the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
miguel joins us live this hour to discuss what this means for higher learning in america. and breaking news out of moscow. cnn has new reporting on the top russian general who appears to be missing after the mutiny. documents indicating he was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group behind the rebellion. and the former school deputy who failed to confront the park l parkland shooter is found not guilty. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story. the united states supreme court ruling that united states supreme court ruling gutting affirmative action in college admissions. the concern with majority upended precedent and prompting a fiery dissent by liberal justices on the court. cnn s senior supreme court analyst is joining us right now. joan, how did the conservative majority reach this decision and what are the real world impacts of it? well i ll tell
those datetes will be e reresch. ac 360 starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, breaking news, the supreme court takes the case that could knock the name donald trump off at least one state ballot and possibly redefine parts of the constitution. also tonight, president biden launching his campaign year with a full floated accusation saying the former president is, quote, willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power. and the latest batch of documents from the files of jeffrey epstein, that and new reporting. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court tonight agreeing to review the colorado supreme court decision, which labels the former president an insurrectionist and bars him from the ballot. it comes on the eve of the third anniversary of that insurrection. the news also caps a day that saw the current president speaking bluntly and at length about what he sees as the ongoing threat his opponent
blitzer. he s over there in the situation room, also live from tel aviv. zblf happening now, breaking news. israeli tanks and troops push deeper and deeper into gaza as prime minister netanyahu declares this the time for war. rejecting calls for a cease fire. the air and ground assault on hamas targets intensifying while gazans face a new level of desperation and destruction. the israeli military says it rescued a female soldier kidnapped by hamas during ground operations in gaza. this as we re getting our first look at the three women who were shown in a new hamas hostage video. and an antisemitic mob at a russian airport underscores the climate of hate towards israelis and jews that s clearly spreading around the world. the biden administration taking new action in response to the disturbing rise in antisemitic rhetoric and threats in the united states. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in