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juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that were abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is...

materials were likely concealed and removed from mar-a-lago as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation. correspondent david spunt starts us out tonight. is he in palm beach, florida. good evening, david. >> john, good evening to you. on the eve of a federal court hearing, where president donald trump, former president donald trumps legal team will appear before a judge to ask for a special master to go over documents seized from mar-a-lago earlier this month, the justic...

That, then i think people are rightly skeptical. >> there are many statistics about african americans that confirm president obamas feelings that things are not equal. looking at education first, in 2021, 24.7% of blacks had a bo bachelors degree or higher as compared to 38.3% of whites. quality of life, median income for the average black household was $48,297, for white house holds, nearly $78,000. 19.5% of blacks living at poverty level compared with 10% of whites. the life expectancies at bi...

Politics says president obama blinked at a rate of 70.8 times per minute last week. much more than mitt romney. its a measure of stress, but does it definitely say which candidate will win in november? on "meet the press," nbc political director chuck todd said that president obama may have a problem because hispanic voters are not as enthuse see as 12ik as they were in 2008. >> even though hes going to get more hispanics if less of them turn out, its a net zero and yet you look at republican en...

She calls, quote, way hotter. and mitt romneys better half is slated to fill in as guest host of wednesdays edition of "good morning america" for the ailing anchor, robin roberts. the network is also pursuing first lady michelle obama for a similar hosting gig. and president obama is setting off the blink meter during his first debate. according to a smart politics analysis, president obama blinked at a rate of 70.8 times per minute. that is a thousand more than mitt romney during the course...

Say consumer confidence is actually up. positive reports on the job market bumping confidence up to 70.8% in february. got an alert coming in, moments ago fox news confirming that a third student has died from that high school shooting in ohio yesterday. this as were waiting for the arrival of the suspected teen gunman in court this afternoon. t.j. lane is accused of opening fire inside the cafeteria at cleveland high school in ohio yesterday morning killing now three students and wounding thr...