politicsnation. today from essence festival in new orleans. tonight s lead, justice not served. less than a week after the nation marked the first anniversary of roe s reversal, our conservative majority supreme court handed down a series of regressive decisions. collectively ruling against young and vulnerable people in a diversifying nation. on affirmative action, decades of transformative tools for underrepresented, specifically black kids seeking a higher education. the court left them to their own devices. on president biden s plan to apply a modest relief to suffering student borrowers, the court ruled that the administration had overstepped its bounds. and on lgbtq rights, the court insisted that the right to deny business on religious grounds can be protected as freedom of speech. president biden yesterday after days of responding to these judicial attacks on social progress, laid the blame for this week s decision at the feet of conservative lawmakers and the justice
required her to maim wedding cakes for the same sex couple. a colorado bake eric that won a similar court before the court in 2018. the left immediately reacted by making predictable claims about attacks on gay rights. that s not what it s about. even smith, the web designer, says this is not about choosing who to work with. it s about choosing the message that i m being asked to promote . karine jean-pierre claimed the ruling takes us backwards. first, we re deeply disappointed in the supreme court s decision today in 303 creative, which takes our nation back ward in the fight for equality. this decision undermines the basic truth that no american should face discrimination for who they are or who they love. it s even more disappointing as we close out pride month. lawrence: the vice president agreed with the press secretary and claimed the decision threatened future progress . kamala also said the court paves the way for businesses to discriminate in the name of free e
and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
ted williams is standing by. we begin with david spunt here in washington. hi, david. very scary story. nobody injured here. police though are advertising a 20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect or possibly multiple suspects behind this. the businesses were close and still an incredibly dangerous situation. it happened 4:30 a.m. on sunday. three properties in northeast d.c., each location is a business. the first a truist bank atm. somebody embedded an explosive outside the bank causing damage. the second was a nike store. the third a few minutes later was a safeway grocery store. it happened in a 15 minute span. a suspect through a molotov cocktail object in to the store. police put out this photo yesterday and a vehicle likely possibly several suspects they re looking per law enforcement. a champagne colored acura tl with a clear and rare to see a license plate picture, 179-71 ck. it s unfortunate that this is happening in the area and so much
daniela, thank you very much, great reporting. in just a few minutes, we are going to talk about the story about the former president reportedly pressuring arizona governor doug doocy to overturn the 2020 election. do you see just issuing a response we are going to have that for you. plus, supreme court followed. the new help being offered a student loan borrowers following yesterday s rejection. as i bet you another good day from nbc news here in los angeles, we are at the top of the hour so i welcome you to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new reaction to the latest round of supreme court rulings and a look at some of today s head lines. they washington courts conservatives flex their strength, the los angeles time, justices washed student debt relief. from the gazette in colorado, christian designer can turn away same-sex wedding business. the new york times highlighting both rulings, one congressman telling me that he feels the pain of students with high debt.