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that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like second class citizens in this country. >> absolutely. i was also, you know, glad to hear it presented in that way that perhaps, its a lot more -limited, and it can be inter...

the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. >> you needed that job, -- but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt s...

>> reporter: theres certainly more people out here today than weve seen in days past, especially because today we know exactly what we will get decisions on because its the last day. you mentioned those two big cases, of course at the end of pride month. that case that has to do with whether or not a web designer can refuse to design a wedding website for a gay couple. we could see some reaction to that. the biggest one were watching for is on student loans, whether or not bidens stude...

amendment. now effecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a color blind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the courts first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden, again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a ques...

hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again im stephanie ruhle, lets take a big deep breath because we have a lot to cover tonight, today the nations highest court struck down race based affirmative action and college admissions calling the policy on constitutional decision came after a case was brought in front of harvard in the case of north carolina. our reporter has the details. >> a landmark decision from a bitterly divided supreme court, rejecting the use ...

the supreme courts six three decision striking down the use of racial preferences in college admissions. biden was sentpreferen out by wr winds him up to lie. aff affirmative action is so s misunderstood. many people wrongly believe that affirmative action allows unequal white students, unqualified students to be admitted ahead of qualifie d. this is not this is not how college admissions work. >> now, the white house comms people arent that ignorant.w th they know the truth that the e...

latest on all of it. hey, alex. >> reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, presid...

but as always, the finer details reveal the true winners and losers of the gops latest manufactured political crisis has a new york times writes, the president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed republicans to claim big spending cuts, even as the reality was far more modest. joining me now is one of those negotiators, shalanda young, director of the office of management and budget director. welcome back to the sunday show. >> thank you, jonathan. >> lets pu...

♪ tonight cnn will join the global celebration live from times square with our hosts anderson cooper and andy cohen. the action gets started at 8:00. and today we are honoring the life and legacy of trailblazing journalist barbara walters. she passed away in her home at the age of 9 3. she is of course known for her decades-long broadcasting career and interviews with world leaders and celebrities. walters interviewed every u.s. president and first lady since the nixon administrati...

welcome to "cnn tonight." im jake tapper in washington. and tonight new horrific details are emerging about the attempted violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi, the one that ended with the wounding and hospitalization of her husband, paul pelosi. the alleged violent intruder david depape is facing federal charges for breaking into the pelosis home and beating paul pelosi with a hammer early friday morning. the suspect who trafficked online in far right conspiracy theories a...