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court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today its undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as...

the last scheduled decision day of the term, we could finally get some answers on some massive undecided cases. rulings on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, and lgbtq+ rights among others. decisions that could impact all of us, and they could come down at any minute, and we have a full lineup of guests and experts on this. i want to begin with nbc news correspondent julia ainsley whos standing by at the supreme court for us. julia, set the scene there, how might this go dow...

racial discrimination. the president said hes directing his department of education to light the way, so on the subject of what happens next, let us ask the head of that department. united states education secretary miguel cardona, who joins us now. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. i know how you feel about this decision, that you said it takes our country backward, the president, though, in trying to look forward as we head into a new era says he wants you, as the de...

like this, theyve asked for a bus and trams to stop early, 40,000 officers are being deployed across the country. and this was a little earlier, this was a march lead by nahel�*s mother, this is in nanterre, the suburb of paris where they are from. just to remind you of the actual incident again from earlier this week — a police officer pointing his gun at the driver of a car before the trigger was pulled at point—blank range. earlier, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis ...

houthi fighters say they will continue attacking vessels in the region of the red sea. this announcement comes after they launched a drone attack in yemen on a us commercial vessel off aden. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost—of—living. some companies had to take a detour around southern africa, driving up costs. mukesh sandav, head of oil trading, rystad energy, describes what is at stake in t...

we are learning at this hour that houthi fighters say they will continue attacking vessels in the region of the red sea. this announcement comes after they launched a drone attack in yemen on a us commercial vessel off aden. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost—of—living. some companies had to take a detour around southern africa, driving up costs or have decided to suspend shipment indefinitely....

getting started. >> dana: lets get to alexis mcadams live at newark airport in new jersey. how is it going? >> not so bad right now. a lot better than it has been since saturday and sunday where some of the people ive been talking to have been sleeping at the floor at airports across the east coast trying to get home. we checked with airlines to see how they are doing. things arent back to 100% and entering the busy time for the july 4th holiday weekend. as we mentioned people have not...

has been launched by houthi fighters in yemen on a us cargo vessel ship off aden. this comes after united states announced that it is returning the group to a list of global terrorist organisations. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost of living. some shipping companies have had to take a detour around africa — driving up costs— or have decided to suspend shipments indefinitely. mukesh sahdev —...

parents montgomery county maryland gearing up for school board meeting hours from now. controversy brewing after district moved harris ability to opt children out of gender and sexuality lessons. >> trace: pushback in cases largely coming from minorities. >> why do we, as parents, not have the right to what our children are taught in schools? stop making this about hate. this is about parents having choice in childrens education. >> this issue has unfortunately ? it does put some, but ...

yesterday in order to vote for changes they said would toughen up the legislation. heres our political correspondent hannah miller a plan that aims to stop dangerous channel crossings like this. a key pledge thats become rishi sunak�*s biggest parliamentary challenge. the ayes to the right 68. the noes to the left 529. last night, 60 of his own mps tried and failed to make changes to the rwanda bill. among them, three who resigned their roles to vote against the government. the now f...