a permit shows must demonstrate how they will keep pollutantses out of the water, one company flat out refused to comply. if that is not enough, climate activists suggest using less ice in your holiday cocktail. to help save the pla planet. a lot to unpack. raymond. i understand we have droughts and wildfires, it gets n nerve-racking with the fireworks, i understand that. and i understand chemicals from firework shows but to 2020 last time you had legislators in karine j california saying you can t do fireworks. if the l.a. regional water control board had their minds in the right place and were worried about
repercussions as 2024 candidates and the white house respond to the recent major supreme court decisions. we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: president biden racing to find new ways to erase student loan debt, a decision that candidate donald trump praised in south carolina saturday. they ruled against it, 100% against it, amazing. reporter: another controversial decision is stoking divisions over gay rights, the high court found that a colorado christian web designer has a free speech right to refuse to create gay wedding web sites. it s a real victory for religious liberty. reporter: it comes as trump s main rival, florida governor ron desantis is under fire for his campaign s new video posted on the last day of pride month. attacking trump for his past support of the lgbtq community. the video then features a sequence showing desantis hard line drag shows, transgender policy, interspersed with images of shirtless men and photos
today on inside politics, two new rulings, two 6-3 decisions, two more sweeping changes to american life. the supreme court tilts the scales to the right on speech versus gay rights and on a signature biden policy to zero out student debt. plus, the ruling sparked fury in congress and celebration on the gop campaign trail. republicans say the justices ruled correctly. democrats say they are controlled by the maga right. and justice versus justice. the final day of the term sees another pair of on-the-bench trading jabs over law and life. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, it is a new world defined by new math. 6-3, the supreme court ends its session with two more decisions and two more clear reminders that elections have consequences. donald trump put three justices on the bench, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett. they have all ruled in the last two days to push the country right in ways that many of you will
the president again. in 30 minutes, he ll speak from the roosevelt room, explaining the white house s next steps because a lot could change with a ruling that sided with a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage. and a lot will change now that the president cannot constitutionally cancel student debt. joining me now nbc news correspondent julia ainsley who s outside of the supreme court for us, and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. noah pransky is here with us as well, and cnbc washington correspondent, emily wilkins. thank you very much for being here, everybody. so 6-3 ruling, two more 6-3 rulings, i should say. student debt. you re right, katy, if somebody was going to sum up this supreme court right now, the name of the book might be 6-3 because we re seeing so many opinions fall along those lines. today we saw two more, the first coming in, a case having to do with a web designer in colorado who says that she does have gay clients but didn t want to be
university of north carolina violate the constitution, justice society a may or as says it decades of progress and precedent. president biden weighing in he severely disagrees with the ruling. our coverage begins with fox news legal correspondent and anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream, at the supreme court tonight. hi shannon. hello gillian. in the wake of the decision applicants will still very much be able to share their personal stories in their essays and statements and that can include stories about race and ethnicity and they re alloweded to consider those but they cannot be used as an end run at the heart of today s decision. let us embark on this transformative journey towards a more fair inclusive educational landscape. the supreme court made clear today race can no longer be used as a factor to determine who gets admitted to colleges aname. plaintiffs in the companion cases involving harvard and unc argued that the use of race was working against specific